HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY,  IL 
PAST  and  PRESENT 


• 


H ISl^ORY 


COUNTY, 


ILLINOIS: 


CONTAINING 


A  HISTORY  OF   THE  COUNTY;    ITS   CITIES,  TOWNS,  ETC.;    A  BIOGRAPHICAL 
DIRECTORY  OF  ITS  CITIZENS;  WAR  RECORD  OF  ITS  VOLUNTEERS  IN 
THE  LATE  REBELLION  ;  PORTRAITS  OF  ITS  EARLY  SETTLERS  AND 
PROMINENT  MEN;  GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  STATISTICS;  HIS- 
TORY  OF  THE   NORTHWEST;    HISTORY   OF   ILLINOIS; 
CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES;  MAP 
OF    MORGAN  COUNTY;   MISCELLANEOUS 
MATTERS,  ETC.,  ETC. 


IL  L  US  TRA  TED 


CHICAGO: 

DONNELLEY,  LOYD  &  CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 

1878. 


COPYRIGHT. 
DONNELLEY,   LOYD  AND  COMPANY, 

1878. 


MORGAN 


V 

-"'•A. 


PREFACE. 


But  little  over  half  a  century  ago  and  not  a  white  man  dwelt  in  the  present 

confines  of  Morgan  County.     It  was  then  a  luxuriant,  trackless,  uninhabited 

.   domain?  with    no    life  save  that  of  the  wild  beast  or  bird,  native  savage,  or 

>^** 

'  wandering  hunter,  or  explorer,  in  his  search  for  new  scenes  and  fresh  exploits. 
One  hundred  and  thirty-six  years  before  that  time,  the  western  borders  of  the 
county  had  first  fallen  under  the  gaze  of  the  white  man,  as  the  devoted  mis- 
sionary, Marquette,  paddled  up  the  Illinois  River,  on  his  return  voyage  of 
discovery.  It  will  soon  be  two  hundred  years  since  the  first  habitation  of  the 
white  man  appeared  in  the  Mississippi  Valley.  Ere  he  could  do  this,  empires 
were  to  change,  the  native  savages  were  to  be  expelled,  and  new  powers  were 
to  come  into  energetic  existence.  Though  the  French  were  the  discoverers  of 
this  beautiful,  fertile  valley,  yet  it  was  reserved  to  the  sturdy  Anglo-Saxon  to 
develop  its  resources,  and  bring  it  to  its  present  condition.  The  merry  French- 
man loved  ease,  not  conquest,  and  here  he  could  pass  his  time  in  luxuriant 
idleness,  the  natural  fertility  of  the  soil  providing  abundantly  for  all  his  simple 
desires. 

..  A  little  over  a  century  passed  from  the  date  of  Marquette's  explorations, 
until  the  War  of  Independence  occurred,  whereby  this  vast  region  passed  into 
the  hands  of  the  valiant  sons  of  freedom,  and  emigration  began  rapidly  to  pour 
into  it.  So  quickly  did  the  valley  fill,  that  in  less  than  half  a  century  it  was 
divided  into  territories  and  states;  and  in  1809,  Illinois  was  recognized  as  an 
integral  part  of  the  Union.  Nine  years  after,  the  State  passed  to  the  second 
grade  of  government.  About  this  time  the  "Sangamo  country"  became  noted 
in  the  East  and  South,  and  emigrants  came  thither  in  great  number;:.  Early  in 
the  Autumn  of  that  year,  Ambrose  Collins,  Elisha  and  Seymour  Keilogg. 
their  families, '  left  their  eastern  home,  proceeded  in  wagons  to  the  heai 
navigation,  for  the  West,  where  they  embarked  in  flat-boats,  and  side  by  side, 
floated  down  the  beautiful  Ohio  to  old  Shawneetown,  where  they  disembar! 
resumed  their  first  mode  of  travel,  and  went  on  to  Carmi.  As  it  was  late  in  the 
season,  they  remained  here  during  the  winter,  and  the  next  summer  proceeded 
J:o  Edwardsville,  then  a  prominent  western  town.  Here  Mr.  Collins  was  taken 
sick,  and  with  his  family,  with  the  exception  of  one  son,  Charles,  was  compelled 
to  remain  for  the  winter.  The  two  Kelloggs,  their  families,  and  Charles,  went 
on  to  the  head  of  Mauvaisterre  Creek,  where,  late  in  the  Autumn  of  1819.  thcv 

"  established  their  homes,  the  first  in  the  county.  The  following  winter  they 
were  visited  by  three  commissioners  from  a  New  Yo'rk  city  colonization  com- 
pany, one  of  whom,  Isaac  Fort  Roe,  remained  and  founded  a  home. 


XIV.  PREFACE. 

however,  lived  but  a  short  time,  his    death   being   the  first  among  the  whit 
residents  in  the  present  county. 

Emigration  now  began  to  come  into  the  new  country  with  surprisin 
rapidity,  and  five  years  after  these  events  occurred,  Morgan  County  was  created 
retaining  at  that  time  the  present  counties  of  Scott  and  Cass,  the  former  bein 
separated  in  1832,  the  latter  in  1837. 

To  record  the  events  from  the  arrival  of  the  Kelloggs  until  the  presen 
time,  and  preserve  them  for  coming  generations,  has  been  the  aim  of  this  work 
This  lapse  of  time  has  not  been  without  its  history ;  a  history  so  full  of  import 
ant  events,  and  fraught  with  interest  to  the  children  of  these  sturdy  pioneer; 
who  left  homes  for  these  wild  haunts,  and  whose  energy  has  made  .Morga: 
County  what  it  is  —  abounding  in  ."  ealth,  enterprise,  and  culture. 

To  preserve  correctly  these  annals  has  been  our  aim,  and  while  we  do  no 
arrogate  to  ourselves  accuracy  beyond  criticism,  the  narration  will  be  foum 
measurably  correct,  the  arrangement  and  collation  of  which  compelled  th 
careful  examination  and  digestion  of  a  labyrinth  of  facts,  incidents,  am 
narratives  enveloped  in  the  PAST,  entering  so  largely  into  the  PRESENT  of  th 
community  in  whose  interest  these  pages  have  been  written. 

To  the  patriarchs  of  the  PAST,  and  to  the  representative  men  of  the  PRESENI 
without  whose  aid  the  undertaking  would  have  been  fruitless,  we  tender  ou 
-grateful  acknowledgements.  Especially  do  we  desire  to  record  our  obligation 
to  JUDGE  WILLIAM  THOMAS,  that  eminent  citizen,  whose,  pen  has  so  faithfull 
preserved  the  PAST  during  his  long  residence  in  the  county,  and  whose  aid  ha 
been  so  fredy  given.  Also  to  MR.  TIMOTHY  CHAMBERLAIN,  secretary  of  the  Ol 
Settlers'  Association,  for  the  use  of  the  society's  records,  and  the  list  of  the  oL 
settlers,  prepared  by  him.  To  L  R.  BAILEY,  for  the  use  of  the  Sentinel  (no> 
Coiirier)  files,  and  for  valuable  information  contained  .in  them.  To  MR.  M.  I 
SIMMONS,  and  MR.  C.  M.  EAMES,  for  free  access  to*the  Journal  files.  To  th 
propriet  "s  and  editor  of  the  Courier,  and  to  the  Waverly  and  Meredosia  pres: 
all  of  wh  n  freely  exte  ded  aid  to  us  whenever  desired. 

To  many  others,  ..  nd  to  the  citizens  of  Morgaji  County  in  general,  w 
tender  our  acknowledgements,  for  the  uniform  courtesy  and  kindness  extends 
our  representatives  during  the  preparation  of  these  annals,  as  well  as  for  thei 
liberal  patronage,  without  which  this  history  could  not  have  been  prepared,  ani 
would  have  i  nained  unwritten,  and  unpreserved.  Respectfully, 

•DONNELLEY,  LOYD  &  CO., 

Publishers. 


CONTENTS. 


PAOK 
History  of  Northwest  Territory..  19 

Geographical  Position 19 

Early  Explorations 20 

Discovery  of  the  Ohio 33 

English    Explorations     and 

Settlements 35 

American  Settlements 60 

Division  of    the    Northwest 

Territory 66 

Tecumseh  and   the  War  of 

1813 70 

Black   Hawk   and  the  Black 

HawkWar 74 

Other  Indian  Troubles 79 

Present    Condition     of    the 

Northwest 87 

Illinois 99 

Indiana 101 

Iowa 102 

Michigan 103 

Wisconsin 104 

Minnesota 106 

Nebraska 107 

History  of  Illinois 109 

Coal 125,,  r- 

Compactof  1787 llf^ 

Chicago 132 

Early  Discoveries 109 

Early  Settlements 115 

Education 129 

French  Occupation 112 

Genius  of  LaSalle 113 

Material  Resources 124 

Massacre  at  Fort  Dearborn.  .141 

Physical  Features 121 

Progress  of  Development 123 

Religion  and  Morals 128 

War  Record  of  Illinois 130 

History  of  Morgan  County 221 

Topography  and  Geology 221 

Coal  Measures 222 

Limestone 227 

Clays 228 

Bafldlng  Material 228 

Railroads 229 

Population 229 


HISTORICAL. 

PAGE 
History  of  Morgan  County: 

Agriculture 229 

Agricultural  Implements 242 

Divisions  of  Land 243 

Fences 243 

Architecture  ( Early) 244 

Agricultural  Organizations.  .247 
Morgan  Coun'v  Agricultural 

Society 250 

Political  History 252 

County  Offlceis  since  1823... 263 

Past  and  Present 267 

Winnebago  War  (The) 288 

The  Deep  Snow        293 

Black  Hawk  War  (The) 294 

The  Sudden  Freeze 307 

Railroads 310 

Old  Settlers  Association 31!) 

Common  Schools 330 

Jacksonville,  City  of 334 

Business  Interests 354 

Banks 354 

Man  ufactures 355 

Water  Works 356 

Gas  Works 357 

Street  Railway 357 

Municipal  History 357 

Fire  Department 361 

Cemeteries 361 

Lodges,     Associations,     and 

Societies 362 

Militia 362 

Young  Meus  Christian  Asso- 
ciation  36-2 

Reading  Room  and  Library. 362 
Jacksonville  Library   Asso-  ' 

elation 363 

Art  Association  of  Jackson- 
ville  364 

Jacksonville  Literary  Union. 364 

—   Plato  Club  (The)  865 

Jacksonville      Horticultural 

Society 366 

Jacksonville  Natural  History 

Society 366 

Sorosis 367 


PAuK 

Jacksonville,  City  of: 

Microscopical  Society 367 

Morgan      County      M 

Society 367 

Jacksonville  Medical  Club... 367 

Churches 367 

City  Schools 375 

Illinois  College 380 

Whipple  Academy 385 

Jacksonville  Female  A> 

my 386 

Illinois  Female  College 389 

Jacksonville   Business    Col- 
lege  392 

Athenaeum 394 

Illinois       Conservatory      of 

Music ". 396 

Orphans  Home 398 

The  Press 399 

The  State  Institutions 401 

Illinois    If'tltutlon   for   the 
Education  of  the  Deaf  and 

Dumb 401 

Oak  Lawn  Retreat 409 

Illinois    Institation   for  the 

Education  of  the  Blind 410 

M,-redosia 413 

Waverly  420 

Murra  \  ''.e 427 

Franklin 128 

Woodson 429 

(•hapin 430 

Concord 431 

Ly  nnville 432 

Prentice 432 

Alexander. 433  ' 

Neelyviile 433 

Arcadia -. . . .  434 

Bethel 434 

Morgan  Citv 434 

Literberry 435 

Orleans 435 

Pisgah... 435 

Woodlyn 435 

Sinclair 436 

Yatesville 436 


Mouth  of  the  Mississippi sjl 

Source  of  the  Mississippi 21 

Wild  Prairie $>3 

LaSalle  Landing  OH  the  Shore  of 

Green  Bay 25 

Buffalo  Hunt 27 

Trapping 29 

Hunting 32 

Iroquois Chief 34 

Pontiac,  the  Ottawa  Chieftain. . .   43 
Indians     Attacking    Frontiers- 
men    56 

A  Prairie  Storm 59 

A  Pioneer  Dwelling 61 

Breaking  Prairie 63 

Tecumseh,  Shawnee  Chieftain...  69 
Indians  Attacking  a  Stockade...  72 
Black  Hawk,  the  Sac  Chieftain. .  75 

Big  Eagle 80 

Capt.  Jack,  the  Modoc  Cnleftain  83 
Kinzie  House 85 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Village  Residence  .............   86 

A  Representative  Pii  ne  ;r  .......   87 

Lincoln  Monument.  Springfield.   88 
A  Pioneer  School  House  .........   89 

Farm  View  in  the  Winter  .......   10 

Spring  Scene  ....................     s}l 

Pioneers1  First  Winter  ...........   02 

Apple  Harvest  ....................       4 

Great  Iron  Bridge  of  the  C.,  R. 

&  P.  R.R.,  crossing  the  Missis- 

sippi at  D  venport,  Iowa    .....   96 

A  Western  Dwelling  ..............  lr" 

Hunting   Prairie  Wolves   at  :• 

Early  Day  .....................  u 

Starved   Rock,    on    the    Illinois 

River.  LaSalle  Co.,  HI  ..........  110 

An  Early  Settlement  .............  116 

Chicago  in  1833  ........  ..........  133 

Old  Fort  Dearborn,  1830  .........  136 

Present  Site  Lake  Street  Bridge, 
Chicago,  1833  ..................  136 


PA  OK 

Ruins  of  Chicago 142 

View  of  the  City  of  Chicago 144 

Shabbona 149 

Illustrat'onsof  the  City  of  Jack- 
sonvill  •: 

Atneiueum :',N" 

Conservatory  of  Music 397 

Conriei-  Office  . .  400 

Grac      _.  E.  Church 375 

High     c'-ool 379 

I  Hincts     allege 383 

Illinois  female  College 391 

Illinois    Institution  for    the 

Education  of  the  Blind.  ...411 
Illinois    Institution    for  (he 
Education  <>f  the  Deaf  and 

Dumb 401 

Jacksonvi.,3  Female  Acade- 
my  388 

Jacksonville  Woolen  Mil 
Morgan  County  Court  House.377 


PAGK 

Burnett  Isham 200 

Curtiss  T.  E 212 

De vere  J.  H 364 

Hart  Wm.  P.  Rev 219 


PORTRAITS. 

PA<;K 

Langley  James 146 

drear  William 348 

Reinbach  Harry 252 


SeymourJWilliam... 

Strawn  Jacob 

Widenham  J.  C.... 


PASS 

182 

...frontispiece. 
380 


XVI 


CONTENTS. 


MORGAN    COUNTY    WAR    RECORD. 


PAGE 
Infantry. 

lOtb  (3  months) 437 

8th  (3  years) 437 

9th         •'       437 

9th  (consolidated) 437 

•    10th(3  years) 437 

tltli         "       441 

14th         "       441 

Veteran  Batallion,  14th  and 

15th 443 

1 4th  ( reorganized) 444 

15th  "  444 

16th  (3  years) 444 

18th  (reorganized) 444 

19tn  (3  years) 444 

20th         "       444 

21st          "       444 

23d  "       444 

26th         "       445 

27th          -        445 

28th         "       446 

28th  (consolidated) 446 

29th  (3  years) 447 


30th 
31st 
32d 
33d 
34th 
88th 
38th 
39th 
41st 

43d  (consolidated). . . .... ^449 

44th  (3  years) .449 

45th         "       449 

50th          "       449 

53rd         "       450 


.44 

.447 
.447 
.448 
.448 
.449 
.449 
.449 
.449 


PAGE 
Infantry. 

54th  (3  years)  450 

56th         ••       450 

57th         "       450 

58th  (consolidated) 450 

59th  (3  years) 450 

61st         "       450 

62d  "       450 

64th         "       450 

67th         "       450 

68th  450 

71st (3  months) 450 

73d  (3  years).... 451 


74th 

76th 

87th 

91st 

92d 

94th 

95th 

99th 

101st 

105th 

113th 

115th 

117th 

118th 

119th 

122d 

126th 

129th 

130th 

133d 

133d  (100  days) 462 

144th  (3  years) 462 

135th       "       462 

137th  (100  days) 462 


151 
.451 
.451 
.452 
.452 
.452 
.452 
.452 
.452 
.460 
.460 
.460 
.461 
.461 
.461 
.461 
.461 
.461 
.461 
.461 


PAGK 

Infantry. 

140th  (100  days) 462 

144th  (one  year) 462 

145th  (100  days) 462 

146th  (one  year) 463 

149th  (3  years) .463 

150th  (one  year) 463 

153d    "    463 

154th    "    463 

155th    "    464 

Cavalry. 

2d  ( 3  years) 464 

3d    "   464 

3d  (consolidated)  465 

4th  (3  years) 465 


5th 

6th 

7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

llth 

12th 

13th 


465 
465 
465 
465 
466 
466 
466 
466 
466 


J3th  (consolidated) 466 

15th  (3  years) 467 

17th         "       467 

Artillery. 

1st 467 

2d 467 

Chicago  Board  of  Trade 468 

Springfield  Light 468 

29th  U.  S.  Colored  Infantry 468 

30th      "          "  "       468 

First  Army-Corps 468 

Recruits  for  the  U.  S.  Regular 
Army 468 


DIRECTORIES. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Jacksonville  City  Directory  469 

Town  14  North  Range  9  West 

.631 

Town  15  North  Range  12  West 

.717 

Business  Directorv.530 
Town  13  North  Range  8  West  '..537 

..     10      .. 
"     11      " 

.657 
.679 

Town  16  North  Range  8  West 
"       9      " 

.724 

.727 

9      " 

..567 

Town  15  North  Range  8  West 

.685 

"     10      " 

.733 

"     11      " 

..587 
-.603 

"       9 

"     10      " 

.688 
.694 

..     12      « 

.739 
.753 

Town  14  North  Range  8  West 

..615 

"     11      " 

.703 

"     13      " 

.762 

ABSTRACT    OF    ILLINOIS    STATE    LAWS. 


PAGE 

Adoption  of  Children itjfl 

BUN  of  Exchange  and   Promis- 
sory Notes 151 

County  Courts 155 

Con  veyances 164 

Church  Organizations 189 

Descent 151 

Deeds  and  Mortgages 157 

Drainage 163 

Damages  from  Trespass 169 

Dfilnitiou  "f  Commercial  Termsl73 
Exemptions  from  Forced  Sale...  156 

Estrays 157 

Fences 168 

Forms: 

A  i  tides  of  Agreement 175 

Bills  of  i-urchase 174 

Billsof  Sale 176 


Forms:  PAGE 

Bonds 176 

Chattel  Mortgages 177 

Codicil 189 

Lease  of  Farm  and  B'ldings.179 

Lease  of  House 180 

Landlord's  Agreement 180 

Notes 174 

Notice  Tenant  to  Quit 181 

Orders 174 

Quit  Claim  Deed 185 

Receipt 1 74 

Keal  Estate  Mortgage  to  se- 
cure Payment  of  Money. ...181 

Release 186 

Tenant's  Agreement 180 

Tenant's  Notice  to  Quit 181 

Warranty  Deed 182 

Will 187 


PAGE 

Game 151 

Interest 158 

Jurisdiction  of  Courts 154 

Limitation  of  Action 155 

Landlord  and  Tenant 169 

Liens 172 

Married  Women  155 

Millers 159 

Marks  and  Brands 159 

Paupers 164 

Roads  and  Bridges 161 

Surveyors  and  Surveys 160 

Suggestions  to  Persons  purchas- 
ing Books  by  Subscription 190 

Taxes 154 

Wills  and  Estates 152 

AVejghts  and  Measures 158 

Wolf  Scalps 164 


PAGE 

Map  of  Morgan  County front. 

Constitution  of  the  United  Statesl92 
Klectors  of  President  and  Vice- 

Presklent.  1876 206 

il   Rules  for   every   day 

use  207 

TJ.  S.  Government  Land  Meas- 
ure  210 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

PAGE 

Surveyors  Measure 211 

How  to  keep  Accounts 211 

Interest  Table 212 

Miscellaneous  Table 212 

Names  of  the  States  of  the  Union 

and  their  Significations 213 

Population  of  the  U.  S 214 


PAGE 
Population    of    Fifty   Principal 

Cities  of  the  U.  S 214 

Population  and  Area  of  the  U.  S.215 
Population    of    the      Principal 

Countries  in  the  World 215 

Population  of  Illinois 216 

Agricultural  Productions  of  Illi- 
nois by  Counties 218 


THE    NORTHWEST    TERRITORY. 


GEOGRAPHICAL    POSITION. 

When  the  Northwestern  Territory  was  ceded  to  the  United  States 
by  Virginia  in  1784,  it  embraced  only  the  territory  lying  between  the 
Ohio  and  the  Mississippi  Rivers,  and  north  to  the  northern  limits  of  the 
United  States.  It  coincided  with  the  area  now  embraced  in  the  States 
of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Michigan,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  and  that  portion  of 
Minnesota  lying  on  the  east  side  of  the  Mississippi  River.  The  United 
States  itself  at  that  period  extended  no  farther  west  than  the  Mississippi 
River  ;  but  by  the  purchase  of  Louisiana  in  1803,  the  western  boundary 
of  the  United  States  was  extended  to  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  the 
Northern  Pacific  Ocean.  The  new  territory  thus  added  to  the  National 
domain,  and  subsequently  opened  to  settlement,  has  been  called  the 
"  New  Northwest,"  in  contradistinction  from  the  old  "  Northwestern 
Territory. " 

In  comparison  with  the  old  Northwest  this  is  a  territory  of  vast 
magnitude.  It  includes  an  area  .of  1,887,850  square  miles ;  being  greater 
in  extent  than  the  united  areas  of  all  the  Middle  and  Southern  States, 
including  Texas.  Out  of  this  magnificent  territory  have  been  erected 
eleven  sovereign  States  and  eight  Territories,  with  an  aggregate  popula- 
tion, at  the  present  time,  of  13,000,000  inhabitants,  or  nearly  one  third  of 
the  entire  population  of  the  United  States. 

Its  lakes  are  fresh-water  seas,  and  the  larger  rivers  of  the  continent 
flow  for  a  thousand  miles  through  its  rich  alluvial  valleys  and  far- 
stretching  prairies,  more  acres  of  which  are  arable  and  productive  of  the 
highest  percentage  of  the  cereals  than  of  any  other  area  of  like  extent 
on  the  globe. 

For  the  last  twenty  years  the  increase  of  population  in  the  North- 
west has  been  about  as  three  to  one  in  any  other  portion  of  the  United 
States. 

(19) 


20  -        THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


EARLY    EXPLORATIONS. 

In  the  year  1541,  DeSoto  first  saw  the  Great  West  in  the  New 
World.  He,  however,  penetrated  no  farther  north  than  the  35th  parallel 
of  latitude.  The  expedition  resulted  in  his  death  and  that  of  more  than 
half  his  army,  the  remainder  of  whom  found  their  way  to  Cuba,  thence 
to  Spain,  in  a  famished  and  demoralized  condition.  DeSoto  founded  no 
settlements,  produced  no  results,  and  left  no  traces,  unless  it  were  that 
he  awakened  the  hostility  of  the  red  man  against  the  white  man,  and 
disheartened  such  as  might  desire  to  follow  up  the  career  of  discovery 
for  better  purposes.  The  French  nation  were  eager  and  ready  to  seize 
upon  any  news  from  this  extensive  domain,  and  were  the  first  to  profit  by 
DeSoto's  defeat.  Yet  it  was  more  than  a  century  before  any  adventurer 
took  advantage  of  these  discoveries. 

In  1616,  four  years  before  the  pilgrims  "  moored  their  bark  on  the 
wild  New  England  shore,"  Le  Caron,  a  French  Franciscan,  had  pene- 
trated through  the  Iroquois  and  Wyandots  (Hurons)  to  the  streams  which 
run  into  Lake  Huron  ;  and  in  1634,  two  Jesuit  missionaries  founded  the 
first  mission  among  the  lake  tribes.  It  was  just  one  hundred  years  from 
the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi  by  DeSoto  (1541)  until  the  Canadian 
envoys  met  the  savage  nations  of  the  Northwest  at  the  Falls  of  St.  Mary, 
below  the  outlet  of  Lake  Superior.  This  visit  led  to  no  permanent 
result;  yet  it  was  not  until  1659  that  any  of  the  adventurous  fur  traders 
attempted  to  spend  a  Winter  in  the  frozen  wilds  about  the  great  lakes, 
nor  was  it  until  1660  that  a  station  was  established  upon  their  borders  by 
Mesnard,  who  perished  in  the  woods  a  few  months  after.  In  1665,  Claude 
Allouez  built  the  earliest  lasting  habitation  of  the  white  man  among  the 
Indians  of  the  Northwest.  In  1668,  Claude  Dablon  and  James  Marquette 
founded  the  mission  of  Sault  Ste.  Marie  at  the  Falls  of  St.  Mary,  and  two 
years  afterward,  Nicholas  Perrot,  as  agent  for  M.  Talon,  Governor  Gen- 
eral of  Canada,  explored  Lake  Illinois  (Michigan)  as  far  south  as  the 
present  City  of  Chicago,  and  invited  the  Indian  nations  to  meet  him  at  a 
grand  council  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie  the  following  Spring,  where  they  were 
taken  under  the  protection  of  the  king,  and  formal  possession  was  taken 
of  the  Northwest.  This  same  year  Marquette  established  a  mission  at 
Point  St.  Ignatius,  where  was  founded  the  old  town  of  Michillimackinac. 

During  M.  Talon's  explorations  and  Marquette's  residence  at  St. 
Ignatius,  they  learned  of  a  great  river  away^to  the  west,  and  fancied 
— as  all  others  did  then — that  upon  its  fertile  banks  whole  tribes  of  God's 
children  resided,  to  whom  the  sound  of  the  Gospel  had  never  come. 
Filled  with  a  wish  to  go  and  preach  to  them,  and  in  compliance  with  a 


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22  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

request  of  M.  Talon,  who  earnestly  desired  to  extend  the  domain  of  his 
king,  and  to  ascertain  whether  the  river  flowed  into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico 
or  the  Pacific  Ocean,  Marquette  with  Joliet,  as  commander  of  the  expe- 
dition, prepared  for  the  undertaking. 

On  the  13th  of  May,  1673,  the  explorers,  accompanied  by  five  assist- 
ant French  Canadians,  set  out  from  Mackinaw  on  their  daring  voyage  of 
discovery.  The  Indians,  who  gathered  to  witness  their  departure,  were 
astonished  at  the  boldness  of  the  undertaking,  and  endeavored  to  dissuade 
them  from  their  purpose  by  representing  the  tribes  on  the  Mississippi  a& 
exceedingly  savage  and  cruel,  and  the  river  itself  as  full  of  all  sorts  of 
frightful  monsters  ready  to  swallow  them  and  their  canoes  together.  But, 
nothing  daunted  by  these  terrific  descriptions,  Marquette  told  them  he 
was  willing  not  only  to  encounter  all  the  perils  of  the  unknown  region 
they  were  about  to  explore,  but  to  lay  down  his  life  in  a  cause  in  which 
the  salvation  of  souls  was  involved  ;  and  having  prayed  together  they 
separated.  Coasting  along  the  northern  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  the 
adventurers  entered  Green  Bay,  and  passed  thence  up  the  Fox  River  and 
Lake  Winnebago  to  a  village  of  the  Miamis  and  Kickapoos.  Here  Mar- 
quette was  delighted  to  find  a  beautiful  cross  planted  in  the  middle  of  the 
town  ornamented  with  white  skins,  red  girdles  and  bows  and  arrows, 
which  these  good  people  had  offered  to  the  Great  Manitou,  or  God,  to 
thank  hiin  for  the  pity  he  had  bestowed  on  them  during  the  Winter  in 
giving  them  an  abundant  "  chase."  This  was  the  farthest  outpost  to 
which  Dablon  and  Allouez  had  extended  their  missionary  labors  the 
year  previous.  Here  Marquette  drank  mineral  waters  and  was  instructed 
in  the  secret  of  a  root  which  cures  the  bite  of  the  venomous  rattlesnake. 
He  assembled  the  chiefs  and  old  men  of  the  village,  and,  pointing  to 
Joliet,  said :  "  My  friend  is  an  envoy  of  France,  to  discover  new  coun- 
tries, and  I  am  an  ambassador  from  God  to  enlighten  them  with  the  truths 
of  the  Gospel."  Two  Miami  guides  were  here  furnished  to  conduct 
them  to  the  Wisconsin  River,  and  they  set  out  from  the  Indian  village  on 
the  10th  of  June,  amidst  a  great  crowd  of  natives  who  had  assembled  to 
witness  their  departure  into  a  region  where  no  white  man  had  ever  yet 
ventured.  The  guides,  having  conducted  them  across  the  portage, 
returned.  The  explorers  launched  their  canoes  upon  the  Wisconsin, 
which  they  descended  to  the  Mississippi  and  proceeded  down  its  unknown 
waters.  What  emotions  must  have  swelled  their  breasts  as  they  struck 
out  into  the  broadening  current  and  became  conscious  that  they  were 
now  upon  the  bosom  of  th3  Father  of  Waters.  The  mystery  was  about 
to  be  lifted  from  the  long-sought  river.  The  scenery  in  that  locality  is 
beautiful,  and  on  that  delightful  seventeenth  of  June  must  have  been 
clad  in  all  its  primeval  loveliness  as  it  had  been  adorned  by  the  hand  of 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


23 


Nature.  Drifting  rapidly,  it  is  said  that  the  bold  bluffs  on  either  hand 
*'  reminded  them  of  the  castled  shores  of  their  own  beautiful  rivers  of 
France."  By-and-by,  as  they  drifted  along,  great  herds  of  buffalo  appeared 
on  the  banks.  On  going  to  the  heads  of  the  valley  they  could  see  a 
country  of  the  greatest  beauty  and  fertility,  apparently  destitute  of  inhab- 
itants yet  presenting  the  appearance  of  extensive  manors,  under  the  fas- 
tidious cultivation  of  lordly  proprietors. 


THE    WILD    PRAIRIE. 


On  June  25,  they  went  ashore  and  found  some  fresh  traces  of  men  upon 
the  sand,  and  a  path  which  led  to  the  prairie.  The  men  remained  in  the 
boat,  and  Marquette  and  Joliet  followed  the  path  till  they  discovered  a 
village  on  the  banks  of  a  river,  and  two  other  villages  on  a  hill,  within  a 
half  league  of  the  first,  inhabited  by  Indians.  They  were  received  most 
hospitably  by  these  natives,  who  had  never  before  seen  a  white  person. 
After  remaining  a  few  days  they  re-embarked  and  descended  the  river  to 
about  latitude  33°,  where  they  found  a  village  of  the  Arkansas,  and  being 
satisfied  that  the  river  flowed  into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  turned  their  course 


24  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

up  the  river,  and  ascending  the  stream  to  the  mouth  of  the  Illinois, 
rowed  up  that  stream  to  its  source,  and  procured  guides  from  that  point 
to  the  lakes.  "  Nowhere  on  this  journey,"  says  Marquette,  •'  did  we  see 
such  grounds,  meadows,  woods,  stags,  buffaloes,  deer,  wildcats,  bustards, 
swans,  ducks,  parroquets,  and  even  beavers,  as  on  the  Illinois  River.'' 
The  party,  without  loss  or  injury,  reached  Green  Bay  in  September,  and 
reported  their  discovery — one  of  the  most  important  of  the  age,  but  of 
which  no  record  was  preserved  save  Marquette 's,  Joliet  losing  his  by 
the  upsetting  of  his  canoe  on  his  way  to  Quebec.  Afterward  Marquette 
returned  to  the  Illinois  Indians  by  their  request,  and  ministered  to  them 
until  1675.  On  the  18th  of  May,  in  that  year,  as  he  was  passing  the 
mouth  of  a  stream — going  with  his  boatmen  up  Lake  Michigan — he  asked 
to  land  at  its  mouth  and  celebrate  Mass.  Leaving  his  men  with  the  canoe, 
he  retired  a  short  distance  and  began  his  devotions.  As  much  time 
passed  and  he  did  not  return,  his  men  went  in  search  of  him,  and  found 
him  upon  his  knees,  dead.  He  had  peacefully  passed  away  while  at 
prayer.  He  was  buried  at  this  spot.  Charlevoix,  who  visited  the  place 
fifty  years  after,  found  the  waters  had  retreated  from  the  grave,  leaving . 
the  beloved  missionary  to  repose  in  peace.  The  river  has  since  been 
called  Marquette. 

While  Marquette  and  his  companions  were  pursuing  their  labors  in 
the  West,  two  men,  differing  widely  from  him  and  each  other,  were  pre- 
paring to  follow  in  his  footsteps  and  perfect  the  discoveries  so  well  begun 
by  him.  These  were  Robert  de  LaSalle  and  Louis  Hennepin. 

After  La  Salle's  return  from  the  discovery  of  the  Ohio  River  (see 
the  narrative  elsewhere),  he  established  himself  again  among  the  French 
trading  posts  in  Canada.  Here  he  mused  long  upon  the  pet  project  of 
those  ages — a  short  way  to  China  and  the  East,  and  was  busily  planning  an 
expedition  up  the  great  lakes,  and  so  across  the  continent  to  the  Pacific, 
when  Marquette  returned  from  the  Mississippi.  At  once  the  vigorous  mind 
of  LaSalle  received  from  his  and  his  companions'  stories  the  idea  that  by  fol- 
lowing the  Great  River  northward,  or  by  turning  up  some  of  the  numerous 
western  tributaries,  the  object  could  easily  be  gained.  He  applied  to 
Frontenac,  Governor  General  of  Canada,  and  laid  before  him  the  plan, 
dim  but  gigantic.  Frontenac  entered  warmly  into  his  plans,  and  saw  that 
LaSalie's  idea  to  connect  the  great  lakes  by  a  chain  of  forts  with  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico  would  bind  the  country  so  wonderfully  together,  give  un- 
measured power  to  France,  and  glory  to  himself,  under  whose  adminis- 
tration he  earnestly  hoped  all  would  be  realized. 

LaSalle  now  repaired  to  France,  laid  his  plans  before  the  King,  who 
warmly  approved  of  them,  and  made  him  a  Chevalier.  He  also  received 
from  all  the  noblemen  the  warmest  wishes  for  his  success.  The  Chev- 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  25 

alier  returned  to  Canada,  and  busily  entered  upon  his  work.  He  at 
once  rebuilt  Fort  Frontenac  and  constructed  the  first  ship  to  sail  on 
these  fresh-water  seas.  On  the  7th  of  August,  1679,  having  been  joined 
by  Hennepin,  he  began  his  voyage  in  the  Griffin  up  Lake  Erie.  He 
passed  over  this  lake,  through  the  straits  beyond,  up  Lake  St.  Clair  and 
into  Huron.  In  this  lake  they  encountered  heavy  storms.  They  were 
some  time  at  Michillimackinac,  where  LaSalle  founded  a.  fort,  and  passed 
on  to  Green  Bay,  the  "  Baie  des  Puans'''  of  the  French,  where  he  found 
a  large  quantity  of  furs  collected  for  him.  He  loaded  the  Griffin  with 
these,  and  placing  her  under  the  care  of  a  pilot  and  fourteen  sailors, 


LA  SALLE   LANDING   ON   THE   SHORE    OF   GREEN   BAY. 

started  her  on  her  return  voyage.  The  vessel  was  never  afterward  heard 
of.  He  remained  about  these  parts  until  early  in  the  Winter,  when,  hear- 
ing nothing  from  the  Griffin,  he  collected  all  the  men — thirty  working 
men  and  three  monks — and  started  again  upon  his  great  undertaking. 

By  a  short  portage  they  passed  to  the  Illinois  or  Kankakee,  called  by 
the  Indians,  "Theakeke,"  wolf,  because  of  the  tribes  of  Indians  called 
by  that  name,  commonly  known  as  the  Mahingans,  dwelling  there.  The 
French  pronounced  it  Kiakiki,  which  became  corrupted  to  Kankakee. 
"Falling  down  the  said  river  by  easy  journeys,  the  better  to  observe  the 
country,"  about  the  last  of  December  they  reached  a  village  of  the  Illi- 
nois Indians,  containing  some  five  hundred  cabins,  but  at  that  moment 


26  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

no  inhabitants.  The  Seur  de  LaSalle  being  in  want  of  some  breadstuff's, 
took  advantage  of  the  absence  of  the  Indians  to  help  himself  to  a  suffi- 
ciency of  maize,  large  quantities  of  which  he  found  concealed  in  holes 
under  the  wigwams.  This  village  was  situated  near  the  present  village 
of  Utica  in  LaSalle  County,  Illinois.  The  corn  being  securely  stored, 
the  voyagers  again  betook  themselves  to  the  stream,  and  toward  evening, 
on  the  4th  day  of  January,  1680,  they  came  into  a  lake  which  must  have 
been  the  lake  of  Peoria.  This  was  called  by  the  Indians  Pim-i-te-wi,  that 
is,  a  place  where  there  are  many  fat  beasts.  Here  the  natives  were  met 
with  in  large  numbers,  but  they  were  gentle  and  kind,  and  having  spent 
some  time  with  them,  LaSalle  determined  to  erect  another  fort  in  that 
place,  for  he  had  heard  rumors  that  some  of  the  adjoining  tribes  were 
trying  to  disturb  the  good  feeling  which  existed,  and  some  of  his  men 
were  disposed  to  complain,  owing  to  the  hardships  and  perils  of  the  travel. 
He  called  this  fort  "  Crevecceur"  (broken-heart),  a  name  expressive  of  the 
very  natural  sorrow  and  anxietj^  which  the  pretty  certain  loss  of  his  ship, 
Griffin,  and  his  consequent  impoverishment,  the  danger  of  hostility  on  the 
part  of  the  Indians,  and  of  mutiny  among  his  own  men,  might  well  cause 
him.  His  fears  were  not  entirely  groundless.  At  one  time  poison  was 
placed  in  his  food,  but  fortunately  was  discovered. 

While  building  this  fort,  the  Winter  wore  away,  the  prairies  began  to 
look  green,  and  LaSalle,  despairing  of  any  reinforcements,  concluded  to 
return  to  Canada,  raise  new  means  and  new  men,  and  embark  anew  in 
the  enterprise.  For  this  purpose  he  made  Hennepin  the  leader  of  a  party 
to  explore  the  head  waters  of  the  Mississippi,  and  he  set  out  on  his  jour- 
ney. This  journey  was  accomplished  with  the  aid  of  a  few  persons,  and 
was  successfully  made,  though  over  an  almost  u  iknown  route,  and  in  a 
bad  season  of  the  year.  He  safely  reached  Cana  ^a,  and  set  out  again  for 
the  object  of  his  search. 

Hennepin  and  his  party  left  Fort  Crevecoeur  on  the  last  of  February, 
1680.  When  LaSalle  reached  this  place  on  his  return  expedition,  he 
found  the  fort  entirely  deserted,  and  he  was  obliged  to  return  again  to 
Canada.  He  embarked  the  third  time,  and  succeeded.  Seven  days  after 
leaving  the  fort,  Hennepin  reached  the  Mississippi,  and  paddling  up  the 
icy  stream  as  best  he  could,  reached  no  higher  than  the  Wisconsin  River 
by  the  llth  of  April.  Here  he  and  his  followers  were  taken  prisoners  by  a 
band  of  Northern  Indians,  who  treated  them  with  great  kindness.  Hen- 
nepin's  comrades  were  Anthony  Auguel  and  Michael  Ako.  On  this  voy- 
age they  found  several  beautiful  lakes,  and  "saw  some  charming  prairies." 
Their  captors  were  the  Isaute  or  Sauteurs,  Chippewas,  a  tribe  of  the  Sioux 
nation,  who  took  them  up  the  river  until  about  the  first  of  May,  when 
they  reached  some  falls,  which  Hennepin  christened  Falls  of  St.  Anthony 


THE    NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


27 


in  honor  of  his  patron  saint.  Here  they  took  the  land,  and  traveling 
nearly  two  hundred  miles  to  the  northwest,  brought  them  to  their  villages. 
Here  they  were  kept  about  three  months,  were  treated  kindly  by  their 
captors,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time,  were  met  by  a  band  of  Frenchmen, 


BUFFALO    HUNT. 

headed  by  one  Seur  de  Luth,  who,  in  pursuit  of  trade  and  game,  had  pene- 
trated thus  far  by  the  route  of  Lake  Superior ;  and  with  these  fellow- 
countrymen  Hennepin  and  his  companions  were  allowed  to  return  to  the 
borders  of  civilized  life  in  November,  1680,  just  after  LaSalle  had 
returned  to  the  wilderness  on  his  second  trip.  Hennepin  soon  after  went 
to  France,  where  he  published  an  account  of  his  adventures. 


28  •  THE  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

The  Mississippi  was  first  discovered  by-  De  Soto  in  April,  1541,  in  his 
vain  endeavor  to  find  gold  and  precious  gems.  In  the  following  Spring, 
De  Soto,  weary  with  hope  long  deferred,  and  worn  out  with  his  wander- 
ings, he  fell  a  victim  to  disease,  and  on  the  21st  of  May  died.  His  followers, 
reduced  by  fatigue  and  disease  to  less  than  three  hundred  men,  wandered 
about  the  country  nearly  a  year,  in  the  vain  endeavor  to  rescue  them- 
selves by  land,  and  finally  constructed  seven  small  vessels,  called  brigan- 
tines,  in  which  they  embarked,  and  descending  the  river,  supposing  it 
would  lead  them  to  the  sea,  in  July  they  came  to  the  sea  (Gulf  of 
Mexico),  and  by  September  reached  the  Island  of  Cuba. 

They  were  the  first  to  see  the  great  outlet  of  the  Mississippi ;  but, 
being  so  weary  and  discouraged,  made  no  attempt  to  claim  the  country, 
and  hardly  had  an  intelligent  idea  of  what  they  had  passed  through. 

To  La  Salle,  the  intrepid  explorer,  belongs  the  honor  of  giving  the 
first  account  of  the  mouths  of  the  river.  His  great  desire  was  to  possess 
this  entire  country  for  his  king,  and  in  January,  1682,  he  and  his  band  of 
explorers  left  the  shores  of  Lake  Michigan  on  their  third  attempt,  crossed 
the  portage,  passed  down  the  Illinois  River,  and  on  the  6th  of  February, 
reached  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi. 

On  the  13th  they  commenced  their  downward  course,  which  they 
pursued  with  but  one  interruption,  until  upon  the  6th  of  March  they  dis- 
covered the  three  great  passages  by  which  the  river  discharges  its  waters 
into  the  gulf.  La  Salle  thus  narrates  the  event : 

"  We  landed  on  the  bank  of  the  most  western  channel,  about  three 
leagues  (nine  miles)  from  its  mouth.  On  the  seventh,  M.  de  LaSalle 
went  to  reconnoiter  the  shores  of  the  neighboring  sea,  and  M.  de  Tonti 
meanwhile  examined  the  great  middle  channel.  They  found  the  main 
outlets  beautiful,  large  and  deep.  On  the  8th  we  reascended  the  river,  a 
little  above  its  confluence  with  the  sea,  to  find  a  dry  place  beyond  the 
re*ch  of  inundations.  The  elevation  of  the  North  Pole  was  here  about 
twenty-seven  degrees.  Here  we  prepared  a  column  and  a  cross,  and  to 
the  column  were  affixed  the  arms  of  France  with  this  inscription : 

Louis  Le  Grand,  Roi  De  France  et  de  Navarre,  regne  ;  Le  neuvieme  Avril,  1682. 

The  whole  party,  under  arms,  chanted  the  Te  Deum,  and  then,  after 
a  salute  and  cries  of  "  Vive  le  Roi,"  the  column  was  erected  by  M.  de 
La  Salle,  who,  standing  near  it,  proclaimed  in  a  loud  voice  the  authority  of 
the  King  of  France.  LaSalle  returned  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi settlements  in  Illinois,  thence  he  proceeded  to  France,  where 
another  expedition  was  fitted  out,  of  which  he  was  commander,  and  in  two 
:succeeding  voyages  failed  to  find  the  outlet  of  the  river  by  sailing  along 
the  shore  of  the  gulf.  On  his  third  voyage  he  was  killed,  through  the 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  29 

treachery  of  his  followers,  and  the  object  of  his  expeditions  was  not 
accomplished  until  1699,  when  D'Iberville,  under  the  authority  of  the 
crown,  discovered,  on  the  second  of  March,  by  way  of  the  sea,  the  mouth 
of  the  "  Hidden  River."  This  majestic  stream  was  called  by  the  natives 
44  Malbouchia,"  and  by  the  Spaniards,  "  la  Palissade,"  from  the  great 


TRAPPING. 

number  of  trees  about  its  mouth.  After  traversing  the  several  outlets,, 
and  satisfying  himself  as  to  its  certainty,  he  erected  a  fort  near  its  western 
outlet,  and  returned  to  France. 

An  avenue  of  trade  was  now  opened  out  which  was  fully  improved. 
In  1718,  New  Orleans  was  laid  out  and  settled  by  some  European  colo- 
nists. In  1762,  the  colony  was  made  over  to  Spain,  to  be  regained  by 
France  under  the  consulate  of  Napoleon.  In  1803,  it  was  purchased  by 


30  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

the  United  States  for  the  sum  of  fifteen  million  dollars,  and  the  territory 
of  Louisiana  and  commerce  of  the  Mississippi  River  came  under  the 
charge  of  the  United  States.  Although  LaSalle's  labors  ended  in  defeat 
and  death,  he  had  not  worked  and  suffered  in  vain.  He  had  thrown 
open  to  France  and  the  world  an  immense  and  most  valuable  country ; 
had  established  several  ports,  and  laid  the  foundations  of  more  than  one 
settlement  there.  "  Peoria,  Kaskaskia  and  Cahokia,  are  to  this  day  monu- 
ments of  LaSalle's  labors ;  for,  though  he  had  founded  neither  of  them 
(unless  Peoria,  which  was  built  nearly  upon  the  site  of  Fort  Crevecoeur,) 
it  was  by  those  whom  he  led  into  the  West  that  these  places  were 
peopled  and  civilized.  He  was,  if  not  the  discoverer,  the  first  settler  of 
the  Mississippi  Valley,  and  as  such  deserves  to  be  known  and  honored." 

The  French  early  improved  the  opening  made  for  them.  Before  the 
year  1698,  the  Rev.  Father  Gravier  began  a  mission  among  the  Illinois, 
and  founded  Kaskaskia.  For  some  time  this  was  merely  a  missionary 
station,  where  none  but  natives  resided,  it  being  one  of  three  such  vil- 
lages, tlie  other  two  being  Cahokia  and  Peoria.  What  is  known  of 
these  missions  is  learned  from  a  letter  written  by  Father  Gabriel  Marest, 
•dated  "  Aux  Cascaskias,  autrement  dit  de  ITmmaculate  Conception  de 
la  Sainte  Vierge,  le  9  Novembre,  1712."  Soon  after  the  founding  of 
Kaskaskia,  the  missionary,  Pinet,  gathered  a  flock  at  Cahokia,  while 
Peoria  arose  near  the  ruins  of  Fort  Crevecoeur.  This  must  have  been 
about  the  year  1700.  The  post  at  Vincennes  on  the  Oubache  river, 
(pronounced  Wa-ba,  meaning  summer  cloud  moving  swiftly*)  was  estab- 
lished in  1702,  according  to  the  best  authorities.*  It  is  altogether  prob- 
able that  on  LaSalle's  last  trip  he  established  the  stations  at  Kaskaskia 
and  Cahokia.  In  July,  1701,  the  foundations  of  Fort  Ponchartrain 
were  laid  by  De  la  Motte  Cadillac  on  the  Detroit  River.  These  sta- 
tions, with  those  established  further  north,  were  the  earliest  attempts  to 
occupy  the  Northwest  Territory.  At  the  same  time  efforts  were  being 
made  to  occupy  the  Southwest,  which  finally  culminated  in  the  settle- 
ment and  founding  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans  by  a  colony  from  England 
in  1718.  This  was  mainly  accomplished  through  the  efforts  of  the 
famous  Mississippi  Company,  established  by  the  notorious  John  Law, 
who  so  quickly  arose  into  prominence  in  France,  and  who  with  his 
scheme  so  quickly  and  so  ignominiously  passed  away. 

From  the  time  of  the  founding  of  these  stations  for  fifty  years  the 
French  nation  were  engrossed  with  the  settlement  of  the  lower  Missis- 
sippi, and  the  war  with  the  Chicasaws,  who  had,  in  revenge  for  repeated 

*  There  is  considerable  dispute  about  this  date,  some  asserting  it  was  founded  as  late  as  1742.  When 
the  new  court  house  at  Vincennes  was  erected,  all  authorities  on  the  subject  were  carefully  examined,  and 
i'/02  fixed  upon  as  the  correct  date.  It  was  accordingly  engraved  on  the  corner-stone  of  the  court  house. 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  31 

injuries,  cut  off  the  entire  colony  at  Natchez.  Although  the  company 
did  little  for  Louisiana,  as  the  entire  West  was  then  called,  yet  it  opened 
the  trade  through  the  Mississippi  River,  and  started  the  raising  of  grains 
indigenous  to  that  climate.  Until  the  year  1750,  but  little  is  known  of 
the  settlements  in  the  Northwest,  as  it  was  not  until  this  time  that  the 
attention  of  the  English  was  called  to  the  occupation  of  this  portion  of  the 
New  World,  which  they  then  supposed  they  owned.  Vivier,  a  missionary 
among  the  Illinois,  writing  from  "  Aux  Illinois,"  six  leagues  from  Fort 
Chartres,  June  8,  1750,  says:  "We  have  here  whites,  negroes  and 
Indians,  to  say  nothing  of  cross-breeds.  There  are  five  French  villages, 
and  three  villages  of  the  natives,  within  a  space  of  twenty-one  leagues 
situated  between  the  Mississippi  and  another  river  called  the  Karkadaid 
(Kaskaskias).  In  the  five  French  villages  are,  perhaps,  eleven  hundred 
whites,  three  hundred  blacks  and  some  sixty  red  slaves  or  savages.  The 
three  Illinois  towns  do  not  contain  more  than  eight  hundred  souls  all 
told.  Most  of  the  French  till  the  soil;  they  raise  wheat,  cattle,  pigs  and 
horses,  and  live  like  princes.  Three  times  as  much  is  produced  as  can 
be  consumed ;  and  great  quantities  of  grain  and  flour  are  sent  to  New 
Orleans."  This  city  was  now  the  seaport  town  of  the  Northwest,  and 
save  in  the  extreme  northern  part,  where  only  furs  and  copper  ore  were 
found,  almost  all  the  products  of  the  country  found  their  way  to  France 
by  the  mouth  of  the  Father  of  Waters.  In  another  letter,  dated  Novem- 
ber 7,  1750,  this  same  priest  says :  "  For  fifteen  leagues  above  the 
mouth  of  the  Mississippi  one  sees  no  dwellings,  the  ground  being  too  low 
to  be  habitable.  Thence  to  New  Orleans,  the  lands  are  only  partially 
occupied.  New  Orleans  contains  black,  white  and  red,  not  more,  I 
think,  than  twelve  hundred  persons.  To  this  point  come  all  lumber, 
bricks,  salt-beef,  tallow,  tar,  skins  and  bear's  grease  ;  and  above  all,  pork 
and  flour  from  the  Illinois.  These  things  create  some  commerce,  as  forty 
vessels  and  more  have  come  hither  this  year.  Above  New  Orleans, 
plantations  are  again  met  with ;  the  most  considerable  is  a  colony  of 
Germans,  some  ten  leagues  up  the  river.  At  Point  Coupee,  thirty -five 
leagues  above  the  German  settlement,  is  a  fort.  Along  here,  within  five 
or  six  leagues,  are  not  less  than  sixty  habitations.  Fifty  leagues  farther 
up  is  the  Natchez  post,  where  we  have  a  garrison,  who  are  kept  prisoners 
through  fear  of  the  Chickasaws.  Here  and  at  Point  Coupee,  they  raise 
excellent  tobacco.  Another  hundred  leagues  brings  us  to  the  Arkansas, 
where  we  have  also  a  fort  and  a  garrison  for  the  benefit  of  the  river 
traders.  *  *  *  From  the  Arkansas  to  the  Illinois,  nearly  five  hundred 
leagues,  there  is  not  a  settlement.  There  should  be,  however,  a  fort  at 
the  Oubache  (Ohio),  the  only  path  by  which  the  English  can  reach  the 
Mississippi.  In  the  Illinois  country  are  numberless  mines,  but  no  one  to 


W2  THE    NORTHWEST    TERRITORY. 

work  them  as  they  deserve."  Father  Marest,  writing  from  the  post  at 
Vinceniies  in  181 2,  makes  the  same  observation.  Vivier  also  says  :  "  Some 
individuals  dig  lead  near  the  surface  and  supply  the  Indians  and  Canada. 
Two  Spaniards  now  here,  who  claim  to  be  adepts,  say  that  our  mines  are 
like  those  of  Mexico,  and  that  if  we  would  dig  deeper,  we  should  find 
silver  under  the  lead  ;  and  at  any  rate  the  lead  is  excellent.  There  is  also 
in  this  country,  beyond  doubt,  copper  ore,  as  from  time  to  time  large 
pieces  arc  found  in  the  streams." 


HUNTING. 


At  the  close  of  the  year  1750,  the  French  occupied,  in  addition  to  the 
lower  Mississippi  posts  and  those  in  Illinois,  one  at  Du  Quesne,  one  at 
the  Maumee  in  the  country  of  the  Miamis,  and  one  at  Sandusky  in  what 
may  be  termed  the  Ohio  Valley.  In  the  northern  part  of  the  Northwest 
they  had  stations  at  St.  Joseph's  on  the  St.  Joseph's  of  Lake  Michigan, 
at  Fort  Ponchartrain  (Detroit),  at  Michillimackanac  or  Massillimacanac, 
Fox  River  of  Green  Bay,  and  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie.  The  fondest  dreams  of 
LaSalle  were  now  fully  realized.  The  French  alone  were  possessors  of 
this  vast  realm,  basing  their  claim  on  discovery  and  settlement.  Another 
nation,  however,  was  now  turning  its  attention  to  this  extensive  country, 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  33 

and  hearing  of  its  wealth,  began  to  lay  plans  for  occupying  it  and  for 
securing  the  great  profits  arising  therefrom. 

The  French,  however,  had  another  claim  to  this  country,  namely,  the 


DISCOVERY   OF   THE   OHIO. 

This  "  Beautiful "  river  was  discovered  by  Robert  Cavalier  de  La- 
Salle  in  1669,  four  years  before  the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi  by  Joliet 
and  Marquette. 

While  LaSalle  was  at  his  trading  post  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  he  found 
leisure  to  study  nine  Indian  dialects,  the  chief  of  which  was  the  Iroquois. 
He  not  only  desired  to  facilitate  his  intercourse  in  trade,  but  he  longed 
to  travel  and  explore  the  unknown  regions  of  the  West.  An  incident 
soon  occurred  which  decided  him  to"  fit  out  an  exploring  expedition. 

While  conversing  with  some  Senecas,  he  learned  of  a  river  called  the 
Ohio,  which  rose  in  their  country  and  flowed  to  the  sea,  but  at  such  a 
distance  that  it  required  eight  months  to  reach  its  mouth.  In  this  state- 
ment the  Mississippi  and  its  tributaries  were  considered  as  one  stream. 
LaSalle  believing,  as  most  of  the  French  at  that  period  did,  that  the  great 
rivers  flowing  west  emptied  into  the  Sea  of  California,  was  anxious  to 
embark  in  the  enterprise  of  discovering  a  route  across  the  continent  to 
the  commerce  of  China  and  Japan. 

He  repaired  at  once  to  Quebec  to  obtain  the  approval  of  the  Gov- 
ernor. His  eloquent  appeal  prevailed.  The  Governor-and  the  Intendant, 
Talon,  issued  letters  patent  authorizing  the  enterprise,  but  made  no  pro- 
vision to  defray  the  expenses.  At  this  juncture  the  seminary  of  St.  Sul- 
pice  decided  to  send  out  missionaries  in  connection  with  the  expedition, 
and  LaSalle  offering  to  sell  his  improvements  at  LaChine  to  raise  money, 
the  offer  was  accepted  by  the  Superior,  and  two  thousand  eight  hundred 
dollars  were  raised,  with  which  LaSalle  purchased  four  canoes  and  the 
necessary  supplies  for  the  outfit. 

On  the  6th  of  July,  1669,  the  party,  numbering  twenty-four  persons, 
embarked  in  seven  canoes  on  the  St.  Lawrence ;  two  additional  canoes 
carried  the  Indian  guides.  In  three  days  they  were  gliding  over  the 
bosom  of  Lake  Ontario.  Their  guides  conducted  them  directly  to  the 
Seneca  village  on  the  bank  of  the  Genesee,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  present 
City  of  Rochester,  New  York.  Here  they  expected  to  procure  guides  to 
conduct  them  to  the  Ohio,  but  in  this  they  were  disappointed. 

The  Indians  seemed  unfriendly  to  the  enterprise.  LaSalle  suspected 
that  the  Jesuits  had  prejudiced  their  minds  against  his  plans.  After 
waiting  a  month  in  the  hope  of  gaining  their  object,  they  met  an  Indian 


34 


THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY. 


from  the  Iroquois  colony  at  the  head  of  Lake  Ontario,  who  assured  them 
that  they  could  there  find  guides,  and  offered  to  conduct  them  thence. 

On  their  way  they  passed  the  mouth  of  the  Niagara  River,  when  they 
heard  for  the  first  time  the  distant  thunder  of  the  cataract.     Arriving 


among  the  Iroquois,  they  met  with  a  friendly  reception,  and  learned 
from  a  Shawanee  prisoner  that  they  could  reach  the  Ohio  in  six  weeks. 
Delighted  with  the  unexpected  good  fortune,  they  made  ready  to  resume 
their  journey ;  but  just  as  they  were  about  to  start  they  heard  of  the 
arrival  of  two  Frenchmen  in  a  neighboring  village.  One  of  them  proved 
to  be  Louis  Joliet,  afterwards  famous  as  an  explorer  in  the  West.  He 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  35 

had  been  sent  by  the  Canadian  Government  to  explore  the  copper  mines 
on  Lake  Superior,  but  had  failed,  and  was  on  his  way  back  to  Quebec. 
He  gave  the  missionaries  a  map  of  the  country  he  had  explored  in  the 
lake  region,  together  with  an  account  of  the  condition  of  the  Indians  in 
that  quarter.  This  induced  the  priests  to  determine  on  leaving  the 
expedition  and  going  to  Lake  Superior.  LaSalle  warned  them  that  the 
Jesuits  were  probably  occupying  that  field,  and  that  they  would  meet 
with  a  cold  reception.  Nevertheless  they  persisted  in  their  purpose,  and 
after  worship  on  the  lake  shore,  parted  from  LaSalle.  On  arriving  at 
Lake  Superior,  they  found,  as  LaSalle  had  predicted,  the  Jesuit  Fathers, 
Marquette  and  Dablon,  occupying  the  field. 

These  zealous  disciples  of  Loyola  informed  them  that  they  wanted 
no  assistance  from  St.  Sulpice,  nor  from  those  who  made  him  their  patron 
saint ;  and  thus  repulsed,  they  returned  to  Montreal  the  following  June 
without  having  made  a  single  discovery  or  converted  a  single  Indian. 

After  parting  with  the  priests,  LaSalle  went  to  the  chief  Iroquois 
village  at  Onondaga,  where  he  obtained  guides,  and  passing  thence  to  a 
tributary  of  the  Ohio  south  of  Lake  Erie,  he  descended  the  latter  as  far 
as  the  falls  at  Louisville.  Thus  was  the  Ohio  discovered  by  LaSalle,  the 
persevering  and  successful  French  explorer  of  the  West,  in  1669. 

The  account  of  the  latter  part  of  his  journey  is  found  in  an  anony- 
mous paper,  which  purports  to  have  been  taken  from  the  lips  of  LaSalle 
himself  during  a  subsequent  visit  to  Paris.  In  a  letter  written  to  Count 
Frontenac  in  1667,  shortly  after  the  discovery,  he  himself  says  that  he 
discovered  the  Ohio  and  descended  it  to  the  falls.  This  was  regarded  as 
an  indisputable  fact  by  the  French  authorities,  who  claimed  the  Ohio 
Valley  upon  another  ground.  When  Washington  was  sent  by  the  colony 
of  Virginia  in  1753,  to  demand  of  Gordeur  de  St.  Pierre  why  the  French 
had  built  a  fort  on  the  Monongahela,  the  haughty  commandant  at  Quebec 
replied :  "  We  claim  the  country  on  the  Ohio  by  virtue  of  the  discoveries 
of  LaSalle,  and  will  not  give  it  up  to  the  English.  Our  orders  are  to 
make  prisoners  of  every  Englishman  found  trading  in  the  Ohio  Valley.'* 


ENGLISH  EXPLORATIONS  AND  SETTLEMENTS. 

When  the  new  year  of  1750  broke  in  upon  the  Father  of  Waters 
and  the  Great  Northwest,  all  was  still  wild  save  at  the  French  posts 
already  described.  In  1749,  when  the  English  first  began  to  think  seri- 
ously about  sending  men  into  the  West,  the  greater  portion  of  the  States 
of  Indiana,  Ohio,  Illinois,  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  and  Minnesota  were  yet 
under  the  dominion  of  the  red  men.  The  English  knew,  however,  pretty 


36  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

conclusively  of  the  nature  of  the  wealth  of  these  wilds.  As  early  as 
1710,  Governor  Spotswood,  of  Virginia,  had  commenced  movements  to 
secure  the  country  west  of  the  Alleghenies  to  the  English  crown.  In 
Pennsylvania,  Governor  Keith  and  James  Logan,  secretary  of  the  prov- 
ince, from  1719  to  1731,  represented  to  the  powers  of  England  the  neces- 
sity of  securing  the  Western  lands.  Nothing  was  done,  however,  by  that 
power  save  to  take  some  diplomatic  steps  to  secure  the  claims  of  Britain 
to  this  unexplored  wilderness. 

England  had  from  the  outset  claimed  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific, 
on  the  ground  that  the  discovery  of  the  seacoast  and  its  possession  was  a 
discovery  and  possession  of  the  country,  and,  as  is  well  known,  her  grants 
to  the  colonies  extended  "  from  sea  to  sea."  This  was  not  all  her  claim. 
She  had  purchased  from  the  Indian  tribes  large  tracts  of  land.  This  lat- 
ter was  also  a  strong  argument.  As  early  as  1684,  Lord  Howard,  Gov- 
ernor of  Virginia,  held  a  treaty  with  the  six  nations.  These  were  the 
great  Northern  Confederacy,  and  comprised  at  first  the  Mohawks,  Onei- 
das,  Onondagas,  Cayugas,  and  Senecas.  Afterward  the  Tuscaroras  were 
taken  into  the  confederacy,  and  it  became  known  as  the  Six  NATIONS. 
They  came  under  the  protection  of  the  mother  country,  and  again  in 
1701,  they  repeated  the  agreement,  and  in  September,  1726,  a  formal  deed 
was  drawn  up  and  signed  by  the  chiefs.  The  validity  of  this  claim  has 
often  been  disputed,  but  never  successfully.  In  1744,  a  purchase  was 
made  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  of  certain  lands  within  the  "  Colony  of 
Virginia,"  for  which  the  Indians  received  £200  in  gold  and  a  like  sum  in 
goods,  with  a  promise  that,  as  settlements  increased,  more  should  be  paid. 
The  Commissioners  from  Virginia  were  Colonel  Thomas  Lee  and  Colonel 
William  Beverly.  As  settlements  extended,  the  promise  of  more  pay  was 
called  to  mind,  and  Mr.  Conrad  Weiser  was  sent  across  the  mountains  with 
presents  to  appease  the  savages.  Col.  Lee,  and  some  Virginians  accompa- 
nied him  with  the  intention  of  sounding  the  Indians  upon  their  feelings 
regarding  the  English.  They  were  not  satisfied  with  their  treatment, 
and  plainly  told  the  Commissioners  why.  The  English  did  not  desire  the 
cultivation  of  the  country,  but  the  monopoly  of  the  Indian  trade.  In 
1748,  the  Ohio  Company  was  formed,  and  petitioned  the  king  for  a  grant 
of  land  beyond  the  Alleghenies.  This  was  granted,  and  the  government 
of  Virginia  was  ordered  to  grant  to  them  a  half  million  acres,  two  hun- 
dred thousand  of  which  were  to  be  located  at  once.  Upon  the  12th  of 
June,  1749,  800,000  acres  from  the  line  of  Canada  north  and  west  was 
made  to  the  Loyal  Company,  and  on  the  29th  of  October,  1751,  100,000 
acres  were  given  to  the  Greenbriar  Company.  All  this  time  the  French 
were  not  idle.  They  saw  that,  should  the  British  gain  a  foothold  in  the 
West,  especially  upon  the  Ohio,  they  might  not  only  prevent  the  French 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  37 

settling  upon  it,  but  in  time  would  come  to  the  lower  posts  and  so  gain 
possession  of  the  whole  country.  Upon  the  10th  of  May,  1774,  Vaud- 
reuil,  Governor  of  Canada  and  the  French  possessions,  well  knowing  the 
consequences  that  must  arise  from  allowing  the  English  to  build  trading- 
posts  in  the  Northwest,  seized  some  of  their  frontier  posts,  and  to  further 
secure  the  claim  of  the  French  to  the  West,  he,  in  1749,  sent  Louis  Cel- 
eron.with  a  party  of  soldiers  to  plant  along  the  Ohio  River,  in  the  mounds 
and  at  the  mouths  of  its  principal  tributaries,  plates  of  lead,  on  which 
were  inscribed  the  claims  of  France.  These  were  heard  of  in  1752,  and 
within  the  memory  of  residents  now  living  along  the  "•  Oyo,"  as  the 
beautiful  river  was  called  by  the  French.  One  of  these  plates  was  found 
with  the  inscription  partly  defaced.  It  bears  date  August  16,  1749,  and 
a  copy  of  the  inscription  with  particular  account  of  the  discovery  of  the 
plate,  was  sent  by  DeWitt  Clinton  to  the  American  Antiquarian  Society, 
among  whose  journals  it  may  now  be  found.*  These  measures  did  not, 
however,  deter  the  English  from  going  on  with  their  explorations,  and 
though  neither  party  resorted  to  arms,  yet  the  conflict  was  gathering,  and 
it  was  only  a  question  of  time  when  the  storm  would  burst  upon  the 
frontier  settlements.  In  1750,  Christopher  Gist  was  sent  by  the  Ohio 
Company  to  examine  its  «lands.  He  went  to  a  village  of  the  Twigtwees, 
on  the  Miami,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  above  its  mouth.  He 
afterward  spoke  of  it  as  very  populous.  From  there  he  went  down 
the  Ohio  River  nearly  to  the  falls  at  the  present  City  of  Louisville, 
and  in  November  he  commenced  a  survey  of  the  Company's  lands.  Dur- 
ing the  Winter,  General  Andrew  Lewis  performed  a  similar  work  for  the 
Greenbriar  Company.  Meanwhile  the  French  were  busy  in  preparing 
their  forts  for  defense,  and  in  opening  roads,  and  also  sent  a  small  party 
of  soldiers  to  keep  the  Ohio  clear.  This  party,  having  heard  of  the  Eng- 
lish post  on  the  Miami  River,  early  in  1652,  assisted  by  the  Ottawas  and 
Chippewas,  attacked  it,  and,  after  a  severe  battle,  in  which  fourteen  of 
the  natives  were  killed  and  others  wounded,  captured  the  garrison. 
(They  were  probably  garrisoned  in  a  block  house).  The  traders  were 
carried  away  to  Canada,  and  one  account  says  several  were  burned.  This 
fort  or  post  was  called  by  the  English  Pickawillany.  A  memorial  of  the 
king's  ministers  refers  to  it  as  "  Pickawillanes,  in  the  center  of  the  terri- 
tory between  the  Ohio  and  the  Wabash.  The  name  is  probably  some 
variation  of  Pickaway  or  Picqua  in  1773,  written  by  Rev.  David  Jones 
Pickaweke." 

*  The  following  is  a  translation  of  the  inscription  on  the  plate:  "In  the  year  1749.  reign  of  Louis  XV., 
King  of  France,  we,  Celeron,  commandant  of  a  detachment  by  Monsieur  the  Marquis  of  Gallisoniere,  com- 
mander-in-chief  of  New  France,  to  establish  tranquility  in  certain  Indian  villages  of  these  cantons,  have 
buried  this  plate  at  the  confluence  of  the  Toradakoin,  this  twenty- ninth  of  July,  near  the  river  Ohio,  otherwise 
Beautiful  River,  as  a  monument  of  renewal  of  possession  which  we  have  taken  of  the  said  river,  and  all  Its 
tributaries;  inasmuch  as  the  preceding  Kings  of  France  have  enjoyed  it,  and  maintained  it  by  their  arms  and 
treaties;  especially  by  those  of  Ryswick,  Utrecht,  and  Aix  La  Chapelle." 


38  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

This  was  the  first  bloodshed  between  the  French  and  English,  and 
occurred  near  the  present  City  of  Piqua,  Ohio,  or  at  least  at  a  point  about 
forty-seven  miles  north  of  Dayton.  Each  nation  became  now  more  inter- 
ested in  the  progress  of  events  in  the  Northwest.  The  English  deter- 
mined to  purchase  from  the  Indians  a  title  to  the  lands  they  wished  to 
occupy,  and  Messrs.  Fry  (afterward  Commander-in-chief  over  Washing- 
ton at  the  commencement  of  the  French  War  of  1775-1763),  Lomax  and 
Patton  were  sent  in  the  Spring  of  1752  to  hold  a  conference  with  the 
natives  at  Logstown  to  learn  what  they  objected  to  in  the  treaty  of  Lan- 
caster already  noticed,  and  to  settle  all  difficulties.  On  the  9th  of  June, 
these  Commissioners  met  the  red  men  at  Logstown,  a  little  village  on  the 
north  bank  of  the  Ohio,  about  seventeen  miles  below  the  site  of  Pitts- 
burgh. Here  had  been  a  trading  point  for  many  years,  but  it  was  aban- 
doned by  the  Indians  in  1750.  At  first  the  Indians  declined  to  recognize 
the  treaty  of  Lancaster,  but,  the  Commissioners  taking  aside  Montour, 
the  interpreter,  who  was  a  son  of  the  famous  Catharine  Montour,  and  a 
chief  among  the  six  nations,  induced  him  to  use  his  influence  in  their 
favor.  This  he  did,  and  upon  the  13th  of  June  they  all  united  in  signing 
a  deed,  confirming  the  Lancaster  treaty  in  its  full  extent,  consenting  to  a 
settlement  of  the  southeast  of  the  Ohio,  and  guaranteeing  that  it  should 
not  be  disturbed  by  them.  These  were  the  means  used  to  obtain  the  first 
treaty  with  the  Indians  in  the  Ohio  Valley. 

Meanwhile  the  powers  beyond  the  sea  were  trying  to  out-manceuvre 
each  other,  and  were  professing  to  be  at  peace.  The  English  generally 
outwitted  the  Indians,  and  failed  in  many  instances  to  fulfill  their  con- 
tracts. They  thereby  gained  the  ill-will  of  the  red  men,  and  further 
increased  the  feeling  by  failing  to  provide  them  with  arms  and  ammuni- 
tion. Said  an  old  chief,  at  Easton,  in  1758 :  "  The  Indians  on  the  Ohio 
left  you  because  of  your  own  fault.  When  we  heard  the  French  were 
coming,  we  asked  you  for  help  and  arms,  but  we  did  not  get  them.  The 
French  came,  they  treated  us  kindly,  and  gained  our  affections.  The 
Governor  of  Virginia  settled  on  our  lands  for  his  own  benefit,  and,  when 
we  wanted  help,  forsook  us." 

At  the  beginning  of  1653,  the  English  thought  they  had  secured  by 
title  the  lands  in  the  West,  but  the  French  had  quietly  gathered  cannon 
and  military  stores  to  be  in  readiness  for  the  expected  blow.  The  Eng- 
lish made  other  attempts  to  ratify  these  existing  treaties,  but  not  until 
the  Summer  could  the  Indians  be  gathered  together  to  discuss  the  plans 
of  the  French.  They  had  sent  messages  to  the  French,  warning  them 
away ;  but  they  replied  that  they  intended  to  complete  the  chain  of  forts 
already  begun,  and  would  not  abandon  the  field. 

Soon  after  this,  no  satisfaction  being  obtained  from  the  Ohio  regard- 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  39 

ing  the  positions  and  purposes  of  the  French,  Governor  Dinwiddie  of 
Virginia  determined  to  send  to  them  another  messenger  and  learn  from 
them,  if  possible,  their  intentions.  For  this  purpose  he  selected  a  young 
man,  a  surveyor,  who,  at  the  early  age  of  nineteen,  had  received  the  rank 
of  major,  and  who  was  thoroughly  posted  regarding  frontier  life.  This 
personage  was  no  other  than  the  illustrious  George  Washington,  who  then 
held  considerable  interest  in  Western  lands.  He  was  at  this  time  just 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  Taking  Gist  as  his  guide,  the  two,  accompanied 
by  four  servitors,  set  out  on  their  perilous  march.  They  left  Will's 
Creek  on  the  10th  of  November,  1753,  and  on  the  22d  reached  the  Monon- 
gahela,  about  ten  miles  above  the  fork.  From  there  they  went  to 
Logstown,  where  Washington  had  a  long  conference  with  the  chiefs  of 
the  Six  Nations.  From  them  he  learned  the  condition  of  the  French,  and 
also  heard  of  their  determination  not  to  come  down  the  river  till  the  fol- 
lowing Spring.  The  Indians  were  non-committal,  as  they  were  afraid  'to 
turn  either  way,  and,  as  far  as  they  could,  desired  to  remain  neutral. 
Washington,  finding  nothing  could  be  done  with  them,  went  on  to 
Venango,  an  old  Indian  town  at  the  mouth  of  French  Creek.  Here  the 
French  had  a  fort,  called  Fort  Machault.  Through  the  rum  and  flattery 
of  the  French,  he  nearly  lost  all  his  Indian  followers.  Finding  nothing 
of  importance  here,  he  pursued  his  way  amid  great  privations,  and  on  the 
llth  of  December  reached  the  fort  at  the  head  of  French  Creek.  Here 
he  delivered  Governor  Dinwiddie's  letter,  received  his  answer,  took  his 
observations,  and  on  the  16th  set  out  upon  his  return  journey  with  no  one 
but  Gist,  his  guide,  and  a  few  Indians  who  still  remained  true  to  him, 
notwithstanding  the  endeavors  of  the  French  to  retain  them.  Their 
homeward  journey  was  one  of  great  peril  and  suffering  from  the  cold,  yet 
they  reached  home  in  safety  on  the  6th  of  January,  1754. 

From  the  letter  of  St.  Pierre,  commander  of  the  French  fort,  sent  by 
Washington  to  Governor  Dinwiddie,  it  was  learned  that  the  French  would 
not  give  up  without  a  struggle.  Active  preparations  were  at  once  made 
in  all  the  English  colonies  for  the  coming  conflict,  while  the  French 
finished  the  fort  at  Venango  and  strengthened  their  lines  of  fortifications, 
and  gathered  their  forces  to  be  in  readiness. 

The  Old  Dominion  was  all  alive.  Virginia  was  the  center  of  great 
activities  ;  volunteers  were  called  for,  and  from  all  the  neighboring 
colonies  men  rallied  to  the  conflict,  and  everywhere  along  the  Potomac 
men  were  enlisting  under  the  Governor's  proclamation — which  promised 
two  hundred  thousand  acres  on  the  Ohio.  Along  this  river  they  were 
gathering  as  far  as  Will's  Creek,  and  far  beyond  this  point,  whither  Trent 
had  come  for  assistance  for  his  little  band  of  forty-one  men,  who  were 


40  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

working  away  in  hunger  and  want,  to  fortify  that  point  at  the  fork  of 
the  Ohio,  to  which  both  parties  were  looking  with  deep  interest. 

"  The  first  birds  of  Spring  filled  the  air  with  their  song ;  the  swift 
river  rolled  by  the  Allegheny  hillsides,  swollen  by  the  melting  snows  of 
Spring  and  the  April  showers.  The  leaves  were  appearing  ;  a  few  Indian 
scouts  were  seen,  but  no  enemy  seemed  near  at  hand ;  and  all  was  so  quiet, 
that  Frazier,  an  old  Indian  scout  and  trader,  who  had  been  left  by  Trent 
in  command,  ventured  to  his  home  at  the  mouth  of  Turtle  Creek,  ten 
miles  up  the  Monongahela.  But,  though  all  was  so  quiet  in  that  wilder- 
ness, keen  eyes  had  seen  the  low  intrenchment  rising  at  the  fork,  and 
swift  feet  had  borne  the  news  of  it  up  the  river ;  and  upon  the  morning 
of  the  17th  of  April,  Ensign  Ward,  who  then  had  charge  of  it,  saw 
upon  the  Allegheny  a  sight  that  made  his  heart  sink — sixty  batteaux  and 
three  hundred  canoes  filled  with  men,  and  laden  deep  with  cannon  and 
stores.  *  *  *  That  evening  he  supped  with  his  captor,  Contrecceur, 
and  the  next  day  he  was  bowed  off  by  the  Frenchman,  and  with  his  men 
and  tools,  marched  up  the  Monongahela." 

The  French  and  Indian  war  had  begun.  The  treaty  of  Aix  la 
Chapelle,  in  1748,  had  left  the  boundaries  between  the  French  and 
English  possessions  unsettled,  and  the  events  already  narrated  show  the 
French  were  determined  to  hold  the  country  watered  by  the  Mississippi 
and  its  tributaries ;  while  the  English  laid  claims  to  the  country  by  virtue 
of  the  discoveries  of  the  Cabots,  and  claimed  all  the  country  from  New- 
foundland to  Florida,  extending  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  The 
first  decisive  blow  had  now  been  struck,  and  the  first  attempt  of  the 
English,  through  the  Ohio  Company,  to  occupy  these  lands,  had  resulted 
disastrously  to  them.  The  French  and  Indians  immediately  completed 
the  fortifications  begun  at  the  Fork,  which  they  had  so  easily  captured, 
and  when  completed  gave  to  the  fort  the  name  of  DuQuesne.  Washing- 
ton was  at  Will's  Creek  when  the  news  of  the  capture  of  the  fort  arrived. 
He  at  once  departed  to  recapture  it.  On  his  way  he  entrenched  him- 
self at  a  place  called  the  "  Meadows,"  where  he  erected  a  fort  called 
by  him  Fort  Necessity.  From  there  he  surprised  and  captured  a  force  of 
French  and  Indians  marching  against  him,  but  was  soon  after  attacked 
in  his  fort  by  a  much  superior  force,  and  was  obliged  to  yield  on  the 
morning  of  July  4th.  He  was  allowed  to  return  to  Virginia. 

The  English  Government  immediately  planned  four  campaigns  ;  one 
against  Fort  DuQuesne  ;  one  against  Nova  Scotia ;  one  against  Fort 
Niagara,  and  one  against  Crown  Point.  These  occurred  during  1755-6, 
and  were  not  successful  in  driving  the  French  from  their  possessions. 
The  expedition  against  Fort  DuQuesne  was  led  by  the  famous  General 
Braddock,  who,  refusing  to  listen  to  the  advice  of  Washington  and  those 


THE  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  41 

acquainted  with  Indian  warfare,  suffered  such  an  inglorious  defeat.  This 
occurred  on  the  morning  of  July  9th,  and  is  generally  known  as  the  battle 
of  Monongahela,  or  "  Braddock's  Defeat."  The  war  continued  with 
various  vicissitudes  through  the  years  1756—7  ;  when,  at  the  commence- 
ment of  1758,  in  accordance  with  the  plans  of  William  Pitt,  then  Secre- 
tary of  State,  afterwards  Lord  Chatham,  active  preparations  were  made  to 
carry  on  the  war.  Three  expeditions  were  planned  for  this  year :  one, 
under  General  Amherst,  against  Louisburg  ;  another,  under  Abercrombie* 
against  Fort  Ticonderoga ;  and  a  third,  under  General  Forbes,  against 
Fort  DuQuesne.  On  the  26th  of  July,  Louisburg  surrendered  after  a 
desperate  resistance  of  more  than  forty  days,  and  the  eastern  part  of  the 
Canadian  possessions  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  British.  Abercrombie 
captured  Fort  Frontenac,  and  when  the  expedition  against  Fort  DuQuesne, 
of  which  Washington  had  the  active  command,  arrived  there,  it  was 
found  in  flames  and  deserted.  The  English  at  once  took  possession,, 
rebuilt  the  fort,  and  in  honor  of  their  illustrious  statesman,  changed  the 
name  to  Fort  Pitt. 

The  great  object  of  the  campaign  of  1759,  was  the  reduction  of 
Canada.  General  Wolfe  was  to  lay  siege  to  Quebec ;  Amherst  was  to 
reduce  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point,  and  General  Prideaux  was  to 
capture  Niagara.  This  latter  place  was  taken  in  July,  but  the  gallant 
Prideaux  lost  his  life  in  the  attempt.  Amherst  captured  Ticonderoga 
and  Crown  Point  without  a  blow  ;  and  Wolfe,  after  making  the  memor- 
able ascent  to  the  Plains  of  Abraham,  on  September  13th,  defeated 
Montcalm,  and  on  the  18th,  the  city  capitulated.  In  this  engagement 
Montcolm  and  Wolfe  both  lost  their  lives.  De  Levi,  Montcalm's  successor, 
marched  to  Sillery,  three  miles  above  the  city,  with  the  purpose  of 
defeating  the  English,  and  there,  on  the  28th  of  the  following  April,  was 
fought  one  of  the  bloodiest  battles  of  the  French  and  Indian  War.  It 
resulted  in  the  defeat  of  the  French,  and  the  fall  of  the  City  of  Montreal. 
The  Governor  signed  a  capitulation  by  which  the  whole  of  Canada  was 
surrendered  to  the  English.  This  practically  concluded  the  war,  but  it 
was  not  until  1763  that  the  treaties  of  peace  between  France  and  England 
were  signed.  This  was  done  on  the  10th  of  February  of  that  year,  and 
under  its  provisions  all  the  country  east  of  the  Mississippi  and  north  of 
the  Iberville  River,  in  Louisiana,  were  ceded  to  England.  At  the  same 
time  Spain  ceded  Florida  to  Great  Britain. 

On  the  13th  of  September,  1760,  Major  Robert  Rogers  was  sent 
from  Montreal  to  take  charge  of  Detroit,  the  only  remaining  French  post 
in  the  territory.  He  arrived  there  on  the  19th  of  November,  and  sum- 
moned the  place  to  surrender.  At  first  the  commander  of  the  post, 
Beletre:  refused,  but  on  the  29th,  hearing  of  the  continued  defeat  of  the 


42  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

French  arms,  surrendered.  Rogers  remained  there  until  December  23d 
under  the  personal  protection  of  the  celebrated  chief,  Pontiac,  to  whom, 
no  doubt,  he  owed  his  safety.  Pontiac  had  come  here  to  inquire  the 
purposes  of  the  English  in  taking  possession  of  the  country.  He  was 
assured  that  they  came  simply  to  trade  with  the  natives,  and  did  not 
desire  their  country.  This  answer  conciliated  the  savages,  and  did  much 
to  insure  the  safety  of  Rogers  and  his  party  during  their  stay,  and  while 
on  their  journey  home. 

Rogers  set  out  for  Fort  Pitt  on  December  23,  and  was  just  one 
month  on  the  way.  His  route  was  from  Detroit  to  Maumee,  thence 
across  the  present  State  of  Ohio  directly  to  the  fort.  This  was  the  com- 
mon trail  of  the  Indians  in  their  journeys  from  Sandusky  to  the  fork  of 
the  Ohio.  It  went  from  Fort  Sandusky,  where  Sandusky  City  now  is, 
crossed  the  Huron  river,  then  called  Bald  Eagle  Creek,  to  "  Mohickon 
John's  Town"  on  Mohickon  Creek,  the  northern  branch  of  White 
Woman's  River,  and  thence  crossed  to  Beaver's  Town,  a  Delaware  town 
on  what  is  now  Sandy  Creek.  At  Beaver's  Town  were  probably  one 
hundred  and  fifty  warriors,  and  not  less  than  three  thousand  acres  of 
cleared  land.  .  From  there  the  track  went  up  Sandy  Creek  to  and  across 
Big  Beaver,  and  up  the  Ohio  to  Logstown,  thence  on  to  the  fork. 

The  Northwest  Territory  was  now  entirely  under  the  English  rule. 
New  settlements  began  to  be  rapidly  made,  and  the  promise  of  a  large 
trade  was  speedily  manifested.  Had  the  British  carried  out  their  promises 
with  the  natives  none  of  those  savage  butcheries  would  have  been  perpe- 
trated, and  the  country  would  have  been  spared  their  recital. 

The  renowned  chief,  Pontiac,  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  these 
atrocities.  We  will  now  pause  in  our  narrative,  and  notice  the  leading 
events  in  his  life.  The  earliest  authentic  information  regarding  this 
noted  Indian  chief  is  learned  from  an  account  of  an  Indian  trader  named 
Alexander  Henry,  who,  in  the  Spring  of  1761,  penetrated  his  domains  as 
far  as  Missillimacnac.  Pontiac  was  then  a  great  friend  of  the  French, 
but  a  bitter  foe  of  the  English,  whom  he  considered  as  encroaching  on  his 
hunting  grounds.  Henry  was  obliged  to  disguise  himself  as  a  Canadian 
to  insure  safety,  but  was  discovered  by  Pontiac,  who  bitterly  reproached 
him  and  the  English  for  their  attempted  subjugation  of  the  West.  He 
declared  that  no  treaty  had  been  made  with  them ;  no  presents  sent 
them,  and  that  he  would  resent  any  possession  of  the  West  by  that  nation. 
He  was  at  the  time  about  fifty  years  of  age,  tall  and  dignified,  and  was 
civil  and  military  ruler  of  the  Ottawas,  Ojibwas  and  Pottawatamies. 

The  Indians,  from  Lake  Michigan  to  the  borders  of  North  Carolina, 
were  united  in  this  feeling,  and  at  the  time  of  the  treaty  of  Paris,  ratified 
February  10,  1763,  a  general  conspiracy  was  formed  to  fall  suddenly 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


PONTIAC,  THE  OTTAWA  CHIEFTAIN. 


44  THE   NORTHWEST  TERRITORY. 

upon  the  frontier  British  posts,  and  with  one  blow  strike  every  man  dead. 
Pontiac  was  the  marked  leader  in  all  this,  and  was  the  commander 
of  the  Chippewas,  Ottawas,  Wyandots,  Miamis,  Shawanese,  Delawares 
and  Mingoes,  who  had,  for  the  time,  laid  aside  their  local  quarrels  to  unite 
in  this  enterprise. 

The  blow  came,  as  near  as  can  now  be  ascertained,  on  May  7,  1763. 
Nine  British  posts  fell,  and  the  Indians  drank,  "  scooped  up  in  the  hollow 
of  joined  hands,"  the  blood  of  many  a  Briton. 

Pontiac's  immediate  field  of  action  was  the  garrison  at  Detroit. 
Here,  however,  the  plans  were  frustrated  by  an  Indian  woman  disclosing 
the  plot  the  evening  previous  to  his  arrival.  Everything  was  carried  outr 
however,  according  to  Pontiac's  plans  until  the  moment  of  action,  when 
Major  Gladwyn,  the  commander  of  the  post,  stepping  to  one  of  the  Indian 
chiefs,  suddenly  drew  aside  his  blanket  and  disclosed  the  concealed 
musket.  Pontiac,  though  a  brave  man,  turned  pale  and  trembled.  He 
saw  his  plan  was  known,  and  that  the  garrison  were  prepared.  He 
endeavored  to  exculpate  himself  from  any  such  intentions ;  but  the  guilt 
was  evident,  and  he  and  his  followers  were  dismissed  with  a  severe 
reprimand,  and  warned  never  to  again  enter  the  walls  of  the  post. 

Pontiac  at  once  laid  siege  to  the  fort,  and  until  the  treaty  of  peace 
between  the  British  and  the  Western  Indians,  concluded  in  August,  1764, 
continued  to  harass  and  besiege  the  fortress.  He  organized  a  regular 
commissariat  department,  issued  bills  of  credit  written  out  on  bark, 
which,  to  his  credit,  it  may  be  stated,  were  punctually  redeemed.  At 
the  conclusion  of  the  treaty,  in  which  it  seems  he  took  no  part,  he  went 
further  south,  living  many  years  among  the  Illinois. 

He  had  given  up  all  hope  of  saving  his  country  and  race.  After  a 
time  he  endeavored  to  unite  the  Illinois  tribe  and  those  about  St.  Louis 
in  a  war  with  the  whites.  His  efforts  were  fruitless,  and  only  ended  in  a 
quarrel  between  himself  and  some  Kaskaskia  Indians,  one  of  whom  soon 
afterwards  killed  him.  His  death  was,  however,  avenged  by  the  northern 
Indians,  who  nearly  exterminated  the  Illinois  in  the  wars  which  followed. 

Had  it  not  been  for  the  treachery  of  a  few  of  his  followers,  his  plan 
for  the  extermination  of  the  whites,  a  masterly  one,  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  carried  out. 

It  was  in  the  Spring  of  the  year  following  Rogers'  visit  that  Alex- 
ander Henry  went  to  Missillimacnac,  and  everywhere  found  the  strongest 
feelings  against  the  English,  who  had  not  carried  out  their  promises,  and 
were  doing  nothing  to  conciliate  the  natives.  Here  he  met  the  chief, 
Pontiac,  who,  after  conveying  to  him  in  a  speech  the  idea  that  their 
French  father  would  awake  soon  and  utterly  destroy  his  enemies,  said : 
"  Englishman,  although  you  have  conquered  the  French,  you  have  not 


THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY.  45 

yet  conquered  us  !  We  are  not  your  slaves !  These  lakes,  these  woods, 
these  mountains,  were  left  us  by  our  ancestors.  They  are  our  inheritance, 
and  we  will  part  with  them  to  none.  Your  nation  supposes  that  we,  like 
the  white  people,  can  not  live  without  bread  and  pork  and  beef.  But  you 
ought  to  know  that  He,  the  Great  Spirit  and  Master  of  Life,  has  provided 
food  for  us  upon  these  broad  lakes  and  in  these  mountains." 

He  then  spoke  of  the  fact  that  no  treaty  had  been  made  with  them, 
no  presents  sent  them,  and  that  he  and  his  people  were  yet  for  war. 
Such  were  the  feelings  of  the  Northwestern  Indians  immediately  after 
the  English  took  possession  of  their  country.  These  feelings  were  no 
doubt  encouraged  by  the  Canadians  and  French,  who  hoped  that  yet  the 
French  arms  might  prevail.  The  treaty  of  Paris,  however,  gave  to  the 
English  the  right  to  this  vast  domain,  and  active  preparations  were  going 
on  to  occupy  it  and  enjoy  its  trade  and  emoluments. 

In  1762,  France,  by  a  secret  treaty,  ceded  Louisiana  to  Spain,  to  pre- 
vent it  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  English,  who  were  becoming  masters 
of  the  entire  West.  The  next  year  the  treaty  of  Paris,  signed  at  Fon- 
tainbleau,  gave  to  the  English  the  domain  of  the  country  in  question. 
Twenty  years  after,  by  the  treaty  of  peace  between  the  United  States 
and  England,  that  part  of  Canada  lying  south  and  west  of  the  Great 
Lakes,  comprehending  a  large  territory  which  is  the  subject  of  these 
sketches,  was  acknowledged  to  be  a  portion  of  the  United  States  ;  and 
twenty  years  still  later,  in  1803,  Louisiana  was  ceded  by  Spain  back  to 
France,  and  by  France  sold  to  the  United  States. 

In  the  half  century,  from  the  building  of  the  Fort  of  Crevecoeur  by 
LaSalle,  in  1680,  up  to  the  erection  of  Fort  Chartres,  many  French  set- 
tlements had  been  made  in  that  quarter.  These  have  already  been 
noticed,  being  those  at  St.  Vincent  (Vincennes),  Kohokia  or  Cahokia, 
Kaskaskia  and  Prairie  du  Rocher,  on  the  American  Bottom,  a  large  tract 
of  rich  alluvial  soil  in  Illinois,  on  the  Mississippi,  opposite  the  site  of  St. 
Louis. 

By  the  treaty  of  Paris,  the  regions  east  of  the  Mississippi,  including1 
all  these  and  other  towns  of  the  Northwest,  were  given  over  to  England; 
but  they  do  not  appear  to  have  been  taken  possession  of  until  1765,  when 
Captain  Stirling,  in  the  name  of  the  Majesty  of  England,  established  him- 
self at  Fort  Chartres  bearing  with  him  the  proclamation  of  General  Gage, 
dated  December  30,  1764,  which  promised  religious  freedom  to  all  Cath- 
olics who  worshiped  here,  and  a  right  to  leave  the  country  with  their 
effects  if  they  wished,  or  to  remain  with  the  privileges  of  Englishmen. 
It  was  shortly  after  the  occupancy  of  t>ae  West  by  the  British  that  the 
war  with  Pontiac  opened.  It  is  already  noticed  in  the  sketch  of  that 
chieftain.  By  it  many  a  Briton  lost  his  life,  and  many  a  frontier  settle- 


46  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

ment  in  its  infancy  ceased  to  exist.  This  was  not  ended  until  the  year 
1764,  when,  failing  to  capture  Detroit,  Niagara  and  Fort  Pitt,  his  confed- 
eracy became  disheartened,  and,  receiving  no  aid  from  the  French,  Pon- 
tiac  abandoned  the  enterprise  and  departed  to  the  Illinois,  among  whom 
he  afterward  lost  his  life. 

As  soon  as  these  difficulties  were  definitely  settled,  settlers  began, 
rapidly  to  survey  the  country  and  prepare  for  occupation.  During  the 
year  1770,  a  number  of  persons  from  Virginia  and  other  British  provinces 
explored  and  marked  out  nearly  all  the  valuable  lands  on  the  Mononga- 
hela  and  along  the  banks  of  the  Ohio  as  far  as  the  Little  Kanawha.  This 
was  followed  by  another  exploring  expedition,  in  which  George  Washing- 
ton was  a  party.  The  latter,  accompanied  by  Dr.  Craik,  Capt.  Crawford 
end  others,  on  the  20th  of  October,  1770,  descended  the  Ohio  from  Pitts- 
burgh to  the  mouth  of  the  Kanawha ;  ascended  that  stream  about  fourteen, 
miles,  marked  out  several  large  tracts  of  land,  shot  several  buffalo,  which 
were  then  abundant  in  the  Ohio  Valley,  and  returned  to  the  fort. 

Pittsburgh  was  at  this  time  a  trading  post,  about  which  was  clus- 
tered a  village  of  some  twenty  houses,  inhabited  by  Indian  traders.  This 
same  year,  Capt.  Pittman  visited  Kaskaskia  and  its  neighboring  villages. 
He  found  there  about  sixty-five  resident  families,  and  at  Cahokia  only 
forty-five  dwellings.  At  Fort  Chartres  was  another  small  settlement,  and 
at  Detroit  the  garrison  were  quite  prosperous  and  strong.  For  a  year 
or  two  settlers  continued  to  locate  near  some  of  these  posts,  generally 
Fort  Pitt  or  Detroit,  owing  to  the  fears  of  the  Indians,  who  still  main- 
tained some  feelings  of  hatred  to  the  English.  The  trade  from  the  posts 
was  quite  good,  and  from  those  in  Illinois  large  quantities  of  pork  and 
flour  found  their  way  to  the  New  Orleans  market.  At  this  time  the 
policy  of  the  British  Government  was  strongly  opposed  to  the  extension 
of  the  colonies  west.  In  1763,  the  King  of  England  forbade,  by  royal 
proclamation,  his  colonial  subjects  from  making  a  settlement  beyond  the 
sources  of  the  rivers  which  fall  into  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  At  the  instance 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  measures  were  taken  to  prevent  the  settlement 
without  the  limits  prescribed,  and  to  retain  the  commerce  within  easy 
reach  of  Great  Britain. 

The  commander-in-chief  of  the  king's  forces  wrote  in  1769  :  "  In  the 
course  of  a  few  years  necessity  will  compel  the  colonists,  should  they 
extend  their  settlements  west,  to  provide  manufactures  of  some  kind  for 
themselves,  and  when  all  connection  upheld  by  commerce  with  the  mother 
country  ceases,  an  independency  in  their  government  will  soon  follow." 

In  accordance  with  this  policy,  Gov.  Gage  issued  a  proclamation 
in  1772,  commanding  the  inhabitants  of  Vincennes  to  abandon  their  set- 
tlements and  join  some  of  the  Eastern  English  colonies.  To  this  they 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  47 

strenuously  objected,  giving  good  reasons  therefor,  and  were  allowed  to 
remain.  The  strong  opposition  to  this  policy  of  Great  Britain  led  to  its 
change,  and  to  such  a  course  as  to  gain  the  attachment  of  the  French 
population.  In  December,  1773,  influential  citizens  of  Quebec  petitioned 
the  king  for  an  extension  of  the  boundary  lines  of  that  province,  which 
was  granted,  and  Parliament  passed  an  act  on  June  2,  1774,  extend- 
ing the  boundary  so  as  to  include  the  territory  lying  within  the  present 
States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  and  Michigan. 

In  consequence  of  the  liberal  policy  pursued  by  the  British  Govern- 
ment toward  the  French  settlers  in  the  West,  they  were  disposed  to  favor 
that  nation  in  the  war  which  soon  followed  with  the  colonies  ;  but  the 
early  alliance  between  France  and  America  soon  brought  them  to  the  side 
of  the  war  for  independence. 

In  1774,  Gov.  Dunmore,  of  Virginia,  began  to  encourage  emigration 
to  the  Western  lands.  He  appointed  magistrates  at  Fort  Pitt  under  the 
pretense  that  the  fort  was  under  the  government  of  that  commonwealth. 
One  of  these  justices,  John  Connelly,  who  possessed  a  tract  of  land  in  the 
Ohio  Valley,  gathered  a  force  of  men  and  garrisoned  the  fort,  calling  it 
Fort  Dunmore.  This  and  other  parties  were  formed  to  select  sites  for 
settlements,  and  often  caine  in  conflict  with  the  Indians,  who  yet  claimed 
portions  of  the  valley,  and  several  battles  followed.  These  ended  in  the 
famous  battle  of  Kanawha  in  July,  where  the  Indians  were  defeated  and 
driven  across  the  Ohio. 

During  the  years  1775  and  1776,  by  the  operations  of  land  companies 
and  the  perseverance  of  individuals,  several  settlements  were  firmly  estab- 
lished between  ths  Alleghanies  and  the  Ohio  River,  and  western  land 
speculators  were  busy  in  Illinois  and  on  the  Wabash.  At  a  council  held 
in  Kaskaskia  on  July  5,  1773,  an  association  of  English  traders,  calling 
themselves  the  "  Illinois  Land  Company,"  obtained  from  ten  chiefs  of  the 
Kaskaskia,  Cahokia  and  Peoria  tribes  two  large  tracts  of  land  lying  on 
the  east  side  of  the  Mississippi  River  south  of  the  Illinois.  In  1775,  a  mer- 
chant from  the  Illinois  Country,  named  Viviat,  came  to  Post  Vincennes 
as  the  agent  of  the  association  called  the  "  Wabash  Land  Company."  On 
the  8th  of  October  he  obtained  from  eleven  Piankeshaw  chiefs,  a  deed  for 
37,497,600  acres  of  land.  This  deed  was  signed  by  the  grantors,  attested 
by  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Vincennes,  and  afterward  recorded  in 
the  office  of  a  notary  public  at  Kaskaskia.  This  and  other  land  com- 
panies had  extensive  schemes  for  the  colonization  of  the  West ;  but  all 
were  frustrated  by  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution.  On  the  20th  of 
April,  1780,  the  two  companies  named  consolidated  under  the  name  of  the 
"United  Illinois  and  Wabash  Land  Company."  They  afterward  made 


48  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

strenuous  efforts  to  have  these  grants  sanctioned  by  Congress,  but  all 
signally  failed. 

When  the  War  of  the  Revolution  commenced,  Kentucky  was  an  unor- 
ganized country,  though  there  were  several  settlements  within  her  borders. 

In  Hutchins'  Topography  of  Virginia,  it  is  stated  thai  at  that  time 
"  Kaskaskia  contained  80  houses,  and  nearly  1,000  white  and  black  in- 
habitants —  the  whites  being  a  little  the  more  numerous.  Cahokia  con- 
tains 50  houses  and  300  white  inhabitants,  and  80  negroes.  There  were 
east  of  the  Mississippi  River,  about  the  year  1771  " — when  these  observa- 
tions were  made  — "  300  white  men  capable  of  bearing  arms,  and  230 
negroes." 

From  1775  until  the  expedition  of  Clark,  nothing  is  recorded  and 
nothing  known  of  these  settlements,  save  what  is  contained  in  a  report 
made  by  a  committee  to  Congress  in  June,  1778.  From  it  the  following 
extract  is  made : 

"  Near  the  mouth  of  the  River  Kaskaskia,  there  is  a  village  which 
appears  to  have  contained  nearly  eighty  families  from  the  beginning  of 
the  late  revolution.  There  are  twelve  families  in  a  small  village  at  la 
Prairie  du  Rochers,  and  near  fifty  families  at  the  Kahokia  Village.  There 
are  also  four  or  five  families  at  Fort  Chartres  and  St.  Philips,  which  is  five 
miles  further  up  the  river." 

St.  Louis  had  been  settled  in  February,  1764,  and  at  this  time  con- 
tained, including  its  neighboring  towns,  over  six  hundred  whites  and  one 
hundred  and  fifty  negroes.  It  must  be  remembered  that  all  the  country 
west  of  the  Mississippi  was  now  under  French  rule,  and  remained  so  until 
ceded  again  to  Spain,  its  original  owner,  who  afterwards  sold  it  and  the 
country  including  New  Orleans  to  the  United  States.  At  Detroit  there 
were,  according  to  Capt.  Carver,  who  was  in  the  Northwest  from  1766  to 
1768,  more  than  one  hundred  houses,  and  the  river  was  settled  for  more 
than  twenty  miles,  although  poorly  cultivated — the  people  being  engaged 
in  the  Indian  trade.  This  old  town  has  a  history,  which  we  will  here 
relate. 

It  is  the  oldest  town  in  the  Northwest,  having  been  founded  by 
Antoine  de  Lamotte  Cadillac,  in  1701.  It  was  laid  out  in  the  form  of  an 
oblong  square,  of  two  acres  in  length,  and  an  acre  and  a  half  in  width. 
As  described  by  A.  D.  Frazer,  who  first  visited  it  and  became  a  permanent 
resident  of  the  place,  in  1778,  it  comprised  within  its  limits  that  space 
between  Mr.  Palmer's  store  (Conant  Block)  and  Capt.  Perkins'  house 
(near  the  Arsenal  building),  and  extended  back  as  far  as  the  public  barn, 
and  was  bordered  in  front  by  the  Detroit  River.  It  was  surrounded  by 
oak  and  cedar  pickets,  about  fifteen  feet  long,  set  in  the  ground,  and  had 
four  gates  —  east,  west,  north  and  south.  Over  the  first  three  'of  these 


THE   NOKTHWEST   TERRITORY.  49 

gates  were  block  houses  provided  with  four  guns  apiece,  each  a  six- 
pounder.  Two  six-gun  batteries  were  planted  fronting  the  river  and  in  a 
parallel  direction  with  the  block  houses.  There  were  four  streets  running 
cast  and  west,  the  main  street  being  twenty  feet  wide  and  the  rest  fifteen 
feet,  while  the  four  streets  crossing  these  at  right  angles  were  from  ten 
to  fifteen  feet  in  width. 

At  the  date  spoken  of  by  Mr.  Frazer,  there  was  no  fort  within  the 
enclosure,  but  a  citadel  on  the  ground  corresponding  to  the  present 
northwest  corner  of  Jefferson  Avenue  and  Wayne  Street.  The  citadel  was 
inclosed  by  pickets,  and  within  it  were  erected  barracks  of  wood,  two 
stories  high,  sufficient  to  contain  ten  officers,  and  also  barracks  sufficient 
to  contain  four  hundred  men,  and  a  provision  store  built  of  brick.  The 
citadel  also  contained  a  hospital  and  guard-house.  The  old  town  of 
Detroit,  in  1778,  contained  about  sixty  houses,  most  of  them  one  story, 
with  a  few  a  story  and  a  half  iri  height.  They  were  all  of  logs,  some 
hewn  and  some  round.  There  was  one  building  of  splendid  appearance, 
called  the  "  King's  Palace,"  two  stories  high,  which  stood  near  the  east 
gate.  It  was  built  for  Governor  Hamilton,  the  first  governor  commissioned 
by  the  British.  There  were  two  guard-houses,  one  near  the  west  gate  and 
the  other  near  the  Government  House.  Each  of  the  guards  consisted  of 
twenty-four  men  and  a  subaltern,  who  mounted  regularly  every  morning 
between  nine  and  ten  o'clock,  Each  furnished  four  sentinels,  who  were 
relieved  every  two  hours.  There  was  also  an  officer  of  the  day,  who  per- 
formed strict  duty.  Each  of  the  gates  was  shut  regularly  at  sunset ; 
even  wicket  gates  were  shut  at  nine  o'clock,  and  all  the  keys  were 
delivered  into  the  hands  of  the  commanding  officer.  They  were  opened 
in  the  morning  at  sunrise.  No  Indian  or  squaw  was  permitted  to  enter 
town  with  any  weapon,  such  as  a  tomahawk  or  a  knife.  It  was  a  stand- 
ing order  that  the  Indians  should  deliver  their  arms  and  instruments  of 
every  kind  before  they  were  permitted  to  pass  the  sentinel,  and  they  were 
restored  to  them  on  their  return.  No  more  than  twenty-five  Indians  were 
allowed  to  enter  the  town  at  any  one  time,  and  they  were  admitted  only 
at  the  east  and  west  gates.  At  sundown  the  drums  beat,  and  all  the 
Indians  were  required  to  leave  town  instantly.  There  was  a  council  house 
near  the  water  side  for  the  purpose  of  holding  council  with  the  Indians. 
The  population  of  the  town  was  about  sixty  families,  in  all  about  two 
hundred  males  and  one  hundred  females.  This  town  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  all  except  one  dwelling,  in  1805.  After  which  the  present  ik  new  " 
town  was  laid  out. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution,  the  British  held  every  post  of 
importance  in  the  West.  Kentucky  was  formed  as  a  component  part  of 
Virginia,  and  the  sturdy  pioneers  of  the  West,  alive  to  their  interests, 


50  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

and  recognizing  the  great  benefits  of  obtaining  the  control  of  the  trade  in 
this  part  of  the  New  World,  held  steadily  to  their  purposes,  and  those 
within  the  commonwealth  of  Kentucky  proceeded  to  exercise  their 
civil  privileges,  by  electing  John  Todd  and  Richard  Gallaway, 
burgesses  to  represent  them  in  the  Assembly  of  the  parent  state. 
Early  in  September  of  that  year  (1777)  the  first  court  was  held 
in  Harrodsburg,  and  Col.  Bowman,  afterwards  major,  who  had  arrived 
in  August,  was  made  the  commander  of  a  militia  organization  which 
had  been  commenced  the  March  previous.  Thus  the  tree  of  loyalty 
was  growing.  The  chief  spirit  in  this  far-out  colony,  who  had  represented 
her  the  year  previous  east  of  the  mountains,  was  now  meditating  a  move 
unequaled  in  its  boldness.  He  had  been  watching  the  movements  of  the 
British  throughout  the  Northwest,  and  understood  their  whole  plan.  He 
saw  it  was  through  their  possession  of  the  posts  at  Detroit,  Vincennes, 
Kaskaskia,  and  other  places,  which  would  give  them  constant  and  easy 
access  to  the  various  Indian  tribes  in  the  Northwest,  that  the  British 
intended  to  penetrate  the  country  from  the  north  and  soutn,  ana  annihi- 
late the  frontier  fortresses.  This  moving,  energetic  man  was  Colonel, 
afterwards  General,  George  Rogers  Clark.  He  knew  the  Indians  were  not 
unanimously  in  accord  with  the  English,  and  he  was  convinced  that,  could 
the  British  be  defeated  and  expelled  from  the  Northwest,  the  natives 
might  be  easily  awed  into  neutrality  ;  and  by  spies  sent  for  the  purpose, 
he  satisfied  himself  that  the  enterprise  against  the  Illinois  settlements 
might  easily  succeed.  Having  convinced  himself  of  the  certainty  of  the 
project,  he  repaired  to  the  Capital  of  Virginia,  which  place  he  reached  on 
November  5th.  While  he  was  on  his  way,  fortunately,  on  October  17th, 
Burgoyne  had  been  defeated,  and  the  spirits  of  the  colonists  greatly 
encouraged  thereby.  Patrick  Henry  was  Governor  of  Virginia,  and  at 
once  entered  heartily  into  Clark's  plans.  The  same  plan  had  before  been 
agitated  in  the  Colonial  Assemblies,  but  there  was  no  one  until  Clark 
came  who  was  sufficiently  acquainted  with  the  condition  of  affairs  at  the 
scene  of  action  to  be  able  to  guide  them. 

Clark,  having  satisfied  the  Virginia  leaders  of  the  feasibility  of  his 
plan,  received,  on  the  2d  of  January,  two  sets  of  instructions — one  secret, 
the  other  open  —  the  latter  authorized  him  to  proceed  to  enlist  seven 
companies  to  go  to  Kentucky,  subject  to  his  orders,  and  to  serve  three 
months  from  their  arrival  in  the  West.  The  secret  order  authorized  him 
to  arm  these  troops,  to  procure  his  powder  and  lead  of  General  Hand 
at  Pittsburgh,  and  to  proceed  at  once  to  subjugate  the  country. 

With  these  instructions  Clark  repaired  to  Pittsburgh,  choosing  rather 
to  raise  his  men  west  of  the  mountains,  as  he  well  knew  all  were  needed 
in  the  colonies  in  the  conflict  there.  He  sent  Col.  W.  B.  Smith  to  Hoi- 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  -51 

ston  for  the  same  purpose,  but  neither  succeeded  in  raising  the  required 
number  of  men.  The  settlers  in  these  parts  were  afraid  to  leave  their 
own  firesides  exposed  to  a  vigilant  foe,  and  but  few  could  be  induced  to 
join  the  proposed  expedition.  With  three  companies  and  several  private 
volunteers,  Clark  at  length  commenced  his  descent  of  the  Ohio,  which  he 
navigated  as  far  as  the  Falls,  where  he  took  possession  of  and  fortified 
Corn  Island,  a  small  island  between  the  present  Cities  of  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  and  New  Albany,  Indiana.  Remains  of  this  fortification  may 
yet  be  found.  At  this  place  he  appointed  Col.  Bowman  to  meet  him 
with  such  recruits  as  had  'reached  Kentucky  by  the  southern  route,  and 
as  many  as  could  be  spared  from  the  station.  Here  he  announced  to 
the  men  their  real  destination.  Having  completed  his  arrangements, 
and  chosen  his  party,  he  left  a  small  garrison  upon  the  island,  and  on  the 
24th  of  June,  during  a  total  eclipse  of  the  sun,  which  to  them  augured 
no  good,  and  which  fixes  beyond  dispute  the  date  of  starting,  he  with 
his  chosen  band,  fell  down  the  river.  His  plan  was  to  go  by  water  as 
far  as  Fort  Massac  or  Massacre,  and  thence  march  direct  to  Kaskaskia. 
Here  he  intended  to  surprise  the  garrison,  and  after  its  capture  go  to 
Cahokia,  then  to  Vincennes,  and  lastly  to  Detroit.  Should  he  fail,  he 
intended  to  march  directly  to  the  Mississippi  River  and  cross  it  into  the 
Spanish  country.  Before  his  start  he  received  two  good  items  of  infor- 
mation :  one  that  the  alliance  had  been  formed  between  France  and  the 
United  States ;  and  the  other  that  the  Indians  throughout  the  Illinois 
country  and  the  inhabitants,  at  the  various  frontier  posts,  had  been  led -to 
believe  by  the  British  that  the  u  Long  Knives"  or  Virginians,  were  the 
most  fierce,  bloodthirsty  and  cruel  savages  that  ever  scalped  a  foe.  With 
this  impression  on  their  minds,  Clark  saw  that  proper  management  would 
cause  them  to  submit  at  once  from  fear,  if  surprised,  and  then  from  grati- 
tude would  become  friendly  if  treated  with  unexpected  leniency. 

The  march  to  Kaskaskia  was  accomplished  through  a  hot  July- sun, 
and  the  town  reached  on  the  evening  of  July  4.  He  captured  the  fort 
near  the  village,  and  soon  after  the  village  itself  by  surprise,  and  without 
the  loss  of  a  single  man  or  by  killing  any  of  the  enemy.  After  sufficiently 
working  upon  the  fears  of  the  natives,  Clark  told  them  they  were  at  per- 
fect liberty  to  worship  as  they  pleased,  and  to  take  whichever  side  of  the 
great  conflict  they  would,  also  he  would  protect  them  from  any  barbarity 
from  British  or  Indian  foe.  This  had  the  desired  effect,  and  the  inhab- 
itants, so  unexpectedly  and  so  gratefully  surprised  by  the  unlocked 
for  turn  of  affairs,  at  once  swore  allegiance  to  the  American  arms,  and 
when  Clark  desired  to  go  to  Cahokia  on  the  6th  of  July,  they  accom- 
panied him,  and  through  their  influence  the  inhabitants  of  the  place 
surrendered,  and  gladly  placed  themselves  under  his  protection.  Thus 


52  THE  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

the  two  important  posts  in  Illinois  passed  from  the  hands  of  the  English 
into  the  possession  of  Virginia. 

In  the  person  of  the  priest  at  Kaskaskia,  M.  Gibault,  Clark  found  a 
powerful  ally  and  generous  friend.  Clark  saw  that,  to  retain  possession 
of  the  Northwest  and  treat  successfully  with  the  Indians  within  its  boun- 
daries, he  must  establish  a  government  for  the  colonies  he  had  taken. 
St.  Vincent,  the  next  important  post  to  Detroit,remained  yet  to  be  taken 
before  the  Mississippi  Valley  was  conquered.  M.  Gibault  told  him  that 
he  would  alone,  by  persuasion,  lead  Vincennes  to  throw  off  its  connection 
with  England.  Clark  gladly  accepted  his  offer,  and  on  the  14th  of  July, 
in  company  with  a  fellow-townsman,  M.  Gibault  started  on  his  mission  of 
peace,  and  on  the  1st  of  August  returned  with  the  cheerful  intelligence 
that  the  post  on  the  "  Oubache  "  had  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  to 
the  Old  Dominion.  During  this  interval,  Clark  established  his  courts, 
placed  garrisons  at  Kaskaskia  and  Cahokia,  successfully  re-enlisted  his 
men,  sent  word  to  have  a  fort,  which  proved  the  germ  of  Louisville, 
erected  at  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio,  and  dispatched  Mr.  Rocheblave,  who 
had  been  commander  at  Kaskaskia,  as  a  prisoner  of  war  to  Richmond. 
In  October  the  County  of  Illinois  was  established  by  the  Legislature 
of  Virginia,  John  Todd  appointed  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Civil  Governor, 
and  in  November  General  Clark  and  his  men  received  the  thanks  of 
the  Old  Dominion  through  their  Legislature. 

In  a  speech  a  few  days  afterward,  Clark  made  known  fully  to  the 
natives  his  plans,  and  at  its  close  all  came  forward  and  swore  alle- 
giance to  the  Long  Knives.  While  he  was  doing  this  Governor  Hamilton, 
having  made  his  various  arrangements,  had  left  Detroit  and  moved  down 
the  Wabash  to  Vincennes  intending  to  operate  from  that  point  in  reducing 
the  Illinois  posts,  and  then  proceed  on  down  to  Kentucky  and  drive  the 
rebels  from  the  West.  Gen.  Clark  had,  on  the  return  of  M.  Gibault, 
•dispatched  Captain  Helm,  of  Fauquier  County,  Virginia,  with  an  attend- 
ant named  Henry,  across  the  Illinois  prairies  to  command  the  fort. 
Hamilton  knew  nothing  of  the  capitulation  of  the  post,  and  was  greatly 
-surprised  on  his  arrival  to  be  confronted  by  Capt.  Helm,  who,  standing  at 
the  entrance  of  the  fort  by  a  loaded  cannon  ready  to  fire  upon  his  assail- 
ants, demanded  upon  what  terms  Hamilton  demanded  possession  of  the 
fort.  Being  granted  the  rights  of  a  prisoner  of  war,  he  surrendered  to 
the  British  General,  who  could  scarcely  believe  his  eyes  when  he  saw  the 
force  in  the  garrison. 

Hamilton,  not  realizing  the  character  of  the  men  with  whom  he  was 
contending,  gave  up  his  intended  campaign  for  the  Winter,  sent  his  four 
hundred  Indian  warriors  to  prevent  troops  from  coming  down  the  Ohio, 


THE    NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  53 

and  to  annoy  the  Americans  in  all  ways,  and  sat  quietly  down  to  pass  the 
Winter.  Information  of  all  these  proceedings  having  reached  Clark,  he 
saw  that  immediate  and  decisive  action  was  necessary,  and  that  unless 
he  captured  Hamilton,  Hamilton  would  capture  him.  Clark  received  the 
news  on  the  29th  of  January,  1779,  and  on  February  4th,  having  suffi- 
ciently garrisoned  Kaskaskia  and  Cahokia,  he  sent  down  the  Mississippi 
a  "  battoe,"  as  Major  Bowman  writes  it,  in  order  to  ascend  the  Ohio  and 
Wabash,  and  operate  with  the  land  forces  gathering  for  the  fray. 

On  the  next  day,  Clark,  with  his  little  force  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  men,  set  out  for  the  post,  and  after  incredible  hard  marching 
through  much  mud,  the  ground  being  thawed  by  the  incessant  spring 
rains,  on  the  22d  reached  the  fort,  and  being  joined  by  his  "  battoe,"  at 
once  commenced  the  attack  on  the  post.  The  aim  of  the  American  back- 
woodsman was  unerring,  and  on  the  24th  the  garrison  surrendered  to  the 
intrepid  boldness  of  Clark.  The  French  were  treated  with  great  kind- 
ness, and  gladly  renewed  their  allegiance  to  Virginia.  Hamilton  was 
sent  as  a  prisoner  to  Virginia,  where  he  was  kept  in  close  confinement. 
During  his  command  of  the  British  frontier  posts,  he  had  offered  prizes 
to  the  Indians  for  all  the  scalps  of  Americans  they  would  bring  to  him, 
and  had  earned  in  consequence  thereof  the  title  "  Hair-buyer  General," 
by  which  he  was  ever  afterward  known. 

Detroit  was  now  without  doubt  within  easy  reach  of  the  enterprising 
Virginian,  could  he  but  raise  the  necessary  force.  Governor  Henry  being 
apprised  of  this,  promised  him  the  needed  reinforcement,  and  Clark  con- 
cluded to  wait  until  he  could  capture  and  sufficiently  garrison  the  posts. 
Had  Clark  failed  in  this  bold  undertaking,  and  Hamilton  succeeded  in 
uniting  the  western  Indians  for  the  next  Spring's  campaign,  the  West 
would  indeed  have  been  swept  from  the  Mississippi  to  the  Allegheny 
Mountains,  and  the  great  blow  struck,  which  had  been  contemplated  from 
the  commencement,  by  the  British. 

"  But  for  this  small  army  of  dripping,  but  fearless  Virginians,  the 
union  of  all  the  tribes  from  Georgia  to  Maine  against  the  colonies  might 
have  been  effected,  and  the  whole  current  of  our  history  changed." 

At  this  time  some  fears  were  entertained  by  the  Colonial  Govern- 
ments that  the  Indians  in  the  North  and  Northwest  were  inclining  to  the 
British,  and  under  the  instructions  of  Washington,  now  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  Colonial  army,  and  so  bravely  fighting  for  American  inde- 
pendence, armed  forces  were  sent  against  the  Six  Nations,  and  upon  the 
Ohio  frontier,  Col.  Bowman,  acting  under  the  same  general's  orders, 
marched  against  Indians  within  the  present  limits  of  that  State.  These 
expeditions  were  in  the  main  successful,  and  the  Indians  were  compelled 
to  sue  for  peace. 


54  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

During  this  same  year  (1779)  the  famous  "  Land  Laws"  of  Virginia 
were  passed.  The  passage  of  these  laws  was  of  more  consequence  to  the 
pioneers  of  Kentucky  and  the  Northwest  than  the  gaining  of  a  few  Indian, 
conflicts.  These  laws  confirmed  in  main  all  grants  made,  and  guaranteed 
to  all  actual  settlers  their  rights  and  privileges.  After  providing  for  the 
settlers,  the  laws  provided  for  selling  the  balance  of  the  public  lands  at 
forty  cents  per  acre.  To  carry  the  Land  Laws  into  effect,  the  Legislature 
sent  four  Virginians  westward  to  attend  to  the  various  claims,  over  many 
of  which  great  confusion  prevailed  concerning  their  validity.  These 
gentlemen  opened  their  court  on  October  13,  1779,  at  St.  Asaphs,  and 
continued  until  April  26,  1780,  when  they  adjourned,  having  decided 
three  thousand  claims.  They  were  succeeded  by  the  surveyor,  who 
came  in  the  person  of  Mr.  George  May,  and  assumed  his  duties  on  the 
10th  day  of  the  month  whose  name  he  bore.  With  the  opening  of  the 
next  year  (1780)  the  troubles  concerning  the  navigation  of  the  Missis- 
sippi commenced.  The  Spanish  Government  exacted  such  measures  in. 
relation  to  its  trade  as  to  cause  the  overtures  made  to  the  United  States 
to  be  rejected.  The  American  Government  considered  they  had  a  right 
to  navigate  its  channel.  To  enforce  their  claims,  a  fort  was  erected  below 
the  mouth  of  the  Ohio  on  the  Kentucky  side  of  the  river.  The  settle- 
ments in  Kentucky  were  being  rapidly  filled  by  emigrants.  It  was  dur- 
ing this  year  that  the  first  seminary  of  learning  was  established  in  the 
"West  in  this  young  and  enterprising  Commonwealth. 

The  settlers  here  did  not  look  upon  the  building  of  this  fort  in  a 
friendly  manner,  as  it  aroused  the  hostility  of  the  Indians.  Spain  had 
been  friendly  to  the  Colonies  during  their  struggle  for  independence,, 
and  though  for  a  while  this  friendship  appeared  in  danger  from  the 
refusal  of  the  free  navigation  of  the  river,  yet  it  was  finally  settled  to  the 
satisfaction  of  both  nations. 

The  Winter  of  1779-80  was  one  of  the  most  unusually  severe  ones 
ever  experienced  in  the  West.  The  Indians  always  referred  to  it  as  the 
"Great  Cold."  Numbers  of  wild  animals  perished,  and  not  a  few 
pioneers  lost  their  lives.  The  following  Summer  a  party  of  Canadians 
and  Indians  attacked  St.  Louis,  and  attempted  to  take  possession  of  it 
in  consequence  of  the  friendly  disposition  of  Spain  to  the  revolting 
colonies.  They  met  with  such  a  determined  resistance  on  the  part  of  the 
inhabitants,  even  the  women  taking  part  in  the  battle,  that  they  were 
compelled  to  abandon  the  contest.  They  also  made  an  attack  on  the 
settlements  in  Kentucky,  but,  becoming  alarmed  in  some  unaccountable 
manner,  they  fled  the  country  in  great  haste. 

About  this  time  arose  the  question  in  the  Colonial  Congress  con- 
cerning the  western  lands  claimed  by  Virginia,  New  York,  Massachusetts. 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  55 

and  Connecticut.  The  agitation  concerning  this  subject  finally  led  New 
York,  on  the  19th  of  February,  1780,  to  pass  a  law  giving  to  the  dele- 
gates of  that  State  in  Congress  the  power  to  cede  her  western  lands  for 
the  benefit  of  the  United  States.  This  law  was  laid  before  Congress 
during  the  next  month,  but  no  steps  were  taken  concerning  it  until  Sep- 
tember 6th,  when  a  resolution  passed  that  body  calling  upon  the  States 
claiming  western  lands  to  release  their  claims  in  favor  of  the  whole  body. 
This  basis  formed  the  union,  and  was  the  first  after  all  of  those  legislative 
measures  which  resulted  in  the  creation  of  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Illinois,  Michigan,  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota.  In  December  of  the  same 
year,  the  plan  of  conquering  Detroit  again  arose.  The  conquest  might 
have  easily  been  effected  by  Clark  had  the  necessary  aid  been  furnished 
him.  Nothing  decisive  was  done,  yet  the  heads  of  the  Government  knew 
that  the  safety  of  the  Northwest  from  British  invasion  lay  in  the  capture 
and  retention  of  that  important  post,  the  only  unconquered  one  in  the 
territory. 

Before  the  close  of  the  year,  Kentucky  was  divided  into  the  Coun- 
ties of  Lincoln,  Fayette  and  Jefferson,  and  the  act  establishing  the  Town 
of  Louisville  was  passed.  This  same  year  is  also  noted  in  the  annals  of 
American  history  as  the  year  in  which  occurred  Arnold's  treason  to  the 
United  States. 

Virginia,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  Congress,  on  the  2d 
day  of  January,  1781,  agreed  to  yield  her  western  lands  to  the  United 
States  upon  certain  conditions,  which  Congress  would  not  accede  to,  and 
the  Act  of  Cession,  on  the  part  of  the  Old  Dominion,  failed,  nor  was 
anything  farther  done  until  1783.  During  all  that  time  the  Colonies 
were  busily  engaged  in  the  struggle  with  the  mother  country,  and  in 
consequence  thereof  but  little  heed  was  given  to  the  western  settlements. 
Upon  the  16th  of  April,  1781,  the  first  birth  north  of  the  Ohio  River  of 
American  parentage  occurred,  being  that  of  Mary  Heckewelder,  daughter 
of  the  widely  known  Moravian  missionary,  whose  band  of  Christian 
Indians  suffered  in  after  years  a  horrible  massacre  by  the  hands  of  the 
frontier  settlers,  who  had  been  exasperated  by  the  murder  of  several  of 
their  neighbors,  and  in  their  rage  committed,  without  regard  to  humanity, 
a  deed  which  forever  afterwards  cast  a  shade  of  shame  upon  their  lives. 
For  this  and  kindred  outrages  on  the  part  of  the  whites,  the  Indians 
committed  many  deeds  of  cruelty  which  darken  the  years  of  1771  and 
1772  in  the  history  of  the  Northwest. 

During  the  year  1782  a  number  of  battles  among  the  Indians  and 
frontiersmen  occurred,  and  between  the  Moravian  Indians  and  the  Wyan- 
dots.  In  these,  horrible  acts  of  cruelty  were  practised  on  the  captives, 
many  of  such  dark  deeds  transpiring  under  the  leadership  of  the  notorious 


56 


THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY. 


frontier  outlaw,  Simon  Girty,  whose  name,  as  well  as  those  of  his  brothers, 
was  a  terror  to  women  and  children.  These  occurred  chiefly  in  the  Ohio- 
valleys.  Cotemporary  with  them  were  several  engagements  in  Kentucky ,. 
in  which  the  famous  Daniel  Boone  engaged,  and  who,  often  by  his  skill 
and  knowledge  of  Indian  warfare,  saved  the  outposts  from  cruel  destruc- 


1NDIANS    ATTACKING    FKONTIEKSMEN. 

tion.  By  the  close  of  the  year  victory  had  perched  upon  the  American 
banner,  and  on  the  30th  of  November,  provisional  articles  of  peace  had 
been  arranged  between  the  Commissioners  of  England  and  her  uncon- 
querable colonies.  Cornwallis  had  been  defeated  on  the  19th  of  October 
preceding,  and  the  liberty  of  America  was  assured.  On  the  19th  of 
April  following,  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Lexington,  peace  was 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  5T 

proclaimed  to  the  army  of  the  United  States,  and  on  the  3d  of  the  next 
September,  the  definite  treaty  which  ended  our  revolutionary  straggle 
was  concluded.  By  the  terms  of  that  treaty,  the  boundaries  of  the  West 
were  as  follows :  On  the  north  the  line  was  to  extend  along  the  center  of 
the  Great  Lakes ;  from  the  western  point  of  Lake  Superior  to  Long  Lake  ; 
thence  to  the  Lake  of  the  Woods ;  thence  to  the  head  of  the  Mississippi 
River;  down  its  center  to  the  31st  parallel  of  latitude,  then  on  that  line 
east  to  the  head  of  the  Appalachicola  River ;  down  its  center  to  its  junc- 
tion with  the  Flint ;  thence  straight  to  the  head  of  St.  Mary's  River,  and 
thence  down  along  its  center  to  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 

Following  the  cessation  of  hostilities  with  England,  several  posts 
were  still  occupied  by  the  British  in  the  North  and  West.  Among  these 
was  Detroit,  still  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  Numerous  engagements 
with  the  Indians  throughout  Ohio  and  Indiana  occurred,  upon  whose 
lands  adventurous  whites  would  settle  ere  the  title  had  been  acquired  by 
the  proper  treaty. 

To  remedy  this  latter  evil,  Congress  appointed  commissioners  to 
treat  with  the  natives  and  purchase  their  lands,  and  prohibited  the  set- 
tlement of  the  territory  until  this  could  be  done.  Before  the  close  of  the 
year  another  attempt  was  made  to  capture  Detroit,  which  was,  however, 
not  pushed,  and  Virginia,  no  longer  feeling  the  interest  in  the  Northwest 
she  had  formerly  done,  withdrew  her  troops,  having  on  the  20th  of 
December  preceding  authorized  the  whole  of  her  possessions  to  be  deeded 
to  the  United  States.  This  was  done  on  the  1st  of  March  following,  and 
the  Northwest  Territory  passed  from  the  control  of  the  Old  Dominion. 
To  Gen.  Clark  and  his  soldiers,  however,  she  gave  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  acres  of  land,  to  be  situated  any  where  north  of  the 
Ohio  wherever  they  chose  to  locate  them.  They  selected  the  region 
opposite  the  falls  of  the  Ohio,  where  is  nojv  the  dilapidated  village  of 
Clarksville,  about  midway  between  the  Cities  of  New  Albany  and  Jeffer- 
sonville,  Indiana. 

While  the  frontier  remained  thus,  and  Gen.  Haldimand  at  Detroit 
refused  to  evacuate  alleging  that  he  had  no  orders  from  his  King  to  do 
so,  settlers  were  rapidly  gathering  about  the  inland  farts.  In  the  Spring 
of  1784,  Pittsburgh  was  regularly  laid  out,  and  from  the  journal  of  Arthur 
Lee,  who  passed  through  the  town  soon  after  on  his  way  to  the  Indian 
council  at  Fort  Mclntosh,  we  suppose  it  was  not  very  prepossessing  in 
appearance.  He  says : 

"  Pittsburgh  is  inhabited  almost  entirely  by  Scots  and  Irish,  who 
live  in  paltry  log  houses,  and  are  as  dirty  as  if  in  the  north  of  Ireland  or 
even  Scotland.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  trade  carried  on,  the  goods  being 
bought  at  the  vast  expense  of  forty-five  shillings  per  pound  from  Phila- 


58  THE-  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

delphia  and  Baltimore.  They  take  in  the  shops  flour,  wheat,  skins  and 
money.  There  are  in  the  town  four  attorneys,  two  doctors,  and  not  a 
priest  of  any  persuasion,  nor  church  nor  chapel." 

Kentucky  at  this  time  contained  thirty  thousand  inhabitants,  and 
was  beginning  to  discuss  measures  for  a  separation  from  Virginia.  A 
land  office  was  opened  at  Louisville,  and  measures  were  adopted  to  take 
defensive  precaution  against  the  Indians  who  were  yet,  in  some  instances, 
incited  to  deeds  of  violence  by  the  British.  Before  the  close  of  this  year, 
1784,  the  military'  claimants  of  land  began  to  occupy  them,  although  no 
entries  were  recorded  until  1787. 

The  Indian  title  to  the  Northwest  was  not  yet  extinguished.  They 
held  large  tracts- of  lands,  and  in  order  to  prevent  bloodshed  Congress 
adopted  means  for  treaties  with  the  original  owners  and  provided  for  the 
surve3rs  of  the  lands  gained  thereby,  as  well  as  for  those  north  of  the 
Ohio,  now  in  its  possession.  On  January  31,  1786,  a  treaty  was  made 
with  the  Wabash  Indians.  The  treaty  of  Fort  Stanwix  had  been  made 
in  1784.  That  at  Fort  Mclntosh  in  1785,  and  through  these  much  land 
was  gained.  The  Wabash  Indians,  however,  afterward  refused  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  the  treaty  made  with  them,  and  in  order  to  compel 
their  adherence  to  its  provisions,  force  was  used.  During  the  year  1786, 
the  free  navigation  of  the  Mississippi  came  up  in  Congress,  and  caused 
various  discussions,  which  resulted  in  no  definite  action,  only  serving  to 
excite  speculation  in  regard  to  the  western  lands.  Congress  had  promised 
bounties  of  land  to  the  soldiers  of  the  Revolution,  but  owing  to  the 
unsettled  condition  of  affairs  along  the  Mississippi  respecting  its  naviga- 
tion, and  the  trade  of  the  Northwest,  that  body  had,  in  1783,  declared 
its  inability  to  fulfill  these  promises  until  a  treaty  could  be  concluded 
between  the  two  Governments.  Before  the  close  of  the  year  1786,  how- 
ever, it  was  able,  through  the  treaties  with  the  Indians,  to  allow  some 
grants  and  the  settlement  thereon,  and  on  the  14th  of  September  Con- 
necticut ceded  to  the  General  Government  the  tract  of  land  known  as 
the  "  Connecticut  Reserve,"  and  before  the  close  of  the  following  year  a 
large  tract  of  land  north  of  the  Ohio  was  sold  to  a  company,  who  at  once 
took  measures  to  settle  it.  By  the  provisions  of  this  grant,  the  company 
were  to  pay  the  United  States  one  dollar  per  acre,  subject  to  a  deduction 
of  one-third  for  bad  lands  and  other  contingencies.  They  received 
750,000  acres,  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  Ohio,  on  the  east  by  the 
seventh  range  of  townships,  on  the  west  by  the  sixteenth  range,  and  on 
the  north  by  a  line  so  drawn  as  to  make  the  grant  complete  without 
the  reservations.  In  addition  to  this,  Congress  afterward  granted  100,000 
acres  to  actual  settlers,  and  214,285  acres  as  army  bounties  under  the 
resolutions  of  1789  and  1790. 


THE   NORTHWEST    TERRITORY.  ;>9 

While  Dr.  Cutler,  one  of  the  agents  of  the  company,  was  pressing 
its  claims  before  Congress,  that  body  was  bringing  into  form  an  ordinance 
for  the  political  and  social  organization  of  this  Territory.  When  the 
cession  was  made  by  Virginia,  in  1784,  a  plan  was  offered,  but  rejected. 
A  motion  had  been  made  to  strike  from  the  proposed  plan  the  prohibition 
of  slavery,  which  prevailed.  The  plan  was  then  discussed  and  altered, 
and  finally  passed  unanimously,  with  the  exception  of  South  Carolina. 
By  this  proposition,  the  Territory  was  to  have  been  divided  into  states 


A    PRAIRIE    STORM. 

by  parallels  and  meridian  lines.  This,  it  was  thought,  would  make  ten 
states,  which  were  to  have  been  named  as  follows  —  beginning  at  the 
northwest  corner  and  going  southwardly :  Sylvania,  Michigania,  Cher- 
sonesus,  Assenisipia,  Mesopotamia,  Illenoia,  Saratoga,  Washington,  Poly- 
potamia  and  Pelisipia. 

There  was  a  more  serious  objection  to  this  plan  than  its  category  of 
names, —  the  boundaries.  The  root  of  the  difficulty  was  in  the  resolu- 
tion of  Congress  passed  in  October,  1780,  which  fixed  the  boundaries 
of  the  ceded  lands  to  be  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles 


60  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

square.  These  resolutions  being  presented  to  the  Legislatures  of  Vir- 
ginia and  Massachusetts,  they  desired  a  change,  and  in  July,  1786,  the 
subject  was  taken  up  in  Congress,  and  changed  to  favor  a  division  into 
not  more  than  five  states,  and  not  less  than  three.  This  was  approved  by 
the  State  Legislature  of  Virginia.  The  subject  of  the  Government  was 
again  taken  up  by  Congress  in  1786,  and  discussed  throughout  that  year 
and  until  July,  1787,  when  the  famous  "Compact  of  1787"  was  passed, 
and  the  foundation  of  the  government  of  the  Northwest  laid.  This  com- 
pact is  fully  discussed  and  explained  in  the  history  of  Illinois  in  this  bookr 
and  to  it  the  reader  is  referred. 

The  passage  of  this  act  and  the  grant  to  the  New  England  Company 
was  soon  followed  by  an  application  to  the  Government  by  John  Cleve& 
Symmes,  of  New  Jersey,  for  a  grant  of  the  land  between  the  Miamis. 
This  gentleman  had  visited  these  lands  soon  after  the  treaty  of  1786,  and, 
being  greatly  pleased  with  them,  offered  similar  terms  to  those  given  to  the 
New  England  Company.  The  petition  was  referred  to  the  Treasury 
Board  with  power  to  act,  and  a  contract  was  concluded  the  following- 
year.  During  the  Autumn  the  directors  of  the  New  England  Company 
were  preparing  to  occupy  their  grant  the  following  Spring,  and  upon  the 
23d  of  November  made  arrangements  for  a  party  of  forty-seven  meiu 
under  the  superintendency  of  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam,  to  set  forward.  Six 
boat-builders  were  to  leave  at  once,  and  on  the  first  of  January  the  sur- 
veyors and  their  assistants,  twenty-six  in  number,  were  to  meet  at  Hart- 
ford and  proceed  on  their  journey  westward  ;  the  remainder  to  follow  as- 
soon  as  possible.  Congress,  in  the  meantime,  upon  the  3d  of  October, 
had  ordered  seven  hundred  troops  for  defense  of  the  western  settlers,  and 
to  prevent  unauthorized  intrusions  ;  and  two  days  later  appointed  Arthur 
St.  Clair  Governor  of  the  Territory  of  the  Northwest. 

AMERICAN  SETTLEMENTS. 

The  civil  organization  of  the  Northwest  Territory  was  now  com- 
plete, and  notwithstanding  the  uncertainty  of  Indian  affairs,  settlers  from 
the  East  began  to  come  into  the  country  rapidly.  The  New  England 
Company  sent  their  men  during  the  Winter  of  1787-8  pressing  on  over 
the  Alleghenies  by  the  old  Indian  path  which  had  been  opened  into 
Braddock's  road,  and  which  has  since  been  made  a  national  turnpike 
from  Cumberland  westward.  Through  the  weary  winter  days  they  toiled 
on,  and  by  April  were  all  gathered  on  the  Yohiogany,  where  boats  had 
been  built,  and  at  once  started  for  the  Muskingum.  Here  they  arrived 
on  the  7th  of  that  month,  and  unless  the  Moravian  missionaries  be  regarded 
as  the  pioneers  of  Ohio,  this  little  band  can  justly  claim  that  honor. 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


61 


Gen.  St.  Clair,  the  appointed  Governor  of  the  Northwsst,  not  having 
yet  arrived,  a  set  of  laws  were  passed,  written  out,  and  published  by 
being  nailed  to  a  tree  in  the  embryo  town,  and  Jonathan  Meigs  appointed 
to  administer  them. 

Washington  in  writing  of  this,  the  first  American  settlement  in  the 
Northwest,  said :  "  No  colony  in  America  was  ever  settled  under 
such  favorable  auspices  as  that  which  has  just  commenced  at  Muskingunu 
Information,  property  and  strength  will  be  its  characteristics.  I  know 
many  of  its  settlers  personally,  and  there  never  were  men  better  calcu- 
lated to  promote  the  welfare  of  such  a  community.'1 


A    PIONEEll    DWELLING. 

On  the  2d  of  July  a  meeting  of  the  directors  and  agents  was  held 
on  the  banks  of  the  Muskingum,  "  for  the  purpose  of  naming  the  new- 
born city  and  its  squares."  As  yet  the  settlement  was  known  as  the 
••Muskingum,"  but  that  was  now  changed  to  the  name  Marietta,  in  honor 
of  Marie  Antoinette.  The  square  upon  which  the  block -houses  stood 
was  called  "  Campus  Martins  ;"  square  number  19,  "  Capitolium  /"  square 
number  61,  "  Cecilia  ;"  and  the  great  road  through  the  covert  way,  "  Sacra 
Via.''  Two  days  after,  an  oration  was  delivered  by  James  M.  Varnum, 
who  with  S.  H.  Parsons  and  John  Armstrong  had  been  appointed  to  the 
judicial  bench  of  the  territory  on  the  16th  of  October,  1787.  On  July  9r 
Gov.  St.  Clair  arrived,  and  the  colony  began  to  assume  form.  The  act 
of  1787  provided  two  district  grades  of  government  for  the  Northwest,. 


•02  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

under  the  first  of  which  the  whole  power  was  invested  in  the  hands  of  a 
governor  and  three  district  judges.  This  was  immediately  formed  upon 
the  Governor's  arrival,  and  the  first  laws  of  the  colony  passed  on  the  25th 
of  July.  These  provided  for  the  organization  of  the  militia,  and  on  the 
next  day  appeared  the  Governor's  proclamation,  erecting  all  that  country 
that  had  been  ceded  by  the  Indians  east  of  the  Scioto  River  into  the 
County  of  Washington.  From  that  time  forward,  notwithstanding  the 
doubts  yet  existing  as  to  the  Indians,  all  Marietta  prospered,  and  on  the 
2d  of  September  the  first  court  of  the  territory  was  held  with  imposing 
ceremonies. 

The  emigration  westward  at  this  time  was  very  great.  The  com- 
mander at  Fort  Harmer,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Muskingum,  reported  four 
thousand  five  hundred  persons  as  having  passed  that  post  between  Feb- 
ruary and  June,  1788  —  many  of  whom  would  have  purchased  of  the 
"Associates,",  as  the  New  England  Company  was  called,  had  they  been 
ready  to  receive  them. 

On  the  26th  of  November,  1787,  Symmes  issued  a  pamphlet  stating 
the  terms  of  his  contract  and  the  plan  of  sale  he  intended  to  adopt.  In 
January,  1788,  Matthias  Denman,  of  New  Jersey,  took  an  active  interest 
in  Symmes'  purchase,  and  located  among  other  tracts  the  sections  upon 
which  Cincinnati  has  been  built.  Retaining  one-third  of  this  locality,  he 
sold  the  other  two-thirds  to  Robert  Patterson  and  John  Filson,  and  the 
three,  about  August,  commenced  to  lay  out  a  town  on  the  spot,  which 
was  designated  as  being  opposite  Licking  River,  to  the  moulh  of  which 
they  proposed  to  have  a  road  cut  from  Lexington.  The  naming  of  the 
town  is  thus  narrated  in  the  "Western  Annals  "  : — "  Mr.  Filson,  who  had 
been  a  schoolmaster,  was  appointed  to  name  the  town,  and,  in  respect  to 
its  situation,  and  as  if  with  a  prophetic  perception  of  the  mixed  race  that 
were  to  inhabit  it  in  after  days,  he  named  it  Losantiville,  which,  being 
interpreted,  means  :  ville,  the  town  ;  anti,  against  or  opposite  to  ;  os,  the 
mouth  ;  L.  of  Licking." 

Meanwhile,  in  July,  Symmes  got  thirty  persons  and  eight  four-horse 
teams  under  way  for  the  West.  These  reached  Limestone  (now  Mays- 
ville)  in  September,  where  were  several  persons  from  Redstone.  Here 
Mr.  Symmes  tried  to  found  a  settlement,  but  the  great  freshet  of  1789 
caused  the  "  Point,"  as  it  was  and  is  yet  called,  to  be  fifteen  feet  under 
water,  and  the  settlement  to  be  abandoned.  The  little  band  of  settlers 
removed  to  the  mouth  of  the  Miami.  Before  Symmes  and  his  colony  left 
the  "  Point,"  two  settlements  had  been  made  on  his  purchase.  The  first 
was  by  Mr.  Stiltes,  the  original  projector  of  the  whole  plan,  who,  with  a 
colony  of  Redstone  people,  had  located  at  the  mouth  of  the  Miami, 
whither  Symmes  went  with  his  Maysville  colony.  Here  a  clearing  had 


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63 


been  made  by  the  Indians  owing-  to  the  great  fertility  of  the  soil.  Mr. 
Stiltes  with  his  colony  came  to  this  place  on  the  18th  of  November,  1788, 
with  twenty-six  persons,  and,  building  a  block-house,  prepared  to  remain 
through  the  Winter.  They  named  the  settlement  Columbia.  Here  they 
were  kindly  treated  by  the  Indians,  but  suffered  greatly  from  the  flood 
of  1789. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1789,  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
'went  into  operation,  and  on  April  30,  George  Washington  was  inaug- 
urated President  of  the  American  people,  and  during  the  next  Summer, 
an  Indian  war  was  commenced  by  the  tribes  north  of  the  Ohio.  The 
President  at  first  used  pacific  means ;  but  these  failing,  he  sent  General 
Harmer  against  the  hostile  tribes.  He  destroyed  several  villages,  but 


BREAKING    PRAIKIE. 


was  defeated  in  two  battles,  near  the  present  City  of  Fort  Wayner 
Indiana.  From  this  time  till  the  close  of  1795,  the  principal  events  were 
the  wars  with  the  various  Indian  tribes.  In  1796,  General  St.  Clair 
was  appointed  in  command,  and  marched  against  the  Indians  ;  but  while 
he  was  encamped  on  a  stream,  the  St.  Mary,  a  branch  of  the  Maumee, 
he  was  attacked  and  defeated  with  the  loss  of  six  hundred  men. 

General  Wayne  was  now  sent  against  the  savages.  In  August,  1794, 
he  met  them  near  the  rapids  of  the  Maumee,  and  gained  a  complete 
victory.  This  success,  followed  by  vigorous  measures,  compelled  the 
Indians  to  sue  for  peace,  and  on  the  30th  of  July,  the  following  year,  the 
treaty  of  Greenville  was  signed  by  the  principal  chiefs,  by  which  a  large 
tract  of  country  was  ceded  to  the  United  States. 

Before  proceeding  in  our  narrative,  we  will  pause  to  notice  Fort 
Washington,  erected  in  the  early  part  of  this  war  on  the  site  of  Cincinnati. 
Nearly  all  of  the  great  cities  of  the  Northwest,  and  indeed  of  the 


64  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

wfeole  country,  have  had  their  nuclei  in  those  rude  pioneer  structures, 
known  as  forts  or  stockades.  Thus  Forts  Dearborn,  Washington,  Pon- 
chartrain,  mark  the  original  sites  of  the  now  proud  Cities  of  Chicago, 
Cincinnati  and  Detroit.  So  of  most  of  the  flourishing  cities  east  and  west 
of  the  Mississippi.  Fort  Washington,  erected  by  Doughty  in  1790,  was  a 
rude  but  highly  interesting  structure.  It  was  composed  of  a  number  of 
strongly-built  hewed  log  cabins.  Those  designed  for  soldiers'  barracks 
were  a  story  and  a  half  high,  while  those  composing  the  officers  quarters  • 
were  more  imposing  and  more  conveniently  arranged  and  furnished. 
The  whole  were  so  placed  as  to  form  a  hollow  square,  enclosing  about  an 
acre  of  ground,  with  a  block  house  at  each  of  the  four  angles. 

The  logs  for  the  construction  of  this  fort  were  cut  from  the  ground 
upon  which  it  was  erected.  It  stood  between  Third  and  Fourth  Streets 
of  the  present  city  (Cincinnati)  extending  east  of  Eastern  Row,  now 
Broadway,  which  was  then  a  narrow  alley,  and  the  eastern  boundary  of 
of  the  town  as  it  was  originally  laid  out.  On  the  bank  of  the  river, 
immediately  in  front  of  the  fort,  was  an  appendage  of  the  fort,  called  the 
Artificer's  Yard.  It  contained  about  two  acres  of  ground,  enclosed  by 
small  contiguous  buildings,  occupied  by  workshops  and  quarters  of 
laborers.  Within  this  enclosure  there  was  a  large  two-story  frame  house, 
familiarly  called  the  "  Yellow  House,"  built  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  Quartermaster  General.  For  many  years  this  was  the  best  finished 
and  most  commodious  edifice  in  the  Queen  City.  Fort  Washington  was 
for  some  time  the  headquarters  of  both  the  civil  and  military  governments 
of  the  Northwestern  Territory. 

Following  the  consummation  of  the  treaty  various  gigantic  land  spec- 
ulations were  entered  into  by  different  persons,  who  hoped  to  obtain 
from  the  Indians  in  Michigan  and  northern  Indiana,  large  tracts  of  lands. 
These  were  generally  discovered  in  time  to  prevent  the  outrageous 
schemes  from  being  carried  out,  and  from  involving  the  settlers  in  war. 
On  October  27,  1795,  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Spain 
was  signed,  whereby  the  free  navigation  of  the  Mississippi  was  secured. 

No  sooner  had  the  treaty  of  1795  been  ratified  than  settlements  began 
to  pour  rapidly  intp  the  West.  The  great  event  of  the  year  1796  was  the 
occupation  of  that  part  of  the  Northwest  including  Michigan,  which  was 
this  year,  under  the  provisions  of  the  treaty,  evacuated  by  the  British 
forces.  The  United  States,  owing  to  certain  conditions,  did  not  feel 
justified  in  addressing  the  authorities  in  Canada  in  relation  to  Detroit 
and  other  frontier  posts.  When  at  last  the  British  authorities  were 
called  to  give  them  up,  they  at  once  complied,  and  General  Wayne,  who 
had  done  so  much  to  preserve  the  frontier  settlements,  and  who,  before 
the  year's  close,  sickened  and  died  near  Erie,  transferred  his  head- 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  DO 

quarters  to  the  neighborhood  of  the  lakes,  where  a  county  named  after 
him  was  formed,  which  included  the  northwest  of  Ohio,  all  of  Michigan, 
and  the  northeast  of  Indiana.  During  this  same  year  settlements  were 
formed  at  the  present  City  of  Chillicothe,  along  the  Miami  from  Middle- 
town  to  Piqua,  while  in  the  more  distant  West,  settlers  and  speculators 
began  to  appear  in  great  numbers.  In  September,  the  City  of  Cleveland 
was  laid  out,  and  during  the  Summer  and  Autumn,  Samuel  Jackson  and 
Jonathan  Sharpless  erected  the  first  manufactory  of  paper — the  "  Red- 
stone Paper  Mill" — in  the  West.  St.  Louis  contained  some  seventy 
houses,  and  Detroit  over  three  hundred,  and  along  the  river,  contiguous 
to  it,  were  more  than  three  thousand  inhabitants,  mostly  French  Canadians, 
Indians  and  half-breeds,  scarcely  any  Americans  venturing  yet  into  that 
part  of  the  Northwest. 

The  election  of  representatives  for  the  territory  had  taken  place, 
and  on  the  4th  of  February,  1799,  they  convened  at  Losantiville  —  now 
known  as  Cincinnati,  having  been  named  so  by  Gov.  St.  Clair,  and 
considered  the  capital  of  the  Territory — to  nominate  persons  from  whom 
the  members  of  the  Legislature  were  to  be  chosen  in  accordance  with 
a  previous  ordinance.  This  nomination  being  made,  the  Assembly 
adjourned  until  the  16th  of  the  following  September.  From  those  named 
the  President  selected  as  members  of  the  council,  Henry  Vandenburg, 
of  Vincennes,  Robert  Oliver,  of  Marietta,  James  Findlay  and  Jacob 
Burnett,  of  Cincinnati,  and  David  Vance,  of  Vanceville.  On  the  16th 
of  September  the  Territorial  Legislature  met,  and  on  the  24th  the  two 
houses  were  duly  organized,  Henry  Vandenbtirg  being  elected  President 
of  the  Council. 

The  message  of  Gov.  St.  Clair  was  addressed  to  the  Legislature 
September  20th,  and  on  October  13th  that  body  elected  as  a  delegate  to 
Congress  Gen.  Wm.  Henry  Harrison,  who  received  eleven  of  the  votes 
cast,  being  a  majority  of  one  over  his  opponent,  Arthur  St.  Clair,  son  of 
Gen.  St.  Clair. 

The  whole  number  of  acts  passed  at  this  session,  and  approved  by 
the  Governor,  were  thirty-seven  —  eleven  others  were  passed,  but  received 
his  veto.  The  most  important  of  those  passed  related  to  the  militia,  to 
the  administration,  and  to  taxation.  On  the  19th  of  December  this  pro- 
tracted session  of  the  first  Legislature  in  the  West  was  closed,  and  on  the 
30th  of  December  the  President  nominated  Charles  Willing  Bryd  to  the 
office  of  Secretary  of  the  Territory  vice  Wm.  Henry  Harrison,  elected  to 
Congress.  The  Senate  confirmed  his  nomination  the  next  day. 


66  THE   NOKTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


DIVISION   OF   THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

The  increased  emigration  to  the  Northwest,  the  extent  of  the  domain r 
and  the  inconvenient  modes  of  travel,  made  it  very  difficult  to  conduct 
the  ordinary  operations  of  government,  and  rendered  the  efficient  action 
of  courts  almost  impossible.  To  remedy  this,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to 
divide  the  territory  for  civil  purposes.  Congress,  in  1800,  appointed  a 
committee  to  examine  the  question  and  report  some  means  for  its  solution. 
This  committee,  on  the  3d  of  March,  reported  that : 

"  In  the  three  western  countries  there  has  been  but  one  court  having 
cognizance  of  crimes,  in  five  years,  and  the  immunity  which  offenders 
experience  attracts,  as  to  an  asylum,  the  most  vile  and  abandoned  crim- 
inals, and  at  the  same  time  deters  useful  citizens  from  making  settlements 
in  such  society.  The  extreme  necessity  of  judiciary  attention  and  assist- 
ance is  experienced  in  civil  as  well  as  in  criminal  cases.  *  *  *  *  To- 
minister  a  remedy  to  these  and  other  evils,  it  occurs  to  this  committee 
that  it  is  expedient  that  a  division  of  said  territory  into  two  distinct  and 
separate  governments  should  be  made ;  and  that  such  division  be  made 
by  a  line  beginning  at  the  mouth  of  the  Great  Miami  River,  running 
directly  north  until  it  intersects  the  boundary  between  the  United  States 
and  Canada." 

The  report  was  accepted  by  Congress,  and,  in  accordance  with  its 
suggestions,  that  body  passed  an  Act  extinguishing  the  Northwest  Terri- 
tory, which  Act  was  approved  May  7.  Among  its  provisions  were  these  : 

"  That  from  and  after  July  4  next,  all  that  part  of  the  Territory  of 
the  United  States  northwest  of  the  Ohio  River,  which  lies  to  the  westward 
of  a  line  beginning  at  a  point  on  the  Ohio,  opposite  to  the  mouth  of  the 
Kentucky  River,  and  running  thence  to  Fort  Recovery,  and  thence  north 
until  it  shall  intersect  the  territorial  line  between  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  temporary  government,  constitute  a- 
separate  territory,  and  be  called  the  Indiana  Territory." 

After  providing  for  the  exercise  of  the  civil  and  criminal  powers  of 
the  territories,  and  other  provisions,  the  Act  further  provides : 

"  That  until  it  shall  otherwise  be  ordered  by  the  Legislatures  of  the 
said  Territories,  respectively,  Chillicothe  on  the  Scioto  River  shall  be  the 
seat  of  government  of  the  Territory  of  the  United  States  northwest  of  the 
Ohio  River;  and  that  St.  Vincennes  on  the  Wabash  River  shall  be  the 
seat  of  government  for  the  Indiana  Territory." 

Gen.  Wm.  Henry  Harrison  was  appointed  Governor  of  the  Indiana 
Territory,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  about  a  year  later.  Connecticut 
also  about  this  time  released  her  claims  to  the  reserve,  and  in  March  a  law 


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was  passed  accepting  this  cession.  Settlements  had  been  made  upon 
thirty-five  of  the  townships  in  the  reserve,  mills  had  been  built,  and  seven 
hundred  miles  of  road  cut  in  various  directions.  On  the  3d  of  November 
the  General  Assembly  met  at  Chillicothe.  Near  the  close  of  the  year, 
the  first  missionary  of  the  Connecticut  Reserve  came,  who  found  no 
township  containing  more  than  eleven  families.  It  was  upon  the  first  of 
October  that  the  secret  treaty  had  been  made  between  Napoleon  and  the 
King  of  Spain,  whereby  the  latter  agreed  to  cede  to  France  the  province 
of  Louisiana. 

In  January,  1802,  the  Assembly  of  the  Northwestern  Territory  char- 
tered the  college  at  Athens.  From  the  earliest  dawn  of  the  western 
colonies,  education  was  promptly  provided  for,  and  as  early  as  1787, 
newspapers  were  issued  from  Pittsburgh  and  Kentucky,  and  largely  read 
throughout  the  frontier  settlements.  Before  the  close  of  this  year,  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  granted  to  the  citizens  of  the  Northwestern 
territory  the  formation  of  a  State  government.  One  of  the  provisions  of 
the  "compact  of  1787"  provided  that  whenever  the  number  of  inhabit- 
ants within  prescribed  limits  exceeded  45,000,  they  should  be  entitled  to 
a  separate  government.  The  prescribed  limits  of  Ohio  contained,  from  a. 
census  taken  to  ascertain  the  legality  of  the  act,  more  than  that  number,, 
and  on  the  30th  of  April,  1802,  Congress  passed  the  act  defining  its  limits,, 
and  on  the  29th  of  November  the  Constitution  of  the  new  State  of  Ohio, 
so  named  from  the  beautiful  river  forming  its  southern  boundary,  came 
into  existence.  The  exact  limits  of  Lake  Michigan  were  not  then  known,, 
but  the  territory  now  included  within  the  State  of  Michigan  was  wholly 
within  the  territory  of  Indiana. 

Gen.  Harrison,  while  residing  at  Vincennes,  made  several  treaties 
with  the  Indians,  thereby  gaining  large  tracts  of  lands.  The  next  year  is 
memorable  in  the  history  of  the  West  for  the  purchase  of  Louisiana  from 
France  by  the  United  States  for  $15,000,000.  Thus  by  a  peaceful  mode, 
the  domain  of  the  United  States  was  extended  over  a  large  tract  of 
country  west  of  the  Mississippi,  and  was  for  a  time  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Northwest  government,  and,  as  has  been  mentioned  in  the  early- 
part  of  this  narrative,  was  called  the  "New  Northwest."  The  limits- 
of  this  history  will  not  allow  a  description  of  its  territory.  The  same  year 
large  grants  of  land  were  obtained  from  the  Indians,  and  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  new  State  of  Ohio  signed  a  bill  respecting  the 
College  Township  in  the  district  of  Cincinnati. 

Before  the  close  of  the  year,  Gen.  Harrison  obtained  additional 
grants  of  lands  from  the  various  Indian  nations  in  Indiana  and  the  present 
limits  of  Illinois,  and  on  the  18th  of  August,  1804,  completed  a  treaty  at 
St.  Louis,  whereby  over  51,000,000  acres  of  lands  were  obtained  from  the 


68  THE  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

aborigines.  Measures  were  also  taken  to  learn  the  condition  of  affairs  in 
and  about  Detroit. 

C.  Jouett,  the  Indian  agent  in  Michigan,  still  a  part  of  Indiana  Terri- 
tory, reported  as  follows  upon  the  condition  of  matters  at  that  post : 

"  The  Town  of  Detroit. — The  charter,  which  is  for  fifteen  miles 
square,  was  granted  in  the  time  of  Louis  XIV.  of  France,  and  is  now, 
from  the  best  information  I  have  been  able  to  get,  at  Quebec.  Of  those 
two  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres,  only  four  are  occupied  by  the  town 
and  Fort  Lenault.  The  remainder  is  a  common,  except  twenty-four 
acres,  which  were  added  twenty  years  ago  to  a  farm  belonging  to  Wm. 
Macomb.  *  *  *  A  stockade  incloses  the  town,  fort  and  citadel.  The 
pickets,  as  well  as  the  public  houses,  are  in  a  state  of  gradual  decay.  The 
streets  are  narrow,  straight  and  regular,  and  intersect  each  other  at  right 
angles.  The  houses  are,  for  the  most  part,  low  and  inelegant." 

During  this  year,  Congress  granted  a  township  of  land  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  college,  and  began  to  offer  inducements  for  settlers  in  these 
wilds,  and  the  country  now  comprising  the  State  of  Michigan  began  to 
fill  rapidly  with  settlers  along  its  southern  borders.  This  same  year,  also, 
a  law  was  passed  organizing  the  Southwest  Territory,  dividing  it  into  two 
portions,  the  Territory  of  New  Orleans,  which  city  was  made  the  seat  of 
government,  and  the  District  of  Louisiana,  which  was  annexed  to  the 
domain  of  Gen.  Harrison. 

On  the  llth  of  January,  1805,  the  Territory  of  Michigan  was  formed, 
Wm.  Hull  was  appointed  governor,  with  headquarters  at  Detroit,  the 
ohange  to  take  effect  on  June  30.  On  the  llth  of  that  month,  a  fire 
occurred  at  Detroit,  which  destroyed  almost  every  building  in  the  place. 
When  the  officers  of  the  new  territory  reached  the  post,  they  found  it  in 
ruins,  and  the  inhabitants  scattered  throughout  the  country.  Rebuild- 
ing, however,  soon  commenced,  and  ere  long  the  town  contained  more 
liouses  than  before  the  fire,  and  many  of  them  much  better  built. 

While  this  was  being  done,  Indiana  had  passed  to  the  second  grade 
of  government,  and  through  her  General  Assembly  had  obtained  large 
tracts  of  land  from  the  Indian  tribes.  To  all  this  the  celebrated  Indian, 
Tecumthe  or  Tecumseh,  vigorously  protested,  and  it  was  the  main  cause 
•of  his  attempts  to  unite  the  various  Indian  tribes  in  a  conflict  with  the 
settlers.  To  obtain  a  full  account  of  these  attempts,  the  workings  of  the 
British,  and  the  signal  failure,  culminating  in  the  death  of  Tecumseh  at 
the  battle  of  the  Thames,  and  the  close  of  the  war  of  1812  in  the  Northwest, 
Ave  will  step  aside  in  our  story,  and  relate  the  principal  events  of  his  life, 
and  his  connection  with  this  conflict. 


THE   NOUTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


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TECUMSEH,  THE  SHAWANOE  CHIEFTAIN. 


TO  THE    NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


TECUMSEH,  AND  THE  WAR  OF  1812. 

This  famous  Indian  chief  was  born  about  the  year  1768,  not  far  from 
the  site  of  the  present  City  of  Piqua,  Ohio.  His  father,  Puckeshinwa, 
was  a  member  of  the  Kisopok  tribe  of  the  Swanoese  nation,  and  his 
mother,  Methontaske,  was  a  member  of  the  Turtle  tribe  of  the  same 
people.  They  removed  from  Florida  about  the  middle  of  the  last  century 
to  the  birthplace  of  Tecumseh.  In  1774,  his  father,  who  had  risen  to  be 
chief,  was  slain  at  the  battle  of  Point  Pleasant,  and  not  long  after  Tecum- 
seh, by  his  bravery,  became  the  leader  of  his  tribe.  In  1795  he  was 
declared  chief,  and  then  lived  at  Deer  Creek,  near  the  site  of  the 
present  City  of  Urbana.  He  remained  here  about  one  year,  when  he 
returned  to  Piqua,  and  in  1798,  he  went  to  White  River,  Indiana.  In 
1805,  he  and  his  brother,  Laulewasikan  (Open  Door),  who  had  announced 
himself  as  a  prophet,  went  to  a  tract  of  land  on  the  Wabash  River,  given 
them  by  the  Pottawatomies  and  Kickapoos.  From  this  date  the  chief 
comes  into  prominence.  He  was  now  about  thirty-seven  years  of  age, 
was  five  feet  and  ten  inches  in  height,  was  stoutly  built,  and  possessed  of 
enormous  powers  of  endurance.  His  countenance  was  naturally  pleas- 
ing, and  he  was,  in  general,  devoid  of  those  savage  attributes  possessed 
by  most  Indians.  It  is  stated  he  could  read  and  write,  and  had  a  confi- 
dential secretary  and  adviser,  named  Billy  Caldwell,  a  half-breed,  who 
afterward  became  chief  of  the  Pottawatomies.  He  occupied  the  first 
house  built  on  the  site  of  Chicago.  At  this  time,  Tecumseh  entered 
upon  the  great  work  of  his  life.  He  had  long  objected  to  the  grants  of 
land  made  by  the  Indians  to  the  whites,  and  determined  to  unite  all  the 
Indian  tribes  into  a  league,  in  order  that  no  treaties  or  grants  of  land 
could  be  made  save  by  the  consent  of  this  confederation. 

He  traveled  constantly,  going  from  north  to  south ;  from  the  south 
to  the  north,  everywhere  urging  the  Indians  to  this  step.  He  was  a 
matchless  orator,  and  his  burning  words  had  their  effect. 

Gen.  Harrison,  then  Governor  of  Indiana,  by  watching  the  move- 
ments of  the  Indians,  became  convinced  that  a  grand  conspiracy  was 
forming,  and  made  preparations  to  defend  the  settlements.  Tecumseh's 
plan  was  similar  to  Pontiac's,  elsewhere  described,  and  to  the  cunning 
artifice  of  that  chieftain  was  added  his  own  sagacity. 

During  the  year  1809,  Tecumseh  and  the  prophet  were  actively  pre- 
paring for  the  work.  In  that  year,  Gen.  Harrison  entered  into  a  treaty 
with  the  Delawares,  Kickapoos,  Pottawatomies,  Miamis,  Eel  River  Indians 
and  Weas,  in  which  these  tribes  ceded  to  the  whites  certain  lands  upon 
the  Wabash,  to  all  of  which  Tecumseh  entered  a  bitter  protest,  averring 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  .71 

as  one  principal  reason  that  he  did  not  want  the  Indians  .to  give  up  any 
lands  north  and  west  of  the  Ohio  River. 

Tecumseh,  in  August,  1810,  visited  the  General  at  Vincennes  and 
held  a  council  relating  to  the  grievances  of  the  Indians. .  Becoming  unduly 
angry  at  this  conference  he  was  dismissed  from  the  village,  and  soon  after 
departed  to  incite  the  southern  Indian  tribes  to  the  conflict. 

Gen.  Harrison  determined  to  move  upon  the  chiefs  headquarters  at 
Tippecanoe,  and  for  this  purpose  went  about  sixty-five  miles  up  the 
Wabash,  where  he  built  Fort  Harrison.  From  this  place  he  went  to  the 
prophet's  town,  where  he  informed  the  Indians  he  had  no  hostile  inten- 
tions, provided  they  were  true  to  the  existing  treaties.  He  encamped 
near  the  village  early  in  October,  and  on  the  morning  of  November  7,  he 
was  attacked  by  a  large  force  of  the  Indians,  and  the  famous  battle  of 
Tippecanoe  occurred.  The  Indians  were  routed  and  their  town  broken 
up.  Tecumseh  returning  not  long  after,  was  greatly  exasperated  at  his 
brother,  the  prophet,  even  threatening  to  kill  him  for  rashly  precipitating 
the  war,  and  foiling  his  (Tecumseh's)  plans. 

Tecumseh  sent  word  to  Gen.  Harrison  that  he  was  now  returned 
from  the  South,  and  was  ready  to  visit  the  President  as  had  at  one  time 
previously  been  proposed.  Gen.  Harrison  informed  him  he  could  not  go 
as  a  chief,  which  method  Tecumseh  desired,  and  the  visit  was  never 
made. 

In  June  of  the  following  year,  he  visited  the  Indian  agent  at 
Fort  Wayne.  Here  he  disavowed  any  intention  to  make  a  war  against 
the  United  States,  and  reproached  Gen.  Harrison  for  marching  against  his 
people.  The  agent  replied  to  this  ;  Tecumseh  listened  with  a  cold  indif- 
ference, and  after  making  a  few  general  remarks,  with  a  haughty  air  drew 
his  blanket  about  him,  left  the  council  house,  and  departed  for  Fort  Mai- 
den, in  Upper  Canada,  where  he  joined  the  British  standard. 

He  remained  under  this  Government,  doing  effective  work  for  the 
Crown  while  engaged  in  the  war  of  1812  which  now  opened.  He  was, 
however,  always  humane  in  his  treatment  of  the  prisoners,  never  allow- 
ing his  warriors  to  ruthlessly  mutilate  the  bodies  of  those  slain,  or  wan- 
tonly murder  the  captive. 

In  the  Summer  of  1813,  Perry's  victory  on  Lake  Erie  occurred,  and 
shortly  after  active  preparations  were  made  to  capture  Maiden.  On  the 
27th  of  September,  the  American  army,  under  Gen.  Harrison,  set  sail  for 
the  shores  of  Canada,  and  in  a  few  hours  stood  around  the  ruins  of  Mai- 
den, from  which  the  British  army,  under  Proctor,  had  retreated  to  Sand- 
wich, intending  to  make  its  way  to  the  heart  of  Canada  by  the  Valley  of 
the  Thames.  On  the  29th  Gen.  Harrison  was  at  Sandwich,  and  Gen. 
McArthur  took  possession  of  Detroit  and  the  territory  of  Michigan. 


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THE  NORTHWEvST   TERRITORY. 


On  the  2d  of  October,  the  Americans  began  their  pursuit  of  Proctor, 
whom  they  overtook  on  the  5th,  and  the  battle  of  the  Thames  followed. 
Early  in  the  engagement,  Tecumseh  who  was  at  the  head  of  the  column 
of  Indians  was  slain,  and  they,  no  longer  hearing  the  voice  of  their  chief- 
tain, fled.  The  victory  was  decisive,  and  practically  closed  the  war  in 
the  Northwest. 


INDIANS    ATTACKING   A    STOCKADE. 

Just  who  killed  the  great  chief  has  been  a  matter  of  much  dispute  ; 
but  the  weight  of  opinion  awards  the  act  to  Col.  Richard  M.  Johnson, 
who  fired  at  him  with  a  pistol,  the  shot  proving  fatal. 

In  1805  occurred  Burr's  Insurrection.  He  took  possession  of  a 
beautiful  island  in  the  Ohio,  after  the  killing  of  Hamilton,  and  is  charged 
by  many  with  attempting  to  set  up  an  independent  government.  His 
plans  were  frustrated  by  the  general  government,  his  property  confiscated 
and  he  was  compelled  to  flee  the  country  for  safety. 


THE  NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  7& 

In  January,  1807,  Governor  Hull,  of  Michigan  Territory,  made  a 
treaty  with  the  Indians,  whereby  all  that  peninsula  was  ceded  to  the 
United  States.  Before  the  close  of  the  year,  a  stockade  was  built  about 
Detroit.  It  was  also  during  this  year  that  Indiana  and  Illinois  endeavored 
to  obtain  the  repeal  of  that  section  of  the  compact  of  1787,  whereby 
slavery  was  excluded  from  the  Northwest  Territory.  These  attempts^ 
however,  all  signally  failed. 

In  1809  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  divide  the  Indiana  Territory. 
This  was  done,  and  the  Territory  of  Illinois  was  formed  from  the  western, 
part,  the  seat  of  government  being  fixed  at  Kaskaskia.  The  next  year, 
the  intentions  of  Tecumseh  manifested  themselves  in  open  hostilities,  and 
then  began  the  events  already  narrated. 

While  this  war  was  in  progress,  emigration  to  the  West  went  on  with 
surprising  rapidity.  In  1811,  under  Mr.  Roosevelt  of  New  York,  the 
first  steamboat  trip  was  made  on  the  Ohio,  much  to  the  astonishment  of 
the  natives,  many  of  whom  fled  in  terror  at  the  appearance  of  the 
"  monster."  It  arrived  at  Louisville  on  the  10th  day  of  October.  At  the 
close  of  the  first  week  of  January,  1812,  it  arrived  at  Natchez,  after  being 
nearly  overwhelmed  in  the  great  earthquake  which  occurred  while  on  its 
downward  trip. 

The  battle  of  the  Thames  was  fought  on  October  6,  1813.  It 
effectually  closed  hostilities  in  the  Northwest,  although  peace  was  not 
fully  restored  until  July  22,  1814,  when  a  treaty  was  formed  at  Green- 
ville, under  the  direction  of  General  Harrison,  between  the  United  States 
and  the  Indian  tribes,  in  which  it  was  stipulated  that  the  Indians  should 
cease  hostilities  against  the  Americans  if  the  war  were  continued.  Such, 
happily,  was  not  the  case,  and  on  the  24th  of  December  the  treaty 
of  tSrhent  was  signed  by  the  representatives  of  England  and  the  United 
States.  This  treaty  was  followed  the  next  year  by  treaties  with  various 
Indian  tribes  throughout  the  West,  and  Northwest,  and  quiet  was  again 
restored  in  this  part  of  the  new  world. 

On  the  18th  of  March,  1816,  Pittsburgh  was  incorporated  as  a  city. 
It  then  had  a  population  of  8,000  people,  and  was  already  noted  for  its 
manufacturing  interests.  On  April  19,  Indiana  Territory  was  allowed 
to  form  a  state  government.  At  that  time  there  were  thirteen  counties 
organized,  containing  about  sixty-three  thousand  inhabitants.  The  first 
election  of  state  officers  was  held  in  August,  when  Jonathan  Jennings 
was  chosen  Governor.  The  officers  were  sworn  in  on  November  7,  and 
on  December  11,  the  State  was  formally  admitted  into  the  Union.  For 
some  time  the  seat  of  government  was  at  Corydon,  but  a  more  central 
location  being  desirable,  the  present  capital,  Indianapolis  (City  of  Indiana), 
was  laid  out  January  1,  1825. 


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On  the  28th  of  December  the  Bank  of  Illinois,  at  Shawneetown,  was 
chartered,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000.  At  this  period  all  banks  were 
under  the  control  of  the  States,  and  were  allowed  to  establish  branches 
at  different  convenient  points. 

Until  this  time  Chillicothe  and  Cincinnati  had  in  turn  enjoyed  the 
privileges  of  being  the  capital  of  Ohio.  But  the  rapid  settlement  of  the 
northern  and  eastern  portions  of  the  State  demanded,  as  in  Indiana.,  a 
more  central  location,  and  before  the  close  of  the  year,  the  site  of  Col- 
umbus was  selected  and  surveyed  as  the  future  capital  of  the  State. 
Banking  had  begun  in  Ohio  as  early  as  1808,  when  the  first  bank  was 
chartered  at  Marietta,  but  here  as  elsewhere  it  did  not  bring  to  the  state 
the  hoped-for  assistance.  It  and  other  banks  were  subsequently  unable 
to  redeem  their  currency,  and  were  obliged  to  suspend. 

In  1818,  Illinois  was  made  a  state,  and  all  the  territory  north  of  her 
northern  limits  was  erected  into  a  separate  territory  and  joined  to  Mich- 
igan for  judicial  purposes.  By  the  following  year,  navigation  of  the  lakes 
was  increasing  with  great  rapidity  and  affording  an  immense  source  of 
revenue  to  the  dwellers  in  the  Northwest,  but  it  was  not  until  1826  that 
the  trade  was  extended  to  Lake  Michigan,  or  that  steamships  began  to 
navigate  the  bosom  of  that  inland  sea. 

Until  the  year  1832,  the  commencement  of  the  Black  Hawk  War, 
but  few  hostilities  were  experienced  with  the  Indians.  Roads  were 
opened,  canals  were  dug,  cities  were  built,  common  schools  were  estab- 
lished, universities  were  founded,  many  of  which,  especially  the  Michigan 
University,  have  achieved  a  world  wide-reputation.  The  people  were 
becoming  wealthy.  The  domains  of  the  United  States  had  been  extended, 
and  had  the  sons  of  the  forest  been  treated  with  honesty  and  justice,  the 
record  of  many  years  would  have  been  that  of  peace  and  continuous  pros- 
perity. ' 

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BLACK    HAWK  AND    THE  BLACK    HAWK    WAR. 

This  conflict,  though  confined  to  Illinois,  is  an  important  epoch  in 
the  Northwestern  history,  being  the  last  war  with  the  Indians  in  this  part 
of  the  United  States. 

Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah,  or  Black  Hawk,  was  born  in  the  principal 
Sac  village,  about  three  miles  from  the  junction  of  Rock  River  with  th,e 
Mississippi,  in  the  year  1767.  His  father's  name  was  Py-e-sa  or  Pahaes ; 
Ms  grandfather's,  Na-na-ma-kee,  or  the  Thunderer.  Black  Hawk  early 
<iistinguished  himself  as  a  warrior,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  was  permitted 
to  paint  and  was  ranked  among  the  braves.  About  the  year  1783,  he 
•went  on  an  expedition  against  the  enemies  of  his  nation,  the  Osages,  one 


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BLACK  HAWK,  THE  SAC  CHIEFTAIN. 


76  THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY. 

of  whom  he  killed  and  scalped,  and  for  this  deed  of  Indian  bravery  he  was 
permitted  to  join  in  the  scalp  dance.  Three  or  four  years  after  he,  at  the 
head  of  two  hundred  braves,  went  on  another  expedition  against  the 
Osages,  to  avenge  the  murder  of  some  women  and  children  belonging  to 
his  own  tribe.  Meeting  an  equal  number  of  Osage  warriors,  a  fierce 
battle  ensued,  in  which  the  latter  tribe  lost  one-half  their  number.  The 
Sacs  lost  only  about  nineteen  warriors.  He  next  attacked  the  Cherokees 
for  a  similar  cause.  In  a  severe  battle  with  them,  near  the  present  City 
of  St.  Louis,  his  father  was  slain,  and  Black  Hawk,  taking  possession  of 
the  "  Medicine  Bag,"  at  once  announced  himself  chief  of  the  Sac  nation. 
He  had  now  conquered  the  Cherokees,  and  about  the  year  1800,  at  the 
head  of  five  hundred  Sacs  and  Foxes,  and  a  hundred  lowas,  he  waged 
war  against  the  Osage  nation  and  subdued  it.  For  two  years  he  battled 
successfully  with  other  Indian  tribes,  all  of  whom  he  conquered. 

Black  Hawk  does  not  at  any  time  seem  to  have  been  friendly  to 
the  Americans.  When  on  a  visit  to  St.  Louis  to  see  his  "  Spanish 
Father,"  he  declined  to  see  any  of  the  Americans,  alleging,  as  a  reason, 
he  did  not  want  two  fathers. 

The  treaty  at  St.  Louis  was  consummated  in  1804.  The  next  year  the 
United  States  Government  erected  a  fort  near  the  head  of  the  Des  Moines 
Rapids,  called  Fort  Edwards.  This  seemed  to  enrage  Black  Hawk,  who 
at  once  determined  to  capture  Fort  Madison,  standing  on  the  west  side  of 
the  Mississippi  above  the  mouth  of  the  Des  Moines  River.  The  fort  was 
garrisoned  by  about  fifty  men.  Here  he  was  defeated.  The  difficulties 
with  the  British  Government  arose  about  this  time,  and  the  War  of  1812 
followed.  That  government,  extending  aid  to  the  Western  Indians,  by 
giving  them  arms  and  ammunition,  induced  them  to  remain  hostile  to  the 
Americans.  In  August,  1812,  Black  Hawk,  at  the  head  of  about  five 
hundred  braves,  started  to  join  the  British  forces  at  Detroit,  passing  on 
his  way  the  site  of  Chicago,  where  the  famous  Fort  Dearborn  Massacre 
had  a  few  days  before  occurred.  Of  his  connection  with  the  British 
Government  but  little  is  known.  In  1813  he  with  his  little  band  descended 
the  Mississippi,  and  attacking  some  United  States  troops  at  Fort  Howard 
was  defeated. 

In  the  early  part  of  1815,  the  Indian  tribes  west  of  the  Mississippi 
were  notified  that  peace  had  been  declared  between  the  United  States 
and  England,  and  nearly  all  hostilities  had  ceased.  Black  Hawk  did  not 
sign  any  treaty,  however,  until  May  of  the  following  year.  He  then  recog- 
nized the  validity  of  the  treaty  at  St.  Louis  in  1804.  From  the  time  of 
signing  this  treaty  in  1816,  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1832,  he 
and  his  band  passed  their  time  in  the  common  pursuits  of  Indian  life. 

Ten  years  before  the  commencement  of  this  war,  the  Sac  and  Fox 


THE    NORTHWEST  TERRITORY.  77 

Indians  were  urged  to  join  the  lowas  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Father  of 
Waters.  All  were  agreed,  save  the  band  known  as  the  British  Band,  of 
which  Black  Hawk  was  leader.  He  strenuously  objected  to  the  removal, 
and  was  induced  to  comply  only  after  being  threatened  with  the  power  of 
the  Government.  This  and  various  actions  on  the  part  of  the  white  set- 
tlers provoked  Black  Hawk  and  his  band  to  attempt  the  capture  of  his 
native  village  now  occupied  by  the  whites.  .  The  war  followed.  He  and 
his  actions  were  undoubtedly  misunderstood,  and  had  his  wishes  been 
acquiesced  in  at  the  beginning  of  the  struggle,  much  bloodshed  would 
have  been  prevented. 

Black  Hawk  was  chief  now  of  the  Sac  and  Fox  nations,  and  a  noted 
warrior.  He  and  his  tribe  inhabited  a  village  on  Rock  River,  nearly  three 
miles  above  its  confluence  with  the  Mississippi,  where  the  tribe  had  lived 
many  generations.  When  that  portion  of  Illinois  was  reserved  to  them, 
they  remained  in  peaceable  possession  of  their  reservation,  spending  their 
time  in  the  enjoyment  of  Indian  life.  The  fine  situation  of  their  village 
and  the  quality  of  their  lands  incited  the  more  lawless  white  settlers,  who 
from  time  to  time  began  to  encroach  upon  the  red  men's  domain.  From 
one  pretext  to  another,  and  from  one  step  to  another,  the  crafty  white 
men  gained  a  foothold,  until  through  whisky  and  artifice  they  obtained 
deeds  from  many  of  the  Indians  for  their  possessions.  The  Indians  were 
finally  induced  to  cross  over  the  Father  of  Waters  and  locate  among  the 
lowas.  Black  Hawk  was  strenuously  opposed  to  all  this,  but  as  the 
authorities  of  Illinois  and  the  United  States  thought  this  the  best  move,  he 
was  forced  to  comply.  Moreover  other  tribes  joined  the  whites  and  urged 
the  removal. '  Black  Hawk  would  not  agree  to  the  terms  of  the  treaty 
made  with  his  nation  for  their  lands,  and  as  soon  as  the  military,  called  to 
enforce  his  removal,  had  retired,  he  returned  to  the  Illinois  side  of  the 
river.  A  large  force  was  at  once  raised  and  marched  against  him.  On 
the  evening  of  May  14,  1832,  the  first  engagement  occurred  between  a 
band  from  this  army  and  Black'  Hawk's  band,  in  which  the  former  were 
defeated. 

This  attack  and  its  result  aroused  the  whites.  A  large  force  of  men 
was  raised,  and  Gen.  Scott  hastened  from  the  seaboard,  by  way  of  the 
lakes,  with  United  States  troops  and  artillery  to  aid  in  the  subjugation  of 
the  Indians.  On  the  24th  of  June,  Black  Hawk,  with  200  warriors,  was 
repulsed  by  Major  Demont  between  Rock  River  and  Galena.  The  Ameri- 
can army  continued  to  move  up  Rock  River  toward  the  main  body  of 
the  Indians,  and  on  the  21st  of  July  came  upon  Black  Hawk  and  his  band, 
and  defeated  them  near  the  Blue  Mounds. 

Before  this  action,  Gen.  Henry,  in  command,  sent  word  to  the  main 
army  by  whom  he  was  immediately  rejoined,  and  the  whole  crossed  the 


78  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

"Wisconsin  in  pursuit  of  Black  Hawk  and  his  band  who  were  fleeing  to  the 
Mississippi.  They  were  overtaken  on  the  2d  of  August,  and  in  the  battle 
which  followed  the  power  of  the  Indian  chief  was  completely  broken.  He 
iled,  but  was  seized  by  the  Winnebagoes  and  delivered  to  the  whites. 

On  the  21st  of  September,  1832,  Gen.  Scott  and  Gov.  Reynolds  con- 
cluded a  treaty  with  the  Winnebagoes,  Sacs  and  Foxes  by  which  they 
ceded  to  the  United  States  a  vast  tract  of  country,  and  agreed  to  remain 
peaceable  with  the  whites.  For  the  faithful  performance  of  the  provi- 
sions of  this  treaty  on  the  part  of  the  Indians,  it  was  stipulated  that 
Black  Hawk,  his  two  sons,  the  prophet  Wabokieshiek,  and  six  other  chiefs 
of  the  hostile  bands  should  be  retained  as  hostages  during  the  pleasure 
of  the  President.  They  were  confined  at  Fort  Barracks  and  put  in  irons. 

The  next  Spring,  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  they  were  taken 
to  Washington.  From  there  they  were  removed  to  Fortress  Monroe, 
"there  to  remain  until  the  conduct  of  their  nation  was  such  as  to  justify 
their  being  set  at  liberty."  They  were  retained  here  until  the  4th  of 
June,  when  the  authorities  directed  them  to  be  taken  to  the  principal 
-cities  so  that  they  might  see  the  folly  of  contending  against  the  white 
people.  Everywhere  they  were  observed  by  thousands,  the  name  of  the 
old  chief  being  extensively  known.  By  the  middle  of  August  they 
reached  Fort  Armstrong  on  Rock  Island,  where  Black  Hawk  was  soon 
after  released  to  go  to  his  countrymen.  As  he  passed  the  site  of  his  birth- 
place, now  the  home  of  the  white  man,  he  was  deeply  moved.  His  village 
where  he  was  born,  where  he  had  so  happily  lived,  and  where  he  had 
hoped  to  die,  was  now  another's  dwelling  place,  and  he  was  a  wanderer. 

On  the  next  day  after  his  release,  he  went  at  once  to  his  tribe  and 
his  lodge,  His  wife  was  yet  living,  and  with  her  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  To  his  credit  it  may  be  said  that  Black  Hawk  always  re- 
mained true  to  his  wife,  and  served  her  with  a  devotion  uncommon  among 
the  Indians,  living  with  her  upward  of  forty  years. 

Black  Hawk  now  passed  his  time  hunting  and  fishing.  A  deep  mel- 
ancholy had  settled  over  him  from  which  he  could  not  be  freed.  At  all 
times  when  he  visited  the  whites  he  was  received  with  marked  atten- 
tion. He  was  an  honored  guest  at  the  old  settlers'  reunion  in  Lee  County, 
Illinois,  at  some  of  their  meetings,  and  received  many  tokens  of  esteem. 
In  September,  1838,  while  on  his  way  to  Rock  Island  to  receive  his 
annuity  from  the  Government,  he  contracted  a  severe  cold  which  resulted 
in  a  fatal  attack  of  bilious  fever  which  terminated  his  life  on  October  3. 
His  faithful  wife,  who  was  devotedly  attached  to  him,  mourned  deeply 
during  his  sickness.  After  his  death  he  was  dressed  in  the  uniform  pre- 
sented to  him  by  the  President  while  in  Washington.  He  was  buried  in 
-a  grave  six  feet  in  depth,  situated  upon  a  beautiful  eminence.  "  The 


THE   NORTHWEST    TERRITORY.  79 

body  was  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  grave,  in  a  sitting  posture,  upon  a 
seat  constructed  for  the  purpose.  '  On  his  left  side,  the  cane,  given  him 
by  Henry  Clay,  was  placed  upright,  with  his  right  hand  resting  upon  it. 
Many  of  the  old  warrior's  trophies  were  placed  in  the  grave,  and  some 
Indian  garments,  together  with  his  favorite  weapons." 

No  sooner  was  the  Black  Hawk  war  concluded  than  settlers  began 
rapidly  to  pour  into  the  northern  parts  of  Illinois,  and  into  Wisconsin, 
now  free  from  Indian  depredations.  Chicago,  from  a  trading  post,  had 
grown  to  a  commercial  center,  and  was  rapidly  coming  into  prominence. 
In  1835,  the  formation  of  a  State  Government  in  Michigan  was  discussed, 
but  did  not  take  active  form  until  two  years  later,  when  the  State  became 
a  part  of  the  Federal  Union. 

The  main  attraction  to  that  portion  of  the  Northwest  lying  west  of 
Lake  Michigan,  now  included  in  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  was  its  alluvial 
wealth.  Copper  ore  was  found  about  Lake  Superior.  For  some  time  this 
region  was  attached  to  Michigan  for  judiciary  purposes,  but  in  183(5  was 
made  a  territory,  then  including  Minnesota  and  Iowa.  The  latter  State 
was  detached  two  years  later.  In  1848,  Wisconsin  was  admitted  as  a 
State,  Madison  being  made  the  capital.  We  have  now  traced  the  various 
divisions  of  the  Northwest  Territory  (save  a  little  in  Minnesota)  from 
the  time  it  was  a  unit  comprising  this  vast  territory,  until  circumstances 
compelled  its  present  division. 

OTHER   INDIAN   TROUBLES. 

Before  leaving  this  part  of  the  narrative,  we  will-  narrate  briefly  the 
Indian  troubles  in  Minnesota  and  elsewhere  by  the  Sioux  Indians. 

In  August,  1862,  the  Sioux  Indians  living  on  the  western  borders  of 
Minnesota  fell  upon  the  unsuspecting  settlers,  and  in  a  few  hours  mas- 
sacred ten  or  twelve  hundred  persons.  A  distressful  panic  was  the 
immediate  result,  fully  thirty  thousand  persons  fleeing  from  their  homes 
to  districts  supposed  to  be  better  protected.  The  military  authorities 
at  once  took  active  measures  to  punish  the  savages,  and  a  large  number 
were  killed  and  captured.  About  a  year  after,  Little  Crow,  the  chief, 
was  killed  by  a  Mr.  Lampson  near  Scattered  Lake.  Of  those  captured, 
thirty  were  hung  at  Mankato,  and  the  remainder,  through  fears  of  mob 
violence,  were  removed  to  Camp  McClellan,  on  the  outskirts  of  the  City 
of  Davenport.  It  was  here  that  Big  Eagle  came  into  prominence  and 
secured  his  release  by  the  following  order : 


80 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


BIG  EAGLE. 


THE    NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  81 

«'  Special  Order,  No.  430.  "  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

"  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  WASHINGTON,  Dec.  3, 1864. 

'•  Big  Eagle,  an  Indian  now  in  confinement  at  Davenport,  Iowa, 
will,  upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  be  immediately  released  from  confine- 
ment and  set  at  liberty. 

"  By  order  of  the  President  of  the  United  States. 
"  Official :  "  E.  D.  TOWNSEND,  Asit  Adft  Gen. 

"  CAPT.  JAMES  VANDERVENTER,  Corny  Sub.  Vbls. 

"  Through  Com'g  Gen'l,  Washington,  D.  C." 

Another  Indian  who  figures  more  prominently  than  Big  Eagle,  and 
who  was  more  cowardly  in  his  nature,  with  his  band  of  Modoc  Indians, 
is  noted  in  the  annals  of  the  New  Northwest:  we  refer  to  Captain  Jack. 
This  distinguished  Indian,  noted  for  his  cowardly  murder  of  Gen.  Canby, 
was  a  chief  of  a  Modoc  tribe  of  Indians  inhabiting  the  border  lands 
between  California  and  Oregon.  This  region  of  country  comprises  what 
is  known  as  the  "  Lava  Beds,"  a  tract  of  land  described  as  utterly  impene- 
trable, save  by  those  savages  who  had  made  it  their  home. 

The  Modocs  are  known  as  an  exceedingly  fierce  and  treacherous 
race.  They  had,  according  to  their  own  traditions,  resided  here  for  many 
generations,  and  at  one  time  were  exceedingly  numerous  and  powerful. 
A  famine  carried  off  nearly  half  their  numbers,  and  disease,  indolence 
and  the  vices  of  the  white  man  have  reduced  them  to  a  poor,  weak  and 
insignificant  tribe. 

Soon  after  the  settlement  of  California  and  Oregon,  complaints  began 
to  be  heard  of  massacres  of  emigrant  trains  passing  through  the  Modoc 
country.  In  1847,  an  emigrant  train,  comprising  eighteen  souls,  was  en- 
tirely destroyed  at  a  place  since  known  as  "  Bloody  Point."  These  occur- 
rences caused  the  United  States  Government  to  appoint  a  peace  commission, 
who,  after  repeated  attempts,  in  1864.  made  a  treaty  with  the  Modocs, 
Snakes  and  Klamaths,  in  which  it  was  agreed  on  their  part  to  remove  to 
a  reservation  set  apart  for  them  in  the  southern  part  of  Oregon. 

With  the  exception  of  Captain  Jack  and  a  band  of  his  followers,  who 
remained  at  Clear  Lake,  about  six  miles  from  Klamath,  all  the  Indians 
complied.  The  Modocs  who  went  to  the  reservation  were  under  chief 
Schonchin.  Captain  Jack  remained  at  the  lake  without  disturbance 
until  1869,  when  he  was  also  induced  to  remove  to  the  reservation.  The 
Modocs  and  the  Klamaths  soon  became  involved  in  a  quarrel,  and  Captain 
Jack  and  his  band  returned  to  the  Lava  Beds. 

Several  attempts  were  made  by  the  Indian  Commissioners  to  induce 
them  to  return  to  the  reservation,  and  finally  becoming  involved  in  a 


82  THE   NORTHWEST    TERRITORY. 

difficulty  with  the  commissioner  and  his  military  escort,  a  fight  ensued, 
in  which  the  chief  and  his  band  were  routed.  They  were  greatly  enraged, 
and  on  their  retreat,  before  the  day  closed,  killed  eleven  inoffensive  whites. 

The  nation  was  aroused  and  immediate  action  demanded.  A  com- 
mission was  at  once  appointed  by  the  Government  to  see  what  could  be 
done.  It  comprised  the  following  persons  :  Gen.  E.  R.  S.  Canby.  Rev. 
Dr.  E.  Thomas,  a  leading  Methodist  divine  of  California ;  Mr.  A.  B. 
Meacham,  Judge  Rosborough,  of  California,  and  a  Mr.  Dyer,  of  Oregon. 
After  several  interviews,  in  which  the  savages  were  always  aggressive, 
often  appearing  with  scalps  in  their  belts,  Bogus  Charley  came  to  the 
commission  on  the  evening  of  April  10,  1873,  and  informed  them  that 
Capt.  Jack  and  his  band  would  have  a  "  talk  "  to-morrow  at  a  place  near 
Clear  Lake,  about  three  miles  distant.  Here  the  Commissioners,  accom- 
panied by  Charley,  Riddle,  the  interpreter,  and  Boston  Charley  repaired. 
After  the  usual  greeting  the  council  proceedings  commenced.  On  behalf 
of  the  Indians  there  were  present :  Capt.  Jack,  Black  Jim,  Schnac  Nasty 
Jim,  Ellen's  Man,  and  Hooker  Jim.  They  had  no  guns,  but  carried  pis- 
tols. After  short  speeches  by  Mr.  Meacham,  Gen.  Canby  and  Dr.  Thomas, 
Chief  Schonchin  arose  to  speak.  He  had  scarcely  proceeded  whenr 
as  if  by  a  preconcerted  arrangement,  Capt.  Jack  drew  his  pistol  and  shot 
Gen.  Canby  dead.  In  less  than  a  minute  a  dozen  shots  were  fired  by  the 
savages,  and  the  massacre  completed.  Mr.  Meacham  was  shot  by  Schon- 
chin, and  Dr.  Thomas  by  Boston  Charley.  Mr.  Dyer  barely  escaped,  being 
fired  at  twice.  Riddle,  the  interpreter,  and  his  squaw  escaped.  The 
troops  rushed  to  the  spot  where  they  found  Gen.  Canby  and  Dr.  Thomas 
dead,  and  Mr.  Meacham  badly  wounded.  The  savages  had  escaped  to 
their  impenetrable  fastnesses  and  could  not  be  pursued. 

The  whole  country  was  aroused  by  this  brutal  massacre ;  but  it  wa& 
not  until  the  following  May  that  the  murderers  were  brought  to  justice. 
At  that  time  Boston  Charley  gave  himself  up,  and  offered  to  guide  the 
troops  to  Capt.  Jack's  stronghold.  This  led  to  the  capture  of  his  entire 
gang,  a  number  of  whom  were  murdered  by  Oregon  volunteers  while  on 
their  way  to  trial.  The  remaining  Indians  were  held  as  prisoners  until 
July  when  their  trial  occurred,  which  Jed  to  the  conviction  of  Capt. 
Jack,  Schonchin,  Boston  Charle}7,  Hooker  Jim,  Broncho,  alias  One-Eyed 
Jim,  and  Slotuck,  who  were  sentenced  to  be  hanged.  These  sentences 
were  approved  by  the  President,  save  in  the  case  of  Slotuck  and  Broncho 
whose  sentences  were  commuted  to  imprisonment  for  life.  The  others 
were  executed  at  Fort  Klamath,  October  3,  1873. 

These  closed  the  Indian  troubles  for  a  time  in  the  Northwest,  and  for 
several  years  the  borders  of  civilization  remained  in  peace.  They  were 
again  involved  in  a  conflict  with  the  savages  about  the  country  of  the 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


CAPTAIN  JACK,  THE  MODOO  CHIEFTAIN. 


84  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 

Black  Hills,  in  which  war  the  gallant  Gen.  Ouster  lost  his  life.  Just 
now  the  borders  of  Oregon  and  California  are  again  in  fear  of  hostilities  ; 
but  as  the  Government  has  learned  how  to  deal  with  the  Indians,  they 
will  be  of  short  duration.  The  red  man  is  fast  passing  away  before  the 
march  of  the  white  man,  and  a  few  more  generations  will  read  of  the 
Indians  as  one  of  the  nations  of  the  past. 

The  Northwest  abounds  in  memorable  places.  We  have  generally 
noticed  them  in  the  narrative,  but  our  space  forbids  their  description  in 
detail,  save  of  the  most  important  places.  Detroit,  Cincinnati,  Vincennes, 
Kaskaskia  and  their  kindred  towns  have  all  been  described.  But  ere  we 
leave  the  narrative  we  will  present  our  readers  with  an  account  of  the 
Kinzie  house,  the  old  landmark  of  Chicago,  and  the  discovery  of  the 
source  of  the  Mississippi  River,  each  of  which  may  well  find  a  place  in 
the  annals  of  the  Northwest. 

Mr.  John  Kinzie,  of  the  Kinzie  house,  represented  in  the  illustra- 
tion, established  a  trading  house  at  Fort  Dearborn  in  1804.  The  stockade 
had  been  erected  the  year  previous,  and  named  Fort  Dearborn  in  honor 
of  the  Secretary  of  War.  It  had  a  block  house  at  each  of  the  two  angles, 
on  the  southern  side  a  sallyport,  a  covered  way  on  the  north  side,  that  led 
down  to  the  river,  for  the  double  purpose  of  providing  means  of  escape, 
and  of  procuring  water  in  the  event  of  a  siege. 

Fort  Dearborn  stood  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Chicago  River,  about 
half  a  mile  from  its  mouth.  When  Major  Whistler  built  it,  his  soldiers 
hauled  all  the  timber,  for  he  had  no  oxen,  and  so  economically  did  he 
work  that  the  fort  cost  the  Government  only  fifty  dollars.  For  a  while 
the  garrison  could  get  no  grain,  and  Whistler  and  his  men  subsisted  on 
acorns.  Now  Chicago  is  the  greatest  grain  center  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Kinzie  bought  the  hut  of  the  first  settler,  Jean  Baptiste  Point  au 
Sable,  on  the  site  of  which  he  erected  his  mansion.  Within  an  inclosure 
in  front  he  planted  some  Lombardy  poplars,  seen  in  the  engraving,  and  in 
the  rear  he  soon  had  a  fine  garden  and  growing  orchard. 

In  1812  the  Kinzie  house  and  its  surroundings  became  the  theater 
of  stirring  events.  The  garrison  of  Fort  Dearborn  consisted  of  fifty-four 
men,  under  the  charge  of  Capt.  Nathan  Heald,  assisted  by  Lieutenant 
Lenai  T.  Helm  (son-in-law  to  Mrs.  Kinzie),  and  Ensign  Ronan.  The 
surgeon  was  Dr.  Voorhees.  The  only  residents  at  the  post  at  that  time 
were  the  wives  of  Capt.  Heald  and  Lieutenant  Helm  and  a  few  of  the 
soldiers,  Mr.  Kinzie  and  his  family,  and  a  few  Canadian  voyagers  with  their 
wives  and  children.  The  soldiers  and  Mr.  Kinzie  were  on  the  most 
friendly  terms  with  the  Pottawatomies  and  the  Winnebagoes,  the  prin- 
cipal tribes  around  them,  but  they  could  not  win  them  from  their  attach- 
ment to  the  British. 


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85 


After  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe  it  was  observed  that  some  of  the  lead- 
ing chiefs  became  sullen,  for  some  of  their  people  had  perished  in  that 
conflict  with  American  troops. 

One  evening  in  April,  1812,  Mr.  Kinzie  sat  playing  his  violin  and  his 
children  were  dancing  to  the  music,  when  Mrs.  Kinzie  came  rushing  into 
the  house  pale  with  terror,  and  exclaiming,  "  The  Indians  !  the  Indians  !  " 
"  What  ?  Where  ?  "  eagerly  inquired  Mr.  Kinzie.  "  Up  at  Lee's,  killing 
and  scalping,"  answered  the  frightened  mother,  who,  when  the  alarm  was 
given,  was  attending  Mrs.  Burns,  a  newly-made  mother,  living  not  far  off. 


KINZIE    HOUSE. 

Mr.  Kinzie  and  his  family  crossed  the  river  in  boats,  and  took  refuge  in 
the  fort,  to  which  place  Mrs.  Burns  and  her  infant,  not  a  day  old,  were 
conveyed  in  safety  to  the  shelter  of  the  guns  of  Fort  Dearborn,  and  the 
rest  of  the  white  inhabitants  fled.  The  Indians  were  a  scalping  party  of 
Winnebagoes,  who  hovered  around  the  fort  some  days,  when  they  dis- 
appeared, and  for  several  weeks  the  inhabitants  were  not  disturbed  by 
alarms. 

Chicago  was  then  so  deep  in  the  wilderness,  that  the  news  of  the 
declaration  of  war  against  Great  Britain,  made  on  the  19th  of  June,  1812, 
did  not  reach  the  commander  of  the  garrison  at  Fort  Dearborn  till  the  7th 
of  August.  Now  the  fast  mail  train  will  carry  a  man  from  New  York  to 
Chicago  in  twenty-seven  hours,  and  such  a  declaration  might  be  sent, 
every  word,  by  the  telegraph  in  less  than  the  same  number  of  minutes. 


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PRESENT    CONDITION    OF    THE    NORTHWEST 

Preceding'  chapters  have  brought  us  to  the  close  of  the  Black  Hawk 
war,  and  we  now  turn  to  the  contemplation  of  the  growth  and  prosperity 
of  the  Northwest  tinder  the  smile  of  peace  and  the  blessings  of  our  civili- 
zation. The  pioneers  of  this  region  date  events  back  to-  the  deep  snow 


A    IJKPKESE.NTAT1VK    PiOXEER. 


of  1831,  no  one  arriving  here  since  that  date  taking  first  honors.  The 
inciting  cause  of  the  immigration  which  overflowed  the  prairies  early  in 
the  '30s  was  the  reports  of  the  marvelous  beauty  and  fertility  of  the 
region  distributed  through  the  East  by  those  who  had  participated  in  the 
Black  Hawk  campaign  with  Gen.  Scott.  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  then 
had  a  few  hundred  inhabitants,  and  Gurdon  S.  Hubbard's  trail  from  the 
former  city  to  Kaskaskia  led  almost  through  a  wilderness.  Vegetables 
and  clothing  were  largely  distributed  through  the  regions  adjoining  the 


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lakes  by  steamers  from  the  Ohio  towns.  There  are  men  now  living  in 
Illinois  who  came  to  the  state  when  barely  an  acre  was  in  cultivation, 
and  a  man  now  prominent  in  the  business  circles  of  Chicago  looked  over 
the  swampy,  cheerless  site  of  that  metropolis  in  1818  and  went  south- 
ward into  civilization.  Emigrants  from  Pennsylvania  in  1830  left  behind 


* 

LINCOLN    MONUMENT,    SPIUNGFIELD,    ILLINOIS. 

them  but  one  small  railway  in  the  coal  regions,  thirty  miles  in  length, 
and  made  their  way  to  the  Northwest  mostly  with  ox  teams,  finding  in 
Northern  Illinois  petty  settlements  scores  of  miles  apart,  although  the 
southern  portion  of  the  state  was  fairly  dotted  with  farms.  The 
water  courses  of  the  lakes  and  rivers  furnished  transportation  to  the 
second  great  army  of  immigrants,  and  about  1850  railroads  were 
pushed  to  that  extent  that  the  crisis  of  1837  was  precipitated  upon  us. 


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from  the  effects  of  which  the  Western  country  had  not  fully  recovered 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  Hostilities  found  the  colonists  of  the  prairies 
fully  alive  to  the  demands  of  the  occasion,  and  the  honor  of  recruiting 


the  vast  armies  of  the  Union  fell  largely  to  Gov.  Yates,  of  Illinois,  and 
Gov.  Morton,  of  Indiana.  To  recount  the  share  of  the  glories  of  the 
campaign  TVOII  I)/  our  Western  troops  is  a  needless  task,  except  to 
mention  the  fact  that  Illinois  gave  co  tiie  n  *ion  the  President  who  save'l 


THE   NORTHWEST    TERRITORY. 

it,  and  sent  out  at  the  head  of  one  of  its  regiments  tne  general  who  led 
-Jts  armies  to  the  final  victory  at  Appomattox.      The  struggle,  on  the 


FAKM    VIEW    IN    WINTER. 


whole,  had  a  marked  effect  for  the  better  on  the  new  Northwest,  gi  fing 
it  an  impetus  which  twenty  years  of  peace  would  not  have  produced. 
In  a  large  degree  this  prosperity  was  an  inflated  one,  and  with  the  rest 
-of  the  Union  we  have  since  been  compelled  to  atone  therefor  by  four 


THE   NOKTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


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THE   NORTHWEST    TERRITORY.  93 

years  of  depression  of  values,  of  scarcity  of  employment,  and  loss  of 
fortune.  To  a  less  degree,  however,  than  the  manufacturing  or  mining 
regions  has  the  West  suffered  during  the  prolonged  panic  now  so  near  its 
end.  Agriculture,  still  the  leading  feature  in  our  industries,  has  been 
quite  prosperous  through  all  these  dark  years,  and  the  farmers  have 
cleared  away  many  incumbrances  resting  over  them  from  the  period  of 
fictitious  values.  The  population  lias  steadily  increased,  the  arts  and 
sciences  are  gaining  a  stronger  foothold,  the  trade  area  of  the  region  is 
becoming  daily  more  extended,  and  we  have  been  largely  exempt  from 
the  financial  calamities  which  have  nearly  wrecked  communities  on  the 
seaboard  dependent  wholly  on  foreign  commerce  or  domestic  manufacture. 

At  the  present  period  there  are  no  great  schemes  broached  for  the 
Northwest,  no  propositions  for  government  subsidies  or  national  works 
of  improvement,  but  the  capital  of  the  world  is  attracted  hither  for  the 
purchase  of  our  products  or  the  expansion  of  our  capacity  for  serving  the- 
nation  at  large.  A  new  era  is  dawning  as  to  transportation,  and  we  bid 
fair  to  deal  almost  exclusively  with  the  increasing  and  expanding  lines 
of  steel  rail  running  through  every  few  miles  of  territory  on  the  prairies. 
The  lake  marine  will  no  doubt  continue  to  be  useful  in  the  warmer 
season,  and  to  serve  as  a  regulator  of  freight  rates ;  but  experienced 
navigators  forecast  the  decay  of  the  system  in  moving  to  the  seaboard 
the  enormous  crops  of  the  West.  Within  the  past  five  years  it  has 
become  quite  common  to  see  direct  shipments  to  Europe  and  the  West 
Indies  going  through  from  the  second-class  towns  along  the  Mississippi 
and  Missouri. 

As  to  popular  education,  the  standard  has  of  late  risen  very  greatly, 
and  our  schools  would  be  creditable  to  any  section  of  the  Union. 

More  and  more  as  the  events  of  the  war  pass  into  obscurity  will  the 
fate  of  the  Northwest  be  linked  with  that  of  the  Southwest,  and  the 
next  Congressional  apportionment  will  give  the  valley  of  the  Mississippi 
absolute  control  of  the  legislation  of  the  nation,  and  do  much  toward 
securing  the  removal  of  the  Federal  capitol  to  some  more  central  location. 

Our  public  men  continue  to  wield  the  full  share  of  influence  pertain- 
ing to  their  rank  in  the  national  autonomy,  and  seem  not  to  forget  that 
for  the  past  sixteen  years  they  and  their  constituents  have  dictated  the 
principles  which  should  govern  the  country. 

In  a  work  like  this,  destined  to  lie  on  the  shelves  of  the  library  for 
generations,  and  not  doomed  to  daily  destruction  like  a  newspaper,  one 
can  not  indulge  in  the  same  glowing  predictions,  the  sanguine  statements 
of  actualities  that  fill  the  columns  of  ephemeral  publications.  Time  may 
bring  grief  to  the  pet  projects  of  a  writer,  and  explode  castles  erected  on 
a  pedestal  of  facts.  Yet  there  are  unmistakable  indications  before  us  of 


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THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  95 

the  same  radical  change  in  our  great  Northwest  which  characterizes  its 
history  for  the  past  thirty  years.  Our  domain  has  a  sort  of  natural 
geographical  border,  save  where  it  melts  away  to  the  southward  in  the 
cattle  raising  districts  of  the  southwest. 

Our  prime  interest  will  for  some  years  doubtless  be  the  growth  of 
the  food  of  the  world,  in  which  branch  it  has  already  outstripped  all 
competitors,  and  our  great  rival  in  this  duty  will  naturally  be  the  fertile 
plains  of  Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Colorado,  to  say  nothing  of  the  new 
empire  so  rapidly  growing  up  in  Texas.  Over  these  regions  there  is  a 
continued  progress  in  agriculture  and  in  railway  building,  and  we  must 
look  to  our  laurels.  Intelligent  observers  of  events  are  fully  aware  of 
the  strides  made  in  the  way  of  shipments  of  fresh  meats  to  Europe, 
many  of  these  ocean  cargoes  being  actually  slaughtered  in  the  West  and 
transported  on  ice  to  the  wharves  of  the  seaboard  cities.  That  this  new 
enterprise  will  continue  there  is  no  reason  to  doubt.  There  are  in 
Chicago  several  factories  for  the  canning  of  prepared  meats  for  European 
consumption,  and  the  orders  for  this  class  of  goods  are  already  immense. 
English  capital  is  becoming  daily  more  and  more  dissatisfied  with  railway 
loans  and  in  vestments,,  and  is  gradually  seeking  mammoth  outlays  in 
lands  and  live  stock.  The  stock  yards  in  Chicago,  Indianapolis  and  East 
St.  Louis  are  yearly  increasing  their  facilities,  and  their  plant  steadily 
grows  more  valuable.  Importations  of  blooded  animals  from  the  pro- 
gressive countries  of  Europe  are  destined  to  greatly  improve  the  quality 
of  our  beef  and  mutton.  Nowhere  is  there  to  be  seen  a  more  enticing 
display  in  this  line  than  at  our  state  and  county  fairs,  and  the  interest 
in  the  matter  is  on  the  increase. 

To  attempt  to  give  statistics  of  our  grain  production  for  1877  would 
be  useless,  so  far  have  we  surpassed  ourselves  in  the  quantity  and 
quality  of  our  product.  We  are  too  liable  to  forget  that  we  are  giving 
the  world  its  first  article  of  necessity  —  its  food  supply.  An  opportunity 
to  learn  this  fact  so  it  never  can  be  forgotten  was  afforded  at  Chicago  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  great  panic  of  1873,  when  Canadian  purchasers, 
fearing  the  prostration  of  business  mightbring  about  an  anarchical  condition 
of  affairs,  went  to  that  city  with  coin  in  bulk  and  foreign  drafts  to  secure 
their  supplies  in  their  own  currency  at  first  hands.  It  may  be  justly 
claimed  by  the  agricultural,  community  that  their  combined  efforts  gave 
the  nation  its  first  impetus  toward  a  restoration  of  its  crippled  industries, 
and  their  labor  brought  the  gold  premium  to  a  lower  depth  than  the 
government  was  able  to  reach  by  its  most  intense  efforts  of  legislation 
and  compulsion.  The  hundreds  of  millions  about  to  be  disbursed  for 
farm  products  have  already,  by  the  anticipation  common  to  all  commercial 


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nations,  set  the  wheels  in  motion,  and  will  relieve  us  from  the  perils  so 
long  shadowing  our  efforts  to  return  to  a  healthy  tone. 

Manufacturing  has  attained  in  the  chief  cities  a  foothold  which  bids 
fair  to  render  the  Northwest  independent  of  the  outside  world.     Nearly 


our  whole  region  has  a  distribution  of  coal  measures  which  will  in  time 
support  the  manufactures  necessary  to  our  comfort  and  prosperity.  As 
to  transportation,  the  chief  factor  in  the  production  of  all  articles  excej) ' 
food,  no  section  is  so  magnificently  endowed,  and  our  facilities  are  yearly 
increasing  beyond  those  of  any  other  region. 


THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  97 

The  period  from  a  central  point  of  the  war  to  the  outbreak  of  the 
panic  was  marked  by  a  tremendous  growth  in  our  railway  lines,  but  the 
depression  of  the  times  caused  almost  a  total  suspension  of  operations. 
Now  that  prosperity  is  returning  to  our  stricken  country  we  witness  its 
anticipation  by  the  railroad  interest  in  a  series  of  projects,  extensions, 
and  leases  which  bid  fair  to  largely  increase  our  transportation  facilities. 
The  process  of  foreclosure  and  sale  of  incumbered  lines  is  another  matter 
to  be  considered.  In  the  case  of  the  Illinois  Central  road,  which  formerly 
transferred  to  other  lines  at  Cairo  the  vast  burden  of  freight  destined  for 
the  Gulf  region,  we  now  see  the  incorporation  of  the  tracks  connecting 
through  to  New  Orleans,  every  mile  co-operating  in  turning  toward  the 
northwestern  metropolis  the  weight  of  the  inter-state  commerce  of  a 
thousand  miles  or  more  of  fertile  plantations.  Three  competing  routes 
to  Texas  have  established  in  Chicago  their  general  freight  and  passenger 
agencies.  Four  or  five  lines  compete  for  all  Pacific  freights  to  a  point  as 
as  far  as  the  interior  of  Nebraska.  Half  a  dozen  or  more  splendid  bridge 
structures  have  been  thrown  across  the  Missouri  and  Mississippi  Rivers  by 
the  railways.  The  Chicago  and  Northwestern  line  has  become  an  aggre- 
gation of  over  two  thousand  miles  of  rail,  and  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  is  its  close  rival  in  extent  and  importance.  The  three  lines 
running  to  Cairo  wWincennes  form  a  through  route  for  all  traffic  with 
the  states  to  the  southward.  The  chief  projects  now  under  discussion 
are  the  Chicago  and  Atlantic,  which  is  to  unite  with  lines  now  built  to 
Charleston,  and  the  Chicago  and  Canada  Southern,  which  line  will  con- 
nect with  all  the  various  branches  of  that  Canadian  enterprise.  Our 
latest  new  road  is  the  Chicago  and  Lake  Huron,  formed  of  three  lines, 
and  entering  the  city  from  Valparaiso  on  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne 
and  Chicago  track.  The  trunk  lines  being  mainly  in  operation,  the 
progress  made  in  the  way  of  shortening  tracks,  making  air-line  branches, 
and  running  extensions  does  not  show  to  the  advantage  it  deserves,  as 
this  process  is  constantly  adding  new  facilities  to  the  established  order 
of  things.  The  panic  reduced  the  price  of  steel  to  a  point  where  the 
railways  could  hardly  afford  to  use  iron  rails,  and  all  our  northwestern 
lines  report  large  relays  of  Bessemer  track.  The  immense  crops  now 
being  moved  have  given  a  great  rise  to  the  value  of  railway  stocks,  and 
their  transportation  must  result  in  heavy  pecuniary  advantages. 

Few  are  aware  of  the  importance  of  the  wholesale  and  jobbing  trade 
of  Chicago.  One  leading  firm  has  since  the  panic  sold  $24,000,000  of 
dry  goods  in  one  year,  and  they  now  expect  most  confidently  to  add 
seventy  per  cent,  to  the  figures  of  their  last  year's  business.  In  boots 
and  shoes  and  in  clothing,  twenty  or  more  great  firms  from  the  east  have 
placed  here  their  distributing  agents  or  their  factories ;  and  in  groceries 


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Chicago  supplies  the  entire  Northwest  at  rates  presenting  advantages 
over  New  York. 

Chicago  has  stepped  in  between  New  York  and  the  rural  banks  as  a 
financial  center,  and  scarcely  a  banking  institution  in  the  grain  or  cattle 
regions  but  keeps  its  reserve  funds  in  the  vaults  of  our  commercial  insti- 
tutions. Accumulating  here  throughout  the  spring  and  summer  months, 
they  are  summoned  home  at  pleasure  to  move  the  products  of  the 
prairies.  This  process  greatly  strengthens  the  northwest  in  its  financial 
operations,  leaving  home  capital  to  supplement  local  operations  on 
behalf  of  home  interests. 

It  is  impossible  to  forecast  the  destiny  of  this  grand  and  growing 
section  of  the  Union.  Figures  and  predictions  made  at  this  date  might 
seem  ten  years  hence  so  ludicrously  small  as  to  excite  only  derision. 


ILLINOIS. 

Length,  380  miles,  mean  width  about  156  miles.  Area,  55,410  square 
miles,  or  35,462,400  acres.  Illinois,  as  regards  its  surface,  constitutes  a 
table-land  at  a  varying  elevation  ranging  between  350  and  800  feet  above . 
the  sea  level ;  composed  of  extensive  and  highly  fertile  prairies  and  plains. 
Much  of  the  south  (3 ''vision  of  the  State,  especially  the  river-bottoms,  are 
thickly  wooded.  The  prairies,  too,  have  oasis-like  clumps  of  treea 
scattered  here  and  there  at  intervals.  The  chief  rivers  irrigating  the 
State  are  the  Mississippi — dividing  it  from  Iowa  and  Missouri — the  Ohio- 
(forming  its  south  barrier),  the  Illinois,  Wabash,  Kaskaskia,  and  San- 
gamon,  with  their  numerous  affluents.  The  total  extent  of  navigable 
streams  is  calculated  at  4,000  miles.  Small  lakes  are  scattered  over  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  State.  Illinois  is  extremely  prolific  in  minerals,  chiefly 
coal,  iron,  copper,  and  zinc  ores,  sulphur  and  limestone.  The  coal-field 
alone  is  estimated  to  absorb  a  full  third  of  the  entire  coal-deposit  of  North 
America.  Climate  tolerably  equable  and  healthy ;  the  mean  temperature 
standing  at  about  51°  Fahrenheit  As  an  agricultural  region,  Illinois  takes 
a  competitive  rank  with  neighboring  States,  the  cereals,  fruits,  and  root- 
crops  yielding  plentiful  returns ;  in  fact,  as  a  grain-growing  State,  Illinois, 
may  be  deemed,  in  proportion  to  her  size,  to  possess  a  greater  area  of 
lands  suitable  for  its  production  than  any  other  State  in  the  Union.  Stock- 
raising  is  also  largely  carried  on,  while  her  manufacturing  interests  in 
regard  of  woolen  fabrics,  etc.,  are  on  a  very  extensive  and  yearly  expand- 
ing scale.  The  lines  of  railroad  in  the  State  are  among  the  most  exten- 
sive of  the  Union.  Inland  water-carriage  is  facilitated  by  a  canal 
connecting  the  Illinois  River  with  Lake  Michigan,  and  thence  with  the 
St.  Lawrence  and  Atlantic.  Illinois  is  divided  into  102  counties ;  the 
chief  towns  being  Chicago,  Springfield  (capital),  Alton,  Quincy,  Peoriar 
Galena,  Bloomington,  Rock  Island,  Vandalia,  etc.  By  the  new  Consti- 
tution, established  in  1870,  the  State  Legislature  consists  of  51  Senators,, 
elected  for  foiu  y^ars,'  and  153  Representatives,  for  two  years ;  which 
numbers  were  to  be  decennially  increased  thereafter  to  the  number  of 
six  per  every  additional  half-million  of  inhabitants.  Religious  and 
educational  institutions  are  largely  diffused  throughout,  and  are  in  a  very 
flourishing  condition.  Illinois  has  a  State  Lunatic  and  a  Deaf  and  Dumb 
Asylum  at  Jacksonville  ;  a  State  Penitentiary  at  Joliet ;  and  a  Home  for 

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Soldiers'  Orphans  at  Normal.  On  November  80,  1870,  the  public  debt  of 
the  State  was  returned  at  $4,870,937,  with  a  balance  of  $1,808,833 
unprovided  for.  At  the  same  period  the  value  of  assessed  and  equalized 
property  presented  the  following  totals:  assessed,  $840,031,703 ;  equal- 
ized $480,664,058.  The  name  of  Illinois,  through  nearly  the  whole  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  embraced  most  of  the  known  regions  north  and 
west  of  Ohio.  French  colonists  established  themselves  in  1673,  at 
Cahokia  and  Kaskaskia,  and  the  territory  of  which  these  settlements 
formed  the  nucleus  was,  in  1763,  ceded  to  Great  Britain  in  conjunction 
with  Canada,  and  ultimately  resigned  to  the  United  States  in  1787. 
Illinois  entered  the  Union  as  a  State,  December  3,  1818 ;  and  now  sends 
19  Representatives  to  Congress.  Population,  2,539,891,  in  1870. 


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INDIANA. 

The  profile  of  Indiana  forms  a  nearly  exact  parallelogram,  occupy- 
ing one  of  the  most  fertile  portions  of  the  great  Mississippi  Valley.  The 
greater  extent  of  the  surface  embraced  within  its  limits  consists  of  gentle 
undulations  rising  into  hilly  tracts  toward  the  Ohio  bottom.  The  chief 
rivers  of  the  State  are  the  Ohio  and  Wabash,  with  their  numerous 
affluents.  The  soil  is  highly  productive  of  the  cereals  and  grasses — most 
particularly  so  in  the  valleys  of  the  Ohio,  Wabash,  Whitewater,  and 
White  Rivers.  The  northeast  and  central  portions  are  well  timbered 
with  virgin  forests,  and  the  west  section  is  notably  rich  in  coal,  constitut- 
ing an  offshoot  of  the  great  Illinois  carboniferous  field.  Iron,  copper, 
marble,  slate,  gypsum,  and  various  clays  are'  also  abundant.  From  an 
agricultural  point  of  view,  the  staple  products  are  maize  and  wheat,  with 
the  other  cereals  in  lesser  yields  ;  and  besides  these,  flax,  hemp,  sorghum, 
hops,  etc.,  are  extensively  raised.  Indiana  is  divided  into  92  counties, 
and  counts  among  her  principal  cities  and  towns,  those  of  Indianapolis 
(the  capital),  Fort  Wayne,  Evansville,  Terre  Haute,  Madison,  Jefferson- 
ville,  Columbus,  Vincennes,  South  Bend,  etc.  The  public  institutions  of 
the  State  are  many  and  various,  and  on  a  scale  of  magnitude  and 
efficiency  commensurate  with  her  important  political  and  industrial  status. 
Upward  of  two  thousand  miles  of  railroads  permeate  the  State  in  all 
directions,  and  greatly  conduce  to  the  development  of  her  expanding 
manufacturing  interests.  Statistics  for  the  fiscal  year  terminating 
October  31,  1870,  exhibited  a  total  of  receipts,  $3,896,541  as  against  dis- 
bursements, $3,532,406,  leaving  a  balance,  $364,135  in  favor  of  the  State 
Treasury.  The  entire  public  debt,  January  5,  1871,  $3,971,000.  This 
State  was  first  settled  by  Canadian  voyageurs  in  1702,  who  erected  a  fort 
at  Vincennes ;  in  1763  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  English,  and  was 
by  the  latter  ceded  to  the  United  States  in  1783.  From  1788  till  1791, 
an  Indian  ware  fare  prevailed.  In  1800,  all  the  region  west  and  north  of 
Ohio  (then  formed  into  a  distinct  territory)  became  merged  in  Indiana. 
In  1809,  the  present  limits  of  the  State  were  defined,  Michigan  and 
Illinois  having  previously  been  withdrawn.  In  1811,  Indiana  was  the 
theater  of  the  Indian  War  of  Tecumseh,  ending  with  the  decisive  battle 
of  Tippecanoe.  In  1816  (December  11),  Indiana  became  enrolled  among 
the  States  of  the  American  Union.  In  1834,  the  State  passed  through  a 
monetary  crisis  owing  to  its  having  become  mixed  up  with  railroad, 
<;anal,  and  other  speculations  on  a  gigantic  scale,  which  ended,  for  the 
time  being,  in  a  general  collapse  of  public  credit,  and  consequent  bank- 
ruptcy. Since  that  time,  however,  the  greater  number  of  the  public 


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works  which  had  brought  about  that  imbroglio  —  especially  the  great 
Wabash  and  Erie  Canal  —  have  been  completed,  to  the  great  benefit  of 
the  State,  whose  subsequent  progress  has  year  by  year  been  marked  by 
rapid  strides  in  the  paths  of  wealth,  commerce,  and  general  social  and 
political  prosperity.  The  constitution  now  in  force  was  adopted  in  1851. 
Population,  1,680,637. 


IOWA. 

In  shape,  Iowa  presents  an  almost  perfect  parallelogram;  has  a 
length,  north  to  south,  of  about  300  miles,  by  a  pretty  even  width  of  208 
miles,  and  embraces  an  area  of  55,045  square  miles,  or  35,228,800  acres. 
The  surface  of  the  State  is  generally  undulating,  rising  toward  the 
middle  into  an  elevated  plateau  which  forms  the  "  divide "  of  the 
Missouri  and  Mississippi  basins.  Rolling  prairies,  especially  in  the  south 
section,  constitute  a  regnant  feature,  and  the  river  bottoms,  belted  with 
woodlands,  present  a  soil  of  the  richest  alluvion.  Iowa  is  well  watered  ; 
the  principal  rivers  being  the  Mississippi  and  Missouri,  which  form 
respectively  its  east  and  west  limits,  and  the  Cedar,  Iowa,  and  Des 
Moines,  affluents  of  the  first  named.  Mineralogically,  Iowa  is  important 
as  occupying  a  section  of  the  great  Northwest  coal  field,  to  the  extent  of 
an  area  estimated  at  25,000  square  miles.  Lead,  copper,  zinc,  and  iron, 
are  also  mined  in  considerable  quantities.  The  soil  is  well  adapted  to 
the  production  of  wheat,  maize,  and  the  other  cereals  ;  fruits,  vegetables,, 
and  esculent  roots;  maize,  wheat,  and  oats  forming  the  chief  staples. 
Wine,  tobacco,  hops,  and  wax,  are  other  noticeable  items  of  the  agricul- 
tural yield.  Cattle-raising,  too,  is  a  branch  of  rural  industry  largely 
engaged  in.  The  climate  is  healthy,  although  liable  to  extremes  of  heat 
and  cold.  The  annual  gross  product  of  the  various  manufactures  carried 
on  in  this  State  approximate,  in  round  numbers,  a  sum  of  $20,000.000. 
Iowa  has  an  immense  railroad  system,  besides  over  500  miles  of  water- 
communication  by  means  of  its  navigable  rivers.  The  State  is  politically 
divided  into  99  counties,  with  the  following  centers  of  population  :  Des 
Moines  (capital),  Iowa  City  (former  capital),  Dubuque,  Davenport,  Bur- 
lington, Council  Bluffs,  Keokuk,  Muscatine,  and  Cedar  Rapids.  The 
State  institutions  of  Iowa — religious,  scholastic,  and  philanthropic  —  are 
on  a  par,  as  regards  number  and  perfection  of  organization  and  operation, 
with  those  of  her  Northwest  sister  States,  and  education  is  especially 
well  cared  for,  and  largely  diffused.  Iowa  formed  a  portion  of  the 
American  territorial  acquisitions  from  France,  by  the  so-called  Louisiana 
purchase  in  1803,  and  was  politically  identified  with  Louisiana  till  1812, 


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when  it  merged  into  the  Missouri  Territory;  in  1834  it  came  under  the 
Michigan  organization,  and,  in  1836,  under  that  of  Wisconsin.  Finally, 
after  being1  constituted  an  independent  Territory,  it  became  a  State  of 
the  Union^  December  28,  1846.  Population  in  1860,  674,913 ;  in  1870, 
1,191,792,  and  in  1875,  1,353,118. 


MICHIGAN. 

United  area,  56,243  square  miles,  or  35,995,520  acres.  Extent  of  the 
Upper  and  smaller  Peninsula  —  length,  316  miles;  breadth,  fluctuating 
between  36  and  120  miles.  The  south  division  is  416  miles  long,  by  from 
50  to  300  miles  wide.  Aggregate  lake-shore  line,  1,400  miles.  The 
Upper,  or  North,  Peninsula  consists  chiefly  of  an  elevated  plateau, 
•expanding  into  the  Porcupine  mountain-system,  attaining  a  maximum 
height  of  some  2,000  feet.  Its  shores  along  Lake  Superior  are  eminently 
bold  and  picturesque,  and  its  area  is  rich  in  minerals,  its  product  of 
•copper  constituting  an  important  source  of  industry.  Both  divisions  are 
heavily  wooded,  and  the  South  one,  in  addition,  boasts  of  a  deep,  rich, 
loamy  soil,  throwing  up  excellent  crops  of  cereals  and  other  agricultural 
produce.  The  climate  is  generally  mild  and  humid,  though  the  Winter 
•colds  are  severe.  The  chief  staples  of  farm  husbandry  include  the  cereals, 
grasses,  maple  sugar,  sorghum,  tobacco,  fruits,  and  dairy-stuffs.  In  1870, 
the  acres  of  land  in  farms  were :  improved,  5,096,939 ;  unimproved 
woodland,  4,080,146  ;  other  unimproved  land,  842,057.  The  cash  value 
of  land  was  $398,240,578 ;  of  farming  implements  and  machinery, 
$13,711,979.  In  1869,  there  were  shipped  from  the  Lake  Superior  ports, 
874,582  tons  of  iron  ore,  and  45,762  of  smelted  pig,  along  with  14,188 
tons  of  copper  (ore  and  ingot).  Coal  is  another  article  largely  mined. 
Inland  communication  is  provided  for  by  an  admirably  organized  railroad 
system,  and  by  the  St.  Mary's  Ship  Canal,  connecting  Lakes  Huron  and 
Superior.  Michigan  is  politically  divided  into  78  counties ;  its  chief 
urban  centers  are  Detroit,  Lansing  (capital),  Ann  Arbor,  Marquette, 
Bay  City,  Niles,  Ypsilanti,  Grand  Haven,  etc.  The  Governor  of  the 
State  is  elected  biennially.  On  November  30, 1870,  the  aggregate  bonded 
debt  of  Michigan  amounted  to  $2,385,028,  and  the  assessed  valuation  of 
land  to  $266,929,278,  representing  an  estimated  cash  value  of  $800,000,000. 
Education  is  largely  diffused  and  most  excellently  conducted  and  pro- 
vided for.  The  State  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  the  colleges  of  Detroit 
and  Kalamazoo,  the  Albion  Female  College,  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Ypsilanti,  and  the  State  Agricultural  College  at  Lansing,  are  chief  among 
the  academic  institutions.  Michigan  (a  term  of  Chippeway  origin,  and 


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signifying  "  Great  Lake),  was  discovered  and  first  settled  by  French 
Canadians,  who,  in  1670,  founded  Detroit,  the  pioneer  of  a  series  of  trad- 
ing-posts on  the  Indian  frontier.  During  the  "  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac," 
following  the  French  loss  of  Canada,  Michigan  became  the  scene  of  a 
sanguinary  struggle  between  the  whites  and  aborigines.  In  1796,  it 
became  annexed  to  the  United  States,  which  incorporated  this  region 
with  the  Northwest  Territory,  and  then  with  Indiana  Territory,  till  1803, 
when  it  became  territorially  independent.  Michigan  was  the  theater  of 
warlike  operations  during  the  war  of  1812  with  Great  Britain,  and  in 
1819  was  authorized  to  be  represented  by  one  delegate  in  Congress ;  m 
1837  she  was  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  State,  and  in  1869  ratified  the 
15th  Amendment  to  the  Federal  Constitution.  Population,  1,184,059. 


WISCONSIN. 

It  has  a  mean  length  of  260  miles,  and  a  maximum  breadth  of  215. 
Land  area,  53,924  square  miles,  or  34,511,360  acres.  Wisconsin  lies  at  a 
considerable  altitude  above  sea-level,  and  consists  for  the  most  part  of  an 
upland  plateau,  the  surface  of  which  is  undulating  and  very  generally 
diversified.  Numerous  local  eminences  called  mounds  are  interspersed 
over  the  State,  and  the  Lake  Michigan  coast-line  is  in  many  parts  char- 
acterized by  lofty  escarped  cliffs,  even  as  on  the  west  side  the  banks  of 
the  Mississippi  form  a  series  of  high  and  picturesque  bluffs.  A  group  of 
islands  known  as  The  Apostles  lie  off  the  extreme  north  point  of  the 
State  in  Lake  Superior,  and  the  great  estuary  of  -Green  Bay,  running  far 
inland,  gives  formation  to  a  long,  narrow  peninsula  between  its  waters 
and  those  of  Lake  Michigan.  The  river-system  of  Wisconsin  has  three 
outlets  —  those  of  Lake  Superior,  Green  Bay,  and  the  Mississippi,  which 
latter  stream  forms  the  entire  southwest  frontier,  widening  at  one  point 
into  the  large  watery  expanse  called  Lake  Pepin.  Lake  Superior  receives 
the  St.  Louis,  Burnt  Wood,  and  Montreal  Rivers ;  Green  Bay,  the 
Menomonee,  Peshtigo,  Oconto,  and  Fox ;  while  into  the  Mississippi 
empty  the  St.  Croix,  Chippewa,  Black,  Wisconsin,  and  Rock  Rivers. 
The  chief  interior  lakes  are  those  of  Winnebago,  Horicon,  and  Court 
Oreilles,  and  smaller  sheets  of  water  stud  a  great  part  of  the  surface. 
The  climate  is  healthful,  with  cold  Winters  and  brief  but  very  warm 
Summers.  Mean  annual  rainfall  31  inches.  The  geological  system 
represented  by  the  State,  embraces  those  rocks  included  between  the 
primary  and  the  Devonian  series,  the  former  containing  extensive 
deposits  of  copper  and  iron  ore.  Besides  these  minerals,  lead  and  zinc 
are  found  in  great  quantities,  together  with  kaolin,  plumbago,  gypsum* 


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and  various  clays.  Mining,  consequently,  'forms  a  prominent  industry, 
and  one  of  yearly  increasing  dimensions.  The  soil  of  Wisconsin  is  of 
varying  quality,  but  fertile  on  the  whole,  and  in  the  north  parts  of  the 
State  heavily  timbered.  The  agricultural  yield  comprises  the  cereals, 
together  with  flax,  hemp,  tobacco,  pulse,  sorgum,  and  all  kinds  of  vege- 
tables, and  of  the  hardier  fruits.  In  1870,  the  State  had  a  total  number 
of  102,904  farms,  occupying  11,715,321  acres,  of  which  5,899,343  con- 
sisted of  improved  land,  and  3,437,442  were  timbered.  Cash  value  of 
farms,  $300,414,064  ;  of  farm  implements  and  machinery,  $14,239,364. 
Total  estimated  value  of  all  farm  products,  including  betterments  and 
additions  to  stock,  $78,027,032  ;  of  orchard  and  dairy  stuffs,  $1,045,933  ; 
of  lumber,  $1,327,618 ;'  of  home  manufactures,  $338,423  ;  of  all  live-stock, 
$45,310,882.  Number  of  manufacturing  establishments,  7,136,  employ- 
ing 39,055  hands,  and  turning  out  productions  valued  at  $85,624,966. 
The  political  divisions  of  the  State  form  61  counties,  and  the  chief  places 
of  wealth,  trade,  and  population,  are  Madison  (the  capital),  Milwaukee, 
Fond  du  Lac,  Oshkosh,  Prairie  du  Chien,  Janesville,  Portage  City, 
Racine,  Kenosha,  and  La  Crosse.  In  1870,  the  total  assessed  valuation 
reached  $333,209,838,  as  against  a  true  valuation  of  both  real  and  personal 
estate  aggregating  $602,207,329.  Treasury  receipts  during  1870,  $886,- 
696;  disbursements,  $906,329.  Value  of  church  property,  $4,149,983. 
Education  is  amply  provided  for.  Independently  of  the  State  University 
at  Madison,  and  those  of  Galesville  and  of  Lawrence  at  Appleton,  and 
the  colleges  of  Beloit,  Racine,  and  Milton,  there  are  Normal  Schools  at 
Platteville  and  Whitewater.  The  State  is  divided  into  4,802  common 
school  districts,  maintained  at  a  cost,  in  1870,  of  $2,094,160.  The  chari- 
table institutions  of  Wisconsin  include  a  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  an 
Institute  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind,  and  a  Soldiers'  Orphans'  School. 
In  January,  1870,  the  railroad  system  ramified  (throughout  the  State 
totalized  2,779  miles  of  track,  including  several  lines  far  advanced  toward 
completion.  Immigration  is  successfully  encouraged  by  the  State  author- 
ities, the  larger  number  of  yearly  new-comers  being  of  Scandinavian  and 
German  origin.  The  territory  now  occupied  within  the  limits  of  the 
State  of  Wisconsin  was  explored  by  French  missionaries  and  traders  in 
1639,  and  it  remained  under  French  jurisdiction  until  1703,  when  it 
became  annexed  to  the  British  North  American  possessions.  In,  1796,  it 
reverted  to  the  United  States,  the  government  of  which  latter  admitted 
it  within  the  limits  of  the  Northwest  Territory,  and  in  1809,  attached  it 
to  that  of  Illinois,  and  to  Michigan  in  1818.  Wisconsin  became  independ- 
ently territorially  organized  in  1836,  and  became  a  State  of  the  Union, 
March  3,  1847.  Population  in  1870,  1,064,985,  of  which  2,113  were  of 
the  colored  race,  and  11,521  Indians,  1,206  of  the  latter  being  out  of 
tribal  relations. 


106  THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


MINNESOTA. 

Its  length,  north  to  south,  embraces  an  extent  of  380  miles;  its 
breadth  one  of  250  miles  at  a  maximum.  Area,  84,000  square  miles,  or 
£4,760,000  acres.  The  surface  of  Minnesota,  generally  speaking,  con- 
-sists  of  a  succession  of  gently  undulating  plains  and  prairies,  drained  by 
an  admirable  water-system,  and  with  here  and  there  heavily- timbered 
bottoms  and  belts  of  virgin  forest.  The  soil,  corresponding  with  such  a 
superfices,  is  exceptionally  rich,  consisting  for  the  most  part  of  a  dark, 
Calcareous  sandy  drift  intermixed  with  loam.  A  distinguishing  physical 
feature  of  this  State  is  its  riverine  ramifications,  expanding  in  nearly 
«very  part  of  it  into  almost  innumerable  lakes — the  whole  presenting  an 
aggregate  of  water-power  having  hardly  a  rival  in  the  Union.  Besides 
the  Mississippi  —  which  here  has  its  rise,  and  drains  a  basin  of  800  miles 
of  country  —  the  principal  streams  are  the  Minnesota  (334  miles  long), 
the  Red  River  of  the  North,  the  St.  Croix,  St.  Louis,  and  many  others  of 
lesser  importance  ;  the  chief  lakes  are  those  called  Red,  Cass,  Leech, 
Mille  Lacs,  Vermillion,  and  Winibigosh.  Quite  a  concatenation  of  sheets 
of  water  fringe  the  frontier  line  where  Minnesota  joins  British  America, 
culminating  in  the  Lake  of  the  Woods.  It  has  been  estimated,  that  of 
an  area  of  1,200,000  acres  of  surface  between  the  St.  Croix  and  Mis- 
sissippi Rivers,  not  less  than  73,000  acres  are  of  lacustrine  formation.  In 
point  of  minerals,  the  resources  of  Minnesota  have  as  yet  been  very 
imperfectly  developed;  iron,  copper,  coal,  lead  —  all  these  are  known  to 
exist  in  considerable  deposits  ;  together  with  salt,  limestone,  and  potter's 
clay.  The  agricultural  outlook  of  the  State  is  in  a  high  degree  satis- 
factory ;  wheat  constitutes  the  leading  cereal  in  cultivation,  with  Indian 
•corn  and  oats  in  next  order.  Fruits  and  vegetables  are  grown  in  great 
plenty  and  of  excellent  quality.  The  lumber  resources  of  Minnesota  are 
important ;  the  pine  forests  in  the  north  region  alone  occupying  an  area 
of  some  21,000  square  miles,  which  in  1870  produced  a  return  of  scaled 
logs  amounting  to  313,116,416  feet.  The  natural  industrial  advantages 
possessed  by  Minnesota  are  largely  improved  upon  by  a  railroad  system. 
The  political  divisions  of  this  State  number  78  counties ;  of  which  the 
•chief  cities  and  towns  are  :  St.  Paul  (the  capital),  Still  Water,  Red  Wing, 
St.  Anthony,  Fort  Snelling,  Minneapolis,  and  Mankato.  Minnesota  has 
already  assumed  an  attitude  of  high  importance  as  a  manufacturing  State ; 
this  is  mainly  due  to  the  wonderful  command  of  water-power  she  pos- 
sesses, as  before  spoken  of.  Besides  her  timber-trade,  the  milling  of 
flour,  the  distillation  of  whisky,  and  the  tanning  of  leather,  are  prominent 
interests,  which,  in  1869,  gave  returns  to  the  amount  of  $14,831,043. 


THE    NORTHWEST   TERRITORY.  107 

Education  is  notably  provided  for  on  a  broad  and  catholic  scale,  the 
entire  amount  expended  scholastically  during  the  year  1870  being  $857,- 
816 ;  while  on  November  30  of  the  preceding  year  the  permanent  school 
fund  stood  at  $2,476,222.  Besides  a  University  and  Agricultural  College, 
Normal  and  Reform  Schools  flourish,  and  with  these  may  be  mentioned 
such  various  philanthropic  and  religious  institutions  as  befit  the  needs  of 
an  intelligent  and  prosperous  community.  The  finances  of  the  State  for 
the  fiscal  year  terminating  December  1,  1870,  exhibited  a  balance  on  the 
right  side  to  the  amount  of  $136,164,  being  a  gain  of  $44,000  over  the 
previous  year's  figures.  The  earliest  exploration  of  Minnesota  by  the 
whites  was  made  in  1680  by  a  French  Franciscan,  Father  Hennepin,  who 
gave  the  name  of  St.  Antony  to  the  Great  Falls  on  the  Upper  Missisippi. 
In  1763,  the  Treaty  of  Versailles  ceded  this  region  to  England. 
Twenty  years  later,  Minnesota  formed  part  of  the  Northwest  Territory 
transferred  to  the  United  States,  and  became  herself  territorialized  inde- 
pendently in  1849.  Indian  cessions  in  1851  enlarged  her  boundaries,  and, 
May  11,  1857,  Minnesota  became  a  unit  of  the  great  American  federation 
of  States.  Population,  439,706. 


NEBRASKA. 

Maximum  length,  412  miles ;  extreme  breadth,  208  miles.  Area, 
75,905  square  miles,  or  48,636,800  acres.  The  surface  of  this  State  is 
almost  entirely  undulating  prairie,  and  forms  part  of  the  west  slope  of 
the  great  central  basin  of  the  North  American  Continent.  In  its  west 
division,  near  the  base  of  the  Rock}-  Mountains,  is  a  sandy  belt  of 
country,  irregularly  defined.  In  this  part,  too,  are  the  "  dunes,"  resem- 
bling a  wavy  sea  of  sandy  billows,  as  well  as  the  Mauvaises  Terres..  a  tract 
of  singular  formation,  produced  by  eccentric  disintegrations  and  denuda- 
tions of  the  land.  The  chief  rivers  are  the  Missouri,  constituting  its  en- 
tire east  line  of  demarcation ;  the  Nebraska  or  Platte,  the  Niobrara,  the 
Republican  Fork  of  the  Kansas,  the  Elkhorn,  and  the  Loup  Fork  of  the 
Platte.  The  soil  is  very  various,  but  consisting  chiefly  of  rich,  bottomy 
loam,  admirably  adapted  to  the  raising  of  heavy  crops  of  cereals.  All 
the  vegetables  and  fruits  of  the  temperate  zone  are  produced  in  great 
size  and  plenty.  For  grazing  purposes  Nebraska  is  a  State  exceptionally 
well  fitted,  a  region  of  not  less  than  23,000,000  acres  being  adaptable  to 
this  branch  of  husbandry.  It  is  believed  that  the,  as  yet,  comparatively 
infertile  tracts  of  land  found  in  various  parts  of  the  State  are  susceptible 
of  productivity  by  means  of  a  properly  conducted  system  of  irrigation. 
Few  minerals  of  moment  have  so  far  been  found  within  the  limits  of 


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THE   NORTHWEST   TERRITORY. 


Nebraska,  if  we  may  except  important  saline  deposits  at  the  head  of  Salt 
Creek  in  ics  southeast  section.  The  State  is  divided  into  57  counties* 
independent  of  the  Pawnee  and  Winnebago  Indians,  and  of  unorganized 
territory  in  the  northwest  part.  The  principal  towns  are  Omaha,  Lincoln 
(State  capital),  Nebraska  City,  Columbus,  Grand  Island,  etc.  In  1870, 
the  total  assessed  value  of  property  amounted  to  $53,000,000,  being  an 
increase  of  $11,000,000  over  the  previous  year's  returns.  The  total 
amount  received  from  the  school-fund  during  the  year  1869-70  was 
$77,099.  Education  is  making  great  onward  strides,  the  State  University 
and  an  Agricultural  College  being  far  advanced  toward  completion.  In 
the  matter  of  railroad  communication,  Nebraska  bids  fair  to  soon  place 
herself  on  a  par  with  her  neighbors  to  the  east.  Besides  being  inter- 
sected by  the  Union  Pacific  line,  with  its  off-shoot,  the  Fremont  and  Blair, 
other  tracks  are  in  course  of  rapid  construction.  Organized  by  Con- 
gressional Act  into  a  Territory,  May  30,  1854,  Nebraska  entered  the 
Union  as  a  full  State,  March  1,  1867.  Population,  122,993. 


PRAIRIE   WOLVES 


AN   EARLY    DAY. 


EARLY  HISTORY  OF  ILLINOIS. 


The  name  of  this  beautiful  Prairie  State  is  derived  from  Illim,  a 
Delaware  word  signifying  Superior  Men.  It  has  a  French  termination,, 
and  is  a  symbol  of  how  the  two  races — the  French  and  the  Indians — 
were  intermixed  during  the  early  history  of  the  country. 

The  appellation  was  no  doubt  well  applied  to  the  primitive  inhabit- 
ants of  the  soil  whose  prowecss  in  savage  warfare  long  withstood  the 
combined  attacks  of  the  fierce  Iroquois  on  the  one  side,  and  the  no  les& 
savage  and  relentless  Sacs  and  Foxes  on  the  other.  The  Illinois  were 
once  a  powerful  confederacy,  occupying  the  most  beautiful  and  fertile 
region  in  the  great  Valle}r  of  the  Mississippi,  which  their  enemies  coveted 
and  struggled  long  and  hard  to  wrest  from  them.  By  the  fortunes  of 
war  they  were  diminished  in  numbers,  and  finally  destroyed.  "  Starved 
Rock,"  on  the  Illinois  River,  according  to  tradition,  commemorates  their 
last  tragedy,  where,  it  is  said,  the  entire  tribe  starved  rather  than  sur- 
render. 

EARLY   DISCOVERIES. 

The  first  European  discoveries  in  Illinois  date  back  over  two  hun- 
dred years.  They  are  a  part  of  that  movement  which,  from  the  begin- 
ning to  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  brought  the  French, 
Canadian  missionaries  and  fur  traders  into  the  Valley  of  the  Mississippi,, 
and  which,  at  a  later  period,  established  the  civil  and  ecclesiastical 
authority  of  France  from  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico, 
and  from  the  foot-hills  of  the  Alleghanies  to  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

The  great  river  of  the  West  had  been  discovered  by  DeSoto,  the 
Spanish  conqueror  of  Florida,  three  quarters  of  a  century  before  the 
French  founded  Quebec  in  1608,  biit  the  Spanish  left  the  country  a  wil- 
derness, without  further  exploration  or  settlement  within  its  borders,  in 
which  condition  it  remained  until  the  Mississippi  was  discovered  by  the 
agents  of  the  French  Canadian  government,  Jolietand  Marquette,  in  1673. 
These  renowned  explorers  were  not  the  first  white  visitors  to  Illinois. 
In  1671 — two  years  in  advance  of  them — came  Nicholas  Perrot  to  Chicago. 
He  had  been  sent  by  Talon  as  an  agent  of  the  Canadian  government  te 


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HISTORY  OF  THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

call  a  great  peace  convention  of  Western  Indians  at  Green  Bay,  prepara- 
tory to  the  movement  for  the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi.  It  was 
deemed  a  good  stroke  of  policy  to  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  the  friend- 
ship and  co-operation  of  the  Indians,  far  and  near,  before  venturing  upon 
an  enterprise  which  their  hostility  might  render  disastrous,  and  which 
their  friendship  and  assistance  would  do  so  much  to  make  successful ; 
and  to  this  end  Perrot  was  sent  to  call  together  in  council  the  tribes 
throughout  the  Northwest,  and  to  promise  them  the  commerce  and  pro- 
tection of  the  French  government.  He  accordingly  arrived  at  Green 
Bay  in  1671,  and  procuring  an  escort  of  Pottawattamies,  proceeded  in  a 
bark  canoe  upon  a  visit  to  the  Miamis,  at  Chicago.  Perrot  was  there- 
fore the  first  European  to  set  foot  upon  the  soil  of  Illinois. 

Still  there  were  others  before  Marquette.  In  1672,  the  Jesuit  mis- 
sionaries, Fathers  Claude  Allouez  and  Claude  Dablon,  bore  the  standard 
of  the  Cross  from  their  mission  at  Green  Bay  through  western  Wisconsin 
and  northern  Illinois,  visiting  the  Foxes  on  Fox  River,  and  the  Masquo- 
tines  and  Kickapoos  at  the  mouth  of  the  Milwaukee.  These  missionaries 
penetrated  on  the  route  afterwards  followed  by  Marquette  as  far  as  the 
Kickapoo  village  at  the  head  of  Lake  Winnebago,  where  Marquette,  in 
his  journey,  secured  guides  across  the  portage  to  the  Wisconsin. 

The  oft-repeated  story  of  Marquette  and  Joliet  is  well  known. 
They  were  the  agents  employed  by  the  Canadian  government  to  discover 
the  Mississippi.  Marquette  was  a  native  of  France,  born  in  1637,  a 
Jesuit  priest  by  education,  and  a  man  of  simple  faith  and  of  great  zeal  and 
devotion  in  extending  the  Roman  Catholic  religion  among  the  Indians. 
Arriving  in  Canada  in  1666,  he  was  sent  as  a  missionary  to  the  far 
Northwest,  and,  in  1668,  founded  a  mission  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie.  The 
following  year  he  moved  to  La  Pointe,  in  Lake  Superior,  where  he 
instructed  a  branch  of  the  Hurons  till  1670,  when  he  removed  south,  and 
founded  the  mission  at  St.  Ignace,  on  the  Straits  of  Mackinaw.  Here 
he  remained,  devoting  a  portion  of  his  time  to  the  study  of  the  Illinois 
language  under  a  native  teacher  who  had  accompanied  him  to  the  mission 
from  La  Pointe,  till  he  was  joined  by  Joliet  in  the  Spring  of  1673.  By 
the  way  of  Green  Bay  and  the  Fox  and  Wisconsin  Rivers,  they  entered 
the  Mississippi,  which  they  explored  to  the  mouth  of  the  Arkansas,  and 
returned  by  the  way  of  the  Illinois  and  Chicago  Rivers  to  Lake  Michigan. 

On  his  way  up  the  Illinois,  Marquette  visited  the  great  village  of 
the  Kaskaskias,  near  what  is  now  Utica,  in  the  county  of  LaSalle.  The 
following  year. he  returned  and  established  among  them  the  mission  of 
the  Immaculate  Virgin  Mary,  which  was  the  first  Jesuit  mission  founded 
in  Illinois  and  in  the  Mississippi  Valley.  The  intervening  winter  he 
had  spent  in  a  hut  which  his  companions  erected  on  the  Chicago  River,  a 
few  leagues  from  its  mouth.  The  founding  of  this  mission  was  the  last 


112  HISTORY    OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

act  of  Marquette's  life.     He  died  in  Michigan,  on  his  way  back  to  Green 
Bay,  May  18,  1675. 

FIRST  FRENCH  OCCUPATION. 

The  first  French  occupation  of  the  territory  now  embraced  in  Illi- 
nois was  effected  by  LaSalle  in  1680,  seven  years  after  the  time  of  Mar- 
quette  and  Joliet.  LaSalle,  having  constructed  a  vessel,  the  "  Griffin," 
above  the  falls  of  Niagara,  which  he  sailed  to  Green  Bay,  and  having 
passed  thence  in  canoes  to  the  mouth  of  the  St.  Joseph  River,  by  which 
and  the  Kankakee  he  reached  the  Illinois,  in  January,  1680,  erected  Fort 
Crevecceur,  at  the  lower  end  of  Peoria  Lake,  where  the  city  of  Peoria  is 
now  situated.  The  place  where  this  ancient  fort  stood  may  still  be  seen 
just  below  the  outlet  of  Peoria  Lake.  It  was  destined,  however,  to  a 
temporary  existence.  From  this  point,  LaSalle  determined  to  descend 
the  Mississippi  to  its  mouth,  but  did  not  accomplish  this  purpose  till  two 
years  later — in  1682.  Returning  to  Fort  Frontenac  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  materials  with  which  to  rig  his  vessel,  he  left  the  fort  in  charge  of 
Touti,  his  lieutenant,  who  during  his  absence  was  driven  off  by  the  Iro- 
quois  Indians.  These  savages  had  made  a  raid  upon  the  settlement  of 
the  Illinois,  and  had  left  nothing  in  their  track  but  ruin  and  desolatioi 
Mr.  Davidson,  in  his  History  of  Illinois,  gives  the  following  graphic 
account  of  the  picture  that  met  the  eyes  of  LaSalle  and  his  companions 
on  their  return  : 

"  At  the  great  town  of  the  Illinois  they  were  appalled  at  the  scene 
which  opened  to  their  view.  No  hunter  appeared  to  break  its  death-like 
silence  with  a  salutatory  whoop  oi  welcome.  The  plain  on  which  the 
town  had  stood  was  now  strewn  with  charred  fragments  of  lodges,  whicl 
had  so  recently  swarmed  with  savage  life  and  hilarity.  To  render  moi 
hideous  the  picture  of  desolation,  large  numbers  of  skulls  had  beei 
placed  on  the  upper  extremities  of  lodge-poles  which  had  escaped  the 
devouring  flames.  In  the  midst  of  these  horrors  was  the  rude  fort  of 
the  spoilers,  rendered  frightful  by  the  same  ghastly  relics.  A  net 
approach  showed  that  the  graves  had  been  robbed  of  their  bodies,  ant 
swarms  of  buzzards  were  discovered  glutting  their  loathsome  stomachs 
on  the  reeking  corruption.  To  complete  the  work  of  destruction,  the 
growing  corn  of  the  village  had  been  cut. down  and  burned,  while  the 
pits  containing  the  products  of  previous  years,  had  been  rifled  and  theii 
contents  scattered  with  wanton  waste.  It  was  evident  the  suspecte( 
blow  of  the  Iroquois  had  fallen  with  relentless  fury." 

Tonti    had    escaped    LaSalle   knew   not   whither.      Passing   down    the 
lake  in   search  of  him  and  his  men,  LaSalle  discovered  that  the   fort  ha 
been   destroyed,  but   the   vessel  which  he  had  partly  constructed   was   stil 


HISTORY    OP   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS.  113 

on  the  stocks,  and  but  slightly  injured.  After  further  fruitless  search, 
failing  to  find  Tonti,  he  fastened  to  a  tree  a  painting  representing  himself 
and  party  sitting  in  a  canoe  and  bearing  a  pipe  of  peace,  and  to  the  paint- 
ing attached  a  letter  addressed  to  Tonti. 

Tonti  had  escaped,  and,  after  untold  privations,  taken  shelter  among 
the  Pottawattamies  near  Green  Bay.  These  were  friendly  to  the  French. 
One  of  their  old  chiefs  used  to  say,  "  There  were  but  three  great  cap- 
tains in  the  world,  himself,  Tonti  and  LaSalle." 

GENIUS  OF  LASALLE. 

We  must  now  return  to  LaSalle,  whose  exploits  stand  out  in  such 
bold  relief.  He  was  born  in  Rouen,  France,  in  1643.  His  father  was 
wealthy,  but  he  renounced  his  patrimony  on  entering  a  college  of  the 
Jesuits,  from  which  he  separated  and  came  to  Canada  a  poor  man  in  1666. 
The  priests  of  St.  Sulpice,  among  whom  he  had  a  brother,  were  then  the 
proprietors  of  Montreal,  the  nucleus  of  which  was  a  seminary  or  con- 
vent founded  by  that  order.  The  Superior  granted  to  LaSalle  a  large 
tract  of  land  at  LaChine,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  fur  trade. 
He  was  a  man  of  daring  genius,  and  outstripped  all  his  competitors  in 
exploits  of  travel  and  commerce  with  the  Indians.  In  1669,  he  visited 
the  headquarters  of  the  great  Iroquois  Confederacy,  at  Onondaga,  in  the 
heart  of  New  York,  and,  obtaining  guides,  explored  the  Ohio  River  to 
the  falls  at  Louisville. 

In  order  to  understand  the  genius  of  LaSalle,  it  must  be  remembered 
that  for  many  years  prior  to  his  time  the  missionaries  and  traders  were 
obliged  to  make  their  way  to  the  Northwest  by  the  Ottawa  River  (of 
Canada)  on  account  of  the  fierce  hostility  of  the  Iroquois  along  the  lower 
lakes  and  Niagara  River,  which  entirely  closed  this  latter  route  to  the 
Upper  Lakes.  They  carried  on  their  commerce  chiefly  by  canoes,  pad- 
dling them  through  the  Ottawa  to  Lake  Nipissing,  carrying  them  across 
the  portage  to  French  River,  and  descending  that  to  Lake  Huron.  This 
being  the  route  by'  which  they  reached  the  Northwest,  accounts  for  the 
fact  that  all  the  earliest  Jesuit  missions  were  established  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  Upper  Lakes.  LaSalle  conceived  the  grand  idea  of  opening 
the  route' by  Niagara  River  and  the  Lower  Lakes  to  Canadian  commerce 
by  sail  vessels,  connecting  it  with  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi,  and 
thus  opening  a  magnificent  water  communication  from  the  Gulf  of  St. 
Lawrence  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  This  truly  grand  and  comprehensive 
purpose  seems  to  have  animated  him  in  all  his  wonderful  achievements 
and  the  matchless  difficulties  and  hardships  he  surmounted.  As  the  first 
step  in  the  accomplishment  of  this  object  he  established  himself  on  Lake 
Ontario,  and  built  and  garrisoned  Fort  Frontenac,  the  site  of  the  present 


114  HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

city  of  Kingston,  Canada.  Here  lie  obtained  a  grant  of  land  from  the 
French  crown  and  a  body  of  troops  by  which  he  beat  back  the  invading* 
Jroquois  and  cleared  the  passage  to  Niagara  Falls.  Having  by  this  mas- 
terly stroke  made  it  safe  to  attempt  a  hitherto  untried  expedition,  his 
next  step,  as  we  have  seen,  was  to  advance  to  the  Falls  with  all  his 
outfit  for  building  a  ship  with  which  to  sail  the  lakes.  He  was  success- 
ful in  this  undertaking,  though  his  ultimate  purpose  was  defeated  by  a 
strange  combination  of  untoward  circumstances.  The  Jesuits  evidently 
hated  LaSalle  and  plotted  against  him,  because  he  had  abandoned  them 
and  co-operated  with  a  rival  order.  The  fur  traders  were  also  jealous  of 
his  superior  success  in  opening  new  channels  of  commerce.  At  LaChine 
he  had  taken  the  trade  of  Lake  Ontario,  which  but  for  his  presence  there 
would  have  gone  to  Quebec.  While  they  were  plodding  with  their  barK 
canoes  through  the  Ottawa  he  was  constructing  sailing  vessels  to  com- 
mand the  trade  of  the  lakes  and  the  Mississippi.  These  great  plans 
excited  the  jealousy  and  envy  of  the  small  traders,  introduced  treason  and 
revolt  into  the  ranks  of  his  own  companions,  and  finally  led  to  the  foul 
assassination  by  which  his  great  achievements  were  prematurely  ended. 

In  1682,  LaSalle,  having  completed  his  vessel  at  Peoria,  descended 
the  Mississippi  to  its  confluence  with  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Erecting  a 
standard  on  which  he  inscribed  the  arms  of.  France,  he  took  formal  pos- 
session of  the  whole  valley  of  the  mighty  river,  in  the  name  of  Louis 
XIV.,  then  reigning,  in  honor  of  whom  he  named  the  country  LOUISIANA. 

LaSalle  then  went  to  France,  was  appointed  Governor,  and  returned 
with  a  fleet  and  immigrants,  for  the  purpose  of  planting  a  colony  in  Illi- 
nois. They  arrived  in  due  time  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  but  failing  to 
find  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi,  up  which  LaSalle  intended  to  sail,  his 
supply  ship,  with  the  immigrants,  was  driven  ashore  and  wrecked  on 
Matagorda  Bay.  With  the  fragments  of  the  vessel  he  constructed  a 
stockade  and  rude  huts  on  the  shore  for  the  protection  of  the  immigrants, 
calling  the  post  Fort  St.  Louis.  He  then  made  a  trip  into  New  Mexico, 
in  search  of  silver  mines,  but,  meeting  with  disappointment,  returned  to 
find  his  little  colony  reduced  to  forty  souls.  He  then  resolved  to  travel 
on  foot  to  Illinois,  and,  starting  with  his  companions,  had  reached  the 
valley  of  the  Colorado,  near  the  mouth  of  Trinity  river,  when  he  was 
shot  by  one  of  his  men.  This  occurred  on  the  19th  of  March,  1687. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Foster  remarks  of  him :  "  Thus  fell,  not  far  from  the  banks 
of  the  Trinity,  Robert  Cavalier  de  la  Salle,  one  of  the  grandest  charac- 
ters that  ever  figured  in  American  history — a  man  capable  of  originating 
the  vastest  schemes,  and  endowed  with  a  will  and  a  judgment  capable  of 
carrying  them  to  successful  results.  Had  ample  facilities  been  placed  by 
the  King  of  France  at  his  disposal,  the  result  of  the  colonization  of  this 
continent  might  have  been  far  different  from  what  we  now  behold." 


HISTORY   OP  THE   STATE    OF    ILLINOIS.  115 


EARLY  SETTLEMENTS. 

A  temporary  settlement  was  made  at  Fort  St.  Louis,  or  the  old  Kas- 
kaskia  village,  on  the  Illinois  River,  in  what  is  now  LaSalle  County,  in 
1682.  In  1690,  this  was  removed,  with  the  mission  connected  with  it,  to 
Kaskaskia,  on  the  river  of  that  name,  emptying  into  the  lower  Mississippi 
in  St.  Glair  County.  Cahokia  was  settled  about  the  same  time,  or  at 
least,  both  of  these  settlements  began  in  the  year  1690,  though  it  is  now 
pretty  well  settled  that  Cahokia  is  the  older  place,  and  ranks  as  the  oldest 
permanent  settlement  in  Illinuisf,  as  well  as  in  the  Mississippi  Valley. 
The  reason  for  the  removal  of  the  aid  Kaskaskia  settlement  and  mission, 
was  probably  because  the  dangerous  and  difficult  route  by  Lake  Michigan 
and  the  Chicago  portage  had  been  almost  abandoned,  and  travelers  and 
traders  passed  down  and  up  the  Mississippi  by  the  Fox  and  Wisconsin 
River  route.  They  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  the  Mississippi  in  order 
to  be  in  the  line  of  travel  from  Canada  to  Louisiana,  that  is,  the  lower 
part  of  it,  for  it  was  all  Louisiana  then  south  of  the  lakes. 

During  the  period  of  French  rule  in  Louisiana,  the  population  prob- 
ably never  exceeded  ten  thousand,  including  whites  and  blacks.  Within 
that  portion  of  it  now  included  in  Indiana,  trading  posts  were  established 
at  the  principal  Miami  villages  which  stood  on  the  head  waters  of  the 
Miiumee,  the  Wea  villages  situated  at  Ouiatenon,  on  the  Wabash,  and 
the  Piankeshaw  villages  at  Post  Vincennes  ;  all  of  which  were  probably 
visited  by  French  traders  and  missionaries  before  the  close  of  the  seven- 
teenth century. 

In  the  vast  territory  claimed  by  the  French,  many  settlements  of 
considerable  importance  had  sprung  up.  Biloxi,  on  Mobile  Bay,  had 
been  founded  by  D'Iberville,  in  1699;  Antoine  de  Lamotte  Cadillac  had 
founded  Detroit  in  1701  ;  and  New  Orleans  had  been  founded  by  Bien- 
ville,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mississippi  Company,  in  1718.  In  Illi- 
nois also,  considerable  settlements  had  been  made,  so  that  in  1730  they 
embraced  one  hundred  and  forty  French  families,  about  six  hundred  "  con- 
verted Indians,"  and  many  traders  and  voyageurs.  In  that  portion  of  the 
country,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Mississippi,  there  were  five  distinct  set- 
tlements, with  their  respective  villages,  viz. :  Cahokia,  near  the  mouth 
of  Cahokia  Creek  and  about  five  miles  below  the  present  city  of  St. 
Louis ;  St.  Philip,  about  forty-five  miles  below  Cahokia,  and  four  miles 
above  Fort  Chartres ;  Fort  Chartres,  twelve  miles  above  Kaskaskia  ; 
Kaskaskia,  situated  on  the  Kaskaskia  River,  five  miles  above  its  conflu- 
ence with  the  Mississippi ;  and  Prairie  du  Rocher,  near  Fort  Chartres. 
To  these  must  be  added  St.  Genevieve  and  St.  Louis,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  Mississippi.  These,  with  the  exception  of  St.  Louis,  are  among 


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HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS.  117 

the  oldest  French  towns  in  the  Mississippi  Valley.  Kaskaskia,  in  its  best 
days,  was  a  town  of  some  two  or  three  thousand  inhabitants.  Aftjer  it 
passed  from  the  crown  of  France  its  population  for  many  years  did[  not 
exceed  fifteen  hundred.  Under  British  rule,  in  1773,  the  population;  had 
decreased  to  four  hundred  and  fifty.  As  early  as  1721,  the  Jesuits^  had 
established  a  college  and  a  monastery  in  Kaskaskia. 

Fort  Chartres  was  first  built  under  the  direction  of  the  Mississippi 
Company,  in  1718,  by  M.  de  Boisbraint,  a  military  officer,  under  command 
of  Bienville.  It  stood  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Mississippi,  about  eighteen 
miles  below  Kaskaskia,  and  was  for  some  time  the  headquarters  of  the 
military  commandants  of  the  district  of  Illinois. 

In  the  Centennial  Oration  of  Dr.  Fowler,  delivered  at  Philadelphia, 
by  appointment  of  Gov.  Beveridge,  we  find  some  interesting  facts  with 
regard  to  the  State  of  Illinois,  which  we  appropriate  in  this  history: 

In  1682  Illinois  became  a  possession  of  the  French  crown,  a  depend- 
ency of  Canada,  and  a  part  of  Louisiana.  In  1765  the  English  flag  was 
run  up  on  old  Fort  Chartres,  and  Illinois  was  counted  among  the  treas- 
ures of  Great  Britain. 

In  1779  it  was  taken  from  the  English  by  Col.  George  Rogers  Clark. 
This  man  was  resolute  in  nature,  wise  in  council,  prudent  in  policy,  bold 
in  action,  and  heroic  in  danger.  Few  men  who  have  figured  in  the  his- 
tory of  America  are  more  deserving  than  this  colonel.  Nothing  short  of 
first-class  ability  could  have  rescued  Vincens  and  all  Illinois  from  the 
English.  And  it  is  not  possible  to  over-estimate  the  influence  of  this 
achievement  upon  the  republic.  In  1779  Illinois  became  a  part  of  Vir- 
ginia. It  was  soon  known  as  Illinois  County.  In  1784  Virginia  ceded 
all  this  territory  to  the  general  government,  to  be  cut  into  States,  to  be 
republican  in  form,  with  "  the  same  right  of  sovereignty,  freedom,  and 
independence  as  the  other  States." 

In  1787  it  was  the  object  of  the  wisest  and  ablest  legislation  found 
in  any  merely  human  records.  No  man  can  study  the  secret  history  of 

THE  "COMPACT  OF  1787," 

and  not  feel  that  Providence  was  guiding  with  sleepless  eye  these  unborn 
States.  The  ordinance  that  on  July  13,  1787,  finally  became  the  incor- 
porating act,  has  a  most  marvelous  history.  Jefferson  had  vainly  tried 
to  secure  a  system  of  government  for  the  northwestern  territory.  He 
was  an  emancipationist  of  that  day,,  and  favored  the  exclusion  of  slavery 
from  the  territory  Virginia  had  ceded  to  the  general  government;  but 
the  South  voted  him  down  as  often  as  it  came  up.  In  1787,  as  late  as 
July  10,  an  organizing  act  without  the  anti-slavery  clause  was  pending. 
This  concession  to  the  South  was  expected  to  carry  it.  Congress  was  in 


118  HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

session  in  New  York  City.  On  July  5,  Rev.  Dr.  Manasseh  Cutler,  of 
Massachusetts,  came  into  New  York  to  lobby  on  the  northwestern  terri- 
tory. Everything  seemed  to  fall  into  his  hands.  Events  were  ripe. 

The  state  of  the  public  credit,  the  growing  of  Southern  prejudice, 
the  basis  of  his  mission,  his  personal  character,  all  combined  to  complete 
one  of  those  sudden  and  marvelous  revolutions  of  public  sentiment  that 
once  in  five  or  ten  centuries  are  seen  to  sweep  over  a  country  like  the 
breath  of  the  Almighty.  Cutler  was  a  graduate  of  Yale — received  his 
A.M.  from  Harvard,  and  his  D.D.  from  Yale.  He  had  studied  and  taken 
degrees  in  the  three  learned  professions,  medicine,  law,  and  divinity.  He 
had  thus  America's  best  indorsement.  He  had  published  a  scientific 
examination  of  the  plants  of  New  England.  His  name  stood  second  only 
to  that  of  Franklin  as  B,  scientist  in  America.  He  was  a  courtly  gentle- 
man of  the  old  style,  a  man  of  commanding  presence,  and  of  inviting 
face.  The  Southern  members  said  they  had  never  seen  such  a  gentleman 
in  the  North.  He  came  representing  a  company  that  desired  to  purchase 
a  tract  of  land  now  included  in  Ohio,  for  the  purpose  of  planting  a  colony. 
It  was  a  speculation.  Government  money  was  worth  eighteen  cents  on 
the  dollar.  This  Massachusetts  company  had  collected  enough  to  pur- 
chase 1,500,000  acres  of  land.  Other  speculators  in  New  York  made 
Dr.  Cutler  their  agent  (lobbyist).  On  the  12th  he  represented  a  demand 
for  5,500,000  acres.  This  would  reduce  the  national  debt.  Jefferson 
and  Virginia  were  regarded  as  authority  concerning  the  land  Virginia 
had  just  ceded.  Jefferson's  policy  wanted  to  provide  for  the  public  credit, 
and  this  was  a  good  opportunity  to  do  something. 

Massachusetts  then  owned  the  territory  of  Maine,  which  she  was 
crowding  on  the  market.  She  was  opposed  to  opening  the  northwestern 
region.  This  fired  the  zeal  of  Virginia.  The  South  caught  the  inspira- 
tion, and  all  exalted  Dr.  Cutler.  The  English  minister  invited  him  to 
dine  with  some  of  the  Southern  gentlemen.  He  was  the  center  of  interest. 

The  entire  South  rallied  round  him.  Massachusetts  could  not  vote 
against  him,  because  many  of  the  constituents  of  her  members  were 
interested  personally  in  the  western  speculation.  Thus  Cutler,  making 
friends  with  the  South,  and,  doubtless,  using  all  the  arts  of  the  lobby, 
was  enabled  to  command  the  situation.  True  to  deeper  convictions,  he 
dictated  one  of  the  most  compact  and  finished  documents  of  wise  states- 
manship that  has  ever  adorned  any  human  law  book.  He  borrowed  from 
Jefferson  the  term  "  Articles  of  Compact,"  which,  preceding  the  federal 
constitution,  rose  into  the  most  sacred  character.  He  then  followed  very 
closely  the  constitution  of  Massachusetts,  adopted  three  years  before. 
Its  most  marked  points  were  : 

1.  The  exclusion  of  slavery  from  the  territory  forever. 

2.  Provision  for  public  schools,  giving  one  township  for  a  seminary, 


HISTORY   OF  THE  STATE  OF   ILLINOIS.  119 

and  every  section  numbered  16  in  each  township  ;  that  is,  one-thirty-sixth 
of  all  the  land,  for  public  schools. 

3.  A  provision  prohibiting  the  adoption  of  any  constitution  or  the 
enactment  of  any  law  that  should  nullify  pre-existing  contracts. 

Be  it  forever  remembered  that  this  compact  declared  that  "  Religion, 
morality,  and  knowledge  being  necessary  to  good  government  and  the 
happiness  of  mankind,  schools  and  the  means  of  education  shall  always 
be  encouraged." 

Dr.  Cutler  planted  himself  on  this  platform  and  would  not  yield. 
Giving  his  unqualified  declaration  that  it  was  that  or  nothing — that  unless 
they  could  make  the  land  desirable  they  did  not  want  it — he  took  his 
horse  and  buggy,  and  started  for  the  constitutional  convention  in  Phila- 
delphia. On  July  13,  1787,  the  bill  was  put  upon  its  passage,  and  was 
unanimously  adopted,  every  Southern  member  voting  for  it,  and  only  one 
man,  Mr.  Yates,  of  New  York,  voting  against  it.  But  as  the  States  voted 
as  States,  Yates  lost  his  vote,  and  the  compact  was  put  beyond  repeal. 

Thus  the  great  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan  and  Wis- 
consin— a  vast  empire,  the  heart  of  the  great  valley — were  consecrated 
to  freedom,  intelligence,  and  honesty.  Thus  the  great  heart  of  the  nation 
was  prepared  for  a  year  and  a  day  and  an  hour.  In  the  light  of  these  eighty- 
nine  years  I  affirm  that  this  act  was  the  salvation  of  the  republic  and  the 
destruction  of  slavery.  Soon  the  South  saw  their  great  blunder,  and 
tried  to  repeal  the  compact.  In  1803  Congress  referred  it  to  a  committee 
of  which  John  Randolph  was  chairman.  He  reported  that  this  ordinance 
was  a  compact,  and  opposed  repeal.  Thus  it  stood  a  rock,  in  the  way 
of  the  on-rushing  sea  of  slavery. 

With  all  this  timely  aid  it  was,  after  all,  a  most  desperate  and  pro- 
tracted struggle  to  keep  the  soil  of  Illinois  sacred  to  freedom.  It  was 
the  natural  battle-field  for  the  irrepressible  conflict.  In  the  southern  end 
of  the  State  slavery  preceded  the  compact.  It  existed  among  the  old 
French  settlers,  and  was  hard  to  eradicate.  The  southern  part  of  the 
State  was  settled  from  the  slave  States,  and  this  population  brought  their 
laws,  customs,  and  institutions  with  them.  A  stream  of  population  from 
the  North  poured  into  the  northern  part  of  the  State.  These  sections 
misunderstood  and  hated  each  other  perfectly.  The  Southerners  regarded 
the  Yankees  as  a  skinning,  tricky,  penurious  race  of  peddlers,  filling  the 
country  with  tinware,  brass  clocks,  and  wooden  nutmegs.  The  North- 
erner thought  of  the  Southerner  as  a  lean,  lank,  lazy  creature,  burrowing 
in  a  hut,  and  rioting  in  whisky,  dirt  and  ignorance.  These  causes  aided 
in  making  the  struggle  long  and  bitter.  So  strong  was  the  sympathy 
with  slavery  that,  in  spite  of  the  ordinance  of  1787,  and  in  spite  of  the 
deed  of  cession,  it  was  determined  to  allow  the  old  French  settlers  to 
retain  their  slaves.  Planters  from  the  slave  States  might  bring  their 


120  HISTORY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 

slaves,  if  they  would  give  them  a  chance  to  choose  freedom  or  years 
of  service  and  bondage  for  their  children  till  they  should  become 
thirty  years  of  age.  If  they  chose  freedom  they  must  leave  the  State 
in  sixty  days  or  be  sold  as  fugitives.  Servants  were  whipped  for  offenses 
for  which  white  men  are  fined.  Each  lash  paid  forty  cents  of  the  fine.  A 
negro  ten  miles  from  home  without  a  pass  was  whipped.  These  famous 
laws  were  imported  from  the  slave  States  just  as  they  imported  laws  for 
the  inspection  of  flax  and  wool  when  there  was  neither  in  the  State. 

These  Black  Laws  are  now  wiped  out.  A  vigorous  effort  was  made 
to  protect  slavery  in  the  State  Constitution  of  1817.  It  barely  failed. 
It  was  renewed  in  1825,  when  a  convention  was  asked  to  make  a  new 
constitution.  After  a  hard  fight  the  convention  was  defeated.  But 
slaves  did  not  disappear  from  the  census  of  the  State  until  1850.  There 
were  mobs  and  murders  in  the  interest  of  slavery.  Lovejoy  was  added 
to  the  list  of  martyrs — a  sort  of  first-fruits  of  that  long  life  of  immortal 
heroes  who  saw  freedom  as  the  one  supreme  desire  of  their  souls,  and 
were  so  enamored  of  her  that  they  preferred  to  die  rather  than  survive  her. 

The  population  of  12,282  that  occupied  the  territory  in  A.D.  1800, 
increased  to  45,000  in  A.D.  1818,  when  the  State  Constitution  was 
adopted,  and  Illinois  took  her  place  in  the  Union,  with  a  star  on  the  flag 
and  two  votes  in  the  Senate. 

Shadrach  Bond  was  the  first  Governor,  and  in  his  first  message  he 
recommended  the  construction  of  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal. 

The  simple  economy  in  those  days  is  seen  in  the  fact  that  the  entire 
bill  for  stationery  for  the  first  Legislature  was  only  $13.50.  Yet  this 
simple  body  actually  enacted  a  very  superior  code. 

There  was  no  money  in  the  territory  before  the  war  of  1812.  Deer 
skins  and  coon  skins  were  the  circulating  medium.  In  1821,  the  Legis- 
lature ordained  a  State  Bank  on  the  credit  of  the  State.  It  issued  notes 
in  the  likeness  of  bank  bills.  These  notes  were  made  a  legal  tender  for 
every  thing,  and  the  bank  was  ordered  to  loan  to  the  people  $100  on  per- 
sonal security,  and  more  on  mortgages.  They  actually  passed  a  resolu- 
tion requesting  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  to 
receive  these  notes  for  land.  The  old  French  Lieutenant  Governor,  Col. 
Menard,  put  the  resolution  as  follows:  ;'  Gentlemen  of  the  Senate  :  It  is 
moved  and  seconded  dot  de  notes  of  dis  bank  be  made  land-office  money. 
All  in  favor  of  dat  motion  say  aye  ;  all  against  it  say  no.  It  is  decided 
in  de  affirmative.  Now,  gentlemen,  I  bet  you  one  hundred  dollar  he 
never  be  land-office  money  ! "  Hard  sense,  like  hard  money,  is  always 
above  par. 

This  old  Frenchman  presents  a  fine  figure  up  against  the  dark  back- 
ground of  most  of  his  nation.  They  made  no  progress.  They  clung  to 
their  earliest  and  simplest  implements.  They  never  wore  hats  or  caps* 


HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF  ILLINOIS.  121 

They  pulled  their  blankets  over  their  heac^s  in  the  winter  like.the  Tndiansr 
with  whom  they  freely  intermingled. 

Demagogism  had  an  early  development.  One  John  Grammar  (only 
in  name),  elected  to  the  Territorial  and  State  Legislatures  of  1316  and 
1836,  invented  the  policy  of  opposing  every  new  thing,  saying,  "  If  it 
succeeds,  no  one  will  ask  who  voted  against  it.  If  it  proves  a  failure,  he 
could  quote  its  record."  In  sharp  contrast  with  Grammar  was  the  char- 
acter of  D.  P.  Cook,  after  whom  the  county  containing  Chicago  was 
named.  Such  was  his  transparent  integrity  and  remarkable  ability  that 
his  will  was  almost  the  law  of  the  State.  In  Congress,  a  young  manv 
and  from  a  poor  State,  he  was  made  Chairman  of  the  Ways  and  Means. 
Committee.  He  was  pre-eminent  for  standing  by  his  committee,  regard- 
less of  consequences.  It  was  his  integrity  that  elected  John  Quincy 
Adams  to  the  Presidency.  There  were  four  candidates  in  1824,  Jackson, 
Clay,  Crawford,  and  John  Quincy  Adams.  There  being  no  choice  by  the 
people,  the  election  was  thrown  into  the  House.  It  was  so  balanced  that 
it  turned  on  his  vote,  and  that  he  cast  for  Adams,  electing  him ;  then 
went  home  to  face  the  wrath  of  the  Jackson  party  in  Illinois.  .It  cost 
him  all  but  character  and  greatness.  It  is  a  suggestive  comment  on  the 
times,  that  there  was  no  legal  interest  till  1830.  It  often  reached  150 
per  cent.,  usually  50  per  cent.  Then  it  was  reduced  to  12,  and  now  to 
10  per  cent. 

PHYSICAL  FEATURES  OF  THE    PRAIRIE  STATE. 

In  area  the  State  has  55,410  square  miles  of  territory.  It  is  about 
150  miles  wide  and  400  miles  long,  stretching  in  latitude  from  Maine  to* 
North  Carolina.  It  embraces  wide  variety  of  climate.  It  is  tempered 
on  the  north  by  the  great  inland,  saltless,  tideless  sea,  which  keeps  the 
thermometer  from  either  extreme.  Being  a  table  land,  from  600  to  1,600 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  one  is  prepared  to  find  on  the  health 
maps,  prepared  by  the  general  government,  an  almost  clean  and  perfect 
record.  In  freedom  from  fever  and  malarial  diseases  and  consumptions, 
the  three  deadly  enemies  of  the  American  Saxon,  Illinois,  as  a  State, 
stands  without  a  superior.  She  furnishes  one  of  the  essential  conditions 
of  a  great  people — sound  bodies.  I  suspect  that  this  fact  lies  back  of 
that  old  Delaware  word,  Illini,  superior  men. 

The  great  battles  of  history  that  have  been  determinative  of  dynas- 
ties and  destinies  have  been  strategical  battles,  chiefly  the  question  of 
position.  Thermopylae  has  been  the  war-cry  of  freemen  for  twenty-four 
centuries.  It  only  tells  how  much  there  may  be  in  position.  All  this 
advantage  belongs  to  Illinois.  It  is  in  the  heart  of  the  greatest  valley  in 
'the  world,  the  vast  region  between  the  mountains — a  valley  that  could 


122  HISTORY   OF   THE  STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

feed  mankind  for  one  thousand  years.  It  is  well  on  toward  the  center  of 
the  continent.  It  is  in  the  great  temperate  belt,  in  which  have  been 
found  nearly  all  the  aggressive  civilizations  of  history.  It  has  sixty-five 
miles  of  frontage  on  the  head  of  the  lake.  With  the  Mississippi  forming 
the  western  and  southern  boundary,  with  the  Ohio  running  along  the 
southeastern  line,  with  the  Illinois  River  and  Canal  dividing  the  State 
•diagonally  from  the  lake  to  the  Lower  Mississippi,  and  with  the  Rock  and 
Wabash  Rivers  furnishing  altogether  2,000  miles  of  water-front,  con- 
necting with,  and  running  through,  in  all  about  12,000  miles  of  navi- 
gable water. 

But  this  is  not  all.  These  waters  are  made  most  available  by  the 
fact  that  the  lake  and  the  State  lie  on  the  ridge  running  into  the  great 
valley  from  the  east.  Within  cannon-shot  of  the  lake  the  water  runs 
away  from  the  lake  to  the  Gulf.  The  lake  now  empties  at  both  ends, 
one  into  the  Atlantic  and  one  into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  lake  thus 
seems  to  hang  over  the  land.  This  makes  the  dockage  most  serviceable ; 
there  are  no  steep  banks  to  damage  it.  Both  lake  and  river  are  made 
for  use. 

The  climate  varies  from  Portland  to  Richmond ;  it  favors  every  pro- 
duct of  the  continent,  including  the  tropics,  with  less  than  half  a  dozen 
exceptions.  It-  produces  every  great  nutriment  of  the  world  except  ban- 
anas and  rice.  It  is  hardly  too  much  to  say  that  it  is  the  most  productive 
spot  known  to  civilization.  With  the  soil  full  of  bread  and  the  earth  full 
of  minerals ;  with  an  upper  surface  of  food  and  an  under  layer  of  fuel ; 
with  perfect  natural  drainage,  and  abundant  springs  and  streams  and 
navigable  rivers ;  half  way  between  the  forests  of  the  North  and  the  fruits 
of  the  South  ;  within  a  day's  ride  of  the  great  deposits  of  iron,  coal,  cop- 
per, lead,  and  zinc ;  containing  and  controlling  the  great  grain,  cattle, 
pork,  and  lumber  markets  of  the  world,  it  is  not  strange  that  Illinois  has 
the  advantage  of  position. 

This  advantage  has  been  supplemented  by  the  character  of  the  popu- 
lation. In  the  early  days  when  Illinois  was  first  admitted  to  the  Union, 
her  population  were  chiefly  from  Kentucky  and  Virginia.  But,  in  the 
conflict  of  ideas  concerning  slavery,  a  strong  tide  of  emigration  came  in 
from  the  East,  and  soon  changed  this  composition.  In  1870  her  non- 
native  population  were  from  colder  soils.  New  York  furnished  133,290  ; 
Ohio  gave  162,623  ;  Pennsylvania  sent  on  98,352;  the  entire  South  gave 
us  only  206,734.  In  all  her  cities,  and  in  all  her  German  and  Scandina- 
vian and  other  foreign  colonies,  Illinois  has  only  about  one-fifth  of  her 
people  of  foreign  birth. 


HISTORY  OF   THE  STATE  OF   ILLINOIS.  123 


PROGRESS  OF  DEVELOPMENT. 

One  of  the  greatest  elements  in  the  early  development  of  Illinois  is 
the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal,  connecting  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi 
Rivers  with  the  lakes.  It  was  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the  State. 
It  was  recommended  by  Gov.  Bond,  the  first  governor,  in  his  first  message. 
In  1821,  the  Legislature  appropriated  $10,000  for  surveying  the  route. 
Two  bright  young  engineers  surveyed  it,  and  estimated  the  cost  at 
$ 600,000  or  $700,000.  It  finally  cost  $8,000,000.  In  1825,  a  law  was 
passed  to  incorporate  the  Canal  Company,  but  no  stock  was  sold.  In 
1826,  upon  the  solicitation  of  Cook,  Congress  gave  800,000  acres  of  land 
on  the  line  of  the  work.  In  1828,  another  law — commissioners  appointed, 
and  work  commenced  with  new  survey  and  new  estimates.  In  1834-35, 
George  Farquhar  made  an  able  report  on  the  whole  matter.  This  was, 
doubtless,  the  ablest  report  ever  made  to  a  western  legislature,  and  it 
became  the  model  for  subsequent  reports  and  action.  From  this  the 
work  went  on  till  it  was  finished  in  1848.  It  cost  the  State  a  large 
amount  of  money ;  but  it  gave  to  the  industries  of  the  State  an  impetus 
that  pushed  it  up  into  the  first  rank  of  greatness.  It  was  not  built  as  a 
speculation  any  more  than  a  doctor  is  employed  on  a  speculation.  But 
it  has  paid  into  the  Treasary  of  the  State  an  average  annual  net  sum  of 
over  $111,000. 

Pending  the  construction  of  the  canal,  the  land  and  town-lot  fever 
broke  out  in  the  State,  in  1834-35.  It  took  on  the  malignant  type  in 
Chicago,  lifting  the  town  up  into  a  city.  The  disease  spread  over  the 
entire  State  and  adjoining  States.  It  was  epidemic.  It  cut  up  men's 
farms  without  regard  to  locality,  and  jut  up  the  purses  of  the  purchasers 
without  regard  to  consequences.  It  is  estimated  that  building  lots  enough 
were  sold  in  Indiana  alone  to  accommodate  every  citizen  then  in  the 
United  States. 

Towns  and  cities  were  exported  to  tihe  Eastern  market  by  the  ship- 
load. There  was  no  lack  of  buyers.  Every  up-ship  came  freighted  with 
speculators  and  their  money. 

This  distemper  seized  upon  the  Legislature  in  1836-37,  and  left  not 
one  to  tell  the  tale.  They  enacted  a  system  of  internal  improvement 
without  a  parallel  in  the  grandeur  of  its  conception.  They  ordered  the 
construction  of  1,300  miles  of  railroad,  crossing  the  State  in  all  direc- 
tions. This  was  surpassed  by  the  river  and  canal  improvements. 
There  were  a  few  counties  not  touched  by  either  railroad  or  river  or 
canal,  and  those  were  to  be  comforted  and  compensated  by  the  free  dis- 
tribution of  $200,000  among  them.  To  inflate  this  balloon  beyond  cre- 
dence it  was  ordered  that  work  should  be  commenced  on  both  ends  of 


124  HISTORY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 

each  of  these  railroads  and  rivers,  and  at  each  river-crossing,  all  at  the 
same  time.  The  appropriations  for  these  vast  improvements  were  over 
$12,000,000,  and  commissioners  were  appointed  to  borrow  the  money  on 
the  credit  of  the  State.  Remember  that  all  this  was  in  the  early  days  of 
railroading,  when  railroads  were  luxuries ;  that  the  State  had  whole 
counties  with  scarcely  a  cabin ;  and  that  the  population  of  the  State  was 
less  than  400,000,  and  you  can  form  some  idea  of  the  vigor  with  which 
these  brave  men  undertook  the  work  of  making  a  great  State.  In  the 
light  of  history  I  am  compelled  to  say  that  this  was  only  a  premature 
throb  of  the  power  that  actually  slumbered  in  the  soil  of  the  State.  It 
was  Hercules  in  the  cradle. 

At  this  juncture  the  State  Bank  loaned  its  funds  largely  to  Godfrey 
Gilman  &  Co.,  and  to  other  leading  houses,  for  the  purpose  of  drawing 
trade  from  St.  Louis  to  Alton.  Soon  they  failed,  and  took  down  the 
bank  with  them. 

In  1840,  all  hope  seemed  gone.  A  population  of  480,000  were  loaded 
with  a  debt  of  $14,000,000.  It  had  only  six  small  cities,  really  only 
towns,  namely :  Chicago,  Alton,  Springfield,  Quincy,  Galena,  Nauvoo. 
This  debt  was  to  be  cared  for  when  there  was  not  a  dollar  in  the  treas- 
ury, and  when  the  State  had  borrowed  itself  out  of  all  credit,  and  when 
there  was  not  good  money  enough  in  the  hands  of  all  the  people  to  pay 
the  interest  of  the  debt  for  a  single  year.  Yet,  in  the  presence  of  all 
these  difficulties,  the  young  State  steadily  refused  to  repudiate.  Gov. 
Ford  took  hold  of  the  problem  and  solved  it,  bringing  the  State  through 
in  triumph. 

Having  touched  lightly  upon  some  of  the  more  distinctive  points  in 
the  history  of  the  development  of  Illinois,  let  us  next  briefly  consider  the 

MATERIAL  RESOURCES  OF  THE  STATE. 

It  is  a  garden  four  hundred  miles  long  and  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  wide.  Its  soil  is  chiefly  a  black  sandy  loam,  from  six  inches  to 
sixty  feet  thick.  On  the  American  bottoms  it  has  been  cultivated  for 
one  hundred  and  fifty  years  without  renewal.  About  the  old  French 
towns  it  has  yielded  corn  for  a  century  and  a  half  without  rest  or  help. 
It  produces  nearly  everything  green  in  the  temperate  and  tropical  zones. 
She  leads  all  other  States  in  the  number  of  acres  actually  under  plow. 
Her  products  from  25,000,000  of  acres  are  incalculable.  Her  mineral 
wealth  is  scarcely  second  to  her  agricultural  power.  She  has  coal,  iron, 
lead,  copper,  zinc,  many  varieties  of  building  stone,  fire  clay,  cuma  clay, 
common  brick  clay,  sand  of  all  kinds,  gravel,  mineral  paint — every  thing 
needed  for  a  high  civilization.  Left  to  herself,  she  has  the  elements  of 
all  greatness.  The  single  item  of  coal  is  too  vast  for  an  appreciative 


HISTORY  OF   THE  STATE   OF  ILLINOIS.  125 

handling  in  figures.  We  can  handle  it  in  general  terms  like  algebraical 
signs,  but  long  before  we  get  up  into  the  millions  and  billions  the  human 
mind  drops  down  from  comprehension  to  mere  symbolic  apprehension. 

When  I  tell  you  that  nearly  four-fifths  of  the  entire  State  is  under- 
laid with  a  deposit  of  coal  more  than  forty  feet  thick  on  the  average  (now 
estimated,  by  recent  surveys,  at  seventy  feet  thick),  you  can  get  some 
idea  of  its  amount,  as  you  do  of  the  amount  of  the  national  debt.  There 
it  is !  41,000  square  miles — one  vast  mine  into  which  you  could  put 
any  of  the  States  ;  in  which  you  could  bury  scores  of  European  and 
ancient  empires,  and  have  room  enough  all  round  to  work  without  know- 
ing that  they  had  been  sepulchered  there. 

Put  this  vast  coal-bed  down  by  the  other  great  coal  deposits  of  the 
world,  and  its  importance  becomes  manifest.  Great  Britain  has  12,000 
square  miles  of  coal;  Spain,  3,000;  France,  1,719;  Belgium,  578;  Illinois 
about  twice  as  many  square  miles  as  all  combined.  Virginia  has  20,000 
square  miles;  Pennsylvania,  16,000;  Ohio,  12,000.  Illinois  has  41,000 
square  miles.  One-seventh  of  all  the  known  coal  on  this  continent  is  in 
Illinois. 

Could  we  sell  the  coal  in  this  single  State  for  one-seventh  of  one  cent 
a  ton  it  would  pay  the  national  debt.  Converted  into  power,  even  with 
the  wastage  in  our  common  engines,  it  would  do  more  work  than  could 
be  done  by  the  entire  race,  beginning  at  Adam's  wedding  and  working 
ten  hours  a  day  through  all  the  centuries  till  the  present  time,  and  right 
on  into  the  future  at  the  same  rate  for  the  next  600,000  years. 

Great  Britain  uses  enough  mechanical  power  to-day  to  give  to  each 
man,  woman,  and  child  in  the  kingdom  the  help  and  service  of  nineteen 
untiring  servants.  No  wonder  she  has  leisure  and  luxuries.  No  wonder 
the  home  of  the  common  artisan  has  in  it  more  .luxuries  than  could  be 
found  in  the  palace  of  good  old  King  Arthur.  Think,  if  you  can  conceive 
of  it,  of  the  vast  army  of  servants  that  slumber  in  the  soil  of  Illinois, 
impatiently  awaiting  the  call  of  Genius  to  come  forth  to  minister  to  our 
comfort. 

At  the  present  rate  of  consumption  England's  coal  supply  will  be 
exhausted  in  250  years.  When  this  is  gone  she  must  transfer  her  dominion 
either  to  the  Indies,  or  to  British  America,  which  I  would  not  resist ;  or 
to  some  other  people,  which  I  would  regret  as  a  loss  to  civilization. 

COAL  IS   KING. 

At  the  same  rate  of  consumption  (which  far  exceeds  our  own)  the 
deposit  of  coal  in  Illinois  will  last  120,000  years.  And  her  kingdom  shall 
be  an  everlasting  kingdom. 

Let  us  turn  now  from  this  reserve  power  to  the  annual  products  of 


126  HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE    OF   ILLINOIS. 

the  State.  We  shall  not  be  humiliated  in  this  field.  Here  we  strike  the 
secret  of  our  national  credit.  Nature  provides  a  market  in  the  constant 
appetite  of  the  race.  Men  must  eat,  and  if  we  can  furnish  the  provisions 
we  can  command  the  treasure.  All  that  a  man  hath  will  he  give  for  his 
life. 

According  to  the  last  census  Illinois  produced  30,000,000  of  bushels 
of  wheat.  That  is  more  wheat  than  was  raised  by  any  other  State  in  the 
Union.  She  raised  In  1875,  130,000,000  of  bushels  of  corn — twice  as 
much  as  any  other  State,  and  one-sixth  of  all  the  corn  raised  in  the  United 
•States.  She  harvested  2,747,000  tons  of  hay,  nearly  one-tenth  of  all  the 
hay  in  the  Republic.  It  is  not  generally  appreciated,  but  it  is  true,  that 
the  hay  crop  of  the  country  is  worth  more  than  the  cotton  crop.  The 
hay  of  Illinois  equals  the  cotton  of  Louisiana.  Go  to  Charleston,  S.  C., 
and  see  them  peddling  handfuls  of  hay  or  grass,  almost  as  a  curiosity, 
as  we  regard  Chinese  gods  or  the  cryolite  of  Greenland ;  drink  your 
coffee  and  condensed  milk;  and  walk  back  from  the  coast  for  many  a 
league  through  the  sand  and  burs  till  you  get  up  into  the  better  atmos- 
phere of  the  mountains,  without  seeing  a  waving  meadow  or  a  grazing 
herd ;  then  you  will  begin  to  appreciate  the  meadows  of  the  Prairie  State, 
where  the  grass  often  grows  sixteen  feet  high. 

The  value  of  her  farm  implements  is  $211,000,000,  and  the  value  of 
her  live  stock  is  only  second  to  the  great  State  of  New  York.  in  1875 
she  had  25,000,000  hogs,  and  packed  2,113,845,  about  one-half  of  all  that 
were  packed  in  the  United  States.  This  is  no  insignificant  item.  Pork 
is  a  growing  demand  of  the  old  world.  Since  the  laborers  of  Europe 
have  gotten  a  taste  of  our  bacon,  and  we  have  learned  how  to  pack  it  dry 
in  boxes,  like  dry  goods,  the  world  has  become  the  market. 

The  hog  is  on  the  march  into  the  future.  His  nose  is  ordained  to 
uncover  the  secrets  of  dominion,  and  his  feet  shall  be  guided  by  the  star 
of  empire. 

Illinois  marketed  $57,000,000  worth  of  slaughtered  animals — more 
than  any  other  State,  and  a  seventh  of  all  the  States. 

Be  patient  with  me,  and  pardon  my  pride,  and  I  will  give  you  a  list 
of  some  of  the  things  in  which  Illinois  excels  all  other  States. 

Depth  and  richness  of  soil ;  per  cent,  of  good  ground  ;  acres  of 
improved  land ;  large  farms — some  farms  contain  from  40,000  to  60,000 
acres  of  cultivated  land,  40,000  acres  of  corn  on  a  single  farm  ;  number  of 
farmers  ;  amount  of  wheat,  corn,  oats  and  honey  produced  ;  value  of  ani- 
mals for  slaughter;  number  of  hogs  ;  amount  of  pork  ;  number  of  horses 
— three  times  as  many  as  Kentucky,  the  horse  State. 

Illinois  excels  all  other  States  in  miles  of  railroads  and  in  miles  of 
postal  service,  and  in  money  orders  sold  per  annum,  and  in  the  amount  of 
lumber  sold  in  her  markets. 


HISTORY  OF   THE   STATE   OF  ILLINOIS.  127 

Illinois  is  only  second  in  many  important  matters.  This  sample  list 
comprises  a  few  of  the  more  important :  Permanent  school  fund  (good 
for  a  young  state) ;  total  income  for  educational  purposes  ;  number  of  pub- 
lishers of  books,  maps,  papers,  etc.;  value  of  farm  products  and  imple- 
ments, .and  of  live  stock  ;  in  tons  of  coal  mined. 

The  shipping  of  Illinois  is  only  second  to  New  York.  Out  of  one 
port  during  the  business  hours  of  the  season  of  navigation  she  sends  forth 
a  vessel  every  ten  minutes.  This  does  not  include  canal  boats,  which  go 
one  every  five  minutes.  No  wonder  she  is  only  second  in  number  of 
bankers  and  brokers  or  in  physicians  and  surgeons. 

She  is  third  in  colleges,  teachers  and  schools ;  cattle,  lead,  hay,, 
flax,  sorghum  and  beeswax. 

She  is  fourth  in  population,  in  children  enrolled  in  public  schools,  in 
law  schools,  in  butter,  potatoes  and  carriages. 

She  is  fifth  in  value  of  real  and  personal  property,  in  theological 
seminaries  and  colleges  exclusively  for  women,  in  milk  sold,  and  in  boots 
and  shoes  manufactured,  and  in  book-binding. 

She  is  only  seventh  in  the  production  of  wood,  while  she  is  the 
twelfth  in  area.  Surely  that  is  well  done  for  the  Prairie  State.  She  now 
has  much  more  wood  and  growing  timber  than  she  had  thirty  years  ago. 

A  few  leading  industries  will  justify  emphasis.  She  manufactures 
$205,000,000  worth  of  goods,  which  places,  her  well  up  toward  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania.  The  number  of  her  manufacturing  establishments 
increased  from  1860  to  1870,  300  per  cent.;  capital  employed  increased  850 
per  cent,,  and  the  amount  of  product  increased  400  per  cent.  She  issued 
5,500,000  copies  of  commercial  and  financial  newspapers — only  second  to 
New  York.  She  has  6,759  miles  of  railroad,  thus  leading  all  other  States, 
worth  $636,458,000,  using  3,245  engines,  and  67,712  cars,  making  a  train 
long  enough  to  cover  one-tenth  of  the  entire  roads  of  the  State.  Her 
stations  are  only  five  miles  apart.  She  carried  last  year  15,795,000  passen- 
gers, an  average  of  36^  miles,  or  equal  to  taking  her  entire  population  twice 
across  the  State.  More  than  two-thirds  of  her  land  is  within  five  miles  of 
a  railroad,  and  less  than  two  per  cent,  is  more  than  fifteen  miles  away. 

The  State  has  a  large  financial  interest  in  the  Illinois  Central  railroad. 
The  road  was  incorporated  in  1 850,  and  the  State  gave  each  alternate  sec- 
tion for  six  miles  on  each  side,  and  doubled  the  price  of  the  remaining 
land,  so  keeping  herself  good.  The  road  received  2,595,000  acres  of  land, 
and  pays  to  the  State  one-seventh  of  the  gross  receipts.  The  State 
receives  this  year  $350,000,  and  has  received  in  all  about  $7,000,000.  It 
is  practically  the  people's  road,  and  it  has  a  most  able  and  gentlemanly 
management.  Add  to  this  the  annual  receipts  from  the  canal,  $111,000, 
and  a  large  per  cent,  of  the  State  tax  is  provided  for. 


128  HISTORY  OF  THE  STATE  OP  ILLINOIS. 


THE   RELIGION  AND  MORALS 

of  the  State  keep  step  with  her  productions  and  growth.  She  was  born 
of  the  missionary  spirit.  It  was  a  minister  who  secured  for  her  the  ordi- 
nance of  1787,  by  which  she  has  been  saved  from  slavery,  ignorance,  and 
dishonesty.  Rev.  Mr.  Wiley,  pastor  of  a  Scotch  congregation  in  Randolph 
County,  petitioned  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1818  to- recognize 
Jesus  Christ  as  king,  and  the  Scriptures  as  the  only  necessary  guide  and 
book  of  law.  The  convention  did  not  act  in  the  case,  and  the  old  Cove- 
nanters refused  to  accept  citizenship.  They  never  voted  until  1824,  when 
the  slavery  question  was  submitted  to  the  people;  then  they  all  voted 
against  it  and  cast  the  determining  votes.  Conscience  has  predominated 
whenever  a  great  moral  question  has  been  submitted  to  the  people. 

But  little  mob  violence  has  ever  been  felt  in  the  State.  In  1817 
regulators  disposed  of  a  band  of  horse-thieves  that  infested  the  territory. 
The  Mormon  indignities  finally  awoke  the  same  spirit.  Alton  was  also 
the  scene  of  a  pro-slavery  mob,  in  which  Lovejoy  was  added  to  the  list  of 
martyrs.  The  moral  sense  of  the  people  makes  the  law  supreme,  and  gives 
to  the  State  unruffled  peace. 

With  $22,300,000  in  church  property,  and  4,298  church  organizations, 
the  State  has  that  divine  police,  the  sleepless  patrol  of  moral  ideas,  that 
alone  is  able  to  secure  perfect  safety.  Conscience  takes  the  knife  from 
the  assassin's  hand  and  the  bludgeon  from  the  grasp  of  the  highwayman. 
We  sleep  in  safety,  not  because  we  are  behind  bolts  and  bars — these  only 
fence  against  the  innocent ;  not  because  a  lone  officer  drowses  on  a  distant 
corner  of  a  street ;  not  because  a  sheriff  may  call  his  posse  from  a  remote 
part  of  the  county ;  but  because  conscience  guards  the  very  portals  of  the 
air  and  stirs  in  the  deepest  recesses  of  the  public  mind.  This  spirit  issues 
within  the  State  9,500,000  copies  of  religious  papers  annually,  and  receives 
still  more  from  without.  Thus  the  crime  of  the  State  is  only  one-fourth 
that  of  New  York  and  one-half  that  of  Pennsylvania. 

Illinois  never  had  but  one  duel  between  her  own  citizens.  In  Belle- 
ville, in  1820,  Alphonso  Stewart  and  William  Bennett  arranged  to  vindi- 
cate injured  honor.  The  seconds  agreed  to  make  it  a  sham,  and  make 
them  shoot  blanks.  Stewart  was  in  the  secret.  Bennett  mistrusted  some- 
thing, and,  unobserved,  slipped  a  bullet  into  his  gun  and  killed  Stewart. 
He  then  fled  the  State.  After  two  years  he  was  caught,  tried,  convicted, 
and,  in  spite  of  friends  and  political  aid,  was  hung.  This  fixed  the  code 
of  honor  on  a  Christian  basis,  and  terminated  its  use  in  Illinois. 

The  early  preachers  were  ignorant  men,  who  were  accounted  eloquent 
according  to  the  strength  of  their  voices.  But  they  set  the  style  for  all 
public  speakers.  Lawyers  and  political  speakers  followed  this  rule.  Gov. 


HISTORY  OP  THE  STATE  OP  ILLINOIS.  129 

Ford  says:  "Nevertheless,  these  first  preachers  were  of  incalculable 
benefit  to  the  country.  They  inculcated  justice  and  morality.  To  them 
are  we  indebted  for  the  first  Christian  character  of  the  Protestant  portion 
of  the  people." 

In  education  Illinois  surpasses  her  material  resources.  The  ordinance 
of  1787  consecrated  one  thirty -sixth  of  her  soil  to  common  schools,  and 
the  law  of  1818,  the  first  law  that  went  upon  her  statutes,  gave  three  per 
cent,  of  all  the  rest  to 

EDUCATION. 

The  old  compact  secures  this  interest  forever,  and  by  its  yoking 
morality  and  intelligence  it  precludes  the  legal  interference  with  the  Bible 
in  the  public  schools.  With  such  a  start  it  is  natural  that  we  should  have 
11,050  schools,  and  that  our  illiteracy  should  be  less  than  New  York  or 
Pennsylvania,  and  only  about  one-half  of  Massachusetts.  We  are  not  to 
blame  for  not  having  more  than  one-half  as  many  idiots  as  the  great 
States.  These  public  schools  soon  made  colleges  inevitable.  The  first 
college,  still  flourishing,  was  started  in  Lebanon  in  1828,  by  the  M.  E. 
church,  and  named  after  Bishop  McKendree.  Illinois  College,  at  Jackson- 
ville, supported  by  the  Presbyterians,  followed  in  1830.  In  1832  the  Bap- 
tists built  Shurtleff  College,  at  Alton.  Then  the  Presbyterians  built  Knox 
College,  at  Galesburg,  in  1838,  and  the  Episcopalians  built  Jubilee  College, 
at  Peoria,  in  1847.  After  these  early  years  colleges  have  rained  down. 
A  settler  could  hardly  encamp  on  the  prairie  but  a  college  would  spring 
up  by  his  wagon.  The  State  now  has  one  very  well  endowed  and  equipped 
university,  namely,  the  Northwestern  University,  at  Evanston,  with  six 
colleges,  ninety  instructors,  over  1,000  students,  and  $1,500,000  endow- 
ment. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Peck  was  the  first  educated  Protestant  minister  in  tne 
State.  He  settled  at  Rock  Spring,  in  St.  Clair  County,  1820,  and  left  his 
impress  on  the  State.  Before  1837  only  party  papers  were  published,  but 
Mr.  Peck  published  a  Gazetteer  of  Illinois.  Soon  after  John  Russell,  of 
Bluffdale,  published  essays  and  tales  showing  genius.  Judge  James  Hall 
published  The  Illinois  Monthly  Magazine  with  great  ability,  and  an  annual 
called  The  Western  Souvenir,  which  gave  him  an  enviable  fame  all  over  the 
United  States.  From  these  beginnings  Illinois  has  gone  on  till  she  has 
more  volumes  in  public  libaaries  even  than  Massachusetts,  and  of  the 
44,500,000  volumes  in  all  the  public  libraries  of  the  United  States,  she 
has  one-thirteenth.  In  newspapers  she  stands  fourth.  Her  increase  is 
marvelous.  In  1850  she  issued  5,000,000  copies;  in  1860,  27,590,000 ;  in 
1870,  113,140,000.  In  1860  she  had  eighteen  colleges  and  seminaries ;  in 
1870  she  had  eighty.  That  is  a  grand  advance  for  the  war  decade. 

This  brings  us  to  a  record  unsurpassed  in  the  history  of  any  age, 


130  HISTORY   OF  THE   STATE   OF  ILLINOIS. 


THE  WAR   RECORD  OF  ILLINOIS. 

I  hardly  know  where  to  begin,  or  how  to  advance,  or  what  to  say.  I 
can  at  best  give  you  only  a  broken  synopsis  of  her  deeds,  and  you  must 
put  them  in  the  order  of  glory  for  yourself.  Her  sons  have  always  been 
foremost  on  fields  of  danger.  In  1832-33,  at  the  call  of  Gov.  Reynolds, 
her  sons  drove  Blackhawk  over  the  Mississippi. 

When  the  Mexican  war  came,  in  May,  1846,  8,370  men  offered  them- 
selves when  only  3,720  could  be  accepted.  The  fields  of  Buena  Vista  and 
Vera  Cruz,  and  the  storming  of  Cerro  Gordo,  will  carry  the  glory  of  Illinois 
soldiers  along  after  the  infamy  of  the  cause  they  served  has  been  forgotten. 
But  it  was  reserved  till  our  day  for  her  sons  to  find  a  field  and  cause  and 
foemen  that  could  fitly  illustrate  their  spirit  and  heroism.  Illinois  put 
into  her  own  regiments  for  the  United  States  government  256,000  men, 
and  into  the  army  through  other  States  enough  to  swell  the  number  to 
290,000.  This  far  exceeds  all  the  soldiers  of  the  federal  government  in 
all  the  war  of  the  revolution.  Her  total  years  of  service  were  over  600,000. 
She  enrolled  men  from  eighteen  to  forty-five  years  of  age  when  the  law 
of  Congress  in  1864 — the  test  time — only  asked  for  those  from  twenty  to 
forty-five.  Her  enrollment  was  otherwise  excessive.  Her  people  wanted 
to  go,  and  did  not  take  the  pains  to  correct  the  enrollment.  Thus  the 
basis  of  fixing  the  quota  was  too  great,  and  then  the  quota  itself,  at  least 
in  the  trying  time,  was  far  above  any  other  State. 

Thus  the  demand  on  some  counties,  as  Monroe,  for  example,  took  every 
able-bodied  man  in  the  county,  and  then  did  not  have  enough  to  fill  the 
quota.  Moreover,  Illinois  sent  20,844  men  for  ninety  or  one  hundred  days, 
for  whom  no  credit  was  asked.  When  Mr.  Lincoln's  attention  was  called 
to  the  inequality  of  the  quota  compared  with  other  States,  he  replied, 
"  The  country  needs  the  sacrifice.  We  must  put  the  whip  on  the  free 
horse."  In  spite  of  all  these  disadvantages  Illinois  gave  to  the  country 
73,000  years  of  service,  above  all  calls.  With  one-thirteenth  of  the  popu- 
lation of  the  loyal  States,  she  sent  regularly  one-tenth  of  all  the  soldiers, 
and  in  the  peril  of  the  closing  calls,  when  patriots  were  few  and  weary, 
she  then  sent  one-eighth  of  all  that  were  called  for  by  her  loved  and  hon- 
ored son  in  the  white  house.  Her  mothers  and  daughters  went  into  the 
fields  to  raise  the  grain  and  keep  the  children  together,  while  the  fathers 
and  older  sons  went  to  the  harvest  fields  of  the  world.  I  knew  a  father 
and  four  sons  who  agreed  that  one  of  them  must  stay  at  home ;  and  they 
pulled  straws  from  a  stack  to  see  who  might  go.  The  father  was  left. 
The  next  day  he  came  into  the  camp,  saying :  "  Mother  says  she  can  get 
the  crops  in,  and  I  am  going,  too."  I  know  large  Methodist  churches 
from  which  every  male  member  went  to  the  army.  Do  you  want  to  know 


HISTORY   OF   THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS.  131 

what  these  heroes  from  Illinois  did  in  the  field  ?  Ask  any  soldier  with  a 
good  record  of  his  own,  who  is  thus  able  to  judge,  and  he  will  tell  you 
that  the  Illinois  men  went  in  to  win.  It  is  common  history  that  the  greater 
victories  were  won  in  the  West.  When  everything  else  looked  dark  Illi- 
nois was  gaining  victories  all  down  the  river,  and  dividing  the  confederacy. 
Sherman  took  with  him  on  his  great  march  forty-five  regiments  of  Illinois 
infantry,  three  companies  of  artillery,  and  one  company  of  cavalry.  He 
could  not  avoid 

GOING  TO  THE  SEA. 

If  he  had  been  killed,  I  doubt  not  the  men  would  have  gone  right  on, 
Lincoln  answered  all  rumors  of  Sherman's  defeat  with,  "  It  is  impossible  ; 
there  is  a  mighty  sight  of  fight  in  100,000  Western  men."  Illinois  soldiers 
brought  home  300  battle-flags.  The  first  United  States  flag  that  floated 
over  Richmond  was  an  Illinois  flag.  She  sent  messengers  and  nurses  to 
every  field  and  hospital,  to  care  for  her  sick  and  wounded  sons.  She  said* 
4i  These  suffering  ones  are  my  sons,  and  I  will  care  for  them." 

When  individuals  had  given  all,  then  cities  and  towns  came  forward 
with  their  credit  to  the  extent  of  many  millions,  to  aid  these  men  and 
their  families. 

Illinois  gave  the  country  the  great  general  of  the  war — Ulysses  S. 
Grant — since  honored  with  two  terms  of  the  Presidency  of  the  United 
States. 

One  other  name  from  Illinois  comes  up  in  all  minds,  embalmed  in  all 
hearts,  that  must  have  the  supreme  place  in  this  story  of  our  glory  and 
of  our  nation's  honor ;  that  name  is  Abraham  Lincoln,  of  Illinois. 

The  analysis  of  Mr.  Lincoln's  character  is  difficult  on  account  of  its 
symmetry. 

In  this  age  we  look  with  admiration  at  his  uncompromising  honesty. 
And  well  we  may,  for  this  saved  us.  Thousands  throughout  the  length 
and  breadth  of  our  country  who  knew  him  only  as  "  Honest  Old  Abe," 
voted  for  him  on  that  account ;  and  wisely  did  they  choose,  for  no  other 
man  could  have  carried  us  through  the  fearful  night  of  the  war.  When 
his  plans  were  too  vast  for  our  comprehension,  and  his  faith  in  the  cause 
too  sublime  for  our  participation  ;  when  it  was  all  night  about  us,  and  all 
dread  before  us,  and  all  sad  and  desolate  behind  us ;  when  not  one  ray 
shone  upon  our  cause ;  when  traitors  were  haughty  and  exultant  at  the 
South,  and  fierce  and  blasphemous  at  the  North  ;  when  the  loyal  men  here 
seemed  almost  in  the  minority  ;  when  the  stoutest  heart  quailed,  the  bravest 
cheek  paled  ;  when  generals  were  defeating  each  other  for  place,  and 
contractors  were  leeching  out  the  very  heart's  blood  of  the  prostrate 
republic :  when  every  thing  else  had  failed  us,  we  looked  at  this  calm,. 
patient  man  standing  like  a  rock  in  the  storm,  and  said :  "  Mr.  Lincoln 


132  HISTORY  OF   THE   STATE  OF   ILLINOIS. 

is  honest,  and  we  can  trust  him  still."  Holding  to  this  single  point  with 
the  energy  of  faith  and  despair  we  held  together,  and,  under  God,  he 
brought  us  through  to  victory. 

His  practical  wisdom  made  him  the  wonder  of  all  lands.  With  such 
certainty  did  Mr.  Lincoln  follow  causes  to  their  ultimate  effects,  that  his 
foresight  of  contingencies  seemed  almost  prophetic. 

He  is  radiant  with  all  the  great  virtues,  and  his  memory  shall  shed  a 
glory  upon  this  age  that  shall  fill  the  eyes  of  men  as  they  look  into  his- 
tory. Other  men  have  excelled  him  in  some  point,  but,  taken  at  all 
points,  all  in  all,  he  stands  head  and  shoulders  above  every  other  man  of 
6,000  years.  An  administrator,  he  saved  the  nation  in  the  perils  of 
unparalleled  civil  War.  A  statesman,  he  justified  his  measures  by  their 
success.  A  philanthropist,  he  gave  liberty  to  one  race  and  salvation  to 
another.  A  moralist,  he  bowed  from  the  summit  of  human  power  to  the 
foot  of  the  Cross,  and  became  a  Christian.  A  mediator,  he  exercised  mercy 
under  the  most  absolute  abeyance  to  law. '  A  leader,  he  was  no  partisan. 
A  commander,  he  was  untainted  with  blood.  A  ruler  in  desperate  times, 
he  was  unsullied  with  crime.  A  man,  he  has  left  no  word  of  passion,  no 
thought  of  malice,  no  trick  of  craft,  no  act  of  jealousy,  no  purpose  of 
selfish  ambition.  Thus  perfected,  without  a  model,  and  without  a  peer, 
lie  was  dropped  into  these  troubled  years  to  adorn  and  embellish  all  that 
is  good  and  all  that  is  great  in  our  humanity,  and  to  present  to  all  coming 
time  the  representative  of  the  divine  idea  of  free  government. 

It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  away  down  in  the  future,  when  the 
republic  has  fallen  from  its  niche  in  the  wall  of  time ;  when  the  great 
war  itself  shall  have  faded  out  in  the  distance  like  a  mist  on  the  horizon ; 
when  the  Anglo-Saxon  language  shall  be  spoken  only  by  the  tongue  of 
the  stranger ;  then  the  generations  looking  this  way  shall  see  the  great 
president  as  the  supreme  figure  in  this  vortex  of  historv 

CHICAGO. 

It  is  impossible  in  our  brief  space  to  give  more  than  a  meager  sketch 
of  such  a  city  as  Chicago,  which  is  in  itself  the  greatest  marvel  of  the 
Prairie  State.  This  mysterious,  majestic,  mighty  city,  born  first  of  water, 
and  next  of  fire ;  sown  in  weakness,  and  raised  in  power ;  planted  among 
the  willows  of  the  marsh,  and  crowned  with  the  glory  of  the  mountains  ; 
sleeping  on  the  bosom  of  the  prairie,  and  rocked  on  the  bosom  of  the  sea , 
the  youngest  city  of  the  world,  and  still  the  eye  of  the  prairie,  as  Damas- 
cus, the  oldest  city  of  the  world,  is  the  eye  of  the  desert.  With  a  com- 
merce far  exceeding  that  of  Corinth  on  her  isthmus,  in  the  highway  to 
the  East ;  with  the  defenses  of  a  continent  piled  around  her  by  the  thou- 
sand miles,  making  her  far  safer  than  Rome  on  the  banks  of  the  Tiber  ; 


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with  schools  eclipsing  Alexandria  and  Athens ;  with  liberties  more  con- 
spicuous than  those  of  the  old  republics  ;  with  a  heroism  equal  to  the  first 
Carthage,  and  with  a  sanctity  scarcely  second  to  that  of  Jerusalem — set 
your  thoughts  on  all  this,  lifted  into  the  eyes  of  all  men  by  the  miracle  of 
its  growth,  illuminated  by  the  flame  of  its  fall,  and  transfigured  by  the 
divinity  of  its  resurrection,  and  you  will  feel,  as  I  do,  the  utter  impossi- 
bility of  compassing  this  subject  as  it  deserves.  Some  impression  of  her 
importance  is  received  from  the  shock  her  burning  gave  to  the  civilized 
world. 

When  the  doubt  of  her  calamity  was  removed,  and  the  horrid  fact 
was  accepted,  there  went  a  shudder  over  all  cities,  and  a  quiver  over  all 
lands.  There  was  scarcely  a  town  in  the  civilized  world  that  did  not 
shake  on  the  brink  of  this  opening  chasm.  The  flames  of  our  homes  red- 
dened all  skies.  The  city  was  set  upon  a  hill,  and  could  not  be  hid.  All 
eyes  were  turned  upon  it.  To  have  struggled  and  suffered  amid  the 
scenes  of  its  fall  is  as  distinguishing  as  to  have  fought  at  Thermopylae,  or 
Salamis,  or  Hastings,  or  Waterloo,  or  Bunker  Hill. 

Its  calamity  amazed  the  world,  because  it  was  felt  to  be  the  common 
property  of  mankind. 

The  early  history  of  the  city  is  full  of  interest,  just  as  the  early  his- 
tory of  such  a  man  as  Washington  or  Lincoln  becomes  public  property, 
and  is  cherished  by  every  patriot. 

Starting  with  560  acres  in  1833,  it  embraced  and  occupied  23,000 
acres  in  1869,  and,  having  now  a  population  of  more  than  500,000,  it  com- 
mands general  attention. 

The  first  settler — Jean  Baptiste  Pointe  au  Sable,  a  mulatto  from  the 
West  Indies — came  and  began  trade  with  the  Indians  in  1796.  John 
Kinzie  became  his  successor  in  1804,  in  which  year  Fort  Dearborn  was 
erected. 

A  mere  trading-post  was  kept  here  from  that  time  till  about  the  time 
of  the  Blackhawk  war,  in  1832.  It  was  not  the  city.  It  was  merely  a 
cock  crowing  at  midnight.  The  morning  was  not  yet.  In  1833  the  set- 
tlement about  the  fort  was  incorporated  as  a  town.  The  voters  were 
divided  on  the  propriety  of  such  corporation,  twelve  voting  for  it  and  one 
against  it.  Four  years  later  it  was  incorporated  as  a  city,  and  embraced 
560  acres. 

The  produce  handled  in  this  city  is  an  indication  of  its  power.  Grain 
and  flour  were  imported  from  the  East  till  as  late  as  1837.  The  first 
exportation  by  way  of  experiment  was  in  1839.  Exports  exceeded  imports 
first  in  1842.  The  Board  of  Trade  was  organized  in  1848,  but  it  was  so 
weak  that  it  needed  nursing  till  1855.  Grain  was  purchased  by  the 
wagon-load  in  the  street. 

I  remember  sitting  with  my  father  on  a  load  of  wheat,  in  the  long 


HISTORY  OF  THE  STATE   OF   ILLINOIS.   '  135 

line  of  wagons  along  Lake  street,  while  the  buyers  came  and  untied  the 
bags,  and  examined  the  grain,  and  made  their  bids.  That  manner  of 
business  had  to  cease  with  the  day  of  small  things.  Now  our  elevators 
will  hold  15,000,000  bushels  of  grain.  The  cash  value  of  the  produce 
handled  in  a  year  is  $215,000,000,  and  the  produce  weighs  7,000,000 
tons  or  700,000  car  loads.  This  handles  thirteen  and  a  half  ton  each 
minute,  all  the  year  round.  One  tenth  of  all  the  wheat  in  the  United 
States  is  handled  in  Chicago.  Even  as  long  ago  as  1853  the  receipts  of 
grain  in  Chicago  exceeded  those  of  the  goodly  city  of  St.  Louis,  and  in 
1854  the  exports  of  grain  from  Chicago  exceeded  those  of  New  York  and 
doubled  those  of  St.  Petersburg,  Archangel,  or  Odessa,  the  largest  grain 
markets  in  Europe. 

The  manufacturing  interests  of  the  city  are  not  contemptible.  In 
1873  manufactories  employed  45,000  operatives  ;  in  1876,  60,000.  The 
manufactured  product  in  1875  was  worth  $177,000,000. 

No  estimate  of  the  size  and  power  of  Chicago  would  be  adequate 
that  did  not  put  large  emphasis  on  the  railroads.  Before  they  came 
thundering  along  our  streets  canals  were  the  hope  of  our  country.  But 
who  ever  thinks  now  of  traveling  by  canal  packets  ?  In  June,  1852, 
there  were  only  forty  miles  of  railroad  connected  with  the  city.  The 
old  Galena  division  of  the  Northwestern  ran  out  to  Elgin.  But  now, 
who  can  count  the  trains  and  measure  the  roads  that  seek  a  terminus  or 
connection  in  this  city  ?  The  lake  stretches  away  to  the  north,  gathering 
in  to  this  center  all  the  harvests  that  might  otherwise  pass  to  the  north 
of  us.  If  you  will  take  a  map  and  look  at  the  adjustment  of  railroads, 
you  will  see,  first,  that  Chicago  is  the  great  railroad  center  of  the  world, 
as  New  York  is  the  commercial  city  of  this  continent ;  and,  second,  that 
the  railroad  lines  form  the  iron  spokes  of  a  great  wheel  whose  hub  is 
this  city.  The  lake  furnishes  the  only  break  in  the  spokes,  and  this 
seems  simply  to  have  pushed  a  few  spokes  together  on  each  shore.  See 
the  eighteen  trunk  lines,  exclusive  of  eastern  connections. 

Pass  round  the  circle,  and  view  their  numbers  and  extent.  There 
is  the  great  Northwestern,  with  all  its  branches,  one  branch  creeping 
along  the  lake  shore,  and  so  reaching  to  the  north,  into  the  Lake  Superior 
regions,  away  to  the  right,  and  on  to  the  Northern  Pacific  on  the  left, 
swinging  around  Green  Bay  for  iron  and  copper  and  silver,  twelve  months 
in  the  year,  and  reaching  out  for  the  wealth  of  the  great  agricultural 
belt  and  isothermal  line  traversed  by  the  Northern  Pacific.  Another 
branch,  not  so  far  north,  feeling  for  the  heart  of  the  Badger  State. 
Another  pushing  lower  down  the  Mississippi — all  these  make  many  con- 
nections, and  tapping  all  the  vast  wheat  regions  of  Minnesota,  Wisconsin, 
Iowa,  and  all  the  regions  this  side  of  sunset.  There  is  that  elegant  road, 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy,  running  out  a  goodly  number  of 


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branches,  and  reaping  the  great  fields  this  side  of  the  Missouri  River. 
I  can  only  mention  the  Chicago,  Alton  &  St.  Louis,  our  Illinois  Central, 
described  elsewhere,  and  the  Chicago  &  Rock  Island.  Further  around 
we  come  to  the  lines  connecting  us  with  all  the  eastern  cities.  The 
Chicago,  Indianapolis  &  St.  Louis,  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  & 
Chicago,  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern,  and  the  Michigan  Cen- 
tral and  Great  Western,  give  us  many  highways  to  the  seaboard.  Thus  we 
reach  the  Mississippi  at  five  points,  from  St.  Paul  to  Cairo  and  the  Gulf 
itself  by  two  routes.  We  also  reach  Cincinnati  and  Baltimore,  and  Pitts- 
burgh and  Philadelphia,  and  New  York.  North  and  south  run  the  water 
courses  of  the  lakes  and  the  rivers,  broken  just  enough  at  this  point  to 
make  a  pass.  Through  this,  from  east  to  west,  run  the  long  lines  that 
stretch  from  ocean  to  ocean. 

This  is  the  neck  of  the  glass,  and  the  golden  sands  of  commerce 
must  pass  into  our  hands.  Altogether  we  have  more  than  10,000  miles 
of  railroad,  directly  tributary  to  this  city,  seeking  to  unload  their  wealth 
in  our  coffers.  All  these  roads  have  come  themselves  by  the  infallible 
instinct  of  capital.  Not  a  dollar  was  ever  given  by  the  city  to  secure 
one  of  them,  and  only  a  small  per  cent,  of  stock  taken  originally  by  her 
citizens,  and  that  taken  simply  as  an  investment.  Coming  in  the  natural 
order  of  events,  they  will  not  be  easily  diverted. 

There  is  still  another  showing  to  all  this.  The  connection  between 
New  York  and  San  Francisco  is  by  the  middle  route.  This  passes  inevit- 
ably through  Chicago.  St.  Louis  wants  the  Southern  Pacific  or  Kansas 
Pacific,  and  pushes  it  out  through  Denver,  and  so  on  up  to  Cheyenne. 
But  before  the  road  is  fairly  under  way,  the  Chicago  roads  shove  out  to 
Kansas  City,  making  even  the  Kansas  Pacific  a  feeder,  and  actually  leav- 
ing St.  Louis  out  in  the  cold.  It  is  not  too  much  to  expect  that  Dakota, 
Montana,  and  Washington  Territory  will  find  their  great  market  in  Chi- 
cago. 

But  these  are  not  all.  Perhaps  I  had  better  notice  here  the  ten  or 
fifteen  new  roads  that  have  just  entered,  or  are  just  entering,  our  city. 
Their  names  are  all  that  is  necessary  to  give.  Chicago  &  St.  Paul,  look- 
ing up  the  Red  River  country  to  the  British  possessions ;  the  Chicago, 
Atlantic  &  Pacific  ;  the  Chicago,  Decatur  &  State  Line ;  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio;  the  Chicago,  Danville  &  Vincennes;  the  Chicago  &  LaSalle  Rail- 
road ;  the  Chicago,  Pittsburgh  &  Cincinnati ;  the  Chicago  and  Canada 
Southern ;  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  River  Railroad.  These,  with  their 
connections,  and  with  the  new  connections  of  the  old  roads,  already  in 
process  of  erection,  give  to  Chicago  not  less  than  10,000  miles  of  new 
tributaries  from  the  richest  land  on  the  continent.  Thus  there  will  be 
added  to  the  reserve  power,  to  the  capital  within  reach  of  this  city,  not 
less  than  $1,000,000,000. 


138  HISTORY  OF  THE   STATE  OF   ILLINOIS. 

Add  to  all  this  transporting  power  the  ships  that  sail  one  every  nine 
minutes  of  the  business  hours  of  the  season  of  navigation ;  add,  also,  the 
canal  boats  that  leave  one  every  five  minutes  during  the  same  time — and 
you  will  see  something  of  the  business  of  the  city. 

THE  COMMERCE  OF  THIS  CITY 

lias  been  leaping  along  to  keep  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  country 
around  us.  In  1852,  our  commerce  reached  the  hopeful  sum  of 
$ 20,000,000.  In  1870  it  reached  $400,000,000.  In  1871  it  was  pushed 
up  above  $450,000,000.  And  in  1875  it  touched  nearly  double  that. 

One-half  of  our  imported  goods  come  directly  to  Chicago.  Grain 
enough  is  exported  directly  from  our  docks  to  the  old  world  to  employ  a 
semi-weekly  line  of  steamers  of  3,000  tons  capacity.  This  branch  is 
not  likely  to  be  greatly  developed.  Even  after  the  great  Welland  Canal 
is  completed  we  shall  have  only  fourteen  feet  of  water.  The  great  ocean 
vessels  will  continue  to  control  the  trade. 

The  banking  capital  of  Chicago  is  $24,431,000.  Total  exchange  in 
1875,  $659,000,000.  Her  wholesale  business  in  1875  was  $294,000,000. 
The  rate  of  taxes  is  less  than  in  any  other  great  city. 

The  schools  of  Chicago  are  unsurpassed  in  America.  Out  of  a  popu- 
lation of  300,000  there  were  only  186  persons  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  twenty-one  unable  to  read.  This  is  the  best  known  record. 

In  1831  the  mail  system  was  condensed  into  a  half-breed,  who  went 
on  foot  to  Niles,  Mich.,  once  in  two  weeks,  and  brought  back  what  papers 
and  news  he  could  find.  As  late  as  1846  there  was  often  only  one  mail 
a  week.  A  post-office  was  established  in  Chicago  in  1833,  and  the  post- 
master nailed  up  old  boot-legs  on  one  side  of  his  shop  to  serve  as  boxes 
for  the  nabobs  and  literary  men. 

It  is  an  interesting  fact  in  the  growth  of  the  young  city  that  in  the 
active  life  of  the  business  men  of  that  day  the  mail  matter  has  grown  to 
a  daily  average  of  over  6,500  pounds.  It  speaks  equally  well  for  the 
intelligence  of  the  people  and  the  commercial  importance  of  the  place, 
that  the  mail  matter  distributed  to  the  territory  immediately  tributary  to 
Chicago  is  seven  times  greater  than  that  distributed  to  the  territory 
immediately  tributary  to  St.  Louis. 

The  improvements  that  have  characterized  the  city  are  as  startling 
as  the  city  itself.  In  1831,  Mark  Beaubien  established  a  ferry  over  the 
river,  and  put  himself  under  bonds  to  carry  all  the  citizens  free  for  the 
privilege  of  charging  strangers.  Now  there  are  twenty-four  large  bridges 
and  two  tunnels. 

ILL  1833  the  government  expended  $30,000  on  the  harbor.  Then 
commenced  that  series  of  manoeuvers  with  the  river  that  has  made  it  one 


HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

of  the  world's  curiosities.  It  used  to  wind  around  in  the  lower  end  of 
the  town,  and  make  its  way  rippling  over  the  sand  into  the  lake  at  the 
foot  of  Madison  street.  They  took  it  up  and  put  it  down  where  it  now 
is.  It  was  a  narrow  stream,  so  narrow  that  even  moderately  small  crafts 
had  to  go  up  through  the  willows  and  cat's  tails  to  the  point  near  Lake 
street  bridge,  and  back  up  one  of  the  branches  to  get  room  enough  in 
which  to  turn  around. 

In  1844  the  quagmires  in  the  streets  were  first  pontooned  by  plank 
roads,  which  acted  in  wet  weather  as  public  squirt-guns.  Keeping  you 
out  of  the  mud,  they  compromised  by  squirting  the  mud  over  you.  The 
wooden-block  pavements  came  to  Chicago  in  1857.  In  1840  water  was 
delivered  by  peddlers  in  carts  or  by  hand.  Then  a  twenty-five  horse- 
power engine  pushed  it  through  hollow  or  bored  logs  along  the  streets 
till  1854,  when  it  was  introduced  into  the  houses  by  new  works.  The 
first  fire-engine  was  used  in  1835,  and  the  first  steam  fire-engine  in  1859. 
Gas  was  utilized  for  lighting  the  city  in  1850.  The  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  was  organized  in  1858,  and  horse  railroads  carried  them 
to  their  work  in  1859.  The  museum  was  opened  in  1863. .  The  alarm 
telegraph  adopted  in  1864.  The  opera-house  built  in  1865.  The  city 
grew  from  560  acres  in  1833  to  23,000  in  1869.  In  1834,  the  taxes 
amounted  to  $48.90,  and  the  trustees  of  the  town  borrowed  $60  more  for 
opening  and  improving  streets.  In  1835,  the  legislature  authorized  a  loan 
of  $2,000,  and  the  treasurer  and  street  commissioners  resigned  rather  than 
plunge  the  town  into  such  a  gulf. 

Now  the  city  embraces  36  square  miles  of  territory,  and  has  30  miles 
of  water  front,  besides  the  outside  harbor  of  refuge,  of  400  acres,  inclosed 
by  a  crib  sea-wall.  One-third  of  the  city  has  been  raised  up  an  average 
of  eight  feet,  giving  good  pitch  to  the  263  miles  of  sewerage.  The  water 
of  the  city  is  above  all  competition.  It  is  received  through  two  tunnels 
extending  to  a  crib  in  the  lake  two  miles  from  shore.  The  closest  analy- 
sis fails  to  detect  any  impurities,  and,  received  35  feet  below  the  surface, 
it  is  always  clear  and  cold.  The  first  tunnel  is  five  feet  two  inches  in 
diameter  and  two  miles  long,  and  can  deliver  50,000,000  of  gallons  per 
day.  The  second  tunnel  is  seven  feet  in  diameter  and  six  miles  long, 
running  four  miles  under  the  city,  and  can  deliver  100,000,000  of  gal- 
lons per  day.  This  water  is  distributed  through  410  miles  of  water- 
mains. 

The  three  grand  engineering  exploits  of  the  city  are :  First,  lifting 
the  city  up  on  jack-screws,  whole  squares  at  a  time,  without  interrupting 
the  business,  thus  giving  us  good  drainage  ;  second,  running  the  tunnels 
under  the  lake,  giving  us  the  best  water  in  the  world ;  and  third,  the 
turning  the  current  of  the  river  in  its  own  channel,  delivering  us  from  the 
old  abominations,  and  making  decency  possible.  They  redound  about 


140  HISTORY   OF  THE  STATE   OF   ILLINOIS. 

equally  to  the  credit  of  the  engineering,  to  the  energy  of  the  people,  and 
to  the  health  of  the  city. 

That  which  really  constitutes  the  city,  its  indescribable  spirit,  its  soul, 
the  way  it  lights  up  in  every  feature  in  the  hour  of-  action,  has  not  been 
touched.  In  meeting  strangers,  one  is  often  surprised  how  some  homely 
women  marry  so  well.  Their  forms  are  bad,  their  gait  uneven  and  awk- 
ward, their  complexion  is  dull,  their  features  are  misshapen  and  mismatch- 
ed, and  when  we  see  them  there  is  no  beauty  that  we  should  desire  them. 
But  when  once  they  are  aroused  on  some  subject,  they  put  on  new  pro- 
portions. They  light  up  into  great  power.  The  real  person  comes  out 
from  its  unseemly  ambush,  and  captures  us  at  will.  They  have  power. 
They  have  ability  to  cause  things  to  come  to  pass.  We  no  longer  wonder 
why  they  are  in  such  high  demand.  So  it  is  with  our  city. 

There  is  no  grand  scenery  except  the  two  seas,  one  of  water,  the 
other  of  prairie.  Nevertheless,  there  is  a  spirit  about  it,  a  push,  a  breadth, 
a  power,  that  soon  makes  it  a  place  never  to  be  forsaken.  One  soon 
ceases  to  believe  in  impossibilities.  Balaams  are  the  only  prophets  that  are 
disappointed.  The  bottom  that  has  been  on  the  point  of  falling  out  has 
been  there  so  long  that  it  has  grown  fast.  It  can  not  fall  out.  It  has  all 
the  capital  of  the  world  itching  to  get  inside  the  corporation. 

The  two  great  laws  that  govern  the  growth  and  size  of  cities  are, 
first,  the  amount  of  territory  for  which  they  are  the  distributing  and 
receiving  points  ;  second,  the  number  of  medium  or  moderate  dealers  that 
do  this  distributing.  Monopolists  build  up  themselves,  not  the  cities. 
They  neither  eat,  wear,  nor  live  in  proportion  to  their  business.  Both 
these  laws  help  Chicago. 

The  tide  of  trade  is  eastward — not  up  or  down  the  map,  but  across 
the  map.  The  lake  runs  up  a  wingdam  for  500  miles  to  gather  in  the 
business.  Commerce  can  not  ferry  up  there  for  seven  months  in  the  year, 
and  the  facilities  for  seven  months  can  do  the  work  for  twelve.  Then  the 
great  region  west  of  us  is  nearly  all  good,  productive  land.  Dropping 
south  into  the  trail  of  St.  Louis,  you  fall  into  vast  deserts  and  rocky  dis- 
tricts, useful  in  holding  the  world  together.  St.  Louis  and  Cincinnati, 
instead  of  rivaling  and  hurting  Chicago,  are  her  greatest  sureties  of 
dominion.  They  are  far  enough  away  to  give  sea-room. — farther  off  than 
Paris  is  from  London, — and  yet  they  are  near  enough  to  prevent  the 
springing  up  of  any  other  great  city  between  them. 

St.  Louis  will  be  helped  by  the  opening  of  the  Mississippi,  but  also 
hurt.  That  will  put  New  Orleans  on  her  feet,  and  with  a  railroad  running 
over  into  Texas  and  so  West,  she  will  tap  the  streams  that  now  crawl  up 
the  Texas  and  Missouri  road.  The  current  is  East,  not  North,  and  a  sea- 
port at  New  Orleans  can  not  permanently  help  St.  Louis. 

Chicago  is  in  the  field  almost  alone,  to  handle  the  wealth  of  one- 


HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF    ILLINOIS.  141 

fourth  of  the  territory  of  this  great  republic.  This  strip  of  seacoast 
divides  its  margins  between  Portland,  Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,. 
Baltimore  and  Savannah,  or  some  other  great  port  to  be  created  for  the 
South  in  the  next  decade.  But  Chicago  has  a  dozen  empires  casting  their 
treasures  into  her  lap.  On  a  bed  of  coal  that  can  run  all  the  machinery 
of  the  world  for  500  centuries ;  in  a  garden  that  can  feed  the  race  by  the 
thousand  years ;  at  the  head  of  the  lakes  that  give  her  a  temperature  as  a, 
summer  resort  equaled  by  no  great  city  in  the  land ;  with  a  climate  that 
insures  the  health  of  her  citizens ;  surrounded  by  all  the  great  deposits 
of  natural  wealth  in  mines  aud  forests  and  herds,  Chicago  is  the  wonder 
of  to-day,  and  will  be  the  city  of  the  future. 

MASSACRE  AT  FORT  DEARBORN, 

During  the  war  of  1812,  Fort  Dearborn  became  the  theater  of  stirring- 
events.  The  garrison  consisted  of  fifty-four  men  under  command  of 
Captain  Nathan  Heald,  assisted  by  Lieutenant  Helm  (son-in-law  of  Mrs. 
Kinzie)  and  Ensign  Ronan.  Dr.  Voorhees  was  surgeon.  The  only  resi- 
dents at  the  post  at  that  time  were  the  wives  of  Captain  Heald  and  Lieu- 
tenant Helm,  and  a  few  of  the  soldiers,  Mr.  Kinzie  and  his  family,  and 
a  few  Canadian  voyageurs,  with  their  wives  and  children.  The  soldiers- 
and  Mr.  Kinzie  were  on  most  friendly  terms  with  the  Pottawattamies- 
and  Winnebagos,  the  principal  tribes  around  them,  but  they  could  not 
win  them  from  their  attachment  to  the  British. 

One  evening  in  April,  1812,  Mr.  Kinzie  sat  playing  on  his  violin  and 
his  children  were  dancing  to  the  music,  when  Mrs.  Kinzie  came  rushing 
into  the  house,  pale  with  terror,  and  exclaiming :  "  The  Indians !  the 
Indians!"  "What?  Where?"  eagerly  inquired  Mr.  Kinzie.  "Up 
at  Lee's,  killing  and  scalping,"  answered  the  frightened  mother,  who, 
when  the  alarm  was  given,  was  attending  Mrs.  Barnes  (just  confined) 
living  not  far  off.  Mr.  Kin/ie  and  his  family  crossed  the  river  and  took 
refuge  in  the  fort,  to  which  place  Mrs.  Barnes  and  her  infant  not  a  day 
old  were  safely  conveyed.  The  rest  of  the  inhabitants  took  shelter  in  the 
fort.  This  alarm  was  caused  by  a  scalping  party  of  Winnebagos,  who 
hovered  about  the  fort  several  days,  when  they  disappeared,  and  for  several 
weeks  the  inhabitants  were  undisturbed. 

On  the  7th  of  August,  1812,  General  Hull,  at  Detroit,  sent  orders  to 
Captain  Heald  to  evacuate  Fort  Dearborn,  and  to  distribute  all  the  United 
States  property  to  the  Indians  in  the  neighborhood — a  most  insane  order. 
The  Pottawattamie  chief,  who  brought  the  dispatch,  had  more  wisdom 
than  the  commanding  general.  He  advised  Captain  Heald  not  to  make 
the  distribution.  Said  he  :  "  Leave  the  fort  and  stores  as  they  are,  and 
let  the  Indians  make  distribution  for  themselves ;  and  while  they  are- 
engaged  in  the  business,  the  white  people  may  escape  to  Fort  Wayne." 


HISTORY   OF   THE   STATE   OF    ILLINOIS,  143 

Captain  Heald  held  a  council  with  the  Indians  on  the  afternoon  ot 
the  12th,  in  which  his  officers  refused  to  join,  for  they  had  been  informed 
that  treachery  was  designed — that  the  Indians  intended  to  murder  the 
white  people  in  the  council,  and  then  destroy  those  in  the  fort.  Captain 
Heald,  however,  took  the  precaution  to  open  a  port-hole  displaying  a 
cannon  pointing  directly  upon  the  council,  and  by  that  means  saved 
his  life. 

Mr.  Kinzie,  who  knew  the  Indians  well,  begged  Captain  Heald  not 
to  confide  in  their  promises,  nor  distribute  the  arms  and  munitions  among 
them,  for  it  would  only  put  power  into  their  hands  to  destroy  the  whites. 
Acting  upon  this  advice,  Heald  resolved  to  withhold  the  munitions  of 
war ;  and  on  the  night  of  the  13th,  after  the  distribution  of  the  other 
property  had  been  made,  the  powder,  ball  and  liquors  were  thrown  into* 
the  river,  the  muskets  broken  up  and  destroyed. 

Black  Partridge,  a  friendly  chief,  came  to  Captain  Heald,  and  said : 
"  Linden  birds  have  been  singing  in  my  ears  to-day:  be  careful  on  the 
march  you  are  going  to  take."  On  that  dark  night  vigilant  Indians  had 
crept  near  the  fort  and  discovered  the  destruction  of  their  promised  booty 
going  on  within.  The  next  morning  the  powder  was  seen  floating  on  the 
surface  of  the  river.  The  savages  were  exasperated  and  made  loud  com- 
plaints and  threats. 

On  the  following  day  when  preparations  were  making  to  leave  the 
fort,  and  all  the  inmates  were  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  impend- 
ing danger,  Capt.  Wells,  an  uncle  of  Mrs.  Heald,  was  discovered  upon 
the  Indian  trail  among  the  sand-hills  on  the  borders  of  the  lake,  not  far 
distant,  with  a  band  of  mounted  Miamis,  of  whose  tribe  he  was  chief, 
having  been  adopted  by  the  famous  Miami  warrior,  Little  Turtle.  When 
news  of  Hull's  surrender  reached  Fort  Wayne,  he  had  started  with  this 
force  to  assist  Heald  in  defending  Fort  Dearborn.  He  was  too  late. 
Every  means  for  its  defense  had  been  destroyed  the  night  before,  and 
arrangements  were  made  for  leaving  the  fort  on  the  morning  of  the  15th. 

It  was  a  warm  bright  morning  in  the  middle  of  August.  Indications 
were  positive  that  the  savages  intended  to  murder  the  white  people ;  and 
when  they  moved  out  of  the  southern  gate  of  the  fort,  the  march  was 
like  a  funeral  procession.  The  band,  feeling  the  solemnity  of  the  occa- 
sion, struck  up  the  Dead  March  in  Saul. 

Capt.  Wells,  who  had  blackened  his  face  with  gun-powder  in  token 
of  his  fate,  took  the  lead  with  his  band  of  Miamis,  followed  by  Capt. 
Heald,  with  his  wife  by  his  side  on  horseback.  Mr.  Kinzie  hoped  by  his 
personal  influence  to  avert  the  impending  blow,  and  therefore  accompanied 
them,  leaving  his  family  in  a  boat  in  charge  of  a  friendly  Indian,  to  be 
taken  to  his  trading  station  at  the  site  of  Niles,  Michigan,  in  the  event  OL 
his  death. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE   STATE   OF  ILLINOIS.  145 

The  procession  moved  slowly  along  the  lake  shore  till  they  reached 
the  sand-hills  between  the  prairie  and  the  beach,  when  the  Pottawattamie 
escort,  under  the  leadership  of  Blackbird,  filed  to  the  right,  placing  those 
hills  between  them  and  the  white  people.  Wells,  with  his  Miamis,  had 
kept  in  the  advance.  They  suddenly  came  rushing  back,  Wells  exclaim- 
ing, "  They  are  about  to  attack  us ;  form  instantly."  These  words  were 
quickly  followed  by  a  storm  of  bullets,  which  came  whistling  over  the 
little  hills  which  the  treacherous  savages  had  made  the  covert  for  their 
murderous  attack.  The  white  troops  charged  upon  the  Indians,  drove 
them  back  to  the  prairie,  and  then  the  battle  was  waged  between  fifty- 
four  soldiers,  twelve  civilians  and  three  or  four  women  (the  cowardly 
Miamis  having  fled  at  the  outset)  against  five  hundred  Indian  warriors. 
The  white  people,  hopeless,  resolved  to  sell  their  lives  as  dearly  as  possible. 
Ensign  Ronan  wielded  his  weapon  vigorously,  even  after  falling  upon  his 
knees  weak  from  the  loss  of  blood.  Capt.  Wells,  who  was  by  the  side  of 
his  niece,  Mrs.  Heald,  when  the  conflict  began,  behaved  with  the  greatest 
coolness  and  courage.  He  said  to  her,  "  We  have  not  the  slightest  chance 
for  life.  We  must  part  to  meet  no  more  in  this  world.  God  bless  you." 
And  then  he  dashed  forward.  Seeing  a  young  warrior,  painted  like  a 
demon,  climb  into  a  wagon  in  which  were  twelve  children,  and  tomahawk 
them  all,  he  cried  out,  unmindful  of  his  personal  danger,  "  If  that  is  your 
game,  butchering  women  and  children,  I  will  kill  too."  He  spurred  his 
horse  towards  the  Indian  camp,  where  they  had  left  their  squaws  and 
papooses,  hotly  pursued  by  swift-footed  young  warriors,  who  sent  bullets 
whistling  after  him.  One  of  these  killed  his  horse  and  wounded  him 
severely  in  the  leg.  With  a  yell  the  young  braves  rushed  to  make  him 
their  prisoner  and  reserve  him  for  torture.  He  resolved  not  to  be  made 
a  captive,  and  by  the  use  of  the  most  provoking  epithets  tried  to  induce 
them  to  kill  him  instantly.  He  called  a  fiery  young  chief  a  squaw,  when 
the  enraged  warrior  killed  Wells  instantly  with  his  tomahawk,  jumped 
upon  his  body,  cut  out  his  heart,  and  ate  a  portion  of  the  warm  morsel 
with  savage  delight ! 

In  this  fearful  combat  women  bore  a  conspicuous  part.  Mrs.  Heald 
was  an  excellent  equestrian  and  an  expert  in  the  use  of  the  rifle.  She 
fought  the  savages  bravely,  receiving  several  severe  wounds.  Though 
faint  from  the  loss  of  blood,  she  managed  to  keep  her  saddle.  A  savage 
raised  his  tomahawk  to  kill  her,  when  she  looked  him  full  in  the  face, 
and  with  a  sweet  smile  and  'in  a  gentle  voice  said,  in  his  own  language, 
"  Surely  you  will  not  kill  a  squaw !  "  The  arm  of  the  savage  fell,  and 
the  life  of  the  heroic  woman  was  saved. 

Mrs.  Helm,  the  step-daughter  of  Mr.  Kinzie,  had  an  encounter  with 
a  stout  Indian,  who  attempted  to  tomahawk  her.  Springing  to  one  side, 
she  received  the  glancing  blow  on  her  shoulder,  and  at  the  same  instant 


146  HISTORY  OF  THE  STATE   OF   ILLINOIS; 

seized  the  savage  round  the  neck  with  her  arms  and  endeavored  to  get 
hold  of  his  scalping  knife,  which  hung  in  a  sheath  at  his  breast.  While 
she  was  thus  struggling  she  was  dragged  from  her  antagonist  by  another 
powerful  Indian,  who  bore  her,  in  spite  of  her  struggles,  to  the  margin 
of  the  lake  and  plunged  her  in.  To  her  astonishment  she  was  held  by 
him  so  that  she  would  not  drown,  and  she  soon  perceived  that  she  was 
in  the  hands  of  the  friendly  Black  Partridge,  who  had  saved  her  life. 

The  wife  of  Sergeant  Holt,  a  large  and  powerful  woman,  behaved  as 
bravely  as  an  Amazon.  She  rode  a  fine,  high-spirited  horse,  which  the 
Indians  coveted,  and  several  of  them  attacked  her  with  the  butts  of  their 
guns,  for  the  purpose  of  dismounting  her ;  but  she  used  the  sword  which 
she  had  snatched  from  her  disabled  husband  so  skillfully  that  she  foiled 
them ;  and,  suddenly  wheeling  her  horse,  she  dashed  over  the  prairie, 
followed  by  the  savages  shouting,  "  The  brave  woman  !  the  brave  woman  ! 
Don't  hurt  her !  "  They  finally  overtook  her,  and  while  she  was  fighting 
them  in  front,  a  powerful  savage  came  up  behind  her,  seized  her  by  the 
neck  and  dragged  her  to  the  ground.  Horse  and  woman  were  made 
captives.  Mrs.  Holt  was  a  long  time  a  captive  among  the  Indians,  but 
was  afterwards  ransomed. 

In  this  sharp  conflict  two-thirds  of  the  white  people  were  slain  and 
wounded,  and  all  their  horses,  baggage  and  provision  were  lost.  Only 
twenty-eight  straggling  men  now  remained  to  fight  five  hundred  Indians 
rendered  furious  by  the  sight  of  blood.  They  succeeded  in  breaking- 
through  the  ranks  of  the  murderers  and  gaining  a  slight  eminence  on  the 
prairie  near  the  Oak  Woods.  The  Indians  did  not  pursue,  but  gathered 
on  their  flanks,  while  the  chiefs  held  a  consultation  on  the  sand-hills,  and 
showed  signs  of  willingness  to  parley.  It  would  have  been  madness  on 
the  part  of  the  whites  to  renew  the  fight ;  and  so  Capt.  Heald  went  for- 
ward and  met  Blackbird  on  the  open  prairie,  where  terms  of  surrender 
were  soon  agreed  upon.  It  was  arranged  that  the  white  people  should 
give  up  their  arms  to  Blackbird,  and  that  the  survivors  should  become 
prisoners  of  war,  to  be  exchanged  for  ransoms  as  soon  as  practicable. 
With  this  understanding  captives  and  captors  started  for  the  Indian 
camp  near  the  fort,  to  which  Mrs.  Helm  had  been  taken  bleeding  arfS 
suffering  by  Black  Partridge,  and  had  met  her  step-father  and  learned 
that  her  husband  was  safe.  » 

A  new  scene  of  horror  was  now  opened  at  the  Indian  camp.  The 
wounded,  not  being  included  in  the  terms  of  surrender,  as  it  was  inter- 
preted by  the  Indians,  and  the  British  general,  Proctor,  having  offered  a 
liberal  bounty  for  American  scalps,  delivered  at  Maiden,  nearly  all  the 
wounded  men  were  killed  and  scalped,  and  the  price  of  the  trophies  was 
afterwards  paid  by  the  British  government. 


JAMES  LANG  LEY 

FRANKLIN 


HISTORY    OF    THE    STATE    OF    ILLINOIS. 


149 


SHABBONA. 

This  celebrated  Indian  chief,  whose  portrait  appears  in  this  work, 
deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice.  Although  Shabbona  was  not  so  con- 
spicuous as  Tecumseh  or  Black  Hawk,  yet  in  point  of  merit  he  was 
superior  to  either  of  them. 

Shabbona  was  born  at  an  Indian  village  on  the  Kankakee  River,  now 
in  Will  County,  about  the  year  1775.  While  young  he  was  made  chief  of 
the  band,  and  went  to  Shabbona  Grove,  now  DeKalb  County,  where  they 
were  found  in  the  early  settlement  of  the  county. 

In  tb3  war  of  1812  Shabboua  with  his  warriors  ioined  Tecumseh.  was 


150  HISTORY   OF   THE    STATE    OF    ILLINOIS. 

aid  to  that  great  chief,  and  stood  by  his  side  when  he  fell  at  the  battle  of 
the  Thames.  At  the  time  of  the  Winnebago  war,  in  1827,  he  visited  almost 
every  village  among  the  Pottawatomies,  and  by  his  persuasive  arguments 
prevented  them  from  taking  part  in  the  war.  By  request  of  the  citizens 
of  Chicago,  Shabbona,  accompanied  by  Billy  Caldwell  (Sauganash),  visited 
Big  Foot's  village  at  Geneva  Lake,  in  order  to  pacify  the  warriors,  as  fears 
were  entertained  that  they  were  about  to  raise  the  tomahawk  against  the 
whites.  Here  Shabbona  was  taken  prisoner  by  Big  Foot,  and  his  life 
threatened,  but  on  the  following  day  was  set  at  liberty.  From  that  time 
the  Indians  (through  reproach)  styled  him  "  the  white  man's  friend," 
and  many  times  his  life  was  endangered. 

Before  the  Black  Hawk  war,  Shabbona  met  in  council  at  two  differ- 
ent times,  and  by  his  influence  prevented  his  people  from  taking  part  with 
the  Sacs  and  Foxes.  After  the  death  of  Black  Partridge  and  Senachwine, 
no  chief  among  the  Pottawatomies  exerted  so  much  influence  as  Shabbona. 
Black  Hawk,  aware  of  this  influence,  visited  him  at  two  different  times,  in 
order  to  enlist  him  in  his  cause,  but  was  unsuccessful.  While  Black  Hawk 
was  a  prisoner  at  Jefferson  Barracks,  he  said,  had  it  not  been  for  Shabbona 
the  whole  Pottawatomie  nation  would  have  joined  his  standard,  and  he 
could  have  continued  the  war  for  years. 

To  Shabbona  many  of  the  early  settlers  of  Illinois  owe  the  pres- 
ervation of  their  lives,  for  it  is  a  well-known  fact,  had  he  not  notified  the 
people  of  their  danger,  a  large  portion  of  them  would  have  fallen  victims 
to  the  tomahawk  of  savages.  By  saving  the  lives  of  whites  he  endangered 
his  own,  for  the  Sacs  and  Foxes  threatened  to  kill  him,  and  made  two 
attempts  to  execute  their  threats.  They  killed  Pypeogee,  his  son,  and 
Pyps,  his  nephew,  and  hunted  him  down  as  though  he  was  a  wild  beast. 

Shabbona  had  a  reservation  of  two  sections  of  land  at  his  Grove,  but 
]}y  leaving  it  and  going  west  for  a  short  time,  the  Government  declared 
the  reservation  forfeited,  and  sold  it  the  same  as  other  vacant  land.  On 
Shabbona's  return,  and  finding  his  possessions  gone,  he  was  very  sad  and 
^broken  down  in  spirit,  and  left  the  Grove  for  ever.  The  citizens  of  Ottawa 
raised  money  and  bought  him  a  tract  of  land  on  the  Illinois  River,  above 
Seneca,  in  Grundy  County,  on  which  they  built  a  house,  and  supplied 
him  with  means  to  live  on.  He  lived  here  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
on  the  17th  of  July,  1859,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  and  was 
buried  with  great  pomp  in  the  cemetery  at  Morris.  His  squaw,  Pokanoka, 
was  drowned  in  Mazen  Creek,  Grundy  County,  on  the  30th  of  November, 
1864,  and  was  buried  by  his  side. 

In  1861  subscriptions  were  taken  up  in  many  of  the  river  towns,  to 
-erect  a  monument  over  the  remains  of  Shabbona,  but  the  war  breaking 
out,  the  enterprise  was  abandoned.  Only  a  plain  marble  slab  marks  the 
resting-place  of  this  friend  of  the  white  man. 


ABSTRACT  OF    ILLINOIS    STATE  LAWS. 


BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE  AND  PROMISSORY  NOTES. 

No  promissory  note,  check,  draft,  bill  of  exchange,  order,  or  note,  nego~ 
tiable  instrument  payable  at  sight,  or  on  demand,  or  on  presentment,  shall 
be  entitled  to  days  of  grace.  All  other  bills  of  exchange,  drafts  or  notes  are 
entitled  to  three  days  of  grace.  All  the  above  mentioned  paper  falling 
due  on  Sunday,  New  Years'  Day,  the  Fourth  of  July,  Christmas,  or  any 
day  appointed  or  recommended  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  or 
the  Governor  of  the  State  as  a  day  of  fast  or  thanksgiving,  shall  be  deemed 
as  due  on  the  day  previous,  and  should  two  or  more  of  these  days  come 
together,  then  such  instrument  shall  be  treated  as  due  on  the  day  previous 
to  the  first  of  said  days.  No  defense  can  be  made  against  a  negotiable 
instrument  (assigned  before  due)  in  the  hands  of  the  assignee  without 
notice,  except  fraud  was  used  in  obtaining  the  same.  To  hold  an  indorser, 
due  diligence  must  be  used  by  suit,  in  collecting  of  the  maker,  unless  suit 
would  have  been  unavailing.  Notes  payable  to  person  named  or  to  order, 
in  order  to  absolutely  transfer  title,  must  be  indorsed  by  the  payee.  Notes 
payable  to  bearer  may  be  transferred  by  delivery,  and  when  so  payable 
every  indorser  thereon  is  held  as  a  guarantor  of  payment  unless  otherwise 
expressed. 

In  computing  interest  or  discount  on  negotiable  instruments,  a  month 
shall  be  considered  a  calendar  month  or  twelfth  of  a  year,  and  for  less 
than  a  month,  a  day  shall  be  figured  a  thirtieth  part  of  a  month.  Notes 
only  bear  interest  when  so  expressed,  but  after  due  they  draw  the  legal 
interest,  even  if  not  stated. 

INTEREST. 

The  legal  rate  of  interest  is  six  per  cent.  Parties  may  agree  in  writ- 
ing on  a  rate  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent.  If  a  rate  of  interest  greater 
than  ten  per  cent,  is  contracted  for,  it  works  a  forfeiture  of  the  whole  of 
said  interest,  and  only  the  principal  can  be  recovered. 

DESCENT. 

When  no  will  is  made,  the  property  of  a  deceased  person  is  distrib- 
uted as  follows : 


152  ABSTRACT    OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

First.  To  his  or  her  children  and  their  descendants  in  equal  parts  ; 
the  descendants  of  the  deceased  child  or  grandchild  taking  the  share  of 
their  deceased  parents  in  equal  parts  among  them. 

Second.  Where  there  is  no  child,  nor  descendant  of  such  child,  and 
no  widow  or  surviving  husband,  then  to  the  parents,  brothers  and  sisters- 
of  the  deceased,  and  their  descendants,  in  equal  parts,  the  surviving 
parent,  if  either  be  dead,  taking  a  double  portion  ;  and  if  there  is  no 
parent  living,  then  to  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  the  intestate  and  their 
descendants. 

Third.  When  there  is  a  widow  or  surviving  husband,  and  no  child  or 
children,  or  descendants  of  the  same,  then  one-half  of  the  real  estate  and 
the  whole  of  the  personal  estate  shall  descend  to  such  widow  or  surviving 
husband,  absolutely,  and  the  other  half  of  the  real  estate  shall  descend  as 
in  other  cases  where  there  is  no  child  or  children  or  descendants  of  the 
same. 

Fourth.  When  there  is  a  widow  or  surviving  husband  and  also  a  child 
or  children,  or  descendants  of  the  latter,  then  one  third  of  all  the  personal 
estate  to  the  widow  or  surviving  husband  absolutely. 

Fifth.  If  there  is  no  child,  parent,  brother  or  sister,  or  descendants  of 
either  of  them,  and  no  widow  or  surviving  husband,  then  in  equal  parts 
to  the  next  of  kin  to  the  intestate  in  equal  degree.  Collaterals  shall  not 
be  represented  except  with  the  descendants  of  brothers  and  sisters  of  the 
intestate,  and  there  shall  be  no  distinction  between  kindred  of  the  whole 
and  the  half  blood. 

Sixth.  If  any  intestate  leaves  a  widow  or  surviving  husband  and  no 
kindred,  then  to  such  widow  or  surviving  husband ;  and  if  there  is  no  such 
widow  or  surviving  husband,  it  shall  escheat  to  and  vest  in  the  county 
where  the  same,  or  the  greater  portion  thereof,  is  situated. 

WILLS  AND  ESTATES  OF  DECEASED  PERSONS. 

No  exact  form  of  words  are  necessary  in  order  to  make  a  will  good  at 
law.  Every  male  person  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  every  female 
of  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  can  make  a  valid 
will ;  it  must  be  in  writing,  signed  by  the  testator  or  by  some  one  in  his 
or  her  presence  and  by  his  or  her  direction,  and  attested  by  two  or  more 
credible  witnesses.  Care  should  be  taken  that  the  witnesses  are  not  inter- 
ested in  the  will.  Persons  knowing  themselves  to  have  been  named  in  the 
will  or  appointed  executor,  must  within  thirty  days  of  the  death  of 
deceased  cause  the  will  to  be  proved  and  recorded  in  the  proper  county, 
or  present  it,  and  refuse  to  accept ;  on  failure  to  do  so  are  liable  to  forfeit 
the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  per  month.  Inventory  to  be  made  by  executor 
or  administrator  within  three  months  from  date  of  letters  testamentary  or 


ABSTRACT   OP   ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  168 

of  administration.  Executors'  and  administrators'  compensation  not  ta 
exceed  six  per  cent,  on  amount  of  personal  estate,  and  three  per  cent. 
on  money  realized  from  real  estate,  with  such  additional  allowance  as 
shall  be  reasonable  for  extra  services.  Appraisers'  compensation  $2  pel 
day. 

Notice  requiring  all  claims  to  be  presented  against  the  estate  shall  bd 
given  by  the  executor  or  administrator  within  six  months  of  being  quali- 
fied. Any  person  having  a  claim  and  not  presenting  it  at  the  time  fixed 
by  said  notice  is  required  to  have  summons  issued  notifying  the  executor 
or  administrator  of  his  having  filed  his  claim  in  court ;  in  such  cases  the 
costs  have  to  be  paid  by  the  claimant.  Claims  should  be  filed  within  two 
years  from  the  time  administration  is  granted  on  an  estate,  as  after  that 
time  they  are  forever  barred,  unless  other  estate  is  found  that  was  not  in- 
ventoried. Married  women,  infants,  persons  insane,  imprisoned  or  without 
the  United  States,  in  the  employment  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this 
State,  have  two  years  after  their  disabilities  are  removed  to  file  claims. 

Claims  are  classified  and  paid  out  of  the  estate  in  the  folio  wing  manner: 

First.     Funeral  expenses. 

Second.  The  widow's  award,  if  there  is  a  widow  ;  or  children  if  there 
are  children,  and  no  widow. 

Third.  Expenses  attending  the  last  illness,  not  including  physician's 
bill. 

Fourth.     Debts  due  the  common  school  or  township  fund . 

Fifth.  All  expenses  of  proving  the  will  and  taking  out  letters  testa- 
mentary or  administration,  and  settlement  of  the  estate,  and  the  physi- 
cian's bill  in  the  las^;  illness  of  deceased. 

Sixth.  Where  the  deceased  has  received  money  in  trust  for  any  pur- 
pose, his  executor  or  administrator  shall  pay  out  of  his  estate  the  amount 
received  and  not  accounted  for. 

Seventh.  All  other  debts  and  demands  of  whatsoever  kind,  without 
regard  to  quality  or  dignity,  which  shall  be  exhibited  to  the  court  within 
two  years  from  the  granting  of  letters. 

Award  to  Widow  and  Children,  exclusive  of  debts  and  legacies  or  be- 
quests, except  funeral  expenses : 

First.  The  family  pictures  and  wearing  apparel,  jewels  and  ornaments 
of  herself  and  minor  children. 

Second.     School  books  and  the  family  library  of  the  value  of  $100. 

Third.      One  sewing  machine; 

Fourth.     Necessary  beds,  bedsteads  and  bedding  for  herself  and  family. 

Fifth.  The  stoves  and  pipe  used  in  the  family,  with  the  necessary 
cooking  utensils,  or  in  case  they  have  none,  $50  in  money. 

Sixth.     Household  and  kitchen  furniture  to  the  value  of  $100. 

Seventh.      One  milch  cow  and  calf  for  every  four  members  of  her  family. 


154  ABSTBACT   OF    ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

Eighth.  Two  sheep  for  each  member  of  her  family,  and  the  fleeces 
taken  from  the  same,  and  one  horse,  saddle  and  bridle. 

Ninth.     Provisions  for  herself  and  family  for  one  year. 

Tenth.     Food  for  the  stock  above  specified  for  six  months. 

Eleventh.     Fuel  for  herself  and  family  for  three  months. 

Twelfth.  One  hundred  dollars  worth  of  other  property  suited  to  her 
condition  in  life,  to  be  selected  by  the  widow. 

The  widow  if  she  elects  may  have  in  lieu  of  the.  said  award,  the  same 
personal  property  or  money  in  place  thereof  as  is  or  may  be  exempt  from 
execution  or  attachment  against  the  head  of  a  family. 

TAXES. 

The  owners  of  real  and  personal  property,  on  the  first  day  of  May  in 
each  year,  are  liable  for  the  taxes  thereon. 

Assessments  should  be  completed  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  June, 
at  which  time  the  town  board  of  review  meets  to  examine  assessments, 
hear  objections,  and  make  such  changes  as  ought  to  be  made.  The  county 
board  have  also  power  to  correct  or  change  assessments. 

The  tax  books  are  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  town  collector  on  or 
before  the  tenth  day  of  December,  who  retains  them  until  the  tenth  day 
of  March  following,  when  he  is  required  to  return  them  to  the  county 
treasurer,  who  then  collects  all  delinquent  taxes. 

No  costs  accrue  on  real  estate  taxes  till  advertised,  which  takes  place 
the  first  day  of  April,  when  three  weeks'  notice  is  required  before  judg- 
ment. Cost  of  advertising,  twenty  cents  each  tract  of  land,  and  ten  cents 
each  lot.  « 

Judgment  is  usually  obtained  at  May  term  of  County  Court.  Costs 
six  cents  each  tract  of  land,  and  five  cents  each  lot.  Sale  takes  place  in 
June.  Costs  in  addition  to  those  before  mentioned,  twenty-eight  cent* 
each  tract  of  land,  and  twenty-seven  cents  each  town  lot. 

Real  estate  sold  for  taxes  may  be  redeemed  any  time  before  the  expi- 
ration of  two  years  from  the  date  of  sale,  by  payment  to  the  County  Clerk 
of  the  amount  for  which  it  was  sold  and  twenty-five  per  cent,  thereon  if 
redeemed  within  six  months,  fifty  per  cent,  if  between  six  and  twelve 
months,  if  between  twelve  and  eighteen  months  seventy-five  per  cent., 
and  if  between  eighteen  months  and  two  years  one  hundred  per  cent., 
and  in  addition,  all  subsequent  taxes  paid  by  the  purchaser,  with  ten  per 
cent,  interest  thereon,  also  one  dollar  each  tract  if  notice  is  given  by  the 
purchaser  of  the  sale,  and  a  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  to  the  clerk  for  his 
certificate. 

JURISDICTION  OF  COURTS. 

Justices  have  jurisdiction  in  all  civil  cases  on  contracts  for  the  recovery/ 
of  moneys  for  damages  for  injury  to  real  property,  or  taking,  detaining,,  or 


ABSTRACT   OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  155 

injuring  personal  property ;  for  rent;  for  all  cases  to  recover  damages  done 
real  or  personal  property  by  railroad  companies,  in  actions  of  replevin,  and 
in  actions  for  damages  for  fraud  in  the  sale,  purchase,  or  exchange  of  per- 
sonal property,  when  the  amount  claimed  as  due  is  not  over  $200.  They 
have  also  jurisdiction  in  all  cases  for  violation  of  the  ordinances  of  cities, 
towns  or  villages.  A  justice  of  the  peace  may  orally  order  an  officer  or  a 
private  person  to  arrest  any  one  committing  or  attempting  to  commit  a 
criminal  offense.  He  also  upon  complaint  can  issue  his  warrant  for  the 
arrest  of  any  person  accused  of  having  committed  a  crime,  and  have  him 
brought  before  him  for  examination. 

COUNTY  COURTS 

Have  jurisdiction  in  all  matters  of  probate  (except  in  counties  having  a 
population  of  one  hundred  thousand  or  over),  settlement  of  estates  of 
deceased  persons,  appointment  of  guardians  and  conservators,  and  settle- 
ment of  their  accounts ;  all  matters  relating  to  apprentices ;  proceedings 
for  the  collection  of  taxes  and  assessments,  and  in  proceedings  of  executors^ 
administrators,  guardians  and  conservators  for  the  sale  of  real  estate.  In 
law  cases  they  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  with  Circuit  Courts  in  all 
cases  where  justices  of  the  peace  now  have,  or  hereafter  may  have,, 
jurisdiction  when  the  amount  claimed  shall  not  exceed  $1,000,  and  in  all 
criminal  offenses  where  the  punishment  is  not  imprisonment  in  the  peni- 
tentiary, or  death,  and  in  all  cases  of  appeals  from  justices  of  the  peace 
and  police  magistrates ;  excepting  when  the  county  judge  is  sitting  as  a 
justice  of  the  peace.  Circuit  Courts  have  unlimited  jurisdiction. 

LIMITATION  OF  ACTION. 

Accounts  five  years.  Notes  and  written  contracts  ten  years.  Judg- 
ments twenty  years.  Partial  payments  or  new  promise  in  writing,  within 
or  after  said  period,  will  revive  the  debt.  Absence  from  the  State  deducted, 
and  when  the  cause  of  action  is  barred  by  the  law  of  another  State,  it  has 
the  same  effect  here.  Slander  and  libel,  one  year.  Personal  injuries,  two 
years.  To  recover  land  or  make  entry  thereon,  twenty  years.  Action  to 
foreclose  mortgage  or  trust  deed,  or  make  a  sale,  within  ten  years. 

All  persons  in  possession  of  land,  and  paying  taxes  for  seven  consecu- 
tive years,  with  color  of  title,  and  all  persons  paying  taxes  for  seven  con- 
secutive years,  with  color  of  title,  on  vacant  land,  shall  be  held  to  be  the 
legal  owners  to  the  extent  of  their  paper  title. 

MARRIED  WOMEN 

May  sue  and  be  sued.  Husband  and  wife  not  liable  for  each  other's  debts^ 
either  before  or  after  marriage,  but  both  are  liable  for  expenses  and  edu- 
cation of  the  family. 


156  ABSTRACT    OF   ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS. 

She  may  contract  the  same  as  if  unmarried.,  except  that  in  a  partner- 
ship business  she  can  not,  without  consent  of  her  husband,  unless  he  has 
abandoned  or  deserted  her,  or  is  idiotic  or  insane,  or  confined  in  peniten- 
tiary ;  she  is  entitled  and  can  recover  her  own  earnings,  but  neither  hus- 
band nor  wife  is  entitled  to  compensation  for  any  services  rendered  for  the 
other.  At  the  death  of  the  husband,  in  addition  to  widow's  award,  a 
married  woman  has  a  dower  interest  (one-third)  in  all  real  estate  owned 
by  her  husband  after  their  marriage,  and  which  has  not  been  released  by 
her,  and  the  husband  has  the  same  interest  in  the  real  estate  of  the  wife 
at  her  death. 

EXEMPTIONS  FROM  FORCED  SALE. 

Home  worth  $1,000,  and  the  following  Personal  Property :  Lot  of  ground 
and  buildings  thereon,  occupied  as  a  residence  by  the  debtor,  being  a  house- 
holder and  having  a  family,  to  the  value  of  $1,000.  Exemption  continues 
after  the  death  of  the  householder  for  the  benefit  of  widow  and  family,  some 
one  of  them  occupying  the  homestead  until  youngest  child  shall  become 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  until  death  of  widow.  There  is  no  exemption 
from  sale  for  taxes,  assessments,  debt  or  liability  incurred  for  the  purchase 
or  improvement  of  said  homestead.  No  release  or  waiver  of  exemption  is 
valid,  unless  in  writing,  and  subscribed  by  such  householder  and  wife  (if 
he  have  one),  and  acknowledged  as  conveyances  of  real  estate  are  required 
to  be  acknowledged.  The  following  articles  of  personal  property  owned 
by  the  debtor,  are  exempt  from  execution,  writ  of  attachment,  and  distress 
for  rent :  The  necessary  wearing  apparel,  Bibles,  school  books  and  family 
pictures  of  every  person  ;  and,  2d,  one  hundred  dollars  worth  of  other 
property  to  be  selected  by  the  debtor,  and,  in  addition,  when  the  debtor 
is  the  head  of  a  family  and  resides  with  the  same,  three  hundred  dollars 
worth  of  other  property  to  be  selected  by  the  debtor ;  provided  that  such 
selection  and  exemption  shall  not  be  made  by  the  debtor  or  allowed  to 
him  or  her  from  any  money,  salary  or  wages  due  him  or  her  from  any 
person  or  persons  or  corporations  whatever. 

When  the  head  of  a  family  shall  die,  desert  or  not  reside  with  the 
same,  the  family  shall  be  entitled  to  and  receive  all  the  benefit  and  priv- 
ileges which  are  by  this  act  conferred  upon  the  head  of  a  family  residing 
with  the  same.  No  personal  property  is  exempt  from  execution  when 
judgment  is  obtained  for  the  wages  of  laborers  or  servants.  Wages  of  a 
laborer  who  is  the  head  of  a  family  can  not  be  garnisheed,  except  the  sum 
due  him  be  in  excess  of  $25. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS.  157 

DEEDS  AND  MORTGAGES. 

To  be  valid  there  must  be  a  valid  consideration.  Special  care  should 
be  taken  to  have  them  signed,  sealed,  delivered,  and  properly  acknowl- 
edged, with  the  proper  seal  attached.  Witnesses  are  not  required.  The 
acknowledgement  must  be  made  in  this  state,  before  Master  in  Chancery, 
Notary  Public,  United  States  Commissioner,  Circuit  or  County  Clerk,  Justice 
of  Peace,  or  any  Court  of  Record  having  a  seal,  or  any  Judge,  Justice,  or 
Clerk  of  any  such  Court.  When  taken  before  a  Notary  Public,  or  United 
States  Commissioner,  the  same  shall  be  attested  by  his  official  seal,  when 
taken  before  a  Court  or  the  Clerk  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  attested  by 
the  seal  of  such  Court,  and  when  taken  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  resid- 
ing out  of  the  county  where  the  real  estate  to  be  conveyed  lies,  there  shall 
be  added  a  certificate  of  the  County  Clerk  under  his  seal  of  office,  that  he 
was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  the  county  at  the  time  of  taking  the  same. 
A  deed  is  good  without  such  certificace  attached,  but  can  not  be  used  in 
evidence  unless  such  a  certificate  is  produced  or  other  competent  evidence 
introduced.  Acknowledgements  made  out  of  the  state  must  either  be 
executed  according  to  the  laws  of  this  state,  or  there  should  be  attached 
a  certificate  that  it  is  in  conformity  with  the  laws  of  the  state  or  country 
where  executed.  Where  this  is  not  done  the  same  may  be  proved  by  any 
other  legal  way.  Acknowledgments  where  the  Homestead  rights  are  to 
be  waived  must  state  as  follows :  "  Including  the  release  and  waiver  of 
the  right  of  homestead." 

Notaries  Public  can  take  acknowledgements  any  where  in  the  state. 

Sheriffs,  if  authorized  by  the  mortgagor  of  real  or  personal  property 
in  his  mortgage,  may  sell  the  property  mortgaged. 

In  the  case  of  the  death  of  grantor  or  holder  of  the  equity  of  redemp- 
tion of  real  estate  .mortgaged,  or  conveyed  by  deed  of  trust  where  equity 
of  redemption  is  waived,  and  it  contains  power  of  sale,  must  be  foreclosed 
in  the  same  manner  as  a  common  mortgage  in  court. 

ESTRAYS. 

Horses,  mules,  asses,  neat  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  or  goats  found  straying 
at  any  time  during  the  year,  in  counties  where  such  animals  are  not  allowed 
to  run  at  large,  or  between  the  last  day  of  October  and  the  15th  day  of 
April  in  other  counties,  the  owner  thereof  being  unknown,  may  be  taken  up 
as  estrays. 

No  person  not  a  householder  in  the  county  where  estray  is  found  can 
lawfully  take  up  an  estray,  and  then  only  upon  or  about  his  farm  or  place 
of  residence.  Estrays  should  not  be  used  before  advertised,  except  animals 
giving  milk,  which  may  be  milked  for  their  benefit. 


158  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

Notices  must  be  posted  up  within  five  (5)  days  in  three  (3)  of  the 
most  public  places  in  the  town  or  precinct  in  which  estray  was  found,  giv- 
ing the  residence  of  the  taker  up,  and  a  particular  description  of  the 
estray,  its  age,  color,  and  marks  natural  and  artificial,  and  stating  before 
what  justice  of  the  peace  in  such  town  or  precinct,  and  at  what  time,  not 
less  than  ten  (10)  nor  more  than  fifteen  (15)  days  from  the  time  of  post- 
ing such  notices,  he  will  apply  to  have  the  estray  appraised. 

A  copy  of  such  notice  should  be  filed  by  the  taker  up  with  the  town 
cleric,  whose  duty  it  is  to  enter  the  same  at  large,  in  a  book  kept  by  him 
for  that  purpose. 

If  the  owner  of  estray  shall  not  have  appeared  and  proved  ownership, 
and  taken  the  same  away,  first  paying  the  taker  up  his  reasonable  charges 
for  taking  up,  keeping,  and  advertising  the  same,  the  taker  up  shall  appear 
before  the  justice  of  the  peace  mentioned  in  above  mentioned  notice,  and 
make  an  affidavit  as  required  by  law. 

As  the  affidavit  has  to  be  made  before  the  justice,  and  all  other  steps  as 
to  appraisement,  etc.,  are  before  him,  who  is  familiar  therewith,  they  are 
therefore  omitted  here. 

Any  person  taking  up  an  estray  at  any  other  place  than  about  or 
upon  his  farm  or  residence,  or  without  complying  with  the  law,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  fine  of  ten  dollars  with  costs. 

Ordinary  diligence  is  required  in  taking  care  of  estrays,  but  in  case 
they  die  or  get  away  the  taker  is  not  liable  for  the  same. 

GAME. 

It  is  unlawful  for  any  person  to  kill,  or  attempt  to  kill  or  destroy,  in 
any  manner,  any  prairie  hen  or  chicken  or  woodcock  between  the  15th  day 
of  January  and  the  1st  day  of  September ;  or  any  deer,  fawn,  wild-turkey, 
partridge  or  pheasant  between  the  1st  day  of  February  and  the  1st  day 
of  October ;  or  any  quail  between  the  1st  day  of  February  and  1st  day  of 
November ;  or  any  wild  goose,  duck,  snipe,  brant  or  other  water  fowl 
between  the  1st  day  of  May  and  15th  day  of  August  in  each  year. 
Penalty :  Fine  not  less  than  $5  nor  more  than  $25,  for  each  bird  or 
animal,  and  costs  of  suit,  and  stand  committed  to  county  jail  until  fine  is 
paid,  but  not  exceeding  ten  days.  It  is  unlawful  to  hunt  with  gun,  dog 
or  net  within  the  inclosed  grounds  or  lands  of  another  without  permission. 
Penalty:  Fine  not  less  than  $3  nor  more  than  $100,  to  be  paid  into 
school  fund. 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

"Whenever  any  of  the  following  articles  shall  be  contracted  for,  or 
sold  or  delivered,  and  no  special  contract  or  agreement  shall  be  made  to 
the  contrary,  the  weight  per  bushel  shall  be  as  follows,  to-wit : 


ABSTRACT   OF    ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  159 


Pounds. 

Stone  Coal,     -  -  80 

Unslacked  Lime,  -       80 

Corn  in  the  ear,        -  -  70 

Wheat,  -       60 

Irish  Potatoes,  -  60 

White  Beans,       -  -       60 

Clover  Seed,   -  -  60 

Onions,  -       57 

Shelled  Corn,  -  56 

Rye,    -  -       56 

Flax  Seed,       -  -  56 

Sweet  Potatoes,  -  -       55 

Turnips,  -  55 

Fine  Salt,   -         -  55 


Buckwheat,     - 
Coarse  Salt, 
Barley,    - 
Corn  Meal, 
Castor  Beans, 
Timothy  Seed,     - 
Hemp  Seed,    - 
Malt,  - 

Dried  Peaches, 
Oats,  - 
Dried  Apples, 
Bran,  - 

Blue  Grass  Seed, 
Hair  (plastering), 


Pounds. 


Penalty  for  giving  less  than  the  above  standard  is  double  the  amount 
of  property  wrongfully  not  given,  and  ten  dollars  addition  thereto. 

MILLERS. 

The  owner  or  occupant  of  every  public  grist  mill  in  this  state  shall 
grind  all  grain  brought  to  his  mill  in  its  turn.  The  toll  for  both  steam 
and  water  mills,  is,  for  grinding  and  bolting  wheat,  rye,  or  other  grain,  one 
eighth  part;  for  grinding  Indian  corn,  oats,  barley  and  buckwheat  not 
required  to  be  bolted,  one  seventh  part;  for  grinding  malt,  and  chopping  all 
kinds  of  grain,  one  eighth  part.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  miller  when  his 
mill  is  in  repair,  to  aid  and  assist  in  loading  and  unloading  all  grain  brought 
to  him  to  be  ground,  and  he  is  also  required  to  keep  an  accurate  half 
bushel  measure,  and  an  accurate  set  of  toll  dishes  or  scales  for  weighing 
the  grain.  The  penalty  for  neglect  or  refusal  to  comply  with  the  law  is 
$ 5,  to  the  use  of  any  person  to  sue  for  the  same,  to  be  recovered  before 
any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  county  where  penalty  is  incurred.  Millers 
are  accountable  for  the  safe  keeping  of  all  grain  left  in  his  mill  for  the 
purpose  of  being  ground,  with  bags  or  casks  containing  same  (except  it 
results  from  unavoidable  accidents),  provided  that  such  bags  or  casks  are 
distinctly  marked  with  the  initial  letters  of  the  owner's  name. 

MARKS  AND  BRANDS. 

Owners  of  catfle,  horses,  hogs,  sheep  or  goats  may  have  one  ear  mark 
and  one  brand,  but  which  shall  be  different  from  his  neighbor's,  and  may 
be  recorded  by  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  such  property  is 
kept.  The  fee  for  such  record  is  fifteen  cents.  The  record  of  such  shall 
be  open  to  examination  free  of  charge.  In  cases  of  disputes  as  to  marks 
or  brands,  such  record  is  prima  facie  evidence.  Owners  of  cattle,  horses, 
hogs,  sheep  or  goats  that  may  have  been  branded  by  the  former  owner, 


160  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

may  be  re-branded  in  presence  of  one  or  more  of  his  neighbors,  who  shall 
oertify  to  the  facts  of  the  marking  or  branding  being  done,  when  done, 
and  in  what  brand  or  mark  they  were  re-brauded  or  re-marked,  which 
certificate  may  also  be  recorded  as  before  stated. 

ADOPTION  OF  CHILDREN. 

Children  may  be  adopted  by  any  resident  of  this  state,  by  filing  a 
petition  in  the  Circuit  or  County  Court  of  the  county  in  which  he  resides, 
asking  leave  to  do  so,  and  if  desired  may  ask  that  the  name  of  the  child 
be  changed.  Such  petition,  if  made  by  a  person  having  a  husband  or 
wife,  will  not  be  granted,  unless  the  husband  or  wife  joins  therein,  as  the 
adoption  must  be  by  them  jointly. 

The  petition  shall  state  name,  sex,  and  age  of  the  child,  and  the  new 
name,  if  it  is  desired  to  change  the  name.  Also  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  parents  of  the  child,  if  known,  and  of  the  guardian,  if  any,  and 
whether  the  parents  or  guardians  consent  to  the  adoption. 

The  court  must  find,  before  granting  decree,  that  the  parents  of  the 
child,  or  the  survivors  of  them,  have  deserted  his  or  her  family  or  such 
child  for  one  year  next  preceding  the  application,  or  if  neither  are  living, 
the  guardian ;  if  no  guardian,  the  next  of  kin  in  this  state  capable  of  giving 
consent,  has  had  notice  of  the  presentation  of  the  petition  and  consents 
to  such  adoption.  If  the  child  is  of  the  age  of  fourteen  years  or  upwards, 
the  adoption  can  not  be  made  without  its  consent. 

SURVEYORS  AND  SURVEYS. 

There  is  in  every  county  elected  a  surveyor  known  as  county  sur- 
veyor, who  has  power  to  appoint  deputies,  for  whose  official  acts  he  is 
responsible.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  county  surveyor,  either  by  himself  or 
his  deputy,  to  make  all  surveys  that  he  may  be  called  upon  to  make  within 
his  county  as  soon  as  may  be  after  application  is  made.  The  necessary 
chainmen  and  other  assistance  must  be  employed  by  the  person  requiring 
the  same  to  be  done,  and  to  be  by  him  paid,  unless  otherwise  agreed ;  but 
the  chainmen  must  be  disinterested  persons  and  approved  by  the  surveyor 
and  sworn  by  him  to  measure  justly  and  impartially. 

The  County  Board  in  each  county  is  required  by  law  to  provide  a  copy 
of  the  United  States  field  notes  and  plats  of  their  purveys  of  the  lands 
in  the  county  to  be  kept  in  the  recorder's  office  subject  to  examination 
by  the  public,  and  the  county  surveyor  is  required  to  make  his  surveys 
in  conformity  to  said  notes,  plats  and  the  laws  of  the  United  States  gov- 
erning such  matters.  The  surveyor  is  also  required  to  keep  a  record 
of  all  surveys  made  by  him,  which  shall  be  subject  to  inspection  by  any 
one  interested,  and  shall  be  delivered  up  to  his  successor  in  office.  A 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  161 

certified  copy  of  the  said  surveyor's  record  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 
of  its  contents. 

The  fees  of  county  surveyors  are  six  dollars  per  day.  The  county 
surveyor  is  also  ex  officio  inspector  of  mines,  and  as  such,  assisted  by  some 
practical  miner  selected  by  him,  shall  once  each  year  inspect  all  the 
*mines  in  the  county,  for  which  they  shall  each  receive  such  compensa- 
tion as  may  be  fixed  by  the  County  Board,  not  exceeding  $5  a  day,  to- 
be  paid  out  of  the  county  treasury. 

ROADS  AND  BRIDGES. 

Where  practicable  from  the  nature  of  the  ground,  persons  traveling- 
in  any  kind  of  vehicle,  must  turn  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  the  road,  so 
as  to  permit  each  carriage  to  pass  without  interfering  with  each  other. 
The  penalty  for  a  violation  of  this  provision  is  $5  for  every  offense,  to- 
be  recovered  by  the  party  injured;  but  to  recover,  there  must  have 
occurred  some  injury  to  person  or  property  resulting  from  the  violation. 
The  owners  of  any  carriage  traveling  upon  any  road  in  this  State  for  the 
conveyance  of  passengers  who  shall  employ  or  continue  in  his  employment 
as  driver  any  person  who  is  addicted  to  drunkenness,  or  the  excessive  use  of 
spiritous  liquors,  after  he  has  had  notice  of  the  same,  shall  forfeit,  at  the 
rate  of  $5  per  day,  and  if  any  driver  while  actually  engaged  in  driving 
any  such  carriage,  shall  be  guilty  of  intoxication  to  such  a  degree  as  to 
endanger  the  safety  of  passengers,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner,  on 
receiving  written  notice  of  the  fact,  signed  by  one  of  the  passengers,  and 
certified  by  him  on  oath,  forthwith  to  discharge  such  driver.  If  such  owner 
shall  have  such  driver  in  his  employ  within  three  months  after  such  notice, 
he  is  liable  for  $5  per  day  for  the  time  he  shall  keep  said  driver  in  his 
employment  after  receiving  such  notice. 

Persons  driving  any  carriage  on  any  public  highway  are  prohibited 
from  running  their  horses  upon  any  occasion  under  a  penalty  of  a  fine  not 
exceeding  $10,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  court.  Horses  attached  to  any  carriage  used  to  convey  passen- 
gers for  hire  must  be  properly  hitched  or  the  lines  placed  in  the  hands  of 
some  other  person  before  the  driver  leaves  them  for  any  purpose.  For 
violation  of  this  provision  each  driver  shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars,  to  be 
recovered  by  action,  to  be  commenced  within  six  months.  It  is  under- 
stood by  the  term  carriage  herein  to  mean  any  carriage  or  vehicle  used 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers  or  goods  or  either  of  them. 

The  commissioners  of  highways  in  the  different  tov/ns  have  the  care 
and  superintendence  of  highways  and  bridges  therein.  They  have  all 
the  powers  necessary  to  lay  out,  vacate,  regulate  and  repair  all  roads* 
build  and  repair  bridges.  In  addition  to  the  above,  it  is  their  duty  to- 
erect  and  keep  in  repair  at  the  forks  or  crossing-place  of  the  most 


162  ABSTRACT  OP  ILLINOIS  STATE  LAWS. 

important  roads  post  and  guide  boards  with  plain  inscriptions,  giving 
directions  and  distances  to  the  most  noted  places  to  which  such  road  may 
lead ;  also  to  make  provisions  to  prevent  thistles,  burdock,  and  cockle 
burrs,  mustard,  yellow  dock,  Indian  mallow  and  jimson  weed  from 
seeding,  and  to  extirpate  the  same  as  far  as  practicable,  and  to  prevent 
all  rank  growth  of  vegetation  on  the  public  highways  so  far  as  the  same- 
may  obstruct  public  travel,  and  it  is  in  their  discretion  to  erect  watering 
places  for  public  use  for  watering  teams  at  such  points  as  may  be  deemed 
advisable. 

The  Commissioners,  on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  May  of  each  year, 
shall  make  out  and  deliver  to  their  treasurer  a  list  of  all  able-bodied  men 
in  their  town,  excepting  paupers,  idiots,  lunatics,  and  such  others  as  are 
exempt  by  law,  and  assess  against  each  the  sum  of  two  dollars  as  a  poll 
tax  for  highway  purposes.  Within  thirty  days  after  such  list  is  delivered 
they  shall  cause  a  written  or  printed  notice  to  be  given  to  each  person  so 
assessed,  notifying  him  of  the  time  when  and  place  where  such  tax  must 
be  paid,  or  its  equivalent  in  labor  performed  ;  they  may  contract  with 
persons  owing  such  poll  tax  to  perform  a  certain  amount  of  labor  on  any 
road  or  bridge  in  payment  of  the  same,  and  if  such  tax  is  not  paid  nor 
labor  performed  by  the  first  Monday  of  July  of  such  year,  or  within  ten 
days  after  notice  is  given  after  that  time,  they  shall  bring  suit  therefor 
against  such  person  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  who  shall  hear  and 
determine  the  case  according  to  law  for  the  offense  complained  of,  and 
shall  forthwith  issue  an  execution,  directed  to  any  constable  of  the  county 
where  the  delinquent  shall  reside,  who  shall  forthwith  collect  the  moneys 
therein  mentioned. 

The  Commissioners  of  Highways  of  each  town  shall  annually  ascer- 
tain, as  near  as  practicable,  how  much  money  must  be  raised  by  tax  on  real 
and  personal  property  for  the  making  and  repairing  of  roads,  only,  to  any 
amount  they  may  deem  necessarj1-,  not  exceeding  forty  cents  on  each  one 
hundred  dollars'  worth,  as  valued  on  the  assessment  roll  of  the  previous 
year.  The  tax  so  levied  on  property  lying  within  an  incorporated  village, 
town  or  city,  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  corporate  authorities  of  such  town, 
village  or  city.  Commissioners  shall  receive  $1.50  for  each  day  neces- 
sarily employed  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty. 

Overseers.  At  the  first  meeting  the  Commissioners  shall  choose  one 
of  their  number  to  act  General  Overseer  of  Highways  in  their  township, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  take  charge  of  and  safely  keep  all  tools,  imple- 
ments and  machinery  belonging  to  said  town,  and  shall,  by  the  direction 
of  the  Board,  have  general  supervision  of  all  roads  and  bridges  in  their 
town. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS.  163 

As  all  township  and  county  officers  are  familiar  with  their  duties,  it 
is  only  intended  to  give  the  points  of  the  law  that  the  public  should  be 
familiar  with.  The  manner  of  laying  out,  altering  or  vacating  roads,  etc., 
will  not  be  here  stated,  as  it  would  require  more  space  than  is  contem- 
plated in  a  work  of  this  kind.  It  is  sufficient  to  state  that,  the  first  step 
is  by  petition,  addressed  to  the  Commissioners,  setting  out  what  is  prayed 
for,  giving  the  names  of  the  owners  of  lands  if  known,  if  not  known  so 
state,  over  which  the  road  is  to  pass,  giving  the  general  course,  its  place 
of  beginning,  and  where  it  terminates.  It  requires  not  less  than  twelve 
freeholders  residing  within  three  miles  of  the  road  who  shall  sign  the 
petition.  Public  roads  must  not  be  less  than  fifty  feet  wide,  nor  more 
than  sixty  feet  wide.  Roads  not  exceeding  two  miles  in  length,  if  peti- 
tioned for,  may  be  laid  out,  not  less  than  forty  feet.  Private  roads 
for  private  and  public  use,  may  be  laid  out  of  the  width  of  three  rods,  on 
petition  of  the  person  directly  interested  ;  the  damage  occasioned  thereby 
shall  be  paid  by  the  premises  benefited  thereby,  and  before  the  road  is 
opened.  If  not  opened  in  two  years,  the  order  shall  be  considered 
rescinded.  Commissioners  in  their  discretion  may  permit  persons  who 
live  on  or  have  private  roads,  to  work  out  their  road  tax  thereon.  Public 
roads  must  be  opened  in  five  days  from  date  of  filing  order  of  location, 
or  be  deemed  vacated. 

DRAINAGE. 

Whenever  one  or  more  owners  or  occupants  of  land  desire  to  construct 
i  drain,  or  ditch  across  the  land  of  others  for  agricultural,  sanitary  or 
mining  purposes,  the  proceedings  are  as  follows: 

File  a  petition  in  the  Circuit  or  County  Court  of  the  county  in  which 
the  proposed  ditch  or  drain  is  to  be  constructed,  setting  forth  the  neces- 
sity for  the  same,  with  a  description  of  its  proposed  starting  point,  route 
and  terminus,  and  if  it  shall  be  necessary  for  the  drainage  of  the  land  or 
coal  mines  or  for  sanitary  purposes,  that  a  drain,  ditch,  levee  or  similar 
work  be  constructed,  a  description  of  the  same.  It  shall  also  set  forth 
the  names  of  all  persons  owning  the  land  over  which  such  drain  or  ditch 
shall  be  constructed,  or  if  unknown  stating  that  fact. 

No  private  property  shall  be  taken  or  damaged  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  a  ditch,  drain  or  levee,  without  compensation,  if  claimed  by 
the  owner,  the  same  to  be  ascertained  by  a  jury ;  but  if  the  construction 
of  such  ditch,  drain  or  levee  shall  be  *a  benefit  to  the  owner,  the  same 
shall  be  a  set  off  against  such  compensation. 

If  the  proceedings  seek  to  affect  the  property  of  a  minor,  lunatic  or 
married  woman,  the  guardian,  conservator  or  husband  of  the  same  shall 
be  made  party  defendant.  The  petition  may  be  amended  and  parties 
made  defendants  at  any  time  when  it  is  necessary  to  a  fair  trial. 


164  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 

When  the  petition  is  presented  to  the  judge,  he  shall  note  therein 
when  he  will  hear  the  same,  and  order  the  issuance  of  summonses  a*id 
the  publication  of  notice  to  each  non-resident  or  unknown  defendant. 

The  petition  may  be  heard  by  such  judge  in  vacation  as  well  as  in 
term  time.  Upon  the  trial,  the  jury  shall  ascertain  the  just  compensation 
to  each  owner  of  the  property  sought  to  be  damaged  by  the  construction 
of  such  ditch,  drain  or  levee,  and  truly  report  the  same. 

As  it  is  only  contemplated  in  a  work  of  this  kind  to  give  an  abstract 
of  the  laws,  and  as  the  parties  who  have  in  charge  the  execution  of  the 
further  proceedings  are  likely  to  be  familiar  with  the  requirements  of  the 
statute,  the  necessary  details  are  not  here  inserted. 

WOLF  SCALPS. 

The  County  Board  of  any  county  in  this  State  may  hereafter  allww 
such  bounty  on  wolf  scalps  as  the  board  may  deem  reasonable. 

Any  person  claiming  a  bounty  shall  produce  the  scalp  or  scalps  with 
the  ears  thereon,  within  sixty  days  after  the  wolf  or  wolves  shall  have 
been  caught,  to  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Board,  who  shall  administer  to 
said  person  ^he  following  oath  or  affirmation,  to-wit:  "You  do  solemnly 
swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be),  that  the  scalp  or  scalps  here  pro- 
duced by  you  was  taken  from  a  wolf  or  wolves  killed  and  first  captured 
by  yourself  within  the  limits  of  this  county,  and  within  the  sixty  days 
last  past." 

CONVEYANCES. 

When  the  reversion  expectant  on  a  lease  of  any  tenements  or  here- 
ditaments of  any  tenure  shall  be  surrendered  or  merged,  the  estate  which 
shall  for  the  time  being  confer  as  against  the  tenant  under  the  same  lease 
the  next  vested  right  to  the  same  tenements  or  hereditaments,  shall,  to 
the  extent  and  for  the  purpose  of  preserving  such  incidents  to  and  obli- 
gations on  the  same  reversion,  as  but  for  the  surrender  or  merger  thereof, 
would  have  subsisted,  be  deemed  the  reversion  expectant  on  the  same 
lease. 

PAUPERS. 

Every  poor  person  who  shall  be  unable  to  earn  a  livelihood  in  conse- 
quence ot  any  bodily  infirmity,  idiocy,  lunacy  or  unavoidable  cause,  shall 
be  supported  by  the  father,  grand-father,  mother,  grand-mother,  children, 
grand-children,  brothers  or  sisters  of  such  poor  person,  if  they  or  either 
of  them  be  of  sufficient  ability ;  but  if  any  of  such  dependent  class  shall 
have  become  so  from  intemperance  or  other  bad  conduct,  they  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  support  from  any  relation  except  parent  or  child. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  167 

The  children  shall  first  be  called  on  to  support  their  parents,  if  they 
are  able  ;  but  if  not,  the  parents  of  such  poor  person  shall  then  be  called 
on,  if  of  sufficient  ability ;  and  if  there  be  no  parents  or  children  able, 
then  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  such  dependent  person  shall  be  called 
upon  ;  and  if  there  be  no  brothers  or  sisters  of  sufficient  ability,  the 
grand-children  of  such  person  shall  next  be  called  on ;  and  if  they  are 
not  able,  then  the  grand-parents.  Married  females,  while  their  husbands 
live,  shall  not  be  liable  to  contribute  for  the  support  of  their  poor  relations 
except  out  of  their  separate  property.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  state's 
(county)  attorney,  to  make  complaint  to  the  County  Court  of  his  county 
against  all  the  relatives  of  such  paupers  in  this  state  liable  to  his  support 
and  prosecute  the  same.  In  case  the  state's  attorney  neglects,  or  refuses,  to 
complain  in  such  cases,  then  it  is  the  duty  of  the  overseer  of  the  poor  to 
do  so.  The  person  called  upon  to  contribute  shall  have  at  least  ten  days' 
notice  of  such  application  by  summons.  The  court  has  the  power  to 
determine  the  kind  of  support,  depending  upon  the  circumstances  of  the 
parties,  and  may  also  order  two  or  more  of  the  different  degrees  to  main- 
tain such  poor  person,  and  prescribe  the  proportion  of  each,  according  to 
their  ability.  The  court  may  specify  the  time  for  which  the  relative  shall 
contribute — in  fact  has  control  over  the  entire  subject  matter,  with  power 
to  enforce  its  orders.  Every  county  (except  those  in  which  the  poor  are 
supported  by  the  towns,  and  in  such  cases  the  towns  are  liable)  is  required 
to  relieve  and  support  all  poor  and  indigent  persons  lawfully  resident 
therein.  Residence  means  the  actual  residence  of  the  party,  or  the  place 
where  he  was  employed ;  or  in  case  he  was  in  no  employment,  then  it 
shall  be  the  place  where  he  made  his  home.  When  any  person  becomes 
chargeable  as  a  pauper  in  any  county  or  town  who  did  not  reside  at  the 
commencement  of  six  months  immediately  preceding  his  becoming  so, 
but  did  at  that  time  reside  in  some  other  county  or  town  in  this  state, 
then  the  county  or  town,  as  the  case  may  be,  becomes  liable  for  the  expense 
of  taking  care  of  such  person  until  removed,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
overseer  to  notify  the  proper  authorities  of  the  fact.  If  any  person  shall 
bring  and  leave  any  pauper  in  any  county  in  this  state  where  such  pauper 
had  no  legal  residence,  knowing  him  to  be  such,  he  is  liable  to  a  fine  of 
$100.  In  counties  under  township  organization,  the  supervisors  in  each 
town  are  ex-officio  overseers  of  the  poor.  The  overseers  of  the  poor  act 
under  the  directions  of  the  County  Board  in  taking  care  of  the  poor  and 
granting  of  temporary  relief;  also,  providing  for  non-resident  persons  not 
paupers  who  may  be  taken  sick  and  not  able  to  pay  their  way,  and  in  case 
of  death  cause  such  person  to  be  decently  buried. 

The  residence  of  the  inmates  of  poorhouses  and  other  charitable 
institutions  for  voting  purposes  is  their  former  place  of  abode. 


168  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

FENCES. 

In  counties  under  township  organization,  the  town  assessor  and  com- 
missioner of  highways  are  the  fence-viewers  in  their  respective  towns. 
In  other  counties  the  County  Board  appoints  three  in  each  precinct  annu- 
ally. A  lawful  fence  is  four  and  one-half  feet  high,  in  good  repair,  con- 
sisting of  rails,  timber,  boards,  stone,  hedges,  or  whatever  the  fence- 
viewers  of  the  town  or  precinct  where  the  same  shall  lie,  shall  consider 
equivalent  thereto,  but  in  counties  under  township  organization  the  annual 
town  meeting  may  establish  any  oth^r  kind  of  fence  as  such,  or  the  County 
Board  in  other  counties  may  do  the  same.  Division  fences  shall  be  made 
and  maintained  in  just  proportion  by  the  adjoining  owners,  except  when 
the  owner  shall  choose  to  let  his  land  lie  open,  but  after  a  division  fence  is 
built  by  agreement  or  otherwise,  neither  party  can  remove  his  part  of  such 
fence  so  long  as  he  may  crop  or  use  such  land  for  farm  purposes,  or  without 
giving  the  other  party  one  year's  notice  in  writing  of  his  intention  to  remove 
his  portion.  When  any  person  shall  enclose  his  land  upon  the  enclosure 
of  another,  he  shall  refund  the  owner  of  the  adjoining  lands  a  just  pro- 
portion of  the  value  at  that  time  of  such  fence.  The  value  of  fence  and 
the  just  proportion  to  be  paid  or  built  and  maintained  by  each  is  to  be 
ascertained  by  two  fence-viewers  in  the  town  or  precinct.  Such  fence- 
viewers  have  power  to  settle  all  disputes  between  different  owners  as  to 
fences  built  or  to  be  built,  as  well  as  to  repairs  to  be  made.  Each  party 
chooses  one  of  the  viewers,  but  if  the  other  party  neglects,  after  eight 
days'  notice  in  writing,  to  make  his  choice,  then  the  other  party  may 
select  both.  It  is  sufficient  to  notify  the  tenant  or  party  in  possession, 
when  the  owner  is  not  a  resident  of  the  town  or  precinct.  The  two 
fence-viewers  chosen,  after  viewing  the  premises,  shall  hear  the  state- 
ments of  the  parties ,  in  case  they  can't  agree,  they  shall  select  another 
fence-viewer  to  act  with  them,  and  the  decision  of  any  two  of  them  is 
final.  The  decision  must  be  reduced  to  writing,  and  should  plainly  set 
out  description  of  fence  and  all  matters  settled  by  them,  and  must  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  in  counties  under  township  organiza- 
tion, and  in  other  counties  with  the  county  clerk. 

Where  any  person  is  liable  to  contribute  to  the  erection  or  the 
repairing  of  a  division  fence,  neglects  or  refuses  so  to  do,  the  party 
injured,  after  giving  sixty  days  notice  in  writing  when  a  fence  is  to  be 
erected,  or  ten  days  when  it  is  only  repairs,  may  proceed  to  have  the 
work  done  at  the  expense  of  the  party  whose  duty  it  is  to  do  it,  to  be 
recovered  from  him  with  costs  of  suit,  and  the  party  so  neglecting  shall 
also  be  liable  to  the  party  injured  for  all  damages  accruing  from  such 
neglect  or  refusal,  to  be  determined  by  any  two  fence-viewers  selected 
as  before  provided,  the  appraisement  to  be  reduced  to  writing  and  signed. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  169 

Where  a  person  shall  conclude  to  remove  his  part  of  a  division  fence, 
and  Jet  his  land  lie  open,  and  having  given  the  year's  notice  required,  the 
adjoining  owner  may  cause  the  value  of  said  fence  to  be  ascertained  by 
fence-viewers  as  before  provided,  and  on  payment  or  tender  of  the 
amount  of  such  valuation  to  the  owner,  it  shall  prevent  the  removal.  A 
party  removing  a  division  fence  without  notice  is  liable  for  the  damages 
accruing  thereby. 

Where  a  fence  has  been  built  on  the  land  of  another  through  mis- 
take, the  owner  may  enter  upon  such  premises  and  remove  his  fence  and 
material  within  oix  months  after  the  division  line  has  been  ascertained. 
Where  the  material  to  build  such  a  fence  has  been  taken  from  the  land 
on  which  it  was  built,  then  before  it  can  be  removed,  the  person  claiming 
must  first  pay  for  such  material  to  the  owner  of  the  land  from  which  it 
was  taken,  nor  shall  kiuch  a  fence  be  removed  at  a  time  when  the  removal 
will  throw  open  or  expose  the  crops  of  the  other  party ;  a  reasonable 
time  must  be  given  beyond  the  six  months  to  remove  crops. 

The  compensation  <Df  fence-viewers  is  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  a 
day  each,  to  be  paid  in  the  first  instance  by  the  party  calling  them,  but 
in  the  end  all  expenses,  including  amount  charged  by  the  fence-viewers, 
must  be  paid  equally  by  the  parties,  except  in  cases  where  a  party  neglects 
or  refuses  to  make  or  maintain  a  just  proportion  of  a  division  fence,  when 
the  party  in  default  shall  pay  them. 

DAMAGES  FROM  TRESPASS. 

Where  stock  of  any  kind  breaks  into  any  person's  enclosure,  the 
fence  being  good  and  sufficient,  the  owner  is  liable  for  the  damage  done  ; 
but  where  the  damage  is  done  by  stock  running  at  large,  contrary  to  law, 
the  owner  is  liable  where  th«re  is  not  such  a  fence.  Where  stock  is 
found  trespassing  on  the  enclosure  of  another  as  aforesaid,  the  owner  01 
occupier  of  the  premises  may  take  possession  of  such  stock  and  keep  the 
same  until  damages,  with  reasonable  charges  for  keeping  and  feeding  and 
all  costs  of  suit,  are  paid.  Any  person  taking  or  rescuing  such  stock  so 
held  without  his  consent,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  three 
nor  more  than  five  dollars  for  each  animal  rescued,  to  be  recovered  by 
suit  before  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  use  of  the  school  fund.  Within 
twenty-four  hours  after  taking  such  animal  into  his  possession,  the  per- 
son taking  it  up  must  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  owner,  if  known,  or 
if  unknown,  notices  must  be  posted  in  some  public  place  near  the  premises. 

LANDLORD  AND  TENANT. 

The  owner  of  lands,  or  his  legal  representatives,  can  sue  for  and 
recover  rent  therefor,  in  any  of  the  following  cases  : 

First.     When  rent  is  due  and  in  arrears  on  a  lease  for  life  or  lives. 


170  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS. 

Second.  When  lands  are  held  and  occupied  by  any  person  without 
any  special  agreement  for  rent. 

Third.  When  possession  is  obtained  under  an  agreement,  written 
or  verbal,  for  the  purchase  of  the  premises  and  before  deed  given,  the 
right  to  possession  is  terminated  by  forfeiture  on  con-compliance  with  the 
agreement,  and  possession  is  wrongfully  refused  or  neglected  to  be  giver, 
upon  demand  made  in  writing  by  the  party  entitled  thereto.  Provided 
that  all  payments  made  by  the  vendee  or  his  representatives  or  assigns, 
may  be  set  off  against  the  rent. 

Fourth.  When  land  has  been  sold  upon  a  judgment  or  a  decree  of 
court,  when  the  party  to  such  judgment  or  decree,  or  person  holding  under 
him,  wrongfully  refuses,  or  neglects,  to  surrender  possession  of  the  same, 
after  demand  in  writing  by  the  person  entitled  to  the  possession. 

Fifth.  When  the  lands  have  been  sold  upon  a  mortgage  Or  trust 
deed,  and  the  mortgagor  or  grantor  or  person  holding  under  him,  wrong- 
fully refuses  or  neglects  to  surrender  possession  of  the  same,  after  demand 
in  writing  by  the  person  entitled  to  the  possession. 

If  any  tenant,  or  any  person  who  shall  come  into  possession  from  or 
under  or  by  collusion  with  such  tenant,  shall  willfully  hold  over  any  lands, 
etc.,  after  the  expiration  the  term  of  their  lease,  and  after  demand  made 
in  writing  for  the  possession  thereof,  is  liable  to  pay  double  rent.  A 
tenancy  from  jrear  to  year  requires  sixty  days  notice  in  writing,  to  termi- 
nate the  same  at  the  end  of  the  year ;  such  notice  can  be  given  at  any 
time  within  four  months  preceding  the  last  sixty  days  of  the  year. 

A  tenancy  by  the  month,  or  less  than  a  year,  where  the  tenant  holds 
over  without  any  special  agreement,  the  landlord  may  terminate  the 
tenancy,  by  thirty  days  notice  in  writing. 

When  rent  is  due,  the  landlord  may  serve  a  notice  upon  the  tenant, 
stating  that  unless  the  rent  is  paid  within  not  less  than  five  days,  his  lease 
will  be  terminated  ;  if  the  rent  is  not  paid,  the  landlord  may  consider  the 
lease  ended.  When  default  is  made  in  any  of  the  terms  of  a  lease,  it 
shall  not  be  necessary  to  give  more  than  ten  days  notice  to  quit  or  of  the 
termination  of  such  tenancy  ;  and  the  same  may  be  terminated  on  giving 
such  notice  to  quit,  at  any  time  after  such  default  in  any  of  the  terms  of 
such  lease  ;  which  notice  may  be  substantially  in  the  following  form,  viz: 

To ,  You  are  hereby  notified  that,  in  consequence  of  your  default 

in  ^here  insert  the  character  of  the  default),  of  the  premises  now  occupied 
by  you,  being  etc.  (here  describe  the  premises),  I  have  elected  to  deter- 
mine your  lease,  and  you  are  hereby  notified  to  quit  and  deliver  up  pos- 
session of  the  same  to  me  within  ten  days  of  this  date  (dated,  etc.) 

The  above  to  be  signed  by  the  lessor  or  his  agent,  and  no  other  notice 
or  demand  of  possession  or  termination  of  such  tenancy  is  necessary. 

Demand  may  be  made,  or  notice  served,  by  delivering  a  written  or 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  171 

prmted,  or  partly  either,  copy  thereof  to  the  tenant,  or  leaving  the  same 
with  some  person  above  the  age  of  twelve  years  residing  on  or  in  posses- 
sion of  the  premises  ;  and  in  case  no  one  is  in  the  actual  possession  of  the 
said  premises,  then  by  posting  the  same  on  the  premises.  When  the 
tenancy  is  for  a  certain  time,  and  the  term  expires  by  the  terms  of  the 
lease,  the  tenant  is  then  bound  to  surrender  possession,  and  no  notice, 
to  quit  or  demand  of  possession  is  necessary. 

Distress  for  rent. — In  all  cases  of  distress  for  rent,  the  landlord,  by 
himself,  his  agent  or  attorney,  may  seize  for  rent  any  personal  property  of 
his  tenant  that  may  be  found  in  the  county  where  the  tenant  resides ;  the 
property  of  any  other  person,  even  if  found  on  the  premises,  is  not 
liable. 

An  inventory  of  the  property  levied  upon,  with  a  statement  of  the 
amount  of  rent  claimed,  should  be  at  once  filed  with  some  justice  of  the 
peace,  if  not  over  $200 ;  and  if  above  that  sum,  with  the  clerk  of  a  court 
of  record  of  competent  jurisdiction.  Property  may  be  released,  by  the 
party  executing  a  satisfactory  bond  for  double  the  amount. 

The  landlord  may  distrain  for  rent,  any  time  within  six  months  after 
the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the  lease,  or  when  terminated. 

In  all  cases  where  the  premises  rented  shall  be  sub-let,  or  the  lease 
assigned,  the  landlord  shall  have  the  same  right  to  enforce  lien  against 
such  lessee  or  assignee,  that  he  has  against  the  tenant  to  whom  the  pre- 
mises were  rented. 

When  a  tenant  abandons  or  removes  from  the  premises  or  any  part 
thereof,  the  landlord,  or  his  agent  or  attorney,  may  seize  upon  any  grain 
or  other  crops  grown  or  growing  upon  the  premises,  or  part  thereof  so 
abandoned,  whether  the  rent  is  due  or  not.  If  such  grain,  or  other  crops, 
or  any  part  thereof,  is  not  fully  grown  or  matured,  the  landlord,  or  his 
agent  or  attorney,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  properly  cultivated,  harvested 
or  gathered,  and  may  sell  the  same,  and  from  the  proceeds  pay  all  his 
labor,  expenses  and  rent.  The  tenant  may,  before  the  sale  of  such  pro- 
perty, redeem  the  same  by  tendering  the  rent  and  reasonable  compensation 
for  work  done,  or  he  may  replevy  the  same. 

Exemption. — The  same  articles  of  personal  property  which  are  bylaw 
exempt  from  execution,  except  the  crops  as  above  stated,  is  also  exempt 
from  distress  for  rent. 

If  any  tenant  is  about  to  or  shall  permit  or  attempt  to  sell  and 
remove  from  the  premises,  without  the  consent  of  his  landlord,  such 
portion  of  the  crops  raised  thereon  as  will  endanger  the  lien  of  the  land- 
lord upon  such  crops,  for  the  rent,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  landlord  to 
distress  before  rent  is  due. 


172  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 


LIENS. 

Any  person  who  shall  by  contract,  express  or  implied,  or  partly  both, 
with  the  owner  of  any  lot  or  tract  of  land,  furnish  labor  or  material,  or 
services  as  an  architect  or  superintendent,  in  building,  altering,  repairing 
or  ornamenting  any  house  or  other  building  or  appurtenance  thereto  o/i 
such  lot,  or  upon  any  street  or  alley,  and  connected  with  such  improve' 
ments,  shall  have  a  lien  upon  the  whole  of  such  lot  or  tract  of  land,  and 
upon  such  house  or  building  and  appurtenances,  for  the  amount  due  to 
him  for  such  labor,  material  or  services.  If  the  contract  is  expressed,  and 
the  time  for  the  completion  of  the  work  is  beyond  three  years  from  the  com- 
mencement thereof;  or,  if  the  time  of  payment  is  beyond  one  year  from 
the  time  stipulated  for  the  completion  of  the  work,  then  no  lien  exists. 
If  the  contract  is  implied,  then  no  lien  exists,  unless  the  work  be  done  or 
material  is  furnished  within  one  year  from  the  commencement  of  the  work 
or  delivery  of  the  materials.  As  between  different  creditors  having  liens, 
no  preference  is  given  to  the  one  whose  contract  was  first  made  ;  but  each 
shares  pro-rata.  Incumbrances  existing  on  the  lot  or  tract  of  the  land  at 
the  time  the  contract  is  made,  do  not  operate  on  the  improvements,  and 
are  only  preferred  to  the  extent  of  the  value  of  the  land  at  the  time  of 
making  the  contract.  The  above  lien  can  not  be  enforced  unless  suit  is 
commenced  within  six  months  after  the  last  payment  for  labor  or  materials 
shall  have  become  due  and  payable.  Sub-contractors,  mechanics,  workmen 
and  other  persons  furnishing  any  material,  or  performing  any  labor  for  a 
contractor  as  before  specified,  have  a  lien  to  the  extent  of  the  amount  due 
the  contractor  at  the  time  the  following  notice  is  served  upon  the  owner 
of  the  land  who  made  the  contract: 

To ,  You  are  hereby  notified,  that  I  have  been  employed  by 

(here  state  whether  to  labor  or  furnish  material,  and  substantially  the 
nature  of  the  demand)  upon  your  (here  state  in  general  terms  description 
and  situation  of  building),  and  that  I  shall  hold  the  (building?  or 'as  the 
case  may  be),  and  your  interest  in  the  ground,  liable  for  the  amount  that 

may  (is  or  may  become)  due  me  on  account  thereof.     Signature, 

Date, 

If  there  is  a  contract  in  writing  between  contractor  and  sub-contractor, 
a  copy  of  it  should  be  served  with  above  notice,  and  said  notice  must  be 
served  within  forty  days  from  the  completion  of  such  sub-contract,  if  there 
is  one  ;  if  not,  then  from  the  time  payment  should  have  been  made  to  the 
person  performing  the  labor  or  furnishing  the  material.  If  the  owner  is 
not  a  resident  of  the  county,  or  can  not  be  found  therein,  then  the  above 
notice  must  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  with  his  fee,  fifty 
cents,  and  a  copy  of  said  notice  must  be  published  in  a  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  county,  for  four  successive  weeks. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

When  the  owner  or  agent  is  notified  as  above,  he  can  retain  any 
money  due  the  contractor  sufficient  to  pay  such  claim  ;  if  more  than  one 
claim,  and  not  enough  to  pay  all,  they  are  to  be  paid  pro  rata. 

The  owner  has  the  right  to  demand  in  writing,  a  statement  of  the 
contractor,  of  what  he  owes  for  labor,  etc.,  from  time  to  time  as  the  work 
progresses,  and  on  his  failure  to  comply,  forfeits  to  the  owner  $50  for 
every  offense. 

The  liens  referred  to  cover  any  and  all  estates,  whether  in  fee  for 
life,  for  years,  or  any  other  interest  which  the  owner  may  have. 

To  enforce  the  lien  of  sub-contractors,  suit  must  be  commenced  within 
three  months  from  the  time  of  the  performance  of  the  sub-contract,  or 
during  the  work  or  furnishing  materials. 

Hotel,  inn  and  boarding-house  keepers,  have  a  lien  upon  the  baggage 
and  other  valuables  of  their  guests  or  boarders,  brought  into  such  hotel, 
inn  or  boarding-house,  by  their  guests  or  boarders,  for  the  proper  charges 
due  from  such  guests  or  boarders  for  their  accommodation,  board  and 
lodgings,  and  sucli  extras  as  are  furnished  at  their  request. 

/Stable-keepers  and  other  persons  have  a  lien  upon  the  horses,  car- 
riages and  harness  kept  by  them,  for  the  proper  charges  due  for  the  keep- 
ing thereof  and  expenses  bestowed  thereon  at  the  request  of  the  owner 
or  the  person  having  the  possession  of  the  same. 

Agisters  (persons  who  take  care  of  cattle  belonging  to  others),  and 
persons  keeping,  yarding,  feeding  or  pasturing  domestic  animals,  shall 
have  a  lien  upon  the  animals  agistered,  kept,  yarded  or  fed,  for  the  proper 
charges  due  for  such  service. 

All  persons  who  may  furnish  any  railroad  corporation  in  this  state 
with  fuel,  ties,  material,  supplies  or  any  other  article  or  thing  necessary 
for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  repair  of  its  road  by  con- 
tract, or  may  perform  work  or  labor  on  the  same,  is  entitled  to  be  paid  as 
part  of  the  current  expenses  of  the  road,  and  have  a  lien  upon  all  its  pro- 
perty. Sub-contractors  or  laborers  have  also  a  lien.  The  conditions  and 
limitations  both  as  to  contractors  and  sub-contractors,  are  about  the  same 
as  herein  stated  as  to  general  liens. 

DEFINITION   OF  COMMERCIAL  TERMS. 

$ means  dollars,  being  a  contraction  of  U.  S.,  which  was  formerly 

placed  before  any  denomination  of  money,  and  meant,  as  it  means  now, 
United  States  Currency. 

<£ means  pounds,  English  money. 

@  stands  for  at  or  to.  R>  for  pound,  and  bbl.  for  barrel;  *$  for  per  or 
by  the.  Thus,  Butter  sells  at  20@30c  ty  lb,  and  Flour  at  $8@12  f  bbl. 

%  for  per  cent  and  ff  for  number. 

May  1. — Wheat  sells  at  $1.20@1.25,  "seller  June,"      Seller  June 


174  ABSTRACT   OF    ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS. 

means  that  the  person  who  sells  the  wheat  has  the  privilege  of  delivering 
it  at  any  time  during  the  month  of  June. 

Selling  short,  is  contracting  to  deliver  a  certain  amount  of  grain  or 
stock,  at  a  fixed  price,  within  a  certain  length  of  time,  when  the  seller 
has  not  the  stock  on  hand.  It  is  for  the  interest  of  the  person  selling 
"short,"  to  depress  the  market  as  much  as  possible,  in  order  that  he  may 
buy  and  fill  his  contract  at  a  profit.  Hence  the  "shorts"  are  termed 
"bears." 

Buying  long,  is  to  contract  to  purchase  a  certain  amount  of  grain  or 
shares  of  stock  at  a  fixed  price,  deliverable  within  a  stipulated  time, 
expecting  to  make  a  profit  by  the  rise  of  prices.  The  "longs"  are 
termed  "bulls,"  as  it  is  for  their  interest  to  "  operate  "  so  as  to  "toss" 
the  prices  upward  as  much  as  possible. 

NOTES. 

Form  of  note  is  legal,  worded  in  the  simplest  way,  so  that  the 
amount  and  time  of  payment  are  mentioned. 

$100.  Chicago,  111.,  Sept.  15,  1876. 

Sixty  days  from  date  I  promise  to  pay  to  E.  F.  Brown, 
or  order,  One  Hundred  dollars,  for  value  received. 

L.  D.  LOWRY. 

A  note  to  be  payable  in  any  thing  else  than  money  needs  only  the 
facts  substituted  for  money  in  the  above  form. 

ORDERS. 

Orders  should  be  worded  simply,  thus : 

Mr.  F.  H.  COATS:  Chicago,  Sept.  15,  1876. 

Please  pay  to  H.  Birdsall,  Twenty-five  dollars,  and  charge  to 

F.  D.  SILVA. 

RECEIPTS. 

Receipts  should  always  state  when  received  and  what  for,  thus : 

$100.  Chicago,  Sept.  15,  1876. 

Received  of  J.  W.  Davis,  One  Hundred  dollars,  for  services 
rendered  in  grading  his  lot  in  Fort  Madison,  on  account. 

THOMAS  BRADY. 
If  receipt  is  in  full  it  should  be  so  stated. 

BILLS  OF  PURCHASE. 

W.  N.  MASON,  Salem,  Illinois,  Sept.  15,  1876. 

Bought  of  A.  A.  GRAHAM. 

4  Bushels  of  Seed  Wheat,  at  $1.50      -  $6.00 

2  Seamless  Sacks  "        .30  -  -  .60 


Received  payment,  $6.60 

A.  A.  GRAHAM. 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  175 

ARTICLES  OF  AGREEMENT. 

An  agreement  is  where  one  party  promises  to  another  to  do  a  certain 
thing  in  a  certain  time  for  a  stipulated  sum.  Good  business  men  always 
reduce  an  agreement  to  writing,  which  nearly  always  saves  misunder- 
standings and  trouble.  No  particular  form  is  necessary,  but  the  facts  must 
be  clearly  and  explicitly  stated,  and  there  must,  to  make  it  valid,  be  a 
reasonable  consideration. 

GENERAL  FORM  OF  AGREEMENT. 

THIS  AGREEMENT,  made  the  Second  day  of  October,  1876,  between 
John  Jones,  of  Aurora,  County  of  Kane,  State  of  Illinois,  of  the  first  part, 
and  Thomas  Whiteside,  of  the  same  place,  of  the  second  part  — 

WITNESSETH,  that  the  said  John  Jones,  in  consideration  of  the  agree- 
ment of  the  party  of  the  second  part,  hereinafter  contained,  contracts  and 
agrees  to  and  with  the  said  Thomas  Whiteside,  that  he  will  deliver,  in 
good  and  marketable  condition,  at  the  Village  of  Batavia,  111.,  during  the 
month  of  November,  of  this  year,  One  Hundred  Tons  of  Prairie  Hay,  in 
the  following  lots,  and  at  the  following  specified  times ;  namely,  twenty- 
five  tons  by  the  seventh  of  November,  twenty-five  tons  additional  by  the 
fourteenth  of  the  month,  twenty-five  tons  more  by  the  twenty-first,  and 
the  entire  one  hundred  tons  to  be  all  delivered  by  the  thirtieth  of 
November. 

And  the  said  Thomas  Whiteside,  in  consideration  of  the  prompt 
fulfillment  of  this  contract,  on  the  part  of  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
contracts  to  and  agrees  with  the  said  John  Jones,  to  pay  for  said  hay  five 
dollars  per  ton,  for  each  ton  as  soon  as  delivered. 

In  case  of  failure  of  agreement  by  either  of  the  parties  hereto,  it  is 
hereby  stipulated  and  agreed  that  the  party  so  failing  shall  pay  to  the 
other,  One  Hundred  Dollars,  as  fixed  and  settled  damages. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  the  day  and 
year  first  above  written.  JOHN  JONES, 

THOMAS  WHITESIDE. 

AGREEMENT  WITH  CLERK  FOR  SERVICES. 

THIS  AGREEMENT,  made  the  first  day  of  May,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-six,  between  Reuben  Stone,  of  Chicago,  County 
of  Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  first  part,  and  George  Barclay,  of 
Englewood,  County  of  Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  second  part  — 

WITNESSETH,  that  said  George  Barclay  agrees  faithfully  and  dili- 
gently to  work  as  clerk  and  salesman  for  the  said  Reuben  Stone,  for 
and  during  the  space  of  one  year  from  the  date  hereof,  should  both 
live  such  length  of  time,  without  absenting  himself  from  his  occupation ; 


170  ABSTRACT   OP   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

during  which  time  he,  the  said  Barclay,  in  the  store  of  said  Stone,  of 
Chicago,  will  carefully  and  honestly  attend,  doing  and  performing  all 
duties  as  clerk  and  salesman  aforesaid,  in  accordance  and  in  all  respects 
as  directed  and  desired  by  the  said  Stone. 

In  consideration  of  which  services,  so  to  be  rendered  by  the  said 
Barclay,  the  said  Stone  agrees  to  pay  to  said  Barclay  the  annual  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars,  payable  in  twelve  equal  monthly  payments,  each 
upon  the  last  day  of  each  month  ;  provided  that  all  dues  for  days  of 
absence  from  business  by  said  Barclay,  shall  be  deducted  from  the  sum 
otherwise  by  the  agreement  due  and  payable  by  the  said  Stone  to  the  said 
Barclay. 

Witness  our  hands.  REUBEN  STONE. 

GEORGE  BARCLAY. 

BILLS  OF  SALE. 

A  bill  of  sale  is  a  written  agreement  to  another  party,  for  a  consider- 
ation to  convey  his  right  and  interest  in  the  personal  property.  The 
purchaser  must  take  actual  possession  of  the  property.  Juries  have 
power  to  determine  upon  the  fairness  or  unfairness  of  a  bill  of  sale. 

COMMON  FORM  OF  BILL  OF  SALE. 

KNOW  ALL  MEN  by  this  instrument,  that  I,  Louis  Clay,  of  Princeton, 
Illinois,  of  the  first  part,  for  and  in  consideration  of  Five  Hundred 
and  Ten  dollars,  to  me  paid  by  John  Floyd,  of  the  same  place,  of  the 
second  part,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  have  sold,  and 
by  this  instrument  do  convey  unto  the  said  Floyd,  party  of  the  second 
part,  his  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns,  my  undivided  half  of 
ten  acres  of  corn,  now  growing  on  the  farm  of  Thomas  Tyrrell,  in  the 
town  above  mentioned ;  one  pair  of  horses,  sixteen  sheep,  and  five  cows, 
belonging  to  me,  and  in  my  possession  at  the  farm  aforesaid ;  to  have  and 
to  hold  the  same  unto  the  party  of  the  second  part,  his  executors  and 
assigns,  forever.  And  I  do,  for  myself  and  legal  representatives,  agree 
with  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  and  his  legal  representatives,  to 
warrant  and  defend  the  sale  of  the  afore-mentioned  property  and  chattels 
unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  and  his  legal  representatives, 
against  all  and  every  person  whatsoever. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  affixed  my  hand,  this  tenth  day 
of  October,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-six. 

Louis  CLAY. 

BONDS. 

A  bond  is  a  written  admission  on  the  part  of  the  maker  in  which  he 
pledges  a  certain  sum  to  another,  at  a  certain  time. 


ABSTBACT   OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  177 

COMMON  FORM  OF  BOND. 

KNOW  ALL  MEN  by  this  instrument,  that  I,  George  Edgerton,  of 
Watseka,  Iroquois  County,  State  of  Illinois,  am  firmly  bound  unto  Peter 
Kirchoff,  of  the  place  aforesaid,  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  to  be 
paid  to  the  said  Peter  Kirchoff,  or  his  legal  representatives ;  to  which 
payment,  to  be  made,  I  bind  myself,  or  my  legal  representatives,  by  this 
instrument. 

Sealed  with  my  seal,  and  dated  this  second  day  of  November,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

The  condition  of  this  bond  is  such  that  if  I,  George  Edgerton,  my 
heirs,  administrators,  or  executors,  shall  promptly  pay  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  in  three  equal  annual  payments  from  the  date 
hereof,  with  annual  interest,  then  the  above  obligation  to  be  of  no  effect ; 
otherwise  to  be  in  full  force  and  valid. 
Sealed  and  delivered  in 

presence  of  GEORGE  EDGERTON.     [L.S.] 

WILLIAM  TURNER. 

CHATTEL   MORTGAGES. 

A  chattel  mortgage  is  a  mortgage  on  personal  property  for  payment 
of  a  certain  sum  of  money,  to  hold  the  property  against  debts  of  other 
creditors.  The  mortgage  must  describe  the  property,  and  must  be 
acknowledged  before  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  township  or  precinct 
where  the  mortgagee  resides,  and  entered  upon  his  docket,  and  must  be 
recorded  in  the  recorder's  office  of  the  county. 

GENERAL  FORM  OF  CHATTEL  MORTGAGE. 

THIS  INDENTURE,  made  and  entered  into  this  first  day  of  January, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five, 
between  Theodore  Lottinville,  of  the  town  of  Geneseo  in  the  County 
of  Henry,  and  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  first  part,  and  Paul  Henshaw, 
of  the  same  town,  county,  and  State,  party  of  the  second  part. 

Witnesseth,  that  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  for  and  in  consider- 
ation of  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  in  hand  paid,  the  receipt  whereof 
is  hereby  acknowledged,  does  hereby  grant,  sell,  convey,  and  confirm  unto 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  all  and 
singular  the  following  described  goods  and  chattels,  to  wit : 

Two  three-year  old  roan-colored  horses,  one  Burdett  organ,  No.  987, 
one  Brussels  carpet,  15x20  feet  in  size,  one  marble-top  center  table,  one 
Home  Comfort  cooking  stove,  No.  8,  one  black  walnut  bureau  with  mirror 
attached,  one  set  of  parlor  chairs  (six  in  number),  upholstered  in  green 
rep,  with  lounge  corresponding  with  same  in  style  and  color  of  upholstery, 
now  in  possession,  of  said  Lottinville,  at  No.  4  Prairie  Ave.,  Geueseo,  111.; 


178  ABSTRACT  OP  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 

Together  with  all  and  singular,  the  appurtenances  thereunto  "belong- 
ing,  or  in  any  wise  appertaining ;  to  have  and  to  hold  the  above  described 
goods  and  chattels,  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  forever. 

Provided,  always,  and  these  presents  are  upon  this  express  condition, 
that  if  the  said  Theodore  Lottinville,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators, 
or  assigns,  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  A.D.,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-six,  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  to  the  said  Paul 
Ranslow,  or  his  lawful  attorney  or  attorneys,  heirs,  executors,  adminis- 
trators, or  assigns,  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  dollars,  together  with  the 
interest  that  may  accrue  thereon,  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  per  annum, 
from  the  first  day  of  January,  A.D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-five,  until  paid,  according  to  the  tenor  of  one  promissory  note 
bearing  even  date  herewith  for  the  payment  of  said  sum  of  money,  that 
then  and  from  thenceforth,  these  presents,  and  everything  herein  con- 
tained, shall  cease,  and  be  null  and  void,  anything  herein  contained  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 

Provided,  also,  that  the  said  Theodore  Lottinville  may  retain  the 
possession  of  and  have  the  use  of  said  goods  and  chattels  until  the  day 
of  payment  aforesaid  ;  and  also,  at  his  own  expense,  shall  keep  said  goods 
and  chattels ;  and  also  at  the  expiration  of  said  time  of  payment,  if  said 
sum  of  money,  together  with  the  interest  as  aforesaid,  shall  not  be  paid, 
shall  deliver  up  said  goods  and  chattels,  in  good  condition,  to  said  Paul 
Ranslow,  or  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  or  assigns. 

And  provided,  also,  that  if  default  in  payment  as  aforesaid,  by  said 
party  of  the  first  part,  shall  be  made,  or  if  said  party  of  the  second  part 
shall  at  any  time  before  said  promissory  note  becomes  due,  feel  himself 
unsafe  or  insecure,  that  then  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  or  his 
attorney,  agent,  assigns,  or  heirs,  executors,  or  administrators,  shall  have 
the  right  to  take  possession  of  said  goods  and  chattels,  wherever  they 
may  or  can  be  found,  and  sell  the  same  at  public  or  private  sale,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  cash  in  hand,  after  giving  ten  days'  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  said  sale,  together  with  a  description  of  the  goods  and  chat- 
tels to  be  sold,  by  at  least  four  advertisements,  posted  up  in  public  places 
in  the  vicinity  where  said  sale  is  to  take  place,  and  proceed  to  make  the 
sum  of  money  and  interest  promised  as  aforesaid,  together  with  all  reason- 
able costs,  charges,  and  expenses  in  so  doing  ;  and  if  there  shall  be  any 
overplus,  shall  pay  the  same  without  delay  to  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part,  or  his  legal  representatives. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  hereunto 
set  his  hand  and  affixed  his  seal,  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in 

presence  of  THEODORE  LOTTINVILLE.     [L.S.] 

SAMUEL  J.  T-J  1  i.x. 


ABSTRACT  OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  179 


LEASE  OF  FARM  AND   BUILDINGS  THEREON. 

THIS  INDENTURE,  made  this  second  day  of  June,  1875,  between  David 
Patton  of  the  Town  of  Bisbee,  State  of  Illinois,  of  the  first  part,  and  John 
Doyle  of  the  same  place,  of  the  second  part, 

Witnesseth,  that  the  said  David  Patton,  for  and  in  consideration  of 
the  covenants  hereinafter  mentioned  and  reserved,  on  the  part  of  the  said 
John  Doyle,  his  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns,  to  be  paid,  kept, 
and  performed,  hath  let,  and  by  these  presents  doth  grant,  demise,  and 
let,  unto  the  said  John  Doyle,  his  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns, 
all  that  parcel  of  land  situate  in  Bisbee  aforesaid,  bounded  and  described 
as  follows,  to  wit : 

[Here  describe  the  land.] 

Together  with  all  the  appurtenances  appertaining  thereto.  To  have 
and  to  hold  the  said  premises,  with  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  unto 
the  said  Doyle,  his  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns,  for  the  term  of 
five  years,  from  the  first  day  of  October  next  following,  at  a  yearly  rent 
of  Six  Hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  in  equal  payments,  semi-annually,  as 
long  as  said  buildings  are  in  good  tenantable  condition. 

And  the  said  Doyle,  by  these  presents,  covenants  and  agrees  to  pay 
all  taxes  and  assessments,  and  keep  in  repair  all  hedges,  ditches,  rail,  and 
other  fences ;  (the  said  David  Patton,  his  heirs,  assigns  and  administra- 
tors, to  furnish  all  timber,  brick,  tile,  and  other  materials  necessary  for 
such  repairs.) 

Said  Doyle  further  covenants  and  agrees  to  apply  to  said  land,  in  a 
farmer-like  manner,  all  manure  and  compost  accumulating  upon  said 
farm,  and  cultivate  all  the  arable  land  in  a  husbandlike  manner,  accord- 
ing to  the  usual  custom  among  farmers  in  the  neighborhood ;  he  also 
agrees  to  trim  the  hedges  at  a  seasonable  time,  preventing  injury  from 
cattle  to  such  hedges,  and  to  all  fruit  and  other  trees  on  the  said  premises. 
That  he  will  seed  down  with  clover  and  timothy  seed  twenty  acres  yearly 
of  arable  land,  ploughing  the  same  number  of  acres  each  Spring  of  land 
now  in  grass,  and  hitherto  unbroken. 

It  is  further  agreed,  that  if  the  said  Doyle  shall  fail  to  perform  the 
whole  or  any  one  of  the  above  mentioned  covenants,  then  and  in  that 
case  the  said  David  Patton  may  declare  this  lease  terminated,  by  giving 
three  months'  notice  of  the  same,  prior  to  the  first  of  October  of  any 
year,  and  may  distrain  any  part  of  the  stock,  goods,  or  chattels,  or  other 
property  in  possession  of  said  Doyle,  for  sufficient  to  compensate  for  the 
non-performance  of  the  above  written  covenants,  the  same  to  be  deter- 
mined, and  amounts  so  to  be  paid  to  be  determined,  by  three  arbitrators, 
chosen  as  follows :  Each  of  the  parties  to  this  instrument  to  choose  one, 


180  ABSTRACT  OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 

and  the  two  so  chosen  to  select  a  third  ;    the  decision  of  said  arbitrators 
to  be  final. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereto  set  our  hands  and  seals. 
Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 

in  presence  of  DAVID  PATTON.     [L.S.] 

JAMES  WALDRON.  JOHN  DOYLE.         [L.S.] 

FORM  OF  LEASE  OF  A  HOUSE. 

THIS  INSTRUMENT,  made  the  first  day  of  October,  1875,  witnesseth 
that  Amos  Griest  of  Yorkville,  County  of  Kendall,  State  of  Illinois,  hath 
rented  from  Aaron  Young  of  Logansport  aforesaid,  the  dwelling  and  lot 
No.  13  Ohio  Street,  situated  in  said  City  of  Yorkville,  for  five  years 
from  the  above  date,  at  the  yearly  rental  of  Three  Hundred  dollars,  pay- 
able monthly,  on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  in  advance,  at  the  residence 
of  said  Aaron  Young. 

At  the  expiration  of  said  above  mentioned  term,  the  said  Griest 
agrees  to  give  the  said  Young  peaceable  possession  of  the  said  dwelling, 
in  as  good  condition  as  when  taken,  ordinary  wear  and  casualties  excepted. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  place  our  hands  and  seals  the  day  and  year 
aforesaid. 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  AMOS  GRIEST.     [L.S.] 

in  presence  of 

NlCKOLAS   SOHUTZ,  AARON  YOUNG.     [L.S.] 

Notary  Public. 

LANDLORD'S  AGREEMENT. 

THIS  certifies  that  I  have  let  and  rented,  this  first  day  of  January, 
1876,  unto  Jacob  Schmidt,  my  house  and  lot,  No.  15  Erie  Street,  in  the 
City  of  Chicago,  State  of  Illinois,  and  its  appurtenances ;  he  to  have  the 
free  and  uninterrupted  occupation  thereof  for  one  year  from  this  date,  at 
the  yearly  rental  of  Two  Hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  monthly  in  advance  ; 
rent  to  cease  if  destroyed  by  fire,  or  otherwise  made  untenantable. 

PETER  FUNK. 
TENANT'S  AGREEMENT. 

THIS  certifies  that  I  have  hired  and  taken  from  Peter  Funk,  his 
house  and  lot,  No.  15  Erie  Street,  in  the  City  of  Chicago,  State  of  Illi- 
nois, with  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  for  one  year,  to  commence 
this  day,  at  a  yearly  rental  of  Two  Hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  monthly 
in  advance ;  unless  said  house  becomes  untenantable  from  fire  or  other 
causes,  in  which  case  rent  ceases ;  and  I  further  agree  to  give  and  yield 
said  premises  one  year  from  this  first  day  of  January  1876,  in  as  good 
condition  as  now,  ordinary  wear  and  damage  by  the  elements  excepted. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  day.  JACOB  SCHMIDT. 


ABSTRACT   OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  l&I 

NOTICE  TO  QUIT. 

To  F.  W.  ARLEN, 

Sir :  Please  observe  that  the  term  of  one  year,  for  which  the  Louse 
and  land,  situated  at  No.  6  Indiana  Street,  and  now  occupied  by  you,, 
were  rented  tojrou,  expired  on  the  first  day  of  October,  1875,  and  as  I 
desire  to  repossess  said  premises,  you  are  hereby  requested  and  required 

to  vacate  the  same.  Respectfully  Yours, 

P.  T.  BARNUM. 
LINCOLN,  NEB.,  October  4,  1875. 

TENANT'S  NOTICE  OF  LEAVING. 

DEAR  SIR: 

The  premises  I  now  occupy  as  your  tenant,  at  No.  6  Indiana  Street^ 
I  shall  vacate  on  the  first  day  of  November,  1875.  You  will  please  take 
notice  accordingly. 

Dated  this  tenth  day  of  October,  1875.  F.  W.  ARLEN. 

To  P,  T.  BARNUM,  ESQ. 

REAL  ESTATE  MORTGAGE  TO  SECURE  PAYMENT  OF  MONEY. 

THIS  INDENTURE,  made  this  sixteenth  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-two,  between  William 
Stocker,  of  Peoria,  County  of  Peoria,  and  State  of  Illinois,  and  Olla,  his- 
wife,  party  of  the  first  part,  and  Edward  Singer,  party  of  the  second  part.. 

Whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  justly  indebted  to  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part,  in  the  sum  of  Two  Thousand  dollars,  secured 
to  be  paid  by  two  certain  promissory  notes  (bearing  even  date  herewith), 
the  one  due  and  payable  at  the  Second  National  Bank  in  Peoria,  Illinois* 
with  interest,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  May,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-three  ;  the  other  due  and  payable  at  the  Second 
National  Bank  at  Peoria,  111.,  with  interest,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  May, 
in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four. 

Now,  therefore,  this  indenture  witnesseth,  that  the  said  party  of  the 
first  part,  for  the  better  securing  the  payment  of  the  money  aforesaid, 
with  interest  thereon,  according  to  the  tenor  and  effect  of  the  said  two 
promissory  notes  above  mentioned  ;  and,  also  in  consideration  of  the  fur- 
ther sum  of  one  dollar  to  them  in  hand  paid  by  the  said  party  of  the  sec- 
ond part,  at  the  delivery  of  these  presents,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby 
acknowledged,  have  granted,  bargained,  sold,  and  conveyed,  and  by  these 
presents  do  grant,  bargain,  sell,  and  convey,  unto  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  forever,  all  that  certain  parcel  of  land,, 
situate,  etc. 

[Describing  the  premises.] 

To  have  and  to  hold  the  same,  together  with  all  and  singular  the 
Tenements,  Hereditaments,  Privileges  and  Appurtenances  thereunta 


182  ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS. 

belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining.  And  also,  all  the  estate,  interest, 
and  claim  whatsoever,  in  law  as  well  as  in  equity  which  the  party  of 
the  first  part  have  in  and  to  the  premises  hereby  conveyed  unto  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  and  to  their  only  proper 
use,  benefit  and  behoof.  And  the  said  William  Stockera  and  Olla,  his 
wife,  party  of  the  first  part,  hereby  expressly  waive,  relinquish,  release, 
and  convey  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs,  executors, 
administrators,  and  assigns,  all  right,  title,  claim,  interest,  and  benefit 
whatever,  in  and  to  the  above  described  premises,  and  each  and  every 
part  thereof,  which  is  given  by  or  results  from  all  laws  of  this  state  per- 
taining to  the  exemption  of  homesteads. 

Provided  always,  and  these  presents  are  upon  this  express  condition, 
that  if  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  their  heirs,  executors,  or  adminis- 
trators, shall  well  and  truly  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  to  the  said  party  of 
the  second  part,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  or  assigns,  the  afore- 
said sums  of  money,  with  such  interest  thereon,  at  the  time  and  in  the 
manner  specified  in  the  above  mentioned  promissory  notes,  according  to 
the  true  intent  and  meaning  thereof,  then  in  that  case,  these  presents  and 
every  thing  herein  expressed,  shall  be  absolutely  null  and  void. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  hereunto  set  their 
hands  and  seals  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  presence  of 

JAMES  WHITEHEAD,  WILLIAM  STOCKER.     [L.S.] 

FRED.  SAMUELS.  OLLA  STOCKER.  [L.S.] 

WARRANTY  DEED  WITH  COVENANTS. 

THIS  INDENTURE,  made  this  sixth  day  of  April,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-two,  between  Henry  Best 
of  Lawrence,  County  of  Lawrence,  State  of  Illinois,  and  Belle,  his  wife, 
of  the  first  part,'and  Charles  Pearson  of  the  same  place,  of  the  second  part, 

Witnesseth,  that  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  for  and  in  consideration 
of  the  sum  of  Six  Thousand  dollars  in  hand  paid  by  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  have  granted, 
bargained,  and  sold,  and  by  these  presents  do  grant,  bargain,  and  sell, 
unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  all  the  fol- 
lowing described  lot,  piece,  or  parcel  of  land,  situated  in  the  City  of  Law- 
rence, in  the  County  of  Lawrence,  and  State  of  Illinois,  to  wit : 
\JELere  describe  the  property^ 

Together  with  all  and  singular  the  hereditaments  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions,  remainder  and  remainders,  rents,  issues,  and  profits  thereof; 
and  all  the  estate,  rignt,  title,  interest,  claim,  and  demand  whatsoever,  of 
the  said  party  of  the  nrst  part,  either  in  law  or  equity,  of,  in,  and  to  the 


VF  SEYMOUR 


ABSTRACT   OF   ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  185 

above  bargained  premises,  with  the  hereditaments  and  appurtenances. 
To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  premises  above  bargained  and  described, 
with  the  appurtenances,  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs 
and  assigns,  forever.  And  the  said  Henry  Best,  and  Belle,  his  wife,  par- 
ties of  the  first  part,  hereby  expressly  waive,  release,  and  relinquish  unto 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  and 
assigns,  all  right,  title,  claim,  interest,  and  benefit  whatever,  in  and  to  the 
above  described  premises,  and  each  and  every  part  thereof,  which  is  given 
by  or  results  from  all  laws  of  this  state  pertaining  to  the  exemption  of 
homesteads. 

And  the  said  Henry  Best,  and  Belle,  his  wife,  party  of  the  first 
part,  for  themselves  and  their  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  do 
covenant,  grant,  bargain,  and  agree,  to  and  with  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  that  at  the  time  of  the  ensealing  and 
delivery  of  these  presents  they  were  well  seized  of  the  premises  above 
conveyed,  as  of  a  good,  sure,  perfect,  absolute,  and  indefeasible  estate  of 
inheritance  in  law,  and  in  fee  simple,  and  have  good  right,  full  power, 
and  lawful  authority  to  grant,  bargain,  sell,  and  convey  the  same,  in 
manner  and  form  aforesaid,  and  that  the  same  are  free  and  clear  from  all 
former  and  other  grants,  bargains,  sales,  liens,  taxes,  assessments,  and 
encumbrances  of  what  kind  or  nature  soever ;  and  the  above  bargained 
premises  in  the  quiet  and  peaceable  possession  of  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  against  all  and  every  person  or  persons 
lawfully  claiming  or  to  claim  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof,  the  said  party 
of  the  first  part  shall  and  will  warrant  and  forever  defend. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part  have  hereunto 
set  their  hands  and  seals  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered 

in  presence  of  HENRY  BEST,     [L.S.] 

JERRY  LINKLATER.  BELLE  BEST.      [L.S.] 

QUIT-CLAIM  DEED. 

THIS  INDENTURE,  made  the  eighth  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  between  David  Tour, 
of  Piano,  County  of  Kendall,  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  first  part, 
and  Larry  O'Brien,  of  the  same  place,  party  of  the  second  part, 

Witnesseth,  that  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  for  and  in  considera- 
tion of  Nine  Hundred  dollars  in  hand  paid  by  the  said  party  of  the  sec- 
ond part,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  the  said  party 
of  the  second  part  forever  released  and  discharged  therefrom,  has  remised, 
released,  sold,  conveyed,  and  quit-claimed,  and  by  these  presents  does 
remise,  release,  sell,  convey,  and  quit-claim,  unto  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  forever,  all  the  right,  title,  interest, 


186  ABSTRACT  OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 

claim,  and  demand,  which  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  in  and  to 
the  following  described  lot,  piece,  or  parcel  of  land,  to  wit : 

[Here  describe  the  land.] 

To  have  and  to  hold  the  same,  together  with  all  and  singular  the 
appurtenances  and  privileges  thereunto  belonging,  or  in  any  wise  there- 
unto appertaining,  and  all  the  estate,  right,  title,  interest,  and  claim 
whatever,  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  either  in  law  or  equity,  to 
the  only  proper  use,  benefit,  and  behoof  of  the  said  party  of  the  second 
part,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  hereunto  set  his 
hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  above  written. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  DAVID  TOUR.     [L.S.] 

in  presence  of 
THOMAS  ASHLEY. 

The  above  forms  of  Deeds  and  Mortgage  are  such  as  have  heretofore 
been  generally  used,  but  the  following  are  much  shorter,  and  are  made 
equally  valid  by  the  laws  of  this  state. 

WARRANTY  DEED. 

The  grantor  (here  insert  name  or  names  and  place  of  residence),  for 
and  in  consideration  of  (here  insert  consideration)  in  hand  paid,  conveys 
and  warrants  to  (here  insert  the  grantee's  name  or  names)  the  following 
described  real  estate  (here  insert  description),  situated  in  the  County  of 
in  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Dated  this day  of A.  D.  18 . 

QUIT  CLAIM  DEED. 

The  grantor  (here  insert  grantor's  name  or  names  and  place  of  resi- 
dence), for  the  consideration  of  (here  insert  consideration)  convey  and 
quit-claim  to  (here  insert  grantee's  name  or  names)  all  interest  in  the 
following  described  real  estate  (here  insert  description),  situated  in  the 
County  of in  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Dated  this day  of  A.  D.  18 . 

MORTGAGE. 

The  mortgagor  (here  insert  name  or  names)  mortgages  and  warrants 
to  (here  insert  name  or  names  of  mortgagee  or  mortgagees),  to  secure  the 
payment  of  (here  recite  the  nature  and  amount  of  indebtedness,  showing 
when  due  and  the  rate  of  interest,  and  whether  secured  by  note  or  other- 
wise), the  following  described  real  estate  (here  insert  description  thereof), 
situated  in  the  County  of in  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Dated  this day  of A.  D.  18 . 

RELEASE. 

KNOW  ALL  MEN  by  these  presents,  that  I,  Peter  Ahlund,  of  Chicago, 
of  the  County  of  Cook,  and  State  of  Illinois,  for  and  in  consideration  of 
One  dollar,  to  me  in  hand  paid,  and  for  other  good  and  valuable  considera- 


ABSTRACT  OF   ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 


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tions,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  confessed,  do  hereby  grant,  bargain, 
remise,  convey,  release,  and  quit-claim  unto  Joseph  Carlin  of  Chicago, 
of  the  County  of  Cook,  and  State  of  Illinois,  all  the  right,  title,  interest, 
claim,  or  demand  whatsoever,  I  may  have  acquired  in,  through,  or  by  a 
certain  Indenture  or  Mortgage  Deed,  bearing  date  the  second  day  of  Jan- 
uary, A.  D.  1871,  and  recorded  in  the  Recorder's  office  of  said  county, 
in  book  A  of  Deeds,  page  46,  to  the  premises  therein  described,  and  which 
said  Deed  was  made  to  secure  one  certain  promissory  note,  bearing  even 
date  with  said  deed,  for  the  sum  of  Three  Hundred  dollars. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal,  this  second  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1874. 

PETER  AHLUND.     [L.S.] 
State  of  Illinois,      ) 

Cook  County.        j  I,  George  Saxton,  a  Notary  Public  in 

and  for  said  county,  in  the  state  aforesaid,  do  hereby 
certify  that  Peter  Ahlund,  personally  known  to  me 
as  the  same  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the 
foregoing  Release,  appeared  before  me  this  day  in 
£  *^sBAL.Al1  ]  person,  and  acknowledged  that  he  signed,  sealed,  and 
delivered  the  said  instrument  of  writing  as  his  free 
and  voluntary  act,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  therein 
set  forth. 

(riwn  under  my  hand  and  seal,  this  second  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1874. 

GEORGE  SAXTON,  N.  P. 

GENERAL  FOfrM  OF  WILL  FOR  REAL  AND  PERSONAL  PROPERTY. 

I,  Charles  Mansfield,  of  the  Town  of  Salem,  County  of  Jackson, 
Scale  of  Illinois,  being  aware  of  the  uncertainty  of  life,  and  in  failing 
health,  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  make  and  declare  this  to  be 
my  last  will  and  testament,  in  manner  following,  to  wit: 

First.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  oldest  son,  Sidney  H. 
Mansfield,  the  sum  of  Two  Thousand  Dollars,  of  bank  stock,  now  in  the 
Third  National  Bank  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  the  farm  owned  by  myself 
in  the  Town  of  Buskirk,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  with 
all  the  houses,  tenements,  and  improvements  thereunto  belonging ;  to 
have  and  to  hold  unto  my  said  son,  his  heirs  and  assign*.,  forever. 

Second.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  each  of  my  daughters,  Anna 
Louise  Mansfield  and  Ida  Clara  Mansfield,  each  Two  Thousand  dollars  in 
bank  stock,  in  the  Third  National  Bank  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  also  each 
one  quarter  section  of  land,  owned  by  myself,  situated  in  the  Town  of 
Lake,  Illinois,  and  recorded  in  my  name  in  the  Recorder's  office  in  the 
county  where  such  land  is  located.  The  north  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  said  half  section  is  devised  to  my  eldest  daughter,  Anna  Louise. 
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ABSTRACT   OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS. 


Third.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Frank  Alfred  Mans- 
field, Five  shares  of  Railroad  stock  in  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad, 
and  my  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  saw  mill  thereon,  situ- 
ated in  Manistee,  Michigan,  with  all  the  improvements  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging,  which  said  real  estate  is  recorded  in  my  name  in  the 
county  where  situated. 

Fourth.  I  give  to  my  wife,  Victoria  Elizabeth  Mansfield,  all  my 
household  furniture,  goods,  chattels,  and  personal  property,  about  my 
home,  not  hitherto  disposed  of,  including  Eight  Thousand  dollars  of  bank 
stock  in  the  Third  National  Bank  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Fifteen  shares  in 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  and  the  free  and  unrestricted  use,  pos- 
session, and  benefit  of  the  home  farm,  so  long  as  she  may  live,  in  lieu  of 
dower,  to  which  she  is  entitled  by  law ;  said  farm  being  my  present  place 
of  residence. 

Fifth.  I  bequeath  to  my  invalid  father,  Elijah  H.  Mansfield,  the 
income  from  rents  of  my  store  building  at  145  Jackson  Street,  Chicago, 
Illinois,  during  the  term  of  his  natural  life.  Said  building  and  land  there- 
with to  revert  to  my  said  sons  and  daughters  in  equal  proportion,  upon 
the  demise  of  my  said  father. 

Sixth.  It  is  also  my  will  and  desire  that,  at  the  death  of  my  wife, 
Victoria  Elizabeth  Mansfield,  or  at  any  time  when  she  may  arrange  to 
relinquish  her  life  interest  in  the  above  mentioned  homestead,  the  same 
may  revert  to  my  above  named  children,  or  to  the  lawful  heirs  of  each. 

And  lastly.  I  nominate  and  appoint  as  executors  of  this  my  last  will 
and  testament,  my  wife,  Victoria  Elizabeth  Mansfield,  and  my  eldest  son, 
Sidney  H.  Mansfield. 

I  further  direct  that  my  debts  and  necessary  funeral  expenses  shaJ 
be  paid  from  moneys  now  on  deposit  in  the  Savings  Bank  of  Salem,  the 
residue  of  such  moneys  to  revert  to  my  wife,  Victoria  Elizabeth  Mansfield, 
for  her  use  forever. 

In  witness  whereof,  I,  Charles  Mansfield,  to  this  my  last  will  and 
testament,  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  fourth  day  of  April, 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-two. 


Signed,  sealed,  and  declared  by  Charles 
Mansfield,  as  and  for  his  last  will  and 
testament,  in  the  presence  of  us,  who, 
at  his  request,  and  in  his  presence,  and 
in  the  presence  of  each  other,  have  sub- 
scribed our  names  hereunto  as  witnesses 
thereof. 

PETER  A.  SCHENCK,  Sycamore,  Ills. 

FKANK  E.  DENT,  Salem,  Ills. 


CHARLES  MANSFIELD.  [L.S.] 


ABSTRACT   OF  ILLINOIS   STATE  LAWS.  181) 

CODICIL. 

Whereas  I,  Charles  Mansfield,  did,  on  the  fourth  day  of  April,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-two,  make  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment, I  do  now,  by  this  writing,  add  this  codicil  to  my  said  will,  to  be 
taken  as  a  part  thereof. 

Whereas,  by  the  dispensation  of  Providence,  my  daughter,  Anna 
Louise,  has  deceased  November  fifth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-three, 
and  whereas,  a  son  has  been  born  to  me,  which  son  is  now  christened 
Richard  Albert  Mansfield,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  him  my  gold  watch, 
and  all  right,  interest,  and  title  in  lands  and  bank  stock  and  chattels 
bequeathed  to  my  deceased  daughter,  Anna  Louise,  in  the  body  of  this  will. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  hereunto  place  my  hand  and  seal,  this  tenth 
day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-five. 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  to 


CHARLES  MANSFIELD.  [L.S.] 


us  by  the  testator,  Charles  Mansfield,  as 
and  for  a  codicil  to  be  annexed  to  his 
last  will  and  testament.  And  we,  at 
his  request,  and  in  his  presence,  and  in 
the  presence  of  each  other,  have  sub- 
scribed our  names  as  witnesses  thereto, 
at  the  date  hereof. 

FRANK  E.  DENT,  Salem,  Ills. 

JOHN  C.  SHAY,  Salem,  Ills. 


CHURCH    ORGANIZATIONS 

May  be  legally  made  by  electing  or  appointing,  according  to  the  usages 
or  customs  of  the  body  of  which  it  is  a  part,  at  any  meeting  held  for  that 
purpose,  two  or  more  of  its  members  as  trustees,  wardens  or  vestrymen,  and 
may  adopt  a  corporate  name.  The  chairman  or  secretary  of  such  meeting 
shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  make  and  file  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of 
deeds  of  the  county,  an  affidavit  substantially  in  the  following  form : 
STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 


County.      '  SS> 


I, ,  do    solemnly   swear   (or  affirm,   as   the   case   may  be), 

that  at  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  (here  insert  the  name  of  the 
church,  society  or  congregation  as  known  before  organization),  held  at 

(here  insert  place  of  meeting),   in  the   County  of ,  and  State  of 

Illinois,  on  the  -  —  day  of  -  ,  A.D.  18 — ,  for  that  purpose,  the  fol- 
lowing persons  were  elected  (or  appointed)  [here  insert  their  names'] 
trustees,  wardens,  vestrymen,  (or  officers  by  whatever  name  they  may 
choose  to  adopt,  with  powers  similar  to  trustees)  according  to  the  rules 
and  usages  of  suob  (church,  society  or  congregation),  and  said 


190  ABSTRACT    OF   ILLINOIS    STATE   LAWS. 

^adopted  as  its  corporate  name  (here  insert  name),  and  at  said  meeting 
^this  affiant  acted  as  (chairman  or  secretary,  as  the  case  may  be). 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  this day  of ,  A.D. 

18 — -.  Name  of  Affiant  — 

which  affidavit  must  be  recorded  by  the  recorder,  and  shall  be,  or  a  certi- 
fied copy  made  by  the  recorder,  received  as  evidence  of  such  an  incorpo- 
Tation. 

No  certificate  of  election  after  the  first  need  be  filed  for  record. 

The  term  of  office  of  the  trustees  and  the  general  government  of  the 
.society  can  be  determined  by  the  rules  or  by-laws  adopted.  Failure  to 
•elect  trustees  at  the  time  provided  does  not  work  a  dissolution,  but  the 
old  trustees  hold  over.  A  trustee  or  trustees  may  be  removed,  in  the 
«ame  manner  by  the  society  as  elections  are  held  by  a  meeting  called  for 
that  purpose.  The  property  of  the  society  vests  in  the  corporation.  .The 
corporation  may  hold,  or  acquire  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  land  not 
•exceeding  ten  acres,  for  the  purpose  of  the  society.  The  trustees  have 
the  care,  custody  and  control  of  the  property  of  the  corporation,  and  can, 
when  directed  by  the  society,  erect  houses  or  improvements,  and  repair 
and  alter  the  same,  and  may  also  when  so  directed  by  the  society, 
mortgage,  encumber,  sell  and  convey  any  real  or  personal  estate  belonging 
to  the  corporation,  and  make  all  proper  contracts  in  the  name  of  such 
corporation.  But  they  are  prohibited  by  law  from  encumbering  or  inter- 
fering with  any  property  so  as  to  destroy  the  effect  of  any  gift,  grant, 
devise  or  bequest  to  the  corporation ;  but  such  gifts,  grants,  devises  or 
bequests,  must  in  all  cases  be  used  so  as  to  carry  out  the  object  intended 
by  the  persons  making  the  same.  Existing  societies  may  organize  in  the 
manner  herein  set  forth,  and  have  all  the  advantages  thereof. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  THOSE  PURCHASING  BOOKS  BY  SUBSCRIPTION. 

The  business  of  publishing  books  by  subscription  having  so  often  been 
^brought  into  disrepute  by  agents  making  representations  and  declarations 
not  authorized  by  the  publisher  ;  in  order  to  prevent  that  as  much  as  possi- 
ble, and  that  there  may  be  more  general  knowledge  of  the  relation  such 
agents  bear  to  their  principal,  and  the  law  governing  such  cases,  the  fol- 
lowing statement  is  made  : 

A  subscription  is  in  the  nature  of  a  contract  of  mutual  promises,  by 
which  the  subscriber  agrees  to  pay  a  certain  sum  for  the  work  described ; 
the  consideration  is  concurrent  that  the  publisher  shall  publish  the  book 
named,  and  deliver  the  same,  for  which  the  subscriber  is  to  pay  the  price 
named.  The  nature  and  character  of  the  work  is  described  in  the  prospectus 
and  by  the  sample  shown.  These  should  be  carefully  examined  before  sub- 
scribing^ as  they  are  the  basis  and  consideration  of  the  promise  to  pay, 


ABSTRACT    OF    ILLINOIS   STATE   LAWS.  191 

and  not  the  too  often  exaggerated  statements  of  the  agent,  who  is  merely 
employed  to  solicit  subscriptions,  for  which  he  is  usually  paid  a  commission 
for  each  subscriber,  and  has  no  authority  to  change  or  alter  the  conditions 
upon  which  the  subscriptions  are  authorized  to  be  made  by  the  publisher. 
Should  the  agent  assume  to  agree  to  make  the  subscription  conditional  or 
modify  or  change  the  agreement  of  the  publisher,  as  set  out  by  prospectus 
and  sample,  in  order  to  bind  the  principal,  the  subscriber  should  see  that 
such  conditions  or  changes  are  stated  over  or  in  connection  with  his  signa- 
ture, so  that  the  publisher  may  have  notice  of  the  same. 

All  persons  making  contracts  in  reference  to  matters  of  this  kind,  or 
any  other  business,  should  remember  that  the  law  as  to  written  contracts  is, 
that  they  can  not  be  varied,  altered  or  rescinded  verbally,  but  if  done  at  all, 
must  be  done  in  writing.  It  is  therefore  important  that  all  persons  contem- 
plating subscribing  should  distinctly  understand  that  all  talk  before  or  after 
the  subscription  is  made,  is  not  admissible  as  evidence,  and  is  no  part  of  the 
contract. 

Persons  employed  to  solicit  subscriptions  are  known  to  the  trade  as 
canvassers.  They  are  agents  appointed  to  do  a  particular  business  in  a 
prescribed  mode,  and  have  no  authority  to  do  it  in  any  other  way  to  the 
prejudice  of  their  principal,  nor  can  they  bind  their  principal  in  any  other 
matter.  They  can  not  collect  money,  or  agree  that  payment  may  be  made 
in  anything  else  but  money.  They  can  not  extend  the  time  of  payment 
beyond  the  time  of  delivery,  nor  bind  their  principal  for  the  payment  of 
expenses  incurred  in  their  buisness. 

It  would  save  a  great  deal  of  trouble,  and  often  serious  loss,  if  persons, 
before  signing  their  names  to  any  subscription  book,  or  any  written  instru- 
ment, would  examine  carefully  what  it  is  ;  if  they  can  not  read  themselves, 
should  call  on  some  one  disinterested  who  can. 

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192  CONSTITUTION   OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 


CONSTITUTION    OF   THE    UNITED    STATES    OF   AMERICA 
AND  ITS  AMENDMENTS. 

We,  the  people  of  the  United  States,  in  order  to  form  a  more  perfect  union, 
establish  justice,  insure  domestic  tranquillity,  provide  for  the  common 
defense,  promote  the  general  welfare,  and  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty 
to  ourselves  and  our  posterity,  do  ordain  and  establish  this  Constitution 
for  the  United  States  of  America. 

AKTICLE  I. 

SECTION  1.  All  legislative  powers  herein  granted  shall  be  vested  in 
a  Congress  of  the  United  States,  which  shall  consist  of  a  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives. 

SEC.  2.  The  House  of  Representatives  shall  be  composed  of  mem- 
bers chosen  every  second  year  by  the  people  of  the  several  states,  and  the 
electors  in  each  state  shall  have  the  qualifications  requisite  for  electors  of 
the  most  numerous  branch  of  the  State  Legislature. 

No  person  shall  be  a  representative  who  shall  not  have  attained  to  the 
age  of  twenty-five  years,  and  been  seven  years  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  and  who  shall  not,  when  elected,  be  an  inhabitant  of  that  state  in 
which  he  shall  be  chosen. 

Representatives  and  direct  taxes  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  sev- 
eral states  which  may  be  included  within  this  Union,  according  to  their 
respective  numbers,  which  shall  be  determined  by  adding  to  the  whole 
number  of  free  persons,  including  those  bound  to  service  for  a  term  of 
years,  and  excluding  Indians  not  taxed,  three-fifths  of  all  other  persons. 
The  actual  enumeration  shall  be  made  within  three  years  after  the  first 
meeting  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  and  within  every  subse- 
quent term  of  ten  years,  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  by  law  direct.  The 
number  of  Representatives  shall  not  exceed  one  for  every  thirty  thousand, 
but  each  state  shall  have  at  least  one  Representative  ;  and  until  such 
enumeration  shall  be  made  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  shall  be  entitled 
to  choose  three,  Massachusetts  eight,  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plan- 
tations one,  Connecticut  five,  New  York  six,  New  Jersey  four,  Pennsylva- 
nia eight,  Delaware  one,  Maryland  six,  Virginia  ten,  North  Carolina  five, 
and  Georgia  three. 

When  vacancies  happen  in  the  representation  from  any  state,  the 
Executive  authority  thereof  shall  issue  writs  of  election  to  fill  such 
vacancies. 

The  House  of  Representatives  shall  choose  their  Speaker  and  other 
officers,  and  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeachment. 

SEC.  3.  The  Senate  of  the  United  States  shall  be  composed  of  two 
Senators  from  each  state,  chosen  by  the  Legislature  thereof  for  six  years ; 
and  each  Senator  shall  have  one  vote. 

Immediately  after  they  shall  be  assembled  in  consequence  of  the  first 
election,  they  shall  be  divided  as  equally  as  may  be  into  three  classes. 
The  seats  of  the  Senators  of  the  first  class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  expira- 


AND  ITS  AMENDMENTS. 

tion  of  the  second  year,  of  the  second  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  fourth 
year,  and  of  the  third  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  sixth  year,  so  that 
one-third  may  be  chosen  every  second  year;  and  if  vacancies  happen  by 
resignation  or  otherwise,  during  the  recess  of  the  Legislature  of  any  state,, 
the  Executive  thereof  may  make  temporary  appointments  until  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Legislature,  which  shall  then  fill  such  vacancies. 

No  person  shall  be  a  Senator  who  shall  not  have  attained  to  the  age 
of  thirty  years  and  been  nine  years  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and 
who  shall  not,  when  elected,  be  an  inhabitant  of  that  state  for  which  he 
shall  be  chosen. 

The  Vice-President  of  the  United  States  shall  be  President  of  the- 
Senate,  but  shall  have  no  vote  unless  they  be  equally  divided. 

The  Senate  shall  choose  their  other  officers,  and  also  a  President  pro 
tempore,  in  the  absence  of  the  Vice-President,  or  when  he  shall  exercise 
the  office  of  President  of  the  United  States. 

The  Senate  shall  have  the  sole  power  to  try  all  impeachments.  When 
sitting  for  that  purpose  they  shall  be  on  oath  or  affirmation.  When  the 
President  of  the  United  States  is  tried  the  Chief  Justice  shall  preside. 
And  no  person  shall  be  convicted  without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds- 
of.  the  members  present. 

Judgment,  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall  not  extend  further  than  to 
removal  from  office,  and  disqualification  to  hold  and  enjoy  any  office  of 
honor,  trust,  or  profit  under  the  United  States ;  but  the  party  convicted 
shall  nevertheless  be  liable  and  subject  to  indictment,  trial,  judgment, 
and  punishment  according  to  law. 

SEC.  4.  The  times,  places  and  manner  of  holding  elections  for  Sen- 
ators and  Representatives  shall  be  prescribed  in  each  state  by  the  Legis- 
lature thereof ;  but  the  Congress  may  at  any  time  by  law  make  or  alter 
such  regulations,  except  as  to  the  places  of  choosing  Senators. 

The  Congress  shall  assemble  at  least  once  in  every  year,  and  such 
meeting  shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  unless  they  shall  by 
law  appoint  a  different  day. 

SEC.  5.  Each  house  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election,  returns,  and 
qualifications  of  its  own  members,  and  a  majority  of  each  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  to  do  business ;  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from  day  to 
day,  and  may  be  authorized  to  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members 
in  such  manner  and  under  such  penalties  as  each  house  may  provide. 

Each  house  may  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings,  punish  its 
members  for  disorderly  behavior,  and,  with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds, 
expel  a  member. 

Each  house  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings,  and  from  time  to 
time  publish  the  same,  excepting  such  parts  as  may,  in  their  judgment, 
require  secrecy  ;  and  the  yeas  and  nays  of  the  members  of  either  house 
on  any  question  shall,  at  the  desire  of  one-fifth  of  those  present,  be  entered 
on  the  journal. 

Neither  house,  during  the  session  of  Congress,  shall,  without  the 
consent  of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days,  nor  to  any  other 
place  than  that  in  which  the  two  houses  shall  be  sitting. 

SEC.  6.  The  Senators  and  Representatives  shall  receive  a  compen- 
sation for  their  services,  to  be  ascertained  by  law,  and  paid  out  of  the 
treasury  of  the  United  States.  They  shall  in  all  cases,  except  treason, 


194  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE  UNITED   STATES 

felony,  and  breach  of  the  peace,  be  privileged  from  arrest  during  their 
attendance  at  the  session  of  their  respective  houses,  and  in  going  to  and 
returning  from  the  same ;  and  for  any  speech  or  debate  in  either  house 
they  shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

No  Senator  or  Representative  shall,  during  the  time  for  which  he  was 
elected,  be  appointed  to  any  civil  office  under  the  authority  of  the  United 
States,  which  shall  have  been  created,  or  the  emoluments  whereof  shall 
have  been  increased  during  such  time  ;  and  no  person  holding  any  office 
under  the  United  States,  shall  be  a  member  of  either  house  during  his 
continuance  in  office. 

SEC.  7.  All  bills  for  raising  revenue  shall  originate  in  the  House  of 
Representatives ;  but  the  Senate  may  propose  or  concur  with  amendments 
as  on  other  bills. 

Every  bill  which  shall  have  passed  the  House  of  Representatives  and 
the  Senate,  shall,  before  it  becomes  a  law,  be  presented  to  the  President 
the  United  States;  if  he  approve  he  shall  .sign  it ;  but  if  not  he  shall 
return  it,  with  his  objections,  to  that  house  in  which  it  shall  have  origi- 
nated, who  shall  enter  the  objections  at  large  on  their  journal,  and 
proceed  to  reconsider  it.  If,  after  such  reconsideration  two-thirds  of  that 
house  shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  be  sent,  together  with  the  objec- 
tions, to  the  other  house,  by  which  it  shall  likewise  be  reconsidered,  and  if 
approved  by  two-thirds  of  that  house,  it  shall  become  a  law.  But  in  all 
such  cases  the  votes  of  both  houses  shall  be  determined  by  yeas  and  nays, 
and  the  names  of  the  persons  voting  for  and  against  the  bill  shall  be  entered 
on  the  journal  of  each  house  respectively.  If  any  bill  shall  not  be  returned 
by  the  President  within  ten  days  (Sundays  excepted),  after  it  shall  have 
been  presented  to  him,  the  same  shall  be  a  law,  in  like  manner  as  if  he 
had  signed  it,  unless  the  Congress,  by  their  adjournment,  prevent  its 
return,  in  which  case  it  shall  not  be  a  law. 

Every  order,  resolution,  or  vote  to  which  the  concurrence  of  the 
Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  may  be  necessary  (except  on  a 
question  of  adjournment),  shall  be  presented  to  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  and  before  the  same  shall  take  effect  shall  be  approved  by 
him,  or,  being  disapproved  by  him,  shall  be  re-passed  by  two-thirds  of 
the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  according  to  the  rules  and  lim- 
itations prescribed  in  the  case  of  a  bill. 

SEC.  8.     The  Congress  shall  have  power — 

To  lay  and  collect  taxes,  duties,  imposts  and  excises,  to  pay  the  debts, 
and  provide  for  the  common  defense  and  general  welfare  of  the  United 
States ;  but  all  duties,  imposts,  and  excises  shall  be  uniform  throughout 
the  United  States ; 

To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  United  States ; 

To  regulate  commerce  with  foreign  nations,  and  among  the  several 
States,  and  with  the  Indian  tribes ; 

To  establish  a  uniform  rule  of  naturalization,  and  uniform  laws  on 
the  subject  of  bankruptcies  throughout  the  United  States ; 

To  coin  money,  regulate  the  value  thereof,  and  of  foreign  coin,  and 
fix  the  standard  of  weights  and  measures ; 

To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  counterfeiting  the  securities  and 
current  coin  of  the  United  States ; 

To  establish  post  offices  and  post  roads ; 


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To  promote  the  progress  of  sciences  and  useful  arts,  by  securing* 
for  limited  times,  to  authors  and  inventors,  the  exclusive  right  to  their 
respective  writings  and  discoveries  ; 

To  constitute  tribunals  inferior  to  the  Supreme  Court ; 

To  define  and  punish  piracies  and  felonies  committed  on  the  high 
seas,  and  offenses  against  the  law  of  nations ; 

To  declare  war,  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  and  make  rules 
concerning  captures  on  land  and  water  ; 

To  raise  and  support  armies,  but  no  appropriation  of  money  to  that 
use  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than  two  years ; 

To  provide  and  maintain  a  navy ; 

To  make  rules  for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the  land  and 
naval  forces ; 

To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws  of  the 
Union,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  invasions ; 

To  provide  for  organizing,  arming  and  disciplining  the  militia,  and 
for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employed  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  reserving  to  the  states  respectively  the  appointment  of  the 
officers,  and  the  authority  of  training  the  militia  according  to  the  disci- 
pline prescribed  by  Congress ; 

To  exercise  legislation  in  all  cases  whatsoever  over  such  district  (not 
exceeding  ten  miles  square)  as  may,  by  cession  of  particular  states,  and  the 
acceptance  of  Congress,  become  the  seat  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  and  to  exercise  like  authority  over  all  places  purchased  by  the 
consent  of  the  Legislature  of  the  state  in  which  the  same  shall  be,  for 
the  erection  of  forts,  magazines,  arsenals,  dock  yards,  and  other  needful 
buildings ;  and 

To  make  all  laws  which  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for  carrying 
into  execution  the  foregoing  powers,  and  all  other  powers  vested  by  this 
Constitution  in  the  government  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  depart- 
ment or  officer  thereof. 

SEC.  9.  The  migration  or  importation  of  such  persons  as  any  of  the 
states  now  existing  shall  think  proper  to  admit,  shall  not  be  prohibited 
by  the  Congress  prior  to  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight, 
but  a  tax  or  duty  may  be  imposed  on  such  importation,  not  exceeding  ten 
dollars  for  each  person. 

The  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  shall  not  be  suspended, 
unless  when  in  cases  of  rebellion  or  invasion  the  public  safety  may 
require  it. 

No  bill  of  attainder  or  ex  post  facto  law  shall  be  passed. 

No  capitation  or  other  direct  tax  shall  be  laid,  unless  in  proportion 
to  the  census  or  enumeration  hereinbefore  directed  to  be  taken. 

No  tax  or  duty  shall  be  laid  on  articles  exported  from  any  state. 

No  preference  shall  be  given  by  any  regulation  of  commerce  or  rev- 
enue to  the  ports  of  one  state  over  those  of  another;  nor  shall  vessels 
bound  to  or  from  one  state  be  obliged  to  enter,  clear,  or  pay  duties  in 
another. 

No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  Treasury,  but  in  consequence  of 
appropriations  made  by  law ;  and  a  regular  statement  and  account  of 
the  receipts  and  expeditures  of  all  public  money  shall  be  published  from 
time  to  time. 


196  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED   STATES 

No  title  of  nobility  shall  be  granted  by  the  United  States :  and  no 
person  holding  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  under  them,  shall,  without  the 
consent  of  the  Congress,  accept  of  any  present,  emolument,  office,  or  title 
of  any  kind  whatever,  from  any  king,  prince,  or  foreign  state. 

SEC.  10.  No  state  shall  enter  into  any  treaty,  alliance,  or  confeder- 
ation ;  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal ;  coin  money ;  emit  bills  of 
•credit ;  make  anything  but  gold  and  silver  coin  a  tender  in  payment  of 
debts ;  pass  any  bill  of  attainder,  ex  post  facto  law,  or  law  impairing  the 
obligation  of  contracts,  or  grant  any  title  of  nobility. 

No  state  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  lay  any  imposts 
or  duties  on  imports  or  exports,  except  what  may  be  absolutely  necessary 
for  executing  its  inspection  laws,  and  the  net  produce  of  all  duties  and 
imposts  laid  by  any  state  on  imports  or  exports,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States ;  and  all  such  laws  shall  be  subject  to  the 
revision  and  control  of  the  Congress. 

No  state  shall,  without  the  consent  of  Congress,  lay  any  duty  on 
tonnage,  keep  troops  or  ships  of  war  in  time  of  peace,  enter  into  any 
agreement  or  compact  with  another  state,  or  with  a  foreign  power,  or 
engage  in  war,  unless  actually  invaded,  or  in  such  imminent  danger  as  will 
not  admit  of  delay. 

ARTICLE  II. 

SECTION  1.  The  Executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  President  of 
the  United  States  of  America.  He  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  term 
of  four  years,  and,  together  with  the  Vice-President  chosen  for  the  same 
term,  be  elected  as  follows : 

Each  state  shall  appoint,  in  such  manner  as  the  Legislature  thereof 
may  direct,  a  number  of  Electors,  equal  to  the  whole  number  of  Senators 
and  Representatives  to  which  the  state  may  be  entitled  in  the  Congress; 
but  no  Senator  or  Representative,  or  person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or 
profit  under  the  United  States,  shall  be  appointed  an  Elector. 

[  *  The  Electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  states,  and  vote  by 
ballot  for  two  persons,  of  whom  one  at  least  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant  of 
the  same  state  with  themselves.  And  they  shall  make  a  list  of  all  the 
persons  voted  for,  and  of  the  number  of  votes  for  each  ;  which  list  they 
shall  sign  and  certify,  and  transmit,  sealed,  to  the  seat  of  the  government 
of  the  United  States,  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate.  The  Pres- 
ident of  the  Senate  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, open  all  the  certificates,  and  the  votes  shall  then  be  counted. 
The  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  shall  be  the  President, 
if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  Electors  appointed ; 
and  if  there  be  more  than  one  who  have  such  majority,  and  have  an  equal 
number  of  votes,  then  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  immediately 
choose  by  ballot  one  of  them  for  President ;  and  if  no  person  have  a  ma- 
jority, then  from  the  five  highest  on  the  list  the  said  House  shall  in  like 
manner  choose  the  President.  But  in  choosing  the  President,  the  vote 
shall  be  taken  by  states,  the  representation  from  each  state  having  one 
vote  ;  a  quorum  for  this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  member  or  members 
from  two-thirds  of  the  states,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  states  shall  be 
necessary  to  a  choice.  In  every  case,  after  the  choice  of  the  President, 

*  This  clause  between, brackets  has  been  superseded  and  annulled  by  the  Twelfth.amendmentu 


AND    ITS   AMENDMENTS.  19T 

the  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  of  the  Electors  shall  be 
the  Vice-President.  But  if  there  should  remain  two  or  more  who  have 
equal  votes,  the  Senate  shall  choose  from  them  by  ballot  the  Vice-Presi- 
dent.] 

The  Congress  may  determine  the  time  of  choosing  the  Electors,  and 
the  day  on  which  they  shall  give  their  votes ;  which  day  shall  be  the  same 
throughout  the  United  States. 

No  person  except  a  natural  born  citizen,  or  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  shall  be  eligible 
to  the  office  of  President ;  neither  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  that 
office  who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  thirty -five  years,  and  been 
fourteen  years  a  resident  within  the  United  States. 

In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  President  from  office,  or  of  his  death, 
resignation,  or  inability  to  discharge  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  said 
office,  the  same  shall  devolve  on  the  Vice-President,  and  the  Congress 
may  by  law  provide  for  the  case  of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inabil- 
ity, both  of  the  President  and  Vice-President,  declaring  what  officer  shall 
then  act  as  President,  and  such  officer  shall  act  accordingly,  until  the  dis- 
ability be  removed,  or  a  President  shall  be  elected. 

The  President  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his  services  a  com- 
pensation which  shall  neither  be  increased  nor  diminished  during  the 
period  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected,  and  he  shall  not  receive 
within  that  period  any  other  emolument  from  the  United  States  or  any  of 
them. 

Before  he  enters  on  the  execution  of  his  office,  he  shall  take  the  fol- 
lowing oath  or  affirmation : 

"  I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  execute  the 
office  of  President  of  the  United  States,  and  will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability, 
preserve,  protect,  and  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States." 

SEC.  2.  The  President  shall  be  commander  in  chief  of  the  army  and 
navy  of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  militia  of  the  several  states,  when 
called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States ;  he  may  require  the 
opinion,  in  writing,  of  the  principal  officer  in  each  of  the  executive 
departments,  upon  any  subject  relating  to  the  duties  of  their  respective 
offices,  and  he  shall  have  power  to  grant  reprieves  and  pardon  for  offenses 
against  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment. 

He  shall  have  power,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate,  to  make  treaties,  provided  two-thirds  of  the  Senators  present  con- 
cur; and  he  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Senate, 
shall  appoint  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers  and  consuls,  judges  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  and  all  other  officers  of  the  United  States  whose 
appointments  are  not  herein  otherwise  provided  for,  and  which  shall  be 
established  by  law ;  but  the  Congress  may  by  law  vest  the  appointment 
of  such  inferior  officers  as  they  think  proper  in  the  President  alone,  in 
the  courts  of  law,  or  in  the  heads  of  departments. 

The  President  shall  have  power  to  fill  up  all  vacancies  that  may 
happen  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate,  by  granting  commissions  which 
shall  expire  at  the  end  of  their  next  session. 

SEC.  3.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  give  to  the  Congress  information 
of  the  state  of  the  Union,  and  recommend  to  their  consideration  such  mea- 
sures as  he  shall  judge  necessary  and  expedient ;  he  may  on  extraordinary 


198  CONSTITUTION   OF  THE  UNITED   STATES 

occasions  convene  both  houses,  or  either  of  them,  and  in  case  of  disagree- 
ment between  them,  with  respect  to  the  time  of  adjournment,  he  may 
adjourn  them  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think  proper ;  he  shall  receive 
ambassadors  and  other  public  ministers ;  he  shall  take  care  that  the  laws  be 
faithfully  executed,  and  shall  commission  all  the  officers  of  the  United 
States. 

SEC.  4.  The  President,  Vice-President,  and  all  civil  officers  of  the 
United  States,  shall  be  removed  from  office  on  impeachment  for,  and  con- 
viction of,  treason,  bribery,  or  other  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors. 

ABTICLE  III. 

SECTION  I.  The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  be  vested 
in  one  Supreme  Court,  and  such  inferior  courts  as  the  Congress  may  from 
time  to  time  ordain  and  establish.  The  Judges,  both  of  the  Supreme  and 
inferior  courts,  shall  hold  their  offices  during  good  behavior,  and  shall,  at 
stated  times,  receive  for  their  services  a  compensation,  which  shall  not  be 
diminished  during  their  continuance  in  office. 

SEC.  2.  The  judicial  power  shall  extend  to  all  cases,  in  law  and 
equity,  arising  under  this  Constitution,  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  and 
treaties  made,  or  which  shall  be  made,  under  their  authority ;  to  all  cases 
affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers,  and  consuls ;  to  all  cases  of 
admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction  ;  to  controversies  to  which  the  United 
States  shall  be  a  party ;  to  controversies  between  two  or  more  states ; 
between  a  state  and  citizens  of  another  state ;  between  citizens  of  differ- 
ent states ;  between  citizens  of  the  same  state  claiming  lands  under  grants 
of  different  states,  and  between  a  state  or  the  citizens  thereof,  and  foreign 
states,  citizens,  or  subjects. 

In  all  cases  affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers,  and  consuls, 
and  those  in  which  a  state  shall  be  a  party,  the  Supreme  Court  shall  have 
original  jurisdiction. 

In  all  the  other  cases  before  mentioned,  the  Supreme  Court  shall 
have  appellate  jurisdiction,  both  as  to  law  and  fact,  with  such  exceptions 
and  under  such  regulations  as  the  Congress  shall  make. 

The  trial  of  all  crimes,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall  be  by 
jury ;  and  such  trial  shall  be  held  in  the  state  where  the  said  crimes  shall 
have  been- committed ;  but  when  not  committed  within  any  state,  the 
trial  shall  be  at  such  place  or  places  as  the  Congress  may  by  law  have 
directed. 

SEC.  3.  Treason  against  the  United  States  shall  consist  only  in  levy- 
ing war  against  them,  or  in  adhering  to  their  enemies,  giving  them  aid 
and  comfort.  No  person  shall  be  convicted  of  treason  unless  on  the  tes- 
timony of  two  witnesses  to  the  same  overt  act,  or  on  confession  in  open 
court. 

The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  declare  the  punishment  of  treason, 
but  no  attainder  of  treason  shall  work  corruption  of  blood,  or  forfeiture, 
except  during  the  life  of  the  person  attainted. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

SECTION  1.  Full  faith  and  credit  shall  be  given  in  each  state  to  the 
public  acts,  records,  and  judicial  proceedings  of  every  other  state.  And 


AND   ITS   AMENDMENTS. 

the  Congress  may,  by  general  laws,  prescribe  the  manner  in  which  such 
acts,  records,  and  proceedings  shall  be  proved,  and  the  effect  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  The  citizens  of  each  state  shall  be  entitled  to  all  privileges 
and  immunities  of  citizens  in  the  several  states. 

A  person  charged  in  any  state  with  treason,  felony,  or  other  crime, 
who  shall  flee  from  justice  and  be  found  in  another  state,  shall,  on  demand 
of  the  executive  authority  of  the  state  from  which  he  fled,  be  delivered 
up,  to  be  removed  to  the  state  having  jurisdiction  of  the  crime. 

No  person  held  to  service  or  labor  in  one  state,  under  the  laws  thereof 
escaping  into  another,  shall,  in  consequence  of  any  law  or  regulation 
therein,  be  discharged  from  such  service  or  labor,  but  shall  be  delivered 
up  on  the  claim  of  the  party  to  whom  such  service  or  labor  may  be  due. 

SEC.  3.  New  states  may  be  admitted  by  the  Congress  into  this  Union ; 
but  no  /iew  state  shall  be  formed  or  erected  within  the  jurisdiction  of  any 
other  state  ;  nor  any  state  be  formed  by  the  junction  of  two  or  more  states, 
or  parts  of  states,  without  the  consent  of  the  Legislatures  of  the  states 
concerned,  as  well  as  of  the  Congress. 

The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  dispose  of  and  make  all  needful 
rules  and  regulations  respecting  the  territory  or  other  property  belonging 
to  the  United  States ;  and  nothing  in  this  Constitution  shall  be  so  construed 
as  to  prejudice  any  claims  of  the  United  States  or  of  any  particular  state. 

SEC.  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  state  in  this. 
Union  a  republican  form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them 
against  invasion,  and  on  application  of  the  Legislature,  or  of  the  Execu- 
tive (when  the  Legislature  can  not  be  convened),  against  domestic  vio- 
lence. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Congress,  whenever  two-thirds  of  both  houses  shall  deem  it 
necessary,  shall  propose  amendments  to  this  Constitution,  or,  on  the  ap- 
plication of  the  Legislatures  of  two-thirds  of  the  several  states,  shall  call 
a  convention  for  proposing  amendments,  which,  in  either  case,  shall  be 
valid  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  part  of  this  Constitution,  when  rati- 
fied by  the  Legislatures  of  three  fourths  of  the  several  states,  or  by  con- 
ventions in  three-fourths  thereof,  as  the  one  or  the  other  mode  of  ratifi- 
cation may  be  proposed  by  the  Congress.  Provided  that  no  amendment 
which  may  be  made  prior  to  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
eight  shall  in  any  manner  affect  the  first  and  fourth  clauses  in  the  ninth 
section  of  the  first  article ;  and  that  no  state,  without  its  consent,  shall 
be  deprived  of  its  equal  suffrage  in  the  Senate. 

AETICLE  VI. 

All  debts  contracted  and  engagements  entered  into  before  the  adop- 
tion of  this  Constitution  shall  be  as  valid  against  the  United  States  under 
this  Constitution  as  under  the  Confederation. 

This  Constitution,  and  the  laws  of  the  United  States  which  shall  be 
made  in  pursuance  thereof,  and  all  treaties  made,  or  which  shall  be  made, 
under  the  authority  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the 
land ;  and  the  Judges  in  every  state  shall  be  bound  thereby,  anything  in 
the  Constitution  or  laws  of  any  state  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  Senators  and  Representatives  before  mentioned,  and  the  mem- 


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bers  of  the  several  state  Legislatures,  and  all  executive  and  judicial  offi- 
cers, both  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  several  states,  shall  be  bound 
by  oath  or  affirmation  to  support  this  Constitution  ;  but  no  religious  test 
shall  ever  be  required  as  a  qualification  to  any  office  or  public  trust  under 
the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

The  ratification  of  the  Conventions  of  nine  states  shall  be  sufficient 
for  the  establishment  of  this  Constitution  between  the  states  so  ratifying 
the  same. 

Done  in  convention  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  states  present,  the 
seventeenth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  and  of  the  independence,  of  the 
United  States  of  America  the  twelfth.  In  witness  whereof  we  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names. 

GEO.  WASHINGTON, 
President  and  Deputy  from  Virginia. 


New  Hampshire. 
JOHN  LANGDON, 
NICHOLAS  GILMAN. 

Massachusetts. 
NATHANIEL  GORHAM, 
HUFUS  KING. 

Connecticut. 
WM.  SAM'L  JOHNSON, 
HOGER  SHERMAN. 

New  York. 
ALEXANDER  HAMILTON. 

New  Jersey. 
WIL.  LIVINGSTON, 
WM.  PATERSON, 
DAVID  BREARLEY, 
JONA.  DAYTON. 

Pennsylvania. 
B.  FRANKLIN, 
ROBT.  MORRIS, 
THOS.  FITZSIMONS, 
JAMES  WILSON, 
THOS.  MIFFLIN, 
GEO.  CLYMER, 
JARED  INGERSOLL, 
Gouv.  MORRIS. 


Delaware. 
GEO.  READ, 
JOHN  DICKINSON, 
JACO.  BROOM, 
GUNNING  BEDFORD,  JE., 
RICHARD  BASSETT. 

Maryland. 
JAMES  M' HENRY, 
DANL.  CARROLL, 
DAN.  OF  ST.  THOS.  JENIFER. 

Virginia. 
JOHN  BLAIR, 
JAMES  MADISON,  JR. 

North  Carolina. 
WM.  BLOUNT, 
Hu.  WILLIAMSON, 
RICH'D  DOBBS  SPAIGHT. 

South  Carolina. 
J.  RUTLEDGE, 
CHARLES  PINCKNEY, 
CHAS.  COTES  WORTH  PiNCKN 
PIERCE  BUTLER. 

G-eorgia. 

WILLIAM  FEW, 
ABR.  BALDWIN. 

WILLIAM  JACKSON,  Secretary. 


ISHAM  BURNETT 

TOWN.I4N.R.8W. 


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ARTICLES  IN  ADDITION  TO  AND  AMENDATORY  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

Proposed  by  Congress  and  ratified  by  the  Legislatures  of  the  several  states, 
pursuant  to  the  fifth  article  of  the  original  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  I. 

Congress  shall  make  no  law  respecting  an  establishment  of  religion, 
or  prohibiting  the  free  exercise  thereof;  or  abridging  the  freedom  of 
speech,  or  of  the  press ;  or  the  right  of  the  people  peaceably  to  assemble, 
and  to  petition  the  Government  for  a  redress  of  grievances. 

ARTICLE  II. 

A  well  regulated  militia  being  necessary  to  the  security  of  a  free 
state,  the  right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms  shall  not  be  infringed. 

ARTICLE  III. 

No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  any  house  without 
the  consent  of  the  owner,  nor  in  time  of  war  but  in  a  manner  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  law. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons,  houses,  papers, 
and  effects  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seizures,  shall  not  be  vio- 
lated ;  and  no  warrants  shall  issue  but  upon  probable  cause,  supported  by 
oath  or  affirmation,  and  particularly  describing  the  place  to  be  searched 
and  the  persons  or  things  to  be  seized. 

ARTICLE  V. 

No  person  shall  be  held  te  answer  for  a  capital  or  otherwise  infamous 
crime,  unless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a  Grand  Jury,  except  in 
cases  arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces,  or  in  the  militia  when  in  actual 
service  in  time  of  war  or  public  danger ;  nor  shall  any  person  be  subject 
for  the  same  offense  to  be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or  limb  ;  nor  shall 
be  compelled  in  any  criminal  case  to  be  a  witness  against  himself,  nor  be 
deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  property,  without  due  process  of  law;  nor 
shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use,  without  just  compensation. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the  right  to  a 
speedy  and  public  trial,  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the  state  and  district 
wherein  the  crime  shall  have  been  committed,  which  district  shall  have 
been  previously  ascertained  by  law,  and  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and 
cause  of  the  accusation  ;  to  be  confronted  with  the  witnesses  against  him ; 
to  have  compulsory  process  for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his  favor;  and  to 
have  the  assistance  of  counsel  for  his  defense. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

In  suits  at  common  law,  where  the  value  in  controversy  shall  exceed 
twenty  dollars,  the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall  be  preserved,  and  no  fact 


204  CONSTITUTION   OF  THE  UNITED   STATES 

tried  by  a  jury  shall  be  otherwise  re-examined  in  any  court  of  the  United 
States  than  according  to,  the  rules  of  the  common  law. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required,  nor  excessive  fines  imposed, 
nor  cruel  and  unusual  punishments  inflicted. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  enumeration,  in  the  Constitution,  of  certain  rights,  shall  not  be 
construed  to  deny  or  disparage  others  retained  by  the  people.  . 

ARTICLE  X. 

The  powers  not  delegated  to  the  United  States  by  the  Constitution, 
nor  prohibited  by  it  to  the  states,  are  reserved  to  the  states  respectively, 
or  to  the  people. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  not  be  construed  to 
extend  to  any  suit  in  law  or  equity  commenced  or  prosecuted  against  one 
of  the  United  States  by  citizens  of  another  state,  or  by  citizens  or  sub- 
jects of  any  foreign  state. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  states  and  vote  by  ballot 
for  President  and  Vice-President,  one  of  whom,  at  least,  shall  not  be  an 
inhabitant  of  the  same  state  with  themselves ;  they  shall  name  in  their 
ballots  the  person  to  be  voted  for  as  president,  and  in  distinct  ballots  the 
person  voted  for  as  Vice-President,  and  they  shall  make  distinct  lists  of 
all  persons  voted  for  as  President,  and  of  all  persons  voted  for  as  Vice- 
President,  and  of  the  number  of  votes  for  each,  which  list  they  shall  sign 
and  certify,  and  transmit  sealed  to  the  seat  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate.  The  President  of  the 
Senate  shall,  in  presence  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives, 
open  all  the  certificates,  and  the  votes  shall  then  be  counted.  The  person 
having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  for  President  shall  be  the  President, 
if  such  num-ber  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  Electors  appointed ; 
and  if  no  person  have  such  majority,  then  from  the  persons  having  the 
highest  number  not  exceeding  three  on  the  list  of  those  voted  for  as 
President,  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  choose  immediately,  by 
ballot,  the  President.  But  in  choosing  the  President,  the  votes  shall  be 
taken  by  States,  the  representation  from  each  state  having  one  vote;  a 
quorum  for  this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  member  or  members  from  two- 
thirds  of  the  states,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  states  shall  be  necessary  to 
a  choice.  And  if  the  House  of  Representatives  shall  not  choose  a  Presi- 
dent whenever  the  right  of  choice  shall  devolve  upon  them,  before  the 
fourth  day  of  March  next  following,  then  the  Vice-President  shall  act  as 
President,  as  in  the  case  of  the  death  or  other  constitutional  disability  of 
the  President.  The  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  as  Vice- 
President,  shall  be  the  Vice-President,  if  such  number  be  the  majority 
of  the  whole  number  of  electors  appointed,  and  if  no  person  have  a  major- 


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ity,  then  from  the  two  highest  numbers  on  the  list,  the  Senate  shall  choose 
the  Vice-President ;  a  quorum  for  the  purpose  shall  consist  of  two-thirds 
of  the  whole  number  of  Senators,  and  a  majority  of  the  whole  number 
shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice.  But  no  person  constitutionally  ineligible 
to  the  office  of  President  shall  be  eligible  to  that  of  Vice-President  of  the 
United  States. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

SECTION  1.  Neither  slavery  nor  involuntary  servitude,  except  as  a 
punishment  for  crime,  whereof  the  party  shall  have  been  duly  convicted, 
shall  exist  within  the  United  States,  or  any  place  subject  to  their  juris- 
diction. 

SEC.  2.  Congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  article  by  appro- 
priate legislation. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

SECTION  1.  All  persons  born  or  naturalized  in  the  United  States  and 
subject  to  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and 
of  the  state  wherein  they  reside.  No  state  shall  make  or  enforce  any  law 
which  shall  abridge  the  privileges  or  immunities  of  citizens  of  the  United 
States;  nor  shall  any  state  deprive  any  person  of  life,  liberty,  or  property, 
without  due  process  of  law,  nor  deny  to  any  person  within  its  jurisdiction 
the  equal  protection  of  the  laws. 

SEC.  2.  Representatives  shall  be  appointed  among  the  several  states 
according  to  their  respective  numbers,  counting  the  whole  number  of  per- 
sons in  each  state,  excluding  Indians  not  taxed ;  but  when  the  right  to 
vote  at  any  election  for  the  choice  of  Electors  for  President  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  United  States,  Representatives  in  Congress,  the  execu- 
tive and  judicial  officers  of  a  state,  or  the  members  of  the  Legislature 
thereof,  is  denied  to  any  of  the  male  inhabitants  of  such  state,  being 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  citizens  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  way 
abridged  except  for  participation  in  rebellion  or  other  crimes,  the  basis  of 
representation  therein  shall  be  reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  num- 
ber of  such  male  citizens  shall  bear  to  the  whole  number  of  male  citizens 
twenty-one  years  of  age  in  such  state. 

SEC.  3.  No  person  shall  be  a  Senator  or  Representative  in  Congress, 
or  Elector  of  President  and  Vice-President,  or  hold  any  office,  civil  or 
military,  under  the  United  States,  or  under  any  state,  who,  having  previ- 
ously taken  an  oath  as  a  Member  of  Congress,  or  as  an  officer  of  the 
United  States,  or  as  a  member  of  any  state  Legislature,  or  as  an  execu- 
tive or  judicial  officer  of  any  state  to  support  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  shall  have  engaged  in  insurrection  or  rebellion  against  the 
same,  or  given  aid  or  comfort  to  the  enemies  thereof.  But  Congress  may 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  each  house,  remove  such  disability. 

SEC.  4.  The  validity  of  the  public  debt  of  the  United  States  author- 
ized by  law,  including  debts  incurred  for  payment  of  pensions  and  boun- 
ties for  services  in  suppressing  insurrection  or  rebellion,  shall  not  be  ques- 
tioned. But  neither  the  United  States  nor  any  state  shall  pay  any  debt 
or  obligation  incurred  in  the  aid  of  insurrection  or  rebellion  against  the 
United  States,  or  any  loss  or  emancipation  of  any  slave,  but  such  debts, 
obligations,  and  claims  shall  be  held  illegal  and  void. 


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CONSTITUTION   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES. 


SEC.  5.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce,  by  appropriate 
legislation,  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

ABTICLE  XV. 

SECTION  1.  The  right  of  citizens  of  the  United  States  to  vote  shall 
not  be  denied  or  abridged  by  the  United  States,  or  by  any  state,  on 
account  of  race,  color,  or  previous  condition  of  servitude. 

SEC.  2.  Congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  article  by  appro- 
priate legislation. 


ELECTORS  OF  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE-PRESIDENT. 

NOVEMBER  7,  1876. 


COUNTIES. 

Hayes  and 
Wheeler, 
Republican. 

Tilden  and 
Hendricks, 
Democrat. 

Petercooper 
Greenback. 

Smith. 
Prohibition 

Anti  -Secret  1 
Societies. 

COUNTIES. 

Hayes  and 
wheeler. 
Republican. 

Tilden  and 
Hendricks, 
Democrat. 

PeterCooper 
Greenback. 

Smith, 
Prohibition. 

Anti-Secret  1 
Societies.] 

Adams  

4953 
1219 
1520 
1965 
944 
3719 
441 
2231 
1209 
4530 
2501 
1814 
1416 
1329 
2957 
36548 
1355 
1145 
3679 
1928 
1631 
2129 
2715 
970 
1145 
1881 
1601 
966 
4187 
703 
1695 
1996 
627 
3496 
330 
1315 
4177 
3768 
2040 

6308 
1280 
1142 
363 
1495 
2218 
900 
918 
1618 
3103 
3287 
2197 
1541 
1989 
2822 
39240 
1643 
1407 
1413 
1174 
1357 
1276 
2883 
466 
2265 
2421 
742 
1302 
4669 
1140 
3160 
1142 
1433 
4207 
611 
1015 
1928 
2578 
2071 

41 

17 

Livingston  
Logan  

3550 
2788 
3120 
3567 
4554 
2009 
1553 
1566 
1231 
2952 
3465 
6363 
1115 
2209 
845 
2486 
3069 
1245 
3833 
4665 
1319 
1541 
1807 
3055 
1043 
646 
2357 
1410 
3912 
980 
4851 
1522 
910 
2069 
1140 
4708 
3198 
2850 
978 
4372 
650 
2795 
1911 
1570 
1297 
3851 
4770 
1672 
4505 
1733 

2134 
2595 
2782 
4076 
4730 
2444 
1430 
1939 
793 
2811 
1874 
4410 
1657 
1428 
1651 
3013 
3174 
1672 
1921 
5443 
800 
1383 
1316 
4040 
772 
459 
2589 
1552 
2838 
1081 
5847 
1804 
1269 
3553 
786 
5891 
2758 
3171 
2155 
3031 
936 
1984 
1671 
1751 
2066 
2131 
3999 
1644 
1568 
2105 

1170 
37 
268 
114 
39 
209 
135 
86 
20 
347 
34 
518 
10 
90 
7 
201 
109 
28 
104 
95 
5 
48 
117 
35 

2 

Alexander  

Bond  

17 
43 

183 
145 

Macon  

16 

Boone  

2 
2 

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Macoupin  
Madison  

Brown  

1 

Bureau  

Marion  

Calhoun  

Marshall  .  .  

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Carroll  .  . 

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74 
604 
207 
236 
112 
132 
102 
277 
38 
129 
65 
746 
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25 
161 
61 
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57 
204 
391 
89 
282 
1 
108 
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1 

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Montgomery  

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DeKalb  

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3 

Ogle  

8 

DeWitt  

Peoria  

Pope  

8 

piatt  

Pike  

1 

4 

Effingham   

Pulaski  

Putnam  

14 
2 

55 
27 
641 
29 
115 
182 
341 
96 
99 
26 
44 
3 
288 
207 
138 
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482 
469 
133 
677 
41 
70 
237 

Frniklin  ... 

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Gallatin  

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Scott  

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249 
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St.  Clair  

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2627 
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2619 
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2080 

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PRACTICAL  RULES  FOR  EVERY  DAY  USE. 


How  to  find  the  gain  or  loss  per  cent,  when  the  cost  and  telling  price 
art  given. 

RULE. — Find  the  difference  between  the  cost  and  selling  price,  which 
wi1!  be  the  gain  or  loss. 

Annex  two  ciphers  to  the  gain  or  loss,  and  divide  it  by  the  cost 
price  ;  the  result  will  be  the  gain  or  loss  per  cent. 

How  to  change  gold  into  currency. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  given  sum  of  gold  by  the  price  of  gold. 

How  to  change  currency  into  gold. 

Divide  the  amount  in  currency  by  the  price  of  gold. 

How  to  find  each  partner's  share  of  the  gain  or  loss  in  a  copartnership 
business. 

RULE. — Divide  the  whole  gain  or  loss  by  the  entir.e  stock,  the  quo- 
tient will  be  the  gain  or  loss  per  cent. 

Multiply  each  partner's  stock  by  this  per  cent.,  the  result  will  be 
each  one's  share  of  the  gain  or  loss. 

How  to  find  gross  and  net  weight  and  price  of  hogs. 

A  short  and  simple  method  for  finding  the  net  weight,  or  price  of  hogs, 
when  the  gross  weight  or  price  is  given,  and  vice  versa. 

NOTE.— It  Is  generally  assumed  that  the  gross  weight  V>f  Hogs  diminished  by  1-5  or  20  per  cent 
of  itself  gives  the  net  weight,  and  the  net  weight  increased  by  X  or  25  per  cent,  of  itself  equals  the 
gross  weight. 

To  find  the  net  weight  or  gross  price. 

Multiply  the  given  number  by  .8  (tenths.) 

To  find  the  gross  weight  or  net  price. 

Divide  the  given  number  by  .8  (tenths.) 

How  to  find  the  capacity  of  a  granary,  bin,  or  wagon-bed. 

RULE. — Multiply  (by  short  method)  the  number  of  cubic  feet  by 
6308,  and  point  off  ONE  decimal  place — the  result  will  be  the  correct 
answer  in  bushels  and  tenths  of  a  bushel. 

For  only  an  approximate  answer,  multiply  the  cubic  feet  by  8,  and 
point  off  one  decimal  place. 

How  to  find  the  contents  of  a  corn-crib. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  number  of  cubic  feet  by  54,  short  method,  or 

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208  MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 

by  4£  ordinary  method,  and  point  off  ONE  decimal  place — the  result  will 
be  tl^e  answer  in  bushels. 

NOTE.— In  estimating  corn  in  the  ear,  the  quality  and  the  time  it  lias  been  cribbed  must  be  taken 
into  consideration,  since  corn  will  shrink  considerably  during  the  Winter  and  Spring.  This  rule  generally  holdi 
good  for  corn  measured  at  the  time  it  is  cribbed,  provided  it  is  sound  and  clean. 

How  to  find  the  contents  of  a  cistern  or  tank. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  square  of  the  mean  diameter  by  the  depth  (all 
in  feet)  and  this  product  by  5681  (short  method),  and  point  off  ONE 
•decimal  place— the  result  will  be  the  contents  in  barrels  of  31£  gallons. 

How  to  find  the  contents  of  a  barrel  or  cask. 

RULE. — Under  the  square  of  the  mean  diameter,  write  the  length 
(all  in  inches)  in  REVERSED  order,  so  that  its  UNITS  will  fall  under  the 
TENS  ;  multiply  by  short  method,  and  this  product  again  by  430  ;  point 
off  one  decimal  place,  and  the  result  will  be  the  answer  in  wine  gallons. 

How  to  measure  boards. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  length  (in  feet)  by  the  width  (in  inches)  and 
divide  the  product  by  12 — the  result  will  be  the  contents  in  square  feet. 

How  to  measure  scantlings,  joists,  planks,  sills,  etc. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  width,  the  thickness,  and  the  length  together 
(the  width  and  thickness  in  inches,  and  the  length  in  feet),  and  divide 
the  product  by  12 — the  result  will  be  square  feet. 

How  to  find  the  number  of  acres  in  a  body  of  land. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  length  by  the  width  (in  rods),  and  divide  the 
product  by  160  (carrying  the  division  to  2  decimal  places  if  there  is  a 
remainder)  ;  the  result  will  be  the  answer  in  acres  and  hundredths. 

When  the  opposite  sides  of  a  piece  of  land  are  of  unequal  length, 
add  them  together  and  take  one-half  for  the  mean  length  or  width. 

How  to  find  the  number  of  square  yards  in  a  floor  or  wall. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  length  by  the  width  or  height  (in  feet),  and 
divide  the  product  by  9,  the  result  will  be  square  yards. 

How  to  find  the  number  of  bricks  required  in  a  building. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  number  of  cubic  feet  by  22£. 

The  number  of  cubic  feet  is  found  by  multiplying  the  length,  height 
and  thickness  (in  feet)  together. 

Bricks  are  usually  made  8  inches  long,  4  inches  wide,  and  two  inches 
thick  ;  hence,  it  requires  27  bricks  to  make  a  cubic  foot  without  mortar, 
but  it  is  generally  assumed  that  the  mortar  fills  1-6  of  the  space. 

How  to  find  the  number  of  shingles  required  in  a  roof. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  number  of  square  feet  in  the  roof  by  8,  if  the 
shingles  are  exposed  4£  inches,  or  by  7  1-5  if  exposed  5  inches. 

To  find  the  number  of  square  feet,  multiply  the  length  of  the  roof  by 
twice  the  length  of  the  rafters. 


MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION.  '209 

To  find  the  length  of  the  rafters,  at  ONE-FOURTH  pitch,  multiply  the 
width  of  the  building  by  .56  (hundredths) ;  at  ONE-THIRD  pitch,  by  .6 
(tenths)  ;  at  TWO-FIFTHS  pitch,  by  .64  (hundredths) ;  at  ONE-HALF 
pitch,  by  .71  (hundredths).  This  gives  the  length  of  the  rafters  from 
the  apex  to  the  end  of  the  wall,  and  whatever  they  are  to  project  must  be 
taken  into  consideration. 

NOTE.— By  X  or  K  pitch  is  meant  that  the  apex  or  comb  of  the  roof  is  to  be  K  or  %  the  width  of  the 
building  higher  than  the  walls  or  base  of  the  rafters. 

How  to  reckon  the  cost  of  hay. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  number  of  pounds  by  half  the  price  per  ton, 
and  remove  the  decimal  point  three  places  to  the  left. 

How  to  measure  grain. 

RULE. — Level  the  grain ;  ascertain  the  space  it  occupies  in  cubic 
feet ;  multiply  the  number  of  cubic  feet  by  8,  and  point  off  one  place  to 
the  left. 

NOTE.— Exactness  requires  the  addition  to  every  three  hundred  bushels  of  one  extra  bushel. 

The  foregoing  rule  may  be  used  for  finding  the  number  of  gallons,  by 
multiplying  the  number  of  bushels  by  8. 

If  the  corn  in  the  box  is  in  the  ear,  divide  the  answer  by  2,  to  find 
the  number  of  bushels  of  shelled  corn,  because  it  requires  2  bushels  of  eai 
corn  to  make  1  of  shelled  corn. 

Rapid  rules  for  measuring  land  without  instruments. 

In  measuring  land,  the  first  thing  to  ascertain  is  the  contents  of  any 
given  plot  in  square  yards ;  then,  given  the  number  of  yards,  find  out  the 
number  of  rods  and  acres. 

The  most  ancient  and  simplest  measure  of  distance  is  a  step.  Now, 
an  ordinary-sized  man  can  train  himself  to  cover  one  yard  at  a  stride,  on 
the  average,  with  sufficient  accuracy  for  ordinary  purposes. 

To  make  use  of  this  means  of  measuring  distances,  it  is  essential  to 
walk  in  a  straight  line  ;  to  do  this,  fix  the  eye  on  two  objects  in  a  line 
straight  ahead,  one  comparatively  near,  the  other  remote  ;  and,  in  walk- 
ing, keep  these  objects  constantly  in  line. 

Farmers  and  others  by  adopting  the  following  simple  and  ingenious  con- 
trivance, may  always  carry  with  them  the  scale  to  construct  a  correct  yard 
measure. 

Take  a  foot  rule,  and  commencing  at  the  base  of  the  little  finger  of 
the  left  hand,  mark  the  quarters  of  the  foot  on  the  outer  borders  of  the 
left  arm,  pricking  in  the  marks  with  indelible  ink. 

To  find  how  many  rods  in  length  will  make  an  acre,  the  width  being  given. 
RULE. — Divide  160  by  the  width,  and  the  quotient  will  be  the  answer. 


210  MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 

How  to  find  the  number  of  acres  in  any  plot  of  land,  the  number  of  rods 
being  given. 

RULE. — Divide  the  number  of  rods  by  8,  multiply  the  quotient  by  5, 
and  remove  the  decimal  point  two  places  to  the  left. 

The  diameter  being  given,  to  find  the  circumference. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  diameter  by  3  1-7. 

How  to  find  the  diameter,  when  the  circumference  is  given. 

RULE. — Divide  the  circumference  by  3  1-7. 

To  find  how  many  solid  feet  a  round  stick  of  timber  of  the  same  thick- 
ness throughout  will  contain  when  squared. 

RULE. — Square  half  the  diameter  in  inches,  multiply  by  2,  multiply 
by  the  length  in  feet,  and  divide  the  product  by  144. 

General  rule  for  measuring  timber,  to  find  the  solid  contents  in  feet. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  depth  in  inches  by  the  breadth  in  inches,  and 
then  multiply  by  the  length  in  feet,  and  divide  by  144. 

To  find  the  number  of  feet  of  timber  in  trees  with  the  bark  on. 

RULE. — Multiply  the  square  of  one-fifth  of  the  circumference  in 
inches,  by  twice  the  length,  in  feet,  and  divide  by  n.44.  Deduct  1-10  to 
1-15  according  to  the  thickness  of  the  bark. 

Howard's  new  rule  for  computing  interest. 

RULE. — The  reciprocal  of  the  rate  is  the  time  for  which  the  interest 
on  any  sum  of  money  will  be  shown  by  simply  removing  the  decimal 
point  two  places  to  the  left ;  for  ten  times  that  time,  remove  the  point 
one  place  to  the  left;  for  1-10  of  the  same  time,  remove  the  point  three 
places  to  the  left. 

Increase  or  diminish  the  results  to  suit  the  time  given. 

NOTE.— The  reciprocal  of  the  rate  is  found  by  inverting:  the  rate  ;  thus  3  per  cent,  per  month,  in- 
verted, becomes  %  of  a  month,  or  10  clays. 

When  the  rate  is  expressed  by  one  figure,  always  write  it  thus:  3-1, 
three  ones. 

Rule  for  converting  English  into  American  currency. 

Multiply  the  pounds,  with  the  shillings  and  pence  stated  in  decimals, 
by  400  plus  the  premium  in  fourths,  and  divide  the  product  by  90. 

U.  S.  GOVERNMENT  LAND  MEASURE. 

A  township — 36  sections  each  a  mile  square. 
A  section — 640  acres. 

A  quarter  section,  half  a  mile  square — 160  acres. 
An  eighth  section,  half  a  mile  long,  north  and  south,  and  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  wide — 80  acres. 

A  sixteenth  section,  a  quarter  of  a  mile  square— 40  acres. 


MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION.  211 

The  sections  are  all  numbered  1  to  36,  commencing  at  the  north-east 
corner. 

The  sections  are  divided  into  quarters,  which  are  named  by  the 
cardinal  points.  The  quarters  are  divided  in  the  same  way.  The  de- 
scription of  a  forty  acre  lot  would  read :  The  south  half  of  the  west  half  of 
the  south-west  quarter  of  section  1  in  township  24,  north  of  range  7  west, 
or  as  the  case  might  be ;  and  sometimes  will  fall  short  and  sometimes 
overrun  the  number  of  acres  it  is  supposed  to  contain. 

The  nautical  mile  is  795  4-5  feet  longer  than  the  common  mile. 

SURVEYORS'  MEASURE. 

7  92-100  inches make  1  link. 

25  links "     1  rod. 

4  rods "     1  chain. 

80  chains "     1  mile. 

NOTE. — A  chain  is  100  links,  equal  to  4  rods  or  66  feet. 

Shoemakers  formerly  used  a  subdivision  of  the  inch  called  a  barley- 
corn ;  three  of  which  made  an  inch. 

Horses  are  measured  directly  over  the  fore  feet,  and  the  standard  of 
measure  is  four  inches — called  a  hand. 

In  Biblical  and  other  old  measurements,  the  term  span  is  sometimes 
used,  which  is  a  length  of  nine  inches. 

The  sacred  cubit  of  the  Jews  was  24.024  inches  in  length. 

The  common  cubit  of  the  Jews  was  21.704  inches  in  length. 

A  pace  is  equal  to  a  yard  or  36  inches. 

A  fathom  is  equal  to  6  feet. 

A  league  is  three  miles,  but  its  length  is  variable,  for  it  is  strictly 
speaking  a  nautical  term,  and  should  be  three  geographical  miles,  equal 
to  3.45  statute  miles,  but  when  used  on  land,  three  statute  miles  are  said 
to  be  a  league. 

In  cloth  measure  an  aune  is  equal  to  li  yards,  or  45  inches. 

An  Amsterdam  ell  is  equal  to  26.796  inches. 

A  Trieste  ell  is  equal  to  25.284  inches. 

A  Brabant  ell  is  equal  to  27.116  inches. 

HOW  TO  KEEP  ACCOUNTS. 

Every  farmer  and  mechanic,  whether  he  does  much  or  little  business, 
should  keep  a  record  of  his  transactions  in  a  clear  and  systematic  man- 
ner. For  the  benefit  of  those  who  have  not  had  the  opportunity  of  ac- 
quiring a  primary  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  book-keeping,  we  here 
present  a  simple  form  of  keeping  accounts  which  is  easily  comprehended, 
and  well  adapted  to  record  the  business  transactions  of  farmers,  mechanics 
and  laborers. 


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MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 


1875.                                         A.  H.  JACKSON.                           Dr.           Cr. 

Jan.      10 
"       17 
Feb.       4 
"         4 
March    8 
"       8 
"     13 
"     27 
April      9 
9 
May        6 
"        24 
July        4 

To  7  bushels  Wheat  at  $1.25 

$8 

6 
1 

48 
6 

17 

75 

30 
25 

00 
20 

50 

05 

$2 

18 
2 

25 
4 

35 

50 

00 
40 
25 

00 
75 

15 
05 

By  shoeing  span  of  Horses  

To  14  bushels  Oats  at  $  .45 

To  5  Ibs.  Butter  at      .25 

By  new   Harrow  

Bv  sharpening  2  Plows.. 

By  new  Double-Tree.  

To  Cow  and  Calf  

To  half  ton  of  Hay  

By  Cash.. 

By  repairing  Corn-Planter  

To  one  Sow  with  Pigs  .. 

By  Cash,  to  balance  account  .  . 

$88 

$88 

1875. 


CASSA   MASON, 


Dr. 


Cr. 


March  21 
"     21 
"     23 
May        1 
1 
June     19 
26 
July      10 
"       29 
Aug.     12 
12 
Sept.    .  1 

By  3  days'  labor  at  $1.25 

$6 
8 

10 

2 

2 

20 
18 

00 
10 

00 

75 
70 

00 
20 

$3 

25 
12 

18 
9 

75 

00 
00 

00 
00 

To  2  Shoats             at    3.00 

To  18  bushels  Gorn  at      .45 

By  1  month's  Labor  

To  Cash                        .      .    . 

By  8  days'  Mowing       at  $1.50 

To  50  Ibs.  Flour.  

To  27  Ibs.  Meat               at  $  .10 

By  9  days'  Harvesting         at    2.00 

By  6  days'  Labor              at    1.50 

To  Cash   

To  Cash  to  balance  account     .  .              .  •     . 

$67 

75 

$67 

75 

INTEREST  TABLE. 

A  SIMPLE  RULE  FOR  ACCURATELY  COMPUTING    INTEREST  AT  ANY  GIVEN  PER  CENT.  FOR  ANY 

LENGTH  OF  TIME. 

Multiply  the  principal  (amount  of  money  at  Interest)  by  the  time  reduced  to  days;  then  divide  this  product 
by  the  quotient  obtained  by  dividing  360  (the  number  of  days  in  the  interest  year)  by  the  per  cent,  of  interest, 
and  the  quotient  thus  obtained  will  be  the  required  interest. 

ILLUSTRATION.  Solution. 


Require  the  interest  of  $462.50  for  one  month  and  eighteen  days  at  6  per  cent.  An 
interest  month  is  30  days;  one  month  and  eighteen  days  equal  48  days.  3462.50  multi- 
plied by  .48  gives  $222.0000;  360  divided  by  6  (the  per  cent,  of  interest)  gives  60,  and 

$22-2.0000  divided  by  60  will  give  you  the  exact interest,  which  is  $3.70.    If  the  rate  of  

interest  in  the  above  example  were  12  per  cent.,  we  would  divide  the  $222.0000  by  30  6)360  \    185000 
~~);If  4  per  cent.,  we  would  divide  by  90;  if  8  per 


$462.50 
.48 


370000 


(because  360  divided  by  12  gives  30); 

cent.,  by  45:  and  in  like  manner  for  any  other  per  cent. 


60 1  $222.0000(83.70 
180 


420 
420 


00 


MISCELLANEOUS  TABLE. 


12  units,  or  things,  1  Dozen. 
12  dozen,  1  Gross. 
20  things,  1  Score. 


196  pounds,  1  Barrel  of  Flour. 
200  pounds,  1  Barrel  of  Pork. 
56  pounds,  1  Firkin  of  Butter. 


24  sheets  of  paper,  1  Quire. 

20  quires  paper  1  Ream. 

4  ft.  wide,  4  ft.  high,  and  8  ft.  long,  1  Cord  Wood. 


PRESIDENT  BANK  OF 
WAVERLY 


MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 


21S 


NAMES  OF  THE  STATES  OF  THE  UNION,  AND  THEIR  SIGNIFICATIONS. 

Virginia. — The  oldest  of  the  States,  was  so  called  in  honor  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  the  "Virgin  Queen,"  in  whose  reign  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  made 
his  first  attempt  to  colonize  that  region. 

Florida. — Ponce  de  Leon  landed  on  the  coast  of  Florida  on  Easter 
Sunday,  and  called  the  country  in  commemoration  of  the  day,  which  wa& 
the  Pasqua  Florida  of  the  Spaniards,  or  "  Feast  of  Flowers." 

Louisiana  was  called  after  Louis  the  Fourteenth,  who  at  one  time 
owned  that  section  of  the  country. 

Alabama  was  so  named  by  the  Indians,  and  signifies  "  Here  we  Rest." 

Mississippi  is  likewise  an  Indian  name,  meaning  "  Long  River." 

Arkansas,  from  Kansas,  the  Indian  word  for  "  smoky  water."  Its 
prefix  was  really  arc,  the  French  word  for  "  bow." 

The  Carolinas  were  originally  one  tract,  and  were  called  "Carolana," 
after  Charles  the  Ninth  of  France. 

Georgia  owes  its  name  to  George  the  Second  of  England,  who  first 
established  a  colony  there  in  1732. 

Tennessee  is  the  Indian  name  for  the  "  River  of  the  Bend,"  i.  e.,  the 
Mississippi  which  forms  its  western  boundary. 

Kentucky  is  the  Indian  name  for  "  at  the  head  of  the  river." 

Ohio  means  "  beautiful ;  "  Iowa,  "  drowsy  ones  ;  "  Minnesota,  "  cloudy 
water,"  and  Wisconsin,  "  wild-rushing  channel." 

Illinois  is  derived  from  the  Indian  word  illini,  men,  and  the  French 
suffix  ois,  together  signifying  "  tribe  of  men." 

Michigan  was  called  by  the  name  given  the  lake,  fish-weir,  which  was 
so  styled  from  its  fancied  resemblance  to  a  fish  trap. 

Missouri  is  from  the  Indian  word  "  muddy,"  which  more  properly 
applies  to  the  river  that  flows  through  it. 

Oregon  owes  its  Indian  name  also  to  its  principal  river. 

Cortes  named  California. 

Massachusetts  is  the  Indian  for  "  The  country  around  the  great  hills." 

Connecticut,  from  the  Indian  Quon-ch-ta-Cut,  signifying  "Long 
River." 

Maryland,  after  Henrietta  Maria,  Queen  of  Charles  the  First,  of 
England. 

New  York  was  named  by  the  Duke  of  York. 

Pennsylvania  means  "  Penn's  woods,"  and  was  so  called  after  William 
Penn,  its  orignal  owner. 


MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 


Delaware  after  Lord  De  La  Ware. 

New  Jersey,  so  called  in  honor  of  Sir  George  Carteret,  who  was 
Governor  of  the  Island  of  Jersey,  in  the  British  Channel. 

Maine  was  called  after  the  province  of  Maine  in  France,  in  compli- 
ment of  Queen  Henrietta  of  England,  who  owned  that  province. 

Vermont,  from  the  French  word  Vert  Mont,  signifying  Green 
Mountain. 

New  Hampshire,  from  Hampshire  county  in  England.  It  was 
formerly  called  Laconia. 

The  little  State  of  Rhode  Island  owes  its  name  to  the  Island  of 
Rhodes  in  the  Mediterranean,  which  domain  it  is  said  to  greatly 
resemble. 

Texas  is  the  American  word  for  the  Mexican  name  by  which  all  that 
section  of  the  country  was  called  before  it  was  ceded  to  the  United  States. 


POPULATION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

POPULATION  OF  FIFTY 
PRINCIPAL  CITIES. 

STATES  AXD  TERRITORIES. 

Total 
Population. 

CITIES. 

Aggregate 
Population. 

996.  992 
484,  471 
560,247 
537,454 
125,015 
187,748 
1.184,109 
2,539,891 
1,680,637 
1,191,792 
364.399 
1,321,011 
726,915 
626,915 
780,894 
1,457,351 
1,184,059 
439,706 
827,922 
1,721,295 

Arkansas  

California  
Connecticut  
Delaware  
Florida  
Georgia  
Illinois  
Indi  ana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland  
Massachusetts  —  
Michigan  
Minnesota  
Mississippi  
Missouri  

New  York,  N.  T  
Philadelphia,  Pa  •••  
Brooklyn,  N.  Y  
St.  Louis,  Mo  
Chicago,  111  A  
Baltimore,  Md  .  
Boston,  Mass  
Cincinnati,  Ohio  
New  Orleans,  La  
San  Francisco,  Cal  
Buffalo,  N.  Y  
Washington,  D.  C  
Newark,  N.  J  
Louisville,  Ky  
Cleveland,  Ohio  
Pittsburg,  Pa  
Jersey  City,  N.  J  

942,292 

K74.022 
396,099 
310,864 
298.977 
267,354 
250.526 
216.239 
191,418 
149.473 
117,714 
109,199 
105,059 
100.753 
92.829 
86,076 
82.546 

Nevada  
New  Hampshire  
New  Jersey  
New  York  .  
North  Carolina  
Ohio  
Oregon  
Pennsylvania  
Rhode  Island  
•South  Carolina  
Ten  nessee  
Ti-\;is  
Vermont  
Virginia  
West  Virginia  
Wisconsin  

Total  States  

Arizona  
Colorada  
Dakota  
District  of  Columbia  
Idaho  

42.491 
318,300 
906.096 
4,382.759 
1,071,361 
2,665.260 
90,923 
3,521,791 
217,353 
705,606 
1,258,520 
818,579 
330,551 
1,225,163 
442,014 
1,054,670 

38,113,253 

9,658 

39.861 
14,181 
131.700 

11,999 

Detroit,  Mich  <  
Milwaukee,  Wis  
Albany,  N.  Y  
Providence,  R.  I  
Rochester,  N.  Y  
Allegheny,  Pa  
Richmond,  Va  
New  Haven,  Conn  
Charleston,  S.  C  
I  ndianapolis,  Ind  
Troy,  N.  Y  
Syracuse,  N.  Y  
Worcester,  Mass  
Lowell,  Mass  
Memphis,  Tenn  
Cambridge,  Mass  
Hartford,  Conn  
Scran  ton,  Pa  
Reading,  Pa  
Paterson.  N.  J  
Kansas  City,  Mo  
Mobile,  Ala  
Toledo.  Ohio  
Portland,  Me  

79.577 
71,440 
69,422 
68.904 
62,386 
53.180 
51.038 
50,840 
48,956 
48,244 
46,465 
43,051 
41.105 
40.928 
40.226 
39,634 
37,180 
35.092 
33,930 
33,579 
32,260 
32,034 
31,584 
31,413 
31,274 

New  Mexico  
Utah  
WaiMii  ngton  
Wyoming  

Total  Territories,  
Total  United  States  

20,595 
91.874 
S6,78(i 
23,955 
9.118 

442,730 
38,555,983 

Wilmington,  Del  
Dayton,  Ohio  
Lawrence,  Mass  
Utica,  N.  Y  
Charlestown,  Mass  
Savannah,  Ga  
Lynn.  Mass  
Fall  River,  Mass  

30.841 
30,473 
28,921 
28,804 
28,323 
28.235 
28,233 
26,766 

MISCELLANEOUS    INFORMATION. 


21,; 


POPULATION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


STATUS  AND 
TKRRITOKIKS. 

AIVII  in 
square 

Miles. 

POPULATION. 

Miles 
R.  R. 
1872. 

STATES  AND 
TERRITORIES. 

Area  in 
square 
Miles. 

POPULATION. 

Miles 
R.  R. 
1872. 

1870. 

1875. 

1870. 

1875. 

States. 

50,722 
52,198 
188,981 
4.674 
2,120 
59,268 
58,000 
55,410 
33,809 
55,045 
81,318 
37,600 
41,346 
31,776 
11,184 
7,800 
56,451 
83,531 
47,156 
65,350 
75.9P5 
112,090 
9,280 
8,320 
47,000 
50,704 
39,964 
95,244 
s  of  Mic 

996,992 
484,471 
560,247 
537,454 
125,015 
187,748 
1,184,109 
2,539,891 
1,680,637 
1,191.792 
364,399 
1,321,011 
726,915 
626,915 
780,894 
1,457,351 
1,184,059 
439,706 
827,922 
1,721,295 
123,993 
42,491 
318.300 
906,096 
4,382,759 
1,071.361 
2,665,260 
90,923 
higan  tak 

1,671 
25 

1,013 
820 
227 
466 
2,108 
5,901 
:i..V,!!) 
3.160 
1,760 
1,123 
539 
871 
820 
1,606 
2,235 
1,612 
990 
2,  5  SO 
828 
593 
790 
1,265 
4,470 
1,190 
3,740 
109 

States. 
Pennsylvania  
Rhode  Island  
South  Carolina... 
Tennessee  
Texas    

46,000 
1,306 
29,385 
45,600 
237,504 
10,212 
40,904 
23,000 
53,924 

3,521,791 
217,353 
705,606 
1,258,520 
818,579 
330,551 
1,225,163 
442,014 
1,054.670 

""258;  239 
925,145 

5,113 
136 
1.201 
1,520 
865 
675 
1,490 
485 
1.725 

Arkansas  

California  

Connecticut....... 

Florida  

Vermont  

Georgia.  
Illinois  

Virginia  
West  Virginia  
Wisconsin  

Indiana  

1,236,729 

1,350,544 
528,349 

"8571639 

Total  States  

Kansas  

1,950,171 

113,916 
104,500 
147,490 
60 
90,932 
143.776 
121,201 
80.056 
69,944 
93,107 

38,113,253 

9,658 
39,864 
14,181 
131,700 
14,999 
20,595 
91,874 
86,786 
23,955 
9,118 

59,587 

Kentucky  
Louisiana  

Territories. 
Arizona  

Maine  

Colorado  

392 

Massachusetts... 
Michigan*  

1,651,912 
1,334,031 
598,429 

Dist.  of  Columbia. 
Idaho  

* 

Mississippi  

Montana  

Missouri  
Nebraska  

"246,280 
52,540 

1,026;  502 

4,705,208 

New  Mexico... 

Utah  

375 

Nevada  

Washington  

New  Hampshire. 
New  Jersey  
New  York.... 

Wyoming  

498 

Total  Territories. 

Aggregate  of  U.  S.. 
*  Included  In  t 

965,032 

2,915,203 
he  Rallro 

442,730 

1,265 

North  Carolina.. 
Ohio  
Oregon 

38,555,983 
ad  Mileage 

60,852 
id. 

*  Last  Censu 

en  In  1874 

of  Marylai 

PRINCIPAL  COUNTRIES  OF  THE  WORLD; 

POPULATION  AND  AREA. 


COUNTRIES. 

Population. 

Date  of 
Census. 

Area  in 
Square 
Miles. 

Inhabitants 
to  Square 
Mile. 

CAPITALS. 

Population. 

China  

446,500  000 

1871 

3  741  846 

119.3 

Pekin  

1,648  800 

British  Empire  

226  817  108 

1871 

4  677  432 

48  6 

3  251  800 

Russia  

81,925,410 

1871 

8  003  778 

10.2 

St.  Petersburg  

667  000 

United  States  with  Alaska  

38  925  600 

1870 

<!  603  884 

7.78 

Washington  

109  199 

France  

36  469  800 

1866 

204  091 

178  7 

Paris                 .  .    . 

1  825  300 

Austria  and  Hungary  

-  35,904  400 

1869 

240  348 

149.4 

Vienna  .  . 

833  900 

Japan  

34  785  300 

1871 

149  399 

232  8 

Yeddo  

1  554  900 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland  

31,817,100 

1871 

121  315 

262.3 

London  

3,251,800 

German  Empire  

29  906  092 

1871 

160  207 

187. 

Berlin  

825  400 

Italy  

27  439  921 

1871 

118  847 

230.9 

244  484 

Spain  .  .  . 

16,642,000 

1867 

195  775 

85. 

Madrid  

332  000 

Brazil  

10  000  000 

3  253  029 

3.07 

Rio  Janeiro  

420  000 

Turkey  
Mexico  

16,463,000 
9  173,000 

1869 

672,621 
761  526 

24.4 

Constantinople  
Mexico  

1,075,000 
210  300 

Sweden  and  Norway  

5  921  500 

1870 

292  871 

20. 

Stockholm  

136  900 

Persia  

5  000  000 

1870 

635  964 

7.8 

120  000 

Belgium  

5  021  300 

1869 

11  373 

441.5 

Brussels  

314'  100 

Bavaria  

4  861  400 

1871 

29  292 

165.9 

169  500 

Portugal... 

3  995  200 

1868 

34  494 

115.8 

224  063 

Holland  

3  688  300 

1870 

12  680 

290.9 

Hague  

90'lOO 

j\ew  Grenada.... 

3  000  000 

1870 

357  157 

8.4 

45  000 

Chili  

2,000  000 

1869 

132  616 

15.1 

Santiago  

115  400 

Switzerland  

2  669  100 

1870 

15  992 

166.9 

36  000 

Peru  

2  500  000 

1871 

471  838 

5.3 

160  100 

Bolivia  

2,000  000 

497  321 

4. 

Chuquisaca  

25  000 

Argentine  Republic  ,  .  . 

1  812  000 

1869 

871  848 

2.1 

177  800 

Wurtemburg  

1  818  500 

1871 

7  533 

241.4 

91  600 

Denmark  

1  784  700 

1870 

14  753 

120  9 

162  042 

Venezuela  

I,500,'000 

368,238 

4.2 

Caraccas  

47,000 

Baden  

1  461  400 

1871 

5  912 

247. 

36  600 

Greece  

1  457  900 

1870 

19  353 

75  3 

43  400 

Guatemala  

1  180  000 

1871 

40  879 

28.9 

40*000 

Ecuador  

1,300,000 

218,928 

5.9 

Quito  

70,000 

Paraguay  

1  000  000 

1871 

63  787 

15  6 

48  000 

Hesse  .  .  . 

823  138 

2  969 

277 

30  000 

Liberia  

718  000 

1871 

9  576 

74.9 

3  000 

San  Salvador  

600  000 

1871 

7  335 

81  8 

15  000 

Havti  

572  000 

10  205 

56 

20  000 

N  icaragua  

350  000 

1871 

58  171 

6. 

lo'ooo 

Uruguay  

300  000 

1871 

66  722 

6  5 

44  500 

Honduras  

350  000 

1871 

47092 

12  000 

San  Domingo  

136.000 

17,827 

7.6 

San  Domingo  

20,000 

I'osta  Rica  

165  000 

1870 

21  505 

7.7 

2  000 

H:.WM«.                   .......... 

62.950 

7.633 

80. 

Honolulu  

7,633 

216 


MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION 


POPULATION   OF   ILLINOIS, 
BY  COUNTIES. 


COUNTIES. 

AGGREGATE. 

1870. 

1860. 

1850. 

1840. 

14476 

3313 
5O6O 

1705 
4183 
3067 
1741 
1023 
2981 

1475 
1878 

7453 
3228 
37i8 
9616 
IO2OI 

4422 

1830. 

1820. 

Adams              ....... 

56362 
10564 
I3I52 
12942 
12205 

32415 
6562 
16705 
11580 

32737 
20363 
18719 

15875 
16285 

25235 
349966 

13889 
12223 
23265 
14768 

13484 
16685 
21450 
7565 
15653 
19638 
9103 
12652 
38291 

i"34 

20277 
14938 
13014 
35935 
5H3 
12582 
35506 
25782 

19634 
11234 

17864 

15054 
27820 
11248 
39091 
24352 
12399 
39522 
21014 
60792 

12533 
27171 

3M7I 
23053 

41323 
4707 
9815 
11678 
9938 
26426 

5144 
"733 
11325 
14629 
10492 
14987 
9336 
10941 
14203 
144954 

H55I 

8311 
19086 
10820 
7140 
14701 
16925 

5454 
7816 
11189 
1979 
9393 
33338 
8055 
16093 
10379 

99*5 
29061 

3759 
9501 
20660 
12325 

9589 
8364 
12965 
12051 
27325 
9342 
30062 
15412 
13074 
28663 
18257 
48332 
9214 
17651 
11637 

11272 

26508 
2484 
6144 
7624 
7198 
8841 

3231 
4586 

7253 
2649 
3203 
9532 
4289 

5139 
9335 
43385 

7135 
37i8 
7540 
5002 

2186 
1390 
3124 

Alexander     .      ....  

626 
2931 

Bond               

Boone  ....  

Brown    -      ....  .  .  .  

Bureau  ..   .....  .....  

Calhoun       .......  .  

logo 

Carroll      

Cass  .    

Champaign   

Christian  

Clark         .     

3940 

755 
2330 

931 

Clay           

Clinton         .  .  ._..-._.__  

Coles   .     

Cook           

Crawford           ...........  . 

3"7 

*23 

2999 

Cumberland       -  ... 

De  Kalb  1  

1697 
3247 

De  Witt      

Douglas    .  .  .  

Du  Page           

92yo 
10692 
3524 
3799 
8075 

3535 
8225 
3070 

1675 
6328 

Kdgar  .  

4071 
1649 

Edwards         ....  ........ 

3444 

Effingham       _   

Fayette         .  

2704 

Ford    ..       -.  

Franklin 

5681 
22508 
5448 
12429 
3023 
6362 
14652 
2887 
4612 
3807 
4149 
5862 
3220 
8109 

7354 
18604 
4114 
16703 

3682 
13142 
10760 
11951 

4083 
1841 
7405 
7674 

1763 

Fulton  .  

Gallatin  

3155 

Greene       ....   

Grundy  ......  _  .   

Hamilton.  ...    .  

3945 
9946 
1378 

2616 

483 

Hancock  ....  

Hardin  .  

Henderson  _     .      ....  

Henry   .  ..    .     .  

1260 
1695 
3566 
1472 
5762 

4535 
6180 
3626 
6501 

4i 

Iroquois         .... 

Jackson  

1828 

1542 

Jasper           ... 

Jefferson  ....     ...   .... 

2555 

691 

Jersey 

Jo  Daviess  

2III 
1596 

Johnson  -  

843 

Kane  ....  

Kankakee  .  . 

Kendall  

7730 
13279 
14226 

17815 
6121 
5-292 
1553 
5128 

Knox 

7060 
2634 
9348 
7092 
2035 
759 
233.3 

274 

Lake  .....    ..    .   .  . 

La  Salle  

Lawrence 

3668 

Lee 

Livingston   .   .    .... 

Loean  .  . 

MISCELLANEOUS   INFORMATION. 


217 


POPULATION  OF   ILLINOIS— CONCLUDED. 


COUNTIES. 

AGGREGATE. 

1870. 

I860. 

13738 
24602 
3I25I 
12739 
13437 
10931 
6213 
20069 
22089 
28772 
9584 
15042 

12832 

13979 
22II2 

6385 
22888 
36601 
9552 
6l27 

27249 
6742 

3943 
5587 
17205 
9711 
21005 
9331 
32274 
14684 
9069 
14613 
9004 

37694 
25112 
21470 
11181 
19800 

7313 
18336 

I373I 
12223 
12403 

18737 
29321 
12205 
24491 
13282 

185O. 

3988 

12355 
2O44I 
6720 
5180 
5921 
4092 
7616 
14978 
10163 

6349 
5246 

7679 
6277 
16064 

3234 
IOO2O 

17547 
5278 
I6o6 
18819 

3975 
2265 

3924 
11079 
4012 
6937 
5588 
19228 
10573 
7914 
7807 
3710 

20180 
11666 
12052 
7615 
11492 
4690 
8176 

6953 
6825 
8925 
536i 
16703 
7216 
H773 
4415 

184O. 

1830. 

183O. 

Macon  

26481 
32726 

44I3I 
2O622 
16950 
16184 
9581 
26509 
23762 
53988 
H735 
18769 

12982 

25314 

28463 

10385 
27492 
47540 
13723 
10953 
30708 

"437 
8752 
6280 
20859 
12803 
29783 
12714 
46352 
17419 
10530 
25476 
10751 

51068 
30608 
27903 
16518 
30388 
8841 
23174 
17599 
19758 
16846 
27503 
43013 
17329 
29301 
18956 

3039 
7926 

14433 
4742 
1849 

1122 
1990 
6221 
2125 

Alacoupin 

Madison  

13550 

Marion 

Marshall      

Mason  _.   

Massac  ..  .--      

McDonough  

5308 
2578 
6565 
4431 
2352 

4481 
4490 

19547 

(>) 

McHenry  ..  ..  

McLean 

Menard  

Mercer  

26 

2000 

2953 
I27I4 

Monroe  

*2I 
I5l6 

Montgomery  .  __ 

Morgan  

Moultrie  

Ogle  

3479 
6i53 
3222 

Peoria   .  ..   

(<) 
1215 

Perry  .  

Piatt  

Pike  

11728 
4094 

2396 
3316 

Pope  

26lO 

Pulaski  

Putnam      . 

2131 
7944 

/Ti3io 
4429 

Randolph  ....  

3492 

Richland  .      

Rock  Island  

2610 

Saline  

Sangamon  _  .  7 

14716 
6972 
6215 
6659 
1573 

13631 
2800 
7221 
5524 
9303 
4240 

6739 
4810 

5133 
7919 
2514 
10167 

4457 
4609 

12960 
£2959 

Schuyler  

Scott  

Shelby-  -       

2972 

Stark  

St.Clair  ..  

7078 

*5 
5248 

Stephenson  

Tazewell.. 

4716 

3239 
5836 
2710 
308 
1675 
2553 
6091 

Union  

2362 

Vermilion.  

Wabash  

Warren  

Washington..  

1517 
1114 

4828 

Wayne  

White  

Whitesides  

Will  

Williamson..  

Winnebago  -  .  .    

Woodford  

Total.. 

2^0801 

I7IIQ5I 

8^1470 

47618-? 

1*74.4  <; 

*49 

=^162 

PRODUCTIONS  OF  AGRICULTURE,  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  BY  COUNTIES.— 1870. 


JOUNTIES. 
Total  

Improved 
Land. 

Woodl'nd 

Other  un- 
improved 

Spring 
Wheat. 

Winter 
Wheat. 

Rye. 

Indian 
Corn. 

Oars. 

Number. 
19.329.952 

Number. 
5,061.578 

Number. 
1.491.331 

Bushels. 
10,133.207 

Bushels. 
19.995,198 

Bushels. 
2.456.57S 

Bushels. 
129.921.39: 

Bushels. 
42.780.851 

Adams  

287,926 
13,836 
145,045 
137,307 
57,062 
398.611 
37,684 
186,864 
92.902 
419,368 
241,472 
118.594 
146,922 
150,177 
208,337 
348,824 
105,505 
75,342 
334,502 
168,539 
147,633 
164,874 
^65,458 
58,912 
120,343 
187,196 
141.228 
80,749 
228,132 
49,572 
175,408 
193,999 
88,996 
311,517 
28,117 
140,954 
265,904 
322,510 
78,548 
90,867 
118,951 
94,147 
156,517 
57,820 
240,120 
312,182 
164.004 
330,829 
207,779 
533,724 
87,828 
322,212 
377,505 
321,705 
205,259 
231.059 
257,032 
173,081 
166,057 
209,453 
25,151 
261,635 
230,566 
494,978 
134,173 
222.809 
92,810 
276,682 
293,450 
144,220 
'   316,883 
170,729 
93  754 

112,576 
17.761 
42,613 
29,886 
35,491 
41.866 
63.443 
29,793 
33,493 
16,789 
19,803 
102,201 
80,612 
48,868 
45,214 
19,635 
78,350 
40,334 
17,722 
29,548 
11,897 
17,243 
66,803 
57,585 
56.330 
93,460 
2,996 
.      3,994 
123,823 
68,750 
93,242 
6,256 
93,878 
43,385 
44,771 
34,705 
12,620 
22,478 
87,642 
67,023 
94,888 
51,427 
82.07B 
3 
34,646 
10,978 
14,244 
41,566 
21,072 
48,117 
72,738 
12,071 
12,462 
17,394 
18,153 
81,224 
89,450 
61,579 
?8,260 
jl.739 
33,396 
52,547 
53,293 
40,366 
34.931 
45,977 
83,369 
47,804 
60,217 
24,783 
43,643 
48,666 
68,470 
5,978 
128,953 
87.754 
12.516 
17,184 
162,274 
50,618 
31,239 
70,393 
51,085 
62,477 
44,633 
74,908 
12,375 
76,591 
43.167 
45,268 
83,606 
53,078 
37.558 
27,294 
55,852 
146,794 
78.167 
21.823 
24,261 
116.949 
37.238 
25,217 

19,370 

16,191 

947.616 
42,658 
368.625 
599 
117,502 
724 
221,298 
260 
127,054 
123,091 
504,041 
195.118 
85,737 
610,888 
154,485 
4,904 
212,924 
84,697 
190 
11,695 
65,461 
693 
247,360 
122,703 
195,716 
351,310 
1,008 
111.324 
223.930 
83  093 

20.989 
30 
6,240 
35,871 
4,742 
43,811 
186 
25,721 
2.772 
45,752 
10,722 
7,308 
3,221 
1,619 
8,825 
20,171 
15,497 
14,798 
21,018 
11  540 
9,017 
7,532 
37,508 
528 
19.759 
25,328 
11,577 
5.195 
131,711 
512 
415 
4,930 
11.672 
133,533 
865 
96,430 
35,766 
23,259 
524 
9,165 
5,934 

""7.'i85 
2,466 
23.618 
12,935 
5.163 
113,547 
5,870 
48,308 
1,121 
14,829 
26,163 
37.232 
29,223 
2.404 
3,685 
V4.517 
36,135 
49,182 
544 
52,401 
29,264 
39.824 
4,283 
40,778 
1,425 
3,296 
5,535 
6,670 
157,504 
99,502 
1,016 
9,248 
25,303 
2.309 
222 
7.707 
3,235 
3,401 
20,003 
568 
23,073 
20,841 
930 
23,686 
30,534 
1,008 
135,362 
59,027 
1,737 
52,476 

""fa!  212 
2,576 
8,665 
418 
31.658 
8,030 
6.228 
137,985 
20.426 

1,452,905 
244,220 
1,064,052 
466,985 
337,769 
3,030,404 
234,041 
1.367.965 
1,146.980 
3,924.720 
1,883,336 
614,582 
1,019.994 
813.257 
2,133,111 
570,427 
581,964 
403,075 
1,023,849 
1,311,635 
1,680,225 
331,981 
2,107,615 
352,371 
620,247 
962.525 
565,671 
653.208 
1,508.763 
509.491 
1,051,313 
295,971 
735,252 
1,510,401 
172,651 
1,712,901 
2,541,683 
799,810 
611,951 
461,345 
887,981 
519,120 
1,286,326 
343,298 
674.333 
637.399 
681,267 
2,708,319 
517.353 
3,077,028 
656,363 
1,656,978 
1,182,696 
4,221,640 
2,214,468 
1,051,544 
2.127,549 
1,034.057 
1,182,903 
2,648.  726 
133,12ti 
1,362,49(1 
1,145,005 
3.723.37H 
1.973.881. 
2.054,962 
543,716 
1,527,898 
3.198.835 
1,753.141 
1,787,066 
969.224 
384,44(i 
1,029.725 
1.399,188 
315,958 
195.735 
334.259 
510,08t> 
482,59-1 
1,459,653 
531,511; 
4,388.763 
440.975 
752.771 
2,082.578 
1,149,878 
1,423.121 
1,615,679 
2,062.053 
679.753 
2.818,027 
421,361 
2,982.853 
836.115 
1,179,291 
870.521 
2,162,943 
1.131,458 
655,710 
1,237,406 
2,154,185 

759,074 
21,627 
461,097 
579,127 
70,852 
987,426 
26,234 
775,100 
168,784 
721,375 
383,821 
212.628 
269.945 
446,324 
315.954 
1,584,225 
136,255 
171,880 
1,087,074 
216,756 
225,074 
860.809 
290,679 
129.152 
386.073 
497,395 
154,589 
222,426 
261,390 
27,164 
64,029 
269,332 
203,464 
579,599 
26,991 
229,286 
668,367 
430,746 
149,931 
149,214 
285,949 
71,770 
874,016 
74,525 
785,608 
772,408 
468,890 
787,952 
699.069 
1.509,642 
131,386 
903,197 
659,300 
490,226 
454.648 
459,417 
475,252 
389,446 
362.604 
272,660 
22.097 
280,717 
910.397 
911,127 
235,091 
452,889 
152,251 
668,424 
198,724 
263,992 
141,540 
334,892 
338.760 
130.610 
161,419 
67,886 
16,511 
86,519 
414,487 
204,634 
276.575 
69.793 
397.718 
119.359 
13.463 
637.812 
316.726 
476,851 
960.620 
505,841 
124,473 
436.051 
110,793 
HOI.  054 
533,398 
404.482 
119.653 
880.838 
1,868.682 
180,986 
868.903 
744,  5gl 

Alexander  . 

Bond  

1,915 
2,658 
25.608 
15,803 
2,754 
33,302 
6,604 
58,502 
19,173 
5,420 
5,225 
8,722 
3,274 
17,337 
27,185 
5,604 
6,551 
17,633 
7,316 
3.851 
14,282 
830 
26,206 
16,786 
63,976 
86,710 
4,076 
2.565 
29.653 
4,505 
3,343 
18.480 
107 
14,243 
31,459 
63,498 
5,991 
12,25« 
778 
1,363 
45,779 
79,141 
399 
10,598 
2,283 
25.155 
24,399 
2,356 
3,273 
7,409 
41,788 
408 
9.115 
7,343 
13,675 
4,142 
2,97*> 
31,013 
30 
14,035 
57,998 
49,087 
13,952 
22,588 
666 
8.495 
1.378 
13,112 
14,913 
2,516 
220 
13,897 
9,302 

700 
241,042 
13,276 
465,236 

418,073 
12,165 
102,577 
18,360 

Boone  

Brown  

Bureau  

Calhoun  

Carroll  

Cass  

Champaign  

Christian    

Clark 

Clay  

1,894 
500 
2,651 
144,296 
60 
550 
398,059 
106,493 
7.683 
106,096 
13,283 

Clinton     

Coles  

Cook       

Cumberland  

DeKalb  

DeWitt     

DuPage  

Edgar  

Kffingham  

77 

""42.571 
365 
193,669 

Fayette  

Ford  

Franklin  

Fulton  

tiallatin 

577,400 
150 
92,347 
232,750 
32,306 
69,062 
445 
10,480 
329.036 
87.808 
100,553 
558,367 
555 
92,191 
325 
480 
1,249 
7.654 
221 
2,193 
264.1*4 
2,260 
1,339 
40,963 
196,613 
861,398 
1.207,181 
173,652 
900 
125,628 
72,316 
36,146 
270 
10,955 
45,793 
13,203 
651,767 
744,891 
357,523 
196,436 
5,580 
31,843 
350,446 
39,762 
1,057,497 
70,457 
44,922 

Grundy  

21,700 
129 
181,378 
13 
161,112 
462,379 
57,160 
890 

Hamilton  

Hancock  

Hardin  

Henderson  

Henry  

Iroquois  

Jackson   

Jersey         ..  

"282;  758 

JoDaviess      
Johnson  
Kane    

188,826 
103,466 
90,681 
267,764 
168,914 
271,181 

"450',  793 
120,206 
198,056 
55,239 
160 
550 

Kankakee  

Kendall  

Knox  

I>ake  

LaSalle 

Lawrence  

Lee  

Logan  

Macon  

Macoupin  

Madison  

Marshall  

106,129 
73,261 

Mason  . 

McDonough         ...  . 

273,871 
401,790 
211,801 
36,152 
289,291 

McHenry  

McLean  

Meuard  

Mercer  

Montgomery  

59 
18,196 
17,128 
497,038 
92,361 

Morgan  

Moultrie  

Ogle  

Peoria  

Perry.-... 

Piatt.  .  . 

94,454 
233.785 
55,980 
19  319 

26.382 
130 

Pike  

Pope           .    . 

Pulaski  

Putnam  

37,271 
140,764 
75,079 
155,214 
72,309 

4.174 
1.170 
2.025 
20,755 
809 
19,932 
21,294 
1,610 
9,314 
2.783 
2,016 
13,701 
14,846 
5,300 
31,122 
509 
14,583 
1.931 
10,486 
869 
37.310 
6,335 
1.648 
15,237 
23,135 

28,137 
450 

796 
1,031,022 
150,268 
2.279 
83.011 
247,658 
165.724 
266,105 
452,015 

Randolph  

Kichland 

Bock  Island  

243,541 
200 
89,304 
56,221 
18 
15,526 
124,630 
2,550 
527,394 
132,417 

""44;  806 
""l86',290 

Saline....  

Sangamon  

421.748 
96,195 
85,331 
310,179 
138,129 
231,117 
254,857 
229,126 
75,832 
360,251 
54,063 
266.187 
177592 
147.352 
92,398 
289.809 
419,442 
128,448 
241,373 
225,504 

Schuyler  

Scott  .  .  . 

Shelby  

Stark 

St.  Clair  

1,562.621 
2.118 
72,410 
180,231 
249,558 
202.201 
5,712 
672,486 
164,689 
184,321 
264 
1,996 
170,787 
2,468 
108,307 

Stephenson  

Tazewell  

Union  

Vermilion  

Wabash  

Warren  

Wayne  
White  
Whitesides  
Will  

266 

457,455 
195,286 
176 
408,606 
178,139 

Williamson  
Wlnnebago  

Woodford  

MORGAN  COUNTY. 


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TOPOGRAPHY  AND  GEOLOGY. 

(FROM  THE  SURVEY  OF  1870,  BY  HENRY  M.  BANNISTER.) 

Morgan  County  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Cass  County ;  on  the 
east  by  Sangamon  ;  on  the  south  by  Macoupin  and  Greene,  and  on  the 
west  by  Scott  County  and  the  Illinois  River.  It  comprises  about  fifteen  and 
two- thirds  townships,  or  about  five  hundred  and  sixty-three  square  miles. 
Nearly  or  quite  one-half  of  this  is  well  wooded,  the  remainder  is  prairie. 
Besides  the  Illinois  River,  which  forms  a  portion  of  its  western  boundary, 
the  county  is  watered  by  several  lesser  streams,  among  which  the  Indian, 
Mauvaisterre,  Sandy  and  Apple  Creeks  may  be  mentioned  as  the  most 
important.  Nearly  all  these  streams  head  in  the  county,  and  attain 
considerable  dimensions  before  passing  beyond  its  limits.  With  their 
tributaries  they  afford  good  water  facilities  to  the  residents  of  the  county, 
and  carry  off  the  surplus  water  in  times  of  freshets. 

The  county,  away  from  the  streams,  is,  in  most  part,  a  gently  undu- 
lating prairie,  with  a  rich,  dark  colored  surface  soil,  similar  in  all  respects 
to  that  in  the  adjoining  regions,  and  differing  but  little  from  the  general 
character  of  all  the  prairie  soils  in  this  part  of  the  State.  On  the  broken 
land,  along  the  streams,  the  soil  is  generally  lighter  colored  and  clayey, 
and  generally  bears  a  heavy  growth  of  black,  white,  and  red  oak,  with 
some  laurel  oak,  pin  oak,  butternut  and  shell-bark  hickory,  black  walnut, 
bitternut,  white  and  slippery  elm,  iron  wood,  sassafras,  hackberry,  red 
bud,  soft  and  sugar  maple,  linden,  and  hazel.  On  the  narrow  strip  of 
land,  which  borders  many  of  the  streams,  in  addition  to  many  of  the 
above  species,  swamp  white  oak,  chinquapin  oak,  sycamore,  paw-paw,  and 
cotton  wood  are  found.  In  the  extreme  western  portion  of  the  county, 
the  Illinois  River  is  bordered  by  an  extensive  tract  of  bottom  land,  rang- 
ing from  four  to  six  miles  in  width  at  different  points.  In  this  bottom, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  tracts  of  low  sand  ridge,  covered  with  stunted 
black  jack,  the  soil  is  a  rich,  arenaceous  loam,  which,  whenever  sufficiently 
elevated,  is  one  of  the  best  soils  in  the  county.  A  considerable  portion 
of  this  bottom,  however,  is  flooded  by  the  river,  and  certain  tracts  are  so 
little  elevated  as  to  form  permanent  shallow  lakes  or  sloughs.  Along  the 
edges  of  the  bluffs,  at  their  immediate  base,  there  is  generally  a  sandy 
slope,  similar  in  soil  and  timber  to  the  sand  ridges  in  the  bottom,  the 
material  of  which  is  derived  from  the  marly  sand  of  the  Loess,  of  which 
e  bluffs  are  mainly  composed. 

The  Loess,  the  most  recent  of  the  geological  formations  after  the 
Alluvium,  occurs  in  this  county  along  the  Illinois  River  bluffs,  in  which 
it  attains  a  thickness  of  from  sixty  to  eighty  feet.  Back  from  the  bluffs 
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222  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

it  rapidly  thins  out,  and  is  seldom  seen  extending  more  than  a  mile  or 
two  up  the  side  ravines,  and  indeed  it  frequently  disappears  entirely 
within  a  much  less  distance.  The  material  is  generally  an  ash  or  buff 
colored,  marly  sand,  containing  fossil  fresh  water  shells  of  existing 
species,  here  as  elsewhere,  forming  high  conical  bluffs,  which  constitute 
a  peculiar  feature  in  the  landscape.  So  resistant  is  this  material  to 
atmospheric  influences,  that  many  of  the  bluffs  are  crowned  by  steep 
mural  escarpments  of  compacted  sand,  which  preserve  their  shape  from 
year  to  year,  despite  the  wearing  action  of  the  frosts  and  showers. 

The  deposits  of  the  Drift  extend  over  nearly  the  whole  surface  of  the 
county,  their  thickness  ranging  all  the  way  from  twenty  to  eighty  or 
one  hundred  feet,  and  at  Jacksonville  its  thickness  attains  to  even  one 
hundred  and  forty-seven  feet.  The  material  of  this  formation  is  generally 
a  blue  or  yellow  clay,  with  occasional  seams  or  strata  of  quicksand  or 
gravel.  Good  sections  of  this  formation  are,  however,  rarely  met  with, 
both  on  account  of  the  infrequency  of  shafts  or  wells  of  sufficient  depth, 
and  of  the  frequent  lack  of  reliable  information  in  regard  to  those  wells 
which  have  been  sunk.  In  general,  however,  the  brown  clays  are  upper- 
most, and  are  underlaid  by  bluish  clays  and  hard-pan. 

Boulders  are  abundant  in  all  parts  of  the  county,  but  in  this  region 
are  seldom  of  such  size  as  farther  north.  Many  of  the  transported 
boulders  show  polished  and  striated,  or  streaked  surfaces,  on  two  or  more 
sides,  but  no  such  surfaces  were  observed  in  any  exposures  of  rock  in  situ. 

The  older  geological  formations  which  appear  in  the  surface  expos- 
ures of  this  county,  are  the  Coal  Measures  and  the  St.  Louis  Limestone., 
Of  the  former,  there  is  between  the  uppermost,  and  lowest  exposures  a 
considerable  average  thickness,  it  is  difficult  to  state  how  much,  but 
probably  several  hundred  feet,  including  the  horizon  of  two  or  three 
workable  coal  seams.  Of  the  St.  Louis  Limestone  only  a  limited  thick- 
ness of  the  upper  beds  is  exposed. 

THE  COAL  MEASURES. — This  formation  underlies  nearly  the  whole 
county;  the  only  portion  in  which  it  is  not  the  uppermost  rock,  being  a  com- 
paratively limited  area  along  the  Illinois  bottoms  and  bluffs.  Considerable 
difficulty  is  experienced  in  forming  a  correct  idea  of  the  details  of  this 
formation  in  this  county,  on  account  of  the  wide  separation  and  varying 
character  of  the  outcrops.  The  aggregate  thickness,  however,  may  be  set 
down  as  not  less  than  three  hundred  feet,  and  probably  more.  Within 
this  thickness  there  are  at  least  three,  and  most  probably  four,  beds  of 
coal  of  sufficient  thickness  to  be  profitably  worked. 

The  only  surface  outcrops  of  No.  1  of  the  Illinois  River  section  are 
along  the  Illinois  River  bluffs  near  the  northern  line  of  the  county,  in 
sections  2,  3  and  4,  township  16,  range  12  west,  where  it  has  been  worked 
to  a  slight  extent  by  drifts  driven  horizontally  into  the  hillside,  and  has, 
at  least  at  one  point,  been  worked  by  stripping  along  the  outcrop. 

The  sandstone  No.  3,  of  this  section,  has  been  worked  to  some 
extent  as  a  building  stone,  and  is  exposed  in  several  places  along  the 
river  bluffs  in  this  vicinity.  The  other  beds  are  only  to  be  seen  at  one 
or  two  points,  and  the  outcrop  of  the  coal  vein  itself  is  every  where 
covered  by  soil  and  debris  from  the  beds  above. 

In  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  4,  township  16,  range  11,  it  is 
reported  that  a  coal  bed  occurs  a  few  feet  below  the  bed  of  Indian 


HISTORY  OF  MOKGAN   COUNTY.  223 

Creek,  which  has  been  worked  by  stripping  during  seasons  of  very  low 
water.  A  little  distance  below  the  point  where  the  coal  was  said  to 
occur,  the  geologist  observed  masses  of  nodular,  argillaceous  limestone, 
which  he  judged  to  have  been  derived  from  the  under-clay  of  the  coal. 
Still  further  up  the  creek,  in  the  northeast  part  of  section  15,  he  observed 
an  outcrop  of  reddish,  concretionary  sandstone,  which  may  perhaps  be  the 
equivalent  of  the  sandstone  No.  3,  in  the  same  section. 

A  coal  bank,  situated  in  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  33,  township 
16,  range  12,  was  for  some  time  worked.  The  distance  from  the  surface 
of  the  ground  to  the  bottom  of  the  coal  in  the  shaft  was  about  twenty-six 
feet.  After  passing  through  fifteen  feet  of  soil  and  drift  clay,  about 
eight  feet  of  dark  colored  shale  and  black  slate,  containing  heavy  iron- 
stone concretions  are  met  with,  and  still  under  this,  the  coal  —  at  this 
point  only  twenty  inches  in  thickness.  The  fragments  of  black  slate, 
which  had  been  thrown  out  of  the  shaft,  contained  few  fossils. 

A  bed  of  coal,  which  may  possibly  be  the  same  as  that  in  the  localities 
already  mentioned,  is  reported  to  occur  in  about  the  center  of  the  western 
part  of  section  20,  township  16,  range  12.  The  coal  is  said  to  occur  at  a 
depth  of  about  twelve  feet  below  the  bed  of  Coon  Run,  where  it  has  been 
struck  by  excavations,  although  it  was  found  impossible  to  work  it  on 
account  of  the  water.  The  bed  of  the  creek  a  short  distance  above  this 
point  is  composed  of  rather  irregularly  bedded,  light  gray  limestone. 
Below,  along  the  banks  and  bed  of  the  stream,  in  the  eastern  part  of 
section  19,  there  appears  a  light  colored,  shaly  limestone  in  the  bed  of 
the  stream,  and  about  two  hundred  yards  still  farther  down  the  stream, 
but  higher  in  actual  position,  heavy  beds  of  a  soft,  massive,  ferruginous 
sandstone  appear  in  the  sides  of  the  ravine.  The  coal  No.  2  of  the  Illinois 
River  section  is  worked  in  this  county  at  one  of  its  typical  localities,  and 
probably  at  several  other  points.  At  Neeleyville,  on  the  Wabash  railroad, 
near  the  western  border  of  the  county,  this  seam  of  coal  immediately 
underlies  the  Drift  at  a  depth  below  the  surface,  at  the  principal  diggings, 
of  from  ten  to  fifteen  feet.  A  shaft  sunk  upon  the  top  of  the  hill  a  short 
distance  south  of  the  railroad,  passed  through  eighty-five  feet  of  the 
brown  and  blue  clays  of  the  Drift  before  reaching  the  coal.  The  seam 
varies  from  four  to  four  and  half  feet  in  thickness,  of  which  about  three 
and  one-half  feet  is  available — the  remainder  being  required  to  be  left 
to  support  the  roof.  In  the  eastern  part  of  the  village  a  shaly  sandstone, 
varying  in  color  from  light  reddish  to  gray,  is  exposed  in  the  bottom  and 
sides  of  the  ditches  along  the  railroad  for  a  distance  of  three  hundred 
yards  or  more.  The  whole  thickness  exposed  is  not  over  eight  feet,  and 
the  beds  appear  to  be  nearly  horizontal. 

Other  localities,  of  probably  the  same  vein  of  coal,  are  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  section  34,  township  16,  range  12,  and  in  the  southern 
part  of  sections  21  and  22  in  the  same  township.  In  the  former  of  these 
localities,  the  coal  was  worked  by  drifting  into  the  side  of  a  small  ravine. 
The  bed  was  reported  to  be  about  four  feet  in  thickness.  This  coal  bank 
is  about  half  or  three  quarters  of  a  mile  from  McPhersoirs  shaft,  already 
noticed  as  a  locality  of  the  lowest  seam  of  No.  1  of  the  Illinois  River 
section.  Its  level  is  probably  from  forty  to  fifty  feet  above  the  coal  seam 
opened  by  the  shaft. 

In  the  southern  part  of  section  22  the  workings  were  situated  along 


224  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

the  bank  of  Coon  Run  for  a  distance  of  about  half  a  mile.  The  coal  was 
worked  by  horizontal  drifts  in  the  side  of  the  bluff,  all  of  which  have 
long  been  discontinued.  The  seam  is  reported  to  be  about  three  feet  in 
thickness.  In  the  northwest  corner  of  section  18,  township  15,  range  11, 
at  a  point  where  the  Wabash  railroad  crosses  the  Mauvaisterre,  there  is 
an  exposure  of  thirty  feet  or  more  of  shaly  sandstone  and  arenaceous 
shales.  The  shaly  beds  may  be  traced  along  the  stream  for  a  distance  of 
nearly  a  half  mile  from  the  bridge,  where  they  finally  disappear,  and 
above  this  point  along  the  stream,  and  indeed  in  the  whole  northeastern 
portion  of  the  county,  there  are  no  prominent  exposures  of  any  of  the 
beds  of  the  older  formations. 

No.  2  of  this  section  is  the  bed  which  is  here  worked  as  a  building 
stone.  It  is  extremely  soft  and  easily  worked  when  first  taken  out,  but 
is  said  to  harden  on  exposure  to  the  weather.  It  is  considerably  used  for 
building  purposes  in  the  vicinity.  Below  the  quarry,  exposures  of  shaly 
sandstone  and  arenaceous  shales  occur  along  the  banks  of  the  creek 
wherever  it  touches  the  bluffs  which  edge  the  narrow  bottom  as  far  as  the 
county  line,  a  distance  of  about  one  mile,  and  probably  continue  to  appear 
along  the  lower  course  of  the  branch  in  Scott  County.  Above  the  quarry 
there  are  no  prominent  outcrops,  although  the  same  beds  undoubtedly 
occur  in  the  hill  sides. 

Passing  southward  from  this  point  along  the  western  side  of  the 
county,  the  next  exposure  of  the  Coal  Measures  is  on  the  south  side  of 
Sandy  Creek  in  the  western  part  of  section  16,  township  14,  range  11. 
The  outcrop  is  only  of  limited  extent,  and  consists  of  light  colored, 
rather  argillaceous  shale,  overlaid  by  sandstone,.  The  vertical  thickness 
is,  perhaps,  four  feet.  The  sandstone  is  only  seen  in  tumbling  masses. 
Proceeding  up  the  ravine  of  Sandy  Creek,  in  the  bottom  of  one  of  the 
side  ravines  opening  from  the  northward  in  the  northwest  quarter  of 
section  11,  township  14,  range  11,  a  large  tumbling  mass  of  light  colored, 
brittle  limestone  is  seen,  which  evidently  had  not  been  far  removed  from 
its  original  bed.  Similar  masses  often  occur  in  one  or  two  side  ravines  of 
this  stream  and  some  of  its  tributaries  in  this  vicinity,  but  no  good  out- 
crop of  beds  in  place,  occur  in  this  part  of  its  course.  In  the  western 
half  of  section  9,  township  14,  range  10,  there  are  exposures  of  light 
colored  fossiliferous  limestone  which  has  been  quarried  in  several  places 
along  the  bluffs  on  the  south  side  of  the  creek.  Underneath  this 
limestone  at  one  or  two  points,  a  little  west  of  the  center  of  the  section, 
appear  exposures  of  a  light  colored  shale,  apparently  entirely  destitute  of 
fossil  remains.  The  whole  exposed  thickness  of  the  shale  is  about  ten  feet ; 
that  of  the  limestone  is  not  so  easily  ascertained,  as  the  exposures  are 
not  continuous,  and  the  whole  thickness  is  not  exposed  at  any  one  place. 
Judging  from  the  difference  of  level  in  the  different  exposures  it  would 
seem  to  be  not  less  than  that  of  the  shale,  and  probably  much  more.  A 
little  farther  up  the  stream,  near  the  center  of  the  section,  at  the  crossing 
of  the  railroads  (St.  Louis,  Jacksonville  and  Chicago),  a  shaft  has  been 
sunk  about  half  way  up  the  side  of  the  bluff,  penetrating  the  Drift  and 
underlying  beds  about  eighty  feet. 

No  prominent  exposures  of  rock  occur  on  any  of  the  tributaries  of 
Sandy  Creek,  lying  to  the  southward.  The  nearest  point  where  they 
appear  is  on  the  left  bank  of  Coal  Creek,  in  the  northwest  corner  of 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  225 

section  16,  township  14,  range  10,  where  a  foot  or  two  in  thickness  of  a 
light  colored,  calcareous  shale,  or  shaly  limestone,  has  been  laid  bare  by 
the  wash  of  the  stream  in  the  overhanging  bank.  The  same  occurs  at 
several  points  below  along  the  stream.  Farther  down  the  stream,  near  the 
center  of  the  south  part  of  section  30,  is  a  coal  bank.  Here  the  coal 
ranges  in  thickness  from  three  feet  eight  inches  to  four  feet,  and  is  over- 
laid at  one  or  two  points  with  decomposing  dark  slate.  Perhaps  this  is 
generally  the  case,  but  the  exposures  do  not  show  it  well.  The  limestone 
No.  1  is  well  exposed,  and  the  vein  of  coal  has  been  slightly  worked  by 
stripping  in  one  of  the  side  ravines,  a  little  distance  below  the  main  coal 
banks. 

Following  down  the  stream,  below  the  coal  bank,  a  reddish,  shaly 
sandstone  is  exposed  in  its  bed,  which,  at  a  point  a  mile  below,  forms  a 
perpendicular  bank  ten  feet  high.  Similar  exposures  of  the  same  light 
reddish  or  brown  sandstone  occur  here  and  there  along  the  creek  to  the 
county  line,  and  below  into  Greene  County.  In  the  village  of  Murray- 
ville  and  its  immediate  vicinity,  two  or  three  borings  have  been  made,  in 
two  of  which  coal  is  reported  to  have  been  met  at  depths  of  one  hundred 
and  seven  and  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet.  This  coal  is  reported  as 
overlaid  by  sandstone  and  black  slate ;  but  in  neither  case  did  the  boring 
penetrate  the  coal  more  than  twenty-three  inches.  It  may  possibly  be 
the  same  vein  as  that  worked  on  Coal  Creek. 

The  principal  natural  exposures  of  the  Coal  Measures  in  this  county, 
which  remain  to  be  noticed,  are  those  on  the  main  Apple  Creek  and  its 
principal  tributaries.  The  greater  portion  of  the  eastern  and  northeast- 
ern townships  of  Morgan  County  are  upland  prairie,  where  all  the  older 
formations  are  deeply  buried  under  the  heavy  accumulations  of  Drift,  and 
where  none  of  the  streams,  which  here  take  their  rise,  have  cut  down 
through  these  quarternary  deposits  to  any  considerable  extent. 

In  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  18,  township  13,  range  8,  on  the 
north  fork  of  Apple  Creek,  an  exposure  in  the  side  of  the  bluff  is 
observed  of  about  twenty-five  feet  in  vertical  height.  The  upper  twenty 
feet  is  an  arenaceous  shale.  The  remaining  lower  portion  consists  of 
one  or  two  thin  beds  of  limestone,  with  black  carbonaceous  shale  and  fire 
clay,  and  in  some  places  one  or  two  inches  of  coal  between  the  dark 
colored  shale  and  fire  clay.  The  limestone  affords  but  few  fossils.  The 
lower  beds  m&y  be  traced  along  the  banks  of  the  creek  near  half  a  mile, 
although  the  exposure  is  not  continuous,  and  then  the  dip  of  the  strata 
being  apparently  a  little  greater  than  the  fall  of  the  stream,  and  in  the 
same  direction  —  about  southwest  —  it  finally  disappears  beneath  its  bed. 
Heavy  exposures  of  a  massive  brownish  or  reddish  sandstone  is  observed 
in  one  of  the  side  ravines  a  little  below  the  place  where  these  beds  dis- 
appear, running  from  the  northward,  having  probably  a  total  thickness  of 
over  thirty  feet.  A  similar  sandstone  is  said  to  occur  some  two  miles 
above  this  point  on  the  creek.  Down  the  ravine  about  half  a  mile  dis- 
tant, appearances  indicate  that  limestone  has  been  quarried  at  one  time, 
though  the  ledges  are  not  now  visible.  Below  this  place,  outcroppings 
of  the  older  rocks  are  not  frequent  along  the  fork  of  Apple  Creek,  until 
near  its  junction  with  the  main  creek.  Below  the  forks  of  the  creek,  as 
far  as  the  county  line,  a  bed  of  hard,  bluish  limestone  appears  at  the 
water's  edge,  and  at  a  few  points  it  may  be  seen  that  this  is  overlaid  by 


226  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

argillaceous  shales.  On  a  small  branch  which  comes  down  from  the 
northwest  and  enters  the  creek  bottoms  near  the  county  line,  a  coal  seam 
has  been  worked  by  stripping.  A  little  farther  up  the  shale  is  exposed 
with  thin  beds  of  limestone,  and  over  all  a  massive  grayish  sandstone  and 
sandy  shale.  Passing  up  the  east  fork  of  Apple  Creek,  above  the  junc- 
tion, a  continuation  of  the  hard,  bluish  limestone  before  mentioned,  is 
found,  appearing  along  the  banks  of  the  stream  for  more  than  a  mile, 
sometimes  in  place,  and  sometimes  in  large  tumbling  masses  in  the  bed  of 
the  creek.  It  also  appears  in  some  of  the  side  ravines,  and  has  been  some- 
what quarried  in  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  31,  township  13,  range  8, 
at  a  distance  of  nearly  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  creek.  This  lime- 
stone is  probably  the  same  as  that  observed  farther  down  stream,  as  it  is 
identical  with  it  in  appearance  and  thickness.  Still  farther  up  stream  it 
appears  still  higher  in  the  side  of  the  bluffs,  and  has  been  considerably 
quarried,  while  at  a  little  above  this  point  it  disappears  entirely,  and 
is  seen  no  more  along  the  stream. 

Up  a  small  branch  which  enters  Apple  Creek  from  the  southwest, 
near  the  center  of  the  south  line  of  section  27,  outcrops  of  shale,  lime- 
stone, etc.,  with  a  small  vein  of  coal  are  seen.  A  little  below  this  point 
there  is  a  continual  ledge  of  the  shale,  from  five  to  eight  feet  in  height, 
extending  along  the  bank  of  the  river  for  a  distance  of  twenty  or  thirty 
rods.  Still  further  up  the  ravine,  in  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  34, 
the  coal  again  outcrops,  and  still  above  this,  near  the  Macoupin  County 
line,  in  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  35,  there  is  an  exposure  of  ten 
or  fifteen  feet  of  shale,  overlying  the  thin  limestone  No.  1 ,  of  the  above 
section. 

North  of  these  exposures,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  county,  there 
are  but  one  or  two  points  where  the  older  rocks  appear  above  the  sur- 
face, or  are  artificially  exposed.  One  of  these  occurs  in  the  northeast 
quarter  of  section  25,  township  13,  range  8,  where  a  reddish  sandstone, 
in  layers  varying  from  two  inches  to  a  foot  in  thickness,  has  been  quar- 
ried as  a  building  stone.  This  stone  also  occurs  in  the  bed  of  a  small 
branch  running  north  into  Apple  Creek,  and  four  or  five  feet  of  gravel 
has  to  be  removed  before  reaching  the  valuable  portions  of  the  rock.  To 
the  northward  of  this,  in  the  vicinity  of  Waverly,  sandstone  is  said  to 
have  been  met  in  digging  wells,  at  a  depth  of  sixteen  or  eighteen  feet, 
possibly  the  same  beds  that  are  exposed  at  this  point. 

Near  Prentice,  in  the  northeast  corner  of  the  county,  a  shaft  has 
been  sunk  in  the  beds  of  the  Coal  Measures  and  the  overlying  Drift,  to 
the  depth  of  about  two  hundred  and  twent}r  feet,  and  has  been  continued 
by  boring  over  one  hundred  feet  more.  It  passes  through  three  veins  of 
coal,  none  of  which  are  three  feet  in  thickness. 

The  only  point  remaining  to  be  mentioned  in  Morgan  County,  as  a 
locality,  where  the  beds  of  the  Coal  Measures  have  been  penetrated,  is  at 
the  city  of  Jacksonville,  where  a  bed  of  coal,  thirty  inches  in  thickness, 
is  reported  to  have  been  struck  by  a  boring  made  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Insane  Asylum,  at  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  ninety  feet.  Another 
boring,  made  near  the  track  of  the  Wabash  railroad,  just  east  of  the 
city  limits,  is  reported  to  have  struck  coal  at  nearly  the  same  depth.  The 
Drift  here  is  over  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  in  thickness. 

COAL. — As  will  be  seen  by  the  foregoing  pages,  at  least  four  or  five 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  227 

different  beds  of  coal  appear  in  the  surface  outcrops  and  artificial  exca- 
vations of  this  county,  several  of  which  have  been  more  or  less  exten- 
sively worked.  In  fact,  the  whole  surface  of  the  county,  excepting  the 
Illinois  bottoms  and  a  small  area  immediately  adjoining,  is  probably 
underlaid  by  one  or  more  veins  of  coal.  The  lowest  of  these,  the  No.  1, 
or  Exeter  coal,  has  been  mined  to  some  extent  along  the  river  bluffs,  near 
the  northern  border  of  the  county,  where  the  seam  is  about  two  and  a 
half  feet  thick.  It  is  probably  the  seam  that  has  been  worked  on  Indian 
Creek,  in  section  4,  township  16,  range  11,  but  beyond  it  is  not  identified 
in  any  exposures  within  the  county.  Although  the  coal  of  this  seam  is 
of  a  good  quality,  it  is  not  generally  of  sufficient  thickness  to  be  profitably 
mined,  except  along  the  natural  outcrops,  or  where  it  is  only  of  compara- 
tively insignificant  depth  below  the  surface. 

The  next  seam  above  this,  the  Neeleyville  coal,  is  rather  extensively 
worked  at  that  place.  The  seam  here  is  about  four  feet  thick,  and  only 
twelve  or  fourteen  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  principal  diggings  along 
the  railroad.  However,  as  it  has  no  good  natural  roof,  but  is  overlaid 
immediately  by  the  clays  of  the  Drift,  from  six  to  twelve  inches  of  coal^has 
to  be  left  for  a  roof,  and  much  trouble  and  expense  must  be  incurred  in 
cribbing.  The  coal  is  of  good  quality,  and  is  much  used  on  the  Wabash 
railroad,  and  is  also  sent  elsewhere  to  market.  The  four-foot  vein,  which 
•outcrops  along  Coal  Creek,  in  section  30,  township  13,  range  10,  has  been 
mined  to  some  extent,  but  the  works  have  been  abandoned.  This  bed 
contains  some  pyrites,  disseminated  throughout  the  mass ;  but  when 
sufficiently  free  from  this  material,  the  coal  is  reported  to  be  of  a  very 
good  quality.  The  other  veins  of  coal  which  are  worked  at  all  in  this 
•county,  probably  belong  to  the  middle  and  upper  Coal  Measures,  and,  as 
far  as  they  have  been  opened,  are  generally  of  comparatively  slight  thick- 
ness. It  would  seem  probable,  however,  considering  these  beds  to  belong 
to  the  upper  and  middle  parts  of  the  formation,  that  other  and  heavier 
seams  of  coal  may  be  met  with  at  greater  depths  beneath  the  surface. 
All  the  borings  which  have  been  made  in  the  central  part  of  the  county 
seem  to  confirm  this,  as  far  as  they  go.  The  small  vein  outcropping  along 
Apple  Creek,  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  county,  is  not  easy  to  place 
in  the  general  section.  It  probably  is,  also,  in  the  middle  portion  of  the 
series,  if  not  higher.  The  thickness  is  too  slight  to  admit  of  its  being 

Irofitably  worked,  except  by  stripping,  along  its  outcrop. 

ST.  Louis  LIMESTONE. — The  outcrops  of  this  formation  are  confined 
to  the  base  of  the  bluffs,  along  the  eastern  edge  of  the  Illinois  bottoms 
in  this  county.  In  lithological  characters  it  is  also  rather  variable,  con- 
sisting of  reddish  and  light  colored  sandstones,  and  a  hard,  impure,  red- 
dish, calcareous  rock,  which  appears  in  several  places.  It  nowhere  pre- 
sents such  a  development  as  may  be  met  farther  south,  and  disappears 
entirely  before  reaching  the  northern  limits  of  the  county.  The  most 
northern  exposures  observed  by  the  geologist  were  in  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  section  19,  township  lb',  range  12,  where  a  light  gray  sandstone 
•appears  on  the  sides  of  the  bluff  road,  and  a  little  higher  up  the  side  of 
the  bluff  large  tumbling  masses  of  a  light  colored  sandstone  are  seen. 
About  a  quarter  of  a  mile  below  this  point  ledges  of  a  reddish,  splinter- 
ing, calcareous  sand  rock  appear  on  the  side  of  the  bluffs,  and  have  been 
'mewhat  quarried. 


228  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

Passing  still  farther  to  the  south  and  west  along  the  bluff  road,  a  light 
reddish,  shaly  sandstone  appears  at  various  points  in  the  ditches  alongside 
the  road,  and  in  the  bottoms  of  some  o'f  the  small  ravines  which  come 
down  through  the  bluffs.  Mention  has  already  been  made,  in  the  earlier 
part  of  this  chapter,  of  a  reddish  sandstone  occurring  in  heavy  ledges  in 
the  ravines  of  Coon  Run,  which  may  possibly  belong  to  this  formation, 
but  more  probably  to  the  Coal  Measures.  About  a  half  mile  north  of 
the  southern  line  of  the  county,  in  the  western  part  of  section  36,  there 
is  a  small  quarry  on  the  edge  of  the  bottom  in  a  rather  coarser  grained, 
light  colored  sandstone,  which  has  been  excavated  to  the  depth  of  about 
four  feet.  In  none  of  the  exposures  of  the  rocks  of  this  age  in  Morgan 
County  were  any  good  fossils  obtained ;  but  ledges  of  rock  containing 
some  of  the  characteristic  fossils  of  this  group  in  tolerable  abundance 
occur  a  short  distance  over  the  boundary  in  Scott  County. 

CLAYS. — Some  of  the  underclays  of  the  different  coal  seams  in  this 
county  will  furnish  a  good  material  for  fire-brick,  tile,  or  pottery.  The 
clay  beds  under  the  different  coal  seams,  however,  generally  appear  at  the 
surface  only  along  the  sides  of  high  blutts,  or  in  the  bottoms  of  deep 
ravines,  and  have  not  as  yet  been  turned  to  economical  account.  Good 
clays  for  ordinary  brick  making  are  found  in  the  beds  of  the  Drift,  under 
the  surface  soils  in  all  parts  of  the  county. 

BUILDING  MATERIALS. — The  sandstone  over  coal  No.  1  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  county,  has  been  worked  to  some  extent  as  a  building 
stone,  and,  in  some  instances,  appears  to  answer  the  purpose  well,  and 
when  a  proper  selection  is  made  of  this  material,  it  appears  durable.  The 
stone  abutments  of  a  bridge  over  Indian  Creek  at  Arenzville,  just  over  the 
line  in  Cass  County,  which  were  built  for  the  Rock  Island  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad,  are  of  this  sandstone,  quarried  within  the  limits  of  Morgan 
County,  and  after  many  years  exposure,  appeared  as  whole  and  sharply 
cut  as  when  first  laid.  In  some  parts  of  these  beds,  however,  the  rock 
seems  to  crumble  on  weathering,  and  should,  therefore,  be  rejected  as  a 
building  stone.  The  sandstone  worked  on  Willow  Branch  in  section  19, 
township  15,  range  11,  is  probably  near  the  same  geological  horizon.  It 
is  very  similar  in  appearance,  being  a  light  brown  or  gray  sandstone, 
weathering  to  a  rather  lighter  color  than  that  from  the  previously  men- 
tioned localities.  It  is  quite  easily  worked  when  first  quarried,  but 
hardens  on  exposure. 

The  limestone  beds  of  the  Coal  Measures,  and  their  use  as  a  building 
material,  have  been  briefly  noticed  in  the  preceding  pages.  Their  use  has 
been  mainly  local  and  limited,  and  from  the  restricted  nature  of  the  expo- 
sures in  the  sides  of  high  bluffs  or  bottoms  of  ravines,  and  the  general 
inconsiderable  thickness  of  the  strata,  it  seems  probable  that  it  could  not 
well  be  otherwise.  The  sandstone  beds  of  the  Coal  Measures,  when 
sufficiently  resistant  to  atmospheric  influences,  are  likely  to  afford  the 
principal  home  supply  of  building  material  in  this  county.  The  sand- 
stones of  the  St.  Louis  group,  which  outcrop  in  this  county,  have  also 
been  used  to  some  extent,  but  no  such  quarries  as  are  found  in  this  group 
in  the  adjoining  counties,  have  as  yet  been  opened  in  Morgan  County. 
Some  of  the  limestone  beds  in  this  county  appear  suitable  for  the  manu- 
facture of  quick  lime.  Most  of  this  article,  however,  is  derived  elsewhere, 
its  manufacture  not  being  carried  on  to  any  extent  in  any  place  in  the 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  229 

county.  Sand  and  gravel  are  sufficiently  abundant  in  all  parts  for 
building  purposes. 

RAILROADS. — The  first  railroad  in  the  West  was  built  in  this  county, 
the  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  from  Meredosia  to  Springfield.  Eight  miles 
east  from  Meredosia  was  laid  in  1838,  the  first  rail  being  laid  May  9. 
There  are  now,  including  main  and  side  tracks,  104  miles  of  railway  in 
the  county,  distributed  as  follows  :  Chicago  and  Alton,  31 ;  Jacksonville, 
Northwestern  and  Southwestern,  20  ;  Peoria,  Pekin  and  Jacksonville,  10  ; 
St.  Louis,  Rock  Island  and  Chicago  (C.B.&  Q.),  9  ;  and  the  Wabash,  34. 
The  entire  value  of  these  roads  in  the  county,  including  their  buildings, 
right  of  way,  and  rolling  stock,  is  $535,527.55. 

POPULATION. — By  the  school  census  of  1877,  7,765  males,  and  7,634 
females  under  twenty-one  years  of  age,  15,399  in  all,  were  reported. 
5,479  males,  and  5,247  females  — 10,726  —  were  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  twenty-one  years.  If  those  under  twenty-one  years  of  age  be  taken 
as  three-eighths  of  the  population,  it  is  40,058.  If  those  of  school  age 
be  taken  as  one-fourth,  the  aggregate  population  is  41,904.  Each  calcula- 
tion approximates  the  same  result,  and  either  is  not  far  from  the  truth. 
If  the  wealth  as  heretofore  given  was  proportioned  among  the  inhabitants 
of  the  county,  each  one's  share  would  be  about  two  hundred  arid  fifty 
dollars. 

AGRICULTURE. 

"  Oft  did  the  harvest  to  their  sickle  yield, 

Their  furrow  oft  the  stubborn  glebe  has  broke  ; 
How  jocund  did  they  drive  their  teams  afield  ! 

How  bowed  the  woods  beneath  their  sturdy  stroke." 

As  the  majority  of  our  readers  are  among  the  farmers,  a  short  resume 
of  the  history  of  agriculture  will  be  interesting  and  appropriate  in  these 
pages.  From  a  paper  piepared  by  Hon.  W.  C.  Flagg,  of  Moro,  Illinois,  in 
1870,  we  learn  very  many  interesting  details  regarding  the  introduction 
of  this  most  important  branch  of  industry,  and  from  it  we  glean  our 
items. 

The  agricultural  history  of  the  State  covers  nearly  two  centuries  of 
time,  the  first  of  which  is  hardly  less  mythical  than  that  of  its  savage 
predecessors.  Yet  in  the  last  century  Illinois  promises  to  lead  the  van  of 
agricultural  production  in  the  United  States.  Geographical  position  has 
much  to  do  with  this  pre-eminence.  South  of  the  State  it  is  too  hot  for 
wheat,  north  of  it,  it  is  too  cold  for  corn.  Accordingly  in  the  latitude  of 
Illinois.  American  agriculture  can  be  diversified  more  than  anywhere  else. 
"  State  has  an  area,  according  to  the  census  report,  of  55,410  square 
miles,  or  according  to  the  State  Auditor,  of  55,872  square  miles,  or 
35,758,080  acres.  It  is  twelfth  in  area  of  the  organized  States;  but 
probably  has  as  many  arable  acres  as  any  of  the  eleven  that  precede  it 
in  nominal  area,  while  it  excels  them  all  in  soil,  climate,  or  position.  Its 
area  is  equal  to  nearly  one-half  that  of  the  British  Isles,  or  one-quarter 
that  of  France.  It  is  equal  to  forty-two  Rhode  Islands,  or  twenty-six 
Delawares.  It  is  said  that  with  the  exception  of  Louisiana  and  Delaware, 
to  be  the  most  level  State  in  the  Union.  Cairo  is  but  350  feet  above  the 
level  of  the  sea,  and  Jo  Daviess  County,  in  which  are  the  most  elevated 
portions  of  the  State,  is  barely  600  feet  higher. 

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230  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

The  soil  of  this  vast  plain  is  said  to  be  mainly  founded  on  Drift  from 
more  northern  localities.  Among  the  most  characteristic  soils  are  those 
of  the  river  bottoms,  whose  fertility  seems  inexhaustible.  These  comprise 
large  tracts,  some  of  which  —  those  on  the  "American  Bottom" — have 
been  in  cultivation  for  a  century,  without  perceptible  deterioration.  The 
midland  Counties  of  Morgan,  Sangamon,  Menard,  Macon,  etc.,  have 
proved  best  suited,  of  the  upland  regions,  for  corn  culture.  Others, 
south  of  these,  lead  in  winter  wheat.  Both  of  these  seem  to  be  results  of 
peculiarity  of  soil.  However  various,  the  soils  of  Illinois  are  remarkable 
for  their  fertility.  Bayard  Taylor,  who  has  seen  as  large  a  proportion  of 
the  earth's  surface  as  most  men,  pronounced  it  the  largest  body  of  equally 
fertile  land  that  he  had  seen.  The  agriculturalist  chemist,  Volcker, 
stated  that  he  had  never  analyzed  nor  heard  of  soils  so  rich  in.  nitrogen. 

In  1870,  50.7  per  cent,  of  the  people  of  Illinois  were  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits.  It  is  hardly  probable  the  percentage  has  decreased. 
On  the  other  hand,  many  large  farms  in  the  State,  especially  in  Morgan 
County,  have  been  divided  and  sold  in  smaller  lots,  and  here  the  percent- 
age is  greater.  In  1870,  there  were  202,803  farms.  On  these  there  were 
376,441  persons  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In  this  county  the 
farms  averaged,  in  1870,  170  acres  each.  Alexander,  Edwards,  Greene, 
Macoupin,  and  Putnam,  were  in  the  same  grade.  The  smallest  farms  are 
in  the  fruit  producing  regions,  the  largest  where  cattle  raising  is  the 
principal  occupation. 

The  State  having  passed  through  the  pioneer  period,  when  hunting 
and  Indian  fighting  were  the  principal  occupations  of  the  population,  and 
through  the -pastoral  period,  when  herds  and  flocks,  running  at  large  on 
the  wild  lands,  were  the  principal  source  of  agricultural  wealth,  may  be 
•now  said  to  have  fairly  entered  upon  field  culture,  or  agriculture  proper. 
This  is  still  of  the  extensive  rather  than  the  intensive  kind,  and  shows 
no  such  yields  per  acre  as  may  properly  be  expected  when'  a  larger 
amount  of  capital  to  the  acre  can  be  profitably  invested  in  production. 

CEREALS. — Maize  is  the  first  crop,  both  in  importance  and  chronology. 
The  origin  of  Indian  corn,  like  that  of  wheat  and  barley,  is  lost  in  the 
twilight  of  antiquity.  Bonafous,  who  wrote  long  ago,  and  is  still  the 
best  authority,  was  of  opinion  that  Indian  corn  was  indigenous  both  in 
China  and  in  southwestern  South  America.  Says  Mr.  B.  F.  Johnson,  of 
Champaign,  Illinois :  "  The  prehistoric  evidence  afforded  by  comparative 
philology,  establishes  the  fact  that  wheat  and  barley  were  cultivated  by  a 
race  dwelling  somewhere  on  the  plains  of  Central  Asia,  at  a  time  so 
remote  that  out  of  their  language  as  the  mother  tongue,  grew,  in  the 
course  of  many  centuries,  the  Latin,  the  Greek,  the  Sanscrit,  and  the 
whole  tribe  of  Indo-European  languages.  The  same  kind  of  testimony, 
gathered  from  geological  investigation  in  South  America,  and  from  ancient 
tombs,  shows  conclusively  that  Indian  corn  was  there  cultivated  at  a 
period  long  anterior  to  the  dynasty  of  the  Incas,  which  commenced  in  the 
twelfth  century. 

"  However,  Humbolt,the  universal  savant  whose  testimony  is  enormous, 
says  there  is  no  doubt  in  the  minds  of  botanists,  that  Indian  corn  is  a 
truly  American  plant,  and  that  the  new  world  gave  it  to  the  old.  Those 
who  are  of  his  opinion,  say  it  was  on  his  return  from  his  first  voyage,  in 
the  year  1493,  that  Columbus  brought  to  Europe  the  first  grains  of  Indian 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  231 

corn,  and  thence  its  cultivation  spread  into  Portugal,"  and  the  south  of 
Europe.  The  Portuguese,  who  were  at  that  time  the  great  navigators  of 
the  world,  having  doubled  Cape  Horn  previously,  and  discovered  Java,  in 
1495,  introduced  it  along  the  African  coast,  and  into  Java ;  and  thence 
its  cultivation  spread  into  India  and  China,  arid  Indian  corn  was.  correctly 
figured  in  a  Chinese  work  on  agriculture,  as  early  as  1552. 

"  Though  the  weight  of  Humbolt's  testimony  is  great  on  any  such 
question  as  this,  is  it  not  quite  as  reasonable  to  suppose  that  Indian  corn 
may  have  been  indigenous  to  China,  and  have  been  cultivated  there,  as 
to  suppose  that  in  the  comparatively  brief  space  of  little  more  than  half  a 
century  it  should  have  been  transferred  from  America  to  Europe  ;  thence 
to  Java,  thence  to  China ;  and  have  been  so  generally  adopted  and  culti- 
vated by  that  cautious  and  slow-moving  people,  as  to  have  been  figured 
in  a  book  so  short  a  time  after  its  introduction  to  the  country. 

"  The  arguments  derived  from  vegetable  physiology  strongly  favor 
its  eastern  origin  ;  because,  while  Farther  India  and  China  contain  many 
native  plants  of  related  genera,  like  sorghum  and  millet,  very  little,  if 
any  thing  of  the  kind,  is  to  be  found  among  the  botanical  productions  of 
South  America.  By  the  barest  possibility,  Indian  corn  may  have  been 
introduced  into  some  portions  of  North  America  by  the  Chinese,  some 
centuries  ago.  And  the  present  remote  probability  may  become  a  rea- 
sonable one,  if  modern  antiquarians  succeed  in  establishing  the  fact  of  the 
discovery  of  America  by  the  Chinese  at  least  a  thousand  years  before  its 
discovery  by  Columbus — a  triumph  of  skillful  and  successful  research 
which  may  not  be  far  off. 

"  But  whatever  the  origin  of  Indian  corn  may  have  been,  whether 
on  the  slopes  of  the  Andes,  or  in  the  fertile  valleys  of  China,  modern 
botanists  and  naturalists  are  pretty  well  agreed  that  the  original  Indian 
corn  belonged  to  the  species  known  as  Zea  Tunica,  or  clothed  Indian 
corn  ;  each  kernel  of  the  ear  being  enveloped  in  a  separate  tunic,  or  husk, 
the  grains  of  which  may  be  of  various  shapes  and  colored  white,  yellow, 
or  red.  Descending  and  departing  from  this  species,  the  varieties  of 
Indian  corn  have  become  innumerable,  each  country  and  climate,  every 
soil,  situation,  and  parallel  having  one  or  more  especially  suited  to  the 

I  circumstances  ;  so  that  an  extensive  collection  of  the  varieties  of  Indian 
corn  would  contain  specimens  from  eighteen  inches  high  to  as  many  feet, 
with  ears  ranging  in  size  from  that  of  a  lady's  finger  to  that  of  the  fore- 
arm of  a  strong  man.  No  cereal  accepts  the  modifications  of  soil  and 
climate  so  easily  and  quickly  as  Indian  corn.  In  a  broad  and  general  sense, 
every  soil,  situation,  and  climate,  produces  a  certain  normal  development 
of  stalk  and  ear  ;  and  though  cultivation  and  enriching  the  soil  may 
increase  the  results,  it  does  so  simply  by  practically  changing  soil  and 
climate  both. 

"  The  prairie  soils  of  Illinois,  underdrained  and  enriched  by  a  liberab 
use  of  fertilizers,  and  seeded  with  the  best  common  Indian  corn  of  the 
country,  produce  a  stock  eight  or  nine  feet  high,  which  carries  an  ear 
breast  high  to  a  man,  that  will  measure  nine  to  ten  inches  in  length,  two 
to  two  and  a  half  inches  in  diameter  ;  when  bone  dry,  weighs  fifteen  to 
eighteen  ounces,  has  twenty-two  to  twenty-four  rows,  and  counts  one 
thousand  kernels."  The  same  seed  planted  on  other  soils,  produces  other 


232  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

results,  which  is  clearly  seen  in  the  corn  brought  from  different  localities 
in  the  United  States. 

Corn  has  been  grown  in  the  Mississippi  valley  since  its  earliest  occu- 
pation by  the  French.  Marquette,  in  1673  ;  Allouez,  in  1676,  and  Mem- 
bre,  in  1679,  all  mention  its  cultivation  by  the  Illinois  Indians  long  before 
the  coming  of  the  white  man.  These  missionaries  fail  to  describe  the 
varieties  cultivated,  so  that  we  can  identify  them  with  the  Pueblo 
Indians,  or  other  aborigines.  Charlevoix,  in  1721,  Du  Pratz,  in  1758, 
and  Pitman,  in  1770,  seem  to  indicate  that  the  early  French  settlers  had 
not  yet  adopted  its  culture  to  an  extent  that  made  it  an  important 
product.  The  small  grains  are  more  mentioned  than  Indian  corn.  As 
early  as  1800,  however,  according  to  Reynolds,  it  had  begun  to  take  a 
prominent  place  in  the  list  of  cereals.  He  states  that  in  the  war  of  1812 
the  French  obtained  the  knowledge  from  the  Americans  of  the  use  of 
the  small  plows,  to  plow  among  the  green  corn.  For  more  than  one  hun- 
dred years  the  French  plowed  in  their  corn  about  the  first  of  June,  and 
turned  under  the  weeds,  and  not  many  grew  until  the  corn  was  up  out  of 
the  reach  of  them.  They  planted  their  seed  corn  in  the  furrows  as  they 
broke  the  ground,  and  turned  the  furrow  on  the  corn  planted  ;  plowed  a 
few  furrows  more,  and  planted  another  row  of  corn,  and  so  on  until  the 
field  was  all  planted.  The  weeds  were  kept  down  with  the  hoe  or  briar 
scythe.  The  Americans  grew  the  same  varieties  as  now,  but  the  French 
raised  almost  entirely  the  hard,  flinty  corn  from  which  hominy  was 
manufactured.  Considerable  quantities  of  corn  were  shipped  to  New 
Orleans  in  flat-boats,  but  both  navigation  and  the  market  were  uncertain. 
So  long  as  swine  found  abundant  mast  in  the  woodlands,  and  cattle  suffi- 
cient grazing,  even  in  the  winter,  in  Southern  Illinois,  the  demand  for 
home  consumption  was  not  large.  The  first  settlers  of  the  prairies  now 
included  in  Morgan  County,  grew  this  cereal  in  considerable  quantities, 
and  hauled  it  to  St.  Louis  in  wagons,  or  shipped  it  thither  by  the  Illinois 
and  Mississippi  Rivers.  It  furnished  their  chief  article  for  bread,  and 
when  ground  in  the  old  mill,  or  grated  in  the  grater,  and  baked,  as  only 
women  of  those  days  could  bake  it,  made  an  excellent  and  wholesome 
food.  Corn  is  now  one  of  the  chief  grains  raised  by  the  farmers,  and  on 
the  prairies  of  Morgan  County  is  as  staple  a  product  as  cotton  in  the 
South.  Illinois  is  far  in  advance  of  any  State  in  the  number  of  bushels 
raised,  and  ranks  among  the  first  as  to  quality. 

Wheat,  although  not  an  aboriginal  grain,  was  introduced  at  an  early 
day.  Charlevoix,  who  went  down  the  Mississippi  in  1721,  writing  from 
Kaskaskia,  speaks  of  the  Illinois  soil  as  "  extremely  proper  for  wheat," 
and  that  "  if  the  trials  made  in  some  places  have  not  succeeded  because 
the  corn  has  been  blasted  and  mildewed,  it  is  owing  to  this  circumstance 
that  the  country  not  being  cleared,  the  wind  has  not  free  access  to  dis- 
perse those  noxious  vapors  which  generate  mildews.  An  evident  proof 
of  which  may  be  drawn  from  this :  that  among  the  Illinois,  where  there 
is  more  meadow  (prairie)  than  woodland,  wheat  thrives  and  ripens  as 
well  as  in  France."  Du  Pratz,  who  wrote  a  description  of  the  country, 
then'called  Louisiana,  in  1758,  says:  "  The  French  Post  of  the  Illinois  is, 
of  all  the  colony,  that  in  which,  with  the  greatest  ease,  they  grow  wheat, 
rye  and  other  like  grains,  for  the  sowing  of  which  you  need  only  to  turn 
the  earth  in  the  slightest  manner  ;  that  slight  culture  is  sufficient  to 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

make  the  earth  produce  as  much  as  we  can  reasonably  desire.  I  have 
been  assured  that  in  the  last  year,  when  flour  from  France  was  scarce, 
the  Illinois  sent  down  the  river  upwards  of  eight  hundred  thousand 
weight  thereof  in  one  winter."  This  would  be  about  4,000  barrels. 
Monette  states,  on  the  authority  of  Martin,  that  six  hundred  barrels  of 
flour  were  sent  to  New  Orleans  from  Illinois  in  1746.  Pittman,  in  1770, 
mentions  that  "  in  the  late  war  flour  and  other  articles  were  sent  down 
the  Mississippi,"  and  notes  mills  "  for  corn  and  planks "  at  Kahoquias 
and  Saint  Phillippe.  Governor  Reynolds,  in  his  Life  and  Times,  states 
that  the  French,  in  1800,  "sowed  spring  wheat,  as  their  common  fields 
were  occupied  all  winter  by  the  cattle.  The  Americans  mostly  raised 
fall  wheat,  and  at  times  some  spring  wheat  also.  It  was  tolerably  well 
plowed  in  with  the  ox  team."  Even  as  late  as  his  day  the  sickle  or  the 
reap-hook  was  the  only  implement  used  to  cut  the  grain.  It  was  stacked 
by  the  Americans,  and  put  in  barns  by  the  French.  It  was  threshed  by 
horses  and  winnowed  with  a  sheet,  which  latter  process  the  Governor 
pronounces  the  hardest  work  he  ever  performed.  Woods,  in  1820, 
writing  from  what  is  now  Edwards  County,  says  "  that  one  bushel  of 
wheat  to  the  acre  is  sown.  Most  of  the  wheat  sown  by  the  Americans," 
he  says,  "was  after  Indian  corn.  It  was  sown  before  the  corn  was 
gathered,  and  plowed  in  between  the  rows  of  corn.  It  was  sown  in 
September,  or  early  in  October.  They  sowed  some  after  oats  or  flax,  and 
for  some  they  made  fallows.  What  they  sowed  after  the  last  three  was 
generally  better  than  that  after  Indian  corn,  when  sown  in  good  time. 
Most  of  the  backward  wheat  was  touched  with  the  blight,  more  or  less  — 
chiefly  according  to  its  thickness  on  the  ground."  He  states  that  beard- 
ed wheat  was  then  generally  grown  and  preferred. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Peck,  in  1831,  says,  "  that  wheat  produces  a  good  and  sure 
crop,  especially  in  Morgan,  Sangamon  and  other  counties  north.  Few  of 
our  farmers,"  he  adds,  "  have  barns  or  threshing  floors ;  the  grain  is  put 
up  in  stacks,  exposed  to  the  weather,  and  trod  out  with  horses  on  the 
ground,  with  considerable  loss  and  injury.  And  yet,  with  all  these  dis- 
advantages— which  time  and  industry  will  overcome — the  flour  of  Illi- 
nois and  Missouri  is  superior  to  that  of  other  Western  States,  when 
properly  manufactured."  As  late  as  1840,  winter  wheat  was  generally 
grown,  and  spring  wheat  was  not  much  sown.  As  cultivation  increased 
the  lands  became  less  easily  worked  ;  the  young  growth  was  less  luxu- 
riant, and  diseases,  insects,  and  winter-killing  became  more  common. 
About  1850,  the  introduction  of  the  drill  gave  a  powerful  impetus  to  this 
declining  industry.  The  deep  sowing  effected  by  the  drill,  and  the  pro- 
tection afforded  to  the  tender  plant  by  the  ridges  left  in  the  soil,  secured 
comparative  certainty  for  the  crop.  In  Northern  Illinois  the  transition 
was  to  the  culture  of  spring  wheat,  and  between  1840  and  1860  it  was 
made  a  crop  of  great  prominence.  Since  the  latter  date,  however,  it  has 
declined  generally,  and  is  regarded  as  an  uncertain  and  unprofitable  crop, 
while  the  drill  has  not  overcome  the  disadvantages  of  a  colder  climate 
and  more  open  soil  for  winter  wheat.  If  in  the  future  the  wheat-grow- 
ing districts  shall  be  transferred  to  the  West,  it  will  not  be  a  drawback 
to  the  prosperity  of  the  State.  Southern  Illinois,  however,  in  common 
with  much  territory  lying  in  the  same  latitude,  will  produce  a  quality  of 
wheat  that  will  be  profitably  grown,  and  here  we  may  anticipate  its  al- 


234  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

ways  being  cultivated  to  a  considerable   extent,  as  in  Southern  Indiana, 
Ohio,  and  in  Virginia. 

The  culture  of  oats  is  not  mentioned  earlier  than  1820.  Seed  was 
scarce,  the  crop  was  generally  poor,  and  the  grain  much  hurt  by  the  dry 
weather.  The  oat  crop  is  mainly  confined  to  the  northern  part  of  the 
State,  especially  in  Will,  Cook  and  LaSalle  Counties,  and  in  1870  exceed- 
ed any  other  State  by  six  millions  of  bushels. 

The  cereals  of  minor  importance  in  Illinois  agriculture,  are  rye,  bar- 
ley, and  buckwheat.  The  first  culture  of  these  is  more  difficult  to  trace 
than  that  of  more  important  grains.  Du  Pratz  mentions  rye  as  cultiva- 
ted by  the  French  as  early  as  1758.  Reynolds  states,  however,  that  in 
1800  neither  barley  nor  rye  were  cultivated  in  the  country.  Woods,  in 
1820,  says  :  "  I  believe  no  barley  has  yet  been  cultivated  near  us,  nor 
have  I  seen  any  growing  anywhere  in  America  ;  but  I  saw  some  winter 
barley  in  a  barn  at  Harmony,  in  Indiana."  He  had  seen  no  rye,  nor  any 
buckwheat  at  the  "  Prairies,"  with  the  exception  of  about  twenty  rods  of  4 
his  own.  In  1831,  Rev.  J.  M.  Peck  says,  that  "  barley  is  raised  in  St.  Clair 
County  for  the  St.  Louis  breweries."  By  1840,  the  quantity,  though 
very  small,  began  to  appear  in  the  census  reports.  Rye,  in  Illinois  agri- 
culture, has,  to  a  limited  extent,  replaced  winter  wheat  in  some  of  the 
northern  and  central  counties,  on  account  of  its  hardiness.  It  has  an  in- 
creased use  as  winter  pasture,  in  some  of  the  southern  counties,  but  is 
chiefly  grown  in  the  northern  counties.  Barley  is  grown  mostly  in  the 
north.  Buckwheat  makes  no  progress,  and  seems  rather  diminishing  than 
increasing  in  importance. 

The  cereal  production  of  Illinois  is  enormous.  According  to  the 
figures  of  1872,  over  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  bushels  of  grain  were 
produced  for  each  man,  woman  and  child  of  the  population  of  that  year. 
For  1877,  the  yield  was  larger,  and  though  the  population  was  greater, 
the  amount  for  each  person  was  not  in  the  least  diminished. 

GRASSES. — The  large  area  covered  with  luxuriant  herbage,  in  the 
pioneer  days  of  Illinois,  made  it  unnecessary  for  hay  making  for  a  long 
period.  Along  the  Ohio,  Mississippi,  and  Illinois  Rivers  extensive  cane 
brakes  grew,  in  which  the  cattle  found  abundant  food  and  shelter  during 
the  winter  months.  As  early  as  1800,  however,  the  settlers  began  to  cut 
and  stack  prairie  hay.  .  Woods  and  Peck  are  the  first  to  describe  the 
grasses  found  in  the  country  as  early  as  their  day — 1820  and  1831. 

Woods  says,  "  Prairie  grass  is  a  very  strong  grass ;  cattle  are  very 
fond  of  it,  but  mowing  or  feeding  soon  destroys  it."  He  describes  other 
kinds,  called  by  the  early  settlers,  "Nimble-Will,"  "Crab-grass,"  and 
"  Yard-grass."  "  Red  or  white  clover,"  he  says,  "  I  have  not  seen,  but 
I  have  heard  there  are  small  patches  of  the  latter  in  the  prairies.  Both 
sorts  are  said  to  be  extremely  pernicious  to  horses,  cattle,  and  pigs.  I 
have  not  seen  trefoil,  rye-grass,  sanfoin,  and  cock's-foot,  or  English  grass, 
with  the  exception  of  a  little  lucern,  just  come  up,  which  I  think  is 
likely  to  succeed.  The  grass  most  commonly  cultivated  here  is  timothy- 
grass.  It  belongs  to  the  English  meadow-grass,  but  grows  here  a  larger 
size.  It  does  not  appear  to  be  a  good  pasture  grass.  Blue-grass  is  highly 
prized,  but  as  a  pasture  grass  is,  I  believe,  unknown  in  England."  Mr. 
Peck,  in  1831,  says,  "  timothy-grass  is  already  cultivated  with  much  suc- 
cess." He  also  says,  "a  species  of  blue-grass  is  cultivated  by  some 


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farmers  for  pastures."  According  to  Robert  Aldrich,  of  Madison  County, 
bunches  of  white  clover  began  to  appear  as  early  as  1818,  along  the  road 
between  Goshen  settlement  and  St.  Louis,  and  the  blue-grass  came  al- 
most immediately  in  its  train.  The  list  of  early  known  pasture  and 
meadow  forage  plants  has  not  been  much  increased  by  subsequent  experi- 
ence in  Illinois.  Timothy,  red-top,  blue-grass,  and  orchard-grass,  and  the 
clovers  will  about  exhaust  the  list  of  those  in  common  use  to-day.  The 
area  of  land  in  tame  grasses  and  the  production  has,  however,  been  im- 
mensely extended. 

ROOT  CROPS. — In  1679,  Father  Allouez  says  of  the  Kaskaskia  In- 
dians :  "  They  eat  fourteen  kinds  of  fruits,  which  they  find  on  the 
prairies.  They  made  me  eat  them  ;  I  found  them  very  good  and  sweet." 
Reynolds  says  that,  "  in  early  times  the  French  cultivated  only  a  scanty 
supply  of  potatoes.  Carrots  were  grown  in  their  gardens,"  he  adds,  "  and 
turnips  sometimes  sown  in  the  corn,  but  sweet  potatoes  were  not  seen  in 
the  country."  In  pioneer  times,  Irish  potatoes  were  raised  in  abundance, 
and  hardly  ever  failed  of  a  sure  crop.  In  18  °0,  Woods  speaks  of  Swedish 
and  common  turnips,  potatoes,  onions,  and  shallots,  as  grown  in  the  Wa- 
bash  country.  He  had  not  seen  a  sweet  potato.  Peck,  however,  men- 
tions this  last  as  yielding  abundantly,  especially  on  the  river  bottoms  and 
rich  sandy  prairies.  He  barely  mentions  potatoes  and  turnips.  The 
potato  crop  appears  in  the  census  reports  of  1840,  and  from  that  time 
on.  It  has  greatly  increased,  and  is  now  one  of  the  staple  productions  of 
the  State. 

The  legumes  are  thus  far  of  not  much  more  importance  than  the 
root  crops,  though  aboriginal  in  their  use.  Marquette  found  the  Indians 
cultivating,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Des  Moines,  the  bean,  in  1673,  and  as  it 
was  also  found  among  the  aborigines  in  Massachusetts  and  Florida,  his 
story  is  not  improbable.  Peas  and  beans  were  grown  by  the  French  set- 
tlers in  their  gardens.  In  Woods'  time — 1820 — small  beans,  of  the 
kidney  kind,  were  cultivated  by  the  Americans.  "  They  are  generally 
planted  to  climb  on  the  corn,"  he  says,  "  and  are  of  many  sorts  and  dif- 
ferent colors.  There  are  some  dwarf  ones,  called  bunch  beans,  and  they 
all  appear  to  do  better  than  in  England.  Here  are  a  few  Indian  peas,  in 
growth,  leaf,  and  blossom  much  like  the  kidney  bean.  The  pods  are  very 
long,  and  contain  from  nine  to  sixteen  peas  in  each ;  but  they  resemble 
but  little  either  peas  or  beans."  In  our  later  culture  the  white  bush 
bean  is  mostly  grown.  The  southern  countries  seem  to  be  best  adapted 
to  its  culture,  and  here  it  is  chiefly  raised.  Textile  plants  were  intro- 
duced at  a  very  early  day,  and  were  cultivated  in  a  much  greater  propor- 
tion to  population  than  at  present.  Pittman  mentions  hemp,  cotton,  and 
flax  as  cultivated  at  "  Kaoquias," — Cahokia — as  early  as  1770,  and  Rey- 
nolds asserts  that  cotton  was  introduced  as  early  as  1750.  Flax  and 
cotton,  he  says,  were  cultivated  in  early  times  considerably.  Flax  was 
pulled  at  the  time  wheat  was  harvested,  and  the  work  was  made  a  frolic 
of,  as  was  much  of  the  work  of  pioneer  days.  Woods  says,  "  Flax  was 
cultivated  by  most  of  the  Americans  near  us  for  home  use.  It  is  sown 
in  April,  and  after  the  flax  is  pulled  the  land  is  often  plowed  and  sowed 
with  turnips,  about  the  end  of  July.  Cotton  is  planted  in  rows  nearly 

tur  feet  apart,  about  the  end  of  April  or  the  beginning  of  May.     Hemp 


236  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

is  cultivated  in  this  country,  but  I  have  not  seen  any  in  this  neighbor- 
hood, with  the  exception  of  a  few  rods  of  my  own." 

Peck  says,  of  these  crops  :  "  Hemp  is  an  indigenous  plant  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  State,  as  it  is  in  Missouri.  It  has  not  been  exten- 
sively cultivated,  but,  wherever  tried,  is  found  very  productive  and  of 
excellent  quality.  Cotton,  for  many  years,  has  been  successfully  culti- 
vated in  this  State,  for  domestic  use,  and  some  for  exportation.  Flax  is 
produced,  and  of  a  tolerable  qualtity,  though  not  equal  to  that  of  the 
Northern  States.  It  is  said  to  be  productive  and  good  in  the  northern 
counties." 

Among  the  earliest  residents  of  this  county,  cotton  and  hemp 
were  extensively  grown,  and  furnished  clothing  for  all.  The  weaving 
and  spinning  were  done  by  the  women,  who  also  made  all  the 
clothing  worn.  Linsey-woolsey,  as  it  was  called,  was  a  common  article 
of  clothing,  and,  being  strong,  afforded  good  clothing.  The  spinning- 
wheel  was  then  as  much  or  more  of  an  adjunct  of  the  cabin  than  the  sew- 
ing machine  of  to-day  is  of  the  mansion,  and  every  maiden  then  was 
proud  of  the  roll  for  spinning  or  woven  articles  she  had  ready  for  her 
future  home.  It  was  more  to  her  than  the  piano  accomplishment  of  to- 
day, and  one  without  these  articles  would  be  classed  improvident. 
These  were  new  homes  then,  and,  in  the  simple  home  life  of  these  people, 
there  was  very  much  that  their  successors  might  well  imitate.  Yet  hu- 
man nature  is  ever  the  same,  in  all  ages,  among  all  people,  and  in  all 
lands,  and  the  young  people  of  to-day,  did  occasion  ^require,  would  ex- 
hibit the  same  qualities  as  those  of  their  predecessors. 

The  cucurbitaceous  plants,  according  to  early  travelers,  were  culti- 
vated by  the  Indians,  when  first  encountered  by  white  men.  Marquette 
speaks  of  "  melons, which  are  excellent,  especially  those  with  a  red  seed." 
"Their  squashes,"  he  says,  "  are  not  of  the  best;  they  dry  them  in 
the  sun,  to  eat  in  the  spring  and  winter."  Reynolds  says,  the  French 
planted  sometimes,  strange  looking  pumpkins  among  their  corn.  Woods 
says,  "  pompoins,  or  pumkins,  are  another  highly  prized  production  of 
this  country.  They  often  grow  to  an  immense  size,  and  weigh  from 
forty  to  sixty  pounds.  I  have  heard  of  a  single  vine  that  in  1818,  grew 
a  load  of  pumkins.  It  grew  on  the  Big  Prairie,  about  thirty  miles 
south  of  us,  on  some  rotten  chaff,  where  wheat  had  been  trodden  out  the 
year  before.  They  make  good  sauce,  and  excellent  pies,  and  are  much 
eaten  here.  They  are  sliced  and  dried  for  winter  use.  Squashes  are  a 
sort  of  a  gourd,  frequently  boiled  for  sauce.  There  are  a  variety  of 
gourds,  but  of  little  use,  except  one  sort,  which  has  a  hard  rind,  or  shell, 
which  serves  for  many  uses,  as  bottles,  pans,  ladles,  and  funnels.  Cucum- 
bers grow  well  and  are  more  wholesome  than  in  England  and  more  pro- 
ductive. 

"  Pomegranates  grow  on  a  vine  much  like  a  cucumber,  the  size  of  an 
orange,  or  rather  larger  ;  a  beautiful  fruit,  of  a  yellow  or  orange  color,  of 
a  most  fragrant  smell.  They  are  said  to  be  most  delicious  when  pre- 
served. There  are  many  sorts  of  sweet  melons,  and  much  difference  in 
size  in  the  various  kinds.  Watermelons  are  also  in  great  plenty,  of  vast 
size.  They  are  more  like  pumkins  than  melons,  in  outward  appear- 
ance. They  are  round,  or  oblong,  generally  green,  or  a  green  and 
whitish  color  on  the  outside,  and  white  or  pale  on  the  inside,  with  many 


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black  seeds  in  them,  very  juicy,  in  flavor  like  rich  water,  not  sweet  and 
mawkish,  but  cool  and  pleasant." 

What  reader  does  not  readily  recognize  the  rich  watermelon,  of  to- 
day, in  the  foregoing  description,  and  whose  mouth  does  not  thirst  for 
one  while  reading  it? 

Other  agricultural  products  have  had  an  early  culture.  Du  Pratz, 
in  1758,  said  tobacco  throve  in  the  Illinois  country,  but  came  to  maturity 
with  difficulty.  Pittman  mentions  hops  and  tobacco  as  coming  to  great 
perfection.  Reynolds  speaks  of  lettuce,  in  the  French  gardens.  Woods 
mentions  broom-corn,  as  "planted  in  rows,  on  the  side  of  cornfields," 
hops,  as  growing  in  the  woods,  and  parsley  and  radishes  as  thriving. 
Some  of  these  products  have  since  become  sufficiently  important,  to  take 
their  place  in  the  census  reports,  and  sorghum,  and  the  tomato  have  made 
their  history  in  a  comparatively  late  period.  Hops,  in  1870,  were  pro- 
duced in  sixty-six  counties ;  tobacco  in  seventy-four ;  maple  sugar  in 
sixty,  and  sorghum  in  every  county,  save  one. 

FRUITS. — "  They  gather  on  trees  or  plants,"  says  Father  Allouez, 
speaking  of  the  Indians,  in  1676,  "  fruits  of  forty-two  different  kinds, 
which  are  excellent."  Father  Membre,  four  years  later,  mentions  grapes, 
from  which  they  made  wine  for  the  "  Celebration  of  the  Divine  Myste- 
ries,' whose  clusters  were  of  a  prodigious  size,  and  of  very  agreeable  taste. 
Pittman,  in  1770,  says :  "  European  fruits  come  to  great  perfection.  The 
inhabitants  make  wine,  which  is  very  inebriating,  and  is  in  *  color  and 
taste  very  like  the  red  wine  of  Provence."  Reynolds  says :  "  This 
wine  was  made  by  the  first  settlers,  but  disappeared  with  the  Europeans. 
The  Creoles  made  little  or  none."  At  this  early  day,  both  the  French . 
and  Americans  possessed  large  apple  orchards.  Morris  Birbeck,  in  his 
letters  from  Illinois,  in  1818,  says :  "  The  cultivation  of  the  apple 
exceeds  anything  I  have  ever  seen.  Pears  also  succeed  well.  The 
peach  bears  fruit  the  third  year  from  the  stone,  but  the  trees  are  short 
lived,  and  liable  to  blight.  We  have  gooseberries  and  currants  in  per- 
fection." Woods,  his  fellow  settler,  notices  the  native  fruits  as  follows: 
"  Persimmon  is  a  fruit  many  people  are  fond  of.  It  is  something  like  a 
medlar.  Pawpaws  grow  in  clusters  of  three  or  four,  on  a  shrub  twenty 
feet  high.  Strawberries,  nearly  the  same  as  scarlets,  excellent,  and  in 
some  places  of  great  abundance.  Raspberries  are  small  and  dry.  Cherries 
grow  in  bunches,  the  same  as  currants,  very  small  and  bitter.  May 
apples,  a  yearly  plant,  of  only  two  leaves,  the  stalk  one  foot  high,  the 
fruit  the  size  of  a  small  apple,  of  a  straw  color,  with  small  seeds,  a  very 
pleasant  taste,  grow  wild.  Plums  are  mostly  small,  and  sour,  but  there 
are  some  whose  flavor  resembles  that  of  a  gooseberry.  Blackberries,  as 
I  have  before  remarked,  are  excellent.  The  elderberries  are  fine,  but 
generally  eaten  by  the  birds,  as  soon  as  colored.  Pecan  is  a  sort  of  a 
walnut,  said  to  be  the  finest  nut  in  the  country.  White  walnut,  or  but- 
ternut, and  black  walnut,  are  not  so  good  as  the  English  walnut.  Hazel- 
nuts  are  in  vast  quantities,  the  shells  hard,  but  the  kernel  good.  I  have 
some  earthnuts — peanuts — growing  in  my  garden,  the  green  of  them, 
something  like  clover,  or  rather  lucern.  They  blow  with  a  small  yellow 
blossom.  I  planted  them  in  rows  and  earthed  them  up  like  potatoes. 
They  have  two  kernels,  enclosed  in  a  husk  about  one  inch  long  and  as 
large  round."  Peck,  writing  in  1831,  after  describing  the  wild  fruits, 
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288  HISTORY  OP  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

proceeds  as  follows :  "  Of  the  domestic  fruits,  the  apple  and  the  peach 
are  chiefly  cultivated.  Pears  are  tolerably  plenty  in  the  French  settle- 
ments, and  quinces  are  grown  with  some  success,  by  some  of  the  Amer- 
icans. Apples  are  easily  cultivated  and  very  productive.  Many  varieties 
are  of  fine  flavor,  and  grow  to  a  large  size." 

The  early  history  of  orchards  and  nurseries  collected  by  the  State 
Horticultural  Society  shows,  of  course,  that  the  first  orchards  and  nurse- 
ries were  planted  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State,  where  the  earliest 
permanent  settlements  were  begun.  M.  Giraridin  is  credited  with  or- 
chard planting  in  1770,of  which  some  pear  trees  are  yet  living,  near  Caho- 
kia.  Samuel  Judy  planted  an  orchard  of  apple  trees  in  Madison  County, 
about  1802  or  1803.  In  1816  and  in  1818,  nurseries  and  orchards  were 
planted  by  some  persons,  notably  by  John  Smith,  of  Greenville,  Bond 
County ;  Joseph  Curtis,  of  Edgar  County,  and  William  B.  Archer,  of 
Clark  County.  Among  the  varieties  of  apples  introduced  by  these  men, 
were  many  of  the  sorts  still  most  approved  by  the  orchardists  of  the 
present  day. 

Between  1830  and  1840,  Northern  and  Central  Illinois  received 
their  first  floods  of  emigrants,  and  with  them  came  a  greater  energy 
and  intelligence,  that  insured  a  speedy  planting  of  fruit  trees.  Though 
the  soil  and  climate  were  less  congenial  than  in  the  southern  part  of  the 
State,  yet  men  like  Arthur  Bryant,  Lewis  Ellsworth,  John  A.  Kennicott» 
Samuel  Edwards,  George  Haskell,  Edson  Harkness,  the  Overmans,  and 
others,  pushed  on  through  great  difficulties  to  ultimate  success.  Still 
later  the  great  nurseries  of  Phoenix,  Douglass  and  others  began  to  fill 
the  land  with  vegetable  life.  The  Illinois  Central  Railroad  carried  fruit 
by  the  wholesale  along  its  main  lines,  and  peaches  and  strawberries  be- 
gan to  go  northward  by  the  train  load.  Single  stations  shipped  thou- 
sands of  bushels  of  strawberries  in  one  season.  At  the  present  date,  fully 
one  per  cent,  of  the  State  is  now  devoted  to  orchards. 

DOMESTIC  ANIMALS. — Illinois  has  always  occupied  a  prominent  place 
in  the  matter  of  animal  industry.  The  early  explorers  marveled  at  the 
immense  herds  of  bison  found  roaming  over  the  vast  prairies.  George 
Rogers  Clark,  whose  noted  conquest  of  the  country  is  narrated  in  the 
history  of  the  Northwest  in  this  volume,  prophesied  it  would  "  one  day 
excel  in  cattle."  Horses  stand  first  in  the  aggregate  value  of  live  stock 
in  the  State.  Cattle  and  hogs  almost  equal  them,  and  will  probably  excel 
in  a  few  years.  Horses  are  noticed  by  Reynolds  in  1800.  He  says  large 
herds  were  kept  by  the  inhabitants,  and  informs  us  they  were  of  the  "Arabi- 
an strain.  The  Spaniards,"  he  adds,  "  introduced  them  into  their  Amer- 
ican possessions,  and  from  this  race  originated  the  French  horses.  This 
blood  of  horses  was  brought  into  Spain  from  Arabia,  by  the  Moors. 
Colonel  William  Whiteside,"  he  continues,  "in  the  year  1797,  intro- 
duced into  the  country  a  fine  blooded  horse  of  the  Janus  stock."  This 
was  probably  one  of  the  first  stocks  of  horses  ever  introduced  into  the 
State.  In  1820,  Woods  says  :  "Most  of  the  horses  were  of  Spanish  ori- 
gin. They  are  light  and  clean,  but  not  very  handsome."  Ford  says  : 
"A  French  pony  is  a  marvel  for  strength  and  endurance.  They  are 
made  to  draw,  sometimes  alone,  sometimes  two  together,  one  before  the 
other,  to  the  plow,  or  to  the  carts  made  entirely  of  wood,  the  bodies  of 
which  held  about  twice  as  much  as  the  common  wheelbarrow.  Nothing 


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like  reins  were  used  in  driving  ;  the  whip  of  the  driver,  with  a  handle 
about  two  feet,  and  a  lash  about  two  yards  long,  stopped  or  guided  the 
horse  as  effectually  as  the  strongest  reins."  Peck,  as  late  as  1831,  saysr 
"  Wild  horses  are  found  ranging  the  prairies  and  forests  in  some  parts  of 
the  State.  They  are  small  of  size,  of  the  Canadian  or  Indian  breed,  and 
very  hardy."  They  were  worth  from  fifteen  to  thirty  dollars,  and  were 
found  chiefly  in  the  south  part  of  the  State,  having  descended  from  the 
horses  introduced  by  the  Spaniards.  A  good  farm  horse  was  worth  from 
fifty  to  sixty  dollars,  and  a  good  saddle  or  carriage  horse  from  seventy  to 
eighty  dollars.  Mules  were  brought  here  from  Mexico,  but  no  mention 
is  made  of  their  domestication.  The  southern  horses  were  much  improved 
by  the  introduction  of  better  stock  from  Kentucky  or  Tennessee,  where 
good  horses  were  found  at  an  early  day,  About  1850,  the  Morgan  horse 
was  introduced,  and  for  a  time  was  all  the  rage.  Afterward  the  Norman 
horses  were  brought  here,  and  for  several  years  have  absorbed  more  at- 
tention than  any  other  animal.  The  Clysdale  horse  was  introduced  in 
1857,  by  the  Stock  Importing  Association,  and  has  since  been  propagated 
in  several  parts  of  the  State.  Owing  to  the  disappearance  of  the  working 
ox,  and  the  unsuitableness  of  the  climate  for  the  mule,  horses  have  be- 
come almost  the  sole  beast  of  burden  and  draught  throughout  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  State.  In  the  southern  and  more  wooded  portion  their 
places  are  partly  occupied  by  other  animals. 

Neat  cattle,  even  more  than  horses,  have  been  a  favorite  product  in  this 
State.  The  "  Wild  cattle,"  as  the  Jesuits  called  the  bison,  suggested 
herds  of  tamer  animals.  "  Cattle  and  sheep,"  says  Charlevoix,  in  I721r 
"  would  multiply  wonderfully  here.  Even  the  wild  buffaloes  might  be 
tamed,  and  great  advantages  drawn  from  a  trade  in  their  wool  and  hides, 
and  from  their  supplying  the  inhabitants  with  food."  At  that  early  date 
the  French  had  cattle  and  poultry  at  Kaskaskia.  Pittman,  in  1770,  says,. 
"At  St.  Phillippe,  the  captain  of  the  militia  has  about  twenty  slaves  and 
a  good  stock  of  cattle  and  planks.  At  Cahokia  they  have  a  great  deal 
of  poultry  and  good  stocks  of  horned  cattle."  In  1800,  Reynolds  states 
that  cattle  were  abundant,  and  that  plowing  was  generally  done  by  oxen 
"tied  to  the  plow  by  a  straight  yoke,  which  was  tied  to  the  horns  of  the 
oxen  by  straps  of  untanned  leather."  He  states  that  the  horned  cattle 
came  from  Canada,  "  were  a  hardy  race,  not  large,  but  of  neat  formation, 
with  generally  black  horns.  They  stood  the  winter  better  without  grain/ 
than  the  American  cattle,  gave  less  milk  in  summer,  and  kicked  all  the 
time.  The  French  scarcely  troubled  themselves  with  milking  the  cows, 
but  turned  the  calves  out  with  the  other  cattle,  and  made  little  or  no 
butter."  Of  the  cattle  of  the  American  settlers,  he  adds:  "The  cattle 
grewjarge,  and  the  oxen  were  mostly  excellent."  In  1820,  Woods  says  : 
"  Oxen  and  cows  are  now  more  plentiful,  but  have  hitherto  been  fetched 
from  Indiana  and  Kentucky."  Peck,  in  1831,  says:  "Our  neat  cattle 
are  mostly  inferior  in  size  to  those  of  the  older  States.  This  is  owing 
entirely  to  bad  management.  Our  beef  is  the  finest  in  the  world,"  he 
proceeds.  "  It  bears  the  best  inspection  of  any  in  the  New  Orleans  mar- 
ket. By  the  first  of  June,  and  often  by  the  middle  of  May,  our  young 
cattle  are  fit  for  market." 

By  1830  a  great  improvement  in  the  raising  of  cattle  was  exhibited. 
1834  James  N.  Brown  arrived  in  Sangamon  County  with  the  progeni- 


240  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

tors  of  his  afterward  famed  herd  of  "  Island  Grove."  The  Prairie 
Farmer,  in  1843,  notices  the  Devons  of  James  McConuell,  near  Spring- 
field. A  letter  of  Governor  Lincoln,  of  Massachusetts,  to  Governor  Rey- 
nolds, of  Illinois,  published  in  the  Union  Agriculturalist,  for  1841,  shows 
that  the  former  sent  some  crosses  of  Ayreshire  and  Short  Horn  cattle  to  a  son 
in  Alton  that  year,  which  was  perhaps  the  first  introduction  of  Ayreshire 
blood,  even  in  a  diluted  state.  By  the  time  of  the  holding  of  the  first  State 
Fair,  in  Springfield,  in  1851,  the  Short  Horn  appeared  in  very  respectable 
numbers,  and  the  Devons,  though  not  much  shown,  were  said  by  the 
Prairie  Farmer  to  be  already  found  in  the  north  part  of  the  State.  In 
1857,  the  formation  of  the  Illinois  Stock  Importing  Association,  greatly 
increased  the  number  of  fine  cattle  in  the  State.  Two  years  later, 
Colonel  S.  A.  Buckmaster,  of  Alton,  purchased  several  head  of  Jersey 
cattle  from  a  Maryland  drover,  and  since  that  date  this  breed  is  raised  in 
Illinois.  The  number  of  thoroughbred  cattle  is  now  very  large,  compos- 
ing principally,  Short  Horns,  Jerseys,  Devons,  Herefords,  and  Ayreshires. 
The  first  mentioned  variety  is  largely  in  the  majority.  A  considerable 
portion  of  the  common  cattle,  in  many  parts  of  the  State,  have  an  infusion 
of  the  blood  of  the  various  thoroughbreds. 

In  the  earliest  days  of  Illinois,  dairy  products  received  little  or  no 
attention.  In  1816,  butter  is  quoted  by  the  chroniclers  of  the  time  as 
worth  twelve  and  a  half  cents  per  pound.  During  the  winter,  it  doubled 
that  price,  however.  Cheese  was  worth  sixteen  cents  per  pound.  Peck, 
in  1831,  writes:  "Cows  in  general  do  not  produce  the  same  amount 
of  milk,  nor  of  so  rich  a  quality,  as  in  the  New  England  States.  Some- 
thing is  to  be  attributed  to  the  warmth  of  our  climate,  and  to  the  nature 
of  our  pastures,  but  more  to  causes  already  assigned.  If  ever  a  land  was 
justly  characterized  as  '  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,'  it  is  Illinois  and 
the  adjacent  States."  Cheese  is  made  by  many  families  bordering  on 
the  Illinois  River.  Good  butter  sold  for  from  eight  to  ten  cents  in  the 
St.  Louis  markets,  and  cheese  at  the  last-mentioned  price.  This  must 
indicate  that  at  that  date  large  amounts  of  both  products  were  made,  else 
the  price  would  have  been  greater. 

Sheep  were  not  much  raised  in  the  primitive  days,  when  wolves  and 
panthers  roamed  wild  over  the  hills  and  prairies.  The  earliest  French 
residents  raised  no  sheep  or  goats.  In  1797,  a  body  of  emigrants,  from 
Hardin  County,  Virginia,  settled  near  the  New  Design  Settlement,  in 
what  is  now  Monroe  County,  and  "cultivated  fall  wheat  for  market, 
and  raised  sheep  and  made  linseys  for  clothing."  In  1817,  George 
Flower  brought  to  Edwards  County  "  six  of  the  finest  wool-growing  ani- 
mals ever  imported  into  this  country.  This,"  he  says,  in  1842,  "  is  the 
origin  of  my  flock."  According  to  Mr.  Faux,  an  English  farmer,  who 
visited  the  settlements  in  1819,  Mr.  Flower  had  a  large  herd  of  sheep, 
which  roamed  over  the  prairies  in  the  day  time,  under  care  of  a  shepherd, 
and  were  housed  at  night.  Fifty  had  just  been  destroyed  by  wolves, 
despite  the  precautions  taken.  The  writers  of  early  times  mention  the 
inferiority  of  the  sheep,  as  compared  to  those  they  had  seen  in  England, 
and  say  the  Americans  cared  but  little  for  their  culture.  Woods  says : 
"  The  Americans  keep  sheep  for  the  sake  of  their  wool,  which  is  manu- 
factured into  various  articles  of  clothing,  and  at  most  of  their  cabins  you 
may  see  carding,  spinning,  and  weaving  going  forward  ;  for,  to  give  the 


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American  women  their  due,  many  of  them  are  truly  industrious,  as  they 
manufacture  most  parts  of  their  dress,  and,  as  they  grow  the  cotton,  flax,, 
and  wool,  it  comes  reasonable.  These  Americans  hold  mutton  in  the 
utmost  contempt,  and  I  have  heard  them  say,  people  who  eat  it  belong  to 
the  family  of  wolves.  Wool  sells  on  a  small  scale,  for  half  a  dollar  a  pound, 
without  much  regard  to  its  fineness."  Peck  says :  "  Sheep  do  well  in  the 
country  where  the  grass  has  become  short,  and  where  they  are  protected 
from  the  wolves.  Common  wool  is  worth  thirty-seven  and  a  half  cents, 
in  the  fleece.  Little  is  said  or  done  to  improve  the  breed  of  sheep  by 
introducing  the  Merino  or  Saxony  breed."  The  raising  of  sheep,  since 
1841,  has  been  pursued  with  very  fluctuating  results.  The  number 
doubled,  however,  between  1860  and  1870,  although  the  increase  in  the 
United  States  was  less  than  thirty  per  cent.  Improved  breeds  began  to 
come  in  pretty  freely  as  early  as  1840,  the  Merino  attracting  the  most 
attention.  The  higher  prices  paid  for  long  coarse  wools  during  and  since 
the  war,  and  the  consumption  of  mutton,  increased  the  demand  for  the 
Cotswold  and  Leicester,  and  these  latter  breeds  are  now  more  approved 
by  many  of  the  smaller  sheep-growers. 

Swine  were  first  introduced  by  the  French.  "  However,"  says 
Governor  Reynolds,  "they  lived  on  a  vegetable  diet  more  than  the  Amer- 
icans, and  used  less  pork.  Bacon  was  uncommon  among  them."  In 
1818,  he  speaks  of  hogs  and  cattle  growing  in  the  river  bottoms,  without 
much  expense.  Woods,  in  1820,  describes  the  swine  of  the  West  more 
fully,  he  says :  "  Pigs  are  numerous,  being  easily  raised ;  they  are  of 
various  sorts,  but  many  of  them  are  of  a  sandy  color,  and  some  with  wat- 
tles, that  is,  a  piece  of  flesh  about  two  inches  long,  and  half  an  inch 
thick,  growing  out  on  their  cheeks.  They  are  of  middling  size,  but  from 
very  hard  keep,  do  not  rise  to  much  in  weight.  It  is  not  uncommon  for  one 
person  to  have  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  in  the  woods,  and  left  to  shift 
for  themselves,  except  giving  them,  now  and  then,  a  little  salt.  During 
the  summer  when  grass  and  herbs  are  dry,  and  before  the  frosts  begin  to 
fall,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  describe  how  exceedingly  poor  they  are. 
Most  of  them  run  till  they  are  two  and  sometimes  three  years  old,  before 
they  are  killed,  and  in  general,  have  but  little  fattening.  Some  years 
when  there  is  a  large  quantity  of  acorns,  hickory-nuts,  etc.,  they  are  said 
to  make  good  pork.  A  hog  of  two  hundred  pounds  weight,  is  counted  a 
'  chunk  of  a  fellow,'  and  few  exceeded  that  weight."  "This  species  of 
stock,"  says  Peck,  in  1831,  "may  be  called  a  staple  in  the  provision  of 
Illinois.  Thousands  of  hogs  exist  without  any  expense,  save  in  hunting 
and  keeping  them  tame."  "  Few  families,"  he  continues,  "  in  the  West  and 
South,  put  up  their  pork  in  salt  pickle.  Their  method  is  to  prepare  it 
sufficiently  for  smoking,  and  then  make  bacon  of  hams,  shoulders,  and 
middlings,  or  broadsides.  The  price  of  bacon,  the  last  season  and  the 
present,  is  six  and  seven  cents.  Good  hams  command  eight  cents  in  the 
St.  Louis  market.  Stock  hogs,  weighing  from  sixty  to  seventy  pounds 
each,  alive,  usually  sell  from  one  dollar  to  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
head." 

To  the  period  last  mentioned,  no  improved  breeds  appear  to  have 
been  found  in  the  country.  About  1841,  the  Berkshires,  Irish  Grazier, 
and  other  breeds,  were  found  in  the  central  and  northern  parts  of  the 
State.  The  Stock  Importing  Association  brought  new  specimens  of  Berk- 


242  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

shire  and  Irish  Cumberland,  and  Yorkshire  swine,  in  1857.  The  Magie, 
or  Poland  China,  soon  took  a  prominent  position,  and  was  widely  dissem- 
inated. In  numbers  of  swine,  Illinois  stood  in  advance  of  every  other 
State,  in  1870,  Missouri  coming  next.  The  report  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  of  Chicago,  in  1874-75,  for  pork-packing  in  the  Mississippi  Valley, 
shows  2,113,845  in  Illinois,  to  870,971  in  Ohio,  and  less  in  other  States. 
Cincinnati  is  no  longer  porkopolis. 

The  minor  domestic  animals  were  not  neglected  by  the  French  set- 
tlers. Charlevoix  found,  in  1821,  poultry  grown  by  the  French  and 
Indians,  at  Kaskaskia.  "They  have  a  great  deal  of  poultry,"  says  Pitt- 
man,  of  the  Cahokias,  a  half  century  later.  "  The  common  fowls,"  says 
R,e}Tnolds,  "  were  abundantly  raised,  among  the  early  French,  and  eggs 
gave  the  people  much  healthy  and  agreeable  support."  "  The  poultry," 
says  Woods,  "  of  the  Wabash  country,  are  fowls,  geese,  and  ducks.  Fowls 
are  in  great  abundance,  and  sell  for  twelve  and  a  half  cents  a  piece.  A 
dozen  of  eggs  is  generally  the  price  of  one  chicken.  Geese  and  ducks 
are  kept  by  the  Americans  for  the  sake  of  their  feathers,  and  not  for  sale, 
•or  to  eat."  "Poultry  is  raised  in  great  profusion,"  says  Peck,  "and 
large  numbers  of  fowls  taken  to  the  St.  Louis  markets.  It  is  no  uncom- 
mon thing  for  the  farmer's  wife  to  raise  from  three  to  four  hundred 
fowls,  besides  geese,  ducks,  and  turkeys,  in  one  season."  "Bees,"  he 
adds  elsewhere,  "are  profitable  stock  for  the  farmer,  and  are  kept  1o  a 
considerable  extent.  The  cost  is  usually  from  one  to  two  dollars  a  hive, 
in  the  spring.  Silk-worms  are  raised  by  a  few  persons."  Wild  prairie 
chickens,  ducks,  geese,  and  turkeys,  flourished  in  great  abundance  in  the 
pioneer  days  of  the  country.  Between  the  years  1850  and  1860,  they 
were  found  in  great  numbers,  and  were  considered  good  eating.  They 
were  usually  caught  by  trapping  or  shooting.  Bee  trees  were  a  very- 
common  sight  in  the  early  settlements.  The  Indians  possessed  a  remark- 
able faculty  for  finding  them,  and  hunting  them  formed  one  of  their  chief 
sports.  This  was  the  case  also  with  the  pioneer.  What  better  sport  did 
he  desire  than  to  go  "bee-hunting"  at  night?  Great  progress  has  been 
made  in  the  culture  of  the  minor  domestic  animals,  and  only  improved 
species  are  now  found. 

AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS. — In  this  narrative  it  will  be  highly 
appropriate  to  notice  the  tools  that  have  been  used  in  the  PAST  and 
PRESENT  of  agriculture.  The  French  used  the  same  implements  they  had 
been  accustomed  to,  in  their  native  country,  and  only  learned  improve- 
ment with  the  advent  of  the  Americans.  They  had  the  old  wooden 
plow,  wooden  wheeled  cart,  and  straight  yoke  for  their  oxen ;  the  old 
sickle,  and  bound  the  sheaves  of  wheat  with  grass  cut  for  the  purpose. 
Their  women  performed  much  of  this  out-door  labor,  as  well  as  all  other 
kinds,  on  the  farm. 

As  to  the  early  American  settlers,  Governor  Reynolds  gives  the  fol- 
lowing statements  :  "  The  old  bar-share  plow  was  used  by  the  Americans, 
and  sometimes  the  shovel  plow  in  the  growing  corn.  The  common  hoe 
was  the  same  then  as  now.  It  was  often  very  difficult  to  procure  the  ring 
and  staples  for  ox  yokes.  The  wood  of  the  yoke  was  manufactured  at 
home  in  great  abundance.  The  harness  for  the  horses  was  more  difficult 
to  procure.  As  smith's  shops  were  almost  unknown  in  the  country, 
horses  were  seldom  shod,  and  it  appeared  the  animal  in  those  days  could 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  243 

lo  better  without  shoes  than  at  this  time.  Frequently  poor  farmers  were 
compelled  to  use  rawhide  straps  for  traces,  and  some  made  hickory  poles 
md  hickory  withes  serve  for  traces  in  the  plow.  Truck  wagons,  the 
wheels  being  made  of  large  sycamore  logs  sawn  off,  were  frequently  used, 
md  were  about  equal  to,  but  not  so  sightly  as,  the  French  carts,  without 
grease.  The  truck  wagons  were  made  entirely  without  iron,  and  often 
ilmost  entirely  without  tools.  In  these  aboriginal  times,  husk  collars 
rere  mostly  used.  Sleds  were  sometimes  used,  but  they  were  a  poor 
3xcuse.  The  Americans  generally  stacked  their  wheat  and  hay.  Mowing 
the  prairie  grass,  as  well  as  reaping  the  wheat,  was  hot,  hard  labor.  It 
ras  a  great  trouble  to  thresh  and  clean  the  wheat.  About  the  hardest 
rork  I  ever  performed  was  winnowing  the  wheat  with  a  sheet." 

These  reminiscences  of  the  old  governor  will  apply,  in  many  respects, 

a  period  within  the  memory  of  many  now  living.  Forty  or  fifty  years 
igo  the  mouldboards  of  the  plows  were  made  of  wood,  which,  in  a  few 
3ases,  was  covered  with  hoop  iron.  These  plows  were  about  the  only 
implements  used  in  working  the  soil,  harrows  with  wooden  teeth,  and 
rollers,  being  poorly  made  and  but  little  used.  Corn  planters  had  no4"  yet 
superseded  the  barefooted  boys  and  girls,  and  wheat  drills  were  entirely 
unknown.  The  grain  cradle,  a  great  improvement  on  the  sickle,  though 
it  was  introduced  in  Madison  County  as  early  as  1819,  was  but  just  com- 
ig  into  vogue.  Grass  was  still  cut  with  the  scythe,  and  raked  with  hand 
rakes.  Wheat  and  other  grain  was  tramped  out  with  horses,  who  traveled 

a  circle  over  a  carefully  adjusted  ring  of  cut  bundles,  laid  with  heads 
lapping  over  the  butts  and  toward  the  coming  hoofs.  This  mode  of 
threshing  is  yet  practiced  where  barns  with  large  threshing  floors  are 
made.  All  this  has  changed.  The  bar-share  and  the  shovel  plow  have 
")een  succeeded  by  the  Carey,  the  Diamond,  the  Peoria,  the  Moline,  the 
Deere,  and  a  wonderful  number  of  other  earth  turners.  The  gang  and 
the  sulky  plows  have  increased  the  capacity  of  human  labor,  and 
lecreased  its  severity.  The  efforts  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society 
have  tested  the  efficiency  of  two  or  more  attempts  of  steam  plowing  by 
traction,  and  although  success  is  not  yet  attained,  it  seems  attainable,  and 
the  next  century  will  doubtless  find  steam  plowing  fairly  established  in 
the  State.  Machines  drill  the  wheat,  cut  and  bind  the  grain,  and  thresh 
and  winnow  it.  Machines  cut,  rake,  load,  and  stack  the  hay.  It  is  an 
>pen  question  whether,  in  some  cases,  this  labor  is  performed  more 
)heaply,  but  it  is  certain  it  is  done  with  far  less  expenditure  of  human 
strength. 

DIVISIONS  OF  LAND  —  FENCES. — A  very  important  and  often  hereto- 
fore very  expensive  consideration  in  Illinois  farming,  has  been  numerous 
fences  to  exclude  predatory  stock  turned  loose  by  one's  neighbors.  The 
first  fencing  for  field  purposes  in  Illinois,  so  far  as  we  know,  was  done 
with  rails,  though  the  French  are  said  to  have  used  split  palings  about 
their  houses.  Reynolds  mentions  seeing  the  American  pioneers  carrying 
rails  from  the  tree  to  the  fence,  for  the  want  of  a  wagon  to  haul  them. 
The  scarcity  of  timber  on  the  prairies,  however,  soon  suggested  the 
hedges  on  the  one  hand,  and  somewhat  later,  the  idea  of  confining  stock. 
As  late  as  1831,  Peck  speaks  of  rails  as  almost  the  only  article  used  in 
fencing.  Their  cost  was  one  dollar  per  hundred.  He  mentioned  as  an 
exceptional  case  a  farm  near  him  about  to  be  enclosed  with  "planks,"  at 


244  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

a  cost  of  seventy-five  cents  a  rod.  He  mentions  "  feeble  attempts  as 
being  made  to  substitute  a  live  hedge  of  crab-apple,  and  of  honey-locust, 
without  success."  Mr.  Flagg,  of  Moro,  Illinois,  in  preparing  the  Agri- 
cultural History  of  the  State  in  1876,  says  :  "  Some  ten  years  later  than 
this  "  — 1841 —  "  I  remember  a  Scotchman  making  a  hedge  and  ditch  after 
the  old  country  fashion,  using  the  crab-apple  instead  of  the  thorn.  This 
hedge  was  cut  down  a  short  time  ago,  after  having  stood  over  thirty 
years.  It  never  was  a  good  fence,"  he  continues,  "  but  I  am  strongly 
inclined  to  think  that  with  a  little  more  encouragement  it  would  have 
made  a  capital  fence."  The  Union  Agriculturalist,  in  1841,  contains  fre- 
quent correspondence  on  the  hedge  question,  and  honey-locust,  buck- 
thorn, white-thorn,  and  even  osage  orange,  are  suggested.  As  early  as 
1854,  the  editor  of  the  Prairie  Farmer,  passing  through  Morgan  and 
adjoining  counties,  speaks  of  the  hedge  question  as  already  settled  there, 
and  that  osage  fences  are  a  common  wayside  fence  wherever  he  went. 
This  was  largely  due  to  the  efforts  of  Prof.  J.  B.  Turner,  who  led  the  van  in 
many  a  material  and  moral  victory.  Meanwhile  the  construction  of  rail- 
roads cheapened  the  construction  of  the  pine  fencing  of  Wisconsin  and 
Michigan  so  much  so  as  to  discourage  experiments  in  hedge  culture. 
Since  the  war,  the  high  prices  of  lumber,  and  the  increased  cost  of  rail 
fences,  even  in  timbered  regions,  have  given  hedge  planting  a  great 
impulse  wherever  the  osage  orange  is  sufficiently  hardy,  and  given  a 
stimulus  to  experimentation  where  it  is  not,  to  honey-locust,  barberry, 
buck-thorn,  etc.  On  the  other  hand,  under  township  organization  system, 
the  townships  have  the  power  to  prevent  animals  from  running  at  large, 
and  in  State  legislation  the  influence  of  the  State  Agricultural  Board  has 
made  itself  felt  in  restoring  the  common  law  practically,  that  makes  the 
owner  responsible  for  all  damage  by  the  animal  running  at  large.  The 
farms  are  all  well  fenced,  and  from  the  old  system  of  Commons,  estab- 
lished by  the  French,  measured  by  the  "  arpent,"  down  through  the 
"  claim  "  period,  the  wisdom  of  enclosed  lands  has  made  itself  manifest. 
It  is  confidently  claimed  that  Illinois  has  now  more  miles  of  serviceable 
hedge  fence  than  any  other  State  in  the  Union.  Of  the  counties  where 
farms  are  securely  enclosed,  Morgan  stands  equal  to  any. 

EARLY  ARCHITECTURE. 

The  old  writers  drew  very  pleasing  pictures  of  the  rural  life  of  the 
first  settlers  in  Illinois.  We  shall  omit  this  period  in  our  history,  how- 
ever, and  confine  our  narrative  to  a  time  since  the  occupation  of  the 
country  by  the  Americans.  The  cabins  of  the  pioneers  were  of  various 
sizes,  and  generally  made  of  round  logs.  Some  of  the  more  favored 
ones,  however,  had  hewed  log  cabins,  and  were  regarded  by  their  neigh- 
bors as  more  fortunate  than  themselves.  These  round,  log  cabins  were 
made  by  taking  two  logs,  generally  about  one  foot  in  diameter,  and,  we 
will  suppose,  thirty  and  twenty  feet  long.  This  length  of  logs  would 
build  a  tolerably  sized  cabin.  The  logs  were  notched  in  near  the  ends, 
the  shorter  laid  upon  the  longer,  forming  the  first  round,  and  leaving  a 
small  space  between  the  first  tier  and  the  second,  which  was  laid  in  the 
same  manner  on  these.  In  this  way  round  after  round  was  laid,  until 
the  sides  of  the  cabin  were  ten  or  twelve  rounds  high,  as  the  owner 
might  desire.  The  last  two  end  logs  laid  were  made  long  enough  to 


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project  over  the  corner  three  or  four  feet,  thereby  forming  eaves  to  carry 
the  water,  during  a  rain,  that  distance  from  the  cabin.  This  projection 
also  afforded  a  diminutive  porch,  and  in  the  summer  kept  the  hot  rays 
of  the  sun  from  the  side  of  the  house.  After  these  logs  were  laid  on, 
completing  the  walls  of  the  cabin,  two  logs,  cut  slanting  at  the  ends,  and 
just  long  enough  to  fit  between  the  notches,  were  laid  on  at  each  end  of 
the  cabin  ;  two  more,  cut  in  the  same  manner,  and  shorter  than  the  first, 
were  laid  on  these,  and  so  on  until  an  apex  was  reached.  On  the  last 
one,  generally  about  one  foot  in  length,  a  long  log,  smaller  than  those 
laid  in  the  sides  of  the  building,  was  placed  from  one  to  the  other,  and 
also  projecting  over  each  some  three  or  four  feet.  To  secure  these  short, 
slant  pieces  forming  the  apex  of  the  cabin,  a  cleft  of  a  small  tree  was 
placed  on  the  outside  and  securely  pegged  on,  and  also  fastened  to  the 
last  mentioned  log  or  pole.  One  or  two  poles  of  the  same  length  as 
that  forming  the  "  comb  of  the  roof,"  as  it  was  called,  were  generally  laid 
between  the  eaves  and  the  comb,  supplying  the  place  of  rafters.  On 
these,  clapboards,  split  boards  about  four  feet  in  length,  were  laid  nearly 
double,  so  as  to  cover  the  joints ;  the  boards  at  the  top  of  the  cabin 
projecting  a  little  over  those  on  the  other  side.  When  the  roof  is  thus 
covered,  some  poles  are  laid  along  the  building  to  keep  the  shingles  on. 
These  poles  were  kept  at  about  three  feet  distance  from  each  other  by 
pieces  of  wood  laid  on  the  roof  between  them.  These  poles  were  called 
weight  poles,  and  sometimes  stones  were  used  in  their  stead.  When  all 
this  was  complete,  the  cabin  was  "raised,"  and  where  several  neighbors 
joined  in  a  day's  work  for  some  new  comer,  or  some  newly  married 
persons,  such  a  cabin  would  be  constructed  in  one  day.  It  was  simply 
now  a  pen  without  any  openings,  save  the  cracks  .between  the  logs. 
A  door  was  made  by  sawing  out  a  section  in  the  logs  to  the  lower  one, 
which  was  generally  sawn  about  half  through  and  cut  out  to  form  a  door- 
step. The  top  of  the  door,  was  made  in  the  same  manner,  and  secured 
closeness.  A  stout  piece  of  wood  was  pegged  on  each  side,  forming  a 
jam,  as  it  was  termed,  wooden  hinges  were  made,  and  a  door,  made  of  split 
puncheon,  hung  thereon.  A  wooden  latch  with  a  leathern  string  hung 
outside  fastened  it.  This  old  fashioned  latch-string  was  always  out, 
and  owing  to  the  known  hospitality  of  the  pioneer,  has  given  rise  to  a 
very  suggestive  aphorism.  A  door  was  often  made  on  each  side  of  the 
cabin.  Windows,  after  glass  came  in  use,  were  made  in  the  same  manner, 
though  smaller,  and  instead  of  being  capable  of  raising  and  lowering,  as 
in  modern  times,  were  hung  on  hinges,  made  to  slide,  or  taken  entirely 
out  in  warm  weather.  The  floors  were  made  of  split  pnnpheon,  in  most 
cases  joined  neatly  and  closely  together,  and  laid  on  the  ground,  or  on 
cross  pieces.  The  chimney  was  generally  placed  at  the  end  of  the 
building,  and  made  as  follows :  first,  four  or  five  logs  were  cut  out,  as  for 
a  door  or  window  place,  of  whatever  width  the  occupant  chose.  It 
was  generally  four  or  five  feet  in  width,  and  often  wider.  Then  some 
logs  were  cleft  and  placed  so  that  the  ends  came  just  inside  the  cabin 
wall,  and  projecting  outward,  formed  a  square  pen.  These  were  placed 
one  on  the  other  until  they  rose  as  high  as  the  opening  in  the  wall.  The 
chimney  was  carried  up,  as  was  the  cabin,  until  it  reached  the  top,  when 
it  was  drawn  in  and  constructed  of  sticks.  It  was  drawn  in  gradually  from 
the  bottom  upwards,  until  the  top  was  generally  about  one  foot  square. 


246  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

It  was  then  thoroughly  chunked  and  "  daubed ;"  often  stones  were 
placed  at  the  bottom  and  some  distance  up  the  sides,  so  as  to  effectually 
prevent  the  action  of  fire.  Next  the  cabin  itself  was  chunked  and 
daubed  —  that  is,  the  cracks  between  the  logs  were  filled  with  split 
pieces  of  wood,  held  in  with  pegs,  and  securely  closed  by  daubing  with 
mud.  It  was  also  plastered  with  loam  or  clay,  and  sometimes  the  inside 
was  covered  with  well  made  split  boards,  pegged  on.  It  was  often 
whitewashed  where  lime  could  be  obtained.  A  ceiling  was  made  by 
taking  stout  poles  and  laying  them  on  the  upper  tier  of  logs,  their  ends 
projecting  through  under  the  eaves,  and  being  placed  from  two  to  four 
feet  apart.  On  these  split  boards  were  laid,  forming  a  floor.  Sometimes 
the  chimneys  were  walled  several  feet  in  height,  and  were  always  so 
carefully  constructed  that  fires  seldom  occurred. 

This  completed  the  cabin.  It  was  now  ready  for  occupancy,  and  in 
it,  many  who  now  live  in  opulence,  the  fruit  of  years  of  labor,  stoutly 
affirm  they  passed  their  happiest  days.  One  room  served  all  purposes,  and 
when  friends  or  travelers  came,  a  bed  was  made  on  the  floor,  and  every 
convenience  offered  in  their  power.  Two  cabins  were  often  built  near 
together,  between  them  a  space  of  ten  or  twelve  feet  was  left, 
covered  with  a  roof,  and  under  this  cover  the  pioneer  stored  many  articles. 
One  side  of  it  was  generally  walled  up,  leaving  the  front  open.  A 
covered  porch  was  also  often  seen  in  front  of  the  cabins.  Here  the 
farmer  could  rest  at  noontide,  and  a  common  sight  was  the  busy  house- 
wife spinning  under  this  porch  on  a  warm  summer's  day. 

These  cabins  are  yet  used  in  many  parts  of  the  State,  especially  in 
the  southern  and  wooded  portion.  Some  have  more  modern  conveniences, 
and  are  equal  to  many  frame  dwellings  now  built.  But  in  the  early  days 
of  the  country,  none  other  could  be  made.  There  were  no  mills  for  saw- 
ing lumber;  the  pioneer  was  almost  always  poor,  and  was  compelled  to 
endure  many  privations.  Yet  these  dwellings  were  comfortable,  and 
healthy,  such  diseases  as  consumption  and  bronchial  affections  being 
entirely  unknown. 

Buildings  for  stock  and  for  the  protection  of  farming  machinery  were 
the  result  of  after  days.  Says  an  old  writer :  "  When  pigs  are  shut  up 
for  fattening,  it  is  common  to  make  a  fence  for  them  of  rails,  in  the  same 
manner  as  for  fields ;  sometimes  one  corner  is  covered  over  to  make  a 
lodging  for  them,  but  it  is  more  common  for  them  to  be  left  to  the  mercy 
of  the  winds  and  weather ;  but  as  they  are  hardy  animals,  and  accus- 
tomed to  hard  living  and  lodging,  it  does  not  appear  to  hurt  them.  There 
are  but  few  cattle  yards  and  sheds.  The  cattle  are  mostly  left  abroad  in 
the  winter,  with  no  other  shelter  but  what  the  leafless  trees  afford." 
There  were  few  granaries,  except  corn-cribs,  and  a  few  poultry  houses, 
built  generally  the  same  as  cabins,  as  were  the  stables  also.  The  stables 
were  often  carried  higher,  to  provide  for  a  hay -loft ;  some  had  a  rack 
made  out  of  a  hollow  log,  which  answered  for  a  manger.  These  out- 
houses were  built  in  the  forest  —  as  well  as  were  all  the  cabins  —  and  were 
sheltered  from  the  blasts  of  winter  thereby.  As  the  country  improved, 
the  buildings  were  made  better,  and  after  the  advent  of  the  railroads 
good  substantial  buildings  were  erected,  which  now  appear  on  every 
hand.  It  is  doubtful  if  many  counties  in  the  State  excel  Morgan  in  the 
fine  dwelling  and  barns  scattered  over  her  prairies. 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  247 

AGRICULTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS. 

It  will  be  well  in  this  connection  to  give  a  brief  resume  of  the 
agricultural  organizations  in  the  State,  including  the  agricultural  societies 
of  Morgan  County. 

The  isolated  condition  of  the  farmer  causes  him  to  act  slowly  in  avail- 
ing himself  of  the  generally  conceded  advantages  of  association  and  co- 
operation ;  but  at  a  very  early  day  beginnings  were  made  by  the  early 
pioneers.  Woods,  in  1820,  says  :  "  An  agricultural  society  was  established 
last  year,  and  Mr.  Birbeck  made  president.  It  held  its  first  meeting  at 
Kaskaskia,  but  whether  there  was  any  other  meeting  I  do  not  know." 

Faux,  in  November,  1819,  says  of  Moses  Birbeck  :  "  He  has  just 
returned  from  a  tour  through  Illinois,  by  way  of  Kaskaskia,  where  he  was 
chosen  president  of  the  Agricultural  Society  of  Illinois,  one  grand  object 
of  which  will  be  to,  rid  the  State  of  stagnant  waters."  This  fixes  the 
date  of  organization  nearly,  but  does  not  mention  any  other  officers.  The 
Edwardsville  Spectator,  of  May  16,  1820,  contains  a  letter  to  Henry  S. 
Dodge,  secretary  of  the  Agricultural  Society  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  from 
Curtis  Blakeman,  of  Madison  County,  who  gives  an  account  of  a  crop  of 
corn,  of  between  nine  and  ten  acres,  yielding  120  bushels  of  shelled  corn 
to  the  acre.  Mr.  Dodge  was  probably  the  first  secretary  of  the  associa- 
tion. This  society  remained  intact  several  years,  and  numbered  among 
its  members  men  of  worth  and  standing.  "  Becoming  tired  of  keeping 
up  their  organization,  the  members,"  says  one  of  their  number,  George 
Churchill,  "  turned  over  their  surplus  fund  to  the  Sunday  School  agent, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Peck,  and  disbanded."  This  society,  though  small,  did 
much  good  in  the  State.  The  Agricultural  Society  of  Madison  County, 
organized  Feb.  0,  1822,  at  Edwardsville,  was  probably  suggested  by  the 
State  society  just  mentioned.  It  existed  but  a  short  time,  holding  its 
last  meeting  November  3,  1824.  There  are  no  records  of  existing  societies 
until  1839,  when  the  Union  Agricultural  Society  was  chartered.  It  com- 
prised the  greater  portion  of  Lake,  McHenry,  Kane,  Cook,  DuPage, 
Will,  and  LaSalle  Counties.  It  started  the  Union  Agriculturalist  and 
Western  Farmer,  about  the  close  of  1840,  or  Beginning  of  1841. 
It  gave  quite  an  impulse  to  agriculture  in  those  counties,  and  doubtless 
to  more  than  it  ever  accomplished.  It  held  four  annual  cattle  shows,  the 
last  occurring  in  1844.  It  seems  to  have  discussed,  to  some  extent,  agl 
ricultural  education.  Judge  John  Dean  Caton,  of  Ottawa,  was  its  firs- 
president,  William  B.  Ogden,  its  treasurer,  and  John  S.  Wright,  secret 
tary.  Louis  Ellsworth,  well  known  in  agricultural  and  horticultura- 
circles,  was  vice-president  at  the  first  organization,  and  subsequently 
president.  M.  L.  Dunlap,  better  known  as  "  Rural,"  of  the  Chicago 
Tribune,  was  one  of  its  secretaries.  Judge  Caton  thinks  there  were  nine 
persons  who  formed  the  organization,  but  few  of  whom  now  survive. 

Nearly  at  the  same  time  with  the  organization  of  the  Union  Agricul- 
tural Society,  a  new  effort  was  made  and  a  second  Illinois  State  Agri- 
cultural Society,  organized  at  Springfield,  about  the  beginning  of  1841. 
The  January  number  of  the  Union  Agriculturalist,^  that  year,  contains 
an  account  of  a  meeting  in  the  Senate  chamber  on  the  12th  of  that  month. 
It  seems  to  have  been  an  adjourned  meeting.  James  M.  Bradford,  of 
Sangamon,  presided  and  John  S.  Wright  was  secretary.  Mr.  Brown,  of 


248  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

Sangamon,  reported  a  constitution,  which  was  discussed  and  adopted. 
On  the  15th,  another  meeting  was  held,  at  which  Mr.  Brown,  from  a 
committee,  reported  a  list  of  officers  who  were  elected.  They  were  :  Wm. 
Wilson,  of  White  County,  president ;  two  vice-presidents  from  each  of 
the  nine  judicial  circuits  of  the  State;  Isaac  S.  Britton,  of  Sangamon,  re- 
cording secretary ;  John  S.  Wright,  of  Cook,  corresponding  secretary ; 
and  John  Williams,  of  Sangamon,  treasurer.  But  little  appears  to  have 
been  accomplished  by  this  organization.  The  Prairie  Farmer,  of  1848, 
contains  a  report  from  its  corresponding  secretary,  Mr.  Wright,  mainly 
made  up  of  recommendations.  He  states  that  county  societies  had  been 
organized  in  the  counties  of  LaSalle,  Winnebago,  JoDaviess,  Putnam, 
Hancock,  Knox,  Peoria,  McDonough,  Schuyler,  Adams,  Morgan,  Scott, 
Sangamon,  Greene,  Madison,  Coles,  Edgar,  Jackson,  and  Jefferson.  The 
Union  Agriculturalist  states  that  fairs  were  held  in  1841,  in  LaSalle,  San- 
gamon, Morgan,  and  Winnebago,  under  the  name  of  the  Agricultural 
Society  of  Illinois.  All  these  societies,  State  and  local,  seem  to  have  de- 
clined and  expired  within  a  few  years. 

The  Buel  Institute,  of  Putnam  County,  an  organization  which  has 
"  never  let  go,"  was  organized  in  1846,  and  is  now  the  oldest  agricultural 
society  in  the  State.  At  the  time  it  was  formed,  a  society  was  created 
in  Macoupin  County.  Kane  County  held  a  fair  the  same  year,  and  that 
of  Peoria  County  was  postponed.  No  other  evidences  appear  of  any  oth- 
er societies,  on  the  pages  of  the  agricultural  periodicals  at  that  time.  The 
Prairie  Farmer  of  1847,  notices  no  agricultural  gatherings  of  any  kind  in 
any  part  of  the  State.  In  1848,  it  notes  a  coming  fair  of  the  Buel  Insti- 
tute, and  an  organization  of  a  society  in  Rock  Island.  In  an  editorial 
on  "  Our  Agricultural  Societies,"  written  that  year,  in  the  pages  of  the 
Prairie  Farmer,  the  editor  says :  "  It  will  be  no  news  to  announce  that 
the  greater  number  of  these  are  either  not  in  existence,  or  are  in  a  state 
of  entire  slumber."  But  evidences  of  a  better  day  were  appearing.  That 
same  year,  in  October,  a  convention  of  nurserymen  met  in  Peoria.  A 
second  meeting  was  held  in  November,  1847,  at  Farmington,  Fulton 
County,  and  is  referred  to  as  the  "  Illinois  Horticultural  Society."  The 
same  year  the  Chicago  Horticultural  Society  was  organized,  with  J.  H. 
Kerizie  as  president.  It  held  at  least  five  exhibitions. 

At  Princeton,  in  December,  1850,  the  Northwestern  Fruit  Growers' 
Association  began  its  work,  which,  in  1857,  it  handed  over  to  the  Illinois 
State  Horticultural  Society.  In  1851,  the  first  Alton  Horticultural 
Society  was  formed,  and  has  been  continued,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
annually  until  this  day.  The  year  1851  was  notable  for  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Industrial  League,  under  the  lead  of  Prof.  J.  B.  Turner, 
which  did  much  to  forward  the  discussion  of  agricultural  education. 
Prof.  Turner  was  born  and  raised  on  a  farm.  Accustomed  to  severe 
toil  and  industry,  he  educated  himself,  graduating  with  honor  at  Yale 
College.  For  a  while  he  was  a  tutor  at  New  Haven,  where  he  won  high 
encomiums  from  his  associates.  He  came  to  Illinois  in  1832,  when  this 
country  was  a  comparative  wilderness,  the  home  of  the  savage.  He  well 
remembers,  and  narrates  interesting  reminiscences  of  noted  Indians,  and 
of  trips  to  Chicago  and  elsewhere,  when  the  compass  was  his  only  guide. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  professors  in  Illinois  College,  in  which  position 
he  remained  fifteen  years,  when  failing  health  admonished  him  to  seek  a 


249 

more  vigorous  occupation.  He  then  began  to  turn  his  attention  to 
agriculture,  and  to  engage  vigorously  in  that  pursuit.  Here  he  led  the 
advance  in  many  reforms ;  introduced  the  Osage  orange  fence  ;  was  the 
first  to  advocate  and  use  farm  machinery ;  was  a  constant  contributor  to 
various  literary,  scientific,  and  agricultural  journals,  and  was  one  of  the 
earliest  and  warmest  advocates  of  the  present  common  school  system  of 
the  State.  He  has  always  been  a  forcible  writer,  and  tenaciously  energetic 
in  any  reform  he  advocated.  He  has  been  prominently  connected  with 
all  State  agricultural  societies,  and  was  among  the  earliest  agitators  and 
supporters  of  such  organizations.  In  1853,  the  Illinois  State  Agricultural 
Society  was  chartered  and  organized,  and  continued  under  that  name 
until  1871,  when  it  was  re-organized,  and  continued  under  the  name  of 
the  State  Board  of  Agriculture.  The  first  organization  was  effected  in 
1853,  in  Springfield,  and  for  the  next  twenty-five  years  there  has  been 
no  break  in  its  continuity.  A  vice-president  from  each  congressional 
district  has  been  biennially  elected.  These  were  nine  in  number  at  the 
first  election.  They  were  afterward  increased  to  fourteen,  and  in 
1870,  they  were  nineteen  in  number. 

Many  subordinate  and  independent  organizations  have  sprung  up  to 
forward  the  specialties  comprehended  in  the  scope  of  the  State  Agricul- 
tural Society,  and  Board  of  Agriculture.  Of  these,  the  oldest  and  most 
efficient  has  been  the  Illinois  State  Horticultural  Society,  organized  at 
Decatur,  in  1856.  It  succeeded  the  Northwestern  Fruit  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation in  1857,  organized,  in  1850,  and  itself  ante-dated  by  the  meetings 
of  1846  and  1847.  Since  1867,  it  has  been  aided  by  a  State  appropriation 
of  $2,000  per  annum,  the  most  of  which  has  been  devoted  to  the  publi- 
cation of  its  annual  reports.  In  1874,  the  Illinois  State  Horticultural 
Society  was  declared  a  public  corporation,  by  act  of  the  legislature,  and 
required  to  report  its  receipts  and  expenditures.  In  1868,  the  Northern 
Horticultural  Society  was  organized,  and  has  since  held  annual  meetings 
of  great  interest,  the  most  of  which  have  been  reported  in  the  Transac- 
tions of  the  State  Society,  as  well  as  those  of  Alton,  Warsaw,  Adams 
County,  Galesburg,  Jacksonville,  and  other  local  institutions  of  the  same 
character. 

The  Illinois  Wool  Growers'  Association  was  formed  in  1H64,  and  is 
still  in  existence.  The  Illinois  Swine  Breeders' Association,  in  1869;  the 
Illinois  Poultry  Association,  probably  in  1874  ;  the  Illinois  State  Dairy- 
man's Association,  some  years  since,  and  the  Fish  Culturists  have  lately 
organized.  These  and  kindred  associations  tend  more  and  more  to  a 
division  of  labor,  and  discussion  of  the  many  branches  of  agriculture. 

A  later  and  more  novel  form  of  agricultural  association  is  seen  in  the 
order  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  Its  object  is  "  mutual  instruction 
and  protection."  In  pursuit  of  this  object,  it  necessarily  comes  in  con- 
tact with  those  who  prefer  that  the  farmer  should  devote  himself  solely 
to  seeking  the  maximum  of  production,  and  leave  distribution  to  the 
"laws  of  trade."  Hence,  this  form  of  action  and  its  allies  have  been 
subjected  to  some  ridicule  and  abuse.  Nevertheless,  the  organization  has 
done  a  good  work  in  arousing  the  agricultural  classes  to  a  sense  of  their 
own  ignorance,  of  the  impositions  which  have  been  placed  upon  them, 
of  the  utter  necessity  of  doing  their  own  thinking,  and  of  having  their 
share  in  the  control  of  prices.  At  the  close  of  the  year  1875,  at  the 


250  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

fourth  session  of  the  State  Grange,  this  order  had  organized  1,586  granges 
in  Illinois,  1,325  of  which  had  paid  dues  that  year.  More  or  less  asso- 
ciated with  and  much  in  sympathy  with  this  movement,  have  been  the 
various  open,  and  occasionally  partisan,  organizations  of  farmers'  clubs, 
and  the  State  Farmers'  Association,  the  latter  of  which  was  organized  in 
1872,  and  has  devoted  itself  more  to  the  agitation  and  discussion  of  those 
subjects  that  most  concerned  the  political-economical  relations  of  the 
agriculturist,  such  as  trade,  transportation,  and  taxation. 

A  pursuit  so  intimately  connected  with  the  interests  of  a  people, 
could  not  exist  without  its  representative  periodicals.  The  oldest 
agricultural  paper  in  the  state  was  the  Western  Plowboy,  a  double-column 
octavo,  published  semi-monthly,  at  Edwardsville,  Madison  County,  by 
John  York  Sawyer,  during  the  year  1831.  The  twenty-fifth  number  was 
published  January  24,  1832,  and  gives  notice  of  its  discontinuance  for 
want  of  proper  support.  From  an  extract  in  the  twelfth  number  it  is 
learned  there  were  then  "no  less  than  seven"  agricultural  papers  in  the 
United  States. 

The  Union  Agriculturalist  and  Western  Farmer  was  probably  the 
next  paper  started.  It  was  the  organ  of  the  Union  Agricultural  Society 
in  1840-41,  and  was  edited  by  the  society's  secretary,  John  S.  Wright. 
It  was  the  Prairie  Farmer  of  later  years,  and  is  yet  in  existence,  the 
oldest  rural  periodical  in  the  Northwest.  In  1856,  the  Illinois  Farmer, 
edited  by  Simon  Francis,  was  started  in  Springfield.  It  was  afterwards 
edited  by  M.  L.  Dunlap — "  Rural  " — and  was  discontinued  in  1865.  Since 
the  last  named  period,  quite  a  number  of  such  magazines  and  papers  have 
been  started,  until  now  Illinois,  in  the  scope  and  ability  of  her  agricul- 
tural literature,  surpasses  any  other  State  except  New  York,  whose 
great  metropolis  gives  that  State  a  publishing  center  of  more  apparent 
than  real  advantage. 

Morgan  County  has  always  kept  in  the  advance  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits. The  earliest  settlers  were  men  of  ability,  and  kept  apace  in  the 
interests  attached  to  their  calling.  The 

MORGAN  COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY 

has  had  a  continuous  existence  since  its  inauguration  in  1851,  with  the 
exception  of  1862,  when  the  society  gave  way  to  the  demands  of  war, 
and  gave  the  grounds  to  the  One  Hundred  and  First  Regiment,  Illinois 
Volunteers.  The  records  from  1851  to  1854,  are  somewhat  obscure.  It 
appears  that  there  were  two  societies  in  existence,  one  of  which  held  a 
fair  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  the  22d  and  23d  of  October,  1851.  Of 
this  society  the  officers  were  Jos.  Morton,  President ;  W.  L.  Sargent  and 
S.  T.  Mathews,  Vice  Presidents,  and  Win.  G.  Johnson,  Secretary.  This 
fair  was  held  on  the  poor-house  grounds,  then  in  the  eastern  part  of 
Jacksonville.  At  this  fair  stock  alone  was  exhibited,  a  rope  being 
stretched  around  the  enclosure  where  the  stock  was  shown.  At  the  close 
of  each  day,  a  hat  was  passed  around  and  a  collection  raised  to  aid  in 
defraying  the  necessary  expenses.  About  the  same  time,  or  a  few  days 
after,  an  exhibition  of  textile  fabrics  and  home  manufactures  was  given 
in  the  public  square,  the  fancy  articles  being  attached  to  ropes  stretched 
about  on  the  grounds.  It  is  probable  these  exhibitions  were  the  first  of 


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the  kind  in  the  county.  No  records  of  any  prior  to  this  date  exist,  nor 
do  the  recollections  of  any  of  the  older  citizens  fix  on  any  dates  before 
this  accurately.  Some  aver  that  fairs  were  held  as  early  as  1838  or  '40, 
others  at  various  dates  from  1840  to  '51,  but  no  one  can  state  definitely 
during  this  period  or  give  any  accurate  description  of  such  exhibitions. 
There  may  have  been  a  few  small  exhibits  held  and  probably  were,  but 
no  fair  under  an  organized  association  before  the  one  of  which  mention 
has  been  made. 

About  the  year  1852  or  '53,  the  two  organizations  appear  to  have 
united,  and  on  November  llth,  1854,  a  charter  was  received  by  the 
"Morgan  County  Agricultural  Association."  The  first  officers  of  this 
association  were  Judge  Stephen  Dunlap,  President;  James  Green  and 
Col.  Jos.  Morton,  Vice  Presidents ;  Cyrus  Mathews,  Treasurer,  and 
Austin  Rockwell,  Secretary.  Soon  after,  this  society  purchased  of  Col. 
George  M.  Chambers  fifteen  acres  of  land,  situated  in  the  southwestern 
part  of  the  city  of  Jacksonville.  Here  annual  exhibitions  were  held  until 
the  year  1858.  On  the  20th  of  February  of  that  year  these  grounds  were 
sold  to  Mr.  Henry  Saunderson,  for  five  thousand  dollars,  and  thirty  acres 
of  ground,  a  mile  and  a  half  west  of  the  public  square  were  purchased 
of  Col.  James  Dunlap.  This  was  a  more  desirable  location,  and  is  still 
used  by  the  association.  The  fairs  have  always  been  a  decided  success 
in  this  county,  the  exhibitions  being  equal  to  any  in  the  State.  The 
association  secured  the  location  of  the  State  Fair  on  their  grounds  for  the 
year^l 860,  which  was  largely  attended  from  all  sections  of  the  State.  From 
three  to  four  thousand  dollars  are  annually  paid  in  premiums  by  the  asso- 
ciation. The  present  officers  are  N.  D.  Graves,  President ;  F.  M.  Morton 
and  J.  H.  Potts,  Vice  Presidents;  B.  F.  Beesley,  Treasurer,  and  James 
M.  Dunlap,  Secretary. 

Before  closing  this  chapter  it  will  be  well  to  notice  the  agricultural 
resources  of  the  county.  For  the  year  1877,  there  were  reported  13,760 
acres  of  wheat;  97,680  acres  of  corn;  26,780  acres  of  meadow;  21,486 
acres  of  other  field  products  ;  124,000  acres  in  pasture  ;  3,594  in  orchard, 
and  66,052  in  woodland.  There  were  only  48  acres  returned  as  swamp 
lands.  The  value  of  the  various  farm  products  is  not  given,  nor  the 
amounts  in  bushels.  The  yield  has  been  very  large  and  assures  abundance 
for  the  residents  of  the  county,  in  addition  to  large  quantities  shipped  to 
other  markets. 

Morgan  County  contains,  according  to  the  report  of  the  County 
Assessor,  made  to  the  State  Board  of  Equalization,  from  the  returns 
made  to  him  in  the  Spring  of  1877,  353,352  acres  of  land.  By  this  board 
the  county  was  placed  in  the  third  class,  and  the  lands  valued  at  $22 
per  acre,  or  a  total  value  of  $7,773,744  ;  by  the  County  Assessor  it  was 
rated  at  $19.54  per  acre,  or  a  total  value  of  $6,904,498.08.  Of  the  num- 
ber of  acres  given,  287,300  are  classed  as  improved  lands,  valued  by  the 
assessor  at  $22.36  per  acre,  or  a  total  of  $6,424,028.  The  remainder  of 
the  lands,  66,052  acres,  are  classed  as  unimproved  lands,  and  are  valued 
at  $7.26  per  acre,  or  a  total  of  $479,537.52.  Of  this  latter  class,  but 
little  is  waste  land,  the  greater  portion  being  pastured.  There  were 
returned  by  the  assessor  at  the  same  time,  3,387  improved  city  and  town 
lots,  and  2,074  as  unimproved.  The  former  were  valued  at  $700.87  each, 
or  $2,373,853  in  all.  The  latter  were  valued  at  $73.13  each,  or  $151,672 


252  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

in  all.  This  gives  the  total  number  of  lots  to  be  5,461,  and  their  total 
value  as  $2,525,525.  The  railroad  property  is  reported  at  13  acres, 
with  a  value  of  $4,100,  and  23  lots,  valued  at  $8,450,  or 
a  total  value  of  this  class  of  real  estate  property  of  $12,550. 
The  number  of  live  stock  in  the  county  is  large.  There  were  reported 
by  the  assessor  5,467  horses  ;  16,809  cattle  ;  1,108  mules  and  asses  ;  7,309 
sheep  ;  and  19,198  hogs.  The  horses  were  valued  at  $276,372 ;  the  cattle 
at  $315,782  ;  the  mules  and  asses  at  $67,500  ;  the  sheep  at  $15,800  ;  and 
the  hogs  at  $69,956,  making  a  total  number  of  49,801,  valued  at  $745,410. 
There  are  reported  8  steam  engines,  valued  at  $5,000 ;  22  *burglar  and 
fire  safes,  valued  at  $4,850  ;  2,246  carriages  and  wagons,  valued  at 
$60,711;  880  watches  and  clocks,  valued  at  $6,148;  1,006  sewing  and 
knitting  machines,  valued  at  $19,908  ;  223  pianos,  valued  at  $26,500  ;  94 
melodeons  and  organs,  valued  at  $5,738.  The  total  value  of  these  pro- 
ducts is  $128,855. 

The  value  of  manufactured  articles  is  $935,  that  of  manufacturers' 
tools  and  machinery,  $5,385;  of  agricultural  tools,  $33,186  ;  $68,193  are 
in  the  hands  of  bankers  and  brokers,  while  an  additional  credit  of  $16,778 
is  reported  ;  $596,482  are  otherwise  invested,  while  over  $300,000  worth 
of  bank  stock  is  held.  The  value  of  household  and  office  property  is 
$132,325. 

To  recapitulate:  The  total  value  of  lands  is  $6,904,498.08;  of  lots, 
$2,525,525  ;  of  railroad  property  (real  estate),  $12,550  ;  of  live  stock, 
$745,410  ;  of  farming  machinery  and  other  implements,  $128,855  ;  and  of 
the  other  items  enumerated,  $1,151,314.  To  this  may  be  added  other 
items,  aggregating  about  $300,000,  making  the  total  wealth  of  the 

county,  $11,768,152.08. 

i 

POLITICAL   HISTORY. 

If  the  reader  will  turn  to  the  History  of  the  Northwest,  published 
elsewhere  in  this  volume,  he  can  readily  trace  the  progressive  stages 
through  which  that  country  passed  until  its  ultimate  division  into  terri- 
tories and  states.  He  will  there  learn  that  the  Illinois  Territory  was 
formed  from  the  Indiana  Territory  in  1809,  and  made  an  independent 
municipality.  Nineteen  years  prior  to  this  date,  in  February,  1790, 
Arthur  St.  Clair  (who  had  been  appointed  Governor  of  the  Northwest 
Territory  by  Congress,  October  5,  1787),  and  the  Secretary,  Winthrop 
Sargent,  arrived  in  Kaskaskia  to  execute  the  orders  of  the  late  Congress 
regarding  the  inhabitants  of  the  then  far  West.  The  country  within  the 
boundaries  of  our  present  State,  extending  northward  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Little  Mackinaw  Creek,  on  the  Illinois,  was  organized  into  a  county, 
named  after  His  Excellency,  Governor  St.  Clair.  This  was  the  first 
county  formed  in  the  limits  of  Illinois.  It  was  divided  into  three  judicial 
districts,  and  Cahokia  made  the  seat  of  government. 

St.  Clair  County  remained  intact  until  1795,  when  Randolph  was 
formed  by  running  a  line  through  the  New  Design  settlement  in  the 
present  Monroe  County,  due  east  to  the  Wabash  River,  and  all  that 
country  south  of  this  line  was  established  into  the  county  of  Randolph, 
named  in  honor  of  Edmond  Randolph,  of  Virginia. 

By  an  act  of  Congress,  approved  February  3,  1809,  all  that  part  of 


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the  Indiana  Territory  lying  "  west  of  the  Wabash  River,  and  a  direct  line 
drawn  from  the  said  Wabash  River  and  Post  Vincennes,  due  north  to  the 
territorial  line  between  the  United  States  and  Canada,"  should,  after  the 
first  of  March  following,  constitute  a  separate  territory,  and  be  called 
Illinois.  It  will  be  perceived  this  included  the  present  State  of  Wisconsin. 
The  population  of  the  newly  organized  territory  was  estimated  at  about 
nine  thousand,  leaving  double  that  number  in  Indiana. 

On  September  6,  1812,  the  territorial  legislature  established  the 
counties  of  Madison,  Gallatin,  and  Johnson.  The  first  named  of  these 
included  what  is  now  Morgan  County.  In  1815,  Edwards  and  White 
Counties  were  erected ;  in  1816,  Monroe,  Crawford,  Jackson,  Pope,  and 
Bond,  and  in  1818,  Union,  Franklin,  and  Washington  were  formed.  It 
will  thus  be  seen  that  when  the  convention  met  in  July,  1818,  to  draft  a 
constitution  for  the  State  of  Illinois,  fifteen  counties  were  represented. 
Illinois  was  admitted  as  a  State  soon  after,  the  first  election  for  officers 
being  held  in  September. 

With  the  rapid  increase  of  population  the  division  of  the  State  into 
smaller  counties  became  necessary.  In  1821  Greene  County  was  formed 
out  of  the  northern  portion  of  Madison.  Its  northern  boundary,  however, 
was  established  as  it  yet  exists,  and  all  that  country  north  to,  and  beyond 
the  Illinois  River,  was  attached  to  it  for  judicial  purposes. 

During  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  1822  -  '23,  the 
Military  Tract  was  laid,  out  into  counties.  The  county  seat  of  Pike 
County  was  established,  and  the  records  of  lands,  patents,  deeds,  etc., 
were  recorded  at  Atlas.  This  tract  had  formerly  been  attached  to 
Madison.  On  January  31, 1823,  Morgan  County  was  established.  The 
act  relating  to  its  formation  reads  as  follows : 

"  Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois  represented  in 
the  Creneral  Assembly. 

"  SEC.  1.  That  all  that  tract  of  country  within  the  following 
boundaries,  to-wit :  Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Greene 
County ;  thence  east  to  the  range  line  between  seven  and  eight  west  of 
the  third  principal  meridian ;  thence  northerly  along  the  middle  of  the 
prairie  that  divides  the  waters  of  the  Sangamon  River  from  those  of 
Apple  Creek,  Mauvaisterre  and  Indian  Creeks,  until  it  arrives  at  the 
middle  of  range  eight ;  thence  north  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel 
of  Sangamon  River ;  thence  down  the  said  channel  to  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Illinois  River  ;  thence  down  said  last  mentioned 
channel  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

"  SEC.  2. — Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  electors  of  said  county  shall 
meet  on  the  first  Monday  of  March  next  at  the  house  of  James  G. 
Swinerton  to  elect  three  county  commissioners,  a  sheriff,  and  a  coroner, 
and  that  Joseph  Klein,  John  Clark,  and  Daniel  Lieb,  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  appointed  the  judges  of  said  election  ;  who  shall  give  notice 
thereof  and  proceed  on  that  day  to  conduct  the  same  according  to  the 
existing  laws  of  this  State,  or  such  as  may  then  be  in  force,  relative  to 
the  election  for  county  officers. 

"  SEC.  3.     That  Samuel  Bristow,  John  Clark,   and   Henry  Fahne- 

stock  be  commissioners  to  fix  on   a   place   for   the   temporary   seat   of 

justice  for  said  county,   whose    duty    it   shall   be    to   meet  at  the  time 

and  place  for  holding  the   election  for  county  commissioners,  or  within 

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254  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

ten  days  thereafter,  and,  after  being  duly  sworn,  shall  proceed  to 
determine  on  some  convenient  place  as  near  the  center  of  population  as 
circumstances  will  admit ;  and  such  place,  when  located,  shall  be  the  seat 
of  justice  until  otherwise  provided  by  law.  Such  commissioners  shall  be 
allowed  two  dollars  each  per  day  for  the  time  necessarily  employed,  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  county  treasury. 

"  SEC.  4.  That  the  citizens  of  Morgan  County  are  hereby  declared 
entitled  in  all  respects  to  the  same  rights  and  privileges  as  are  allowed 
in  general  to  other  counties  in  the  State.  Provided  always.  That  when 
freeholders  are  capable  of  performing  any  duty,  or  are  entitled  to  any 
privilege,  householders  shall,  for  all  such  purposes,  be  considered  as 
freeholders  in  said  county,  and  shall  and  may  perform  all  the  duties 
appertaining  to  the  different  offices  in  said  county. 

-'  SEC.  5.  That  the  County  of  Morgan  shall  compose  a  part  of  the 
First  Judicial  District  in  this  State. 

•'  SEC.  6.  That  Morgan  County  shall  compose  a  part  of  the  Sena- 
torial and  Representative  District  with  Greene  County." 

On  February  17,  this  act  was  amended,  changing  the  time  of  the 
meeting  of  the  commissioners  appointed  to  locate  the  seat  of  justice, 
from  the  first  Monday  of  March  to  the  third  Monday,  and  that  the  elec- 
tion be  held  on  the  same  day. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  act  quoted  at  length,  fixed  the  boun- 
daries of  Morgan  County  so  that  it  included  the  present  counties  of  Cass 
and  Scott.  It  was  then  about  forty  miles  long,  thirty-two  miles  wide, 
and  included  about  1280  square  miles,  or  nearly  800,000  acres  of  land. 

On  the  day  designated  in  the  act,  the  third  Monday  in  March,  1823, 
an  election  was  held  at  the  house  of  James  G.  Swinerton.  This  was 
situated  about  six  miles  southwest  of  the  present  city  of  Jacksonville. 

At  this  election  Milton  Ladd,  member  of  the  Legislature  from 
Johnston  County,  was  chosen  Judge  of  Probate  Court,  and  was  also 
appointed  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court.  Dennis  Rockwell  was  appointed 
Recorder.  Mr.  Ladd  made  one  visit  to  Morgan  County  and  declined  the 
office  to  which  he  was  elected.  Dennis  Rockwell  was  then  appointed 
clerk  and  Aaron  Wilson  judge.  The  county  was  attached  to  the  first 
judicial  district,  of  which  John  Reynolds  (afterwards  elected  Governor 
in  1830)  was  judge.  Jonathan  Piper,  Stephen  Pierce,  James  Deaton, 
John  Clark,  Daniel  Lieb,  Thomas  Arnett,  Samuel  Bristow,  Equillar  Hall, 
David  Blain,  John  Green,  Joseph  Buchanan,  and  Seymore  Kelley,  were 
appointed  justices  of  the  peace,  and  Johnson  Shelton  surveyor.  Of  all 
these  Equillar  Hall  is  probably  the  only  survivor.  At  the  election  for 
county  officers,  Dank-:  Lieb,  Peter  Conover,  and  Samuel  Bristow,  were 
chosen  county  coma,  sinners,  and  William  B.  Green,  sheriff.  Dennis 
Rockwell  was  subsequently  appointed  clerk  of  this  court.  The  house  of 
Mr.  Swinerton  was  chosen  as  the  temporary  seat  of  justice,  and  the  first 
court  held  there.  The  first  Circuit  Court  was  held  by  Judge  John  Rey- 
nolds, on  the  third  Monday  of  April,  following  the  election,  in  an  old  log 
cabin  owned  by  Dr  Cad  well,  near  Mr.  Swinerton's  house.  In  1822,  the 
territory  of  which  Morgan  County  was  composed  was  attached  to  the 
senatorial  district  composed  of  Greene  and  Pike  Counties,  and  of  the  rep- 
resentative district  composing  Greene  County.  Dr.  George  Cadwell  was 
elected  to  the  Senate,  and  Archibald  Job,  of  Beardstown,  to  the  House 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  255 

of  Representatives.  "I  question,"  says  Judge  Thomas,  in  a  paper  read 
before  the  Old  Settlers'  Association,  "  if  two  better  men  for  the  positions 
could  have  been  found  in  the  district,  for  integrity,  honesty,  and  good 
sound  sense,  they  have  not  been  equaled  by  any  of  their  successors." 

At  the  election  in  1824,  Thomas  Carlin  (elected  Governor  in  1836) 
and  Isaac  N.  Piggott  (for  many  years  a  resident  of  St.  Louis,  and,  if  now 
living,  over  ninety  years  of  age)  were  candidates  for  the  Senate.  Carlin 
obtained  the  certificate  of  election,  but  Piggott  contested  his  right,  and, 
upon  investigation,  the  question  was  referred  back  to  the  people,  and  a 
new  election  was  the  result.  Carlin  was  elected  by  a  decisive  majority. 
Mr.  Job  was  re-elected  to  the  House. 

But  few  sessions  of  court  were  held  at  Mr.  Swinerton's.  It  will  be 
noticed  in  reading  the  act  creating  the  county  that  Samuel  Bristow,  John 
Clark,  and  Henry  Fahnestock  were  appointed  a  committee  to  fix  upon  a 
temporary  seat  of  justice  for  Morgan  County.  They  selected  a  place 
called  "  Olmstead's  Mounds,"  about  eight  miles  west  of  the  present  city 
of  Jacksonville.  By  an  act  passed  January  6,  1825,  John  Howard, 
Abraham  Pickett,  and  John  T.  Lusk,  of  Madison  County,  were  appointed 
commissioners  to  fix  upon  a  permanent  seat  of  justice  for  the  county. 
They  were  required  to  meet  at  the  house  of  James  Deaton  on  the  first 
Monday  of  March,  and,  after  being  duly  sworn,  were  "  to  locate  the 
permanent  seat  of  justice  of  said  county  at  the  most  eligible  place,  as 
near  the  center  of  the  territory  as  practicable,  having  due  regard  to  the 
present  and  future  population." 

These  commissioners  met  on  the  day  appointed,  and  settled  the 
present  site  of  the  city.  The  land  then  belonged  to  the  government,  but 
early  the  next  day  was  purchased  by  Thomas  Arnett  and  Isaac  Dial  at 
private  sale  for  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre.  It  was  in 
sections  20  and  21,  Mr.  Arnett  purchasing  the  former  section,  and  Mr. 
Dial  the  latter.  On  the  10th  of  March  they  laid  out  a  town  thereon, 
giving  to  the  county  for  the  use  of  public  buildings  forty  acres.  There 
was  living  on  the  town  site  a  man  named  Cox,  a  hatter  by  trade,  who 
occupied  a  cabin  which  stood  a  little  to  the  northeast  of  the  present 
fountain  in  the  public  square.  This  cabin  he  soon  after  sold  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Carson,  who  thereby  became  an  early  resident  of  the  county 
seat.  He  was  the  first  tavern-keeper  therein,  and  was  well  known. 

The  first  term  of  the  Circuit  Court  met  in  the  new  seat  of  justice  on 
uesday  after  the  second  Monday  in  May,  1825.  John  S.  Sawyer  was 
circuit  judge,  Dennis  Rockwell  clerk,  and  Joseph  M.  Fairfield  sheriff.  A 
two-story  frame  court  house  was  soon  built.  It  stood  on  the  northwest 
part  of  the  square,  and  was  placed  on  round  blocks.  Its  cost  was  about 
four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  It  was  thirty  by  forty  feet  square.  In 
the  Summer  of  1825,  the  few  records  of  the  county  were  brought  from 
Olmstead's  Mound  to  the  court  house  and  placed  therein.  This  court 
house  remained  in  use  until  the  night  of  December  6,  1827,  when,  with 
all  its  contents,  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  loss  was  not  great,  how- 
ever, as  the  records  were  few,  and  the  recorder,  Dennis  Rockwell,  had  by 
chance  taken  the  record  of  deeds  to  his  house  for  some  purpose,  thereby 
saving  it. 

The  jail  was  constructed  of  square  timbers,  firmly  fastened  together, 
and  was  a  rather  unsafe  depository  for  prisoners.  It  stood  on  a  lot  of 


256  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

ground  north  of  the  square,  and  was  used  until  the  completion  of  the 
second  jail  in  1833. 

The  election  in  August,  1826,  was  fiercely  contested  between  Ninian 
Edwards  and  Thomas  C.  Sloe  for  governor,  and  Daniel  P.  Cook  and 
Joseph  Duncan  for  Congress.  Edwards  and  Duncan,  though  of  different 
political  parties,  were  elected  by  small  majorities.  Mr.  Job  was  returned 
to  the  State  Senate  from  the  Counties  of  Morgan,  Schuyler,  Fulton, 
Peoria,  and  Adams ;  and  John  Leeper  and  Daniel  Lieb  were  sent  to  the 
House  of  Representatives  from  Morgan  County. 

It  has  been  stated  in  these  pages  that  Morgan  County  included  what 
is  now  Cass  and  Scott  Counties.  Its  eastern  boundary  has  been  but  little 
if  any  changed  since  the  act  of  creation  in  January,  1823.  On  February 
•  12,  1835,  the  boundary  question  between  the  Counties  of  Sangamon  and 
Morgan  was  definitely  settled  by  an  act  of  legislature,  the  line  remaining 
the  same  until  this  day.  The  commissioners  appointed  were  William 
Weatherford,  Harvey  Rigger,  and  John  R.  Tilts.  They  occupied  in  this 
duty  April  14,  15,  16,  and  17,  1835,  and  established  the  line  by  stone 
pillars  set  in  the  ground  one  mile  apart. 

Cass  County  was  set  off  in  1837  ;  Scott  County  in  1839.  The 
causes  which  led  to  the  formation  of  these  two  counties  were  various. 
The  residents  of  Cass  County  claimed  that  they  did  not  have  a  fair  and 
equal  representation  in  the  needs  of  the  principal  parts  of  the  county ; 
that  a  clique  or  ring  was  formed  against  them.  Other  reasons  were  also 
given.  The  county  was  large  and  would  admit  of  division,  and  its 
interests  would  be  advanced,  argued  many.  One  of  the  most  potent 
reasons,  especially  in  the  formation  of  Scott  County,  was  the  desire 
among  many  towns  to  become  county  seats.  Almost  every  western  town 
has  at  some  period  of  its  existence  aspired  to  become  a  county  seat,  and 
had,  in  its  own  opinion,  unanswerable  reasons  in  support  of  its  aspirations. 
This,  without  doubt,,  had  much  to  do  in  the  creation  of  these  two 
counties,  as  the  towns  of  Beardstown  and  Virginia  in  the  territory  of 
one,  and  Winchester  in  the  other,  were  urgent  aspirants  for  such  positions. 
The  people  living  near  the  towns  were  in  sympathy  with  them,  and  the 
representatives  from  the  county  were  instructed  by  their  constituents  to 
foster  a  bill  looking  to  the  division.  Another  reason  was  argued,  and 
with  a  good  emphasis,  in  that  part  comprising  Cass  County  —  the  remote- 
ness of  the  county  seat.  This  fact,  with  the  large  extent  of  territory  in 
Morgan  County,  was  a  good  reason  for  the  division. 

During  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  1836-7,  a  bill  for  the 
division  of  Morgan  County  was  introduced  in  that  body,  and  became  a 
law,  being  approved  March  3,  1837.  Its  main  provisions  are  as  follows: 
*  *  *  "  All  that  tract  of  land  within  the  following  boundaries,  to 
wit :  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  center  of  the  main  channel  of  the 
Illinois  River,  where  a  line  running  through  the  center  of  township  17 
north  intersects  the  same  in  range  13  west ;  thence  east  with  said  line  to 
the  east  side  of  the  County  of  Morgan  ;  from  thence  north  to  the  center 
of  the  main  channel  of  the  Sangamon  River ;  thence  down  said  river  to 
the  center  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Illinois  River  ;  thence  down  said 
river  to  the  place  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  a  county,  and  shall  be 
named  Cass." 

There  were  certain  conditions  named  in  the  act  before  this  boundary 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  257 

could  be  established.  The  people  comprising  the  County  of  Morgan  were 
to  meet  at  their  respective  voting  places  on  the  third  Monday  in  April, 
and  vote  on  the  question  of  division.  Should  the  question  be  decided  in 
the  affirmative,  the  voters  in  the  new  County  of  Cass  were  to  assemble 
at  their  voting  places  and  decide  on  a  location  for  a  permanent  seat  of 
justice.  On  the  first  Monday  in  August  they  were  to  meet  again  and 
elect  their  county  officers.  The  act  further  provided  that  the  owners  of 
lots  or  lands  where  the  seat  of  justice  should  be  located,  should  donate 
to  the  county  not  less  than  fifteen  acres  of  land,  the  proceeds  of  which, 
when  sold,  should  be  applied  to  the  erection  of  the  necessary  county 
building.  In  case  Beardstown  should  be  chosen  to  be  the  county  seat, 
the  corporation  was  required  to  pay  into  the  county  treasury  not  less 
than  ten  thousand  dollars,  in  installments,  to  be  applied  to  the  same, 
purpose. 

The  vote  of  the  people  favored  the  decision,  and  on  the  12th  of  July 
following  the  act  already  quoted,  an  act  creating  the  county  passed  the 
General  Assembly,  and  became  a  law.  It  fixed  the  seat  of  justice  at 
Beardstown,  in  conformity  with  the  desire  of  the  people,  should  that  town 
comply  with  the  conditions  set  forth  in  the  first  act.  This  last  act  further 
provided  that  the  court  house  should  be  erected  on  the  public  square  in 
Beardstown.  The  returns  of  the  election  were  to  be  made  to  O.  M.  Long 
and  Thomas  Payne,  justices  in  Beardstown ;  the  school  fund  was  to  be 
divided  between  Morgan  and  Cass,  in  ratio  to  the  population  as  deter- 
mined by  the  last  election,  and  as  soon  as  the  county  officers  to  be  elected 
in  August  were  qualified,  the  county  was  declared  to  be  in  complete 
order.  Beardstown  failed  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  act, 
and  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  legislature  declaring  that  fact,  and 
praying  for  a  change  from  that  town  to  Virginia.  That  body  passed  an 
act  on  March  2,  1839,  removing  the  seat  of  justice  to  Virginia.  It  was, 
however,  again  taken  to  Beardstown,  and  again  brought  to  Virginia, 
where  it  now  exists.  The  territory  embraced  in  Cass  County  comprises 
239,579  acres,  and  for  its  area  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  counties  in  the 
State. 

On  February  16,  1839,  the  act  forming  the  County  of  Scott  passed 
the  General  Assembly.  Its  boundaries  were  defined,  provision  was  made 
for  holding  an  election  for  county  officers,  and  for  dividing  the  school  fund 
between  .Morgan  and  Scott  Counties.  An  election  for  county  officers  was 
ordered  to  be  held  on  the  third  Monday  in  March,  at  the  town  of  Win- 
chester, and  proper  persons  designated  to  receive  the  returns  of  this  elec- 
tion. Winchester  was  by  the  same  act  declared  to  be  the  permanent  seat 
of  justice,  provided  it  would  erect  a  court  house  and  jail.  It  could  ex- 
pend for  this  purpose  five  thousand  dollars,  dividing  that  sum  in  the 
erection  of  the  two  buildings,  as  the  county  commissioners  should  desire. 
The  county  thus  formed  comprises  156,814  acres  of  land,  and  left  Morgan 
County  with  its  present  area.  The  total  wealth  of  Scott  County,  as 
assessed  for  the  year  1877,  is  $3,461,588 ;  that  of  Cass  is  $4,940,712— 
$8,402,300  in  all. 

It  has  been  noticed  that  the  court  house  built  in  1825  in  Morgan 
County,  was  burned  in  1827  —  ten  years  before  the  erection  of  Cass 
County.  This  fire  occurred  on  the  night  of  December  6th,  and  on  the 
17th  a  special  meeting  of  the  county  commissioners  was  called.  At 


258  HISTORY  OP  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

this  meeting  James  Deaton  and  Allen  Q.  Lindsey  were  present, 
James  Gillham,  the  remaining  member  of  the  board,  absent.  The  first 
record  of  this  court  after  the  fire,  and  the  first  now  preserved,  reads  as 
follows:  "Whereas,  on  the  night  of  the  6th  instant  the  court  house  of 
this  count}7",  together  with  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  Circuit  and  County 
Commissioners'  Courts,  and  all  the  papers  and  records  of  said  offices,  were 
destroyed  by  fire.  It  is  ordered  by  this  court  that  the  county  treasurer 
pay  to  the  order  of  Dennis  Rockwell,  clerk  of  this  court,  out  of  the  first 
money  received  into  the  treasury,  fifty  dollars  in  specie,  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  books  and  stationery  for  the  use  of  the  county  offices/' 
Many  persons  had  purchased  lots  of  the  county,  and  to  those  whose  deeds 
were  destroyed,  or  not  recorded  in  the  book  mentioned  as  preserved  from 
the  fire,  the  commissioners  were  called  upon  to  give  new  deeds,  which 
they  in  all  cases  did,  the  giving  of  these  papers  being  among  the  first  acts 
of  the  County  Court. 

The  law  at  this  time  required  all  tavern-keepers  and  merchants  to 
obtain  a  license  from  the  County  Court.  The  former  class  had  their  rates 
of  charges  established  by  this  court,  as  also  were  those  of  the  keepers  of 
ferries.  The  first  tavern-keeper  in  Jacksonville,  and  with  but  little 
doubt  the  first  in  Morgan  County,  was  Mr.  Thomas  Carson,  already 
mentioned  as  an  early  resident  on  that  town  site.  His  rates  of  charges, 
if  they  were  affixed,  are  not  now  known ;  but  they  probably  differed  but 
little  from  those  of  Mr.  George  M.  Richards,  the  first  tavern-keeper  in 
the  county  whose  license  is  preserved.  It  bears  date  January  14,  1828. 
He  paid  into  the  county  treasury  five  dollars,  and  gave  a  bond,  with 
Thomas  Luttrell  as  security.  The  following  were  his  rates,  as  they 
appear  in  the  county  records : 

For  rum,  per  half-pint,      -  -     25    cents. 

For  brandy,  per  half-pint,      -  25    cents. 

For  gin,  per  half-pint,        -  -     25    cents. 

For  wine,  per  half-pint,  25    cents. 

For  whisky,  per  half-pint,  -     12£  cents. 

For  meal  of  victuals,      -  25    cents. 

For  lodging,      -  -     12    cents. 

For  horse  feed,       -  6i  cents. 

For  keeping  horse  over  night,    -  -     25    cents. 

These  items  were  commonly  included  in  all  tavern  licenses,  save  that 
"  cordial  "  was  afterwards  added  at  25  cents  per  half-pint,  and  these  were 
the  common  charges  allowed.  It  is  quite  interesting  to  note  these  old 
transactions,  the  same  in  all  counties  in  the  West,  and  to  note  the  various 
changes  therein  during  succeeding  years.  The  use  of  ardent  spirits 
gradually  was  taken  from  the  license,  and  now  no  charges  whatever  are 
specified,  that  being  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  landlord.  It  would  have 
been  almost  as  discretionary  had  the  County  Court  regulated  the  price  of 
merchandise.  Such  attempts  are  almost  always  fallacious,  as  the  laws  of 
demand  and  supply  invariably  govern  such  transactions. 

The  care  of  the  poor,  review  of  roads,  justices'  districts,  and  such 
matters,  engaged  the  attention  of  the  County  Court  at  its  first  sessions. 
As  the  county  increased  in  population,  its  division  into  smaller  road  and 
justices'  districts  was  made.  The  first  juries  lists  are  now  lost.  The  first 
one  preserved  is  that  drawn  for  the  April  term  of  court  in  1828.  The 


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grand  jury  was  composed  of  the  following  gentlemen :  William  Woodr 
William  Rodgers,  Frederick  Bolinger,  Samuel  B.  Jones,  David  Marks* 
George  M.  Richards,  Allen  B.  Hughes,  Larkin  Brown,  Matthew  Elder, 
Nathan  Compton,  Joshua  Crow,  Solomon  Penny,  William  Miller,  George 
Camp,  William  Sharon,  Ira  A.  Hooker,  William  B.  Schott,  Thomas  Cow- 
hick,  Martin  Humphries,  and  Thomas  Allen.  Those  composing  the 
"  travers  "  jury,  as  it  was  called,  were  Richard  Beall,  Samuel  Holloway, 
Charles  W.  Horrell,  Samuel  Berry,  Elias  Williams,  James  Martin,  Stephen 
Burrows,  James  D.  Morrison,  William  Jarrod,  Benjamin  Shartzer,  Peter 
Dew,  Samuel  White,  David  Hibbard,  Thomas  Wishwall,  Richard  P.  Car- 
ter, John  Box,  John  Wilson,  Andrew  Armstrong,  James  Taylor,  Benjamin 
William  Wyatt,  Solomon  Perkins,  Samuel  Matthews,  and  James  Redman. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  County  Court  on  March  4, 1828,  the  county  was 
divided  into  seven  road  districts,  which  number  was  shortly  greatly 
increased,  so  rapidly  did  the  county  fill  with  settlers.  On  the  6th  of 
the  same  month,  the  court  ordered  the  clerk  to  give  notice  that  on  the 
10th  of  April  following,  the  building  of  a  court  house  would  be  let  to 
responsible  bidders.  At  first  the  plan  was  to  construct  a  brick  building, 
two  stories  high,  forty  feet  square.  On  the  22d  a  special  meeting  of  the 
commissioners  was  called,  and  the  plan  altered,  making  the  building  fifty 
feet  long  and  forty  feet  wide.  None  of  the  bids  offered  for  its  construc- 
tion were  accepted,  and  no  contracts  made  that  year.  The  next  year  the 
county  commissioners  were  Joseph  M.  Fairfield,  John  Wyatt,  and  Samuel 
Rogers,  and  at  a  meeting  of  this  court  on  January  31,  1829,  it  was 
decided  to  let  the  work  in  separate  bids,  and  these  were  accordingly 
advertised.  On  the  14th  of  March,  the  contracts  for  its  construction 
were  let ;  the  brick  and  stone  work  to  Garrison  W.  Berry  and  Henry 
Robley,  for  $1,720  ;  the  carpenter  work  to  Rice  Dunbar  and  Henry 
Robley,  tor  $1,350,  and  a  few  minor  contracts  to  other  individuals.  On 
March  5,  1830,  contracts  for  finishing  the  court  house,  putting  in  win- 
dows, placing  window-shutters  in  place,  with  many  other  articles  needed, 
was  let  to  Rice  Dunbar  and  Henry  Blandford,  for  $1.250  ;  for  lathing  and 
plastering  to  Henry  Robley  and  Isham  Dalton,  for  $326. 62^  ;  for  painting 
to  John  Challon,  for  $389,  and  to  James  .Hurst,  for  the  floors  $41.  The 
court  house  was  accepted  by  the  county  commissioners  at  their  meeting 
on  September  8,  1830.  The  contractors  and  builders  were  paid  in  install- 
ments, as  had  been  agreed.  The  total  cost,  when  complete,  was  about 
£4,000.  The  building  was  the  first  brick  house  in  the  county,  and  occu- 
pied the  central  square  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  State  street  and  west 
of  Main  street.  To  meet  the  expense  in  the  erection  of  this  edifice,  and 
for  the  county  revenue,  a  tax  was  ordered  levied  at  the  meeting  of  March 
4th,  1829,  on  all  slaves,  indentured  or  registered,  negro  or  mulatto  ser- 
vants, on  pleasure  carriages,  on  distilleries,  on  stock  in  trade,  on  live 
stock,  and  on  all  personal  property,  except  household  furniture — the  ratio 
being  one-half  per  cent.  One  per  cent,  was  also  established  for  the  erec- 
tion of  public  buildings,  in  accordance  with  an  act  passed  by  the  General 
Assembly. 

This  court  house  remained  in  use  until  it  was  superseded  by  the 
present  commodious  structure,  completed  in  1868.  It  had  served  the 
county  thirty-eight  years,  and  then  gave  way  to  its  handsome  successor. 
It  had  for  some  time  been  the  desire  of  the  citizens  generally  that  it  should 


260  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

I 

be  removed  from  its  position,  and  the  square  left  for  an  ornament  to  the 
town.  The  "  old  court  house,"  as  it  was  called,  was  also  inadequate  to 
the  increasing  demands  of  the  county,  and  was,  when  the  "new  court 
house"  was  erected,  pulled  down  and  the  material  used  elsewhere.  The 
present  structure  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  West,  and  is  unusually  safe 
from  fire.  It  is  constructed  almost  entirely  of  stone  and  iron;  the  first 
named  material  being  obtained  from  the  quarries  at  Joliet. 

The  old  jail  was  built  of  hewed  timbers,  each  was  about  one  foot 
square,  and  every  wall  was  made  double.  Between  these  double  walls, 
upright  pieces  of  timber,  of  the  same  dimensions  as  that  used  in  the  wall, 
were  placed,  so  that  if  a  criminal  attempted  to  escape  by  cutting  through 
the  wall,  these  inner  pieces  would,  when  a  section  was  cut  out  of  one  of 
them,  drop  down,  and  thus  the  process  would  have  to  be  repeated  until 
the  whole  would  be  cut  away.  This  would  take  more  time  than  any 
criminal  could  use  without  being  detected,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  the  pro- 
cess was  ever  attempted.  At  the  meeting  of  the  County  Court,  on  "March 
9,  1832,  it  was  decided  to  erect  a  new  jail,  and  the  clerk  of  that  court 
was  ordered  to  advertise  in  the  Illinois  Patriot,  for  sealed  proposals  from 
builders  for  its  construction.  It  was  determined  it  should  be  built  of 
brick  and  stone,  and  the  contract  for  that  part  of  the  construction  was, 
at  a  subsequent  meeting,  awarded  to  Abram  Dewitt,  for  about  eighteen 
hundred  dollars.  The  carpenter  work  was  given  to  Ebenezer  Miller,  for 
nearly  fifteen  hundred  dollars.  The  jail  was  completed  in  1833,  its  entire 
cost  being  about  thirty-five  hundred  dollars. 

This  jail  was  the  stronghold  for  detaining  criminals  many  years.  It, 
in  turn,  also  became  unsafe  through  the  lapse  of  years,  and  was  declared 
unfit  for  use.  In  the  spring  of  1804  steps  were  taken  for  the  erection  of 
a  more  substantial  jail.  The  old  one  was  pronounced  unsafe  and  un- 
comfortable by  the  county  commissioners,  who  decided  to  erect  a  new  one. 
After  mature  deliberation,  it  was  decided  to  construct  the  building  with 
iron  cells,  and  Hon.  Stephen  Dunlap,  a  member  of  the  court,  was  in- 
structed to  proceed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  with  a  competent  mechanic,  and 
make  arrangements  for  its  construction. 

Mr.  Jessee  T.  Newman  had  offered  $3,000  for  the  old  lot  and  jail. 
It  was  decided  to  accept  this  offer,  and  purchase  another  site.  After 
examining  various  offered  sites,  a  lot  owned  by  Mr.  John  Trabue  was 
selected  and  he  was  paid  for  the  same  $3,500.  Work  on  the  jail  was 
soon  after  begun,  and  prosecuted  until  its  completion.  The  building  cost 
$27,500,  and  is  yet  in  use. 

The  keeping  of  the  county  poor  has  always  been  a  serious  question 
in  the  management  of  county  affairs.  At  first  they  were  "  farmed  out," 
as  it  was  termed,  that  is  given  to  suitable  persons  to  keep.  These  were 
obligated  to  provide  a  reasonable  maintainance.  In  case  the  person  kept 
was  able  to  work,  the  one  keeping  him  could  obtain  a  partial  recompense 
in  that  manner,  and  in  addition  was  given  an  allowance  from  the  county 
treasury.  Minors  were  bound  out  until  of  age,  and  the  person  to  whom 
they  were  given  was  required  to  provide  for  them  schooling  a  reasonable 
length  of  time  during  the  year.  These  and  various  methods  were  tried  in 
the  early  days  of  the  West,  but  did  not  at  all  times  prove  satisfactory. 
With  all  due  diligence,  in  some  cases  the  poor  would  fall  into  the  hands 
of  those  who  only  desired  gain  by  their  labors,  and  who  cared  nothing  for 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

their  moral  advancement.  Minors  would  often  be  mistreated  and  unpro- 
vided with  the  means  of  education,  and  their  moral  training  wholly 
neglected. 

The  earliest  attempts  to  keep  this  class  of  people  by  the  county  were 
made  about  1840.  A  poor  farm  was  established  a  few  miles  north  of 
Jacksonville,  and  many  of  them  sent  there  for  keeping.  The  house  was 
not  built  expressly  for  this  purpose,  having  been  a  residence,  but  was 
used.  Additions  were  made  to  it  in  1847,  when  Joseph  Halsep  was 
superintendent,  as  the  accommodations  were  not  such  as  desired.  At  this 
time  insane  persons  were  kept  by  the  county.  Mrs.  Dix,  a  woman  who 
devoted  her  life  to  this  unfortunate  class  of  humanity,  and  whose  history 
is  given  in  connection  with  that  of  the  Insane  Asylum,  elsewhere  in  this 
volume,  came  about  this  time  to  Morgan  County  and  visited  the  poor 
house.  Finding  all  classes  of  the  poor  kept  together,  and  no  provision 
for  the  insane,  she  vigorously  set  to  work  to  remedy  the  evil.  She  visited 
the  county  commissioners  and  urgently  importuned  them  to  sell  the 
property  and  purchase  elsewhere.  She  selected  a  site  just  east  of  the 
city,  and  succeeded  in  her  purpose.  On  July  12,  i847,  James  H.  Linton 
was  appointed  agent,  on  behalf  of  the  county,  to  purchase  fourteen  acres 
at  a  price  not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars  per  acre.  Before  the  purchase  was 
made  the  number  of  acres  was  increased  10  thirty.  On  September  10th 
the  old  poor  house,  and  property  belonging  thereto,  was  ordered  to  be 
sold.  An  addition  to  the  new  location  was  purchased  of  W.  B.  Warren, 
in  1854,  for  four  thousand  dollars.  In  accordance  with  the  views  of  Mrs. 
Dix,  a  building  for  the  use  and  care  of  the  insane  was  erected,  in 
addition  to  the  building  intended  for  the  paupers,  and  new  and  improved 
methods  adopted  in  the  treatment  of  all. 

This  farm  was  occupied  until  1867.  The  city's  growth  had  reached 
the  grounds,  and  advantageous  offers  were  made  to  the  county  for  the 
property.  As  the  population  of  the  county  had  increased,  the  number  of 
poor  augmented  until  more  land  and  more  accommodations  were  neces- 
sary. Land  adjoining  the  farm  was  too  valuable  for  such  purposes,  and 
the  county  commissioners  decided  to  sell  the  property,  and,  by  going 
farther  from  the  city,  purchase  more  land.  On  January  27,  186u,  in 
accordance  with  an  order  of  this  court,  the  county  farm,  and  all  property 
therewith,  was  sold  at  public  sale  to  Joseph  R.  Askew  and  John  T. 
Springer  for  $13,375.  These  persons  soon  after  laid  the  farm  out  in  town 
lots,  and  as  such  it  is  now  known  as  Askew  and  Springer's  addition  to 
Jacksonville.  This  sale  necessitated  a  new  location.  The  most  eligible 
site,  offering  timber  for  fuel,  was  the  farm  of  Cornelius  Goltra,  about  three 
miles  northwest  of  the  city.  This  farm,  of  two  hundred  acres,  was  pur- 
chased for  about  $13,000,  and  the  present  poor  house  built  thereon.  It 
is  a  good  structure,  capable  of  accommodating  all  those  who  may  call 
upon  the  county  for  keeping,  and  is  excellently  managed.  In  ordinary 
years  the  farm  bears  a  large  share  of  the  expense,  and  furnishes  employ- 
ment to  all  inmates  able  to  work. 

The  erection  of  the  several  county  buildings  has  now  been  conclu- 
sively stated,  and  it  will  be  well  before  closing  this  chapter  to  note  the 
various  divisions  of  the  county.  From  its  earliest  existence,  as  settle- 
ments increased,  the  justices'  and  road  districts  were  set  off,  and  their 
boundaries  determined.  On  June  30,  1828,  the  county  was  divided  into 


262  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

five  election  precincts,  known  as  Jacksonville,  Exeter,  Sandy,  Apple 
Creek,  and  Clay  Creek  precincts.  The  judges  appointed  for  each  district 
were:  Joseph  Klein,  John  Leeper,  Aaron  Wilson,  Jacksonville;  Daniel 
Lieb,  Baxter  Broadwell,  and  Daniel  Burbank,  Exeter ;  James  Hatchin, 
Alexander  Walls,  and  Alvin  Coe,  Sandy ;  John  Lappington,  John  Wil- 
liams, and  Thomas  Luttrell,  Apple  Creek ;  Thomas  Gatton,  William 
Sumners,  and  Joshua  Crow,  Clay  Creek.  Indian  Creek  precinct  was  not 
long  after  added,  and  William  Lager,  Isaac  R.  Bennett,  and  Equillar 
Hall  appointed  judges  of  election.  All  those  named  were  to  serve  two 
years  from  the  date  of  the  appointments.  On  the  next  day  after  the 
division  of  the  county  into  election  precincts,  the  trustees  for  the  school 
sections  were  appointed.  On  June  8,  1831,  William  Thomas  was 
appointed  school  agent  on  behalf  of  the  county  to  sell  these  sections, 
and  thereby  create  a  school  fund.  His  bond  was  $12,000,  and  he,  with 
his  characteristic  honesty,  discharged  his  duties  faithfully.  It  is  doubt- 
ful if  the  National  Congress  ever  passed  an  act,  which  resulted  in  equal 
benefit  to  the  people,  as  this  one.  Three  years  before  Judge  Thomas' 
appointment,  on  Sept.  2,  1828,  the  Mound  school  district  was  established; 
probably  the  first  school  district,  at  least  the  first  on  record,  in  the 
county.  At  this  time  no  bridges  were  built  for  the  accommodation  of 
travelers.  All  crossing  of  streams  was  done  by  ferries,  the  owners  of 
which  were  allowed  to  charge  a  fee,  regulated,  like  tavern  licenses,  by 
the  County  Court.  On  the  day  the  trustees  for  the  school  sections  were 
appointed,  the  rates  of  ferriage  over  the  Illinois  River  were  established 
as  follows : 

"'  For  each  four-horse  or  ox  team  and  carriage,  seventy-five  cents ; 
for  each  two-horse  or  ox  team  and  carriage,  fifty  cents ;  for  each  one- 
horse  and  carriage,  thirty-seven  and  one-half  cents;  for  each  man  and 
horse,  twelve  and  a  half  cents  ;  for  each  footman,  six  and  a  fourth  cents  ; 
for  each  head  of  loose  horses  or  cattle,  six  and  a  fourth  cents ;  for  each 
head  of  hogs,  sheep  or  goats,  three  cents."  These  were  the  common 
rates  charged.  The  price  of  license  was  according  to  the  location.  At 
Beard's  ferry  it  was  four  dollars  ;  at  Grun's,  two  dollars,  and  at  Phillips', 
three.  Others  were  charged  like  amounts. 

Enough  has  now  been  told  to  give  an  intelligent  idea  of  the  acts  of 
the  county  as  a  corporate  body.  At  every  meeting  of  the  County  Court 
new  tavern  and  ferry  licenses  were  issued.  Prominent  among  the  names 
appearing  on  the  records  are  those  of  Joseph  Bently,  Nathan  H.  Gest, 
Abraham  Vance,  Abraham  DeWitt,  and  Thomas  Bently,  all  of  whom 
were  licensed  to  "  keep  tavern  "  in  the  county  seat,  and  the  majority  of 
whom  paid  five  dollars  fee.  Ira  Kelley  was  licensed  to  open  a  house  of 
entertainment  in  Exeter,  Thomas  Beard  at  his  ferry,  Archibald  J.  Hite 
at  a  mill  on  Sandy  Creek,  Jacob  Ekelburner  at  Naples,  and  others  at 
different  places,  as  the  county  filled  with  settlers,  and  the  needs  of  the 
country  required.  These  persons'  rates  of  charges  were  all  fixed,  and, 
as  will  be  seen  by  the  reader  in  those  quoted  elsewhere,  included  wine, 
gin,  rum,  cordial,  and  whisky. 

The  increase  in  population  also  demanded  new  road  districts,  which 
from  time  to  time  were  made.  New  polling  places  were  also  established, 
and  we  find  as  early  as  1830,  Jacksonville  had  so  increased  in  inhabitants, 
that  on  June  8th  of  that  year  an  additional  voting  place  was  made  therein. 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 


The  next  year  Stephen  R.  Bartlett  and  Isaac  Negus  were  licensed  to  sell 
clocks.  The  former,  being  a  non-resident,  was  charged  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  the  privilege,  while  the  latter,  a  resident,  was  charged  half  that 
sum.  Knapp  &  Pogue,  B.  and  Francis  Ayers  paid  ten  dollars  for  the 
privilege  of  opening  a  store  and  doing  business  in  the  county  seat.  At 
the  meeting  of  the  Commissioners'  Court,  on  March  9,  1831,  the  follow- 
ing firms  were  licensed  to  sell  goods  in  the  county.  From  the  number 
the  reader  will  readily  perceive  the  increase  in  population  and  commerce 
a  lapse  of  five  years  had  produced  in  Morgan  County.  The  list  with  the 
rates  of  charges  for  the  license  is  herewith  appended  as  given  on  that  day  : 

Alexander  T.  Douglas,  five  dollars ;  James  Dunlap  &  Co.,  twelve 
dollars  and  fifty  cents ;  Nathan  H.  Gest,  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents ;. 
N.  and  N.  H.  Johnson  and  Joshua  D.  Austin,  five  dollars  each ;  John  P. 
Wilkinson,  the  same  as  James  Dunlap  &  Co. ;  Archibald  T.  Hite,  Joseph 
M.  Fairfield,  William  Hunter,  and  Davenport  &  Henderson,  each  five 
dollars  ;  Hook  &  Wish  wall  and  James  P.  Coddington  &  Co.,  seven  dollars 
and  fifty  cents  each,  and  Gillett  &  Gordon,  fifteen  dollars,  making  a  total 
amount  received  that  day  from  this  source,  ninety-seven  dollars  and  fifty 
cents.  Tavern  licenses  had  by  this  time  raised,  as  we  find  F.  C.  Maupin 
was  charged  eleven  dollars  to  open  such  a  house  on  Apple  Creek,  and 
five  dollars  to  "  vend  merchandise  therein." 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature,  approved  April  23,  1831,  James  Green, 
John  Henderson,  and  Joseph  Cloud  were  appointed  commissioners  "  to 
survey  and  lay  out"  a  State  road  from  Henderson's  Grove  in  Montgomery 
County  to  Jacksonville,  and  afterwards  John  Green  and  Abraham  Vance 
were  appointed  to  lay  out  this  road  through  the  county  to  Naples  on  the 
river.  This  road  was  reviewed  from  Jacksonville  to  Naples  by  Abraham 
Vance,  John  Green,  and  Alexander  Wells,  and  thereby  finally  established. 
Throughout  the  county's  existence  its  several  acts  as  a  corporate  body 
have  been  similar  to  those  narrated,  being  changed  as  the  exigencies 
required,  and  as  the  increase  in  population,  wealth,  and  commerce 
demanded.  The  county  is  yet  under  the  old  form  of  government,  the 
township  form  not  being  adopted.  Three  commissioners  comprise  the 
County  Court,  and  attend  to  all  business  relating  to  the  commonwealth.. 

The  political  history  of  Morgan  County  would  be  incomplete  without 
a  list  of  its  officers.  It  is  here  given  as  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of 
State : 

A  LIST  OF  THE  COUNTY  OFFICERS  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY 
FROM   1823  TO  1877. 


)ATE  OF   COMMISSION. 

February  15,  1823,    . 

"        L7,     " 
ipril  2,  1823,  .     .     . 

u       u          u 

Fanuary  15,  1824,      . 

•'        29      •• 
September  3,  1824,    . 
October  1,  1824,     . 
Fanuary  10,  1825, 

"        18,     " 

u  u         u 


Recorder,     .... 
Probate  Judge, 
Sheriff,     .     .     . 
Coroner,    .... 
Probate  Judge,     .     . 
Surveyor,  .... 
Coroner,       .... 
Sheriff,       .... 
Surveyor,     .... 
Public  Administrator, 
Probate  Judge,     .     . 


NAMES. 

Dennis  Rockwell. 
Milton  Ladd,  Bes&?|d  f|C 
Willi  Green. 
James  Deaton. 
Aron  Wilson. 
Johnson  Shelton. 
James  Deaton. 
Jos.  M.  Fairfield. 
John  Shelton. 
Jonathan  Sweet,  Sr. 
A.  Wilson. 


264 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 


DATE  OF  COMMISSION. 

June  8,  1825,     .     . 
January  23,  1826, 
September  28,  1826, 
December  11,  1826, 
September  11, 1828,. 


tt          tt 


March  28,  1829,      . 
August  21,  1830, 
September  2,  1830, 
February  12,  1831, 
August  20,  1832,    . 

tt  u          tt 

"       22,  1834,    . 
November  7,  1834, 
August  17,  1835,    . 

tt  tt  U 

September  11,  1837, 
September  5,  1838, 
August  23,  1838,    . 

28,  1839, 
"       17,     " 

tt  It  tt 

December  9,  1839, 

"         31,     " 
August  13,  1840,    . 

tt  tt  1.1. 

August  6,  1842,      . 

"      11,      " 
March  4,  1843,  .     . 
August  18,  1843, 


u  u 


"       23,     " 
October  19,  1843,  . 
August  12,  1844, 

tt  tt  it 

August  9,  1845,    . 


tt  U  it 


"       15,  « 
"       22,  1846, 
"       27,     " 

tt  u          tt 

February  8,  1847,  . 
August  11,  1847, 

41  It  it 

August  22,  1848, 

"       23      " 
November'30,  1849, 


OFFICE. 

Surveyor,  . 

M 

Coroner,    . 
Sheriff,    . 


Coroner,       .... 
Public  Administrator, 
Coroner,       .... 
Sheriff,      .... 
Public  Administrator, 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 
Surveyor,     .... 
Recorder,       .     .     . 
Probate  Justice,    . 
Sheriff,      .... 
Coroner,       .... 
Probate  Justice, 
Recorder,     .... 
Surveyor,  .... 
Coroner,       .... 
Surveyor,  .... 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 


Sheriff,      .... 
Public  Administrator, 
Recorder,  .... 
Surveyor,     .... 
Probate  Justice, 
Recorder,     .... 
Sheriff,       .... 
Coroner,       .... 
Sheriff,       .... 
Surveyor,     .... 

Coroner, 

Sheriff, 

Public  Administrator, 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 
Public  Administrator, 
Surveyor,     .... 
Recorder,  .... 
Sheriff,    .     .     .     .     . 
Coroner,    .... 
County  Judge,      .     . 
Clerk  County  Court, 
Surveyor,     .... 


NAMES. 

Johnston  Shelton. 

tt  a 

Philip  Aylsworth. 
Willi  B.  Green.  * 
Sam'l  T.  Matthews. 
William  Jarred. 
Murry  McConnell. 
Wm.  Jarred. 
Sam'l  T.  Matthews. 
Murry  McConnell. 
William  O'Rear. 
Jesse  W.  Redding. 
William  O'Rear. 
Anthony  Arnolds. 
Johnson  Shelton. 
J.  M.  McKinney. 
Matthew  Stacy. 
A.  Dunlap. 
Anthony  Arnold. 

D.  P.  Henderson. 
James  McKinney. 
A.  W.  Sweet. 

E.  A.  Mears. 
Henry  Saunderson. 
Ira  Davenport. 
Robert  S.  Anderson. 
Sam'l  Q.  Reaugh. 
Alex.  Dunlap. 
Geo.  McHenry. 

T     M     T  n 

d.   1V1.  l^U 

Johnson  Shelton. 
Matthew  Stacy. 
J.  M.  Lucas. 
William  Grees.  ^ 
James  Holmes. 
Ira  Davenport. 
W.  B.  Warren. 
D.  C.  Creamer. 
Ira  Davenport. 
John  W.  Evans. 
Ira  Davenport. 
D.  C.  Creamer. 
John  W.  Evans. 
Geo.  M.  Richards. 
James  Maxwell. 
Ira  Davenport. 
David  C.  Creamer. 
James  Berdan. 
G.  A.  Dunlap. 
Harvey  Rout. 


Resigned    Septem- 
berl2,  1843. 


HISTOEY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 


265 


DATE  OF  COMMISSION. 

Elected  Sept.  4,  1848, 
November  20,  1850,  . 


OFFICE. 


lb  U 


10,  1851,  . 
23,  1852, 


"         25,  1853,  . 

K  bb       bb 

b(  bb       u 

((  bb       d 

December  24,  1853,  . 
November  14,  1854,  . 

U  bb  bb 

13,  1855,  . 
10,  1856, 

u  bb          u 

"         14,    " 

21,  1857,  . 
((  bb       bb 

"         19,     "      . 
"         21,     " 


January  6,  1858,  . 
November  18,  1858, 
"          30,     " 

1859, 

it 

March  13,  1860,      . 

November  14,  1860, 

it  d       (b 

"         19,  1861, 


bb  bb       (b 

December  2,  1862, 

"         16,     " 
November  18,  1863, 


December  1,  1864, 

it         it       u 

November  18,  1865, 


19,  1866, 
24,     " 


Clerk  Circuit  Court, 
Sheriff,    ...... 

Coroner,    .... 

Surveyor,     .... 

Sheriff,       .... 

Coroner,       .... 

Clerk  Circuit  Court, 
County  Clerk,       .     . 
County  Justice, 

County  Judge,    .     . 
County  Surveyor, 
School  Commissioner, 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 
Surveyor,     .... 
Sheriff,       .     ... 
Coroner,       .... 
Circuit  Clerk,     .     . 
County  Judge,      .     . 
County  Justice, .     . 

County  Clerk,     .     . 
Assessor  and  Treasurer, 
School  Commissioner, 
County  Surveyor, 
Surveyor, 

Coroner,       .... 
Treasurer  and  Assessor, 
School  Commissioner, 
County  Surveyor,   . 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 
County  Judge,      .     . 
County  Justice, 

County  Clerk,     .     . 
County  Surveyor, 
Sheriff,       .... 
Coroner,       .... 
Circuit  Clerk,     .     . 
School  Commissioner, 
County  Treasurer,  . 
County  Surveyor, 
Circuit  Clerk,     .     . 

Sheriff, 

County  Judge,   . 
County  Clerk, 

Sheriff, 

Coroner,    .... 


NAMES. 

Charles  Hardin. 

Jonathan  Neeley. 

Timothy  Chamberlain. 

Harvey  Rout. 

Martin  H.  Cassell. 

Timothy  Chamberlain,  Jr. 

Charles  Hardin. 

Matt.  Stacy. 

I.  R.  Bennett. 

I.  R.  Duncan. 

Jas.  Berdan. 

.Geo.  M.  Richards. 

W.  Catlin. 

Cyrus  Mathews. 

James  Mitchell. 

Chas.  Packard. 

Chas.  Sample. 

James  E.  Mitchell. 

Charles  Hardin. 

Jos.  J.  Cassell. 

Geo.  B.  Waller. 

A.  J.  Thompson. 

Matthew  Stacy. 

Wm.  G.  Johnson. 

Newton  Batemau. 

Wm.  S.  McPherson. 

I.  S.  Hicks. 

John  Selby. 

Thos.  J.  Caldwell. 

Jno.  T.  Springer. 

Zenos  F.  Moody. 

Edward  Scott. 

Sam'l  S.  Davis. 

S.  S.  Duncan. 

Stephen  Dunlap. 

Nathan  Hart. 

John  Trabue. 

Wm.  S.  McPherson. 

A.  J.  Bradshaw. 
E.  C.  Drew. 

B.  F.  Bristow,  toflll  a  vacancy. 
Sam'l  M.  Martin. 
James  H.  Laston. 

W.  S.  McPherson. 
Stephen  Sutton. 
Smith  M.  Palmer. 
H.  G.  Whittock. 
John  Trabue. 
S.  L.  Moore. 
Field  Sample. 


266 


HISTORY   OF    MORGAN   COUNTY. 


DATE  OF  COMMISSION. 

November  13,  1868, 


16,     " 
13,     " 

16,  1869, 


December  8,  " 
"    22   " 
November  16,  1870, 

"    17,  " 
December  2,  1870, 
May  7,  1872,  .  .  . 

"  13,  "    .  . 
November  19,  1872,  . 
29,  " 


26,  1873,  . 
"    19   " 
Elected  Nov.  '4,  1873, 
January  22,  1874, 


November  12,  1874,  . 


10,  1875, 

u          u 

16,  1876,  ' 
24,     "      . 
13,     " 
21,     "      . 
13,     « 
10,  1877  . 


OFFICE. 

Circuit  Clerk,  . 
Sheriff, 
Coroner, 
Circuit  Clerk,     - 
County  Judge, 
Associate  Justice, 


Geo.  W.  Clark. 
Isaac  S.  Sierer. 
John  H.  Gruber. 
Geo.  W.  Clark. 
Edward  Scott. 
Samuel  Wood. 
Job  W.  English. 
John  Trabue. 
W.  S.  McPherson. 


County  Clerk,    .     . 

Surveyor, 

School  Commissioner,    S.  M.  Martin. 

Sheriff, Benj.  Pyatt. 


Coroner, 

Surveyor, 

Treasurer,      .     .     . 

Surveyor, 

Coroner,    . 

Sheriff,    .... 

States  Attorney, 

Circuit  Clerk,  . 

County  Judge,   . 

County  Clerk, 

School  Com.,  .  . 
11  "  1  year, 
tc  ti  2  " 

4.  U  _<">  it 


Henry  Lawler. 
C.  C.  Bobbins. 
W.  H.  Wright. 
Chas.  B.  Lewis. 
Michael  Karney. 
W.  H.  Bradwell. 
H.  O.  Cassell. 
Jo.  W.  Caldwell. 
Edward  P.  Kirby. 
Samuel  M.  Martin. 
Henry  Higgins. 
Dan'l  Deitrick,  com. 
James  H.  Devore. 
John  Virgin. 
Dan'l  Deitrick. 


II  U  g  II 

Sheriff, Irvin  Dunlap. 

Coroner,    ....  Theo.  Allen. 

Treasurer,    ....  W.  H.  Wright. 

Surveyor,  ....  W.  H.  Rowe. 

Circuit  Clerk,  .     .     .  John  N.  Marsh. 

States  Attorney,     .  Jas.  N.  Brown. 

Sheriff, Irvin  Dunlap. 

Coroner,    ....  Philip  Braun. 

County  Commissioner,  John  Virgin. 

"       Judge,   .     .  Edward  P.  Kirby. 

"       Clerk,       .     .  Benj.  R.  Upham. 

"       Treasurer,  .  W.  H.  Wright. 

"      Superintendent, Henry  Higgins. 

"       Commissioner,  D.  H.  Lollis. 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  267 


PAST    AND    PRESENT. 


"  Should  auld  acquaintance  be  forgot, 

And  never  brought  to  min'  ? 
Should  auld  acquaintance  be  forgot, 
And  days  o"  lang  syne  ?  " 


On  a  beautiful  autumnal  afternoon,  in  the  month  of  September,  1869,  a 
large  concourse  of  people  gathered  to  witness  the  dedication  of  Diamond 
Grove  Cemetery.  On  reaching  the  cemetery,  the  company  gathered  about 
a  fine  monument  standing  near  the  entrance.  It  is  of  white  Italian 
marble,  with  a  square  base  about  three  feet  in  diameter,  and  about  three 
feet  high  above  the  pedestal  to  the  shaft,  which  is  of  the  same  material 
ind  eight  feet  in  height,  surmounted  with  a  wreath,  making  the  whole 
leight  of  the  monument,  from  the  foundation  to  the  top  of  the  shaft, 
thirteen  feet.  It  is  the  first  monument  which  strikes  the  visitor  as  he 
mters  the  enclosure,  and  its  historic  inscriptions  at  once  explain  the  fact 
that  the  cemetery  itself  bears  the  same  name  given  it  by  the  first  pioneers 
)f  the  county.  On  the  eastern  base  of  the  monument  appears  the  follow 
ing  inscription : 

ISAAC  FORT  ROE, 

SON  OF 

REV.  OZEL  ROE,  OF  WOODBRIDGE,  N.  J., 
Left  New  York  for  the  West  October  15,  1819,  settled  in 

DIAMOND   GROVE, 

In  February,  1820,  Died  October  12,  1821, 

AGED  FORTY-EIGHT  YEARS. 

ROE. 

The  inscription  on  the  western  side  reads : 

1869. 
ERECTED  BY  THE  COUMTY  OF  MORGAN, 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OK 
ISAAC   FORT    ROE, 

One  of  three  first  settlers,  and  the  first  person 
who  died  in  this  county. 

Facing  the  drive- way,  on  the  north  side  of  the  monument,  is  a 
bass-relief  representation  of  him  who  sleeps  beneath,  in  his  pioneer 
Iress,  with  rifle  on  his  left  arm,  and  broad-ax  in  his  right  hand,  while  in 
the  distance  the  pioneer's  cabin  is  seen. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  monument  the  following  historical  sketch 
engraved  :  "  An  emigration  society  in  the  city  of  New  York,  October 
12,  1819,  appointed  David  Berdan,  Isaac  Fort  Roe,  and  George  Nixon,  to 
explore  the  Western  States  and  select  places  of  settlement  for  its  members. 
They  left  the  city  October  15,  1819,  crossed  the  Wabash  at  Vincennes 
December  26,  passed  and  named  Diamond  Grove  January  23,  1820,  in 
which  he  selected  a  place  of  residence,  and  in  February  built  a  log  cabin 
and  became  one  of  the  first  three  settlers  in  the  county." 

Among  the  audience  assembled  were  those  who  knew  Mr.  Roe,  and 
mid  testify  to  the  facts  narrated.  Dr.  Chandler,  who  attended  him  in 


268  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

his  last  illness,  and  Mr.  Huram  Reeve,  who  had  in  his  possession  the 
nails  used  in  making  the  linn-tree-coffin  for  Mr.  Roe,  were  there. 

After  appropriate  exercises  dedicating  the  cemetery  and  the  monu- 
ment, Judge  William  Thomas  read  the  following  paper,  prepared  by  him 
from  facts,  many  of  which  were  obtained  from  the  journal  of  Mr.  Berdan,. 
furnished  by  his  son,  Judge  Berdan: 

"  On  the  twelfth  of  October,  1819,  a  society  was  organized  in  the 
city  of  New  York  by  the  name  of  the  New  York  Emigration  Society, 
of  which  George  D.  Cooper  was  secretary,  the  object  of  which  was  to 
provide  for  the  exploration  of  such  parts  of  the  United  States  as  might 
be  adjudged  desirable,  and  obtain  information  for  the  benefit  of  persons- 
intending  to  remove  to  those  States.  David  Berdan  (the  father  of  our 
Judge  James  Berdan),  Isaac  Fort  Roe,  and  George  Nixon,  were  appointed 
the  exploring  committee,  who  were  required  to  proceed  to  Buffalo,  and 
from  thence  to  and  through  the  upper  part  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and 
through  the  States  of  Indiana  and  Illinois,  on  such  routes  as  they  might 
determine,  and  return  by  way  of  Pittsburg  and  Easton  to  the  city  of 
New  York.  The  committee  was  required  to  purchase  one  section  or  two 
half  sections,  and  the  fractional  part  of  one  or  more  sections  in  the  States 
of  Ohio,  Indiana,  or  Illinois,  on  some  large  creek  or  navigable  river,  160 
acres  of  which  was  to  be  laid  out  in  village  lots,  four  to  the  acre,  including 
streets,  and  the  residue  in  lots  of  five  acres  including  roads  and  pass- 
ways.  The  committee  was  also  authorized  to  purchase  as  many  quarter 
sections  of  land  as  might  be  subscribed  for,  adjoining  the  land  required  to 
be  laid  out  in  village  and  out-lots.  Eighty-five  dollars  were  advanced 
to  pay  the  first  installment  to  the  Government,  and  the  expense  of 
purchase.  No  member  of  the  society  was  allowed  to  subscribe  for  more 
than  ten  village  lots,  two  out-lots,  and  four  quarter  sections  of  land.  The 
price  of  village  lots  was  fixed  at  two  dollars  each,  and  of  out-lots  at 
twelve  dollars  each.  The  committee  left  New  York  on  the  15th  of 
October,  1819,  and  traveling  by  the  routes  required,  reached  Vincennes  on 
the  20th  of  December,  the  ground  being  covered  with  snow,  which  had 
fallen  the  previous  night  to  the  depth  of  nine  inches.  They  crossed  the 
Wabash  River  on  the  20th ;  crossed  the  Mississippi  River  on  the  ice  -to 
St.  Louis  on  the  31st,  leaving  their  horses  at  '  Boullard's  Inn,'  in  Illinois. 
On  the  5th  day  of  January,  1820,  they  visited  Edwardsville,  where  they 
remained  in  consequence  of  rain  and  continued  snow  storms,  until  the 
12th,  when  they  left  for  the  mouth  of  the  Illinois  River.  That  day  they 
reached  Judge  Lofton's,  in  what  is  now  Jersey  County.  The  next  day 
the  judge  accompanied  them  to  the  mouth  of  the  Illinois,  and  they 
returned  to  his  house  that  night.  The  next  morning  it  was  snowing 
violently,  yet,  notwithstanding  the  severity  of  the  weather,  the  parties 
set  out  for  the  Sangamon  country,  and  at  four  o'clock  p.  m.  reached 
Hammon's,  on  one  of  the  head  branches  of  Macoupin  Creek.  '  This,' 
says  the  journal,  '  proved  a  severe  day  for  us,  as  the  storm  raged  violently 
throughout  the  same.  Hammon's  house  being  in  a  very  unfinished  state 
rendered  our  situation  very  uncomfortable  during  the  night.  The  floor 
we  laid  on  before  the  fire  was  in  a  very  unfinished  state,  and  the  stormy 
wind  passing  between  the  logs  of  the  cabin  annoyed  us  greatly.'  The 
next  day  they  reached  the  house  of  Isaac  Keys,  distant  forty  miles, 
'  situated  in  the  edge  of  the  timber  land,  on  the  east  side  of  Sugar  Creek, 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  269 

about  a  mile  below  the  mouth  of  Lick  Fork.'  That  night  they  were 
visited  again  by  a  violent  storm  which  continued  through  the  next  day, 
which  being  the  Sabbath,  the  parties  remained  indoors.  Starting  on 
January  12th,  they  passed  the  heads  of  branches  by  a  circuitous  route  to 
Brown's,  on  Lick  Creek.  From  here,  with  Brown  for  a  pilot,  they  passed 
around  the  heads  of  streams  emptying  into  the  Sangamon  and  Illinois 
Rivers,  to  Seymour  Kellogg's,  between  Indian  Creek  and  the  Mauvaisterre. 
From  here  they  passed  the  heads  of  the  south  branches  of  this  creek  to 
the  timber  of  Sandy  Creek,  and  from  thence,  pursuing  a  western  course, 
they,  on  the  23d  of  January,  1820,  passed  this  grove  which  they  named 
'  Diamond  Grove.'  Continuing  southwest  they  reached  a  small  camp, 
recently  entered  by  Stephen  Olmstead,  near  what  was  formerly  called 
Swinerton's  Point,  at  the  base  of  the  mound  on  which  Mr.  Adam  Allison 
now  resides.  This  mound  being  covered  with  hickory,  they  named  it 
'Hickory  Grove.' 

"  They  spent  the  night  at  this  camp.  The  next  day  they  set  out,  with 
Mr.  Olmstead  as  a  guide,  the  snow  eighteen  inches  deep,  for  the  mouth  of 
the  Mauvaisterre.  They  reached  the  hills  and  bluffs  of  that  stream  about 
three  o'clock  p.  m.,  when  their  guide  informed  them  '  that  he  had  missed 
the  way,  and  knew  not  where  he  was  or  how  much  farther  they  had  to  go 
to  arrive  at  the  mouth  of  the  creek.'  They  then  returned  to  the  camp, 
where  they  remained  that  night.  With  reference  to  the  region  of  country 
passed  over  between  Kellogg's  and  the  mouth  of  the  Mauvaisterre  and  its 
supposed  outlet,  the  journalist  says :  '  It  appears  as  if  nature  intended 
this  point  as  the  grand  outlet  of  this  most  fertile  of  all  counties  lying  east 
of  it,  and  which  will  in  due  time  become  the  most  populous  and  wealthy 
section  in  the  United  States.' 

"  From  this  camp  the  party  returned  to  Kellogg's,  and  from  thence,  by 
a  circuitous  route,  through  snow  twenty  inches  deep,  they  arrived  at 
Key's,  where  they  remained  during  the  night,  and  from  this  place  they 
traveled  the  prairies  between  the  streams  running  into  the  Sangamon 
River ;  crossed  the  river  on  the  ice  a  short  distance  below  the  junction  of 
.the  north  and  south  forks,  and  after  exploring  the  country  north  and 
south  of  the  river,  they  returned  to  Mr.  Key's,  and  then  by  a  circuitous 
route,  passing  the  heads  of  creeks  and  branches,  they  returned  to  Edwards- 
ville,  where  they  remained  until  the  7th  of  February,  when  they  sepa- 
rated. Messrs.  Berdan  and  Nixon  started  for  New  York,  Mr.  Roe  for  the 
'  Diamond  Grove,'  the  place  selected  for  the  future  residence  of  himself 
and  such  of  his  friends  as  might  be  induced  to  follow  him. 

"  In  this  month  of  February  he  put  up  a  log  cabin  for  his  residence, 
and  subsequently  made  a  small  improvement.  His  earthly  home  was  in 
this  grove  until  October  12th,  1821,  when,  at  the  age  of  forty-eight 
years,  he  departed  to  that  world  of  spirits  to  which  we  are  all  hastening. 
He  was  the  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Ozel  Roe,  of  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey. 
Dr.  Chandler,  his  attending  physician,  in  a  recent  letter  says :  '  He  was 
a  man  of  highly  cultivated  mind,  of  religious  tastes  and  habits,  and  of 
gently,  pious  character.'  Referring  to  his  burial,  he  says  :  '  There  was 
not  a  plank  to  be  had  to  make  a  coffin.  Judge  Wilson  and  others  cut  a 
tree,  split  out  puncheons,  hewed  and  planed  them,  and  made  as  yood  a 
coffin  as  they  could  under  the  circumstances.  He  had  no  relations  to 
mourn  his  loss  ;  no  sermon  was  preached,  no  prayers  were  said,  scarcely 
D 


270  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

a  word  was  spoken  ;    but  silent  and  sad  we  deposited  his  remains  in  the 
grave.' 

"  Mr.  Roe  had  never  been  married.  He  had  been  a  merchant  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  and,  having  sustained  a  heavy  loss  by  failures  of  customers, 
reducing  his  means  below  what  he  thought  essential  to  success  in  busi- 
ness, he  came  West.  His  companions,  David  Berdan  and  George  Nixon, 
also  merchants,  had  been  more  fortunate  ;  their  losses  during  the  crash 
of  1818  and  1819  had  not  so  reduced  their  capital  as  to  make  it  necessary 
to  seek  new  places  of  business. 

"Now,  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  Mr.  Roe  as  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  the  county,  the  first  in  this  grove,  and  the  first  to  die  in  the 
limits  of  the  present  Counties  of  Morgan,  Cass,  and  Scott,  and  the  fact 
connected  with  his  settlement  and  death,  Messrs.  Joseph  Morton,  Huram 
Reeve,  Judge  Whitelock,  and  myself,  acting  by  appointment  of  the 
County  Court,  have  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected." 

This  narrative  states  that  Mr.  Roe  was  one  of  the  first  three  settlers 
in  the  county.  He  was  said  to  be  the  first  to  erect  a  log  cabin  therein, 
but  had  been  preceded  by  two  others.  They  were  Seymour  and  Elisha 
Kellogg,  who  probably  erected  what  is  known  as  rail-pen  cabins.  These 
two  had  penetrated  to  the  territory,  now  comprising  Morgan  County,  in 
the  Autumn  of  1819,  and  had  a  camp  at  the  grove  where  they  were  found 
by  the  three  explorers,  to  whom  they  furnished  corn  for  their  horses,  and 
shelter  for  -themselves.  One  of  them  also  piloted  the  adventurers  to 
Mauvaisterre  Creek,  but,  as  the  narrative  shows,  became  bewildered,  and 
the  entire  party  returned  to  the  camp.  Jeddediah  Webster,  a  soldier  of 
the  war  of  1812,  who  passed  up  the  Illinois  River  to  the  mouth  of 
Mauvaisterre  Creek,  often  spoke  of  assisting  to  build  the  first  cabin  in 
this  county — referring  to  the  one  built  by  Mr.  Roe.  This  assertion  being 
true,  there  were  in  the  Winter  of  1819-'20,  in  the  confines  of  the  three 
counties  often  alluded  to  in  these  pages,  all  of  whom  afterwards  were 
included  in  Morgan  County,  four  settlers.  They  were  the  Kelloggs,  Mr. 
Roe  and  Mr.  Webster.  It  was  during  the  Spring  of  1820  that  the  first 
ground  was  broken  here  for  the  purpose  of  cultivation.  During  the  same 
Spring  the  following  persons  are  known  to  have  located  in  this  then 
western  wilds  :  John  and  William  Wyatt,  Isaac  Reeve,  James  B.  Grain, 
Isaac  Dial,  Thomas  Smith,  James  Deaton,  Robert  James,  Jesse  Ruble, 
Ancil  Cox,  Joseph  Buchanan,  Samuel  Scott,  Isaac  Edwards,  Archibald 
Job,  Stephen  Olmstead,  Michael  Arthur,  James  Buckley,  Aaron  Wilson, 
and  Isaac  Smith.  Mr.  Reeve  settled  on  Sandy,  southwest  of  the 
Diamond  Grove  on  what  has  since  been  known  as  the  Deed's  farm.  Being 
a  blacksmith  he  brought  with  him  his  anvil,  hammers,  and  bellows.  As 
the  season  advanced  and  the  plows  of  the  infant  settlements  began  to 
need  sharpening,  Mr.  Reeve  extemporized  a  blacksmith  shop,  the  first  in 
the  county,  in  the  open  air.  His  anvil  was  fastened  to  a  stump  and  his 
bellows  to  two  saplings,  his  forge  being  a  very  primitive  affair.  To  this 
shop  the  neighbors,  though  many  of  them  lived  miles  away,  came  to 
get  their  little  jobs  of  smithing  done.  It  has  been  claimed  by  some  of 
the  early  residents  about  Winchester,  in  Scott  County,  then  a  part  of 
Morgan,  that  their  date  of  settlement  precedes  that  of  the  settlers  already 
named.  This  is  evidently  an  error,  as  Mr.  James  Gilham,  one  of  the 
oldest  residents  there,  in  a  recent  conversation  with  Mr.  Huram  Reeve, 


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narrates  the  fact  of  coming  from  that  settlement  on  horseback  carrying 
two  plow  shears  to  Mr.  Reeve's  airy  shop  for  the  purpose  of  having  them 
sharpened.  He  remarked  to  Mr.  Huram  Reeve  that  he  would  not  have 
done  this  had  there  been  a  shop  in  his  own  immediate  neighborhood. 

Of  the  settlers  we  have  named  Messrs.  John  and  William  Wyatt 
settled  on  land  now  occupied  by  Alexander  Edgemon.  Mr.  Deaton  and 
his  son  Lewis  made  their  claim  about  four  miles  northwest  of  the 
present  city  of  Jacksonville,  on  the  Meredosia  road.  Mr.  James  settled 
in  the  same  neighborhood.  During  the  same  Spring,  1820,  but  somewhat 
later,  settlements  were  made  in  two  other  neighborhoods.  Mr.  Swin- 
erton,  Mr.  Olmstead,  and  Mr.  Pierce,  fixed  their  location  and  com- 
menced improvement  at  Olmstead's  Mound,  now  known  as  Allison's 
Mound ;  and  on  the  north  fork  of  the  Mauvaisterre  settlements  were  made 
by  Samuel  Scott,  and  Seymour  and  Elisha  Kellogg.  The  latter  settled 
on  the  north  side  of  the  creek,  and  the  first  improvements  were  com- 
menced on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Huffaker  place,  by  Isaac  Edwards. 
Mr.  Buchanan  settled  near  the  head  of  the  south  fork  of  the  Mauvaisterre. 
The  same  Spring  Mr.  Roberts  and  his  sons  settled  at  Island  Grove.  The 
Kelloggs  with  their  families,  being  the  first  permanent  settlers  within 
what  is  now  Morgan  County,  deserve  a  more  extended  notice.  When 
the  erection  of  the  monument  to  the  memory  of  Isaac  Fort  Roe,  took 
place,  it  was  supposed  that  he  was  one  of  the  first  three  settlers  in  the 
territory  of  which  we  are  writing.  He  was  one  of  the  three  explorers 
passing  through  this  region,  as  narrated  in  the  article  of  Judge  Thomas, 
and  was  the  third  settler  in  the  present  limits  of  the  county.  Mrs.  Min- 
erva Richards,  now  living  in  Jacksonville,  a  daughter  of  Ambrose  Collins, 
distinctly  remembers  the  settlement  of  the  Kelloggs.  She  states  that  in 
the  Summer  of  1818,  her  father,  a  native  of  Ontario  County,  New  York, 
left  his  home  with  his  family,  a  few  articles  of  household  furniture 
and  provisions  enough  to  last  some  time,  came  with  two  wagons  to  the 
Alleghany  River,  above  its  junction  with  the  Susquehanna,  where  he 
procured  a  flat-boat  on  which  he  embarked  his  possessions,  and  proceeded 
down  the  Ohio  River.  His  designation  was  the  southern  part  of  Illinois. 
On  the  way  down  the  river  he  fell  in  with  Seymour  and  Elisha  Kellogg, 
who  with  their  families  were  proceeding  in  a  similar  conveyance  to  the 
same  destination.  Mr.  Collins  and  Seymour  Kellogg  had  been  acquainted 
in  their  native  State.  The  latter  had  been  a  Colonel  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  was  known  by  that  title.  At  Shawneetown  they  disembarked  and 
proceeded  in  their  wagons  to.  Carmi,  on  the  little  Wabash  River.  They 
remained  here  during  the  winter,  and  the  following  summer.  Early  in 
the  Autumn  of  1819  they  loaded  their  effects  again  into  their  wagons, 
and  went  oh  westward  to  Edwardsville.  Here  Mr.  Collins  was  taken 
sick  and  was  compelled  to  remain  through  the  winter.  The  Messrs. 
Kellogg  with  their  families  and  Charles  Collins,  a  son  of  Ambrose 
Collins,  with  their  teams,  some  cattle  and  provisions  for  the  winter, 
started  for  the  Sangamo  country.  They  followed  a  more  northern  route 
than  that  generally  adopted  by  emigrants.  Their  only  guide  was  the 
compass  and  a  few  indistinct  trails,  made  by  the  roving  Indians  or  adven- 
turous bee  hunters.  Late  in  the  Fall  of  1819,  they  arrived  near  the  head 
B"  Mauvaisterre  Creek,  erected  two  cabins  arid  made  provisions  for  the 
inter,  now  rapidly  approaching.  The  country  lay  about  them  in  all  its 


272  HISTORY   OF  MOKGAK  COUNTY. 

native  wildness.  No  signs  of  life  were  seen,  save  foot-prints  in  the  brown 
paths,  worn  by  Indian  feet ;  and  the  shy,  frightened  birds,  squirrels,  or 
deer,  that  darted  away  into  the  wildwood,  at  the  approach  of  the 
emigrants.  No  foot  of  white  men  save  that  of  the  adventurous  scout,  or 
wandering  hunter,  had  pressed  the  sod  of  these  wild  prairies,  or  roamed 
through  the  trackless  forests.  Mauvaisterre  Creek  had  not  known  the 
abode  of  a  white  man.  Anxious  to  build  homes  where  they  could  rest 
secure,  and  where  they  could  gather  the  fruits  of  a  life-time,  these 
pioneers  braved  the  dangers  of  a  frontier  life  and  founded  their  homes 
where  now  are : 

" spacious  mansions  firm  and  strong, 

In  place  of  forests  dark  and  dense: 
And  now  instead  of  underbrush 
Runs  many  a  line  of  even  fence. 

"  But  times  will  change  !    The  verdant  hills 

Are  covered  o'er  with  growing  grain; 
And  white  men  till  the  fertile  soil, 

Where  once  the  red  man  used  to  reign. 

"  The  Indian's  voice  is  hushed  and  still  ; 

Existing  but  in  Mem'ry's  hall, 
Where  now  with  echoes  of  the  Past 
We  hear  his  war-whoop  rise  and  fall ! " 

The  winter  of  1819  and  '20  proved  to  be  an  unusually  severe  one. 
The  long  grass  of  the  prairies  had  been  destroyed  by  fires  lighted  by  the 
Indians  or  hunters,  and  much  of  the  undergrowth  in  the  woods  was 
destroyed  by  the  same  element.  Before  the  close  of  the  winter,  the 
provisions  gathered  by  them  for  their  stock,  from  places  where  it  had 
escaped  the  ravages  of  the  fire,  gave  out  and  they  were  compelled  to  cut 
down  trees,  from  the  boughs  of  which  the  cattle  and  horses  could  procure 
a  scanty  supply  of  food.  Many  of  these  wandered  away  and  were  lost, 
while  several  of  them  died  from  the  effects  of  cold  and  hunger.  The 
supply  of  food  for  themselves  and  families  proved  to  be  sufficient,  yet 
their  suffering  from  the  cold  was  often  intense.  Mr.  Seymour  Kellogg 
in  his  search  for  some  of  his  stock,  one*  bitterly  cold  night,  lost  his  way 
and  saved  his  life  only  by  walking  vigorously  between  two  trees  standing- 
several  rods  apart.  He  did  not  dare  to  leave  this  track  during  the  night 
for  fear  of  being  irrecoverably  lost.  He  did  not  know  how  far  he 
was  from  either  his  own  or  his  brother's  cabin.-  On  the  appearance  of 
day-light,  he  found  himself  about  two  miles  from  the  latter  place,  to 
which  he  immediately  repaired.  His  feet  were  badly  frozen  during  the 
night,  making  him  a  cripple  for  several  months. 

Early  in  the  spring  Charles  Collins  returned  to  Edwardsville  with  his 
wagon  and  team,  to  aid  his  father,  should  he  be  sufficiently  recovered,  in 
bringing  his  family  to  the  new  settlement.  It  was  just  before  his  start  to 
Edwardsville  that  the  three  explorers,  whose  names  and  explorations  we 
have  already  recorded,  came,,  and  one  of  them,  Mr.  Roe,  settled  at  the 
place  to  which  he  gave  the  name  "  Diamond  Grove."  Mr.  Collins  with 
his  family  started  on  their  journey  about  the  first  of  March.  On  the  way 
they  were  compelled  to  camp  out  two  nights,  there  being  no  settlers  be- 
tween Edwardsville  and  their  destination.  On  their  arrival,  they  re- 
mained one  night  with  Seymour  Kellogg,  and  then  went  to  an  unfinished 
cabin,  erected  by  Mr.  Olmstead,  who  had  been  exploring  this  country, 


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and  had  built  the  cabin  entered  temporarily  by  Mr.  Collins.  The  location 
not  being  a  desirable  one,  Mr.  Collins  selected  his  claim,  erected  a  cabin 
thereon  as  soon  as  possible,  and  moved  his  family  to  it.  When  Mr.  Olm- 
stead  returned  with  his  family,  he  was  not  satisfied  with  the  claim  he  had 
selected,  and  chose  another,  afterwards  known  as  "  Olmstead  Mound," 
where  he  made  his  permanent  home.  In  1820  Dr.  George  Caldwell,  the 
first  physician  in  the  county,  located. 

We  have  now  fully  described  the  earliest  settlement  in  what  is  now 
Morgan  County.  We  have  also  stated  the  names  of  others  who  came 
here  during  the  spring  of  1820,  and  noted  the  places  of  their  settlement. 
We  have  described  at  some  length  the  settlement  of  the  Kelloggs  — 
Charles  Collins  being  then  a  young  man,  not  making  a  claim  or  founding 
a  home  for  himself,  can  hardly  be  termed  one  of  the  early  settlers — because 
they  were  the  first  settlers  of  the  county,  and  deserve  more  than  a  pass- 
ing notice.  The  information  can  be  relied  on  as  correct,  as  Mrs.  Richards 
distinctly  remembers  the  emigration  and  settlement  of  these  families. 

These  and  the  other  pioneers  came  from  the  southern  part  of  the 
State,  generally  about  Edwardsville,  where  some  had  remained  but  a  short 
time  on  their  journey  to  a  western  home.  They  came  in  emigrant  wagons 
over  the  unbroken  prairies,  through  the  wild  forests,  fording  unbridged 
streams,  and  encamping  wherever  the  shades  of  night  overtook  them. 
They  were  seeking  a  home  that  in  old  age  would  afford  them  protection 
and  comfort.  Upon  reaching  their  destination,  their  first  care  was  the 
erection  of  a  cabin  in  which  to  shelter  themselves  and  their  families.  As 
these  primitive  abodes  were  generally  built  alike  by  all  pioneers,  we  will 
note  hastily  their  manner  of  construction.  A  site  was  generally  selected 
under  the  shelter  of  the  timber,  near  a  spring  or  running  stream.  And 
/  soon  "  the  ax  rang  sharply  'mid  those  forest  shades  which,  from  creation, 
toward  the  sky  had  towered,  in  unshorn  beauty."  Suitable  trees  were 
selected,  which,  after  being  felled,  were  cut  into  proper  lengths  with  the 
ax.  The  lengths,  after  being  split  open  with  the  maul  and  wedge,  were 
rived  into  clapboards,  to  be  used  in  covering  the  cabins.  These  boards 
were  held  to  their  places  on  the  roof  by  weight-poles  laid  on  them  as 
each  layer  was  placed,  the  eave-pole  being  pinned  fast,  and  each  succeed- 
ing weight-pole  up  to  the  comb  being  kept  from  slipping  toward  the  eave 
by  blocks  placed  at  each  end  and  in  the  center  between  them.  The  rail 
cabin  being  raised  and  covered,  a  door  was  cut  out,  jams  pinned  on,  and 
a  clapboard  door  made  and  hung  with  wooden  or  leather  hinges,  to  be 
fastened,  when  closed,  with  a  latch  or  pin.  Dry  grass  was  then  collected 
for  under  bedding,  clapboards  fastened  over  the  cracks,  or  bed-quilts 
hung  up  over  the  walls  to  keep  out  the  wind  and  rain.  The  next  pro- 
ceeding was  to  mark  out  the  boundaries  of  each  claim,  each  settler  being 
entitled,  under  the  rules  of  the  frontier,  to  so  much  land  as  he  thought 
he  could  pay  for  when  the  land  came  into  market.  The  claim  lines  were 
marked  by  blazing  the  trees  through  the  timber  with  an  ax,  and  driving 
stakes  into  the  ground  at  short  distances  over  the  prairie.  The  lines 
thus  established  were  respected  by  new  comers,  and  if  they  did  not  hap- 
pen to  correspond  with  the  government  surveys  when  made,  the  claim  title 
of  the  settler  to  parcels  cut  off  or  divided  was  not  affected,  and  transfers 
were  often  made  between  neighbors  after  the  land  had  been  entered,  in 
order  to  make  the  old  claim  lines  good  to  each  particular  owner.  The 


274  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

next  step  was  to  mark  out  five  or  ten  acres  of  ground  in  the  young  tim- 
ber skirting  the  prairie,  as  a  patch  for  the  first  crop  of  corn.  The  timber 
land  was  selected  as  being  better  fitted  for  immediate  cultivation,  and 
more  easily  broken  than  the  tough,  wild  prairie  sod.  The  work  of  making 
rails  for  fencing  was  now  commenced,  to  be  followed  by  the  clearing, 
grubbing,  and  breaking  of  the  ground,  and  planting  of  the  crop.  The 
corn  having  been  planted  in  the  fresh  soil,  required  but  little  further  at- 
tention for  some  time,  enabling  the  settler  to  finish  his  fencing,  which  was 
usually  done  at  this  period  and  during  the  intervals  of  working  the  crop. 
This  was  the  experience  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Morgan  County  during 
the  first  season. 

The  settlers  mentioned  as  locating  in  1820,  brought  with  them  suffi- 
cient provision  to  last  them  until  the  crop  could  be  gathered.  It  happened 
however,  that  Mr.  Deaton  and  his  son  exhausted  their  supply  of  corn  meal 
and  bacon  sometime  about  the  first  of  June,  compelling  them  to  leave 
their  partly  made  crop  and  travel  a  distance  of  eighty-five  miles,  to  Ed- 
wardsville,  to  renew  their  supply.  The  journey  was  made  chiefly  at 
night,  to  avoid  the  greenhead  flies  of  the  prairie,  which  would,  in  the  day 
time,  almost  bleed  a  team  to  death.  Shaping  their  course  by  the  stars, 
and  without  a  road  or  trail,  they  started  on  the  trip  provisionless.  Their 
first  camping  place  was  on  Apple  Creek.  The  country  had  been  pretty 
well  cleared  of  game  by  the  Indians,  but  here  they  were  fortunate 
enough  to  kill  a  squirrel,  which  they  roasted  at  their  camp  fire.  During 
the  next  day  they  succeeded  in  killing  a  deer  near  where  the  town  of 
Jerseyville  now  stands,  and  thus  they  were  enabled  to  reach  Edwards- 
ville  in  excellent  condition  and  good  spirits.  They  returned  with  a 
sufficient  quantity  of  provisions  to  last  until  their  crop  of  corn  was 
gathered.  Although,  at  this  period,  game  was  exceedingly  scarce,  having 
been  killed  out  or  driven  off  by  the  Indians,  bees  were  abundant,  and  in 
the  fall,  after  the  corn  crop  had  been  made,  the  first  settlers  reaped  a  rich 
harvest  in  honey  and  wax,  the  latter  constituting  at  that  time,  in  connec- 
tion with  furs,  the  circulating  currency  of  the  frontier.  Successful  bee 
hunters  would  often  find  a  half  dozen  or  more  bee  trees  in  one  day.  In 
later  years  Mr.  Wyatt  is  known  to  have  found  twelve  bee  trees  in  one  day. 
The  wax,  when  a  sufficient  quantity  was  collected,  was  taken  to  Edwards- 
ville,  or  St.  Louis,  and  bartered  for  articles  of  household  use.  Wax  or 
coon  skins  was  about  the  only  money  in  use  among  the  settlers.  Diamond 
Grove  was  a  favorite  resort  for  bees,  the  luxuriant  prairies  abounding  with 
wild  flowers  afforded  them  a  rich  field  from  which  to  gather  their  stores. 
Honey  was  commonly  used  to  sweeten  tea  and  coffee,  and,  until  maple 
sugar  was  made,  was  indeed  the  only  article  kept  by  the  settlers  for  such 
purposes.  The  common  query  of  the  good  housewife  now  is,  "do  you 
take  sugar  in  your  tea  or  coffee?"  Then  it  was,  do  you  take  honey  in 
your  tea  or  coffee  ?  If  the  land  did  not  flow  with  milk  and  honey  it  cer- 
tainly abounded  with  the  latter,  and  to  the  settlers  was  an  article  greatly 
prized. 

As  the  new  corn  began  to  harden  it  was  made  into  coarse  meal  for 
family  use  by  rubbing  the  ear  on  a  tin  grater  until  the  grains  were  rasped 
off  close  to  the  cob.  Of  this  meal  bread,  very  sweet  and  palatable,  was 
made.  -The  work  of  grating  was  very  laborious,  and  the  youngsters  of  that 
day  would  often  spend  an  unwilling  evening  hour  in  preparing  meal  on  this 


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old  grater  for  the  family  use.  Late  in  the  autumn,  after  the  corn  became 
hard  enough  to  grind,  Isaac  Fort  Roe  and  Jedediah  Webster  con- 
structed a  hand  mill  at  "  Diamond  Grove,"  to  which  the  settlers  repaired 
to  grind  their  corn.  Like  all  other  mills  of  this  class  it  was  quite  prim- 
itive in  its  construction.  Two  stones  of  the  kind  known  as  "  lost 
stones,"  some  two  feet  in  diameter  were  procured;  these  were  dressed  into 
mill-stone  shape  and  a  hole  drilled  in  the  center  of  the  one  intended  for  the 
upper  stone,  which,  by  an  ingenious  contrivance,  was  made  to  revolve  on 
the  lower.  A  hole  was  drilled  in  the  upper  side  of  the  top  stone,  near 
the  outer  edge,  into  which  a  short  handle  was  inserted.  By  this  means 
it  was  revolved  the  same  as  a  common  mill-stone.  While  the  stone  was 
turned  with  the  right  hand,  the  left  was  used  in  slowly  pouring  the  corn 
into  the  center  hole.  When  the  corn  was  ground  it  worked  its  way  out 
from  between  the  stones,  where  it  was  caught  in  a  vessel  used  for  that 
purpose.  If  the  grater  required  strength  and  tired  its  operator,  the  hand 
mill  was  little  better  in  this  regard.  It  would,  however,  grind  much  more 
rapidly  and  produce  a  finer  quality  of  meal.  This  mill  could  be  changed 
into  a  horse  mill  by  fixing  it  firmly  between  two  posts  and  attaching  a 
sweep  to  it.  Another  contrivance  for  making  meal  was  the  mortar;  this 
was  made  by  burning  or  excavating  the  end  of  a  stump  or  log.  As  the 
hole  in  the  stump  or  log  became  deeper,  it  was  narrowed  until  it  came  to 
a  point.  A  pestle  was  made  to  fit  closely  into  this  aperture;  in  the  end  of 
the  pestle  an  iron  wedge  was  fixed.  When  the  pestles  were  made  of 
great  weight  they  were  attached  to  a  sweep,  made  like  a  well  sweep;  by 
this  means  they  could  be  raised  and  dropped  into  the  mortars.  Meal1  was 
made  in  this  manner  by  simply  breaking  or  pounding  the  corn  until  it 
was  thoroughly  pulverized.  The  mortar  in  this  country  was  probably 
the  invention  of  the  Indians,  as  it  was  in  use  when  discovered  by  the 
white  men.  The  hand  mill  is  spoken  of  in  the  Bible,  and  is  probably  as 
old  as  the  world. 

After  the  hand  mill  and  mortar  came  the  hoi'se  mill,  made  after 
various  plans,  which,  in  its  day,  was  considered  a  great  improvement  on 
its  primitive  predecessors.  During  the  first  years  of  the  settlement  of 
Morgan  County,  the  pioneers  of  that  time,  did  they  desire  better  accommo- 
dations than  that  furnished  at  Diamond  Grove,  were  compelled  to  go 
to  Edwardsville,  eighty-five  miles  away.  The  settlers  were  greatly 
dependent  on  each  other  during  this  period,  and  were  noted  for  their 
hospitality  and  kindness  toward  one  another  and  to  strangers.  Their 
latch  strings  were  always  out,  and  though  frugal  their  fare  and  humble 
their  accommodations  no  one  was  ever  allowed  to  go  away  hungry  or 
uncared  for.  Long  journeys  would  have  to  be  made  to  procure  tools  to 
use  in  their  daily  avocations.  It  was  not  uncommon  for  men  to  go  fifteen 
or  twenty  miles  for  an  iron  wedge,  an  ax,  a  chain,  or  any  such  articles 
when  needed. 

The  rail  cabins  built  by  the  settlers  afforded  shelter  only  during  the 
summer  months.  After  the  corn  and  other  crops  were  well  cultivated 
and  laid  by,  as  the  settlers  termed  it,  each  one  made  preparation  to  erect 
for  himself  a  comfortable  log  cabin.  Logs  of  the  proper  length  were 
chopped,  puncheons  and  clap-boards  were  split,  and  necessary  prepara- 
tions made  to  erect  these  frontier  habitations.  As  the  manner  of 
constructing  these  cabins  has  been  described  in  the  article  on  Agriculture, 


276  HISTOKY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

printed  elsewhere  in  these  pages,  it  is  unnecessary  to  repeat  the  descrip- 
tion here.  The  raising  of  these  cabins  was  always  the  occasion  of  a 
neighborhood  gathering,  each  one  of  the  pioneers  deeming  it  not  only  a 
duty  but  a  pleasure  to  assist  his  neighbor  in  establishing  a  home.  By  the 
time  the  crops  were  gathered  all  the  pioneers  we  have  mentioned  were 
provided  with  homes,  and  the  settlement  of  Morgan  County  had  become 
a  reality. 

Aside  from  the  settlers  already  mentioned,  no  others  are  known  to 
have  settled  here  during  the  Summer  of  1820.  Late  in  the  Autumn  of 
that  year  Mr.  John  Bradshaw  visited  the  settlement,  and  marked  out  his 
claim  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  "Chestnut"  farm,  lying  a  mile 
southeast  of  the  present  city  of  Jacksonville.  He  did  not,  however, 
remain  during  the  winter  or  make  any  improvements  until  the  following 
spring,  when  he  returned  and  began  cultivating  his  claim. 

Gen.  Murray  McConnell,  a  gentleman  afterwards  well  known 
throughout  the  county,  and  who  has  held  many  important  offices  of  trust 
in  the  State,  also  made  his  first  visit  to  the  new  settlement  in  the  Autumn 
of  1820.  He  made  his  settlement  on  the  place  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Milton  Riggs,  Esq.,  in  what  is  at  present  known  as  the  Gilham  Neigh- 
borhood, within  the  present  limits  of  Scott  County,  but  did  not  commence 
improvements  or  remove  his  family  to  his  claim  until  the  following  spring. 

Under  date  of  July  11,  1867,  Murray  McConnell  contributed  to  the 
columns  of  the  Jacksonville  Sentinel,  a  highly  interesting  sketch, 
descriptive  of  the  valle}7  of  the  Illinois  River  and  its  early  settlement. 
After  some  prefatory  remarks  he  says : 

"  Take  as  one  diversion  of  the  State,  the  valley  of  the  Illinois  River, 
including  all  the  country  drained  by  that  stream  and  its  tributaries  : 
then  the  reader  can  cast  his  eye  over  the  map  and  see  that  said  river 
drains  nearly  one-third  of  the  surface  of  the  State,  properly  known  as 
central  Illinois. 

"  You  might  say,  without  fear  of  successful  contradiction,  that  a 
more  fertile  and  beautiful  region  of  land  of  the  same  size,  lying  in  one 
body,  can  not  be  found  on  the  continent  of  America.  The  river  and  its 
tributaries  pass  from  the  east-north-east  to  the  west-south-west,  fully 
across  the  State,  draining  about  an  equal  amount  of  country  on  each  side, 
formed  into  long  arms  of  beautiful,  dry,  rolling,  fertile  prairie  lands,  and 
csfresponding  lines  of  timber  land,  much  narrower  in  width  than  the 
prairie  land,  but  so  distributed  as  to  be  convenient  to  any  section  of 
prairie  land.  The  surface  of  the  timber  land  is  equally  rolling  and 
healthful  as  the  prairie  ;  and  upon  every  section  of  the  timber  and  prairie 
living  water  may  be  had. 

"  This  Illinois  River  is  the  central  water  line  of  the  great  upper 
valley  of  the  Mississippi.  It  lies  and  runs  in  a  deeper  groove  in  the  earth 
than  any  other  river  emptying  into  the  Mississippi.  The  fortieth  degree 
of  north  latitude  crosses  it  in  Cass  County,  about  midway  of  its  course 
across  the  State,  and  on  that  line  of  latitude  the  country  rises  as  you 
follow  it  east  from  this  river  to  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  and  west  to 
the  Rocky  Mountains :  there  not  being  one  spot  of  land  or  water  on  that 
line  east  or  west  from  that  river  that  is  not  higher  than  the  land  near  the 
mouth  of  Indian  Creek,  near  where  the  line  of  north  latitude  crosses  the 
river.  As  an  evidence  that  this  river  lies  deeper  in  the  earth  than  any 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  277 

other  stream  in  the  upper  valley,  it  is  known  that  it  is  the  last  river  to 
freeze  at  the  beginning  of  winter,  and  the  first  to  thaw  in  the  spring, 
among  all  the  streams  in  the  valley  crossed  by  that  line  of  latitude. 

"  This  fact  accounts  for  the  total  absence  of  extensive  swamps  and 
morasses  in  the  valley  of  this  river,  such  as  are  found  upon  the  upper 
portion  of  the  Wabash  valley,  in  Indiana.  The  central  hydraulic  groove 
is  cut  so  deeply  in  the  earth  that  all  the  adjacent  country  is  drained ;  yet 
living  springs  of  pure  and  healthful  water  abound  in  all  its  parts. 

"  Why  so  beautiful,  rich,  and.  healthly  a  country  should  have  remained 
unsettled  so  long — occupied  only  by  savage  men  and  wild  beasts — while 
the  sterile  hills  and  rocks  in  the  freezing  climate  of  New  England,  and 
some  similar  parts  of  the  Middle  States,  became  densely  populated,  is  a 
question  which  arises,  but  which  I  will  leave  others  to  solve,  and  will  now 
turn  my  attention  to  the  history  of  the  first  settlement  of  the  valley  by 
white  men. 

"  It  is  known  by  those  who  have  looked  into  this  question,  that  the 
first  white  inhabitants  and  Christian  civilized  people  that  located  any- 
where in  the  country  now  known  as  the  State  of  Illinois,  came  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  from  France,  by  way  of  Quebec  and  Montreal,  up  the 
line  of  the  lakes  to  Mackinaw,  and  up  Lake  Michigan  across  into  the  Illi- 
nois River :  all  the  way  by  water,  and  down  that  stream  to  the  Mississippi, 
and  across  the  country  and  down  the  Wabash  River,  and  formed  the 
settlements  at  Peoria,  Kaskaskia,  Kahokia,  Dupro,  Carondalet,  and  St. 
Genevieve,  on  the  Mississippi  River,  and  Vincennes  on  the  Wabash  River. 

"  The  French  also  afterward  came  by  way  of  New  Orleans.  No  set- 
tlements worthy  of  note  were  made  on  this  long  line  from  Detroit  to- 
Kaskaskia  with  a  view  to  a  permanent  location,  for  many  years  after  these 
last-named  settlements  were  made.  Trading-houses  were  established  as 
depots  of  commerce  with  the  Indians  at  many  places ;  but  no  farms  were 
made  and  houses  built  with  a  view  to  a  permanent  settlement.  The  peo- 
ple were  traders,  navigators,  trappers  and  hunters,  and  were  people  with- 
out homes,  and  were  called  by  the  French  inhabitants  '  voisseres.'* 

"  This  was  the  situation  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  country  in  the  year 
1775,  or  about  that  time,  when  some  French  inhabitants  from  Kaskaskia, 
being  attracted  by  the  beautiful  lands  on  the  western  banks  of  Lake 
Peoria,  near  a  trading-house  some  distance  above,  where  the  city  of  Peoria 
now  is,  made  a  permanent  location  with  a  view  to  building  a  village  and 
farming  a  common  field  to  raise  grain,  which  was  the  French  mode  of  set- 
tling the  country.  There  was  a  tradition  of  there  having  been  an  earlier 
ettlement,  and  as  early  as  1717  the  King  of  France  made  a  grant  of  all 
he  Mississippi  country,  including  Illinois,  to  John  Law  ;  and  in  17*23  John 
aw  granted  thirty  thousand  acres  to  one  Phillip  Renaults,  which  was 
upposed  to  include  this  land  on  Lake  Peoria,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Illinois  River.  But  the  calls  of  the  grant  were  evidently  written  out  by 
a  person  who  had  never  seen  the  country,  and  knew  nothing  about  its 
localities,  and  were  so  vague  and  uncertain  that  the  grant  never  could  be 
located ;  and  consequently  it  is  uncertain  as  to  whether  it  included  tliis 
land  or  not,  and  consequently  it  is  doubtful  whether  any  settlement  was 
made  here  before  1775  by  the  French  colony  from  Kaskaskia. 

1  Whether  the  ancient  settlement  was  made  or  not,  it  is  certain  that 


*Voyageurs.     There  are  evidently  a  few  misstatements  in  this  letter  of  Mr.  McConnell's. 


278  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

in  1775  one  John  Bapties  Malet,  and  several  other  French  families,  made 
a  permanent  settlement,  and  built  houses  and  fenced  and  planted  land  at  a 
place  above  the  present  city  of  Peoria,  and  in  1778  a  settlement  was  made 
at  the  foot  of  the  lake,  where  Peoria  now  stands. 

"  Those  settlements  were  permanent,  and  continued  until  the  war  of 
1812,  at  which  time  a  large  number  of  Americans,  as  they  were  called, 
settled  in  the  southern  part  of  Illinois,  opposite  St.  Louis,  and  south  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Ohio.  The  French  people  took  very  little  interest  in  the  war. 
They  were  mostly  traders,  and  spake  the  Indian  language  as  well  as  they 
spake  English,  and  often  better.  The  Indians  were  allies  of  the  English,  and 
made  war  upon  the  Americans,  but  made  no  war  upon  the  French.  Thus 
it  came  about  that  the  French  were  charged  with  aiding  the  enemy,  and 
the  French  colony  at  Peoria  was  charged  with  furnishing  the  Indians 
with  powder,  and  lead,  and  guns,  to  murder  the  whites  down  on  Wood 
River,  near  where  Alton  now  is  ;  the  Indians  having  made  a  raid  on  that 
settlement  and  murdered  several  families,  which  occurred  in  1813. 

"  This  induced  Governor  Edwards,  who  was  governor  under  President 
Madison,  to  send  a  couple  of  keel  boats  with  a  company  of  militia,  all 
Americans,  up  the  Illinois  River  to  Peoria.  If  the  Indians  and  French 
had  been  disposed,  they  could  have  captured  these  boats  and  the  men  in  a 
dozen  places  before  they  got  to  Peoria ;  but  the  French  people  paid  no 
attention  to  the  movement,  and  did  not  seem  to  know  that  they  were 
regarded  as  enemies. 

"  When  the  boats  arrived  at  Peoria,  Captain  Craig  did  not  land  at 
the  village,  but  anchored  out  in  the  lake,  and  opened  no  correspondence 
with  the  people  on  shore.  During  the  night,  some  three  or  four  guns 
were  fired  from  the  shore,  it  was  said  at  the  boats,  but  nobody  on  board 
was  hurt ;  nor  was  it  known  whether  Indians  or  French  fired  the  guns, 
or  whether  they  were  fired  at  the  boats.  Be  that  as  it  may,  Captain 
Craig  made  that  an  excuse  for  hoisting  anchor  and  landing  a  short  dis- 
tance above  the  village,  and  in  the  dark  commenced  an  indiscriminate 
slaughter  upon  the  sleeping  inhabitants  of  the  town,  killing  many  and 
taking  all  the  balance  prisoners,  and  burning  every  house  in  town  and 
country.  No  American  was  hurt,  nor  was  an  Indian  found  in  the  country. 

"  The  prisoners,  women  and  children  and  all,  were  put  on  the  boats 
and  taken  to  St.  Louis  in  triumph.  That  was  the  end,  for  the  time  being, 
of  the  Peoria  settlement. 

"When  the  Peoria  settlement  was  destroyed,  in  1813,  no  white  inhabi- 
tant was  left  residing  in  the  valley  of  the  Illinois  River,  or  upon  any  of 
its  tributaries.  There  was  then  a  small  stockade,  a  garrison  of  a  few 
soldiers,  and  a  few  white  settlers  on  the  bank  of  Lake  Michigan,  where 
Chicago  now  is.  This  settlement  was  broken  up  by  the  Indians,  and 
most  of  its  inhabitants  massacreed,  that  same  year.  This  act  at  Peoria 
was  made  an  excuse  for  all  sorts  of  British  and  Indian  barbarities  on  the 
Western  frontier. 

"  I  have  given  you  a  historj'-  of  the  first  settlement  by  civilized  man  in 
the  valley  of  the  Illinois  River — the  date  of  its  beginning  and  its  tragical 
-end. 

"  I  came  to  Illinois  Territory  in  December,  1817,  then  a  lad  of  sixteen 
years,  and  I  have  been  in  or  about  Illinois  ever  since.  I  have  seen  its 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  279 

growth,  and  have  been  duly  informed  by  the  progress  of  all  the  settle- 
ments in  the  counties  of  the  Illinois  valley  to  this  day. 

"  In  1819  I  went  up  the  Mississippi 'and  Illinois  Rivers  from  St.  Louis. 
I  saw  the  burnt  remains  of  the  French  settlement  at  Peoria.  I  went  in 
the  same  boat,  which  was  loaded  with  furs  and  peltry,  across  the 
country,  from  the  Illinois  River  through  the  Oplain  and  Grass  Lake  into 
Lake  Michigan  at  the  mouth  of  Chicago  Bay,  now  called  Chicago  River, 
where  the  great  city  of  Chicago  has  since  been  built. 

"At  the  mouth  of  that  river  we  met  the  other  boats,  from  Mackinaw, 
loaded  with  Indian  goods.  We  exchanged  our  furs,  etc.,  for  goods,  and 
our  boat  returned  over  the  same  route.  We  went  back  to  St.  Louis, 
where,  from  some  old  papers  I  have,  I  find  we  landed  on  the  15th  of 
May,  1819." 

About  the  same  time  that  Gen.  McConnell  and  Mr.  Bradshaw  settled 
on  their  claims,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Bristow,  a  Baptist  minister,  brought  a 
colony,  composed  of  the  Box,  Reid,  Curlock,  and  Bosher,  or  Boyer,  fam- 
ilies. These  were  organized  into  a  church,  which  is  in  all  probability, 
the  first  religious  organization  in  what  afterward  became  Morgan  County. 
This  little  colony  settled  about  five  miles  northwest  of  the  present  city  of 
Jacksonville,  in  the  vicinity  of  Box  Creek,  which  derived  its  name  from 
one  of  the  families  who  settled  near  its  banks,  on  what  now  is  known  as  the 
McDonald  farm.  This  Baptist  Church  continued  in  existence  for  many 
years,  but  the  organization  has  for  some  time  been  disbanded.  The 
preaching  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Bristow  was  probably  the  first  religious 
services  of  this  kind,  held  in  the  settlements.  The  Methodist  ministers 
are  generally  found  with  the  advent  of  settlements,  and  are  almost 
always  among  the  pioneers,  proclaiming  the  good  news  of  salvation.  It 
is  not  definitely  known  whether  any  were  here  during  the  years  of 
1820  or  '21.  Mr.  Huram  Reeve,  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers,  and  with 
his  two  brothers,  the  only  men  now  living  in  the  county,  who  located 
here  in  1820,  says,  that  the  first  Methodist  preacher  that  he  remembers 
being  in  the  settlement,  was  the  Rev.  Joseph  Easy.  Rev.  Samuel 
Thompson  was  the  first  presiding  elder  here,  and  held  a  camp  meeting 
on  Walnut  Creek,  within  the  present  limits  of  Scott  County,  in  1822  or 
'23.  Mr.  Reeve  remembers  attending  this  camp-meeting,  and  thinks  his 
recollection  is  correct.  Mr.  Levi  Deaton  afterwards  familiarly  known 
as  "  Father  Deaton,"  in  a  letter  to  the  Rev.  Wm.  Rutledge,  of  Jackson- 
ville, in  regard  to  this  subject,  says :  "  The  first  sermon  preached  in  the 
county,  so  far  as  I  know,  was  by  the  Rev.  John  Glanville,  at  my  father's 
house,  in  1822.  A  class  was  then  organized,  consisting  of  my  father  and 
mother,  and  a  brother  named  Johnson  and  his  wife.  The  first  quarterly 
meeting,  was  held  the  same  }rear  at  Father  Jourdan's — father  of  John 
and  William  Jourdan — in  the  east  part  of  Jacksonville.  The  first  camp- 
meeting  in  the  county,  was  held  on  Walnut  Creek,  near  Lynnville,  by 
Rev.  Peter  Cartright."  At  Father  Jourdan's  house,  to  which  Mr. 
Deaton  refers,  were  held'  the  first  meetings  of  this  denomination  in  Jack- 
sonville. The  class  formed  there,  grew  into  a  church,which  is  now 
known  as  the  Centenary  Methodist  Church  of  that  city.  Mr.  J.  R.  Bailey, 
for  seventeen  years  editor  of  the  Illinois  Sentinel,  and  afterwards  of  the 
Illinois  Courier,  wrote  a  history  of  the  first  few  years  of  the  county, 
which  he  published  in  his  paper,  several  years  since.  In  speaking  of  the 


280  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Methodist  Church,  he  says  :  "  The  first  preacher,  Rev.  Joseph  Basy,  of 
the  Methodist  denomination,  came  into  the  settlement  in  1821.  He  held 
meetings  and  preached  occasionally  at  the  houses  of  the  settlers,  until  a 
regular  circuit  was  established,  a  few  years  later." 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterians  were  also  among  the  pioneers  in 
religious  organizations  in  the  settlements.  They  had  a  camp-ground  and 
church  six  or  eight  miles  northeast  of  Jacksonville,  and  here  they  main- 
tained regular  religious  services  for  many  years.  No  records  of  their 
organization  can  now  be  found,  nor  can  any  one  now  living  remember 
the  year  when  this  church  was  founded.  Mr.  Huram  Reeve  remembers 
they  were  holding  camp-meetings  in  1824,  and  thinks  their  organization 
had  been  in  existence  but  a  short  time.  Others  concur  in  this  view, 
although  some  maintain  that  this  church  is  as  old  as  any  in  the  county. 
The  latter  view  is  in  all  probability  incorrect,  for  had  such  a  church 
existed  in  1821  or  '22,  it  would  have  been  well  remembered  by  the  settlers 
of  that  time.  This  church  was  probably  organized  about  the  year  1823, 
and  though  it  does  not  exist  at  present  was  one  of  the  oldest  in  the 
county. 

The  season  of  1820  is  remembered  as  being  remarkably  dry.  One 
of  the  settlers  remembers  that  no  considerable  fall  of  rain  occurred  from 
April,  1820,  to  the  same  date  the  following  year.  A  good  crop  of  corn  and 
other  field  products,  owing  to  the  natural  richness  of  the  soil,  and  the 
heavy  dews,  was  however  grown.  The  next  season  considerable  cotton 
was  raised,  and  a  cotton  gin  erected  by  Mr.  Johnson,  on  the  farm  now 
owned  by  C.  M.  Dewey,  Esq.,  on  the  Meredosia  road.  To  this  gin  the 
neighbors  from  far  and  near  brought  their  raw  cotton  to  have  it  ginned. 
Esquire  Sears,  who  with  Mr.  Johnson  and  some  others  settled  early  this 
year,  is  reported  to  have  raised  one  thousand  pounds  of  cotton  on  four 
acres.  The  cotton  when  woven  with  hemp  or  flax  made  an  excellent 
article  of  clothing.  Until  cotton  and  flax  was  raised  the  clothing  of  the 
settlers  in  some  cases  gave  out,  and  they  were  compelled  to  supply  the 
deficiency  as  best  they  could.  Deer  skins,  when  properly  tanned,  made  a 
good  article  of  clothing,  much  worn  by  the  early  pioneers.  As  soon  as 
cotton  and  flax  could  be  raised  they  were  spun  and  woven  into  cloth  by 
the  women,  who  used  the  spinning  wheels,  often  brought  from  their  former 
homes,  and  the  old-fashioned  wooden  loom.  To  have  a  good  supply  of 
spun  and  woven  articles  with  which  to  begin  housekeeping  was  one  of  the 
aims  of  the  majority  of  the  young  ladies  of  that  day ;  and  considering  the 
necessities  of  the  times  was  an  aim  worthy  of  commendation.  A 
corresponding  desire  existed  among  the  }^oung  men  to  have  a  home  in 
readiness,  and  to  be  "a  good  provider." 

During  the  spring  of  1821,  a  storm  occurred,  in  which  a  tree  was 
blown  down  upon  the  roof  of  the  cabin  of  James  Crane.  The  roof  was 
crushed  in,  and  Mrs.  Crane  was  badly  injured.  One  of  her  arms  was 
broken  and  one  shoulder  was  put  out  of  place.  The  broken  arm  was  set 
by  a  man  named  Langworthy,  but  his  limited  medical  knowledge  did  not 
lead  him  to  discover  that  the  shoulder  was  out  of  place,  and  in  consequence 
Mrs.  Crane  remained  ever  afterward  a  cripple. 

It  was  during  the  summer  of  1 821,  that  Dr.  Ero  Chandler  located  and 
began  his  practice.  He  erected  his  house  and  office  on  the  ground  now 
occupied  by  the  Grace  M.  E.  Church,  in  Jacksonville.  He  proved  a 


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useful  man  in  his  profession,  and  in  after  years  accumulated  considerable 
property.  It  is  related  of  him  that  he  came  into  the  settlement  on  a 
broken  down  horse,  and  with  but  the  single  suit  of  clothes  he  was  wearing. 
When  in  his  pedestrian  visits  to  his  patients  his  clothes  were  rent  by 
underbrush  or  briars,  he  was  accustomed  to  borrow  a  needle  and  thread 
and  repair  the  damage  himself.  His  medical  fees  would  be  regarded  as 
exceeding  moderate  these  times,  his  charge  for  a  visit  made  on  foot  and 
not  occupying  a  whole  day  being  seventy-five  cents.  When  the  visit 
occupied  a  day,  and  he  had  to  borrow  a  horse  to  accomplish  the  distance, 
his  charge  was  a  dollar.  But  the  doctor  prospered  with  the  growth  of 
the  country,  and  he  afterward  owned  the  eighty  acres  of  ground  in 
Jacksonville  on  which  the  Academy  stands,  and  on  which  Chandler's 
Addition  was  platted,  now  occupied  by  many  of  the  most  valuable 
residences  in  the  city ;  and  by  him  the  Rockwell  House  was  built.  His 
memory  is  warmly  cherished,  and  his  usefulness  remembered  by  the  early 
settlers. 

"  Point  or  Turn-round  "  Brown  built  the  first  tavern  in  the  county 
in  1821,  at  a  place  about  seven  miles  south  of  the  present  county  seat,  on 
what  was  then  the  St.  Louis  road,  afterward  the  upper  road.  The  ac- 
commodations afforded  by  this  tavern  would  not  compare  favorably  with 
those  furnished  by  the  hotels  of  to-day.  The  sleeping  arrangements  con- 
sisted of  two  beds,  one  of  which  was  occupied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown, 
and  the  other  a  large  square  bedstead,  in  which  the  children  slept.  The 
children  were  placed  with  their  feet  to  the  center  and  their  heads  out  on 
the  four  sides,  thus  enabling  them  to  economize  sleeping  space.  Trav- 
elers of  that  day  usually  carried  a  few  bed  quilts  with  which  they 
*'  turned  in  "  on  the  floor ;  but  when  a  bed  was  called  for  at  the  tavern, 
the  old  folks  gave  up  their  bed  and  crowded  in  with  the  children. 

The  first  bridge  in  the  county  was  built  this  Summer  (1821)  over  the 
Mauvaisterre  Creek,  at  a  place  east  of  the  city  on  the  Springfield  road, 
where  Rock  bridge  now  stands,  by  Col.  Joseph  Morton,  Mr.  Levi  Deaton 
and  a  few  others.  The  long  sills  intended  to  span  the  creek,  were  drawn 
to  the  bank  by  cattle,  and  the  work  of  getting  them  to  their  place  was 
accomplished  by  splicing  together  a  sufficient  length  of  log  chain  to  reach 
across  the  creek,  one  end  being  attached  to  the  sill  and  the  other  stretched 
to  the  opposite  bank,  where  the  oxen  were  hitched  to  it  and  the  sill 
drawn  over  to  its  place.  Split  puncheons  were  then  pinned  on  the  sills 
for  flooring,  and  the  bridge  was  finished,  to  be  used  until  the  next  flood 
carried  it  off,  when  the  work  had  to  be  repeated. 

The  section  of  country  drained  by  streams  heading  in  the  Grand 
Prairie,  and  emptying  into  the  Illinois  River  between  Alton  and  Peoria, 
was  known  as  the  Sangamo*  country.  By  this  name  it  was  known  in 
the  South  and  East,  and  at  the  time  of  the  settlement  of  the  part  comprised 
in  Morgan  County,  it  was  the  destination  of  all  emigrants  to  the  central 
or  southern  part  of  the  State. 

It  must  be  remembered  by  the  reader,  that  at  the  time  of  which 
we  are  writing  it  was  a  part  of  Madison  County,  and  that  the  State  was 
at  this  time  but  a  few  years  old.  It  will  also  be  borne  in  mind  that  in 

*The  word  "Sangamo"  is  of  Indian  origin,  and  was  given  this  country  by  the  Potta- 
watomies,  as  expressive  of  their  idea  of  the  country.  It  meant  in  their  language  "  a  land 
where  there  is  much  plenty." 


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282  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

the  early  formation  of  Morgan  County  it  included  the  present  Counties  of 
Scott  and  Cass.  It  will  be  therefore  be  fitting  to  include  in  these  pages 
some  sketches  of  the  early  settlers  in  what  is  now  embraced  in  these 
two  counties. 

Mr.  Archibald  Job,  of  whom  mention  is  made  in  the  Political 
history  of  this  county,  settled  on  what  has  since  been  called  Job  Creek, 
in  Cass  County,  in  the  year  1820.  Mr.  Job  at  that  time  was  accustomed 
to  regard  the  Diamond  Grove  settlement  as  in  his  immediate  neighbor- 
hood, and  frequently  visited  the  primitive  blacksmith  shop  of  Mr.  Isaac 
Reeve  at  that  place.  Here,  while  waiting  to  have  his  smithing  done,  he, 
as  well  as  others,  was  in  the  habit  of  learning  the  general  news  of  the 
settlement  and  in  discussing  the  topics  of  the  day.  As  there  was  no 
rapid  means  for  the  transmission  of  news  the  discussion  generally  related 
to  neighborhood  occurrences.  The  little  shop  became  thereby  like 
country  stores  and  village  post-offices  now-a-days — the  headquarters  for 
collecting  and  distributing  news.  Not  only  was  Mr.  Job  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  1820,  but  he  was  the  first  representative  of  Morgan  County 
in  the  legislature  under  the  county  organization,  and  afterwards  served 
in  the  State  Senate.  During  a  long  and  active  public  career  he  was  a 
prominent  man  in  the  county,  and  when  the  seat  of  government  was 
removed  from  Vandalia  to  Springfield,  he  superintended  the  erection 
of  the  new  State  House.  It  is  related  of  him  that  he  fenced  his  first  corn 
patch  in  1820,  by  felling  saplings  around  his  clearing  so  that  they  inter- 
locked, thus  forming  a  line  of  rough  fence  which  protected  his  first  crop. 
Mr.  Job,  after  an  active  life,  died  on  the  farm  where  he  first  settled  when 
he  came  to  this  county,  at  the  good  old  age  of  ninety  years. 

The  settlers  of  1819,  '20,  '21,  and  '22  have  already  been  mentioned. 
Some  account  of  their  privations  is  given,  and  the  difficulties  they  en- 
countered in  founding  their  homes.  Enough  had  now  gathered  to  form 
a  settlement  worthy  of  note  by  the  State  legislators,  and  at  the  session  of 
that  body  in  the  Spring  of  1823,  Morgan  County  was  created.  It  had 
formerly  been  part  of  Greene  County,  and  when  erected  was  attached  to 
J}hat  commonwealth  for  judicial  purposes.  No  one  can  now  tell  how  the 
«  name  Morgan  was  given  to  the  new  county;  probably  some  aspiring- 
legislator,  wishing  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  a  friend  of  that  name* 
arose  when  the  act  was  presented  and  moved  it  be  called  Morgan — and  it 
was  thus  christened. 

Emigration  was  great  to  the  Sangamo  country  during  the  intervening" 
years  between  1822  and  the  "Deep  Snow."  To  give  the  names  of  all 
who  located  during  that  time  is  impossible.  The  principal  families,  how- 
ever, were  those  of  Jonathan  Atherton,  Thornton  Shepherd,  Rev.  John 
Breach,  James  Mears,  George  Hackett,  Henry  Wiswall,  Jacob  Deeds, 
Daniel  Daniels,  William  Jackson,  Elijah  Bacon,  Jacob  Redding,  Mont- 
gomery Pitner,  William  C.  Posey,  John  Redfern,  Aaron  Wilson,  Daniel 
Richardson,  William  Hays,  William  Huffaker,  Sr.,  Mr.  Buckingham, 
William  Scott,  Mr.  Scroggin,  Sr.,  Abner  Vanwinkie,  James  Evans,  Sr., 
James  Green,  Andrew  Karns,  Elder  Sweet,  and  Peleg  Sweet. 

Mr.  J.  R.  Bailey,  in  his  history  of  the  county,  published  in  the  Senti- 
nel, while  he  was  its  editor,  gives  a  condensed  resume  of  the  earliest  years 
of  Morgan  County.  Although  it  repeats,  in  a  manner,  some  facts  before 
stated,  it  is  well  worth  preserving,  and  is  here  given.  He  says  : 


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44  Martin  Lindsley  settled  at  Camp  Hollow,  since  known  as  the 
Fisher  Place,  near  Beardstown ;  and  Timothy  Harris  and  John  Catrough 
accompanied  him.  Harris  settled  on  the  north  side  of  the  creek  opposite 
the  Bluff  House;  but  Catrough  remained  with  Lindsley  for  some  time 
afterward,  and  during  a  prairie  fire  came  near  losing  his  life,  his  jeans 
clothing  being  burned  to  a  crisp.  On  December  20,  1820,  Julia  A. 
Lindsley,  daughter  of  Martin  Lindsley,  was  born  ;  supposed  to  be  the  first 
white  child  born  in  the  county.  In  1821  Mr.  Lindsley  moved  to  Peoria, 
where  he  remained  one  season,  then  proceeded  down  the  river  and 
stopped  for  a  time  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mauvaisterre,  from  thence  return- 
ing to  Camp  Hollow.  He  was  killed  by  the  caving  in  of  a  well  in  the 
year  1830  ;  his  family  remained  at  Camp  Hollow  until  1855. 

"  Mr.  Thomas  Beard  came  to  Beardstown  in  1820,  but  did  not  com- 
mence improving  until  1822.  It  is  related  that  he  built  his  cabin  over  a 
den  of  snakes,  and  for  some  time  the  inmates  were  annoyed  by  the  rep- 
tiles crawling  through  the  crevices  of  the  puncheon  floor.  In  1826  he 
married  Miss  Sarah  Bell,  I.  R.  Bennett,  Esq.,  of  Emerald  Point,  perform- 
ing the  ceremony.  After  the  location  of  the  seat  of  justice  at  Beardstown, 
it  became  an  important  shipping  point,  and  Mr.  Beard  became  wealthy. 
Elisha  Lenn,  Mr.  Waggoner,  Simeon  Lenn,  Solomon  Bery,  John  Baker, 
and  Nathaniel  Herring  were  among  the  earliest  citizens  of  Beardstown. 

"  The  first  steamboat  ascended  the  Illinois  River  in  1826,  the  river 
being  navigated,  prior  to  that  time,  only  by  keel-boats,  flat-boats,  and 
canoes. 

44  Bees  were  very  plenty,  and  two  of  the  settlers,  Messrs.  Buckleman 
and  Robinson,  collected  in  1824  fourteen  barrels  of  honey,  selling  the  wax 
for  money  enough  to  enter  their  claims. 

44  Mauvaisterre  Creek  is  said  to  have  been  named  by  the  early  French 
voyagers  on' the  Illinois  River.  Indian  Creek  is  supposed  to  have  been 
named  by  the  early  rangers  under  General  Whitesides,  from  the  fact  that 
while  pursuing  a  marauding  band  they  killed  an  Indian  on  that  stream, 
in  1814.  Archibald  Job,  subsequent^,  for  many  years  a  noted  public 
man,  settled  on  Job  Creek,  in  Cass  County,  in  1820.  With  his  family  he 
left  Pittsburg  on  a  keel-boat,  on  the  30th  of  October,  1819,  and  landed 
at  St.  Louis  early  in  February,  1820,  having  been  obstructed  some  time 
by  ice.  Leaving  the  keel-boat  in  charge  of  his  wife  and  children,  Mr. 
~ob  came  up  the  river  located  his  claim  and  built  a  cabin.  He  broke 
welve  acres  the  first  season,  fencing  it  by  felling  saplings  with  their  tops 
terlocked.  About  the  12th  of  May,  1820,  David  and  Thomas  Blair 
ettled  in  Mr.  Job's  neighborhood,  and  during  the  same  season  went  for 
heir  families.  On  the  authority ,  of  Mr.  Job,  it  is  understood  that  the 
rst  Baptist  preacher  was  Rev.  Samuel  Bristow  ;  Rev.  William  Sims  and 
ev.  William  Crow  being  next  in  order.  The  first  camp-meeting  was  held 
at  the  head  of  Walnut  Creek,  near  James  Gillham's  farm,  in  1826  ;  Rev. 
Mr.  Thompson  being  the  presiding  elder,  assisted  by  Rev.  Peter  Cart- 
wright.  The  first  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  in  this  county  was  or- 
ganized by  Rev.  John  Berey.  Mr.  I.  F.  Rbe  was  the  first  settler  in  the  vicinity 
of  Jacksonville,  in  1820.  He  made  his  claim  at  the  Diamond  Grove,  but 
afterward  sold  to  Joseph  Coddington  and  settled  on  the  Couch  place, 
where  he  shortly  after  died,  and  was  the  first  white  man  buried  in  the 


284  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

county.  He  had  no  family,  and  his  remains  now  rest  in  the  new  ceme- 
tery. 

"  Alexander  Wells,  James  Gillham,  and  Alexander  Bell  were  the 
first  settlers  in  the  '  Gillham  neighborhood.' 

"  Mr.  Keller  was  one  of  the  settlers  of  1821,  and  was  killed  by  the 
Regulators. 

"  In  the  year  1820,  Mr.  Thomas  Arnett  settled  near  the  present 
reservoir  for  the  Insane  ;  he  was  the  first  justice  of  the  peace  in  the 
county,  and  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Jacksonville.  He  sold  his  first 
claim  to  John  Leeper  and  moved  to  the  Loar  place. 

"  Col.  Joseph  Morton  and  John  Bradshaw  came  to  Morgan  County 
in  1820,  and  located  claims,  but  did  not  remain.  They  returned  the  next 
season  and  commenced  improvements.  Col.  Morton  used  a  wooden  cart 
— in  which  there  was  no  iron  to  be  found — when  hauling  his  rails  and  doing 
farm  work.  They  fenced  eighteen  acres  the  first  season.  Mrs.  Minnie 
Conover  settled  on  Indian  Creek  about  1821.  The  public  lands  in  this 
section  were  surveyed  in  1821  and  brought  into  market  in  1823.  Mr. 
Charles  Robertson  settled  at  the  head  of  the  southern  fork  of  Mauvais- 
terre  Creek  in  1820 ;  his  money  capital  was  twenty-five  cents,  and  he 
invested  that  in  whisky  to  make  bitters  for  curing  the  ague.  He  hunted 
bees  for  a  time,  and  sold  wax  enough  to  enter  the  first  eighty  acres.  He 
afterward  became  wealthy. 

"  Miles  Wood  settled  the  Posey  place,  adjoining  Jacksonville  on  the 
east. 

"  The  first  school  taught  regularly  in  the  county,  was  held  at  Isaac 
Edwards'  farm,  on  the  Springfield  road — now  owned  by  John  Shuff — Mr. 
Palmer  being  its  teacher. 

"  After  Rev.  Joseph  Basey,  Rev.  John  Miller  was  the  first  local 
Methodist  preacher,  but  Rev.  Newton  Pickett  rode  the  first  Methodist 
circuit  established  in  the  county.  Rev.  Levi  Springer  traveled  from 
Indiana  to  Morgan  County,  Illinois,  in  company  with  his  wife,  each  on 
horseback,  in  the  fall  of  1823.  From  Paris  they  started  on  the  '  lost 
trace,'  crossing  the  Grand  Prairie  to  the  head  of  the  Sangamon  River. 
They  were  two  nights  on  the  prairie,  sleeping  on  the  grass,  with  no  pro- 
tection save  their  blankets,  which  they  carried,  the  wolves  howling  all 
about  them.  Reaching  Springfield,  they  found  only  a  few  cabins,  and 
thence  proceeded  to  Crow's  Point,  on  Indian  Creek,  near  which  place 
they  settled. 

"  Abel  Richardson  and  his  sons  Daniel  and  Benjamin  settled  on  the 
Mauvaisterre  in  1821,  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Benjamin  Richardson, 
three  miles  east  of  Jacksonville.  During  the  same  year  Judge  I.  R. 
Bennett  located  at  Emerald  Point.  He  was  one  of  the  early  justices,  and 
performed  the  ceremony  between  Mr.  Beard  and  his  first  wife.  He  after- 
ward served  in  the  legislature,  and  as  associate  county  judge. 

"  Joseph  Slattern  settled  in  1821,  on  the  O'Rear  place.  In  the  year 
1823  Enoch  Marsh  came,  and  afterward  built  the  Exeter  mills,  being  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  Exeter,  and  holding  the  first  sale  of  lots,  in  the  fall 
of  1828. 

"  Roland  Shepherd  came  to  the  county  about  1821,  and  in  1823  built 
a  band-mill,  which  was  run  by  horse  or  ox  power.  It  was  located  on 
what  is  now  the  William  Taylor  farm,  situated  on  Indian  Creek. 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  285 

"Beaton's  mill  was  the  next  built,  and  Magill's  mill  was  afterward 
erected  on  the  northern  fork  of  the  Mauvaisterre.  John  Wyatt  afterward 
built  a  horse-mill. 

"  Rev.  John  Brich  came  to  the  county  at  a  very  early  day,  and  left 
it  many  years  ago.  He  perished  in  a  winter  storm  in  the  wilds  of  one  of 
the  northern  countries,  while  pursuing  his  missionary  labors.  Finding 
himself  overcome  by  the  cold,  he  took  his  will  from  his  saddle-bags, 
signed  it,  and  hung  the  saddle-bags  on  a  bush.  He  was  afterward  found 
dead  near  the  bush,  the  saddle-bags  leading  to  the  discovery. 

"  The  first  census  of  Morgan  County  was  taken  by  General  Murray 
McConnell,  in  1824 ;  but  the  returns  were  lost  with  other  county  records 
by  the  burning  of  the  first  court-house.  At  that  time,  in  a  northeasterly 
direction  from  Crow's  Point,  the  country  was  wilderness.  Led  by  the 
barking  of  a  dog  in  that  direction,  General  McConnell  found  a  family 
encamped ;  but  upon  inquiry,  and  examination  of  a  blazed  line  and  wit- 
ness-tree, he  found  he  was  on  the  line  of  Sangamon  County,  and  that  the 
camp  was  in  Sangamon. 

"  The  James  Slattern  place  was  settled  in  1824  or  '25,  by  Joseph 
Carter.  Mr.  Slattern  established  his  home  on  the  Rusk  place,  but  bought 
and  moved  to  Carter's  improvement  in  1827.  During  '  the  deep  snow,' 
which  commenced  to  fall  on  the  14th  of  December,  1830,  and  remained 
until  the  14th  of  February,  1831,  Mr.  Slattern  was  compelled  to  turn  his 
cattle  into  the  corn-field,  having  no  corn  gathered  at  the  time.  Allen  I. 
Lindsey  settled  in  Jersey  Prairie  in  January,  1820,  on  a  place  since  owned 
by  John  Crum.  In  1826  Mr.  Lindsey,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  County 
Commissioners'  Court,  came,  and  for  many  years  took  an  active  part  in 
public  affairs.  Jesse  F.  Barrows  arrived  and  settled  the  William  Steven- 
son place  in  1829. 

"  The  first  election  under  the  county  organization  was  held  at  Swin- 
erton's  Point  —  where  the  county -seat  was  temporarily  located  —  in 
August,  1824.  The  judges  of  the  election  were  John  Clark,  Joseph 
Kline,  and  David  Lieb ;  Dennis  Rockwell  and  Joseph  M.  Fairfield  being 
the  clerks.  The  county  commissioners  were  elected  for  two  years.  The 
first  board,  elected  in  1824,  consisted  of  Seymour  Kellogg,  Peter  Conover, 
and  Thomas  Arnett.  The  second  commissioners,  elected  August,  1826, 
were  James  Deaton,  Allen  I.  Lindsey,  and  James  Gillham.  The  board 
elected  in  1828  consisted  of  Joseph  Fairfield,  Samuel  Rogers,  and  John 
Wyatt.  The  commissioners  elected  in  1830  were  William  Gillham,  James 
Green,  and  William  Woods. 

"  The  gross  revenue  of  Morgan  County  from  assessment  in  1827, 
including  $60  for  fines,  amounted  to  $804.10.  For  the  year  1828,  $940.68. 
For  1832,  $2,209.66— an  increase  from  1827,  five  years,  of  $1,405.53.  The 
assessment  of  1866,  thirty-nine  years  after  that  of  1827,  foots  up  to 
$58,199.85. 

"  The  first  Circuit  Court  was  held  in  the  log-cabin  of  Mr.  Olmstead, 
at  Olmstead's — since  Allison's — Mound  :  John  Reynolds,  judge  ;  Dennis 
Rockwell,  clerk ;  Mr.  Green,  sheriff.  The  petit  and  grand  juries  held 
their  deliberations  in  the  open  grove.  The  second  term  of  the  court  was 

()ld  at  Jacksonville,  in  a  log-cabin  built  by  Mr.  Cox. 
"  Jonathan  Atherton  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Arcadia,  on   Indian 
' 


286  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Creek  in  1827.  He  taught  a  school  during  the  first  winter.  In  the  fall 
of  1828  he  moved  to  Adams  County,  but  returned  the  following  season. 

"  Alexander  Johnson  located  on  Indian  Creek,  near  Mr.  Atherton, 
at  about  the  same  time,  and  the  place  is  now  owned  by  Henry  Johnson, 
Esq.,  of  Jacksonville  ;  he  remembers  that  when  a  very  small  boy,  the 
Indians  used  frequently  to  call  at  their  house.  During  the  Black  Hawk 
war,  mistaking  for  Indians  a  party  of  rangers  who  stopped  for  refresh- 
ments, he  crawled  under  the  bed,  and  finding  a  cat-hole  leading  under- 
neath the  puncheon  floor,  he  forced  himself  through  and  remained 
perfectly  quiet  until  they  had  left.  He  then  found  it  impossible  to 
return  in  the  same  way,  and  it  was  necessary  to  take  up  a  portion  of  the 
floor  in  order  to  get  him  out. 

"  Rev  Thornton  Shepherd  came  to  Morgan  County  from  Tennessee, 
iu  the  Fall  of  1830.  He  first  stopped  at  the  Jesse  Barrows  place,  but 
soon  after  obtained  the  use  of  a  large  unfinished  cabin  on  William 
Scott's  farm,  on  consideration  of  finishing  it.  The  fireplace  was  so  large 
that  it  would  take  in  a  log  nine  feet  long.  Here  Mr.  Shepherd  wintered 
with  his  family.  About  the  middle  of  December,  he  had  occasion  to  visit 
the  northeast  corner  of  Greene  County,  for  the  purpose  of  marrying  a 
couple,  and  on  his  return  was  caught  in  'the  deep  snow.'  His  sister-in- 
law  accompanied  him,  both  riding  the  same  horse.  It  became  too  cold 
to  ride,  and  they  were  obliged  to  walk  through  the  deep  snow,  the 
journey  occupying  the  entire  day.  The  snow  continued  to  fall,  to  a 
great  depth ;  covering  the  corn  in  the  fields — very  little  having  been 
gathered — and  the  settlers  were  compelled  to  turn  in  their  stock  to 
gather  for  themselves.  Mr,  Shepherd  had  nineteen  head  of  cattle  at  the 
time,  and  threshed  wheat  with  a  flail  for  Mr.  Magill,  in  exchange  for  the 
straw,  which  he  had  to  haul  home  the  best  he  could.  As  the  threshing 
was  obliged  to  be  done  in  the  open  air,  the  tips  of  his  fingers  were  frozen 
in  the  attempt  to  obtain  straw  for  his  cattle. 

"  Mr.  Shepherd  bought  a  farm  of  Levi  Fanning,  and  moved  to  it 
March  8th,  1831.  He  made  his  first  well-bucket  by  chopping  off  a 
section  of  a  log,  boring  an  auger  hole  through  it,  and  lengthening  and 
enlarging  the  hole  with  a  chisel  until  nothing  remained  of  the  block  but 
a  thin  rim.  He  then  fitted  in  a  bottom.  A  split  appearing  in  the  side, 
he  was  compelled  to  take  his  bucket  to  Fielding  Griinsley,  the  nearest 
blacksmith,  to  get  it  ironed.  That  individual,  when  questioned  as  to 
what  he  was  doing,  dryly  replied  that  he  was  '  hooping  Shepherd's  folly.' 
Mr.  Shepherd  was  a  '•hardshell '  Baptist  preacher,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
for  noble  traits  of  .character  and  strict  rectitude.  He  remained  on  Big 
Sandy  until  his  death,  a  few  years  since,  and  left  a  large  family. 

"  When  the  Robertson  family  came  to  Morgan  County,  in  1821,  and 
struck  the  northern  fork  of  the  Mauvaisterre,  where  they  settled,  the 
only  white  men  living  on  Indian  Creek,  were  Roland  Shepherd,  who  was 
settled  at  Taylor's  Point,  and  his  son,  Peter  Shepherd,  who  had  made  an 
improvement  at  Adams'  Point.  The  Kelloggs  had  built  two  cabins  in 
the  neighborhood,  in  1820,  one  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Roach 
place,  and  the  other  on  the  place  settled  by  Alexander  Robertson.  They 
vacated  these  cabins  and  claims,  for  a  location  further  west,  in  the 
Gillham  neighborhood.  The  Kellogg  cabin,  on  the  Robertson  place,  was 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  287 

burned  down  by  a  prairie-fire  ;  it  was  located  on  rising  ground,  west  of  a 
pond  of  water. 

"  The  first  school-house  in  the  settlement,  was  built  a  little  south  of 
the  burnt  cabin.  A  school  was  kept  by  a  stern,  old  Yankee,  a  teacher 
of  the  olden  type,  named  Soule.  He  was  strict  with  his  pupils,  and  first 
taught  in  Mr.  Jones'  kitchen,while  the  school-house  was  being  erected.  On 
the  last  day  of  school,  his  scholars  demanded  that  he  should  treat  or  be 
turned  out.  He  refused  to  do  either,  and  a  fight  ensued.  One  of  the 
pupils  knocked  him  against  the  log  mantel,  and  all  the  large  boys  piled 
on  him;  but  he  was  stout  and  'plucky,'  and  soon  turned  the  tables  on 
them,  quelling  the  rebellion,  and  remaining  master  of  the  field.  Mr.. 
Soule  left  the  settlement,  with  his  old  mare  and  cart,  and  little  wife, 
going  west.  Captain  Bennett,  Colonel  Samuel  Matthews,  and  Wm.. 
O'Rear,  afterward  each  taught  schools  in  the  neighborhood — all  in  log 
cabins. 

"  The  Corrington  farm  on  the  Mauvaisterre,  was  settled  in  1821,  by 
Mr.  W.  Miller.  Stephen  Jones  settled  the  Cassell  place,  and  Joseph 
Slattern  made  the  first  improvements  on  the  O'Rear  place. 

"  Billy  Robinson,  an  old,  white-haired  hunter,  made  an  improve- 
ment north  of  Antioch  Church,  on  which  Bennett  Jones  afterward 
settled.  Isaac  Edwards  and  Mr.  Scott  located  north  of  the  Curts  and: 
Reeve  places. 

"  John  Anderson  settled  on  the  Lay  ton  place ;  James  Taylor  taking 
the  farm  west  of  the  Stephen  Dunlap  place,  on  the  northern  side  of  the 
north-fork.  '  Mr.  Murray  was  the  first  settler  on  the  Dunlap  farm,  and 
Mr.  S.  Berey  took  possession  of  the  quarter-section  east  of  it. 

"  Mr.  Olmstead  settled  on  the  quarter-section  east  of  Colonel! 
Matthews.  All  of  the  above  setttlements  were  made  in  1821. 

"  Rev.  Peter  R.  Boranau  was  one  of  the  early  Methodist  preachers- 
in  the  county ;  he  became  a  noted  revivalist,  and  died  in  Chicago,  some- 
forty  years  ago." 

During  the  period  between  1823  and  1827,  there  was  a  constant 
increase  of  emigration  to  Morgan  County,  principally  from  the  southern 
Bounties  of  the  State. 

The  southern  section  of  the  State  was  called  "  Egypt,"  from  the  fact 
that  the  early  settlers  of  the  more  northern  counties  were  compelled  to 
jo  there  for  their  corn  and  grinding.  Hence,  when  the  settlers  of  Mor- 
gan, Sangamon  or  Greene  found  themselves  under  the  necessity  of 
laking  a  trip  to  the  southern  counties  for  provisions,  they  called  it 
"going  down  into  Egypt;"  and  in  consequence,  that  part  of  the  State 
las  ever  since  been  known  as  Egypt. 

But  little  trouble  with  the  Indians  was  experienced  by  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Morgan  County.  There  were  none  in  its  limits  after  tke  white 
len  entered,  save  straggling  hunters  or  small  roving  bands  who  came  ta 
some  parts,  especially  those  near  the  river,  to  fish  or  hunt.  The  western 
part  of  the  county  contains  several  Indian  mounds  of  great  antiquity.  Just 
above  Meredosia,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  river,  is  a  beautiful  level 
plateau  containing  about  fifteen  acres.  This  was  the  village  home  of  a- 
tribe  of  Indians,  and  it  was  here  that  Antoine  D'Osia,  a  French  priest 
from  whom  the  lake  and  present  town  of  Meredosia  received  its  name, 
labored  for  the  good  of  these  sons  of  the  forest.  The  Indian  village  and 


288  HISTORY   OP   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

its  dusky  inhabitants  have  long  since  gone,  but  the  name  of  D'Osia  will 
live  as  long  as  Meredosia  and  its  lake  remain.  During  a  visit  of  some 
Indians  to  Washington  City,  not  many  years  ago,  they  stopped  at  Mere- 
dosia while  on  their  way,  where  one  of  them  nearly  ninety  years  of  age, 
related  how  he  had  roamed  over  various  parts  of  the  county,  and  pointed 
out  many  objects  of  interest  to  his  companions.  He  also  related  to  one 
of  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville,  while  they  were  encamped  at  the  fair 
grounds,  many  interesting  stories  of  his  youthful  days.  He  had  hunted 
.and  fished  in  the  woods  and  streams  near  the  present  city,  when  no 
thoughts  of  the  white  man  existed  in  his  mind,  and  when  he  and  his  com- 
xades  were  sovereigns  of  this  country. 

No  depredations  by  the  Indians  were  ever  committed  among  the 
rsettlers  of  Morgan  County,  and  no  record  of  the  killing  of  any  white 
•men  after  the  settling  of  the  county  is  known  to  have  occurred.  The  set- 
tlers north  of  the  Illinois  River  were,  however,  not  so  fortunate.  In 
1827  occurred  what  is  known  as 

THE  WINNEBAGO  WAR, 

Fully  described  in  the  following  article,  written  by  Judge  William 
"Thomas,  for  the  weekly  Journal  of  August  17,  1871.  As  it  gives  an 
-accurate  account  of  the  participation  of  several  Morgan  County  men  in 
this  conflict,  it  is  worthy  a  place  in  the  history  of  the  county: 

"  But  few  of  the  actors  in  this  war  remain  among  us.  In  1827,  General 
Edwards  received  information  on  which  he  relied,  that  the  Winnebago 
Indians  had  attacked  some  keel-boats,  which  had  been  employed  convey- 
ing army  supplies  to  Prairie  du  Chien,  on  their  return  down  ths  river, 
and  that  settlers  and  miners  on  Fox  River  were  in  imminent  danger  of  an 
attack  from  a  band  of  these  and  other  Indians.  The  general  ordered 
•*  the  commanders  of  the  different  regiments  and  odd  battalions  of  General 
Harrison's  brigade  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Illinois  River  —  excepting 
the  20th  regiment  —  to  take  immediate  steps  for  detaching  into  service, 
according  to  law,  one-fourth  of  their  respective  commands.  And  should 
•any  part  of  the  frontiers  south  of  Rock  River  be  invaded  by  the  savages, 
the  colonel,  entitled  by  law  to  command  the  detachment,  was  ordered  to 
inarch  with  the  least  possible  delay  to  the  support  of  the  point  attacked, 
"without  waiting  for  further  orders.' 

"  The  governor  also  sent  by  express  —  a  messenger  on  horseback  —  to 
•Colonel  Thomas  M.  Neale,  of  Springfield,  commander  of  the  20tl 
regiment,  an  order  saying:  '  You  will  accept  the  services  of  any  numbei 
of  mounted  volunteers,  not  exceeding  six  hundred,  who  will  equip  them- 
selves and  find  their  own  subsistence,  and  continue  in  service  thirty  days, 
.unless  sooner  discharged  ;  they  will  rendezvous  at  Fort  Clark  —  Peoria  — 
where  you  will  organize  and  take  the  command  of  them,  and  march  with 
all  possible  expedition  to  the  assistance  of  our  fellow-citizens  at  Galena, 
where,  if  you  find  an  officer  of  the  U.  S.  army  entitled  to  a  superior 
command  to  yourself,  you  will  report  to  him  and  receive  his  orders.  In 
your  progress  you  will  avoid  rashly  exposing  your  men  to  unequal  contests, 
but  it  is  expected  that  you  will  not  overlook  any  proper  opportunity  of 
repelling  any  hostile  incursions  of  the  savages.'  The  facts  reported  to 
the  governor  on  which  he  acted  have  never,  as  far  as  I  have  known,  been 
made  public.  Acting  upon  this  order  of  the  governor,  Colonel  Neale 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  289 

called  for  volunteers  from  the  Counties  of  Sangamon  and  Morgan.  Three- 
companies  were  raised  in  this  county,  one  commanded  by  William  B. 
Green,  then  sheriff  of  the  county,  numbering  nearly  one  hundred,  with 
John  Wyatt  first,  and  James  Evans  second  lieutenant.  Jesse  Ruble  was 
orderly  sergeant.  The  second  company  was  commanded  by  William, 
Gordan,  and  numbered  not  more  than  forty.  Nathan  Winter  was  first 
lieutenant.  Captain  RodgeiV  command  numbered  the  same  as  Captain 
Gordan 's.  The  names  of  the  other  officers  I  do  not  now  remember.  I 
was  a  volunteer  in  Captain  Graves'  company.  My  messmates  were  Doct- 
H.  G.  Taylor,  McHenry  Johnson,  Enoch  C.  March,  Samuel  Blair,  and  a 
man  named  Biggs,  a  visitor  from  Kentucky.  Of  these  I  am  the  only 
survivor.  We  were  required  to  take  ten  days'  provisions,  during  which 
time  it  was  expected  we  would  make  Galena,  where  additional  supplies 
could  be  obtained.  During  our  preparations  to  start  we  had  constant,, 
heavy  rains,  which  raised  the  rivers,  creeks,  and  branches  to  an  unusual 
height.  The  companies  from  this  county  made  their  way  to  Peoria  in? 
messes  and  squads,  swimming  the  streams  not  bridged.  Upon  the  arrival 
of  all  the  companies  at  Peoria,  Colonel  Samuel  T.  Matthews  was  elected! 
lieutenant-colonel,  and  Elijah  lies,  of  Springfield,  major,  who,  because- 
he  rode  a  mule,  was  called  the  ;  mule  major.'  So  soon  as  organized  we 
left  Peoria.  James  D.  Henry  (afterward  General  Henry),  was  appointed 
adjutant,  Dr.  G.  Jayne,  of  Springfield,  surgeon,  and  Dr.  Taylor 
assistant.  William  Smith,  a  merchant  of  Springfield,  was  appointed 
quartermaster,  and  I  was  quartermaster's  sergeant.  The  heavy  rains  had 
extended  to  Rock  River,  and  the  prairies  were  so  saturated  with  water, 
so  that  we  could  only  travel  in  a  walk,  our  horses  breaking  the  sod  at 
every  step.  Following  a  trail  made  by  the  Indians,  and  persons  going 
to  the  lead  mines,  on  the  fifth  day  from  Peoria  we  reached  Rock  River 
(now  Dixon).  During  this  march  we  had  to  drink  the  water  standing  in 
swamps,  pools,  and  holes  in  the  prairie.  On  reaching  Rock  River,  seeing- 
that  it  was  a  beautiful  clear  stream,  with  a  gentle  current,  we  expected 
a  good  drink  of  water,  but  to  our  surprise  we  found  it  no  better  than  the 
water  of  the  swamps  through  which  we  had  passed.  Dozens  were  made 
sick  by  swallowing  the  water  before  tasting.  We  forded  the  river  in  the 
afternoon  on  a  Sunday,  those  riding  small  horses  swimming,  and  encamped 
oh  the  bank  until  the  next  day.  Beyond  the  river  we  found  the  country- 
dry.  By  this  time  our  ten  days'  provisions  were  almost  exhausted — we 
had  in  a  baggage  wagon  only  two  barrels  of  flour,  and  some  crackers,  and 
nearly  a  barrel  of  whisky,  which  we  divided  that  evening,  and  prepared 
for  an  early  march  the  next  morning.  On  the  morrow  we  made  an  early- 
start,  and  about  twelve  o'clock  we  found  a  beautiful  spring  of  clear  water,, 
the  first  we  had  had  since  leaving  Peoria,  and  of  which  we  partook  with 
a  will.  We  took  dinner  here  and  let  our  horses  graze  for  more  than  an 
hour ;  we  then  continued  the  march  until  sundown,  when  finding  a  good 
spring  we  encamped,  having  marched,  as  we  supposed,  thirty-five  or  forty 
miles  that  day.  The  next  day,  by  a  forced  march,  we  reached  Gratiot's- 
Grove,  fifteen  miles  from  Galena,  where  we  were  unable  to  obtain 
supplies,  and  where  we  remained  the  next  day,  when  we  removed  our 
encampment  to  the  White  Oak  Springs,  near  a  tavern  house  occupied  by 
a  Mrs.  Nabb,  from  Springfield.  We  neither  found  or  could  hear  of  any 
officers  of  the  U.  S.  army,  nor  of  any  hostile  Indians. 


290  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

"  Capt.  Smith  of  Sangamon,  and  Capt.  Rodgers  of  this  county,  agreed 
to  go  to  Prairie  du  Chien  with  a  report  from  Col.  Neale  to  the  command- 
ing officer  at  that  post.  They  started  without  a  pilot  or  compass.  They 
were  gone  several  days  and  finally  returned,  reported  that  they  had  lost 
their  way  and  had  not  been  able  to  reach  the  garrison.  The  thirty  days 
being  then  about  expiring,  and  all  apprehension  from  the  hostility  having 
-ceased,  Col.  Neale  decided  to  disband  the  army  ;  the  men  were  supplied 
with  provisions  enough  to  supply  them  home,  and  returned  in  companies, 
squads,  and  messes.  During  the  Winter  of  1826-7  and  the  Spring  of  1827, 
.an  immense  number  of  adventurers  and  pioneers  had  gone  to  the  Fox 
River  country  expecting  to  make  fortunes  by  working  the  mines,  who, 
upon  the  alarm  that  the  Indians  were  threatening  them,  returned  in  haste 
by  the  first  means  or  conveyance.  Most  of  them  came  down  the  river, 
because  it  was  not  considered  safe  to  attempt  to  pass  down  the  land  route, 
•and  here  originated  the  name  of  '  sucker,'  the  fish  of  that  name,  it  was 
.said,  passed  down  the  river  at  that  season  of  the  year,  and  citizens  of 
southern  Illinois  were  said  in  their  flight  to  follow  the  example  of  the 
fishes." 

Referring  to  the  origin  of  the  term  "  Sucker,"  the  following  is  taken 
from  Davidson's  History  of  Illinois  : 

"  On  occasion  of  a  pleasant  entertainment  at  Petersburg,  Virginia, 
Judge  Douglas  gave  the  following  humorous  account  of  the  origin  of  the 
term  '  Suckers,'  as  applied  to  Illinoisans  ;  the  account  is  valuable  further, 
and  confers  a  proud  distinction  upon  Illinois,  in  that  it  clears  up  all  doubt 
regarding  the  discovery  of  that  important  and  inspiring  beverage  called 
4  mint  julep,'  a  momentous  question  heretofore  covered  with  obscurity 
and  beset  with  many  doubts,  but  now  in  the  light  of  these  facts,  happily 
placed  at  rest.  It  is  not  improbable  that  a  glass  of  the  animating  bever- 
age served  to  quicken  the  memory  of  the  honorable  Senator  on  the 
occasion : 

"  About  the  year  1777,  George  Rogers  Clark  applied  to  the  governor 
of  Virginia,  and  suggested  to  him  that  as  peace  might  be  declared  at  any 
time  between  Great  Britain  and  the  Colonies,  it  would  be  well  for  us  to 
be  in  possession  of  the  Northwest  Territory,  so  that  when  the  commis- 
sioners came  to  negotiate  a  treaty,  we  might  act  on  the  well-known  prin- 
ciple of  uti  possidetis,  each  party  holding  all  they  had  in  possession.  He 
suggested  to  the  governor  to  permit  him  to  go  out  to  the  Northwest, 
conquer  the  country,  and  hold  it  until  the  treaty  of  peace,  when  we  would 
become  possessed  of  it.  The  governor  consented  arid  sent  him  across  the 
mountains  to  Pittsburgh.  From  there  he  and  his  companions  floatec 
down  the  Ohio  on  rafts  to  the  falls,  where  Louisville  now  is.  Aftei 
remaining  there  a  short  time,  they  again  took  to  their  rafts  and  floatec 
clown  to  the  Salines,  just  below  the  present  Shawneetown,  in  Illinois. 
Here  they  took  up  their  march  across  the  country  to  Kaskaskia,  where 
the  French  had  an  old  settlement,  and  by  the  aid  of  a  guide  they  reachec" 
the  Oquaw  River,  and  encamped  near  Peter  Menard's  house,  some  little 
distance  from  the  town.  You  see  I  am  well  acquainted  with  the  locality. 
Next  morning,  Clark  got  his  little  army  of  ragamuffins  together  (for  they 
had  no  army  wagons  with  supplies,  no  sutler,  and  no  stores,  and  by  this 
time  looked  ragged  enough),  and  took  up  his  line  of  march  for  the  little 
French  town  of  Kaskaskia.  It  was  summer  and  a  very  hot  day,  and  as 


HISTOEY   OF  MOEGAN   COUNTY.  291 

he  entered  the  town  he  saw  the  Frenchmen  sitting  quietly  on  their  little 
•verandahs,  in  front  of  their  houses,  sucking  their  juleps  through  straws. 
He  rushed  upon  them,  crying,  '  Surrender,  you  suckers,  you  !  '  The 
Frenchmen  surrendered,  and  from  that  day  to  this  Illinoisans  have  been 
known  as  '  suckers.'  That  was  the  origin  of  our  cognomen,  and  when 
George  Rogers  Clark  returned  to  Virginia  he  introduced  the  juleps  here. 
Now  I  want  to  give  Virginians  fair  notice,  that  when  they  claim  the 
honor  of  a  Jefferson,  of  a  Madison,  of  a  Marshall,  and  of  as  many  other 
distinguished  sages  and  patriots  as  the  world  ever  saw,  we  yield  ;  when 
you  claim  the  glory  you  achieved  on  the  field  of  battle,  we  yield  ;  when 
you  claim  credit  for  the  cession  of  the  Northwestern  Territory,  that  out 
of  it  Sovereign  States  might  be  created,  we  yield ;  when  you  claim  the 
glory  of  never  having  polled  a  vote  against  the  Democratic  party,  we 
yield  ;  but  when  you  claim  the  glory  of  the  mint  julep,  hands  off ;  Illinois 
wants  that." 

Another  account  of  the  origin  of  the  name  Sucker  is  attributed  to  the 
custom  of  early  emigrants  who,  when  passing  through  the  State  and  find- 
ing a  scant  supply  of  water  on  the  prairies,  would  thrust  a  sharpened 
stick  three  or  four  feet  down  into  the  loose,  porous  soil.  A  short  time 
after  the  stick  would  be  withdrawn,  the  hole  would  partially  fill  with 
water.  The  emigrant  would  then  insert  a  long,  hollow  reed  through 
which  he  would  suck  up  sufficient  water  to  quench  his  thirst.  From  the 
custom  of  sucking  the  water  through  these  hollow  tubes  the  early  inhab- 
itants are  said  to  have  derived  the  appellation  of  Suckers. 

Still  another  source  of  the  derivation  of  the  term  is  given.  It  is 
related  that  one  spring  during  the  early  settlement  of  the  State,  the  rain 
fell  in  such  abundance,  and  the  ground  remained  so  long  wet  after  the 
corn  had  been  planted,  that  the  settlers  raised  very  little  if  any  corn,  as 
it  all  grew  to  "  suckers,"  and  when  the  settlers  who  left  the  State  were 
asked  where  they  were  from,  were  always  ready  to  reply,  "  from  the 
Sucker  State." 

Of  all  the  derivations  of  this  sobriquet,  the  one  given  by  Judge 
Thomas  is  probably  correct,  and  most  generally  received. 

Leaving  this  digression  and  returning  to  the  Judge's  narrative,  we 
find  he  proceeds  as  follows  : 

"  We  found  the  flux  prevailing  as  an  epidemic  all  over  the  mining 
country.  All  the  doctors  in  the  country  were  constantly  engaged.  The 
extent  of  the  fatality  I  had  no  means  of  knowing,  but  there  was  neces- 
sarily much  suffering  for  want  of  medical  and  other  attendance  among 
the  sick,  and  many  deaths. 

"  During  that  campaign  many  incidents  of  amusement  occurred, 
ilthough  the  march  through  mud  and  water  was  by  no  means  pleasant, 
either  to  man  or  beast.  We  had  several  false  alarms  from  the  night 
sentinels,  and  in  consequence  calls  to  arms,  intended  to  test  the  discipline 
and  courage  of  the  officers  and  troops.  Upon  the  first  alarm,  one  Captain 
Greene,  was  suddenly  taken  very  ill,  and  so  continued  until  the  apparent 
danger  was  over.  We  encamped  the  second  night  out  near  the  present 
village  of  Tiskillwa  (Bureau  County),  where  Sergeant  Teas,  of  Sanga- 
•mon  County,  found  a  bee  tree,  from  which  he  and  his  mess  obtained  a 
good  supply  of  honey.  One  morning  Adjutant  Henry  and  myself,  hoping 
from  the  appearance  of  the  country  miles  ahead,  that  we  could  find  run- 


292  HISTORY  OP  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

ning  water,  rode  in  advance  of  the  regiment,  intending  to  mix  the 
water  with  part  of  a  bottle  of  whisky  in  my  saddle-bags ;  we  found 
several  pools  of  stagnant  water,  but  every  drop  of  the  whisky  had  leaked 
through  the  corn-cob  stopper  of  my  bottle,  so  that  we  had  to  drink  of  the 
stagnant  water  without  the  benefit  of  the  whisky.  We  saw  no  deers  or 
wolves  on  the  route,  but  prairie  rattlesnakes  afforded  numerous  oppor- 
tunities for  the  skill  of  our  marksmen.  When  we  reached  the  White 
Oak  Springs,  our  quartermaster,  whose  duty  it  was  to  purchase  supplies, 
deserted  us ;  and  this  duty  devolved  upon  the  sergeant,  who  discharged 
it  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  Crossing  the  Winnebaga 
Swamps,  or  marshes,  many  of  our  horses  became  mired  so  that  the  riders 
had  to  dismount,  and  occasionally  the  horses  had  to  be  drawn  out  by  the 
use  of  the  halters  and  bridles.  Forage  for  horses  was  out  of  the  ques- 
tion, and  they  subsisted  on  the  prairie  grass.  After  leaving  the 
settlements  we  saw  no  greenhead  flies,  though  they  were  exceedingly 
troublesome  on  the  boats  at  Peoria. 

"  The  governor's  order  was  dated  July  4th,  at  Mt.  Vernon.  The 
regiment  composed  of  independent  farmers  and  mechanics  was  raised, 
organized,  marched  to  the  White  Oak  Springs,  and  returned  home  in  not 
exceeding  thirty  days.  Two  of  our  Morgan  County  men  were  drowned 
in  a  branch  of  Crooked  Creek  returning  home.  We  had  no  baggage 
wagon  from  this  county.  My  mess  had  a  very  good  tent,  which  very  few 
of  the  other  messes  had.  Having  no  baggage  wagons,  and  having  to  carry 
our  provisions,  arms,  and  equipments  on  horseback,  we  had  but  little  room 
for  tents,  even  if  they*  had  been  supplied.  We  slept  on  saddle-blankets, 
with  our  heads  on  saddles,  and  for  covering  had  overcoats  and  blankets ; 
but  during  that  season  of  the  year  we  had  but  little  use  for  covering 
other  than  overcoats. 

"  The  question  of  pay  was  not  considered  of  much  consequence  ;  it 
was  well  understood  that  this  depended  on  the  action  of  Congress,  and  no 
fears  were  entertained  of  the  success?  of  General  Duncan,  our  representa- 
tive in  Congress,  in  obtaining  the  necessary  appropriation.  We  were  not 
disappointed,  for  appropriations  were  made  by  the  Congress  of  1827-8, 
and  we  were  paid  in  the  Spring  of  1828,  the  following  rates :  Each 
sergeant  major  and  quartermaster-sergeant,  $9  per  month  ;  each  drum  and 
fife  major,  $8.33  per  month ;  sergeants,  $8 ;  each  corporal,  drummer, 
fifer  and  teamster,  $7.33  ;  each  farrier,  saddler  and  artificer  included  as  a 
private,  $8  ;  each  gunner,  bombardier,  and  private,  86.66.  In  addition  to 
which  we  were  paid  for  the  use  of  horses,  arms  and  accoutrements,  and 
for  the  risk  thereof,  except  for  horses  killed  in  action,  ten  cents  per  day. 
For  rations,  25  cents  per  day,  and  one  day's  pay  for  fifteen  miles  travel 
to  the  place  of  rendezvous  and  returning  home." 

Nothing  of  interest  occurred  in  the  history  of  the  county  from  the 
close  of  the  Winnebago  -war  until  the  fall  of  the  "  deep  snow,"  which 
happened  in  the  Winter  of  1830-31.  Quite  a  number  of  persons  had 
settled  in  the  county  during  this  interval,  and  population  and  improve- 
ments had  largely  increased.  This  fall  of  snow  was  indeed  a  remarkable 
event.  Nothing  like  it  had  ever  occurred  in  the  annals  of  the  Northwest. 
The  Indians  relate  that  years  before  the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  a  great  snow  fell  to  the  depth  of  a  man's  waist.  Wild  animals 
perished  in  great  numbers,  and  the  suffering  among  the  Indians,  which 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  29& 

followed  the  loss  of  so  much  game,  was  severely  felt.  In  the  early  days 
of  Kentucky  a  snow  fell  to  a  depth  of  more  than  a  foot,  causing  great 
privation  among  the  settlers  ;  it  however  did  not  equal  the  "  deep  snow  " 
of  1830-31. 

THE  DEEP  SNOW. 

In  the  latter  part  of  November,  1830,  snow  commenced  falling  and 
continued  to  fall  at  intervals  until  January,  1831.  As  one  snow  fell 
upon  another,  the  wind  at  times  blowing  very  hard,  there  soon  accu- 
mulated a  depth  in  places  from  seven  to  twelve  feet,  covering  fences  and 
small  buildings  entirely,  and  causing  great  distress  to  the  inhabitants,  as 
well  as  to  stock  and  wild  game.  In  the  heavy  timber,  where  the  wind 
could  not  get  the  power  to  drift,  the  snow  was  said  to  be  three  feet  on  a 
level.  The  sun  shining  occasionally  melted  the  surface,  and  the  cold 
nights  would  freeze  it  hard  enough  to  bear  a  man  or  beast.  The  roads 
often  ran  over  stake-and-ridered  fences,  and  although  good  for  persons  of 
leisure,  if  there  had  been  any  for  sleigh  riding,  was  very  inconvenient  for 
farmers  who  had  not  gathered  their  corn,  and  had  to  go  into  their  fields 
and  reach  under  the  snow  for  the  ears  of  corn,  and  carry  them  home  in  a 
bag  or  basket  to  feed  their  hungry  horses,  cows,  and  pigs,  and  even  to  get 
their  bread.  As  they  could  not  go  to  mill,  their  corn  was  put  in  wooden 
mortars  and  pounded  until  broken  so  that  they  could  cook  it  by  boiling 
or  baking.  Many  suffered  severely,  both  for  food  and  warmth,  not  having  , 
made  any  preparation  for  such  a  change  in  the  weather.  For  years  before- 
the  weather  had  been  very  mild  until  after  Christmas,  sometimes 
continuing  so  all  winter,  so  warm  and  open  that  cattle  could  browse  and 
feed  with  but  little  care  from  man.  Many  instances  of  individual  suffer- 
ing might  be  given  in  these  pages,  but  as  so  many  of  them  have  been 
reported  in  neighborhood  circles,  and  others  published  in  newspapers 
and  books,  it  would  seem  like  needless  repetition  to  insert  them  here. 
The  winter  of  the  "deep  snow"  is  referred  to  by  all  the  early  settlers, 
forming  a  data  to  refer  to,  as  any  incident  happening  so  long  a  time  before 
or  after  it. 

The  old  settlers  of  Morgan,  Cass,  and  Scott  Counties,  in  the  organi- 
zation of  their  society,  fixed  that  as  the  period  of  membership,  and  for  a 
few  years  none  were  admitted  to  become  members  of  the  societj'  unless- 
they  could  date  their  residence  here  previous  to  the  "  deep  snow." 
Since  then  the  time  has  been  extended  to  1840. 

The  inhabitants  of  Morgan  and  surrounding  counties  caught  a  great 

deal  of  game  while  the  snow  was  on  the  ground,  as  the  deer  in  running 

ver  the  snow   would  sometimes,  in  consequence  of  their  sharp  hoofs, 

break  through  the  crust,  and  be  unable   to  extricate  themselves.     Men 

could  walk  or  run  over  the  surface  and  capture   them,  or  if  men  were 

not  around  the  wolves  would  make  short  work  of  them.     Prairie  chickens, 

abbits,  and   all   other   game    were    easily  captured.      Until    February, 

1831,  when  the  snow  went  off  with  a  great  freshet,  the  ground  was  not 

seen. 

Shortly  after  the  events  just  narrated,  troubles  with  the  Indians  in 
the  north  part  of  the  State  began  again.  That  part  of  Illinois  lying 
between  the  Rock  and  Mississippi  Rivers  was  an  inviting  place  of  settle- 
ment for  the  whites.  It  possesses  unusual  natural  scenery,  is  well  watered, 


294  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

and  is  very  fertile.     The  Indians  then  occupying  it  refused  to  vacate  it  for 
the  white  people  who  desired  to  settle  there,  and  the  result  was 

THE  BLACK  HAWK  WAR. 

In  the  history  of  the  Northwest,  printed  elsewhere  in  this  volume, 
a  condensed  account  of  this  war  is  given.  It,  however,  relates  to  the  war 
in  general,  not  specifying  any  section  of  country,  or  giving  the  experiences 
of  any  volunteer  from  any  county  in  Illinois.  Morgan  County  furnished 
a  number  of  men  in  this  conflict,  and  their  reminiscences  are  worthy  of 
record,  and  merit  a  place  in  the  county's  history.  Judge  Wm.  Thomas 
was  one  of  the  volunteers,  and  with  his  accustomed  faithfulness  preserves 
an  account  of  his  and  his  comrades'  campaign.  We  give  it  as  he  narrates 
it,  in  a  letter  to  the  Jacksonville  Journal,  under  date  of  Dec.  3,  1871. 
He  says : 

"  In  1827,  under  the  administration  of  Governor  Edwards,  we  had 
what  was  called  the  '  Winnebago  War.'  A  regiment  of  mounted  volun- 
teers from  the  Counties  of  Sangamon  and  Morgan,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Thomas  M.  Neale,  marched  to  the  neighborhood  of  Galena,  for 
the  defense  and  protection  of  the  settlers  and  miners  in  that  region, 
against  a  supposed  threatened  invasion  of  the  Winnebago  Indians. 

"  In  1829—30,  a  number  of  families  settled  on  Rock  River,  a  few 
miles  below  Rock  Island,  in  the  absence  of  the  Indians,  who  had  pre- 
viously occupied  that  land,  between  Rock  River  and  the  Mississippi.  In 
the  Spring  of  1831  the  Indians  returned,  and  claimed  their  former  posses- 
sions, which  our  settlers,  having  made  arrangements  for  raising  a  crop, 
were  reluctantly  compelled  to  surrender.  Black  Hawk  and  his  followers 
claimed  that  this  neck  of  land  still  belonged  to  the  Indians ;  that  the 
treaty  by  which  it  had  been  ceded  had  never  been  assented  to  by  the 
legal  owners.  Out  of  this  claim  of  Black  Hawk  grew  the  first  of  the 
Black  Hawk  war — having  no  connection  with  the  Winnebago  war.  Gov- 
ernor Reynolds  ordered  out  a  brigade  of  mounted  volunteers,  to  proceed 
to  the  disputed  territory  and  repel  the  Indians.  Governor  Duncan,  being 
then  a  major-general  of  militia,  took  the  command  of  the  brigade,  by 
order  of  the  governor.  The  brigade  was  hastily  organized,  and  in  quick 
time  was  on  the  scene  of  proposed  action.  The  Indians,  however,  being 
aware  of  the  approach  of  the  army,  abandoned  their  wigwams  and  pos- 
sessions, and  crossed  the  river  into  Iowa.  Whilst  this  brigade  was 
marching  across  the  country,  General  Gaines  was  moving  up  the  Missis- 
sippi on  a  steamboat  with  some  companies  of  the  regular  army.  The 
general,  intending  to  avoid  any  personal  conflict  with  the  Indians,  or  the 
shedding  of  blood,  anchored  his  boat  a  short  distance  below  the  mouth 
of  Rock  River,  and  sent  a  messenger  across  the  country  to  meet  General 
Duncan,  with  orders  to  join  him  on  the  Mississippi,  a  movement  which 
would  give  the  Indians  notice  of  the  approach  of  the  militia,  and  time 
to  escape,  of  which  they  readily  availed  themselves  by  retiring  to  what 
they  esteemed  a  place  of  safety.  General  Duncan  reached  General 
Gaines  in  the  afternoon,  encamped,  and  remained  until  next  morning, 
when  both  companies  started  up  the  river — General  Gaines  on  the  boat, 
and  General  Duncan  at  the  head  of  his  brigade — intending  to  meet  and 
co-operate  together  at  the  Indian  village.  It  commenced  raining  early 
that  morning,  and  continued  until  the  afternoon.  Before  General  Dun- 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  295 

can  reached  the  place  of  crossing  the  Rock  River,  General  Gaines  had 
ascended  the  river  as  high  up  as  the  stage  of  the  water  would  permit, 
and  signalled  General  Duncan  by  the  firing  of  cannons,  as  had  been  pre- 
viously agreed  on. 

"  Being  quartermaster  of  the  brigade,  and  having  been  informed  of 
the  intended  movement,  and  also  of  General  Gaines'  expectations  that 
the  Indians  would  escape,  I  was  not  surprised  at  hearing  the  cannon ;  but 
the  rank  and  file  of  the  militia  thought  the  firing  was  the  beginning  of  a 
fight,  and  a  book  might  be  written  representing  the  speeches  and  describ- 
ing the  actions  of  these  uninitiated  militia,  as  they  passed  up  the  river  to 
the  place  of  crossing.  We  first  crossed  a  wide,  shallow  slough,  on  to  an 
island  thickly  set  with  undergrowth  of  saplings  and  bushes.  We  then 
reached  the  main  river  at  a  place  supposed  to  be  fordable  :  our  advanced 
guard  following  a  pilot  reputed  to  be  well  acquainted  with  the  road, 
crossed  the  river,  but  it  was  deep,  and  the  bottom  covered  with  large 
rock,  or  boulders,  as  they  were  called.  In  crossing,  some  of  the  horses 
striking  these  boulders,  fell,  and  threw  their  riders  into  the  river,  to  make 
their  way  across  as  best  they  could  ;  other  horses  had  occasionally  to  swim. 
With  the  loss  of  a  few  guns  and  the  ducking  of  a  few  riders,  the  guard 
reached  the  bank — no  one  drowned  or  badly  hurt.  The  main  army  went 
a  short  distance  below,  opposite  the  Indian  village,  where  some  craft  were 
found  on  which  the  men  could  cross,  and  the  horses  were  made  to  swim. 
Whilst  crossing  the  river,  the  rain  fell  in  torrents.  I  found  a  log-cabin 
on  the  bank,  into  which,  with  my  horse,  I  took  shelter  until  most  of  the 
army  had  crossed,  and  the  storm  abated. 

"  The  army  encamped  that  night  in  the  Indian  village,  using  all  the 
wigwams  that  could  be  made  available,  and  using  the  bark  which  had 
been  detached  from  the  wigwams  to  sleep  on.  The  rain,  which  had 
ceased  a  few  hours  before  night,  long  enough  for  the  making  of  fires, 
cooking  and  eating  supper,  commenced  again  during  the  night,  and  con- 
tinued to  pour  in  torrents  until  after  day.  My  mess  had  a  good  tent, 
under  which  we  slept ;  but  to  keep  as  dry  as  possible,  I  procured  a  wide 
piece  of  bark,  curved  at  the  sides  like  a  trough  with  a  round  bottom,  to 
sleep  on.  It  was  warm  weather,  and  the  rain  was  warm  ;  when  I  awoke 
in  the  morning,  I  found  my  bark  filled  with  water  one  or  more  inches 
deep,  and  to  that  depth  the  water  was  under  me,  so  that,  but  for  having 
a  change  of  clothes  kept  in  a  dry  place,  I  should  have  been  compelled  to 
go  on  duty  with  nearly  half  my  clothing  as  wet  as  water  could  make 
them.  The  next  day  we  marched  to  Rock  Island,  and  encamped  on  the 
east  bank  of  the  slough,  opposite  the  fort,  where  we  remained  until  mus- 
tered out  of  service  and  discharged.  Whilst  encamped  on  the  river,  and 
before  it  was  known  what  the  Indians  might  be  willing  to  do  upon  the 
question  of  remaining  out  of  the  State  and  keeping  the  peace,  our  horses, 
1,500  or  1,800,  grazing  below  the  encampment,  were  frightened  by  the 
approach  of  a  steamboat,  and  forthwith  stampeded,  making  a  noise  almost 
equal  to  distant,  heavy  thunder.  The  army  was  called  to  arms,  and 
formed  in  line  in  quick  time,  no  one  knowing  but  that  the  Indians  were 
upon  us.  The  first  direction  of  the  horses  was  toward  the  encampment, 
but  the  sentinels  were  able  to  turn  them  toward  the  bluff  on  the  east, 
and  they  were  soon  out  of  hearing,  when  the  near  approach  of  the  boat 
told  the  story  of  the  alarm.  Most  of  the  horses  were  found  the  next 


296  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

day,  but  many  of  them  continued  the  chase,  and  were  found  days  after- 
ward, several  miles  up  Rock  River ;  others  were  not  found. 

"  Returning  home,  my  mess  encamped  one  night  on  a  branch  of 
Crooked  Creek,  near  the  residence  of  a  Mr.  Pennington,  where  we  found 
the  encampment  of  parts  of  several  companies  building  fires  and  prepar- 
ing supper.  Here  I  was  informed  that  a  volunteer  from  Sangamon 
County,  called  by  the  name  of  General  Jackson,  had  in  his  possession 
four  Indian  ponies,  brought  from  the  vicinity  of  Rock  Island.  I  sent  for 
him  to  ascertain  how  he  came  by  the  ponies,  fearing  that  they  had  been 
stolen.  To  my  inquiries,  he  said  that  he  had  purchased  them  from  a 
stranger  below  Rock  Island.  I  proposed  that  he  should  surrender  them 
to  me  to  be  kept  until  the  question  of  ownership  could  be  investigated 
(expressing  a  fear  that  the  stranger  had  stolen  them),  to  which  he 
readily  assented.  I  placed  the  ponies  in  charge  of  Mr.  Pennington,  and 
upon  reaching  home  wrote  to  the  Indian  agent  at  Rock  Island,  request- 
ing him  to  send  for  them,  and  return  them  to  the  Indians.  The  agent 
complied  with  my  request,  and  upon  restoring  them,  required  the  Indians 
to  restore  any  of  our  horses  that  they  might  have  found  after  the  stam- 
pede. The  result  was  that  eighteen  horses  belonging  to  volunteers  were 
returned  to  the  agent,  and  all  of  them,  I  believe,  were  restored  to  the 
owners.  I  saw  the  General  Jackson  afterward,  and  learned  that  he  had 
paid  nothing  for  the  ponies,  and  that  he  had  never  since  seen  or  heard  of 
the  man  of  whom  he  had  purchased  them." 

Black  Hawk  failed  to  keep  the  terms  of  the  treaty,  and  as  soon  as 
the  military  retired  he  returned  to  the  Illinois  side  of  the  river.  A  large 
force  was  at  once  raised  and  marched  against  him.  Morgan  County 
furnished  her  full  quota  of  men  the  second  time,.  Many  of  the  same 
officers  and  men  enumerated  in  the  article  of  Judge  Thomas,  returned  to 
the  conflict.  This  time  severe  fighting  followed,  resulting  in  the  total 
defeat  of  Black  Hawk  and  his  followers.  His  capture  by  the  troops, 
his  confinement  as  a  prisoner  of  war,  his  release,  and  the  closing  days  of 
his  life,  are  all  narrated  in  this  volume,  and  to  it  the  reader  is  referred. 

This  war  practically  closed  the  Indian  troubles  in  Illinois.  The 
return  of  the  militia  to  their  homes,  was  followed  by  years  of  prosperity 
and  peace.  The  county  had  become  thickly  settled  for  that  day,  in  some 
parts,  and  its  county  seat  was  earning  a  name,  as  a  place  of  learning  and 
influence. 

The  earliest  days  of  a  country,  the  pioneer  customs  and  habits,  the 
privations  endured,  the  successes  achieved,  form  interesting  chapters  of 
history,  and  deserve  a  place  in  its  annals.  The  early  settlers  were  a 
brave  and  hardy  people,  the  brightest  side  of  their  life  shown  out  at  all 
times,  and  though  their  labors  were  severe,  their  love  of  sport  was  just 
as  strong,  and  indulged  in  whenever  occasion  presented. 

The  daily  life  of  the  pioneer  was  one  of  simplicity  and  frugality. 
His  wants  were  few,  easily  supplied,  and  of  a  simple  nature.  Our  narra- 
tive would  be  incomplete,  did  we  not  give  in  detail,  something  of  this 
pioneer  life,  as  seen  by  many  yet  living,  and  as  days  which  to  them  will 
always  be  pleasantly  recollected.  We  will  narrate  the  scenes  of  these 
days,  as  they  have  been  told  us,  and  as  we  have  gathered  them  from 
others  who  have  placed  them  on  record.  The  festal  days  of  the  pioneers 
were,  when  a  cabin  was  to  be  raised ;  when  a  shooting  match  occurred ; 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  297 

when  a  "husking  bee"  was  held ;  a  wedding  took  place  ;  a  general  mus- 
ter day  came  ;  or  any  similar  day  of  rest  and  recreation  would  occur. 
As  they  were  held  in  Morgan  County,  the  same  as  in  other  parts  of  the 
State,  one  .description  will  apply  to  all  portions  of  the  great  West. 
Those  were  the  "  good  old  days  "  and  though  we  of  to-day,  honor  these 
memories,  we  believe  our  days  are  as  good  as  any,  and  that  we  in  our 
old  age,  will  look  back  to  them  with  memories  as  tender  and  as  cher- 
ished as  these  in  the  decline  of  life  delight  to  remember  theirs. 

We  have  noted  the  raising  of  the  cabin  as  one  of  the  days  of  enjoy- 
ment, among  the  early  settlers.  The  usual  way  of  erecting  these 
primitive  habitations,  was  in  the  following  manner :  On  an  appointed 
day  the  pioneers  gathered  about  a  spot  selected  for  the  erection  of  the 
cabin  home.  A  party  of  choppers  was  toled  off,  whose  business  it  was  to 
fell  the  trees,  and  cut  them  into  proper  lengths;  a  man  with  a  team  next 
hauled  or  dragged  the  logs  to  the  place,  and  arranged  them,  properly 
assorted,  at  the  ends  and  sides  of  the  proposed  building.  Some  one  was 
selected  to  search  the  woods  for  a  suitable  tree,  from  which  to  make  the 
clapboards  for  the  roof.  The  tree  for  this  purpose  must  be  straight 
grained,  and  from  three  to  four  feet  in  diameter.  The  boards  were  split 
four  feet  long,  with  a  large  frow,  and  as  wide  as  the  timber  would  allow. 
They  were  used  without  planing  or  shaving.  Another  party  of  men  was 
employed  in  getting  puncheons  for  the  floor  of  the  cabin  ;  this  was  done 
by  splitting  trees,  about  eighteen  inches  in  diameter,  and  hewing  the 
faces  of  them  with  a  broadax.  They  were  half  the  length  of  the  floor 
they  were  intended  to  make.  The  materials  for  the  cabin  were  mostly 
prepared  on  the  first  day,  and  sometimes  the  foundation  laid  in  the 
evening.  The  second  day  was  allotted  for  the  raising.  On  the  morn- 
ing of  that  day,  the  neighbors  collected  for  the  raising.  The  first  thing 
to  be  done  was  the  election  of  the  four  corner  men,  whose  business  it  was 
to  notch  and  place  the  logs,  which  were  furnished  them  by  the  rest  of 
the  workmen.  In  the  meantime  the  boards  and  puncheons  were  col- 
lected for  the  floor  and  roof,  so  that  by  the  time  the  cabin  was  a  few  logs 
high,  the  sleepers  and  floor  began  to  be  laid.  The  door  was  made  by 
sawing  or  cutting  out  the  logs  in  one  side  of  the  cabin,  so  as  to  make  an 
opening  about  thres  feet  wide.  The  logs  on  each  side  of  this  opening, 
were  kept  in  place  by  upright  pieces  of  timber,  about  three  inches  thick, 
through  which  holes  were  bored,  for  the  purpose  of  driving  through  them 
wooden  pins,  into  the  ends  of  the  logs.  A  similar  opening,  but  wider, 
was  made  at  the  end,  for  the  chimney.  This  was  built  of  logs,  and  made 
large  to  admit  of  a  back  and  jambs  of  stone.  At  each  corner  of  the 
building  the  two  end  logs  projected  a  foot  or  two  beyond  the  wall,  to 
receive  the  bunting  poles,  as  they  were  called,  against  which  the  ends  of 
the  first  rows  of  clapboards  were  supported.  The  roof  was  formed  by 
making  the  end  logs  shorter  until  a  single  log  formed  the  comb  of  the 
roof ;  on  these  logs  the  clapboards  were  placed,  the  ranges  of  them  lay- 
ing some  distance  over  those  next  below  them,  and  kept  in  their  places 
by  logs  placed  at  proper  distances  upon  them. 

The  roof,  and  sometimes  the  floor,  were  finished  on  the  same  day  of 
the  raising.  A  third  day  was  commonly  spent  by  a  few  carpenters  in  level- 
ing off  the  floor,  making  a  clapboard  door,  and  a  table.  This  last  was 
made  of  a  split  slab,  and  supported  by  four  round  sticks,  set  in  auger- 


298  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

holes.  A  few  three-legged  stools  were  made  in  the  same  manner.  Pins  stuck 
in  the  logs,  at  the  back  of  the  house,  served  to  support  clapboard  shelves, 
on  which  the  table-furniture  was  kept,  when  not  in  use.  The  bedstead 
was  made  by  fastening  a  forked  post  in  the  floor,  and  in  the  ceiling.  A 
pole  was  placed  in  the  fork  of  the  post,  from  there  it  projected  through 
the  wall  of  the  cabin.  This  front  pole  was  crossed  by  a  shorter  one 
within  the  fork,  with  its  outer  end  through  another  crack.  From  the 
front  pole,  through  a  crack  between  the  logs,  of  the  end  of  the  house, 
the  boards  were  put  on  which  formed  the  bottom  of  the  bed.  A  few  pegs 
around  the  walls,  for  the  display  of  the  dresses  of  the  women,  and  hunt- 
ing-shirts of  the  men,  and  two  small  forks,  or  buck's  horns,  to  a  joist  for 
the  rifle  and  shot-pouch,  completed  the  carpenter  work. 

In  the  meantime  masons  were  at  work.  With  the  heart  pieces  of  the 
timber  of  which  the  clapboards  were  made,  they  made  billets  for  chink- 
ing up  the  cracks  between  the  logs  of  the  cabin  and  chimney — a  large 
bed  of  mud  mortar  was  made  for  daubing  up  those  cracks  ;  a  few  stones- 
formed  the  back  and  sides  of  the  chimney. 

The  house  being  finished,  the  ceremony  of  house-warming  took 
place,  which  usually  consisted  of  a  dance,  lasting  all  night.  At  house- 
raisings,  log-rollings,  and  harvest-parties,  every  one  was  expected  to  do 
his  duty  faithfully.  A  person  who  did  not  perform  his  share  of  labor, 
on  these  occasions,  was  designated  by  the  epithet  of  "  Laurence,"  or 
some  title  still  more  opprobrious ;  and  when  it  came  to  his  turn  to  re- 
quire the  like  aid  from  his  neighbors,  the  idler  soon  felt  his  punishment, 
in  their  refusal  to  attend  to  his  calls. 

"  The  marriage  ceremony,  in  those  days,  was  a  very  unceremonious 
affair,"  says  John  McConnell,  whose  excellent  description  in  his  "West- 
ern Sketches  "  we  quote  in  full.  "  The  parents  never  made  a  'parade' 
about  any  thing — marriage,  least  of  all.  They  usually  gave  the  bride — 
not  the  '  blushing '  bride — a  bed,  a  lean  horse,  and  some  good  advice  ; 
and,  having  thus  discharged  their  duty  in  the  premises,  returned  to  their 
work,  and  the  business  was  done.  The  parade  and  drill  which  now  at- 
tend it,  would  have  been  as  ridiculous  as  a  Chinese  dance  ;  and  the 
finery  and  ornament,  at  present  understood  to  be  indispensable  on  such 
occasions,  then  bore  no  sway  in  fashion.  Bridal  wreaths  and  dresses 
were  not  known,  and  white  kid  gloves  and  satin  slippers  never  heard  of. 
Orange  blossoms — natural  and  artificial — were  as  pretty  then  as  now ; 
but  the  people  were  more  occupied  with  substance  than  with  emblem. 

"  The  ancients  decked  their  victims  for  the  sacrifice  with  gaudy  colors^ 
flags,  and  streamers  ;  the  moderns  do  the  same,  and  the  offerings  are 
sometimes  made  to  quite  as  barbarous  deities.  But  the  bride  of  the 
pioneer  was  clothed  in  linsey-wolsey,  with  hose  of  woolen  yarn  ;  and 
moccasins  of  deer-skin — or,  as  an  extra  piece  of  finery,  high-quartered 
shoes  of  calf-skin — preceded  satin  slippers.  The  bridegroom  came  in 
copperas-colored  jeans — domestic  manufacture — as  a  holiday  suit ;  or, 
perhaps,  a  hunting-shirt  of  buck-skin,  all  fringed  around  the  skirt  and 
cape,  and  a  '  coon-skin '  cap,  with  moccasins.  Instead  of  a  dainty 
walking-stick,  with  an  opera-dancer's  leg,  in  ivory,  for  a  head,  he  always 
brought  his  rifle,  with  a  solid  maple  stock ;  and  often,  during  the  whole 
ceremony,  he  did  not  divest  himself  of  powder-horn  and  bullet-pouch. 

"  Ministers  of  the  gospel  were  few  in  those  days,  and  the  words 


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of  form  were  usually  spoken  by  a  missionary.  Or,  if  the  pioneer 
had  objections  to  Catholicism — as  many  had  —  his  place  was  supplied 
by  some  justice  of  the  peace,  of  doubtful  powers  and  mythical  ap- 
pointment. If  neither  of  these  could  be  procured,  the  father  of  the 
bride,  himself,  sometimes  assumed  the  functions,  pro  hdc  vice,  or  pro  tern- 
pore,  of  minister  or  justice.  It  was  always  understood,  however,  that 
such  left-handed  marriages  were  to  be  confirmed  by  the  first  minister  who 
wandered  to  the  frontier ;  and,  even  when  the  opportunity  did  not  offer 
for  many  months,  no  scandal  ever  arose — the  marriage  vow  was  never 
broken.  The  pioneers  were  simple  people ;  the  refinements  of  high 
cultivation  had  not  yet  penetrated  the  forests  or  crossed  the  prairies, 
and  good  faith  and  virtue  were  as  common  as  courage  and  sagacity. 

"  When  the  brief,  but  all-sufficient  ceremony  was  over,  the  bride- 
groom resumed  his  rifle,  helped  the  bride  into  the  saddle — or,  more  fre- 
quently, to  the  pillion  behind  him — and  they  calmly  rode  away  together. 

"  On  some  pleasant  spot — surrounded  by  a  shady  grove,  or  point  of 
timber — a  new  log  cabin  has  been  built ;  its  rough  logs  notched  across 
sach  other  at  the  corners,  a  roof  of  oaken  clapboards,  held  firmly  down 
ry  long  poles  along  each  course,  its  floor  of  heavy  '  puncheons,'  its  broad, 
cheerful  fireplace,  large  as  a  modern  bed-room — all  are  in  the  highest  style 
of  frontier  architecture.  Within — excepting  some  anomalies,  such  as 
putting  the  skillet  and  teakettle  in  the  little  cupboard,  along  with  the 
ilue-edged  plates  and  yellow-figured  tea-cups — for  the  whole  has  been 
arranged  by  the  hands  of  the  bridegroom  himself — every  thing  is  neatly 
md  properly  disposed.  The  oaken  bedstead,  with  low,  square  posts, 
stands  in  one  corner,  and  the  bed  is  covered  by  a  pure  white  counterpane, 
with  fringe — an  heir-loom  in  the  family  of  the  bride.  At  the  foot  of  this 
is  seen  a  large,  heavy  chest — like  a  camp-chest — to  serve  for  bureau,  safe, 
and  dressing-case. 

"  In  the  middle  of  the  floor — directly  above  the  trap-door  which  leads 
to  a  '  potato-hole '  beneath — stands  a  ponderous  walnut  table,  and  on  it 
sits  a  nest  of  wooden  trays  ;  while,  flanking  these,  on  one  side,  is  a  nicely- 
folded  tablecloth,  and,  on  the  other,  a  wooden-handled  butcher-knife  and 
a  well  worn  Bible.  Around  the  room  are  ranged  a  few  '  split-bottomed ' 
chairs,  exclusively  for  use,  not  ornament.  In  the  chimney-corners,  or 
under  the  table,  are  several  three-legged  stools,  made  for  the  children, 
who — as  the  bridegroom  laughingly  insinuates,  while  he  points  to  the  un- 
couth specimens  of  his  handiwork — '  will  be  coming  in  due  time.'  The 
wife  laughs  in  her  turn — replies  'no  doubt' — and,  taking  one  of  the 
graceful  tripods  in  her  hand,  carries  it  forth  to  sit  upon  while  she  milks 
the  cow — for  she  understands  what  she  is  expected  to  do,  and  does  it 
without  delay.  In  one  corner,  near  the  fireplace,  the  aforesaid  cupboard 
is  erected — being  a  few  oaken  shelves  neatly  pinned  to  the  logs  with 
hickory  forks — and  in  this  are  arranged  the  plates  and  cups  ;  not  as  the 
honest  pride  of  the  housewife  would  arrange  them,  to  display  them  to  the 
best  advantage,  but  piled  away  one  within  another,  without  reference  to 
show.  As  yet  there  is  no  sign  of  female  taste  or  presence. 

"  But  now  the  house  receives  its  mistress.  The  '  happy  couple  '  ride 
up  to  the  low  rail  fence  in  front,  the  bride  springs  off  without  assistance, 
affectation,  or  delay.  The  husband  leads  away  the  horse,  or  horses,  and 
the  wife  enters  the  dominion  where,  thenceforward,  she  is  queen.  There 


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is  no  coyness,  no  blushing,  no  pretence  of  fright  or  nervousness — if  you 
will,  no  romance — for  which  the  husband  has  reason  to  be  thankful !  The 
wife  knows  what  her  duties  are,  and  resolutely  goes  about  performing 
them.  She  never  dreamed,  nor  twaddled  about  '  love  in  a  cottage,'  or 
*  the  sweet  communion  of  congenial  souls  '  (whenever  eat  anything);  and 
she  is,  therefore,  not  disappointed  on  discovering  that  life  is  actually  a 
serious  thing.  She  never  whines  about  'making  her  husband  happy,' 
but  sets  firmly  and  sensibly  about  making  him  comfortable.  She  never 
complains  of  having  too  much  work  to  do,  she  does  not  desert  her  home 
to  make  endless  visits ;  she  borrows  no  misfortunes,  has  no  imaginary 
ailings.  Milliners  and  mantua-makers  she  ignores,  '  shopping '  she  never 
heard  of,  scandal  she  never  invents  or  listens  to.  She  never  wishes  for 
fine  carriages,  professes  no  inability  to  walk  five  hundred  }'ards,  and  does 
not  think  it  a  'vulgar  accomplishment'  to  know  how  to  make  butter. 
She  has  no  groundless  anxieties,  she  is  not  nervous  about  her  children 
taking  cold  ;  a  doctor  is  a  visionary  potentate  to  her — a  drug  shop  is  a 
depot  of  abominations.  She  never  forgets  whose  wife  she  is,  there  is  no 
'  sweet  confidante  '  without  whom  she  '  can  not  live,'  she  never  writes 
endless  letters  about  nothing.  She  is  in  short,  a  faithful,  honest  wife  ; 
and,  in  '  due  time,'  the  husband  must  make  more  '  three-legged  stools,' 
for  the  '  tow  heads  '  have  now  covered  them  all ! 

"  Such  is  the  wife  and  mother  of  the  pioneer,  and,  with  such  influen- 
ces about  him,  how  could  he  be  otherwise  than  honest,  straightforward, 
and  manly  ?  " 

Rev.  Joseph  Doddridge,  D.D.,  whose  early  life  was  spent  amid 
the  scenes  and  habits  of  the  West,  especially  in  Kentucky,  has  well 
described  the  manners  and  customs.  He  says:  "  For  a  long  time  after 
the  first  settlement  of  this  country,  the  inhabitants  in  general  married 
young.  There  was  no  distinction  of  rank,  and  very  little  of  fortune. 
On  these  accounts  the  first  impression  of  love  resulted  in  marriage  ;  and 
a  family  establishment  cost  but  a  little  labor,  and  nothing  else. 

"  In  the  first  years  in  the  settlement  of  this  country,  a  wedding  en- 
gaged the  attention  of  a  whole  neighborhood,  and  the  frolic  was  antici- 
pated by  old  and  young  with  eager  expectation.  This  is  not  to  be  won- 
dered at,  when  it  is  told  that  a  wedding  was  almost  the  only  gathering 
which  was  not  accompanied  by  the  labor  of  reaping,  log-rolling,  building 
a  cabin,  or  planning  some  scout  or  campaign. 

"•  On  the  morning  of  the  wedding-day,  the  groom  and  his  attendants 
assembled  at  the  house  of  his  father,  for  the  purpose  of  reaching  the  man- 
sion of  his  bride  by  noon,  which  was  the  usual  time  for  celebrating  the 
nuptials ;  which  for  certain  must  take  place  before  dinner. 

"  Let  the  reader  imagine  an  assemblage  of  people,  without  a  store, 
tailor,  or  mantua-maker  within  a  hundred  miles ;  and  an  assemblage  of 
horses,  without  a  blacksmith  or  saddler  within  an  equal  distance.  The 
gentlemen  dressed  in  shoepacks,  moccasins,  leather  breeches,  leggings, 
linsey  hunting  shirts,  and  all  home-made. 

"  The  ladies  dressed  in  linsey  petticoats  and  linsey  or  linen  bed 
gowns,  coarse  shoes,  stockings,  handkerchiefs,  and  buckskin  gloves,  if 
any.  If  there  were  any  buckles,  rings,  buttons,  or  ruffles,  they  were  the 
relics  of  olden  times — family  pieces  from  parents  or  grandparents. 

"  The  horses  were  caparisoned  with  old  saddles,  with  a  bag  or  blan- 


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ket  thrown  over  them.      A  rope  or  string  as  often  constituted  the  girth 
as  a  piece  of  leather. 

"  The  march,  in  double  file,  was  often  interrupted  by  the  narrowness 
and  obstruction  of  our  horse-paths,  as  they  were  called,  for  we  had  no 
roads,  and  these  difficulties  were  often  increased,  sometimes  by  the  good, 
and  sometimes  by  the  ill-will  of  neighbors,  by  falling  trees  and  tying 
grapevines  across  the  way.  Sometimes  an  ambuscade  was  formed  by  the 
way-side,  and  an  unexpected  discharge  of  several  guns  took  place,  so  as 
to  cover  the  wedding  party  with  smoke. 

"  Let  the  reader  imagine  the  scene  which  followed  this  discharge  : 
the  sudden  spring  of  the  horses,  the  shrieks  of  the  girls,  and  the  chivalric 
bustle  of  their  partners  to  save  them  from  falling.  Sometimes,  in  spite 
of  all  that  could  be  done  to  prevent  it,  some  were  thrown  to  the  ground. 
If  a  wrist,  elbow,  or  ankle  happened  to  be  sprained,  it  was  tied  with  a 
handkerchief,  and  little  more  was  thought  or  said  about  it. 

"  Another  ceremony  commonly  took  place  before  the  party  reached 
the  house  of  the  bride,  after  the  practice  of  making  whisky  began,  which 
was  at  an  early  period  ;  when  the  party  were  about  a  mile  from  the  place 
of  their  destination,  two  young  men  would  single  out  to  run  for  the  bot- 
tle ;  the  worse  the  path,  the  more  logs,  brush,  and  deep  hollows,  the  bet- 
ter, as  these  obstacles  afforded  an  opportunity  for  the  greater  display  of 
intrepidity  and  horsemanship. 

"  The  English  fox  chase,  in  point  of  danger  to  the  riders  and  their 
horses,  is  nothing  to  this  race  for  the  bottle.  The  start  was  announced 
by  an  Indian  yell ;  logs,  brush,  muddy  hollows,  hill,  and  glen,  were 
speedily  passed  by  the  rival  ponies.  The  bottle  was  always  filled  for  the 
occasion,  so  that  there  was  no  use  for  judges,  for  the  first  that  reached 
the  door  was  presented  with  the  prize,  with  which  he  returned  in  triumph 
to  the  company. 

"  On  approaching  them  he  announced  his  victory  over  his  rival  by  a 
shrill  whoop.  At  the  head  of  the  troop,  he  gave  the  bottle  first  to  the 
groom  and  his  attendants,  and  then  to  each  pair  in  succession  to  the  rear 
of  the  line,  giving  each  a  dram ;  and  then,  putting  the  bottle  in  the 
bosom  of  his  hunting-shirt,  took  his  station  in  the  company. 

"  The  ceremony  of  the  marriage  preceded  the  dinner,  which  was  a 
ibstantial  backwoods  feast  of  beef,  pork,  fowls,  sometimes  venison  and 
bear  meat,  roasted  and  boiled,  with  plenty  of  potato,  cabbage,  and  other 
vegetables.  During  the  dinner  the  greatest  hilarity  always  prevailed  ; 
although  the  table  might  be  a  large  slab  of  timber,  hewed  out  with  a 
broadax,  supported  by  four  sticks  set  in  auger  holes,  and  the  furniture 
some  old  pewter  dishes  and  plates,  the  rest  wooden  bowls  and  trenchers  ; 
a  few  pewter  spoons,  much  battered  about  the  edges,  were  to  be  seen  at 
some  tables,  the  rest  were  made  of  horns.  If  the  knives  were  scarce,  the 
deficiency  was  made  up  by  the  scalping  knives,  which  were  carried  in 
sheaths  suspended  to  the  belt  of  the  hunting  shirt. 

"  After  dinner  the  dancing  commenced,  and  generally  lasted  until  the 
next  morning.  The  figures  of  the  dances  were  three  and  four-handed 
reels,  or  square  sets,  and  jigs.  The  commencement  was  always  a  square 
four,  which  was  followed  by  what  is  called  jigging  it  off;  that  is,  two  of 
the  four  would  single  out  for  a  jig,  and  were  followed  by  the  remaining 
•couple.  The  jigs  were  often  accompanied  with  what  was  called  cutting 
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out;  that  is,  when  either  of  the  parties  became  tired  of  the  dance,  on 
intimation  the  place  was  supplied  by  some  one  of  the  company,  without 
any  interruption  of  the  dance. 

"  In  this  way  a  dance  was  often  continued  till  the  musician  was  hearti- 
ly tired  of  his  situation.  Toward  the  latter  part  of  the  night,  if  any  of  the 
company,  through  weariness,  attempted  to  conceal  themselves  for  the 
purpose  of  sleeping,  they  were  hunted  up,  paraded  on  the  floor,  and  the 
fiddler  ordered  to  '  Hang  on  till  to-morrow  morning.' 

"  About  nine  or  ten  o'clock  a  deputation  of  the  young  ladies  stole  off 
the  bride,  and  put  her  to  bed.  In  doing  this,  it  frequently  happened  that 
they  had  to  ascend  a  ladder  instead  of  a  pair  of  stairs,  leading  from 
the  dining  and  ball  room  to  the  loft,  the  floor  of  which  was  made  of  clap- 
boards lying  loose  and  without  nails.  This  ascent,  one  might  think, 
would  put  the  bride  and  her  attendants  to  the  blush,  but  as  the  foot  of 
the  ladder  was  commonly  behind  the  door,  which  was  purposely  opened 
for  the  occasion,  and  its  rounds  at  the  inner  ends  were  well  hung  with 
hunting  shirts,  petticoats,  and  other  articles  of  clothing,  the  candles 
being  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  house,  the  exit  of  the  bride  was  noticed 
but  by  few.  Sometimes  the  ladder  was  on  the  outside  of  the  house,  and 
these  precautions  were  unnecessary. 

"  This  done,  a  deputation  of  young  men  in  like  manner  stole  off  the 
groom,  and  placed  him  snugly  by  the  side  of  his  bride.  The  dance  still 
continued ;  and  if  seats  happened  to  be  scarce,  which  was  often  the  case, 
every  young  man,  when  not  engaged  in  the  dance,  was  obliged  to  offer 
his  lap  as  a  seat  for  one  of  the  girls  ;  and  the  offer  was  sure  to  be  accepted. 

"  In  the  midst  of  this  hilarity,  the  bride  and  groom  were  not  forgotten. 
Pretty  late  in  the  night,  some  orie  would  remind  the  company  that  the 
new  couple  must  stand  in  need  of  some  refreshments ;  black  Betty, 
which  was  the  name  of  the  bottle,  was  called  for,  and  sent  up  the  ladder  ; 
but  sometimes  black  Betty  did  not  go  alone.  I  have  many  times  seen  as 
much  bread,  beef,  pork,  and  cabbage,  sent  along  with  her  as  would  afford 
a  good  meal  for  half  a  dozen  hungry  men.  The  young  couple  were  com- 
pelled to  eat  and  drink,  more  or  less,  of  whatever  was  offered  them. 

"  It  often  happened  that  some  neighbors  or  relations,  not  being  asked 
to  the  wedding,  took  offense ;  and  the  mode  of  revenge  adopted  by  them 
on  such  occasions,  was  that  of  cutting  off  the  manes,  foretops,  and  tails 
of  the  horses  of  the  wedding  company. 

"  The  custom  of  serenading  newly  married  couples,  or  giving  them  a 
charivari,  as  it  was  called,  prevailed  to  some  extent  in  the  pioneer  days 
of  Illinois.  This  custom  originated  among  the  French,  who  introduced 
it  among  the  early  American  settlers  in  the  Mississippi  Valley.  The  old 
French  charivaris  were  innocent.  '  It  was,'  says  '  Governor  Reynolds,' 
in  his  '  Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,'  '  a  merry,  rural  serenade,  sustained 
by  all  sorts  of  loud  and  discordant  noises.'  The  charivari  party  was 
composed  of  old  and  young,  and  generally  conducted  by  some  orderly  and 
aged  man.  They  enlisted  into  their  service  all  sorts  of  things  that  could 
by  any  means  be  forced  to  make  a  noise.  -They  used  bells,  horns,  drums, 
pans,  tin  kettles,  whistles,  and  all  such  articles  as  would  make  loud,  harsh 
sounds.  This  French  organized  charivari  was  such  a  merry,  noisy  uproar, 
that  it  would  make  a  monk  laugh  if  he  heard  it. 

"  The  proper  French  custom  was,  that  if  persons  married,  of  the  same 


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condition,  there  was  no  charivari  ;  but  when  discordant  materials  were 
tied  together  with  that  delicious  silken  cord,  which  is  so  dazzling  to  the 
t'emale  eye,  then  a  similar  discordant  noise  attended  the  celebration.  For 
example,  when  neither  of  the  parties  ever  before  tasted  the  delicacies  of 
matrimony,  there  was  no  grounds  for  a  serenade  ;  but  when  a  widower,' 
who  had  before  worshiped  at  the  shrine  of  Venus,  married  a  lady  who 
was  never  before  bound  in  wedlock,  then  in  such  cases  the  charivari  was 
invoked  with  all  its  merriment.  And  the  same  with  a  widow,  who  had 
before  feasted  on  the  sweet  viands  of  love,  and  married  a  man  whose  lot 
had  heretofore  been  celibacy,  in  such  cases  the  charivari  was  in  order." 

Generally  among  the  French  the  married  parties  were  as  willing  as 
the  others  for  the  sport,  and  were  prepared  to  extend  some  civilities  ta 
the  good-humored  crowd.  Thus  frequently  the  case  ended  in  the  best  of 
feeling.  But  when  the  married  folks  were  refractory,  the  charivari  was- 
kept  up  for  a  succession  of  nights,  until  they  yielded  to  the  custom.  As- 
the  farce  proceeded,  if  the  married  parties  were  sowr,  the  serenading 
crowd  had  the  privilege  to  hint,  in  a  mild  manner,  first  at  the  character 
of  the  bride,  and  then  at  that  of  the  bridegroom.  These  hints  generally- 
closed  the  scene  in  good  humor.  When  the  noise  was  made  in  the  crowd,, 
some  one  would  cry  out  at  the  top  of  voice,  "  Charivari  !  charivari  ! " 
and  some  other  in  the  party  would  sing  out,  "per  qui?" — "for  whom?" 
The  answer  to  this  question  gave  rise  to  hint  at  the  female  and  her 
character.  At  times  the  bridegroom,  also,  was  charged  with  things  he- 
would  not  like.  This  was  the  dernier  resort.  When  this,  or  other  means,, 
produced  some  kindness  or  civility,  then  the  whole  farce  ended  in  the  best 
of  feelings,  among  the  French.  But  with  the  Americans  this  charivari 
is  sometimes  attended  with  disagreeable  consequences.  And,  in  fact,  the 
serenading  party  is  sometimes  indicted  for  a  "  breach  of  the  peace."  The 
charivari  were  common  affairs  in  the  early  days  of  Morgan  County,  and 
have  been  continued  to  some  extent  to  the  present  day. 

In  pure  pioneer  times  the  crops  of  corn  were  never  husked  on  the 
stalk,  as  is  done  at  the  present  day;  but  were  hauled  home  in  the  husk, 
and  thrown  in  a  heap,  generally  by  the  side  of  the  crib,  so  that  the  ears 
when  husked  could  be  thrown  directly  into  the  crib.  This  practice  was 
commonly  followed  by  the  early  settlers  of  Morgan  County,  and  was  the 
occasion  of  the  frolics  known  as  •' shuckings,"  or  "  husking  bees." 

"  The  corn  house  filled, 

The  invited  neighbors  to  the  husking  come  ; 
A  frolic  scene,  where  work,  and  mirth,  and  play, 
Unite  their  charms  to  chase  the  hours  away." 

The  whole  neighborhood,  male  and  female  —  says  an  old  writer  — 
were  invited  to  these  "  shuckings."  The  girls,  and  many  of  the  married 
ladies,  generally  engaged  in  this  amusing  work.  In  the  first  place,  two- 
leading,  expert  huskers  were  chosen  as  captains,  and  the  heap  of  corn, 
divided  as  nearly  equal  as  possible.  Rails  were  laid  across  the  pile,  so  as 
to  designate  the  division  ;  and  then  each  captain  chose,  alternately,  his- 
corps  of  huskers,  male  and  female.  The  whole  number  of  working 
hands  present  were  selected  on  one  side  or  the  other,  and  then  each  party 
commenced  a  contest  to  beat  the  other,  which  was,  in  many  instances,, 
truly  exciting.  One  other  rule  was,  that  whenever  a  gentleman  husked 


304  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

a  red  ear  of  corn,  he  was  entitled  to  a  kiss  from  the  ladies.    This  frequently 
excited  much  fuss  and  scuffling,  intended  by  both  parties  to  end  in  a  kiss. 

In  some  parts  of  the  West  it  was  the  practice  to  use  taffia,  or 
Monongahela  whisky,  which  they  drank  out  of  a  bottle,  each  one,  male 
and  female,  taking  the  bottle  and  drinking  out  of  it,  and  then  handing  it 
to  his  or  her  next  neighbor,  without  using  any  glass  or  cup  whatever. 
This  custom  was  common,  and  not  considered  rude.  The  bread  used  at 
these  frolics  was  baked  generally  on  jonny,  or  journey-cake  boards,  and 
is  the  best  corn  bread  ever  made.  A  board  is  made  smooth,  about  two 
feet  long,  and  eight  inches  wide  —  the  ends  are  generally  rounded.  The 
•dough  is  spread  out  on  this  board,  and  placed  leaning  before  the  fire.  One 
;side  is  baked,  and  then  the  dough  is  changed  on  the  board,  so  the  other 
side  is  presented,  in  its  turn,  to  the  fire.  This  is  jonny-cake,  and  is  good, 
if  the  proper  materials  are  put  in  the  dough,  and  it  is  properly  baked. 
Almost  always  these  corn  shuckings  ended  in  a  dance.  To  prepare  for 
this  amusement,  fiddles  and  fiddlers  were  in  great  demand,  and  it  often 
required  much  fast  riding  to  obtain  them.  One  violin,  and  a  performer, 
were  all  that  was  contemplated,  at  these  innocent  rural  dances. 

Toward  dark,  and  the  supper  half  over  ;  then  it  was  that  a  bustle 
.and  confusion  began,  which  fully  equalled  the  confusion  of  tongues  at 
Babel.  The  young  folks  hurriedly  cleared  the  table,  while  the  old  folks 
•contended  for  time  and  order.  It  was  the  case,  nine  times  out  of  ten, 
that  but  one  dwelling  house  was  on  the  premises,  and  that  used  for 
eating  as  well  as  dancing.  But  when  the  fiddler  commenced  tuning  his 
instrument,  the  music  always  gained  the  victory  for  the  younger  side. 
Then,  the  dishes,  victuals,  tables,  and  all,  disappeared  in  a  few  minutes, 
-and  the  room  was  cleared,  the  dogs  driven  out,  and  the  floor  swept  off, 
ready  for  action.  The  floors  of  these  houses  were  sometimes  the 
natural  earth  beaten  solid,  sometimes  the  earth  with  puncheons  in  the 
middle,  over  the  potato  hole,  and  at  times,  the  whole  floor  was  made  of 
puncheons.  Sawed  plank,  or  boards,  were  not  at  all  common  in  curly 
times. 

The  music  at  these  country  dances  excited  the  young  folks  to  imme- 
diate activity,  and  the  dance  which  followed  was  similar  in  character  to 
that  which  followed  the  wedding  festivities.  The  pioneers  of  Morgan 
•County,  who  are  yet  living,  doubtless  remember  these  early  frolics,  and 
it  was  at  these,  that  "many  a  sweet  love  story  was  told  over  in  a  laugh- 
ing manner,  by  the  young  hunters,  or  farmers,  to  their  sweet-hearts, 
during  these  nights  of  innocent  amusements.  The  young  man  of . 
•eighteen,  would  choke,  cough,  and  spit,  look  pale,  and  sweat  when  he 
was  about  to  tell  his  girl  the  secret  movements  of  his  heart  in  her 
favor,  while  his  heart  thumped  with  almost  as  loud  a  noise  as  a  pheasant 
beating  on  a  log.  The  girl  received  these  outpourings  of  her  lover's 
heart,  with  such  sparkling  eyes  and  such  a  bright  countenance,  that 
spoke  volumes  of  love  to  her  beau.  These  love  contracts,  that  ended 
in  marriage,  were  frequently  made  at  these  dances.  In  the  morning,  all 
went  home  on  horse-back,  or  on  foot.  No  carriages,  wagons,  or  other 
wheeled  vehicles,  were  used  on  these  occasions,  for  the  best  of  reasons — 
they  had  none." 

The  skillful  use  of  the  rifle,  was  an  accomplishment  essential  to 
frontier  life.  This  led  to  "  shooting  matches,"  which  were  eagerly  par- 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  305> 

ticipated  in  by  all  the  men  old  enough  to  hold  a  rifle.  The  prize  shot 
for,  was  generally  a  fat  beef,  although  a  rifle,  a  turkey,  or  some  other 
piece  of  property  would  be  contended  for.  When  the  owner  of  a  fat 
beef,  proposed  to  dispose  of  it  that  way,  he  sent  word  of  the  coining 
"  match,"  over  the  settlement,  fixing  the  day  and  place.  The  hunters 
would  gather  in,  at  the  time  appointed,  with  their  rifles  and  hunting 
accoutrements.  Being  provided  with  the  inevitable  jug  of  whisky,, 
they  would  select  a  shaded  spot,  under  the  trees,  and  prepare  for  the 
match.  The  beef  was  valued  at  an  amount  agreed  upon,  which  had  to  be 
made  up  at  a  certain  sum  per  shot,  generally  fifty  cents,  each  one  invest- 
ing in  as  many  as  he  liked  until  the  amount  was  made  up. 

Two  judges  were  then  chosen  to  decide  the  match,  one  of  them  to 
attend  to  setting  up  the  targets,  and  the  other  to  check  off  the  shots  as 
they  were  fired.  The  marksmen  provided  themselves  with  targets, 
which  tney  made  by  blackening  one  side  of  a  clapboard,  over  the  fire. 
A  small  cross  was  then  made,  by  drawing  a  knife-blade  up  and  down 
through  the  blackened  spot,  and  at  the  center  of  the  cross  a  small  piece 
of  white  paper  was  fastened,  and  the  target  was  ready.  Each  one  shot 
at  his  own  target,  and  when  all  the  shots  were  fired,  the  targets  were 
examined  by  the  judges,  and  the  winners  announced.  The  distance  was 
usually  forty  yards  off  hand,  or  sixty  yards  with  a  rest ;  the  latter  mode 
being  considered  the  best  way  of  testing  the  accuracy  of  a  gun's  shoot- 
ing. By  established  custom,  the  beef  was  divided  into  five  choices, 
each  quarter  of  the  animal  being  a  choice,  and  the  hide  and  tallow  the 
fifth  choice.  Thus  the  five  best  shots  took  the  choices  in  their  order* 
and  the  sixth  best  shot  was  entitled  to  cut  the  bullets  out  of  the  tree, 
against  which  the  targets  had  been  placed,  and  retain  them.  If  a  turkey, 
a  rifle,  or  any  like  article,  was  the  prize,  the  mode  of  disposing  of 
it,  was  the  same  as  the  beef,  save  that  the  best  shot  secured  the  prize, 
undivided.  The  frontiersman  was  generally  very  skillful  in  the  use  of 
the  rifle.  Sometimes  a  nail  would  be  driven  about  two-thirds  its  length 
into  a  board,  which  was  placed  at  a  proper  distance  from  the  marks- 
man, whose  object  it  was  to  "  drive  the  nail "  fully  into  the  board  by 
hitting  the  nail  squarely  on  the  head.  This  mode  of  shooting,  gave  rise 
to  a  familiar  expression,  and  any  one  who  could  not  successfully  perform 
this  feat  was  considered  an  inferior  marksman. 

"  Barking  squirrels  "  is  delightful  sport,  and  in  the  opinion  of  many, 
required  a  greater  degree  of  accuracy  than  any  mode  used  to  kill  them. 
It  was  done  by  the  ball  striking  the  bark  immediately  underneath  the 
squirrel,  as  he  paused  in  his  flight  up  or  down  the  side  of  a  tree.  The 
concussion  would  instantly  kill  the  little  animal,  and  sometimes  throw 
him  several  feet  from  the  tree. 

The  snuffing  of  a  candle  with  a  ball,  was  another  feat  indulged  in 
by  the  frontiersmen,  as  a  mark  of  skill.  Still  another  feat,  which  was 
sometimes  performed  by  the  most  skillful,  was  to  fill  a  tin  cup  with 
water,  and  place  it  on  the  head  of  some  one,  and  shoot  a  ball  through  it. 
The  prize  was  generally  a  bottle  of  whisky,  and  it  required  nearly  as 
much  nerve  on  the  part  of  the  target  holder,  as  it  did  for  the  marks- 

»man. 
Deer   hunting    was,    among   many   early   settlers,  another   popular 
source  of  amusement.     The  habits  of  these  animals  were  well  known  and 


306  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

•carefully  studied  by  the  pioneer,  and  it  was  often  a  test  of  skill  on  his 
part  to  be  able  to  successfully  thwart  this  wily  game.  In  the  pioneer 
days  of  Morgan  County,  large  herds  of  this  animal  became  a  common 
sight  to  the  settler.  Old  residents  relate  wonderful  stories  about  their 
•deer-hunts,  as  they  gather  with  their  children  about  their  fireside  in  the 
long  winter  evenings. 

The  hunter,  did  he  decide  on  a  day's  hunt,  arose  early  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  appointed  day,  and  accompanied  by  his  dogs — several  of  which 
he  kept — would  set  forth  for  a  day's  sport.  The  deer  possesses  an  ex- 
ceedingly keen  power  of  scent,  and  can  detect  the  hunter  at  a  great  dis- 
tance, hence  it  was  necessary  on  the  part  of  the  latter,  to  decide  first  the 
direction  of  the  wind  before  leaving  his  house  or  camp.  Various  devices 
were  used  by  him  to  determine  this,  should  the  wind  be  at  rest ;  the 
common  one  was  to  place  one  of  his  fingers  in  his  mouth  until  it  became 
warm,  raising  this  hand  above  his  head,  he  noted  carefully  which  side  of 
the  finger  became  cold  first,  and  this  decided  the  question.  As  soon  as  a 
deer  was  seen,  the  hunter  slyly  approached  until  within  gun-shot ;  almost 
always  the  first  shot  proved  effectual,  and  the  prize  was  secured.  The 
carcass  was  at  once  hung  on  a  sapling  out  of  the  reach  of  the  wolves,  and 
the  chase  continued. 

At  the  time  of  the  "  deep  snow,"  deer  perished  by  hundreds.  They 
could  not  escape  the  voracious  wolves,  nor  run  from  the  dogs.  Many 
persons,  with  a  reckless  regard  for  the  future,  destroyed  them  out  of  sheer 
cruelty.  Among  the  earliest-settlers,  venison  was  a  common  article  of 
food,  and  full  of  nutrition.  It  was  prepared  in  various  ways  ;  was  often 
"jerked  " — that  is,  cut  into  long  strips,  which  were  hung  in  the  sun  to 
dry,  and  being  prepared  in  this  manner,  would  keep  many  days  in  an 
excellent  condition.  It  was  commonly  prepared  in  this  manner  by  emi- 
grants. As  the  deer  became  scarce  by  the  encroachments  of  the  white 
man,  their  places  were  supplied  by  wild  hogs.  These  fed  on  the  mast 
found  in  the  woods,  and  often  became  very  fat.  The  meat,  when  prop- 
erly cured  and  cooked,  was  quite  palatable,  and  supplied  very  well,  the 
place  of  the  venison. 

We  left  the  thread  of  the  histor}'  with  the  close  of  the  Black  Hawk 
war.  Reverting  to  it  and  continuing  the  narrative,  we  find  the  next 
event  worthy  of  notice  was  the  scourge  of  the  cholera  in  1833.  Of  its 
ravages  in  the  South  and  West,  the  reader  is  no  doubt,  well  aware.  It 
was  probably  brought  to  Jacksonville  by  two  men  named  Conn  and 
Coddington.  The  former  recovered  from  the  attack,  but  the  latter  died 
in  a  house  on  the  west  side  of  the  Public  Square.  One  of  these  men 
being  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Ellis,  wife  of  Rev.  Ellis,  made  her  house  his 
home,  and  from  him  Mrs.  Ellis  and  her  family  were  stricken  with  the 
dreadful  disease  and  all  died. 

The  citizens  of  the  town  and  country  became  thoroughly  alarmed, 
and  many  left  for  other  places.  The  plague  stopped  all  business  for  a 
time,  and  prevented  intercourse  between  the  town  and  country  people, the 
latter  fearing  to  come  to  town,  or  to  receive  town  people  into  their 
houses.  About  one  hundred  persons  died  from  this  disease.  Many  from 
only  a  few  hours  sickness.  It  checked  emigration,  however,  but  a  short 
time.  The  next  year  all  traces  of  it  had  disappeared,  and  people  came 
pouring  into  the  county  at  a  rapid  rate. 


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The  Fall  of  1836,  is  made  memorable  by  the  day  known  as  the 
"  SUDDEN  FREEZE." 

This  was  occasioned  by  a  remarkable  current  of  cold  air  passing  from  the 
northwest  to  the  southeast,  directly  over  Morgan  County.  Its 
width  extended  over  the  entire  central  portion  of  the  State.  Its 
velocity  was,  as  near  as  can  now  be  determined,  about  thirty  miles 
per  hour.  It  was  felt  in  Jacksonville  about  noon,  and  was  in  Leb- 
anon, Ohio,  just  above  Cincinnati,  at  nine  o'clock  that  evening.  Mr. 
Washington  Crowder,  a  resident  of  Sangamon  County,  was  married  on 
the  21st  of  December,  1836,  and  distinctly  remembers  going  for  his  license 
the  day  before.  This  event  fixes  the  date  beyond  a  doubt.  He  was  on 
his  way  to  Springfield  on  the  afternoon  of  the  20th,  and  when  a  few 
miles  below  the  city  had  a  fair  view  of  the  landscape  for  several  miles  in 
every  direction.  He  saw  in  the  northwest  a  heavy  black  cloud  rapidly 
approaching  him,  accompanied  with  a  terrific,  deep,  bellowing  sound. 
Closing  the  umbrella  he  was  carrying  over  him  to  protect  himself  from 
the  falling  rain,  he  was  in  the  act  of  drawing  his  reins  taut,  when  the 
wave  came  over  him.  At  that  instant  the  snow  and  slush  under  his 
horse's  feet  turned  to  ice,  while  his  coat,  wet  with  the  rain,  became  in- 
stantly as  stiff  as  a  board.  He  went  on  to  Springfield,  where  he  found 
his  clothing  frozen  to  the  saddle,  and  was  unable  to  dismount,  and  he  was 
compelled  to  call  help,  who  carried  man  and  saddle  to  the  fire  to  thaw 
them  apart.  He  obtained  his  license,  returned  the  same  day,  and  was 
married  the  next. 

The  wave  passed  over  Morgan  County  between  one  and  two  o'clock, 
and  came  so  suddenly  that  chickens  and  small  animals  were  frozen  in 
their  tracks.  Several  inches  of  snow  had  fallen  a  short  time  before  and 
on  that  day  it  was  quite  warm,  with  light  spring-like  showers,  and  the 
whole  earth  was  covered  with  slush  and  water. 

The  change  was  so  sudden  and  the  wind  so  strong  that  the  water  in 
the  ponds  in  the  road  froze  in  waves,  sharp-edged  and  pointed,  as  the 
gale  had  blown  it.  Judge  Samuel  Woods  says  he  was  nearly  a  mile  from 
home,  in  the  prairie,  when  the  wave  struck  him.  The  slush  and  water 
were  several  inches  thick,  and  before  he  could  get  home  he  could  walk 
upon  the  top,  as  they  had  frozen  hard. 

Huram  Reeve  remembers  the  day  as  a  warm  and  showery  one  during  the 
forenoon.  Near  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  it  grew  dark,  like  a  rain  storm 
was  coming,  and,  in  an  instant,  the  strong  wind,  with  the  icy  blast,  came  and 
all  was  frozen.  Hurrying  around  to  save  some  stock  that  he  was  fatten- 
ing, he  was  able  to  get  a  part  of  it  under  shelter,  but  most  of  the  stock 
suffered  severely.  The  creek  was  about  bank  full  of  water,  and,  as  his 
horses,  wagons,  etc.,  were  on  the  north  side,  and  his  house  on  the  south 
side,  he  was  anxious  to  get  all  near  the  house,  that  he  might  take  better 
care  of  them.  The  next  morning  early,  with  his  brother  and  some  other 
help,  he  went  to  the  creek  to  get  the  animals  across,  but,  the  horses  not 
being  shod,  and  the  ice  smooth,  they  cut  the  ice  in  pieces  to  get  a  track 
wide  enough  for  the  wagon,  and  with  poles  pushed  the  ice  under  the  other 
to  get  it  away,  and  then  drove  through  the  water.  The  ice  had  frozen 
in  the  short  time  between  two  o'clock,  p.  m.,  arid  nine  o'clock  the  next 
a.  m.,  fully  six  inches  thick.  He  also  found  raccoons,  opossums,  and  other 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

animals  frozen  to  death.     Walking  across  the  logs  they  were  suddenly 
chilled  and,  falling  off,  they  were  unable  to  move  again. 

Mr.  Timothy  Chamberlain  says  he  remembers  the  day  distinctly,  as 
his  father  and  uncle  were  making  a  four-spoked  wagon  at  the  time,  and 
he  was  working  around  home,  sometimes  helping  them  and  part  of  the 
time  working  about  the  barn  lot,  and  being  warm  he  was  in  his  shirt 
sleeves  most  of  the  time.  It  rained  several  times  during  the  forenoon, 
and  about  dinner  time  Doctor  Daniel  Pierson,  a  near  neighbor,  sent  for 
him  to  assist  in  driving  his  hogs  up  to  the  stock  yard  and  weigh  them. 
As  was  the  custom  in  those  days,  when  there  was  no  public  scales,  where 
a  number  of  hogs  could  be  weighed  at  once,  the  neighbors  assisted  in  catch- 
ing the  hogs,  and  tying  their  feet,  and  using  the  old-fashioned  steelyards  to 
weigh  them.  They  had  just  driven  the  hogs  to  the  stock  yard  but  had 
not  commenced  weighing.,  any,  when,  without  any  warning  other  than  a 
dark  sky,  the  cold  wind  from  the  northwest  suddenly  struck  them  with 
force.  Mr.  Chamberlain  jumped  behind  a  stack  of  wheat  for  protection. 
The  cold  was  so  intense  that  the  overcoat  he  had  put  on  as  he 
started,  for  fear  of  rain,  was  frozen  like  a  board.  The  weight  of  the  hogs 
was  guessed  at  without  weighing,  and  they  drove  them  across  the  Pulliam 
Run,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  yards  from  the  stock  yard,  and,  in  that 
short  time,  ice  had  formed  on  the  branch  and  the  road  was  frozen  hard. 

Colonel  George  M.  Chambers  thinks  that  his  date  is  as  good  as  that 
of  any  other  person./  He  says,  "  I  was  here,  at  that  time,  making  ar- 
rangements to  move  to  Jacksonville  the  following  spring.  Sometime 
about  the  10th  of  December  we  had  heavy  rains,  swelling  the  streams  and 
destroying  the  bridges,  turning  colder  and  freezing  the  ground.  It  then 
commenced  snowing,  and  continued  several  days  until  it  was  about  a  foot 
in  depth.  On  or  about  the  20th  it  became  mild,  the  snow  melting  rapidly 
and  the  atmosphere  becoming  hazy.  I  left  the  south  side  of  the  square 
about  half-past  eleven  o'clock,  wading  in  the  slush  and  water,  turned  up 
West  State  street  to  the  tavern  kept  by  William  O.  Scott,  on  the  lot  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  James  Berdan,  but  then  known  as  the  'Heslep 
House.'  We  dined,  in  those  days,  at  twelve,  and  when  the  boarders  came 
in  they  were  rubbing  their  ears  and  complaining  of  being  very  cold.  I 
thought  that  they  did  not  know  what  cold  was. 

"After  dinner  I  remained  by  a  comfortable  fire  about  half  an  hour. 
On  coming  out  the  front  door  I  found  the  snow  and  ice  frozen  so  that  I 
went  down  the  street  upon  it.  Passing  by  the  lot  on  which  the  residence 
of  Dr.  King  now  stands,  I  saw  some  chickens  standing  by  the  fence  with 
their  legs  frozen  in  the  slush.  In  the  lot  on  the  north  side,  being  part  of 
the  ground  now  occupied  by  the  court  house,  there  were  also  some 
pigs  frozen  fast  in  the  ice. 

"  On  the  evening  following,  there  arrived  from  Beardstown,  a  stage 
load  of  passengers  from  a  steamboat  that  met  the  '  Northwester '  there. 
They,  as  well  as  myself,  were  anxious  to  get  to  St.  Louis.  Friend  Scott 
exerted  himself  to  secure  us  a  conveyance,  and  on  the  following  evening, 
after  a  number  of  failures,  told  us  that  he  had  got  the  right  man.  The 
next  morning  up  drove  George  Richards,  with  a  large,  strong  sled,  and 
in  piled  eight  or  ten  of  us,  and  off  we  started.  After  a  variety  of  ad- 
ventures we  arrived  safely  in  St.  Louis.  Left  there  on  a  small  steamboat, 
on  the  first  day  of  January,  1837.  When  we  arrived  at  Cairo  we  found 


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our  boat  too  small  for  the  ice  on  the  Ohio.  We  made  two  other  changes 
in  boats,  and  when  a  few  miles  below  Shawneetown,  left  the  boat  and 
4  took 'to  the  woods,'  and  hired  horses  to  ride,  and  a  man  to  bring  the 
horses  back,  and  on  the  20th  of  January,  1837,  arrived  at  the  '  Gait 
House,'  in  Louisville,  in  the  unexampled  time  of  twenty  days.  They  beat 
that  time  now,  but  I  doubt  if  they  are  more  thankful  now  than  we  were 
on  arriving  at  our  destination." 

Daniel  Clarke  says :  "  The  change  occurred  in  the  afternoon  about 
two  o'clock.  There  was  snow  on  the  ground,  saturated  with  a  slow,  rain, 
so  that  it  had  commenced  running  in  the  low  places.  I  was  on  the  north 
side  of  Indian  Creek,  just  entering  the  timber  with  a  drove  of  ho^s.  I 
was  assisted  by  two  men  on  foot ;  I  was  on  horseback.  One  of  the  men 
was  Uriah  Houston,  the  other,  Isaac  Drinkwater.  At  the  house  of  the 
father  of  the  latter  I  had  stayed  the  night  before.  The  hogs  belonged  to 
Ralph  H.  Hurlbut,  who  lived  at  the  time  at  La  Grange  Point,  and  was 
packing  some  hogs  at  La  Grange  landing.  He  had  a  boat  for  ferrying, 
and  a  lot  to  keep  hogs  in  on  the  east  side  of  the  river.  We  reached  the 
river  about  dark,  and  penned  the  hogs  ;  the  wind  was  high,  and  the  slush, 
loaded  on  the  boat  so  much  that  we  could  not  cross  with  my  horse.  Mr. 
Drinkwater  went  home,  his  father's  house  being  the  first  one  on  the  east 
side  of  the  river,  distant  about  seven  miles.  My  home  was  at  Mr.  Hurl- 
but's  from  which  I  had  been  absent  several  days.  It  was  a  good  home 
and  I  was  hungry  and  at  about  nine  o'clock  p.  m.  there  came  a  clear  place 
in  the  river ;  I  hitched  my  horse  in  the  shelter  of  a  pecan  tree  that  had 
been  felled  with  the  leaves  on,  and  got  into  a  canoe  with  two  paddles  and 
an  ax  to  reach  my  home.  The  ice  formed  fast  on  the  canoe,  and  I  had 
frequently  to  clear  it  off  with  the  ax,  until  I  got  under  the  lee  of  the  west 
bank  ;  then  it  went  free,  in  which  free  water  I  froze  my  left  hand  seri- 
ously. In  the  morning  following  I  went  to  feed  iny  horse,  and  found  the 
river  so  solidly  frozen  that  I  rode  him  across,  and  had  him  in  the  stable 
before  sunrise  ;  and  immediately  after  got  some  teams  and  hauled  saw- 
dust from  Hinman's  mill,  and  made  a  path  to  the  opposite  bank,  and 
drove  the  hogs  across  and  had  them  in  the  lots  on  the  opposite  side. 
There  were  about  three  hundred  of  them  ;  they  had  been  purchased 
from  Peter  Taylor,  Isaac  Houston,  George  Newman,  Wingate  Newman, 
and  others.  I  landed  from  the  open  water  after  ten  o'clock  p.  m..  and 
my  recollection  would  make  the  ice  the  next  morning  one  foot  thick." 

This  remarkable  event  fixes  the  date  of  many  occurrences  in  the 
history  of  the  county.  It  is  yet  vividly  remembered  by  the  residents  of 
that  date,  who  relate  many  interesting  reminiscences  of  that  time. 

The  great  Internal  Improvement  System  was  now  agitating  the  citi- 
zens of  the  Prairie  State,  and  railroads  were  beginning  to  be  the  common 
and  the  all-absorbing  topic  of  the  day.  Vague  ideas  existed  then  concern- 
ing their  construction  and  use.  To  many,  they  were  only  the  introduction 
of  a  labor-saving  scheme  that  would  throw  the  common  laborer  out  of 
work  and  the  means  of  earning  his  daih"  bread.  Especially  did  they 
argue  this  to  the  class  of  persons  who  were  engaged  in  driving  stages  or 
employed  on  canal-boats.  But  the  paper  money,  then  just  coming-  into 
use,  blinded  the  masses,  and  the  legislators,  dazzled  by  its  apparent  suc- 
cess, built  accordingly,  only  to  see  the  final  crash  of  1837,  and  the  fall  of 
the  entire  improvement  system.  The  State  was  checkered  with  lines  of 


310  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

railways,  existing  only  on  paper.     Remains  of  works   built  under  this 
inspiration  yet  stand  as  monuments  of  extreme  legislative  folly. 

The  Northern  Cross  Railroad  and  the  canal  were  all  of  the  grand  sys- 
tem perfected  at  the  time.  The  railroad  was  the  first  in  the  West.  It 
passed  through  Morgan  County,  and  thereby  became  part  of  its  history. 
We  will  therefore  digress  in  our  narrative,  and  give  a  short  sketch  of  this 
enterprise  which,  in  its  day,  was  a  State  affair,  and  watched  with  anxious 
eyes  by  all  her  citizens.  Iri  examining  the  files  of  the  papers  of  that  day, 
glowing  allusions  are  made  to  the  scheme,  and  great  expectations  antici- 
pated. Men  were  brought  from  all  parts  of  the  West  to  labor  on  the 
road.  Advertisements  like  the  following  were  seen  in  nearly  every  issue 
of  the  Illinoisan,  then  the  leading  paper  in  Jacksonville  : 

RAILROADS. 

\\ RANTED,  .500  HANDS.  We  wish  to  employ  500  good  graders,  to  finish  grading  the  rail- 
^  *  road  from  Meredosia,  on  the  river,  to  Jacksonville,  and  from  Jacksonville  to  Springfield. 
We  pay  our  hands  on  the  first  of  every  month.  We  also  wish  a  few  good  superintendents,  for 
grading,  who  must  come  well  recommended.  Also  stone  masons,  superintendents,  and  other 
hands,  to  lay  superstructure,  which  will  commence  at  Meredosia  on  the  first  of  May  next.  \Ve 
have  57  miles  of  roa_l  to  contract,  and  will  be  able  to  give  employment  to  a  large  number  of 
hands,  for  a  considerably  time.  The  country  through  which  this  line  passes  is  high  and  healthy. 
The  work  has  now  been  under  rapid  progress  since  the  first  of  August  last. 

JAMES  DUNLAP,  )r 

Jacksonville,  Illinois,  March  3,  1838.  THOMAS  T.  JANUARY,    f  U 

The  above  advertisement  appeared  in  the  Illinoisan  of  that  date, 
and  from  it  the  reader  will  learn  something  of  the  extent  of  railroads 
then,  and  the  stir  created  by  their  construction.  There  was  then  not  a 
railway  car  in  the  Mississippi  valley,  and  only  a  few  miles  of  road  in 
operation  in  the  East.  The  great  wave  of  "  internal  improvement  "  was 
passing  over  the  State  at  the  time,  and  if  the  reader  of  these  pages  will 
obtain  a  copy  of  the  legislative  acts  of  that,  and  a  few  succeeding 
sessions,  he  will  see  scarce  any  thing  recorded  save  railroad,  canal,  or 
State  road  acts. 

Agitation  of  the  great  "  Internal  Improvement  System  "  of  the  State 
began  as  early  as  1835.  Governor  Duncan,  in  his  message  to  the  legisla- 
ture, at  the  special  session  begun  on  December  7,  1835,  said  :  "  When 
we  look  abroad  and  see  the  extensive  lines  of  intercommunication 
penetrating  almost  every  section  of  our  sister  States  —  when  we  see  the 
canal  boat  and  the  locomotive  bearing,  with  seeming  triumph,  the  rich 
productions  of  the  interior  to  the  river,  lakes,  and  ocean,  almost  annihi- 
lating time,  burthen,  and  space,  what  patriotic  bosom  does  not  beat  high 
with  a  laudable  ambition  to  give  to  Illinois  her  share  of  those  advantages 
which  are  adorning  her  sister  States,  and  which  a  munificent  Providence 
seems  to  invite  by  the  wonderful  adaptation  of  our  whole  country  to  such 
improvements." 

Pennsylvania  and  other  States  were  at  this  time  engaged  in  extensive 
systems  of  improvements,  and  as  the  sequel  showed,  Illinois  did  not  lag 
in  the  race.  Subsequent  legislatures  appropriated  immense  sums  of 
mone*y  to  aid  in  the  erection  of  these  works,  and  almost  checkered  the 
State  with  a  net-work  of  railroads.  The  progress  of  the  work  on  the 
canal  was  not  arrested  by  the  subsequent  failures,  but  the  remainder  of 
the  works  of  the  grand  system,  with  the  exception  of  a  part  of  the 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  311 

Northern  Cross  Railroad,  the  advertisement  of  which  heads  this  article, 
simultaneously  began  in  various  parts  of  the  State,  nothing  ever  was 
done,  except  in  detached  parcels  on  every  road,  where  excavations  and 
embankments  may  even  yet  be  seen,  memorials  of  supreme  legislative 
folly.  That  portion  of  the  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  from  Meredosia  to 
Jacksonville,  thence  to  Springfield,  was  afterward  finished  at  a  cost  of 
•$1,000,000  to  the  State  ;  its  income  proving  insufficient  to  keep  it  in 
repair,  it  was  subsequently  sold  for  $1'00,000  in  State  indebtedness. 

This  railroad,  the  first  in  Morgan  County,  the  first  in  Illinois,  the 
•first  in  the  Mississippi  valley,  was  chartered  February  5,  1835.  After 
various  delays,  work  was  begun  in  August,  1837,  so  says  the  advertise- 
ment quoted,  and  on  May  9,  1838,  the  first  rail  was  laid.  Some  eight 
miles  were  laid  during  the  summer,  and  on  November  8th  the  first 
locomotive  —  the  Rogers  —  that  ever  turned  a  wheel  in  the  Mississippi 
valley,  was  put  on  the  track  at  Meredosia.  It  had  been  brought  from  the 
East  by  way  of  the  rivers  to  St.  Louis,  thence  up  the  Mississippi  and 
Illinois  Rivers  to  its  destination.  On  the  day  it  was  put  on  the  track  it 
ran  over  the  old  flat  bar  track  eight  miles  and  back,  carrying  George  W. 
Plant,  afterward  a  prominent  business  man  of  St.  Louis,  Governor 
Duncan,  Murray  McConnell,  one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  public 
works,  James  Dunlap  and  Thomas  T.  January,  the  contractors,  whose 
names  are  already  noted,  Charles  Collins,  and  Myron  Leslie,  of  St.  Louis, 
the  chief  engineer,  Mr.  Plant,  and  Jonathan  Neely,  the  first  conductor. 
The  eager  desire  in  the  race  of  empire  now  gave  Illinois  a  check  for 
twelve  years  before  another  railroad  was  built.  This  was  the  Chicago 
and  Galena,  finished  as  far  as  Elgin,  in  1850.  This  short  railroad,  in  its 
incomplete  condition,  its  small  cars,  and  meager  equipment,  would  indeed 
be  a  curiosity  now.  Yet  it  was  a  beginning,  and  as  such  was  greater 
than  any  of  its  successors. 

It  has  been  supposed  that  the  first  railroad  in  the  United  States,  was 
built  in  1826,  connecting  Schenectady  and  Albany,  in  New  York.  This 
was  one  of  the  first  railroads  on  which  a  locomotive  engine  was  used  in 
the  United  States,  but  the  records  o*f  the  town  of  Quincy,  Massachusetts, 
the  home  of  the  Adams  family,  show  that  about  the  year  1825  a 
railway  was  built  from  that  place  to  the  Bay  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  about 
five  miles  distant.  It  is  believed  that  no  steam  power  was  used  on  this 
road,  the  power  used  being  that  of  horses  or  mules.  Many  suppose  that 
the  old  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  now  the  Wabash,  is  the  oldest  road 
west  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains.  This  is  also  an  error.  We  have 
noted  that  the  first  rail  was  laid  on  this  road  in  the  Spring  of  1838.  Col- 
onel J.  B.  Moulton,  a  civil  engineer  of  St.  Louis,  states  that  he  went  to 
Kentucky  in  1836,  and  found  a  road  in  operation  from  Lexington  -to 
Frankfort.  This  road  was  built  in  1833,  and  at  the  time  of  Colonel 
Moulton's  visit,  horses  and  mules  were  used  to  draw  the  cars.  Strap 
rails  were  used,  part  of  the  ties  being  made  of  stone  and  part  of  wood. 
The  former  were  found  to  be  useless  owing  to  their  pulverization  under- 
neath the  rails,  and  their  use  was  soon  abandoned.  Charles  F.  Taylor, 
Esq.,  a  civil  engineer,  was  engaged  to  remove  the  stone  and  put  in  wood. 
Colonel  Moulton  finished  this  road  from  Frankfort  to  Louisville  in  1836, 
when  the  State  foreclosed  the  mortgage  it  held,  and  leased  the  road  to 
Swaggert  &  Co.,  who  equipped  it  in  1841  or  '42,  and  placed  thereon  a 


312  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

locomotive.  This  locomotive  weighed  fourteen  tons,  and  cost  fourteen 
thousand  dollars.  This  road  is  now  known  as  the  Lexington  and  Ohio. 
From  the  above  statement  of  Colonel  Moulton, whose  memory  is  accurate, 
it  will  be  seen  that  the  road  in  Kentucky  was  in  operation  four  or  five 
years  before  the  one  of  which  we  are  writing. 

From  the  advertisement  heading  this  article,  we  see  that  work  was 
begun  on  the  Northern  Cross  Railroad  in  the  Autumn  of  1837.  The  as- 
sociate editor  of  the  Quincy  Whig,  who  visited  Meredosia  with  a  view  of 
learning  something  of  the  early  history  of  the  first  railroad  in  Illinois, 
writes  to  his  paper  as  follows  : 

"  It  was  surveyed  by  James  Bucklin,  assisted  by  George  W.  Plant 
and  John  Van  Horn.  The  profile  of  the  work  was  drawn  by  a  Pole 
named  Edward  Malowginowskie,  a  noble  by  birth,  who  had  left  Poland 
on  account  of  some  of  the  rebellions  or  persecutions  there.  He  was  a 
man  of  fine  attainments  and  high  character.  After  this  survey  and  loca- 
tion, the  division  of  the  road  beginning  at  the  Illinois  River,  at  this  place, 
and  extending  to  Van  Gundy's,  the  first  station  east  of  here  —  about  a 
mile  east  of  where  Bluff  City  now  stands — was  sub-contracted  to  J.  C.  & 
S.  P.  Thompson,  D.  &  J.  E.  Waldo  and  Harvey  Duncan. 

"  When  everything  was  ready  to  begin  work,  it  naturally  appeared 
that  so  important  an  enterprise  should  be  inaugurated  with  some  formal 
ceremony.  The  day  for  beginning  arrived  late  in  the  Autumn  of  1837, 
and  the  sub-contractors  took  their  men,  accompanied  by  a  large  number 
of  citizens,  to  a  point  whence  the  road  was  to  start,  on  the  bank  of  the 
river.  There  Mr.  J.  E.  Waldo,  now  living  in  New  Orleans,  and  Dr. 
Owen  M.  Long,  now  consul  at  Panama,  were  chosen  speakers  for  the 
occasion. 

"  The  toast-master  of  the  day  was  Samuel  Talmage,  a  noted  charac- 
ter of  that  period.  The  day  was  given  up  to  speech-making,  jollification 
and  hilarity,  and  it  would  be  very  interesting  at  this  distance  if  one  could 
report  some  of  the  wonderful  orations  delivered.  One  of  the  toasts  is 
distinctly  recalled  thus :  "  Our  friend,  T.  T.  January — a  man  with  a  cold 
name  but  a  warm  heart."  Mr.  January  is  still  living,  and  is  a  wholesale 
trader  in  St.  Louis.  Mr.  D.  Waldo,  now  the  postmaster  here,  being- 
then  the  oldest  man  as  well  as  the  oldest  citizen  of  the  place,  was  desig- 
nated to  dig  the  first  spadeful  of  dirt.  The  labor  he  performed  was  all 
the  work  done  on  the  road  that  day. 

"  The  work  of  grading  went  on  all  winter  and  was  finished  in  April. 
The  track  was  laid  by  putting  down  a  piece  of  square  timber  called  a 
mudsill,  on  the  top  of  which  cross-ties  were  laid.  On  these  a  wooden 
rail  was  laid  and  flat  bars  were  spiked  on  top  of  the  rail.  The  bars  were 
two  and  a  half  inches  wide  and  one  inch  thick.  It  is  not  now  distinctly 
remembered  whether  this  iron  was  of  foreign  or  domestic  manufacture, 
but  it  was  brought  by  way  of  New  Orleans  to  St.  Louis,  and  there  deliv- 
ered from  the  steamer  Vandalia  to  the  steamer  Quincy,  then  run  by  J. 
H.  and  E.  Lusk,  between  St.  Louis  and  this  place. 

"  The  first  locomotive  that  ever  turned  a  wheel  in  the  Mississippi 
valley  was  brought  here  in  pieces  and  set  up  to  operate  this  earliest  Illi- 
nois railroad.  It  was  made  by  Rogers,  Grosvenor  &  Ketchum,  of  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  and  was  landed  here  from  the  steamer  Quincy  in  the  Autumn 
of  1838,  soon  after  the  iron  had  been  laid  on  the  road.  It  was  a  curious 


HISTORY    OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  313 

little  contrivance,  and,  as  compared  with  the  more  moJern  construction 
of  locomotives,  was  a  consummate  piece  of  clumsiness.  The  driving- 
wheels  were  about  two  and  a  half  feet  in  diameter,  and,  in  every  other 
respect,  it  compared  equally  well  with  the  locomotives  of  the  present 
day. 

"A  man  by  the  name  of  Fields  came  out  with  the  engine  to  set  it 
up,  and,  on  the  day  he  got  it  on  its  feet,  the  jollification  ran  so  high  that 
he  got  off  his,  and  had  to  be  carried  to  the  hotel  for  repairs.  On  the 
way  he  protested  that  they  were  heaping  undeserved  honor  upon  him 
and  begged  to  be  laid  down  and  treated  as  a  man  of  no  distinction  or 
eminence.  He  was  the  first  engineer  on  the  road,  and  he  ran  the  little 
engine  —  the  Rogers  —  for  about  a  month.  Afterward  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Higgins  run  it ;  but  he  melted  out  some  of  the  flues,  and  at 
last  got  discharged  for  dissipation.  Finally  two  young  men  by  the 
name  of  Gregory  were  put  in  charge  of  it,  and  after  a  while  they 
succeeded  in  running  the  engine  off  the  track  between  New  Berlin  and 
Springfield. 

"  They  seem  to  have  been  unable  to  replace  it  on  the  track,  for  it 
lay  out  on  the  prairie  for  a  year,  or  a  year  and  a  half,  and  was  then  sold 
to  General  Sample,  who  practically  bankrupted  himself  in  various  futile 
efforts  to  reconstruct  it  into  some  sort  of  road  engine  for  hauling  freight 
across  the  country  from  Alton  to  Springfield  in  competition  with  the 
railroad. 

"•  At  last  mules  were  substituted  for  the  engine,  and  were  used  till 
the  road  passed  out  of  the  hands  of  the  State." 

Mr.  James  Harkness,  a  civil  engineer  of  St.  Louis,  in  a  correspon- 
dence concerning  the  early  railroads  of  Illinois,  writes  to  the  Railway 
Age,  of  Chicago,  as  follows : 

"  The  writer  arrived  in  Springfield  on  the  4th  of  July,  1837,  in 
search  of  work.  I  heard  of  the  road  that  was  going  to  be  built  and 
thought  I  might  get  a  job  on  it.  I  saw  J.  M.  Bucklin,  the  chief 
engineer,  and  some  of  the  contractors,  and  was  engaged  to  build  their 
bridges. 

"  There  was  a  great  scarcity  of  men,  more  particularly  those  that 
could  use  the  pick  and  shovel,  etc.,  and  I  agreed  to  find  some.  I  returned 
to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  sent  word  out  that  I  would  give  nineteen  dol- 
lars per  month,  and  eight  jiggers  of  good  whisky  per  day.  That  soon 
procured  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  ;  I  also  got  Robert  Me  Reynolds  and 
Joseph  Williams,  who  were  expert  whip-sawyers,  to  come  and  saw  the 
bridge  timber  for  me.  The  corps  of  engineers  was  J.  M.  Bucklin  (who 
surveyed  Chicago  and  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal,  when  about 
twenty  years  old),  chief ;  Edward  Harkness,  assistant  (who  resigned  in 
a  short  time),  Mr.  Hawn  succeeding  him ;  John  VanHorn,  Edward 
Malowginowskie,  George  P.  Plant,  and  others,  not  now  recollected. 
Thompson,  from  Pennsylvania,  was  master  mason,  and  the  writer  master 
carpenter. 

"  I  went  into  the  timber,  cut  the  trees,  rough-hewed  them,  hauled 
them  close  to  the  bridge,  and  counter-hewed  and  sawed  them  into  the 
proper  dimensions. 

"  The  bridge  was  across  Mauvaisterre  Creek,  and  was  one  hundred 
and  four  feet  span.  The  plan  was  a  combined  arch  and  truss.  It  stood 


314  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

for  eighteen  years,  with  very  little  repairs,  when  it  was  burned  through 
the  neglect  of  a  temporary  watchman.  After  I  had  all  the  timber  in  the 
yard,  and  one  bent  completed,  one  of  the  journeymen  told  the  contractors 
that  he  could  finish  the  bridge  at  less  wages  than  I  was  getting,  sixty 
dollars  per  month.  He  finally  got  it  done  on  the  ground,  but  utterly 
failed  to  raise  it,  and  ran  off  in  disgust.  I  finally  told  the  master  mason 
how  to  do  it. 

"  The  want  of  locomotives  necessitated  the  use  of  horses  for  some 
time.  The  road  was  first  located  where  it  now  is,  at  Jacksonville,  but 
the  people  on  the  south  side  of  the  square  said  it  would  make  property 
worth  a  great  deal  more  there  and  they  must  move  it  across  the  square, 
or  they  would  not  pay  their  taxes,  and  it  had  to  be  run  that  way  ;  but 
they  soon  found  that  it  caused  a  great  many  runaways,  and  set  some 
houses  on  fire  (there  were  no  spark  arresters  then),  when  it  was  changed 
back  to  its  proper  location.  When  the  very  poor  iron  would  draw  the 
equally  poor  spikes,  the  ends  would  turn  up  and  we  called  them  snake 
heads,  and  very  troublesome  snakes  they  were,  as  they  often  ran  up 
through  a  cur  and  ripped  up  things  generally. 

"  The  work  began  at  Meredosia,  on  the  Illinois  River.  There  were 
two  passes  in  the  bluff,  called  Taylor's  and  Van  Gundy's.  That  by 
Taylor's  was  the  cheapest  and  best,  but  it  w.ould  not  touch  several  tracts 
of  wild  land  that  belonged  to  some  of  the  magnates,  and  it  was  located  up 
Van  Gundy's  Run,  and  thus  improved  two  large  tracts,  one  called 
"  Duncan's  big  field"  (in  which  the  writer  has  killed  several  deer),  of 
one  thousand  acres.  We  ran  a  straight  line  of  several  miles  up  this 
prairie  and  struck  the  only  house,  or  cabin  rather,  on  it.  It  belonged  to' 
Mr.  Lazenby,  an  Englishman,  whose  wife  had  such  good  use  of  her 
tongue  that  we  went  back  several  miles  and  ran  a  line  that  left  the  cabin 
a  few  yards  to  the  north,  and  this  gave  great  satisfaction  to  the  settle- 
ment at  large. 

"  At  my  suggestion,  Mrs.  L.  got  another  cow  and  furnished  us  with 
frequent  lunches,  which  we  highly  appreciated.  By  the  time  the  "boys  " 
got  near  her  she  had  learned  to  make  "  milk-punch  "  and  "  egg-nog  " 
out  of  good  new  juice  of  the  corn,  at  a  "bit"  (12|c)  per  gallon,  and  by 
the  time  the  track  was  laid,  she  had  made  the  price  of  a  good  two-story 
frame  house,  and  the  cabin  was  given  to  some  choice  young  "  Irish 
Graziers." 

"  Verien  Daniels  took  charge  of  the  first  locomotive  on  the  road  after 
his  predecessors  had  succeeded  in  burning  out  its  flues,  and  running  it 
off  the  track.  Daniels  repaired  the  flues  and  began  to  run  it.  On  one  of 
his  first  trips,  he  found  Lazenby's  cattle  on  the  track,  and  the  bull 
showed  fight.  He  shouted  and  threw  sticks  of  wood  at  him,  but  that  did 
no  good.  So  he  backed  a  short  distance  and  came  up  a  second  time,  but 
that  only  made  the  bull  madder  ;  again  he  backed  and  the  bull  after 
him.  But  by  this  time  Daniels  was  getting  mad  also.  He  said  to  me, 
"by  dadds,  I  will  try  who  has  the  hardest  head,  so  here  goes." 
The  meeting  came  near  being  fatal  to  both,  but  Taurus  came  to 
grief  by  rolling  down  the  bank  and  never  troubling  the  engine  again. 
There  was  neither  bell,  whistle,  nor  cow-catcher,  in  those  days.  The  first 
snow  that  fell,  after  the  road  was  completed  to  Jacksonville,  was  some 
six  or  eight  inches  deep,  and  caught  the  train  a  few  miles  from  Bethel,. 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  315 

but  by  hard  work  she  got  within  one  and  one-half  miles  of  there  and 
stuck.  The  passengers  walked  to  Bethel,  rather  disgusted  with  the 
"  pleasure  car,"  as  it  was  then  called.  Some  hired  wagons  and  came  to 
Jacksonville,  where  the  agent  hired  men  and  sent  them  down  to  shovel 
the  snow  off  the  track  in  advance  of  the  train.  Joseph  E.  Ware,  editor 
of  Mines,  Metals  and  Arts,  of  this  city,  was  a  passenger  on  that  trip,  and 
remembers  it  well. 

"  We  had  the  usual  amount  of  strikes  and  fights,  which  would  not 
be  interesting.  Under  the  old  constitution  nearly  every  one  could  vote, 
and  the  consequence  was  that  between  five  and  six  hundred  of  the  boys 
came  to  town  to  vote  the  "  Dimmecratic  "  ticket,  their  candidate  being 
"Jackson."  When  told  there  was  no  such  candidate,  they  were  about 
to  bake  the  town,  and  could  have  done  it,  but  John  J.  Hardin,  John 
Henry,  Wm.  Thomas,  and  others,  suggested  to  the  judge  to  open  a  poll 
for  Jackson.  This  was  done,  and  it  prevented  a  bloody  fight." 

In  reference  to  the  "Road  Wagon,"  as  it  was  called,  which  General 
Sample  attempted  to  operate  on  the  prairies,  and  to  which  reference  has 
already  been  made,  Mr.  Harkness  writes : 

"  If  the  State  of  Illinois  is  not  entitled  to  claim  the  first  railroad  in 
the  West,  I  think  she  is  clearly  entitled  to  the  first  attempt  to  use  steam 
as  a  motor  without  even  a  graded  road.  Judge  Sample,  who  was  one  of 
the  early  settlers,  and  one  of  the  many  enterprising  men  who  have  made 
Illinois  the  great  State  of  this  valley,  after  seeing  a  locomotive,  conceived 
the  idea  of  using  one  to  haul  goods  and  passengers  from  Alton  to  Chi- 
cago. He  laid  out  an  addition  north  of  the  penitentiary,  where  he  built 
a  large  hotel,  machine  shops,  etc.  It  was  called  Sampleton.  At  this 
time  you  could  travel  on  prairie  from  there  to  Chicago  and  not  touch 
either  timber  or  farm.  He  had  wheels  about  three  feet  wide,  if  I  recol- 
lect right,  attached  to  his  engine.  Every  thing  was  new  to  the  me- 
chanics, and  it  was  after  many  trials  and  disappointments  that  it  made 
a  successful  trip  to  Springfield,  where  it  remained  for  years  on  the 
prairie." 

Mr.  Harkness,  in  one  of  his  letters,  relates  two  incidents  of  his  fron- 
tier life  in  Illinois  which  we  here  append. 

"  Two  farmers  who  were  out  looking  at  the  country,  as  was  the  cus- 
tom at  that  time,  were  crossing  from  Lick  Creek  to  the  Mauvaisterre  and 
Jacksonville.  About  half  way  across  they  struck  the  track  of  Sample's 
road  engine,  where  the  grass  was  fully  three  feet  high. 

"  Both  horses  wheeled  in  terror  and  ran.  After  getting  them  back, 
the  farmers  examined  the  trail  and  concluded  it  was  a  big  snake,  and  that 
they  would  follow  it  carefully  and  get  a  sight  of  the  thing  if  possible. 
They  followed  it  up  to  Springfield  where  they  found  the  '  thing '  resting 
very  quietly. 

"  An  '  early  day '  reminiscence,  not  strictly  pertaining  to  railroads, 
but  illustrating  the  perils  of  travel  before  railroad  times,  occurs  to  me. 
Several  years  after  this  occurrence  above  noted,  I  was  crossing  at  the 
same  points,  and  had  my  wife,  child,  and  Judge  Berdan,  who  is  still  liv- 
ing in  Jacksonville,  in  a  spring  wagon,  when  a  fire  came  down  the  prairie 
at  race-horse  speed,  and  nothing  but  my  knowledge  of  the  country  saved 
us.  I  put  on  the  whip  for  life  and  made  for  a  mound  where  the  cattle 
had  eaten  off  the  grass,  but  before  reaching  it  the  fire  was  all  around  us 


316  HISTORY   OF   MORGAJT   COUNTY. 

and  it  was  the  third  attempt  before  I  got  through  to  the  short  grass  and 
saved  our  lives.  The  horses  and  wagon  were  badly  scorched.  Two  men 
on  horseback  about  a  mile  from  us  were  both  burned  to  death.  Such  in 
early  times  was  life  in  what  is  long  since  the  richest  portion  of  the  best 
State  in  the  Union." 

The  original  survey  was  on  the  line  of  the  present  Wabash  railway. 
When  the  work  of  laying  the  old  flat  bar  track  had  reached  nearly  to  the  city 
of  Jacksonville,  the  line  of  construction  was  changed,  for  various  reasons, 
and  brought  up  West  State  street  to  the  center  of  the  public  square. 
Here  a  stopping  place  was  made  and  here  the  cars  were  unloaded  for 
some  time.  The  track  was  afterward  extended  through  East  State  street, 
making  a  bend  about  where  the  railroad  tracks  are  now  laid,  passing 
northeasterly  through  the  grounds  of  the  Blind  Asylum  until  it  reached 
the  original  survey.  In  making  the  excavation  for  the  foundation  of  the 
large  chimney  at  the  Blind  Asylum,  some  of  the  old  oak  ties  were  un- 
earthed. These  were  in  good  condition  and  were,  by  the  pupils  of  the 
Blind  Asylum,  made  into  boxes  and  trinkets,  which  are  now  in  the  pos- 
session of  many  of  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville.  Colonel  C.  M.  Morse, 
the  division  superintendent  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad,  has  in  his 
possession  a  box  made  from  one  of  these  ties,  and  in  it  one  of  the  spikes 
used  in  fastening  the  old  strap  rail  to  the  sill.  Ties  have  also  been 
found  in  excavating  for  the  fountain  in  the  public  square,  and  in  dig- 
ging for  gas  and  water  mains. 

The  old  road  gradually  wore  out,  the  strap  rails  were  stolen  to  use 
as  shoes  for  sled  runners  and  other  purposes.  For  stealing  these,  one 
man  was  arrested  and  imprisoned  in  the  penitentiary.  When  the  engine 
was  abandoned  and  sold  to  General  Sample,  mules  were  used  to  haul 
the  cars  in  which  freight  was  mostly  carried,  passengers  generally  pre- 
ferring to  travel  in  stages.  Three  mules,  driven  tandem,  were  usually 
attached  to  each  car,  their  speed  being  accelerated  by  any  movable  arti- 
cle in  reach  of  the  driver. 

The  road  proved  a  source  of  expense  to  the  State.  It  had  cost  a 
million  of  dollars,  and  was  bringing  no  revenue  ;  individuals,  enthusiastic 
in  this  system  of  improvements,  stood  ready  to  buy  the  road  and  it  was 
deemed  best  to  sell  it.  In  1847,  it  was  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  State 
House,  in  Springfield,  to  a  company  composed  of  Colonel  Mathers,  H.  N. 
Ridgley,  James  Dunlap,  and  Governor  Mattison.  The  price  paid  was 
8100,000  in  State  bonds,  then  below  par.  These  gentlemen  went 
immediately  to  work,  changing  the  tract  from  State  street,  in  Jackson- 
ville, to  its  original  survey  in  the  northern  part  of  the  city.  A 
better  track  was  laid,  repairs  made  wherever  necessar}-,  the  route  being 
changed  at  Bluff  City  to  run  to  Naples,  a  point  on  the  Illinois  River 
four  miles  below  Meredosia.  The  road  received  a  new  charter,  purchased 
new  equipments,  and  made  preparations  to  continue  its  route  from 
Springfield,  eastward,  to  the  State  line  on  the  old  survey.  Three  loco- 
motives, the  Morgan,  Sangamon,  and  Frontier,  were  procured  and  placed 
on  the  road,  Mr.  Jonathan  Neely,  of  Jacksonville,  was  appointed  station 
agent,  freight  agent,  ticket  agent,  conductor,  etc.  Soon  after,  the  strap 
rails  were  discarded,  and  the  "U"  rail  was  adopted,  this  was,  how- 
ever, soon  replaced  by  the  "  T  "  rail,  now  in  use.  The  road  was  in 
operation  in  the  Fall  of  '49  as  far  as  Springfield.  Work  was  continued 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  317 

on  the  road,  which,  by  1853,  had  progressed  as  far  as  Decatur.  In  1851, 
the  first  railroad  crossing  in  the  State  was  made  at  Springfield,  being  that 
now  known  as  the  Chicago  and  Alton,  over  the  road  of  which  we  are  now 
writing.  The  old  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  afterward  the  Great  Western, 
and  now  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western,  after  the  change  in  1847,  has 
maintained  a  steady,  continuous  growth,  and  is  now  one  of  the  best 
operated  railways  in  the  West. 

The  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  received  its  charter  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1847,  under  the  name  of  the  "Alton  and  Sangamon  Railroad 
Company."  The  incorporators  were,  Robert  Furgeson,  Simeon  Ryder, 
Benjamin  Godfrey,  Thomas  Clifford,  Robert  Dunlap,  and  William  Martin. 
The  route  was  to  be  "  from  the  City  of  Alton,  on  the  Mississippi  River, 
in  Madison  County,  by  the  way  of  Carlinville,  in  Macoupin  County,  New 
Berlin,  in  Sangamon  County,  to  the  City  of  Springfield,  in  Sangamon 
County." 

Work  was  commenced  in  the  Spring  of  1851.  On  the  9th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1852,  the  first  train  reached  Springfield.  The  rails  and  ties  for 
this  end  of  the  road  were  brought  from  Naples,  over  the  Great  Western 
Railroad.  The  junction  of  these  two  roads  was  the  first  railroad  crossing 
made  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  At  the  special  session  of  the  General 
Assembly  in  1852,  the  charter  was  amended,  extending  the  line  to  Joliet, 
and  changing  the  name  to  the  "  Chicago  and  Mississippi."  On  the  18th 
of  October,  1853,  the  track  was  finished  to  Bloomington,  and  conveyed 
passengers  to  Chicago  by  way  of  the  Illinois  Central  and  Rock  Island 
Railroads.  On  the  4th  of  August,  1854,  the  road  was  finished  to  Joliet, 
and  the  cars  run  over  the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Road  to  Chicago. 
After  the  Joliet  "  cut  off"  was  made,  the  trains  run  to  Chicago  over  that 
road  by  way  of  "  Matteson."  After  the  "  Joliet  and  Chicago  Road  " 
was  built,  it  was  leased  by  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Road,  the  name  having 
been  changed  in  February,  1854. 

What  is  now  the  Jacksonville  branch  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton 
Railroad  was  commenced  at  Jacksonville  in  1858,  and  opened  to  Man- 
chester, south,  and  Petersburg,  north,  in  1860.  It  was  extended  to  White- 
hall, probably  in  1862,  and  to  Godfrey,  January  1,  1865.  The  line  was 
extended  north  to  Mason  City,  in  June  1867,  and  completed  to  Bloom- 
ington, September  23,  1868.  This  road,  known  as  the  St.  Louis,  Jack- 
sonville and  Chicago  Railroad,  was  leased  to  the  Chicago  and  Alton 
Company  in  April,  and  taken  possession  of  June  1,  1868.  By  this  lease, 
the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Company  obtained  a  direct  line  from 
Alton  to  St.  Louis,  in  connection  with  the  line  from  Chicago  to  Alton, 
this  gives  them  direct  communion  between  the  two  greatest  cities  in  the 
West. 

Desiring  a  direct  connection  with  the  great  railways  west  of  the 
Father  of  Waters,  the  company,  in  1871,  under  the  charter  granted  to 
the  St.  Louis,  Jacksonville  and  Chicago  Railroad,  constructed  a  line  from 
Roodhouse,  to  Louisiana,  Missouri,  crossing  the  Mississippi  River  on  a 
bridge  2052  feet  in  length.  This  bridge  cost  $800,000,  and  is  leased  by 
the  company.  The  line  was  extended  from  Louisiana  to  Mexico,  Mo., 
the  same  year.  The  next  spring  it  was  opened  to  Fulton,  and  in  July  to 
Cedar,  on  the  Missouri  River,  opposite  Jefferson  City.  All  the  line  in 


318  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Missouri  was  built  under  a  charter  granted  to  the  Louisiana  and  Missouri 
River  Railroad  Company. 

The  company  are  building  a  line  from  Mexico  to  Kansas  City,  a 
distance  of  160  miles,  crossing  the  Missouri  River  at  Glasgow.  '  The 
entire  length  of  this  road,  including  its  branches  and  extension,  is  837.2 
miles.  The  length  of  the  Jacksonville  Division  is  150.6  miles.  It  affords 
the  citizens  of  Jacksonville  and  Morgan  County  a  direct  and  easy  com- 
munication with  the  cities  of  Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  The  division  is 
under  the  supervision  of  Colonel  C.  M.  Morse,  and  to  his  efforts  and 
experience  the  success  of  this  division  is  largely  due. 

The  Peoria,  Pekin  and  Jacksonville  Railroad  was  built  first  from  Pe- 
oria  to  Virginia.  In  1869,  it  was  extended  to  Jacksonville.  This  gives 
a  direct  route  from  Jacksonville  to  Peoria,  at  which  city  it  connects  with 
the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad,  thereby  forming  a  compet- 
ing line  wi^h  the  Chicago  and  Alton  to  Chicago  and  the  Eastern  cities. 

The  Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  Southeastern  Railroad  was  con- 
structed during  the  Summer  and  Fall  of  1870,  from  Jacksonville  to  Wa- 
verly.  It  was  afterward  extended  to  Virden,  a  distance  of  thirty-three 
miles,  where  it  connects  with  the  main  line  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton.  It 
is  the  intention  to  extend  this  road  to  Mt.  Vernon,  there  to  connect  with 
the  St.  Louis  and  Southeastern  road.  The  road  runs  through  a  'good  farm- 
ing country  and  enjoys  a  good  local  traffic.  The  officers  are,  M.  P.  Ayers, 
President ;  W.  S.  Hook,  Secretary  and  Treasurer ;  Ed.  S.  Greenleaf,  Su- 
perintendent. 

The  Rockford,  Rock  Island  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  was  completed  in 
the  Summer  of  1870.  It  passes  through  the  western  part  of  the  county, 
the  only  towns  on  its  route  therein,  being  Concord  and  Chapin,  the  lat- 
ter place  being  at  the  junction  of  this  road  with  the  Wabash.  The  road 
gives  direct  communication  for  this  part  of  the  county  with  St.  Louis,  and 
does  chiefly  a  local  business. 

The  railroads  solved  an  important  problem  in  the  history  of  the  West. 
By  them,  transportation  and  communication  between  the  two  great  por- 
tions of  the  country,  were  made  easy,  and  emigration  by  rail  instead  of 
the  slow  wagon  road,  was  the  consequence.  Morgan  County  in  common 
.with  all  counties  in  Illinois,  was  benefited  by  the  change.  Towns  had 
grown  up  in  her  midst,  along  these  public  thoroughfares,  and  her  people 
were  beginning  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  their  labors.  Schools  had  been  es- 
tablished, churches  founded,  mills  erected,  post-offices  created,  and  the 
busy  tide  of  industry  supplanted  the  former  condition  of  the  county. 
A  retrospective  view  of  the  increase  of  the  population,  shows  pretty  accu- 
rately the  growth  of  the  county. 

In  1820,  the  population  of  Morgan  County  was  probably  little  more 
than  one  hundred  persons.  By  the  United  States  census  in  1830,  it  was 
12,714.  It  then  included  Cass  and  Scott  Counties.  During  the  follow- 
ing decade,  these  were  created,  and  the  census  of  1840,  notwithstanding 
this  diminution  of  territory,  shows  a  population  of  19,547.  The  census 
of  1850,  shows  a  population  of  16,064  ;  that  of  1860,  22,112  ;  and  that  of 
1870,  28,463. 

The  old  plan  of  subscription  schools  had  been  supplanted  by  the 
present  admirable  common  school  system.  No  man  in  Illinois  has  done 
more  to  bring  about  this  change  than  Judge  William  Thomas.  He  early 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  319 

advocated  a  system  of  popular  education,  and  ably  seconded  every  effort 
made  by  the  friends  of  education.  In  fact  nearly  every  plan  which  has 
had  for  its  aim  the  advancement  of  the  masses,  has  been  vigorously  aid- 
ed by  the  venerable  Judge,  and  but  few  bills  in  the  early  days  of  legisla- 
tion but  emanated  from  his  mind,  or  bear  the  marks  of  his  hand,  where 
the  object  was  the  advancement  of  civilization. 

Judge  Thomas,  to  whom  reference  is  so  often  made  in  these  pages, 
and  who  is  so  intimately  connected  with  the  history,  is  a  native  of  War- 
ren— now  Allen — County,  Kentucky.  He  was  born  November  22,  1802. 
He  began  the  study  of  his  profession  in  the  law-office  of  Governor  James 
T.  Morehead,  continuing  at  Bowling  Green  with  Hon.  J.  R.  Underwood. 
July  5,  1823,  when  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  obtained  his  license  to 
practice  law,  remaining  with  Mr.  Underwood  until  September,  182rL 
That  fall,  with  a  horse,  a  little  money,  and  an  abundance  of  energy,  he 
started  for  the  Sangamon  country.  He  describes  his  trip,  his  arrival  at 
Jacksonville,  and  what  he  saw  there,  elsewhere  in  these  pages,  and  repe- 
tition here  is  unnecessary.  From  the  date  of  his  arrival,  he  has  been 
always  prominently  before  the  people  of  the  county,  and  has  been  one  of 
the  foremost  citizens  in  every  good  work.  To  him  may  be  attributed 
the  founding  of  many  of  the  State  institutions,  the  establishment  of  the 
common  schools,  the  act  of  incorporation  of  colleges  in  183'" — the  first  act 
of  the  kind  in  the  State — the  public  city  institutions,  and,  in  fact,  every 
beneficent  object.  Everything  tending  to  the  welfare  of  town,  county,, 
and  State,  bears  the  impress  of  Judge  Thomas'  hand. 

He  has  been  a  faithful  chronicler  of  events  during  his  life  here,, 
and  to  him,  more  than  to  any  citizen  of  Morgan  County,  are  the  pub- 
lishers of  this  volume,  and  its  readers,  under  lasting  obligations  for  the 
accuracy  and  detail  of  its  statements.  He  has  freely  given  every  aid  in 
his  power,  every  fact  in  his  possession,  and  deserves  from  his  fellow-citi- 
zens a  lasting  place  in  their  memories. 

Morgan  County  contained  at  first  all  that  country  now  comprised  in 
Scott  and  Cass  Counties.  By  reference  to  the  Political  History  preced- 
ing this  narrative,  the  reader  will  learn  the  causes  leading  to  these  divis- 
ions, and  the  time  they  were  made.  The  division  left  the  county  with 
its  present  limits,  save  that  portion  on  the  north  side,  which,  in  1843,. 
was  set  off  to  Cass  County. 

THE   OLD   SETTLERS'  ASSOCIATION. 

The  following  history  of  the  Association,  with  -its  list  of  members,, 
was  prepared  by  the  Secretary,  Mr.  Timothy  Chamberlain.  The  society 
is  one  of  the  best  organized  in  the  Western  States.  Mr.  Chamberlain  has- 
taken  great  pains  in  keeping  the  records  of  its  meetings,  and  the  list  of  its 
members,  in  an  exceedingly  neat  and  systematic  manner  in  a  book  pre- 
pared by  him  expressly  for  this  purpose  : 

At  a  Fourth  of  July  celebration  at  Arcadia  in  1869,  there  were  found 
to  be  a  large  number  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  county,  and  the  conversa- 
tion naturally  turning  to  things  and  events  of  the  past,  and  a  desire 
having  been  expressed  by  many  of  the  aged  persons  present  to  meet  their 
friends  of  early  days,  it  was  decided  among  them  that  a  call  should  be 
issued  in  the  papers,  and  all  invited  to  be  present  at  a  picnic. 


320  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY, 

The  following  appeared  in  the  Jacksonville  Journal,  of  September 
2, 1859  : 

"  OLD  SETTLERS'  MEETING. — A  meeting  of  the  old  settlers  of  Mor- 
gan County  will  be  held  at  Arcadia,  Thursday,  September  9th,  in  D.  G. 
Henderson's  grove,  at  which  time  Judge  William  Thomas,  J.  T.  Jones, 
and  M.  P.  Ayres,  will  speak.  Other  speakers  are  expected,  and  without 
doubt  the  picnic,  for  such  it  is  to  be,  will  be  an  occasion  of  great  interest. 
It  is  desired  that  all  those  residing  in  the  territory,  which  in  1830  was 
embraced  in  Morgan  County,  should  be  present  and  participate  in  the 
exercises.  Old  settlers  are  particulaily  invited." 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  old  settlers  of  Morgan,  Cass,  and 
Scott,  was  held  in  the  grove  near  Arcadia,  on  Thursday,  September  9th, 
1869.  Pioneers  from  all  parts  of  these  counties  were  on  hand  at  an  early 
hour.  The  exercises  were  opened  with  prayer,  by  Rev.  Joel  Goodrick. 
Hon.  Joseph  Morton,  Capt.  Yaples,  Judge  Whitlake,  Bradley  Thompson, 
M.  P.  Ayres,  and  others,  made  remarks  appropriate  to  the  occasion.  A 
letter  was  read  from  Judge  William  Thomas,  apologizing  for  and  explain- 
ing his  absence.  Mr.  Charles  Cox  was  First  Marshal  of  the  day,  and 
Mr.  John  M.  Wilson  assistant.  Dr.  John  Craig  was  Secretary.  Not  less 
than  500  persons  were  present.  An  ode  was  sung,  composed  by  Major 
George  M.  McConnel,  of  Jacksonville.  The  following  resolution,  offered 
by  Mr.  M.  P.  Ayres,  was  unanimously  adopted : 

"  Resolved,  That  we  cherish  tenderly  the  recollection  of  the  names 
of  our  honored  dead,  the  early  pioneers  of  our  county,  and  we  realize 
that  though  dead,  yet  through  their  works  they  still  speak,  and  we  trust 
we  may  imitate  their  virtues,  and  show  by  our  works  our  appreciation  of 
the  toils  and  trials  endured  in  our  behalf." 

It  was  intended  that  a  regular  association  should  be  organized,  so 
that  hereafter  annual  meetings  might  be  held,  and  every  valuable  act 
concerning  the  history  of  the  county  be  preserved.  However,  the  time 
was  so  fully  occupied  with  other  matters,  that  such  an  organization  could 
not  be  effected,  and  a  meeting  was  called  for  August  25,  1870,  which  met 
in  Henderson's  grove,  near  Arcadia,  and  after  listening  to  speeches  from 
Hon.  Newton  Cloud,  Rev.  N.  P.  Heath,  Major  G.  M.  McConnel,  Senator 
Richard  Yates,  and  others,  a  society  was  organized.  A  constitution  was 
presented  and  read  by  Judge  Wm.  Thomas,  and  after  being  slightly 
amended,  was  adopted.  According  to  its  provisions  all  can  become 
members  who  were  in  this  region  previous  to  the  deep  snow  of  1830 
and  1831. 

CONSTITUTION. 

On  this  25th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1870,  the  old  settlers  residing  in 
the  counties  of  Morgan,  Cass,  and  Scott,  composed  of  the  territory 
originally  included  in  the  County  of  Morgan,  being  assembled  in  Hender- 
son's grove,  near  Arcadia,  in  order  to  secure  annual  meetings  with  each 
other,  and  to  perpetuate  the  acquaintance  and  friendship  which  existed 
among  them  during  the  first  years  of  their  residence,  agree  to  organize 
a  society  to  continue  without  limit  of  time,  and  that  the  following  shall 
be  the  constitution  : 

First.  The  society  shall  be  called  and  known  as  the  "  Old  Settlers 
of  the  County  of  Morgan." 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  321 

Second.  The  society  shall  hold  annual  meetings  at  such  times  and 
places  as  each  annual  meeting  shall  designate  for  the  next  meeting. 

Third.  For  the  present,  the  society  shall  be  composed  of  those  who 
settled  within  the  limits  of  the  county  previous  to  the  deep  snow  of  1830 
and  1831.  .  Subsequent  settlers  may  hereafter  be  admitted. 

Fourth.  The  officers  of  the  society  shall  be  a  president,  to  preside 
at  the  annual  meetings,  three  vice  presidents,  six  directors,  a  secretary, 
a  treasurer,  a  chaplain,  and  a  marshal,  all  to  be  elected  or  appointed 
annually. 

Fifth.  The  general  business  of  the  society  shall  be  superintended 
and  directed  by  the  president  and  directors,  four  of  whom  shall  constitute 
a  quorum. 

Sixth.  The  secretary  shall  make  and  keep  a  roll  of  the  members, 
and  record  of  the  proceedings  and  action  of  the  president  and  direc- 
tors, and  of  the  society. 

Seventh.  The  treasurer  shall  safely  keep  the  funds  of  the  society, 
and  pay  them  out  on  orders  of  the  president  and  directors  of  the  society. 

Eighth.  The  chaplain  shall  attend  and  open  the  annual  meetings 
with  prayer. 

Ninth.  The  marshal  shall  have  the  general  superintendence  of  the 
grounds,  or  place  of  meeting,  and  act  under  orders  of  the  presiding 
officer. 

Tenth.  Each  member  of  the  society  shall  sign  his  or  her  name  to 
this  constitution,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  signed,  adding  thereto  the  date 
of  settlement  and  nativity. 

Eleventh.  This  constitution  shall  be  subject  to  alteration  or  amend- 
ment at  any  regular  meeting. 

An  ode  was  sung,  composed  by  Mrs.  J.  R.  Bailey,  entitled  the 
"  Pioneer,"  tune  of  "  E.  Pluribus  Unum."  Some  slight  amendments 
have  since  been  made  to  the  constitution,  one  of  which  admits  members 
to  the  society  who  settled  here  previous  to  1840. 

The  present  officers  of  the  society  are:  President,  Wm.  Thomas; 
Vice-Presidents,  Elliott  Stevenson,  William  Lindsey,  and  Jesse  Henry; 
Secretary,  Timothy  Chamberlain  ;  Treasurer,  John  Robertson;  Chaplain, 
Rev.  William  Gallaher:  Marshal,  Charles  Sample  ;  Finance  Committee, 
Bazzill  Davenport,  John  A.  Wright,  John  Tureman ;  Executive  Com- 
mittee, Huram  Reeve,  John  Bergen,  Joseph  Morton,  Keeling  Berry, 
Samuel  Brockman. 

There  is  no  charge  made,  and  all  who  have  been  in  the  limits  of  old 
Morgan  previous  to  1840,  have  frequently  been  invited  to  sign  the  consti- 
tution, or  send  their  names  to  the  secretary.  Yet  there  are  a  great  many 
persons  who  have  neglected  to  attend  to  this  matter,  and  their  names 
therefore  do  not  appear  in  the  following  list  of  members : 

Atherton,  Ann,  born  New  York,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Anderson,  James  S.,  born  Ky.,  1810 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1830* 
Angel,  John,  born  Ind.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
..  Adams,  Joseph,  born  Ky.,  1805;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Aedor,  Jacob,  born  Md.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Adams,  G.  W.  born  111.,  1835 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Antel,  James,  born  Ky.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820. 


322  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

Ayres,  Marshall  P.,  born  Pa.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Ay  res,  Augustus  E.,  born  Pa.,  1826  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Akers,  Peter  Rev.,  born  Va.,  1790;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 

Braner,  John,  born  Va.,  1803  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1830. 
Black,  Samuel,  born  Va.,  1798 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Fall,  1828. 
Bancroft,  J.  H.,  born  Conn.,  1813 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Bergen  J.  F.,  born  N.  J.,  1812  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1828. 
Broad  well,  Wm.  H.,  born  111.,  1823 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823,  born    in 

Morgan  co. 

Bennett,  Isaac  R.,  born  Ky.,  1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  September,  1829. 
Bridgeman,  Hezekiah,  born  Va.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Dec.  9,  1830. 
Beggs,  Wm.  Harvey,  born  Ind.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Sept.  1829. 
Buckley,  Mary  E.,  born  N.  Y.,  1813  ;  settled  in  American  bottom,  1819. 
Bedwell,  Rachel,  born    Ohio,  1799.     Was  in  Morgan  before  Jacksonville 

was  laid  out.     Husband  hauled  logs  for  jail. 

Boyer,  J.  H.,  born  Ky.,  1823 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1830. 
Boyer,  Jacob,  born  N.  C.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1822. 
Bridgeman,  Franklin,  born  Va.,  1821  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Dec.  9,  1830. 
Black,  Mildred  Mrs.,  born  Va.,  1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Boyce,  Elizabeth  Mrs.,  born  Tenn.,  1800  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830 ;  died 

1875. 

Becroft,  Aquilla,  born  Md.,  1798  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Birdsal,  Clark,  born  N.  Y.,  1800;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821. 
Brown,  Bedford,  born  Ky.,  1799;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828;  died  1873. 
Brown,  Geo.  S.,  born  Ky.,  1823 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Beers,  N.  B.,  born  Conn.,  1817 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1845. 
Bateman,  Samuel,  born  Eng.,  1804  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Buckanan,  Hardin,  born  111.,  1820;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820. 
Beavis,  William,  born  Eng.,  1803 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 
Berry,  Keeling,  born  Va.,  1818  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Black,  William,  born  Ga.,  1796  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Brown,  James,  born  Tenn.,  1825  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Brown,  John,  born  N.  C.,  1800  :  settled  Morgan  co.  Fall,  1828. 
Barton,  J.  M.  Mrs.,  born  Mass.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827;  died  1877. 
Barber,  Thomas,  born  Eng.,  1809;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Brown,  L.  W.,  born  Ky.,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Brewer,  W.  T.,  born  Ky.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Bridgeman,  Isaac,  born  111.,  1831 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Cox,  Charles,  born  Ky.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1829. 
Craig,  Margretta  A.,  born  111.,  1829 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  January,  1829. 
Cloud,  Newton,  born  N.  C.,  1805  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1827. 
Chamberlain,  A.  T.  Mrs.,  born  N.  J.,  1819  ;  settled    Morgan  co.   April, 

1820  ;  daughter  of  James  Buckley  ;  died  March  1877. 
Oouchman,  B.  F.,  born  Ky.,  1822;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1827. 
•Carson,  William,  born  Va.,  1804  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824  ;  father  kept 

the  first  hotel  in  Jacksonville  ;  died  1876. 

Cox,  Corriden,  born  Va.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1829. 
Chappel,  Eliza  A.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1813  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Sept.,  1827. 
Caldwell,  Robt.  L.,  born  Ky.,  1828 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1830. 
douchman,  E.  R.,  born  Ky.,  1819;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1827. 


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Clegg,  Elizabeth  Mrs.,  born  Eng.,  1804;  settled  Morgan  co.  1838. 

Conlee,  Isaac,  born  Tenn.,  1795  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826  ;  Baptist  min- 
ister, came  to  Illinois  1815. 

Chamberlain,  Timothy,  born  Mass.,  1812 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May  14, 
1832. 

Carson,  Thomas  M.,  born  Va.,  1808  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825  ;  in  Illinois, 
1824 ;  died  Feb.  24,  1875. 

Carson,  John  A.  J.,  born  Va.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 

Chamberlain,  Timothy  S.,  born  Mass.,  1786  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Decem- 
ber, 1832  ;  died  July  26,  1873. 

Cook,  Mar}r,  born  Tenn.,  1804 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 

Catlin,  Joel,  born  Conn.,  1796  ;    settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Crum,  A.  A.,  born  Ind.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Crum,  John  W.,  born  Ind.,  1823;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831;  brothers, 

Craig,  J.  Perry,  born  Ky.,  1817 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834;  died,  1877. 

Carter,  George,  born  Conn.,  1809 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 

Cooper,  Armstrong,  born  Tenn.,  1812  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 

Chandler,  Charles,  born  Conn.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832  ;  physician. 

Cosner,  T.  J.,  born  N.  C.,  1815 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Carruthers,  Allen,  born  Ark.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825. 

Cox.  J.  M.,  born  111.,  1825  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825  ;  born  in  Morgan. 

Craig,  Edward,  born  Ky.,  1807  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Craig,  Mary  Ann  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Craig,  James,  born  Ky.,  1807  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Craig,  Maria  S.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1815 ;  settled  Morgan  co,  1827. 

Chambers,  J.  R.,  born  111.,  1830  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Conlee,  Allen,  born  111.,  1825  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Carts,  George,  born  Ky.,  1803;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 

Cole,  David,  born  N.  J.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May,  1839. 

Cole,  Sarah  S.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.;  settled  Morgan  co.  Fall,  1828. 

Conover,  Vis.  V.,  born  111.,  1826  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 

Davenport,  Bazzill,  born  111.,  1832  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Davenport,  David,  born  111.,  1830  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830;  died  1877. 

Daniels,  Bukoi.  born  III.,  1828 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  July,  1828. 

Daniels,  Ve.rtu,  l>orn  Mass.,  1799;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1827; 
died  187t>. 

Daniels,  Nancy  W.  Mrs.,  born  Mass.,  1805  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Novem- 
ber, 1827  ;  husband  and  wife ;  died  1872. 

Deaton,  Joseph  P.,  born  Va.,  1805  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  April,  1821. 

Davenport,  Milton  C.,  born  K-y.,  1822 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1825. 

Duncan,  S.  S.,  born  Ky.,  1810 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  March,  1822. 

Deaton,  Levi,  born  Va.,  1803 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820. 

Dean,  Levi,  born  Vt.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1838. 

Deaton,  Sarah,  born  Tenn.,  1808  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 

Deaton,  Matilda,  born  Tenn.,  1818  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Duncan,  Elizabeth  C.  Mrs.,  born  N.  Y.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827; 
widow  of  Gov.  Joseph  Duncan;  died  1876. 

Deaton,  Thos.  jr.,  born  111.,  1833  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 

Deaton,  Mary  A.,  born  Ky.,  1826 ;    settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Dietrech,  Jacob  H.,  born  Pa.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 


324  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Devore,  Uriah  J.,  born  Ky.,  1805  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Daugherty,  James  M.,  born  Ky.,  1799  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Daugherty,  Sarah  Mrs.,  born  Va.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 
Davis,  J.  A.,  born  111.,  1824  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Dick,  Levi,  born  Ky.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Dodsworth,  Stephen,  born  Eng.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Deaton,  William,  born  Va.,  1819;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820. 
Deatherage,  Achilles,  born  N.  C.,  1799 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825. 
Devore,  A.  B.,  born  Ky.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Dennis,  Reuben,  born  N.  C.,  1800 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Douglas,  A.,  born  Conn.,  1791 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1856  ;  111.  in  1817. 
Deaton,  J^imes,  born  111.,  1836 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 
Deaton,  Martha  A.,  born  111.,  1832 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832  ;  daughter 

of  D.  Ingals. 
Davenport,  Brax,  born  Ohio,  1827 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Edmonson,  M.  C.,  born  Mo.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 

Evans,  Arden,  born  Tenn.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Ennis,  Henry  M.,  born  Ky.,  1824;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 

Eads,  Ghamock,  born  Ky.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 

Epler,  Jacob,  born  Ind.,  1803 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Epler,  David,  born  Ind.,  1804;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831  ;  died  1877. 

Epler,  Cyrus. 

English,  Doc.  Nathaniel,  born  Va.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 

Foreman,  Anderson,  born  N.  C.,  1809 ;    settled  Morgan  co.  November, 

182.8. 

Foreman,  Elizabeth  W.,  born  111.,  1823;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
French,  Samuel,  born  N.  H.,  1813;  settled  Morgan  co.  1837. 

Goodpasterre,  J.  J.,  born  Tenn.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Greaton,  David,  born  Ohio,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  February,  1825.' 
Goodpasterre,  William,  born  Tenn.,  1810;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Gains,  B.  F.,  born  Va.,  1806 ;   settled  Morgan  co.   December,  1830  ;   iu 

the  State  in  1825. 

Goltra,  M.  C.,  born  N.  J.,  1809  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 
Gatton,  Zachariah  W.,  born  Ky.,  1812  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Goodrick,  Joel,  born  Va.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Gallaher,  Wm.  G.,  born  Tenn.,  1801  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Graves,  George  W.,  born  111.,  1833  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Gorham,  John,  born  N.  Y.,  1812  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Graham,  J.  W.,  born  111.,  1833  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Gunn,  Jesse  C.,born  Tenn.,  1825  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Gunn,  Hannah  T.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1824  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Graff,  George,  born  Ky.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Gunn,  A.  S.,  born  Tenn.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Gaines,  R.  G.,  born  Va.,  1801 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Goodrick,  R.  A.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 

Henderson,  Stephen  Capt.,  born  Va.,  1793  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Sept.  1825. 
Hudson,  Isaac,  born  Ky.,  1813  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  March,  1827. 
Henderson,  Susan  Mrs.,  born  Va.,  1801  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Sept.  1825; 
wife  of  Capt.  Stephen  H.,  married  in  Ohio,  1819 ;  died,  1863. 


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Henderson,  David  G.,  born  Va.,  1796 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  April,  1826. 
Henderson,  Mary,  born  Va.,  1796 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826  ;  wife  of  D. 

G.  H.;  died  September  15,  1872. 

Huffman,  Alexander,  born  Va.,  1800  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Nov.  1827. 
Huffman,  Mildred,  born  Va.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1827 ; 

wife  of  A.  H. 

Hurst,  Wm.  S.,  born  Ky.,  1800  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May,  1829. 
Humphrey,  Wm.  D.,  born  Ky.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Nov.  1828. 
House,  Nancy,  born  111.,  1824;  settled  Morgan  co.  Spring,  1825  ;  born  in 

Sangamon. 

Hudson,  Peter  S.,  born  Md.,  1803;  settled  Morgan  co.  Fall,  1827. 
Henderson,  Chas.  born  Va.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  June,  1831. 
Henderson,  Jackson,  born  111.,  1827  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  July  24,  1827  ; 

still  lives  on  the  same  farm  where  he  was  born. 
Hale,  Mrs.,  born  111.,  1831  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October  29,  1831. 
Humphrey,  B.  N.,  born  Ky.,  1811  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May  2,  1829. 
Hopkins,  Henry,  born  Del.,  1794  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825. 
Hughes,  John  A.,  born  Ky.,  1803  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Holmes,  William,  born  N.~Y.,  1799;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Huckstep,  Thos.  C.,  born  Va.,  1805;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Holliday,  Miles,  born  Tenn.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825. 
Houston,   Jonas  Ira,  born  111.,  1828,  settled  Morgan   co.  1828  ;  born  in 

Morgan. 

Heath,  N.  P.  "Rev.,  born  Ohio,  1818 ;  111.,  1819. 
Harding,  Peyton,  born  Ky.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Hamilton,  John  C.  Rev.,  born  Ky.,  1797 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Hamilton,  John  A.,  born  Ohio,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Hembrough,  Richard,  born  Eng.,  1814  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Henry,  John,  born  Ky.,  1800 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Hutchinson,  W.  A.,  born  Ind.,  1828 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Hall,  H.  H.,  born  Va.,  1827  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Harris,  W.  P.,  born  Ky.,  1807  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Spring,  1829. 
Hilliard,  Joseph,  born  Va.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Hart,  David,  born  Ky.,  1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Henry,  Elijah,  born  Ky.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Holliday,  Charles  L.,  born  Ky.,  1820  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Henderson,  D.  Pat.,  born  Ky.,  1810 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Hayes,  Joseph,  born  111.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821. 
Haskell,  Emma  Mrs.,  born  Ky.;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Hutchinson,  Wm.  A.,  born  Ind.,  1828 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Ingals,  A.,  born  N.  Y.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 

Jackson,  Quirzah,  born  111.;  married  to  Charles  Sample,  1844. 

James,   Robert,  born  Va.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May,  1820  ;  died, 

1873. 
James,    Eleanor,  born  Va.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820  ;  deceased 

wife  of  R.  J. 

Johnson,  Barbara,  born  Ohio,  1809;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Jones,  Jane  Mrs.,  born  Md.,  1798  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827  ;  widow  of 

Thos.  Church  and  John  T.  Jones. 


326  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

Jordon,  Eliza  Mrs.  born  Pa.,  1805 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Johnson,  Dianah,  born  N.  C.,  1790 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Johnson,  Alex.,  born  Ky.,  1819;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Jumpp,  E.  P.,  born  Ky.,  1822;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Jordon,  Wm.  S.,  born  111.,  1803  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 

Knight,  Cyrus  Dr.,  born  Me.,  1806 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1837. 
King,  Joseph  W.,  born  Conn.,  1808 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1838. 
Keplinger,  Samuel,  born  Tenn.,  1809  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
King,  Joseph  O. 

Lackey> Henry,  born  Ky.,  1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  September,  1830. 
Lackey,   Marv,  born  Ky.,   1807  ;  settled   Morgan  co.  September,  1830  ; 

wife  of  H.  L.;  died  1869. 

Loar,  George,  born  Ky.,  1800 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  September,  1830. 
Loar,  Ann,  born  Ky.,  1805  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  September,  1830 ;  wife 

of  G.  L. 

Lazenby,  John,  born  Eng.,  1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  July  30,  1829. 
Long,   W.  George,  born  N.  C.,  1799;    settled   Morgan  co.  Oct.  1828; 

died  1876. 

Lee,  John,  born  Eng.,  1802 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Lazenby,  Sarah,  born  Eng.,  1804;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Leonard,  E.  B.,  born  111.,  1826 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Lindsey,  James,  born  Tenn.,  1806 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Loughary,  Arthur,  born  Tenn.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Langley,  James,  born  Ky.,  1786;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829;  111.  in  1824. 
Lybarger,  E.  J.  Mrs.,  born  111.,  1832;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832  ;  daughter 

of  Levi  Church. 

Love,  G.  E.,  born  111.,  1835;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Larimore,  Priscella  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  April,  1830. 

Morton,  Joseph  Col.,  born  Va.,  1801 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820  ;  settled  in 

Madison  co.  in  1819. 

Mattingly,  S.  J.,  born  Ky.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1824. 
Morton,  Mary  Mrs.,  born   Ky.,  1804  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824;  wife  of 

Jos.  Morton  ;  died  February  14,  1874. 
Miller,  E.  T.,  born  Ky.,1801;  settled  Morgan  co.  June,  1827 ;  in  Illinois, 

1817. 
Miller,  Lucinda  D.  Mrs.,  born  N.  Y.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824;  in 

Illinois  in  1819;  wife  of  E.  T.  Miller. 

Massey,  Horatio  H.,  born  N.  Y.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826; 
Massey,  Stephen  S.,  born  N.  Y.,  1814 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Marhoe,  Samuel,  born  Pa.,  1820;  settled  Morgan  co.  1840. 
Mathews,  Saml.  T.  Col.,  born  Ky.,  1799 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821 ;  died 

1875. 

Mathews,  Richard,  born  Ky.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821. 
Massie,  Henderson,  born  Va.,  1810 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Montgomery,  John  W.,  born  Va.,  1815 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Metcalf,  Emanuel,  born  111.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Mereia,  Jacob,  born  Va.,  1811  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 
McDonald,  A.  N.,  born  Scotland,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Moss,  J.  B.,  born  Tenn.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  327 

Morrison,  Robert  Doc.,  born  Va.,  1811  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Morrison,  A.  A.  Mrs.,  born  111.,  1821  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821  ;  wife  of 
Dr.  R.  M. 

McCorraack,  J.  L.,  born  111.,  1828 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Mansfield,  James,  born  Ky.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 

Massey,  Silas,  born  N.  H.,  1787  ;  settled  Moigan  co.  1826  ;  died  1873. 

McAlistor,  Mary  O.  Mrs.,  born  Tenn.,  1826  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Novem- 
ber, 1827  ;  daughter  of  V.  Daniels. 

McPherson,  Wm.  S.,Jborn  Va.  1814;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 

McElfresh,  Greenberry,  born  Ky.,  1832 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 

Osborn,  Harrison,  born  Ga.,  1800  ;   settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Pitner,  Alex.,  born  Tenn.,  1804  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Parrott,  R.  D.,  born  Ky.,  1822  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1835. 
Petefish,  John  R.,  born  Ohio,  1825 ;    settled  Morgan  co.  Fall,  1830. 
Patterson,  A.  C.,  born  Ky.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1830. 
Patterson,  Wm.  J.,  born  Ky.,  1810;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Patterson,  Franklin  H.,  born  Ky.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Post,  William,  born  N.  Y.,  1802 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Petefish,  Samuel  H.,  born  Va.,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Petefish,  N.  M.  Mrs.,  born  111.,  1828  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828 ;  wife  of  S. 

H.  P. 

Peters,  Aaron,  born  Pa.,  1796  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Peters,  David,  born  Ohio,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Peters,  Sarah  Miss,  born  Ky.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Phillips,  H.  C.,  born  N.  C.,  1812  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Petree,  Francis,  born  N.  C.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821. 
Park,  J.  A.,  born  Ky.,  1818 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Patterson,  Wm.,  born  Ky.,  1800  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Pitner,  Jane  W.  Mrs.,  born  Tenn.,  1807  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826  ;  wife 

of  Montgomery  Pitner ;  died  1875. 

Redding,  John,  born  111.,  1824;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 

Roach,  Joseph,  born  111.,  1828  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 

Ratikin,  William,  born  Ky.,1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  December,  1829. 

Robertson,  M.  A.,  born  111.,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824  ;  wife  of  J. 

Robertson  ;  died  1867. 
Robertson,  Charles,  born  N.  Y.,  1800  ;  settled  in  Morgan  co.  April,  1821; 

died  1877. 
Reeve,  Huram,  born  N.  C.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820 ;  in  St.  Clair 

1816. 

Reeve,  Isaac  B.,  born  N.  C.,  1804 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820. 
Reeve,  John,  born  N.  0^1802  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  March,  1820. 
Rudisell,  Harriett  Mrs.,  born  111.,  1814  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October  1821 ; 

wife  of  Daniel  Rudisell. 

Reed,  Stephen  H.,  born  Ky.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Riggs,  Milton  W.,  born  111.,   1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1825 ; 

born  in  Lawrence  co. 

Ross,  L.  B.,  born  Tenn.,  1812;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1827. 
Richardson,  William,  born  Eng.,  1814  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1831. 
Rearick,  Emma  Mrs.,  born  N.  J.,  1811  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820  ;  widow 

of  Capt.  G.  D.  R. 


328  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

Ruble,  Jesse,  born  Term.,  1797;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826;  died   July, 

1871. 

Ruble,  Richard,  born  111.,  1825 ;  settled  Morgan  eo.  1825. 
Reed,  Maro  M.  L.  Dr.,  born  Conn.,  1801 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830 ;   died 

1877. 

Reed,  Elizabeth  L.  Mrs.,  born  Conn.,  1807  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Rodgers,  Joseph  W  ,  born  Ky. ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1826. 
Rudisell,  Daniel,  born  Pa.,  1799  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Rubart,  Jacob,  born  111.,  1831 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Redding,  J.  N.,  born  Ky.,  1808  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 
Reed,  Abraham,  born  Ky.,  1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 
Rucker,  C.  C.  Mrs.,  born  N.  J.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Rude,  Samuel  W.,  born  Ohio,  1818 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Rohrer,  Albert;  born  111.,  1830  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Rigg,  A.  P.,  born  Ky.,  1813 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Russell,  Hezekiah,  born  N.  C.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Redding,  John,  born  111.,  1824;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Rynders,  A.,  born  N.  Y.,  1798  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 
Roberts,  James  A.,  born  Tenn.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Roberts^  Wm.  H.,  born  Tenn.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 
Reynolds,  Joseph,  born  Tenn.,  1810;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Rutledge,  Wm.  J.,  born  Va.,  1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Reed,  Wm.  L.,  born  111.,  1811 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1822. 
Rorkwell,  Wm.,  born  111.,  1827  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Richardson,  B.  B.,  born  Tenn.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821 ;  died  1873. 
Riggs,  Scott,  born  N.  C.,1779;  settled  Morgan  co .  1825. 
Robertson,  John,  born  111.,  1823 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 

Stevenson,  Benj.  F.,  born  Ky.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May,  1829. 
Scott,  Edward,  born  England,  1829;  settled  Morgan  co.  December,  1829;. 

six  months  old  when  he  arrived  in  America. 

Stevenson,  Wm.,  born  Ky.,  1814 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November,  1829. 
Spates,  Preston,  born  Ky.,  1823 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1830. 
Stacy,  James  D.,  born  111.,  1828  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  June,  1828. 
Stacy,  Martha  A.,  born  Ky.,  1829 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Stacy,  Mathew,  born  Va.,  1799;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1827. 
Stevenson,  James,  born  Ky.,  1813;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1829. 
Spotts,  E.  W.,  born  Del.,  1817 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1832. 
Sinclair,  Watson,  born  Tenn.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Scott,  Thomas,  born  England,  1821  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Stevenson,  Elliott,  born  Ky.,  1804  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Smith,  John,  born  Tenn.,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  November  10,  1837. 
Stevenson,   Fleming,   born   Ky.,   1809;    settled  Morgan  co.  1828;   died 

December  24,  1874. 

Smith,  John,  born  Pa.,  1790;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Sample,  David,  born  111.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 
Stevenson,  E.  J.  Mrs.,  born  Ky.,  1809;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Simmons,  David  M.,  born  Ky.,  1826  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Stockton,  Allen,  born  Ky.,   1810;  settled  Morgan  co.   1830;  lived  and 

died  within  100  yards  where  first  settled;  died  1871. 
Spates,  M.  A.  Mrs.,  born   Ky.,  1825;  settled  Morgan  co.  October,  1830  ; 

wife  of  Pres.  Spates. 


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Shaffar,  Sophia  Mrs.,  born  Va.,  1817 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Simms,  L.  Black,  born  111.,  1817. 

Sturtevant,  Julian  M.,  born  Conn.,  1805;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Sprague,  Joshua,  born  N.  Y.,  1791 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  182»:>. 

Shepherd,  Thornton,  born  N.  C.,  1795;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Smith,  Ashford,  born  Va.,  1790;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Sample,  Charles,  born  111.,  1818  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 

Short,  Samuel,  born  Va.,  1804;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829.  • 

Stacy,  Thomas  P.,  born  Ky.,  1827  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Scholey,  Charles,  born  Tenn.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 

Sheets,  Isaac,  born  Ky.,  1810;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Shelton,  Martha  E.,  born  Pa.,  1815  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Sirams,  Wesley,  born  Ky.,  1819;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Spiers,  John,  born  N.  C.,  1798 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Shepherd,  Joseph  J.,  bor;i  Ky.,  1827;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 

Sharpe,  Jonathan,  born  Term.,  1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Strawn,  James  G.,  born  Ohio,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Stevenson,  William,  born  Ky.,  1813 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Stribling,  B.  F.  W.,  born  Ky.,  1819  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Sanders,  L.  F.,  born  Va.,  1809 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1835. 

Short,  W.  F.,  born  Ohio,  1829 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 

Sheffield,  G.  W.,  born  Va.,  1815;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Storey,  J.  W.,  born  Tenn.,  1827;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Simms,  Silas,  born  Ky.,  1814 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Smith,  Samuel,  born  N.  C.,  1803  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1833. 

Samples,  Andrew,  born  Ky.,  1798 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 

Seymore,  John  P.,  born  N.  C.,  1828  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Seymore,  Bird,  born  N.  C.,  1808 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 

Seymore,  Jackson,  born  N.  C.,  1822 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 

Steele,  James,  borri  Pa.,  1808;  settled  Morgan  co.  1837. 

Saunderson,  Thomas,  born  Tenn.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Stagg,  Isabella  A.,  born  111.,  1830 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830 ;   daughter 

of  D.  Ingals. 

Sibbald,  Agnes  W.,  born  Scotland,  1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1836. 
Spaulding,  Horace. 
Spaulding,  Mrs. 

Thompson,  R.  Davis,  born  Ky.,  1811  ;  settled  .Morgan  co.  June,  1829. 
Trotter,  W.  D.  R.  Rev.,  born  Ky.,  1806  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  May,  1830. 
Thompson,  J.  Bradley,  born  Ky.,  1814  ;  settled   Morgan  co.  June,  1827. 
Thomas,  William,  born  Ky.,  1802;  settled  Morgan  co.  Oct.,  1826. 
Turnham,  Joseph,  born  Incl.,  1823  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Turnham,  John  B.,  born  Tenn.,  1810  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Tureman,  George,  born  Ky.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Trotter,  Joseph  A.,  born  Ind.,  1830  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
Turner,  W.  D.,  born  111.,  1822;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827, 
Turner,  A.  J.,  born  111.,  1814;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Tunnell,  Stephen,  born  Tenn.,  1820 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Thompson,  N.  B.,  born  111.,  1813 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Taylor,  William,  born  Ky.,  1814  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1821. 

Van  Winkle,  Hiram,  born  Ky.;  settled  Morgaji  co.  1829. 


330  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Vaughn,  George  C.,  born  Va.,  1816 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Van  Winkle,  John,  born  Ga.,  1800  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 

Whorton,  John,  born  Ky.,  1799  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  Oct.  1830. 

Wilson,  John,  born  Ky.,  1821  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1823. 

Wilson,  Charles  R.,  born  N.  J.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  April,  1820 ; 

son  of  Aaron  Wilson ;  died  1873. 

Wolcott,  Elizur,  born  Conn.,  1817;  settled  Morgan  co.  1830. 
Westrope,  John,  born  Ohio,  1805;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Wyatt,  James  L.,  born  Ky.,  1824 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Wells,  Alexander,  born  Pa.,  1782 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820  ;  111.,  1807. 
Wiswall,  Samantha  Mrs.,  born  Vt.,  1802;  settled  Morgan  co.  1820  ;  relict 

of  Thomas  Wiswall. 

Williamson,  Wm.,  born  Ky.,  1792  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1834. 
Williams,  Samuel,  born  Ky.,  1822;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Wilson,  John  M.,  born  Ky.,  1815;  settled  Morgan  co.  1824. 
Whitlock,  H.  G.,  born  111.,  1831 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1831. 
"Walker,  Alexander,  born  Ky.,  1816  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1827. 
Wilson,  C.  J.,  born  Tenn.,  1817  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1832. 
Wyatt,  E.  M.,  born  Ky.,  1809  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1828. 
Waters,  Z.,  born  Ky.,  1821 ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1825. 
Wright,  William,  born  Ky.,  1808  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  1829. 
Wimmer,  G.  W.,  born  Md.,  1796 ;  settled   Morgan  co.  1822  ;  1819,  in 

Sangamon. 

Young,  Dudley,  born  Va.,  1797  ;  settled  Morgan  co.  ,1830. 

THE  COMMON  SCHOOLS. 

The  first  attempts  at  popular  education  in  Morgan  County,  were 
made  in  the  Winter  of  1820-21.  That  winter  a  school  was  taught  in  a 
cabin  of  one  of  the  settlers.  But  few  scholars  attended — there  were  few 
to  attend — and  the  term  lasted  but  a  short  time.  The  teacher  received 
his  pay  in  the  currency  of  the  time — coonskins  and  beeswax — and  proba- 
bly, as  in  after  years,  "  boarded  'round/'  The  next  year  another  simi- 
lar school  was  taught  in  the  new  settlements,  and  so  continued  until  the 
settlement  of  the  country  justified  the  erection  of  a  house  for  educational 
purposes.  This  was,  like  all  buildings  of  its  day,  made  of  logs  ;  had  no 
window  glass,  no  stove,  and  a  puncheon  floor.  The  door  was  hung  on  a 
wooden  hinge,  a  huge  fire-place  supplied  heat,  and  on  one  side  a  log  was 
left  out,  the  interstice  covered  with  greased  paper  to  admit  light. 

The  teachers  of  that  day  were  generally  of  an  itinerant  class  of  ped- 
agogues, often  with  little  learning.  Among  them,  however,  were  some 
excellent  teachers,  who  are  yet  kindly  remembered  by  their  pupils,  nowr 
old  men  and  old  women. 

The  schools  were  always  "  pay  schools,"  that  is,  each  patron  paid  a 
certain  amount  per  scholar,  for  the  quarter.  This  pay  almost  always 
consisted  in  the  common  currency  of  pioneer  times — coonskins  and  bees- 
wax. Peltry  of  various  kinds  was  also  used,  for  money  was  not  to  be 
had.  These  articles  the  master  could  use  to  pay  his  board,  when  he  oc- 
cupied one  place,  or  could  exchange  for  other  necessaries  of  life. 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  331 

About  1833,  Joseph  Duncan,  then  a  member  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, introduced  into  that  body  a  bill  for  the  establishment  and  promotion 
of  a  system  of  common  schools.  The  bill  passed  that  body,  and  became 
a  law.  It,  however,  was  like  many  other  excellent  measures,  in  advance 
of  its  time,  and  by  the  next  legislature  repealed.  Nothing  more  was 
done  until  1837,  when  at  the  session  of  1836-7,  Judge  William  Thomas, 
who  has  in  various  ways  done  so  much  for  the  State,  drew  up  a  bill,  pre- 
sented it  before  the  Assembly,  and  succeeded  in  having  it  passed.  This 
bill  was  the  foundation  of  the  present  common  school  system  of  Illinois. 
It  was  most  admirable  in  its  provisions  for  the  schools,  and  with  various 
amendments  and  alterations,  is  yet  in  force.  Some  time  previous  to  its 
passage,  the  National  Congress  had  passed  an  act  dividing  among  the 
States  a  large  fund,  known  as  the  Suffrage  Act  Fund.  By  its  provis- 
ions Illinois  had  received  as  her  share,  over  six  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. The  majority  of  the  legislators  wanted  this  fund  to  use  in  further- 
ing the  great  Internal  Improvement  System,  then  just  culminating  in  the 
financial  crash  of  1837.  The  Judge,  however,  succeeded  in  securing 
half  the  fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  schools.  The  exact  amount  secured 
was  $335,592.32.  By  this  stroke  of  policy  on  the  part  of  the  Judge,  this 
large  sum  of  money  was  secured  for  the  cause  of  education,  and  laid  the 
basis  of  the  generous  support  now  given  the  schools. 

Congress,  in  its  division  of  the  Northwest  Territory,  had  made 
provision  for  the  sale  of  every  sixteenth  section  of  land,  the  proceeds  to 
be  applied  to  a  fund  for  the  promotion  and  maintenance  of  popular  edu- 
cation. Morgan  County  contains  in  its  present  limits,  sixteen  of  these 
sections,  or  over  ten  thousand  acres  of  land.  Judge  Thomas  was  appoint- 
ed Commissioner  by  the  County  Court,  to  sell  these  lands.  He  dis- 
charged his  duty  with  his  usual  faithfulness,  and  a  large  increase  was 
thereby  made  to  the  school  fund. 

The  old  log  school  houses,  upon  the  passage  of  this  law,  soon  began 
to  give  way  to  more  comfortable  frame  structures,  which  in  some  instan- 
ces are  now  replaced  by  brick  structures,  filled  with  every  modern  con- 
venience. The  advance  of  civilization  ;  the  improvement  of  the  country  ; 
the  educated  tastes  of  the  people,  and  the  demand  for  a  more  advanced 
and  better  class  of  instruction  have  brought  about  a  higher  grade  of 
teaching,  and  a  consequent  demand  for  advanced  and  excellent  teachers. 
Time  will  undoubtedly  show  a  still  higher  grade,  and  it  is  hoped  it  will 
soon  be  that  the  profession,  so  fraught  with  the  interests  of  all,  will  not 
be  made  simply  a  stepping  stone  to  other  and  more  lucrative  callings. 

The  day  of  subscription  schools  did  not  entirely  cease  in  all  cases 
until  about  1853.  That  year  the  school  superintendent  came  upon  the 
field,  and  his  work  soon  manifested  itself.  Longer  terms  were  secured, 
and  in  a  few  cases  graded  schools  established.  The  Illinois  College,  the 
Female  Academy,  and  othe  similar  institutions,  were  doing  a  good  work 
and  each  one  molding  the  public  mind  to  a  higher  course  of  instruction. 
Among  the  private  schools  of  the  county,  started  in  early  days,  none  de- 
serve more  mention  than  the  one  known  as  "  Ebenezer  Church  and 
School."  It  was  started  about  four  miles  north  of  town,  about  1832,  by 
Rev.  Peter  Akers,  D.D.,  now  an  old  minister  in  retired  life  in  Jack- 
sonville. Some  of  its  teachers  were,  Rev.  John  M.  Piper,  in  the  Autumn 
of  1835  or  1836  ;  Rev.  John  Clark,  who  had  been  a  missionary  at  Green 


332  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Bay,  Wisconsin,  brought  to  be  educated  there,  George  Copway,  John 
Johnson,  and  Peter  Marksman,  three  Indian  boys,  who  afterward  became 
of  great  benefit  to  their  fellow  men  in  the  frontier.  Others  that  he 
brought  from  his  mission  were,  Samuel  Spates,  David  Weatherford,  and 
Allen  Huddleson.  Some  of  these  are  yet  living  and  doing  good  service 
in  their  various  fields  of  labor. 

Dr.  Akers,  so  long  identified  with  the  interests  of  Morgan  County, 
was  born  on  the  first  day  of  September,  1790,  in  Campbell  County,  State 
of  "Virginia,  at  the  house  of  his  parents,  John  and  Agnes  Akers,  three 
miles  southeast  of  the  court  house.  He  was  about  seven  years  old 
when  he  was  sent  to  a  common  school.  When  sixteen  years  old,  a  school 
of  little  children  was  taught  by  him.  He  next  went  to  different  institu- 
tions of  learning,  both  in  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  etc.,  where  he  both 
taught  classes  and  was  taught  a  full  course  of  English,  Latin,  and  Greek 
languages.  His  graduation  ticket  of  A.M.,  was  given  him  in  Transylva- 
nia University,  Kentucky.  He  was  also  president,  for  some  time,  of  a 
State  Institution  in  Mount  Sterling,  Kentucky.  He  studied  law  with  Ma- 
jor W.  P.  Fleming,  in  Flemingsburg,  Kentucky.  And  in  March,  1817, 
he  obtained  license  to  plead  in  all  the  courts  of  that  State  ;  and  being  re- 
ceived into  partnership  with  Major  Fleming,  he  entered  into  an  extensive 
practice  for  four  years ;  and  meanwhile  edited  and  published  a  political 
Whig  paper,  called  The  Star.-  Having  married  in  1818,  and  his  wife 
being  taken  sick  unto  death,  in  the  early  part  of  1821,  he  received  an 
abiding  conviction  of  his  need  of  religion.  And  his  wife  having  departed 
in  great  peace,  when  he  found  peace  in  believing,  he  was  most  deeply 
convinced  that  it  was  his  duty  to  quit  the  practice  of  law,  and  preach 
the  balance  of  his  days.  Therefore  he  joined  the  itinerant  bod}-  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  in  1821,  and  having  filled  the  various  appointments  as- 
signed him,  and  having  married  his  second  wife,  he  was,  at  his  request, 
transferred  to  Illinois  Conference  in  1832. 

Jacksonville  became  the  chief  place  of  his  subsequent  abode  ;  but 
having  bought  a  place  about  four  miles  north  of  Jacksonville,  in  1832, 
he  had  there  a  church  and  school  house  built,  called  Ebenezer,  where  he 
instituted  a  Manual-Labor  school,  in  which,  by  him  and  others,  were 
taught  the  various  branches  of  English  literature,  and  also  the  Latin  and 
Greek  languages.  He  was  also  three  times  made  president  of  McKendree 
College  in  Lebanon,  Illinois.  In  this  institution  he  served  in  all,  about 
eight  years.  He  also  filled  other  appointments,  stations,  presiding-elder 
districts,  etc.,  in  Illinois,  for  many  years,  then  went,  labored  and  preached 
eight  years  in  Minnesota ;  returned  to  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  and  preached 
six  years  on  two  districts  ;  was  then  superannuated  ;  since  which  this  is 
the  seventh  year.  This  year,  1878,  is  also  the  forty-sixth  since  he  first 
came  to  Jacksonville,  where  he  yet  lives  in  his  eighty-eighth  year.  He 
has  preached  in  most  of  the  United  States,  while  filling  different  appoint- 
ments. In  1833,  September,  he  was  sent  by  Conference  to  "  McKendree 
Seminary"  which,  by  the  next  legislature,  he  and  the  trustees,  got  to  be 
chartered  as  a  "  College  ;"  to  which  he  was  again  sent  by  Conference,  in 
October,  1834. 

Other  schools  in  different  localities  were  founded  as  the  population 
increased  and  as  towns  were  started.  The  colleges  and  superior  advan- 
tages offered  in  the  county  seat,  soon  took  precedence  over  all  others,  and 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  333 

finally  drew  all  to  them.  Each  town  now  supports  its  graded  school  only, 
while  Jacksonville  offers  to  all  advanced  education  equal  to  any  city  in 
the  Union. 

The  statistics  of  the  county  schools  heretofore  given,  show  fully 
their  standing  and  efficacy.  Before  giving  them  we  will,  however,  notice 
the  work  of  each  superintendent  and  the  advance  made  by  each. 

In  1853,  Mr.  W.  Catlin  (since  deceased),  the  first  county  superin- 
tendent, was  elected  to  the  office.  The  schools  were  paid  partly  by  sub- 
scription and  partly  from  the  public  funds,  and  but  few  of  the  teachers 
"boarded  'round." 

Mr.  Catlin  was  succeeded  by  that  well-known  educator,  Newton 
Bateman.  The  examination  of  teachers  now  became  more  rigid,  and 
marked  improvement  in  every  way  was  manifested.  Mr.  Bateman  being 
elected  to  the  State  Superintendency,  Mr.  Thomas  Springer,  now  an 
attorney  in  Jacksonville,  succeeded  him.  Improvement  in  all  things  still 
went  on  during  his  term  of  office.  He  was  followed  by  Mr.  S.  M.  Martin, 
and  he  by  the  present  incumbent,  Mr.  Henry  Higgins,  elected  in  1873, 
and  re-elected  in  1877. 

The  last  log  school  house  disappeared  in  the  Summer  of  1876,  giving 
place  to  a  frame  one  of  more  and  better  proportions,  and  filled  with  better 
furniture  and  apparatus. 

In  the  Summer  of  1874,  the  first  Institute  was  held  in  the  county. 
Prior  to  this  time  an  association  was  formed  among  the  most  prominent 
teachers,  and  Mr.  Higgins  chosen  its  president.  From  an  average  monthly 
attendance  of  fifteen  or  twenty,  the  number  has  increased  to  more  than 
double  either  number.  The  Institutes  are  held  every  year,  lasting  from 
three  to  six  weeks,  and  are  unusually  well  attended.  An  association  at 
Waverley  ineets  monthly,  having  the  same  object  in  view  —  the  promotion 
and  advancement  of  the  teachers,  and  their  profession. 

The  following  statistics,  taken  from  the  records  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Superintendent,  show  fully  the  present  condition  of  the  common 
schools  of  Morgan  County,  and  are  in  striking  contrast  to  any  preserved 
from  the  records  of  forty  years  ago.  For  the  year  ending  September  30, 
1877,  there  were  reported  3,063  male,  and  3,441  female  —  7,044  persons  of 
school  age.  There  were  also  reported  15  brick  school  houses,  and  97 
frame  — 112  in  all.  86  male,  and  84  female  — 170  —  teachers,  whose 
average  length  of  schools  were  7.8  months.  The  average  monthly  wages 
paid  to  male  teachers  was  $61.00;  to  female,  $43.25;  the  total  amount 
expended  for  school  purposes  was  $97,990.76. 

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334  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 


JACKSONVILLE. 

"  I  hear  the  tread  of  pioneers, 
Of  nations  yet  to  be, 
The  first  low  wash  of  waves,  where  soon 
Shall  roll  a  human  sea." 

\  This  city  very  deservedly  bears  the  name  of  the  "  Athens  of  the  West." 
As  its  history  progresses,  the  reader  will  observe  the  spirit  which  char- 
acterized many  of  its  earliest  inhabitants.  The  founding  of  a  college 
was  one  of  the  first  things  to  engross  their  attention,  and  from  the  number 
the  city  now  sustains,  this  interest  has  never  waned.  Jacksonville  is 
most  pleasantly  situated,  and  contains  at  present  about  twelve  thousand 
inhabitants. 

When  the  law  establishing  the  County  of  Morgan  was  passed  — 
January  31,  1823.  —  not  an  inhabitant  dwelt  on  the  future  city's  site. 
Owing  to  the  fact  that  at  that  time  but  few  families  lived  within  the  bounds 
of  the  new  county — then  including  Scott  and  Cass  Counties  —  the 
legislature  thought  best  to  provide,  that  the  county  seat  should  be  tem- 
porary only,  leaving  to  some  future  legislature  to  fix  a  permanent  seat  of 
justice.  This  temporary  county  seat  was  located  at  a  place  called 
"  Olmstead's  Mounds,"  near  where  Mr.  Adam  Allison  now  lives,  and 
here,  in  an  old  cabin  on  Mr.  Swinerton's  farm,  the  first  county  courts 
were  held.  But  one  year  elapsed  ere  the  people  evinced  a  desire  for  a 
permanent  county  seat,  and  on  January  6,  1825,  John  Howard,  Abraham 
Pickett,  and  John  T.  Lusk,  of  Madison  County,  were  appointed  Commis- 
sioners to  locate  the  permanent  seat  of  justice  for  the  new  county.  They 
were  required  to  meet  at  Mr.  James  Deaton's  on  the  first  Monday  in 
March  following,  and  after  being  duly  sworn  were  to  proceed  to  select  a  site 
for  the  county  seat  as  "  near  as  possible  to  the  center  of  the  territory  as 
practicable,  having  a  due  regard  to  the  present  and  future  population." 
In  this  law  it  was  also  provided  that  if  said  county  seat  should  be  located 
upon  land  belonging  to  any  private  citizen,  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
same  should  donate  to  the  county  twenty  acres,  to  be  laid  out  in  lots  and 
sold,  the  proceeds  of  which  should  be  applied  to  the  building  of  a  court 
house  and  jail  for  the  county. 

In  obedience  to  this  law,  the  three  persons  appointed  located  the 
county  seat  in  the  center  of  a  quarter  section  of  land  composed  of  the 
east  half  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  twenty,  and  the  west  half 
of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  twenty-one,  in  township  fifteen,  north 
of  the  base  line,  and  in  range  ten  west  of  the  third  principal  meridian. 

The  day  this  county  seat  was  located  the  land  belonged  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States,  but  the  next  day,  at  nine  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  the  government  sold  it  at  private  sale  at  one  dollar  and  a  quarter 
per  acre,  to  Thomas  Arnett  and  Isaac  Dial,  two  citizens  residing  near  the 
place  —  Arnett  purchasing  the  tract  in  section  twenty,  and  Dial  the  tract 
in  section  twenty-one.  Arnett  and  Dial  resolved,  in  connection  with  the 
county,  to  lay  out  a  town  upon  this  land,  and  by  an  agreement  between 
these  owners  and  the  County  Commissioners'  Court,  a  line  was  drawn 
from  east  to  west,  through  the  center  of  the  quarter  section,  and  Arnett 
and  Dial  conveyed,  by  deeds  to  the  county,  each  twenty  acres  immediately 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  335 

on  the  north  side  of  that  line.  This  donation  by  those  proprietors  con- 
tained forty  acres,  being  double  the  quantity  required  by  the  law  to  be 
given  to  the  county.  On  the  10th  of  March,  1825,  those  proprietors,  for 
themselves,  and  the  county  court  for  the  county,  laid  out  a  town  on  eighty 
acres  of  land,  in  a  square  form,  in  the  center  of  the  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acre  tract,  the  county  owning  the  north  half  and  the  proprietors  the 
south  half,  and  after  much  research  and  deliberation  in  selecting  a  name, 
they  called  the  town  Jacksonville,  after  General  Andrew  Jackson,  he 
being  the  great  man  of  that  day. 

Previous  to  that  time  there  had  been  a  public  road  laid  out  from 
Springfield,  the  then  recently  located  county  seat  of  Sangamon  County,  to 
the  town  of  Naples,  on  the  Illinois  River,  in  Morgan  County.  This  road, 
by  way  of  eminence  and  distinction,  was  called  the  State  road.  This 
State  road  passed  east  and  west  on  the  top  of  the  ridge  of  land  directly 
over  the  spot  selected  for  the  county  seat.  The  surveyor  who  laid  out 
the  town  (Mr.  Johnston  Shelton)  began  the  survey  by  laying  out  a 
central  square  of  land,  containing  something  more  than  five  acres,  directly 
in  the  center  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acre  tract,  the  State  road 
running  through  the  center  of  the  square.  Upon  this  State  road  he 
located  a  street,  sixty  feet  wide,  intending  it  to  run  due  east  and  west 
across  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and  on  the  north  line  of  the  land 
belonging  to  the  proprietors ;  thus  locating  one-half  of  the  square  and 
one -half  of  the  width  of  the  street  on  the  land  of  the  private  owners, 
and  the  other  half  on  the  land  of  the  county.  This  street  was  called 
State  street. 

A  street  was  then  laid  out  running  north  and  south  through  the 
center  of  the  land  and  the  central  square,  of  the  same  width,  and  was 
called  Main  street.  Taking  these  two  streets  as  base  lines,  the  town  was 
laid  out  into  square  blocks,  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  feet  nine  inches 
on  each  side,  which  blocks  were  divided  into  three  lots,  each  of  equal 
size.  All  other  streets,  except  those  two,  were  made  forty  feet  wide,  and 
the  alleys  twenty-five  feet,  all  running  at  right  angles  with  each  other. 

The  county  offices  and  all  county  business  were  removed  from  the 
temporary  county  seat  at  Olmstead's  Mound,  in  the  Summer  of  1825,  and 
the  first  Circuit  Court  was  held  at  Jacksonville  in  September  of  that  year. 

When  the  Commissioners  located  the  seat  of  justice,  they  found  on 
the  site  one  cabin  occupied  by  a  hatter  named  Alexander  Cox,  who 
made  caps  of  furs  for  the  settlers.  This  cabin  stood  near  the  fountain  in 
the  Public  Square,  and  was  a  comfortable,  though  primitive  affair.  Almost 
contemporary  with  the  laying  out  of  the  town,  this  cabin  was  purchased 
by  Mr.  Thomas  Carson,  also  a  hatter  by  trade,  who  emigrated  hither  from 
Sangamon  County.  He  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  From  the  Old  Domin- 
ion he  removed  to  Kentucky,  then  the  western  terminus  of  almost  all 
emigrants.  From  this  State  he  brought  his  wife  to  the  new  State  of 
Illinois,  then  a  comparative  wilderness,  and,  following  in  the  steps  of  the 
greater  part  of  emigrants  from  Kentucky  to  the  Prairie  State,  came  to 
the  Sangamo  country.  By  some  means  he  was  induced  to  locate  in  the 
new  County  of  Morgan,  and  as  been  stated,  purchased  Mr.  Cox's  cabin. 
He  soon  after  removed  it  just  south  of  East  State  Street,  fronting  the 
Public  Square.  Placing  the  cabin  a  little  in  the  rear  of  the  corner,  he 
erected  to  the  front  a  large  hewed  log  dwelling,  in  which  he  opened  a 


336  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

tavern.  The  sash  for  the  windows  of  this  house  were  carried  by  Mrs. 
Carson  from  Jersey  Prairie  on  horseback.  As  the  county  was  incorDorated 
in  a  municipal  capacity,  he  was  required  to  procure  a  license  In  all 
licenses  to  keep  public  houses,  or  ferries,  at  that  date  the  rates  of  charges 
were  established.  By  the  destruction  of  the  court  house  and  its  records 
in  the  Autumn  of  1827,  all  such  records  were  destroyed,  and  we  have  no 
means  of  determining  such  charges  save  by  those  prescribed  after  that 
ev^nt.  It  is  probably  correct  to  suppose  that  the  prices  allowed  for 
entertainment  did  not  change  much  in  that  short  interval,  and  we  can 
very  safely  assume  that  Mr.  Carson  received  for  rum,  brandy,  gin,  and 
wine  twenty-five  cents  per  half  pint ;  for  whisky,  half  that  sum  for  the 
same  quantity ;  for  a  meal  of  victuals  or  keeping  a  horse  over  night, 
twenty -five  cents;  for  lodging  twelve  and  one-half  cents,  and  for  feeding 
a  horse  six  and  one-fourth  cents.  Mr.  Huram  Reeve  and  some  others 
think  that  Mr.  David  Tefft  opened  a  tavern  in  a  small  building  sixteen  feet 
square,  erected  by  him  on  the  east  side  of  the  Square  previous  to  the  open- 
ing of  Mr.  Carson's.  Mrs.  Carson  stated  to  Mr.  J.  R.  Bailey  that  her  hus- 
band procured  his  license  first,  and  was  the  first  tavern-keeper  in  the  town. 
This  opinion  was  confirmed  by  Mr.  Dennis  Rockwell,  the  first  county 
clerk,  and  is  probably  correct. 

The  tavern  of  Mr.  Carson  was  removed  to  East  Morgan  Street  to 
give  place  for  the  erection  of  the  Congregational  church,  which  was 
afterward  known  as  the  "  Union  Hall."  The  old  building  is  partly 
standing  at  this  time. 

The  third  hotel  in  the  town  was  not  built  until  1828.  It  was  situated 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Square,  and  was  probably  the  first  frame  building 
erected  in  Jacksonville.  This  building  was  rented  to  Mr.  George  M. 
Richards,  who  obtained  his  license  to  keep  a  public  house  February  15, 
1828.  It  is  the  first  license  recorded  now  on  record.  Those  of  Mr. 
Carson  and  Mr.  Tefft  being  destroyed  by  the  burning  of  the  old  cour^ 
house  in  1827.  Mr.  Richards'  rate  of  charges  are  worth  preserving,  and 
were  as  follows : 

For  rum  per  half  pint,  -     25    cents. 

For  brandy  per  half  pint,  25    cents. 

For  gin  per  half  pint,  -     25    cents. 

For  wine  per  half  pint.  25  .  cents. 

For  whisky  per  half  pint,  -                          -     12£  cents. 

For  meal  of  victuals,  25    cents. 

For  lodging,    -  6^  cents. 

For  horse  feed  (corn  or  oats),     -  6^-  cents. 

Mr.  Carson  remained  in  Jacksonville  during  his  lifetime,  and  was 
always  an  excellent  citizen,  doing  much  toward  the  prosperity  of  the  cit}T. 
He  was  also  the  first  jailor,  and  in  that  official  capacity  held  the  keys  of 
the  old  log  structure,  which,  though  uncouth  in  appearance,  was  as  safe 
a  repository  for  criminals  as  its  more  pretentious  successors  of  to-day. 
Mrs.  Carson  was  more  widely  known  than  any  woman  in  the  count}'. 
''Mother"  Carson,  as  she  was  called,  was  known  in  St.  Louis,  Springfield, 
and  equally  distant  places.  She  followed  the  profession  of  midwife,  and 
so  extensive  was  her  practice,  and  so  remarkable  her  success,  that  she 
was  often  called  to  these  and  equally  distant  places  in  the  practice  of  her 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  337 

profession.  She  seldom  lost  a  patient,  and  it  has  been  confidently  asserted 
by  many  that  she  was  present  at  the  birth  of  fully  three  thousand  children. 
She  died  while  the  courts  were  in  session,  and  so  respected  was  she  by 
all,  that,  upon  motion  of  Judge  William  Thomas,  court  adjourned  to 
attend  her  funeral. 

The  laying  out  of  the  city,  and  its  selection  as  the  seat  of  justice, 
brought  immediately  a  number  of  families  thither.  Dennis  Rockwell, 
the  first  recorder,  clerk  of  court,  and  the  first  post-master  here,  was 
without  doubt  among  the  first  settlers. 

Mr.  Rockwell  was  a  native  of  Vermont.  He  resided  for  some 
time  at  Edwardsville,  Illinois,  and  when  Morgan  County  was  organized, 
he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  Circuit  and  County  Commissioner  Court, 
and  recorder,  and,  upon  the  location  of  the  county  seat  at  Jacksonville, 
post-master.  In  1854,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he' was  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  until  1867,  when,  his  health  failing,  he  returned  to 
Jacksonville.  He  was  one  of  the  first  directors  of  the  Institution  for  the 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  and,  with  Colonel  Geo.  M.  Chambers,  superintended 
tli3  erection  of  that  building.  He  was  also  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Institution  for  the  Blind.  For  a  time  he  held  a  position  as  cashier  in  the 
Branch  of  the  State  Bank,  located  in  Jacksonville.  He  donated  to  the 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  the  block  of  ground  on 
which  that  church  now  stands,  and  gave  largely  toward  the  erection  of 
the  house  and  support  of  the  minister.  After  his  return  from  Chicago, 
in  1867,  his  health  failed  him  and  he  died  shortly  thereafter. 

The  first  store  in  the  county  was  opened  soon  after  the  town 
was  laid  out,  by  Hacket  &  Fairfield.  Before  opening  this  store  in 
town,  they  peddled  through  the  settlements,  exchanging  goods  for 
furs,  beeswax,  and  honey,  the  only  money  found  in  the  settlements  at 
that  time.  Town  property,  for  the  first  three  or  four  years  of  the  growth 
of  the  town,  was  very  low.  A  lot  on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  square, 
now  occupied  by  the  dry  goods  store  of  Metcalf  &  Fell,  was  offered  to 
Mr.  Dennis  Rockwell  for  a  cow  and  calf,  worth  at  that  time  ten  dollars, 
and  Mr.  Rockwell  sold  at  one  time  eight  acres  of  land,  just  north  and 
west  of  the  square,  now  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  for  eighty  dollars — to 
be  .paid  in  blacksmithing. 

The  first  improvements  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  were  a  row 
of  small  frame  houses.  In  one  of  these  houses  the  first  barber  shop  was 
opened,  by  a  colored  man  named  Ball,  and  in  one  of  these  buildings 
Colonel  John  J.  Hardin  held  his  office. 

General  Hardin,  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  Morgan 
County,  was  born  in  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  on  the  sixth  day  of  June, 
1810.  He  came  to  this  part  of  Illinois  at  an  early  day,  and  at  once 
entered  actively  into  the  practice  of  his  profession — the  law.  He  was  a 
member  of  different  legislative  bodies,  and  held  other  and  various  offices 
of  trust.  He  was  elected  a  general  of  militia,  and,  on  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Mexican  war,  was  the  'first  one  in  the  county  to  enlist.  He  was 
immecliaately  chosen  captain  of  a  company  raised  there.  After  leaving 
for  the  seat  of  war,  he  was  chosen  colonel  of  a  regiment ;  and,  while  gal- 
lantly leading  his  men  at  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista,  on  the  23d  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1847,  received  a  death  wound.  In  July,  his  body  was  brought 
home,  and  deposited  in  the  old  cemetery.  His  funeral  was  one  of  the 


338  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

largest  ever  held  in  the  city.  Many  State  officers,  and  others  promi- 
nent in  life,  came  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  memory  of  one  so  well 
known  and  revered. 

All  houses  were  built  of  logs,  with  puncheon  floors,  wooden-hinged 
doors,  and  "  stick  "  chimneys.  The  old  log  school-house,  erected  proba- 
ably  early  in  1826,  was  of  this  pattern.  Judge  William  Thomas  taught 
the  first  school  therein.  It  was  also  used  by  the  Methodists  and  Pres- 
byterians as  a  house  of  worship,  each  denomination  alternating  with  the 
other.  It  was  in  this  pioneer  structure  that  Dr.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  so 
long  and  so  intimately  connected  with  the  educational  interests  of  Jack- 
sonville, preached  his  first  sermon  in  the  county.  This  was  in  the  Fall  of 
1829,  when  he  and  Theron  Baldwin  emigrated  to  Illinois,  pledged  with 
others  to  establish  the  institution  with  which  he  has  been  so  long  asso- 
ciated. Speaking  of  this  journey,  and  the  old  school-house,  the  Doctor 
says: 

"  On  our  arrival  at  St.  Louis,  then  a  village  not  much  more  pop- 
ulous, nor  half  as  beautiful  as  Jacksonville  is  to-day,  we  found  no  public 
conveyance  to  Jacksonville  of  any  sort.  The  rivers  were  open  and  in 
good  stage,  but  there  was  no  regular  navigation  on  the  Illinois,  and  no 
boat  was  likely  to  go  up.  There  was  no  stage  to  this  place,  and  no  mail, 
except  one  carried  on  horseback  once  a  week  from  Springfield.  I  pro- 
cured a  carriage  and  driver  for  myself  and  wife  and  two  ladies  accompa- 
nying us,  and  left  my  friend,  Mr.  Baldwin,  to  devise  the  best  plan  he 
could  for  reaching  our  common  destination.  The  route  from  St.  Louis 
to  this  place  was  nearly  the  same  then  as  the  one  now  generally  traveled. 
But  it  was  a  journey  through  a  wilderness.  Delhi,  Jerseyville,  Kane, 
Whitehall,  and  Manchester  were  not  even  in  name.  Alton  could  hardly 
be  said  to  be.  Carrollton  was  for  the  most  part  a  cluster  of  log  houses. 
It  was  a  dreary  journey,  in  mud  and  melting  snow,  through  a  region, 
much  of  which  seemed  incapable  of  settlement  for  a  generation  to  come, 
on  account  of  the  scarcity  of  wood.  The  unfortunate  detention  of  our 
vehicle  in  one  of  those  mud-holes,  which  are  one  of  the  first  marks  of 
commencing  civilization,  compelled  us,  like  Mr.  Ellis,  to  pass  Saturday 
night  on  the  other  side  of  Sandy  Creek.  The  inconvenience  to  which 
we  were  subjecting  the  family,  in  the  small  cabin  where  we  stopped,  com- 
pelled us  to  resume  our  journey  with  the  dawning  day.  It  was  on  a 
bright  Sabbath  morning,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  November,  a  little  after 
sunrise,  that  we  came  in  sight  of  Jacksonville.  It  was  already  called, 
in  the  ordinary  speech  of  the  people,  a  beautiful  place.  I  had  often 
heard  it  called  so  myself ;  and  beautiful  it  was,  when  the  bright  face  of 
spring  was  again  spread  over  it.  though  its  beauty  was  God's  work,  and 
not  man's  It  was  at  chat  time  little  better  than  a  group  of  log  cabins. 
The  prairie  was  in  the  somber  brown  of  autumn,  with  scarce  a  tree  or 
shrub  to  relieve  the  monotony.  To  the  northwest,  however,  the  view 
was  shut  in  by  an  elevation,  which  a  New  Englander  might  almost  recog- 
nize as  a  hill.  It  was  crowned  with  a  natural  grove.  Against  the  front 
of  the  grove  was  already  projected  an  edifice  of  brick,  which  at  that  dis- 
tance, and  on  such  an  elevation,  made  an  appearance  of  considerable 
dignity  and  magnificence.  The  site  on  which  it  stood  charmed  every  be- 
holder. It  was  the  south  half  of  what  is  now  our  college  buildings,  then 
in  the  process  of  erection. 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  339 

"  We  were  most  cordially  welcomed  at  the  humble  but  none  the  less 
hospitable  dwelling  of  Mr.  Ellis.  He  was  still  absent  at  the  East,  but 
his  house  was  in  charge  of  one  whose  heart  was  the  abode  of  every 
noble  and  generous  sentiment.  God  only  knows  what  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation and  of  religion  in  this  State  owes  to  her  wisdom,  energy,  and 
cheerful  self-denial. 

"Our  arrival  was  expected,  and  preaching  was  appointed.  At  the 
proper  hour  we  repaired  to  the  place  of  worship.  What  would  our  peo- 
ple say  now  if  we  were  to  invite  them  to  assemble  in  such  a  place  for 
public  worship?  It  was  a  log  school-house,  some  twenty  feet  square, 
with  a  floor  of  split  logs,  and  seats,  so  far  as  there  were  any  of  the  same, 
with  holes  bored  in  them,  and  sticks  driven  in  for  legs.  The  chimney 
was  of  the  style  and  structure  most  approved  for  log  cabins,  built  out  of 
doors,  of  logs  and  sticks,  and  occupying  near  half  of  one  side  of  the 
room.  Such  was  its  condition  the  first  time  I  met  the  congregation  in 
that  place.  Before  the  next  Sabbath  the  chimney  had  either  fallen  down 
or  been  removed,  in  preparation  for  warming  the  house  by  a  stove.  For 
two  or  three  Sabbaths  we  met  there  before  this  vast  opening  in  one  side  was 
again  closed  up.  Desk  or  pulpit  there  were  none,  and  to  supply  seats  for 
all  who  could  get  into  this  little  church,  rails  were  brought  in  and  laid 
from  seat  to  seat." 

A  stove  was  soon  introduced  into  the  church,  and  in  this  small  cabin, 
serving  as  a  house  of  worship  and  a  house  of  instruction,  regular  meet- 
ings were  maintained. 

During  the  Summer  of  1825  and  1826,  building  progressed  rapidly 
in  the  new  town.  Mr.  Carson's  tavern  was  always  full,  and  more  than 
once  the  traveler  was  glad  of  a  chance  to  shelter  himself  and  enjoy  the 
luxury  of  a  bed  on  the  puncheon  floor,  with  his  traveling  cloak  for  a 
covering.  Hospitality  was  a  reigning  virtue  among  the  early  pioneers  of 
Illinois,  and  no  one  in  search  of  a  home  on  these  western'  prairies  went 
unsheltered  or  hungry. 

It  was  in  the  Autumn  of  1826,  that  Judge  William  Thomas  first 
came  to  Morgan  County.  As  his  journey  here,  and  what  he  encountered 
on  his  arrival,  are  so  fraught  with  interest,  we  will  let  him  tell  it  in  his 
own  words,  as  he  has  given  them  in  a  letter  to  the  Journal : 

"  On  the  20th  of  Sept.,  1826, 1  started  from  the  office  of  Hon.  Joseph 
R.  Underwood,  Bowling  Green,  Kentucky,  for  Peoria,  Illinois,  accompa- 
nied by  Thomas  A.  Young,  Esq.,  en  route  for  Palmyra,  Missouri.  We 
traveled  on  horseback,  and  purposely  selected  a  road  by  New  Harmony, 
Indiana,  then  in  possession  of  Mr.  Owen,  who  was  trying  an  experiment 
at  the  reorganization  of  society.  His  fame,  and  that  of  his  society  and 
system  of  government,  had  reached  Kentucky  through  the  newspapers, 
and  we  determined  to  spend  sufficient  time  there  to  satisfy  ourselves  in 
regard  to  the  condition  and  probable  success  of  the  experiment. 

"  We  had  been  educated  to  believe  that  no  society  or  organized  com- 
munity could  succeed  in  this  country,  whose  foundation  had  no  reference 
to  the  Bible.  Neither  of  us  were  professing  Christians,  but  our  reading 
of  law  books  and  sound  history  had  created  the  opinion,  that  without  the 
Bible  no  people  could  be  qualified  to  organize  or  maintain  institutions  of 
freedom.  Mr.  Owen's  system  had  been  in  what  was  called  successful 
operation  for  several  years,  and  in  almost  every  part  of  the  country  per- 


340  H1STOKY  OF  MOKGAN   COUNTY. 

sons  were  found  who  pointed  to  its  success  as  evidences  of  the  correct- 
ness of  his  theory,  and  of  the  errors  of  all  other  systems.  We  found 
the  community  on  the  wane,  tending  fast  to  demoralization  and  dissolu- 
tion. We,  however,  found  educated  and  intelligent  men  and  women  per- 
sisting in  the  notion  that  our  system  of  government,  and  of  religious 
worship,  were  all  founded  on  erroneous  views  of  the  position  which  men 
were  designed  by  their  Creator  to  occupy,  as  well  with  reference  to  their 
God  as  to  each  other. 

"  Having  spent  about  twenty-four  hours  in  the  village  and  being  sat- 
isfied from  what  we  saw  and  heard  that  the  community  could  not  be 
kept  together,  after  the  adhesive  power  of  supplies  sof  food  and  raiment 
was  exhausted,  we  resumed  our  journey.  We  passed  through  the  coun- 
ties of  White,  Edwards,  Wayne,  and  Marion  to  Clinton.  A  few  miles 
north  of  Carlyle,  I  found  an  old  acquaintance  who  constrained  me  to 
stop  and  spend  a  few  days  in  his  log  cabin.  I  spent  several  days  in  this 
place,  resting  myself  and  horse.  Whilst  here,  I  became  satisfied,  that 
Peoria  was  too  far  north  and  west,  beyond  the  settlement  of  the  country 
for  the  location  of  an  attorney  at  law,  and  determined  from  information 
obtained  from  those  who  had  passed  through  this  part  of  the  State,  to 
make  Jacksonville  my  place  of  residence.  Whilst  resting  with  my  friend 
I  visited  Carlyle  and  found  the  fever  and  ague  operating  upon  almost 
every  person  that  I  saw.  Two  gentlemen  here,  one  of  whom  is  still  liv- 
ing, offered  to  give  me  a  lot  and  build  me  an  office  if  I  would  settle  in  the 
village.  I  respectfully  declined  the  offer,  and  told  my  friend  that  I 
would  not  settle  in  such  a  sickly  place  for  all  the  town.  I  passed  from 
this  place  to  Belleville  to  deliver  some  letters  to  Governor  Edwards  and 
obtain  further  information  in  regard  to  the  country,  and  here  I  found  the 
first  corn  bread  and  bacon  that  I  had  seen  since  crossing  the  Ohio  river. 
After  spending  two  nights  and  a  day  here,  I  came  to  Edwardsville  to 
obtain  the  signature  of  Judge  Lockwood  to  my  law  license,  and  here  I 
fared  sumptuously  at  a  tavern  kept  by  Mr.  Hopkins,  for  it  so  happened 
that  Judge  Lockwood  had  just  returned  from  Missouri  with  his  lately 
married  wife,  and  his  friends  had  collected  to  a  bridal  dinner.  I  remained 
here  until  after  dinner  the  next  day,  and  then  set  out  for  Upper  Alton, 
where  I  spent  the  night." 

Honorable  Samuel  D.  Lockwood,  afterward  for  more  than  twenty 
years  a  resident  of  Jacksonville,  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  Mor- 
gan County.  In  January,  1821,  he  was  elected  by  the  legislature  attorney 
general  of  the  State,  which  office  he  resigned  in  1 822,  having  been  nominated 
by  Governor  Coles  for  Secretary  of  the  State  and  confirmed  by  the  unan- 
imous vote  of  the  Senate.  This  office  he  resigned  during  the  same  or 
succeeding  year,  and  accepted  the  position  of  Receiver  of  the  Public 
Moneys  at  the  land  office  at  Edwards.  In  1825  he  was  elected  by  the 
legislature,  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  which  office  he 
held  until  after  the  election  of  judges  under  the  constitution  of  1847, 
when  he  resigned  before  his  term  expired.  He  was  one  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  when  the  road  was  first  incorporated 
by  the  State.  His  death  occurred  in  April,  1874. 

"All  the  information  obtained  at  Belleville,  Edwardsville,  and 
Alton  corresponded  with  that  previously  obtained  —  that  Morgan 
County  was  destined  to  be  one  of  the  richest  and  most  populous 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  341 

counties  in  this  State,  and  that  Jacksonville  was  necessarily  a  desirable 
location.  From  Alton  I  came  to  Carrollton,  taking  breakfast  at 
John  Williams'.  From  Carrollton  I  came  to  Jacksonville,  taking  dinner 
at  Judge  Mark's,  now  Manchester,  then  called  'Burnt  Haystacks.'  I 
reached  Jacksonville  on  the  12th  of  October,  about  eight  o'clock  at  night. 
I  put  up  at  David  Tefft's,  who  occupied  a  double  frame  one  story  build- 
ing as  a  tavern  on  the  east  side  of  the  square,  where  I  remained  about  a 
week  when,  through  the  influence  of  Dr.  Ero  Chandler,  I  obtained  board- 
ing with  Mr.  Henry  Robley,  a  farmer  and  blacksmith,  over  a  mile  east  of 
the  court  house,  and  entirely  out  of  town.  From  Carrollton  to  Edwards- 
ville  via  Belleville,  the  country  was  beautiful,  the  land  apparently  rich, 
but  thinly  settled,  with  but  few  good  houses  or  with  improved  farms. 
From  Edwardsville  to  Alton  the  road  passed  over  a  wooden  and  broken 
country,  thin  land,  and  but  few  farms.  From  Alton  to  Carrollton  after 
passing  Piasa  Creek,  and  getting  on  the  prairie,  the  country  was  level, 
though  sufficiently  undulating  for  agricultural  purposes.  To  Macoupin 
Creek  and  from  there  to  Carrollton  the  road  passes  over  a  timbered  and 
poor  country,  with  but  two  or  three  small  farms  and  one  small  brick 
house.  Between  Carrollton  and  Apple  Creek  the  timber,  undergrowth, 
and  vegetation  indicated  deep,  rich  soil,  equal  to  any  that  I  had  ever 
seen.  At  Carrollton  I  put  up  at  a  tavern  kept  by  Mr.  Harrison,  south  of 
the  square,  in  a  small  story  and  a  half  building.  I  went  to  a  grocery  store 
to  purchase  some  cigars,  when  I  found  twenty  or  thirty  men,  (whom,  I 
was  told,  were  called  Macoupinites,)  drinking,  carousing,  cursing,  swear- 
ing, singing  obscene  songs  and  telling  stories  on  each  other.  They  were 
enjoying  themselves  to  the  fullest.  One  of  them,  who  appeared  to  be 
sober  and  quiet,  after  asking  me  where  I  was  from  and  where  I  was 
going,  said,  '  you  are  too  smart  looking  to  be  in  this  crowd,  and  I  advise 
you  to  leave  before  the  boys  notice  you,  they  are  a  wild  set.'  I  thanked 
him  for  his  advice  and  returned  to  the  tavern. 

"  This  sober  man  I  met  some  twenty  years  afterward  at  Springfield' 
as  a  member  of  the  legislature,  suffering  under  a  violent  attack  of  con- 
gestive fever,  of  which  he  died.  I  sent  after  and  procured  a  doctor  for 
him  and  wrote  his  will. 

"  A  few  days  before  I  reached  Carrollton,  there  had  been  a  general 
or  regimental  muster,  at  which  all  the  militia  of  the  county  were  required 
to  attend  for  purposes  of  drill  or  training,  and  this  had  brought  together 
the  Macoupinites  and  others  of  like  character.  Many  of  them  remained  in 
Carrollton  during  the  night  after  the  muster,  and  not  being  able  or 
willing  to  procure  quarters  in  houses,  spent  the  night  in  drinking,  carous- 
ing, singing,  fighting  and  in  mischief,  they  caught  one  man  (Mike  Dood,) 
cut  off  a  part  of  one  of  his  ears,  and  nailed  it  on  the  door  of  the  black- 
smith shop  where  it  still  remained.  They  shaved  the  mane  and  tail  of 
Mr.  Carroll's  fine  saddle  horse,  one  of  the  best  and  finest  looking  horses 
that  I  ever  saw  ;  they  changed  signs  from  house  to  house,  removed  gates, 
pulled  down  fences  and  removed  buckets  from  wells. 

"  From  the  crossing  of  the  W abash  River  all  the  way  to  Jacksonville 
there  seemed  to  be  prevailing  an  epidemic  of  sore  eyes.  Several  families 
in  Jacksonville,  and  especially  that  of  my  landlord,  David  Tefft's  were 
severely  afflicted.  I  did  not  know  when  I  reached  Jacksonville  that  I 
would  find  a  single  acquaintance  in  the  county.  I  however  soon  heard 


342  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

of  the  family  of  Mr.  Thomas  Gallon,  of  North  Prairie,  with  which  I  had 
been  acquainted  from  my  earliest  recollections,  who  kept  the  post-office 
in  the  neighborhood  of  my  father's  home  in  Kentucky  during  the  war  of 
1812.  I  also  met  with  Rev.  Reddick  Horn,  here,  with  whom  I  had  had 
a  passing  acquaintance  in  Simpson  County  Kentucky,  and  as  time  passed, 
I  found  a  number  of  families  with  which  I  had  been  acquainted. 

I  "  Whatever  may  have  been  my'  opinions  of  Jacksonville  and  the 
County  of  Morgan,  or  of  the  propriety  of  my  making  my  home  there,  I 
had  traveled  about  as  far  as  my  money  and  horse  would  carry  me.  I  was, 
however,  pleased  with  the  country  and  location  of  the  town,  and  con- 
sented to  make  my  home  here.  The  population  of  the  town  consisted  of 
the  families  of  Dennis  Rockwell,  Murray  McConnell,  Thomas  Carson, 
John  Massey,  David  Tefft,  Samuel  Elaine,  George  M.  Richards,  George 
Rearick,  Joseph  M.  Fairfield,  John  Laughrey,  John  P.  Tefft,  Peter  or 
John  Savage,  and  with  men  without  families,  George  Hackett,  John 
Tansey  and  Benjamin  Case,  Samuel  C.  Richards,  Moses  Steward,  Orson 
Cobb,  Rice  Dunbar,  Joseph  Coddington.  McConnell,  Carson,  and  David 
Tefft  were  the  tavern  keepers ;  John  Massey  the  log  house  builder ; 
Fairfield  Rearick  and  Moses  Atwood,  then  called  a  very  u  green  Yankee," 
were  merchants;  Richards  was  deputy  county  surveyor;  Elaine  and 
Dunbar  were  carpenters ;  Laughrey  was  a  brickmaker  and  John  P. 
Tefft  brickmaker  and  plasterer;  Mr.  Handy,  the  'Buckeye  carpenter'; 
Rockwell  was  clerk  of  the  two  courts,  recorder,  postmaster  and  notary 
public ;  McConnell,  Turney,  and  Case  were  the  attorneys  at  law ;  John 
Savage  was  a  carpenter ;  Peter  Savage  followed  breaking  prairies  arid 
teaming  generally ;  Cobb  was  a  tailor  ;  Coddington  was  a  widower  with- 
out occupation,  but  was  subsequently  engaged  in  dealing  in  horses,  and 
afterward  became  merchant;  George  Hackett  had  been  a  merchant 
and  partner  of  Fairfield,  but  was  then  engaged  in  lead  mines 
— prospecting  for  lead.  Mr.  Rockwell  resided  on  East  State  street, 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  town  plat,  in  the  only  entirely  finished 
and  comfortable  log  cabin  in  town,  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  Nich- 
olas Milburn.  Several  frame  buildings  and  log  cabins  were  being 
raised  for  the  use  of  persons  intending  to  occupy  them.  For  a  court 
house,  the  county  had  placed  a  frame  building  near,  but  north  and  west 
of  the  center  of  the  square.  The  jail,  built  of  sycamore  logs,  stood  north 
of  the  square  on  the  lot  since  occupied  by  the  old  brick  jail.  At  the  first 
election  of  sheriff,  on  the  3d  Monday  in  November,  1823,  William  B. 
Green  was  elected  ;  at  the  second,  August,  1824,  Joseph  M.  Fairfield, 
who  was  best  known  by  the  name  of  the  '  honest  preacher,'  was  elected, 
and  in  August,  1826,  Green  was  elected  again.  Failing  to  execute  a 
bond  in  the  time  required  by  law,  a  second  election  was  held  in  Decem- 
ber, 1826,  when  Green  was  again  elected.  He  was  an  uneducated,  vi- 
cious back-woodsman,  with  no  qualifications  for  that  or  any  other  office. 
Aaron  Wilson  was  judge  of  the  court  of  probates,  and  resided  on  the 
place  afterward  known  as  the  Robb  farm,  now  owned  by  Hon.  Wm. 
Brown.  Not  being  able  to  obtain  other  employment,  out  of  which  to 
pay  for  board,  and  being  out  of  funds,  I  engaged  to  teach  school  for  three 
months,  upon  the  old  plan  of  obtaining  subscribers  for  scholars.  A  log 
building  had  been  erected,  and  used  for  a  school  house,  in  the  south  part 
of  town,  having  no  floor,  chimney,  doors,  windows  or  loft,  which  I  was  to 


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occupy.  In  the  month  of  November  the  house  was  finished,  with  an 
unjointed  floor  and  loft,  and  sod  and  stick  chimney,  one  window  in  the 
east  and  two  in  the  north,  with  slabs  for  seats  and  wide  plank  for  writing 
tables,  and  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  my  school  was  opened  in 
due  form.  About  twenty-five  scholars  had  been  subscribed,  with  the 
understanding  that  each  subscriber  might  send  all  the  children  that  he 
could  spare  from  service  at  home.  I  agreed  to  teach  reading,  writing, 
and  the  ground  rules  of  arithmetic.  I  had  scholars  to  learn  A.  B. 
C's,  spelling,  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  and  two  only  to  study 
English  grammar.  I  attended  punctually  every  morning  by  seven 
o'clock,  made  a  fire  and  had  the  room  warm  by  the  time  the  chil- 
dren arrived.  Very  soon  I  found  that  the  Kentucky  lawyer  was 
giving  general  satisfaction,  and  the  house  was  filled  with  chil- 
dren from  the  town  and  neighborhood,  several  families  sending  their 
children  over  two  miles.  I  was  to  receive  my  pay  in  cash  or  produce,  or 
pork,  cattle  or  hogs  at  cash  prices.  I  bargained  with  Mr.  Bakley  with 
whom  I  boarded  to  receive  the  pay  from  my  subscribers  for  my  board, 
and  my  three  months  school  enabled  me  to  pay  for  a  year's  board,  beside 
furnishing  money  to  pay  postage  and  immediate  expenses.  My  board 
cost  me  only  one  dollar  a  week,  including  washing,  fuel,  and  lights.  Mr. 
Bakley  had  t"syo  log  cabins,  one  was  given  up  to  Dr.  Chandler  and  my- 
self, and  the  other  was  occupied  by  his  family.  The  winter  was  cold, 
with  but  little  rain,  but  more  snow  than  has  been  usual  since.  I  often 
had  as  many  as  fifty  children  in  the  school,  and  scarce  ever  less  than 
thirty.  It  required  about  ten  hours  any  day  to  hear  the  routine  of 
lessons  and  frequently  twelve.  In  passing  about,  I  frequently  meet  with 
men  and  women  who  learned  the  alphabet  in  my  school. 

"•  The  fever  and  ague  had  prevailed  that  fall  in  every  neighborhood  in 
the  county,  and  especially  on  the  river  and  margins  of  small  streams.  It 
had  then  been  only  about  six  and  a  half  years  since  the  first  settlement 
in  the  county,  and  at  the  election  in  August  previous,  over  one  thousand 
votes  had  been  taken,  and  a  great  majority  of  the  inhabitants  were  from 
the  South  and  West  —  the  minority  from  the  North  and  East,  and  old 
England.  Places  of  residence  were  generally  situated  in  the  outskirts 
of  timber  adjoining  the  prairies,  but  few  persons  had  consented  to  build 
as  far  as  half  a  mile  from  timber,  with  few  exceptions.  These  families 
resided  in  log  cabins,  covered  with  clapboards,  chimneys  made  of  sticks 
and  mud,  the  floors  of  puncheon,  fire-places  of  the  same.  The  only  brick 
yards  that  I  noticed  were  near  Jacksonville,  one  owned  by  Garrison  W. 
Berry,  on  the  land  of  Henry  Robley,  east  of  town,  and  one  by  John 
Laugh rey,  north  of  town. 

"During  the  winter  of  1826-27  we  had  frequent  visits  from  the 
Indians,  who  had  an  encampment  for  hunting  purposes  near  Beardstown, 
then  called  '  Downing's  Landing,'  or  Beard's  Ferry. 

"  In  November,  1826,  I  first  saw  the  Illinois  River.  The  state  of  the 
water  was  too  low  for  the  navigation  of  loaded  flat  boats.  Grass  had 
grown  up  from  the  bottom  so  thick  and  strong,  that  ferry  boats  could  not 
be  used  without  mowing  the  grass,  and  opening  the  way.  Except  in  the 
channel,  occupying  a  narrow  space,  I  could  not  discover  any  current.  A 
short  time  after  I  reached  Jacksonville,  I  heard  of  the  time  of  the  sales 
of  the  personal  property  of  Rev.  Mr.  Bird,  who  had  died  in  the  January 


344  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

previous.  I  went  to  that  sale,  expecting  to  meet  some  acquaintances 
from  Kentucky.  I  met  Mr.  Thomas  Gatten,  and  went  home  with  him,  and 
by  him  I  was  introduced  to  most  of  the  settlers  in  that  prairie.  The  log 
buildings  and  unfinished  frames  were  at  that  day,  as  houses  of  worship, 
few  and  far  between.  I  am  confident  that  during  the  winter  of  1826-7 
there  was  not  a  comfortable  meeting  house  in  the  county.  Religious 
meetings  were  held  in  log  and  unplastered  frames,  school  houses,  and 
private  dwellings.  In  warm  weather,  such  meetings  were  often  held  in 
barns  and  under  arbors  in  the  woods.  The  first  sermon  that  I  ever 
heard  in  Jacksonville,  was  in  the  Pall  of  1826,  in  the  frame  court  house 
(subsequently  burnt),  preached  by  a  Baptist  minister,  named  Kenner, 
prepared  for  mothers,  when  the  only  female  in  attendance  who  had 
a  child,  was  Mrs.  Joseph  Fairfield.  During  the  winter  of  1826-7,  and 
previous,  as  well  as  subsequently  to  that  time,  the  meetings  of  the 
Methodist  Society  were  held  at  Mr.  John  Jourdan's.  who  was  well 
known  as  Father  Jourdan.  He  occupied  a  double  log  cabin,  east  of 
town,  where  now  stands  the  building  formerly  called  '  Berean  College.' 
During  the  service  the  females  occupied  one  room  and  the  males  the 
other,  the  beds  being  used  for  seats.  During  the  winter,  the  society  of 
Presbyterians,  with  the  Rev.  John  Brich,  their  minister,  met  in  the  log 
school  house  occupied  by  me  during  the  week,  in  the  south  side  of  the 
town.  I  acted  as  sexton,  sweeping  the  house  in  the  morning  and  building- 
fires. 

"Father  Brich,  as  he  was  called,  though  a  bachelor,  was  an  educated 
Englishman,  but  like  many  others,  was  never  able  to  make  his  learning 
avail  him  much  as  a  public  speaker,  but  he  was  a  devoted  Christian. 

"Among  the  improvements  in  the  county  designed  for  public  benefit 
and  convenience,  was  the  grist  and  saw  mill  at  Exeter,  owned  by  Enoch 
C.  March  ;  a  band  horse  mill  for  grinding  corn,  owned  by  Capt.  John 
Wyatt ;  also  one  owned  by  Mr.  Reeder,  and  one  tread  wheel  mill,  owned 
by  James  Overton,  Esq.;  Mr.  Allen  had  a  grist  and  saw  mill,  on  Apple 
('reek,  just  above  the  crossing  of  the  road  from  this  place  to  Carrollton  ; 
Thomas  Prattan  owned  an  ox,  or  tread  mill,  a  short  distance  this  side  of 
the  creek ;  a  grist  and  saw  mill  on  Indian  Creek,  owned  by  William 
Harrison  and  James  Dinwiddie ;  a  horse  mill,  owned  by  Mr.  A.  Hall, 
near  the  head  of  Indian  Creek  ;  a  saw  mill,  owned  by  Mr.  James  McGill, 
on  the  Mauvaisterre  ;  Mr.  Abraham  Johnson  owned  a  cotton  gin  north 
of  town. 

"  I  soon  found  two  classes  in  society.  Those  from  the  North  and  East 
were  called  '  yankees,'  and  those  from  the  South  and  West  '  white  peo- 
ple.' The  political  division  was  between  the  supporters  of  John  Quincy 
Adams  and  General  Andrew  Jackson  ;  the  yankees  supporting  Adams, 
and  the  white  people,  Jackson.  Most  of  those  who  had  voted  for  Mr. 
Clay  supported  Mr.  Adams.  The  election  of  August,  1826,  had  been 
warmly  contested  between  Governor  Edwards  and  Mr.  Sloe,  for  gover- 
nor, and  Daniel  P.  Cook  and  Joseph  Duncan  for  Congress.  Edwards 
and  Duncan  were  elected  by  a  small  majority,  though  differing  in  politics. 
Duncan  was  one  of  the  few  public  men  who  never  had  credit  for  what 
he  was  worth." 

Governor  Duncan  was  born  in  Paris,  Bourbon  County,  Kentucky,  in 
February,  1810.  His  father  was  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion,  emigrated 


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to  Kentucky  at  an  early  day,  where  he  died  during  the  childhood  of 
Joseph,  his  youngest  son.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  Joseph  Duncan,  received 
a  commission  in  the  army,  where  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war 
of  1812.  In  1818,  he  came  to  Jackson  County,  Illinois,  where  he  was 
not  long  after  chosen  major  of  militia,  a  rank  he  retained  till  the  close  of 
the  Black  Hawk  war.  In  1823,  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  State 
Senate.  While  a  member  of  that  body,  he  introduced  a  bill  before  it, 
providing  for  the  establishment  of  a  system  of  common  schools  in  the  State. 
This  bill  was  most  admirable  in  its  provisions,  and,  had  it  been  retained  and 
acted  upon,  would  have  hastened  the  day  of  popular  education.  It  was, 
unfortunately,  repealed  by  the  next  Assembly,  and  the  schools  allowed  to 
go  on  in  their  old  way,  till  Judge  William  Thomas  succeeded  in  passing 
the  bill,  referred  to  in  the  history  of  the  schools  elsewhere  in  this  volume. 
In  1826,  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States  Senate,  from  the  State  at 
large,  and  continually  elected  until  1834.  In  August  of  that  year,  he 
was  elected  governor,  holding  the  office  one  term.  Governor  Duncan 
held  at  different  times  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  and  was  one  of 
the  ablest  men  in  Illinois.  He  was  a  Presbyterian,  liberal  in  his  views, 
earnest  in  his  work,  and  steadfast  in  his  convictions.  He  died  at  his 
home  in  Jacksonville,  January  15,  1844. 

"  In  the  Fall  of  1826  we  had  a  mail  from  St.  Louis,  via  Alton  and 
Carrollton,  once  in  two  weeks,  and  also  a  like  mail  from  Springfield  ;  so 
arranged  as  to  give  a  weekly  mail. 

"In  the  Summer  of  1826  a  young  man  named  Carson,  had  been 
employed  to  teach  school  in  the  court  house,  but  not  meeting  with  such 
encouragement  as  he  thought  would  pay,  he  abandoned  his  employers 
and  left  the  neighborhood. 

"  In  the  Spring  of  1827  I  attended  all  the  courts  in  the  first  Illinois 
circuit,  Sangamon,  Peoria,  Fulton,  Schuyler,  Adams,  Pike,  and  Calhoun. 
I  rode  a  filley,  and  John  Purney  a  young  stallion,  loaned  to  us  by  Mr. 
Joseph  Klien,  for  the  purpose  of  having  them  broke  to  the  saddle.  This 
was  my  first  appearance  at  the  courts.  I  had  no  right  to  expect  to  make 
more  than  traveling  expenses.  In  Greene  and  Sangamon  I  paid  my  tav- 
ern bills  by  assisting  the  clerks,  by  making  up  their  records.  In  Peoria 
I  was  appointed  State's  attorney,  the  attorney  general  not  being  in 
attendance,  and  here  I  made  and  collected  ten  silver  dollars,  for  fees, 
allowed  for  the  convictions  upon  indictments  for  affrays — besides,  the 
clerk  paid  my  tavern  bill  for  making  up  the  records.  In  Fulton,  John 
Turney  was  appointed  to  assist  the  attorney  general,  but  I  made  five 
dollars  for  attending  to  an  appeal  case.  In  Schuyler,  Mr.  Pugh  was 
appointed  to  represent  the  attorney  general.  We  found  but  ten  fam- 
ilies living  at  Rushville,  the  county  seat,  Hart  Fellows,  clerk  of  the  two 
courts,  probate  judge  and  post  master,  and  Mr.  Terry  Braden,  recorder. 
At  Lewiston  the  judge  and  attorneys  were  entertained  by  Judge  Phelps, 
who  refused  to  receive  pay.  At  Rushville  they  were  entertained  by  the 
clerk  and  recorder,  without  charge,  though  Ave  paid  a  farmer  named 
White  for  keeping  our  horses.  I  made  nothing  at  Rushville.  At  Atlas, 
in  Pike  County,  we  met  the  attorney  general.  Here  the  judge  and  bar 
were  entertained  sumptuously  by  Captain  Leonard  Ross,  one  of  nature's 
noblemen,  and  by  Nathan  Morrison,  who  not  only  refused  compensation, 
but  expressed  regret  that  he  could  not  entertain  us  longer.  At  Gilead, 


346  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

in  Calhoun  County,  there  was  one  small  tavern  house  with  a  granery  in 
one  room,  but  the  judge  and  attorneys  obtained  entertainment  in  private 
houses  where  we  had  small  bills  to  pay.  Here  I  was  employed  to  defend 
a  doctor,  a  poor  man,  in  poor  health,  indicted  for  murder.  The  evidence 
showed  the  prosecution  to  have  originated  in  ignorance  and  malice,  and 
the  verdict  of  the  jury  was  '  not  guilty  '  for  this  the  doctor  paid  me  ten 
dollars,  all  that  he  was  able  to  pay.  I  had  no  idea  of  ever  seeing  him 
again,  as  he  seemed  to  be  in  the  last  stages  of  consumption,  but  some 
time  afterward  I  met  him  in  the  legislature  ;  he  recognized  me,  but  I  did 
not  him. 

"  In  July,  1827.  Governor  Edwards  received  information  on  which  he 
relied  and  acted,  that  the  Indians  in  the  northwest,  led  by  the  Winne- 
bagos,  intended  to  make  war  upon  our  settlers  and  miners  in  the  vicinity 
of  Galena.  He  therefore  authorized  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Neely,  of 
Springfield,  to  accept  of  the  services  of  any  number  of  mounted  volun- 
teers, not  exceeding  six  hundred,  who  would  equip  themselves  and  find 
their  own  subsistence  and  continue  in  service  thirty  days,  unless  sooner 
discharged.  Upon  this  call  upward  of  three  hundred  volunteers 
were  obtained  in  the  Counties  of  Sangamon  and  Morgan, 
among  whom  I  was  one.  When  the  volunteers  from  Morgan 
reached  Peoria.  the  place  of  rendezvous,  I  was  appointed  quarter- 
master sergeant.  I  accompanied  the  regiment  to  White  Oak  Springs, 
some  ten  or  twelve  miles  from  Galena,  where  I  remained  several  days, 
when  the  colonel  being  satisfied  that  the  further  service  of  the  regiment 
was  not  required,  ordered  the  return  home.  While  the  regiment 
remained  I  purchased  and  had  delivered  the  provisions  required  for 
returning  home.  I  had  sold  my  horse,  saddle,  and  bridle,  intending  to 
return  home  by  the  river.  The  morning  on  which  the  regiment  left  for 
home,  I  was  taken  with  the  flux  so  as  to  be  unable  to  travel.  I  got 
quarters  in  a  grocery  tavern,  kept  by  aman  named  Knabb,  on  the  road 
from  Gartist's  Grove  to  Galena,  and  within  one  hundred  yards  of  White 
Oak  Springs.  I  sent  to  Galena  for  medicine  to  cure  the  flux.  The  doc- 
tor sent  me  a  prescription  with  what  he  supposed  would  afford  relief,  but 
it  failed  after  three  or  four  days'  trial.  I  became  worse  and  believe  I 
should  have  died  but  for  an  accident.  I  say  accident.  I  did  not  then 
think  of  anything  providential.  Isaac  Plasters,  a  volunteer  from  Morgan 
County,  who  had  made  my  acquaintance  on  the  campaign,  instead  of 
returning  home  with  the  regiment,  remained  to  earn  some  money  by 
working  a  month  or  two  in  the  mines.  Passing  by  the  house  where  I 
was  confined,  and  hearing  that  there  was  a  sick  soldier  up  stairs,  made 
his  way  to  my  room  in  the  roof  of  the  log  cabin.  Seeing  my  situation  he 
agreed  to  stay  with  and  nurse  me.  I  had  eaten  nothing  for  two  days, 
except  a  little  poor  soup.  Plasters  had  me  removed  to  a  room  on  the 
first  floor.  In  the  afternoon  he  saw  Doctor  Hill  passing  on  the  road,  and 
called  him  in  to  see  me.  The  doctor  was  a  gentleman,  a  good  physician, 
and  though  worn  down  in  the  service,  because  flux  was  prevailing  to  an 
alarming  extent  in  that  neighborhood,  he  gave  me  some  medicine,  took  a 
short  nap  and  left,  promising  to  return  the  next  day  and  to  continue  his 
visits  daily  until  I  recovered.  Plasters,  with  his  rifle,  killed  birds  every 
day  and  fed  me  on  soup.  I  began  to  mend  as  soon  the  medicines,  sup- 
plied by  Doctor  Hill,  operated.  Plasters  remained  with  me,  and  the  doc- 


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tor  called  daily,  for  ten  days,  during  which  time  the  disease  was  entirely 
checked,  and  I  became  able  to  travel  to  Galena,  and  obtain  passage  on  a 
boat  to  Quincy.  I  paid  the  doctor  a  small  bill  for  his  services,  but  Plas- 
ters refused  to  receive  pay. 

"  At  Galena,  I  found  an  old  Kentucky  acquaintance  by  the  name  of 
Rountree,  proposing  to  take  deck  passage  with  a  mess  on  a  steamboat  for 
St.  Louis.  As  cabin  passage  could  not  be  procured,  I  joined  the  mess. 
The  boat  towed  two  lead  boats,  on  which  the  deck  passengers  had  to 
ride,  furnishing  their  own  supplies.  We  laid  in  our  provisions,  and  with 
loose  plank  furnished  by  the  boat,  made  ourselves  comfortable  quarters, 
much  more  so  than  had  any  cabin  passengers.  We  fared  sumptuously 
on  the  trip  down.  On  this  boat,  Black  Hawk  and  Keokuk,  with  some 
eight  or  ten  other  leading  Indians,  passed  down  to  Flint  Hill,  now  Burling- 
ton. I  left  the  boat  at  Quincy,  where  I  purchased  a  horse,  saddle,  and 
bridle  for  forty  dollars.  From  Quincy  I  went  down  to  Atlas — then 
there  was  no  settlement  between  Quincy  and  Illinois  River,  nor  any  road 
on  which  I  could  travel.  I  rested  one  day  at  Atlas.  The  next  day  I 
came  to  Exeter,  where  I  was  taken  sick  again ;  took  a  large  dose  of  calo- 
mel, and  had  to  remain  two  days  before  proceeding  farther.  I  finally 
reached  home,  very  much  worsted  in  flesh  and  strength,  but  without 
disease.  In  a  few  days  the  fall  terms  of  the  courts  commenced.  I  was 
able  to  ride  and  attend  court  in  Greene,  where  I  spent  a  week  at  a  good 
hotel,  kept  by  Mr.  Reno.  I  was  scarcely  able  to  attend  to  business  in 
court,  but  for  assisting  Gen.  Tuvney,  I  made  enough  to  pay  my  tavern 
bill ;  but  my  health  improved,  I  gained  strength,  and  by  the  next  week 
I  was  able  to  attend  to  business  in  Morgan.  I  next  attended  the  court 
in  Springfield,  and  then  all  the  other  courts  in  the  circuit.  On  this 
circuit  we  found  but  little  business  in  any  of  the  counties  —  parties, 
jurymen,  and  witnesses  were  reported  in  all  the  counties  after  Peoria,  as 
being  absent  bear  and  deer  hunting — a  business  that  was  then  profitable, 
as  well  as  necessary  to  the  sustenance  of  families  during  the  winter.  In 
December,  1827,  I  attended  the  Supreme  Court  at  Vandalia,  where  I  had 
a  case  dismissed  because  the  appellant  had  not  filed  a  copy  of  the  bond 
within  the  time  required  by  law. 

"  Mr.  Rockwell  being  agent  for  the  owners  of  several  hundred  tracts 
of  military  land,  employed  me  to  pay  the  taxes,  for  which  he  paid  my 
traveling  expenses,  and  provided  for  my  board  at  the  house  of  W.  H. 
Brown,  Esq. 

"  During  my  absence  at  Vandalia  on  this  trip,  the  court  house  on 
the  public  square  was  burned.  It  might  have  taken  fire  by  accident,  but 
I  have  always  believed,  and  so  did  Mr.  McConnell,  that  it  was  set  on  fire 
by  Greene,  the  sheriff.  By  this  fire  I  lost  a  small  box  of  clothing  and 
my  Bible,  the  only  book  I  brought  from  Kentucky.  The  office  of  circuit 
and  county  clerk  was  kept  in  a  small  up-stairs  room.  All  the  books  and 
papers  of  the  office  were  burned,  except  the  deed  book,  which  Mr.  Rock- 
well had  taken  to  his  dwelling  to  record  some  deeds  in  the  night  time. 

"The  Circuit  Court  was  held  in  Jacksonville,  in  November,  1826, 
John  T.  Sawyer,  circuit  judge,  presiding.  There  was  about  forty  cases 
on  the  docket',  all  told.  The  attorneys  present  were  James  Tracy,  attor- 
ney general  of  the  State,  and  Alfred  W.  Crawley,  of  Carrollton  ;  Thomas 
A.  Neale,  James  M.  Strode,  and  Jonathan  H.  Pugh,  of  Springfield ;  John 


348  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN  COUNTY. 

Reynolds,  of  Kahokia ;  William  H.  Brown,  Benjamin  Mills,  and  George 
Farqueir,  of  Vandalia;  Murray  McOonnell,  John  Turney,  Benjamin  Case, 
and  myself,  of  Jacksonville — of  whom  Mr.  Cavarly  and  myself  are  the 
only  survivors,  this  12th  of  October,  1874;  he  eighty-one  years  old,  and 
I  near  seventy-two.  Court  was  continued  one  week,  and  the  next  week 
was  held  in  Springfield. 

"  I  attended  this  court  in  company  with  all  the  attorneys  in  attend- 
ance in  Morgan,  except  McGonnell  and  Cox.  Here  1  met  with  General 
James  Andrews,  probate  judge,  William  S.  Hamilton,  and  Thomas  Mof- 
fitt,  of  Springfield  ;  David  Prickett,  of  Edwardsville  ;  and  John  B.  Bo- 
gardus,  of  Peoria  ;  of  whom  Mr.  Moffitt  is  the  only  survivor.  I  was  the 
guest  of  Mr.  Wale  during  the  week,  with  whom  I  was  acquainted  in 
Kentucky,  and  here  I  met  with  Mr.  Carlton  B.  Gatton,  a  Kentucky  ac- 
quaintance, by  whom  I  was  introduced  to  the  family  of  Mr.  P.  P.  Enos, 
receiver  of  the  public  moneys  at  the  land  office  in  Springfield.  During 
the  week  a  Mr.  Vannay  was  hung  in  Springfield,  for  the  murder  of  his 
wife.  This  was  the  first  and  last  case  of  execution  that  I  have  ever 
seen." 

Another  old  resident  of  Jacksonville,  remembers  that  the  following- 
named  persons  resided  here  in  1828  : 

"  Dennis  Rockwell,  circuit  clerk  and  county  clerk ;  Mrs.  Kellogg  ;  John 
Handy,  carpenter ;  Mr.  Bunnell,  carpenter ;  Samuel  Titus,  teamster, 
firsc  colored  man  ;  Murray  McConnell,  lawyer  ;  Matthew  Stacy,  saddler 
and  harnessmaker  ;  George  Rearick,  merchant :  Joseph  Fairfield,  mer- 
chant ;  Abram  Vance,  merchant ;  Nathan  Gest,  merchant ;  Thomas  Car- 
son, hatter  and  tavern  keeper ;  George  Nicely,  hatter ;  Mr.  Robinson, 
school  teacher ;  Verin  Daniels,  gunsmith  ;  S.  H.  Henderson,  grocer ; 
John  P.  Wilkinson,  merchant;  Rice  Dunbar,  carpenter;  Thomas  Church, 
farmer ;  John  Buckingham,  brick  mason  and  plasterer ;  Ero  Chandler, 
physician  ;  Doctor  Allen,  old  practice  ;  Bazzil  Gillett,  doctor  and  mer- 
chant;  Ranson  Cordell,  coonstable ;  Mr.  Shull,  tavern  keeper;  Win.  S. 
Jordan,  farmer  ;  Mr.  Robley,  farmer  and  brickmakei ;  Mr.  McClurg, 
tanner  and  currier ;  E.  T.  Miller,  carpenter ;  George  Graves,  cabinet 
maker;  John  Savage,  carpenter;  Edward  Durant,  carpenter;  James 
Martin  Eads,  blacksmith  ;  John  Eads,  jr.,  blacksmith  ;  John  Eads,  sr., 
blacksmith ;  Simeon  McCullough,  tailor ;  Levi  Church,  tailor ;  John 
Laughery,  laborer;  David  Tefft,  carpenter;  Joseph  Coddington,  mer- 
chant ;  Enoch  C.  March,  miller  and  merchant  ;  William  L.  May,  repre- 
sentative in  the  legislature  ;  Josiah  Gorham,  jr.,  carpenter  ;  Samuel  Rix- 
ford,  no  employment ;  John  Henry,  cabinet  maker ;  Doctor  Taylor,  mer- 
chant and  post-master  ;  James  Parkinson,  wood-cording  machine  ;  Wil- 
liam Thomas,  lawyer ;  Jacob  Barton,  farmer ;  James  Blair,  dry  goods 
clerk  ;  James  Leeper  dry  goods  clerk  ;  Joseph  Robinson,  dry  goods  clerk; 
James  Buckingham,  plasterer ;  Daniel  Busey,  saddler  and  harness 
maker  ;  Thomas,  jr.,  brick  mason ;  James  Carson,  cabinet  workman ; 
John  Carson,  brickmaker ;  Mr.  Ellis,  Presbyterian  preacher;  Aquilla 
Hutchins,  farmer  ;  George  Richards,  surveyor ;  Emanuel  Metc^lf,  chair 
maker  ;  Garrison  W.  Berry,  brickmaker ;  McHenry  Johnson,  blacksmith; 
Mr.  Grimsly,  blacksmith  ;  Nelson  Johnson,  dry  goods  clerk  ;  Enos  Hobbs, 
mail  carrier  ;  William  Conn,  Thomas  Arnett,  Phillip  Haines,  Darius  In- 
galls,  Mrs.  Palmer,  Mrs.  Joiner,  Mrs.  Buckingham,  Mrs.  George  Rearick, 


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HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  349 

Mrs.  George  Richards,  Mrs.  John  P.  Wilkinson,  Mrs.  Simeon  McCul- 
lough,  Mrs.  Martin  Eads,  Mrs.  John  Eads,  Mrs.  Verm  Daniels,  Mrs. 
Doctor  Taylor,  Mrs.  George  Nicely,  Mrs.  Matthew  Stacy,  Mrs.  Handy, 
Mrs.  Bunnell,  Mrs.  Emanuel  Metcalf,  Mrs.  Robley,  Mrs.  Garrison  W. 
Berry,  Mrs.  James  Parkinson,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Miller,  Mrs.  Thomas  Church, 
Mrs.  Charles  Chappell,  Miss  Ann  Robinson,  Miss  Hester  Kellogg,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Carson,  Mrs.  Nathan  Gest,  Mrs.  Abram  Vance,  Mrs.  William  L. 
May,  Mrs.  Conn,  Mrs.  Nero  Chandler,  Mrs.  Jacob  Barton,  Mr.  John 
Savage,  Mrs.  John  Henry,  Mrs.  Dennis  Rockwell,  Mr.  McClurg,  Mrs. 
Ranson  Cordall,  Mrs.  Joseph  Fail-field,  Mrs.  John  Buckingham,  Mrs. 
Doctor  Allen,  Mrs.  John  Laugherty,  Mrs.  Samuel  Titus  (colored),  Mrs. 
Grimsley,  Mrs.  Me  Henry  Johnson,  Mrs.  Aquilla  Hutchins,  Mrs.  Darius 
Ingals,  Mrs.  Phillip  Haines,  Mrs.  Thomas  Arnett." 

The  Judge's  article  gives  an  accurate  description  of  the  little  town  ' 
when  he  first  saw  it,  and  of  its  life  during  the  fall  and  winter  following. 
The  opening  of  the  season  of  1827  brought  fresh  arrivals  to  the  growing 
place,  and  new  cabins  were  built,  old  ones  improved,  a  store  or  two 
opened,  a  shop  of  the  pioneer  style  erected,  and  the  town  of  Jacksonville 
had  become  a  reality,  and  had  a  name  in  the  East,  where  it  was  known 
as  a  promising  Western  town.  The  Rev.  John  Ellis  and  his  wife  made 
this  their  home  in  1828.  He  was  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  was  labor- 
ing in  this  part  of  the  West,  in  the  interest  of  his  church.  Seeing  the 
necessity  of  an  educational  institution  in  the  Prairie  State,  and  being  a 
man  of  considerable  zeal  and  energy,  he  determined  to  found  a  college  in 
one  of  its  growing  towns,  and  selected  Jacksonville  as  the  place.  He 
was  aided  in  his  efforts  by  Mr.  William  Posey,  and  other  influential  citi- 
zens of  the  town,  and  by  Judge  Samuel  Lock  wood,  then  residing  at 
£*d wards ville.  A  band  of  young  men  just  entering  the  ministry  in  the 
East,  had  agreed,  before  their  graduation,  that  they  would  make  some 
portion  of  the  Northwest  territory  their  future  field  of  labor,  and  that 
they  would,  as  soon  as  possible,  I'ound  an  institution  of  learning  therein. 
They  were  induced  to  co-operate  with  Mr.  Ellis  and  others,  in  the  found- 
ing of  Illinois  College.  In  a  short  time  a  location  had  been  secured,  some 
money  had  been  raised,  and  by  the  Autumn  of  1829,  the  buildings  were 
so  far  completed  that  Dr.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  one  of  the  band  of  young- 
men  before  mentioned,  and  who  was  selected  as  a  teacher  in  the  school, 
began  his  work  there,  and  the  foundation  of  the  present  Illinois  College, 
the  oldest  and  one  of  the  largest  educational  institutions  in  the  State,  was 
firmly  laid. 

This  college  was  established  for  the  education  of  young  men  alone. 
Mrs.  Ellis,  who  had  ably  seconded  her  husband  in  his  labors,  and  .who 
earnestly  desired  an  institution  for  the  equal  education  of  young  women, 
opened  a  school  in  her  house  for  this  purpose.  In  September,  1830, 
a  meeting  of  several  prominent  gentlemen  was  held  at  the  house  of  J.  P. 
Wilkinson,  Esq.,  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  propriety  of  founding 
a  female  academy.  The  meeting  led  to  good  results.  Dr.  Ero  Chandler 
donated  a  lot  of  ground,  a  small  brick  dwelling  was  soon  erected,  and  in 
1833  the  Jacksonville  Female  Academy  was  formally  opened,  with  Miss 
Sarah  Cracker  as  principal.  The  founding  of  these  two  institutions 
established  the  future  prosperity  of  the  new  Western  town.  They 
brought  to  it  an  excellent  class  of  citizens,  who  in  coming  years  saw 
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350  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

unequalled  provision  for  the  education  of  their  Children.  Provision  for 
the  free  education  of  the  youth  had  not  yet  been  fully  made  by  the  State 
of  Illinois.  The  people  were  generous  in  this  regard,  and  were  always 
ready  to  be  taxed  for  the  education  of  their  children.  What  the  public 
fund  lacked  'was  made  up  by  private  subscription,  and  every  winter  a 
school  or  schools  were  regularly  maintained  in  Jacksonville.  This  plan 
of  sustaining  the  public  schools  was  continued  until  the  adoption  of  the 
present  school  system. 

The  religious  life  of  the  village,  always  aided  by  education,  had  been 
carefully  fostered  all  these  years.  In  the  little  log  school-house,  regular 
religious  services  were  held  until  larger  and  better  accommodations  could 
be  secured.  In  1822,  in  "  Father  "  Jourdan's  house,  standing  a  little  in 
the  rear  of  the  old  Berean  College  building,  a  Methodist  class  was  organ- 
ized, and  for  three  years  before  the  town  of  Jacksonville  was  contem- 
plated, religious  services  had  been  held  regularly.  The  old  log  school- 
house  was  afterward  used  by  these  worshipers,  alternating  with  the  Pres- 
byterians. That  little  band  of  godly  people  grew,  as  time  went  on, 
until  now  there  are  several  large  congregations  of  this  denomination 
in  and  abont  Jacksonville.  Four  years  after  the  organization  of  the 
class  in  "  Father "  Jourdan's  house,  the  Rev.  John  Brich  gathered 
together  what  few  Presbyterians  there  were  in  the  little  town,  and  in 
the  barn  of  Mr.  John  Leeper,  organized  a  church,  the  outgrowth  of 
which  are  the  three  large  Presbyterian  congregations  in  the  city.  Other 
denominations  were  not  slow  to  occupy  the  field.  The  Baptists,  Congre- 
gationalists,  Portuguese,  Presbyterians,  German  and  African  Churches, 
Catholics  and  Christians  each  established  congregations,  and  each  are 
well  sustained. 

The  city,  from  its  earliest  commencement,  has  always  been  an  edu- 
cational center.  Many  persons  come  here  for  no  other  purpose  than  to 
enjoy  its  educational  facilities.  It  is  largely  owing  to  this  fact  that  but 
few  manufacturing  industries  are  established,  and  that  the  trade  of 
the  city  is  chiefly  confined  to  its  own  citizens,  and  to  its  own  immediate 
vicinity.  The  first  stores  in  the  place  were  built  of  buckeye  or  sycamore 
logs,  in  \vhich  a  motley  assortment  of  goods  were  kept.  These  pioneer 
stores  were  small  affairs,  often  without  a  window,  chimney,  or  wooden 
floors.  The  interior  of  these  stores  was  sometimes  lined  with  gorgeously 
figured  calico,  intended  by  the  proprietors  to  give  the  room  a  more  taste- 
ful appearance.  Buckeye  logs,  under  the  influence  of  warm  spring 
rains,  produce  sprouts  with  remarkable  ease ;  these  latter  were  often 
an  annoyance  to  the  storekeepers,  as  it  was  not  uncommon  for  them 
to  find  them  growing  through  his  calico  lining,  or  winding  about  among 
the.  various  articles  on  his  shelves-J  Enterprising  industry  could  not  long 
brook  such  inconveniences,  and  frame  buildings  speedily  took  the  places 
of  their  more  primitive  predecessors,  which,  if  not  converted  into,  sheds 
or  barns,  made  good  fire-wood. 

At  the  time  of  the  building  of  the  Illinois  College,  all  that  tract  of 
land  lying  between  that  institution  and  the  public  square,  was  in 
its  primitive  condition,  or  cultivated  as  a  farm.  Where  now  are  the 
finest  residences,  the  most  beautiful  yards,  and  the  best  shaded  streets, 
was  then  open  prairie,  or  used  for  farm  purposes.  What  changes  time 
produces?  Then  all  buildings  in  town  were  small,  almost  entirely  built 


HISTORY   OF   MOBGAN   COUNTY.  351 

of  frame  logs,  the  former  being  pointed  out  to  the  traveler  as  the  home  of 
elegance  and  wealth.  The  business  of  the  time  was  proportionate  to  the 
residences.  No  large  stores  graced  the  public  square,  or  stood  as  monu- 
ments of  the  industry  of  the  owners,  in  other  streets.  The  houses 
of  that  day  are  succeeded  now  by  more  elegant  affairs,  though  no 
more  homelike  than  their  predecessors.  Their  owners  have  grown  with 
the  town,  and  can  look  over  the  scenes  of  their  labors  with  feelings  of 
pride  at  the  results  obtained,  and  know  that  the  passing  years  have  been 
those  of  care  and  toil,  though  sweetened  by  the  thoughts  of  the  rest  and 
comfort  sure  to  follow. 

The  early  log  stores  speedily  gave  way  to  frame  buildings,  which  in 
their  time  became  too  small  and  insecure,  and  were  replaced  by  more  sub- 
stantial brick  structures.  .  The  first  of  these  was  erected  in  1828,  by  J.  P. 
Wilkinson,  Esq.,  and  occupied  the  lot  of  ground  where  is  now  the  store  of 
Geo.W.  Van  Zant.  Another  was  built  on  the  south  side  of  the  square,  and 
one  on  the  north,  by  Cornelius  Hook,  Esq.,  and  in  1831  or  '32,  the  present 
bank  building  of  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.  Like  its  population,  the  business  of 
Jacksonville  was  growing.  New  and  more  substantial  stores  were  appear- 
ing about  the  public  square,  while  in  the  residence  portion,  better  dwellings 
were  being  erected.  Streets  were  accurately  defined  ;  pavements  took 
the  place  of  mud  sidewalks  ;  fences  were  built  before  the  door-yards,  and 
a  finer  and  more  elegant  life  was  becoming  manifest.  By  the  United 
States  census  of  1830,  the  town  contained  446  inhabitants  ;  and  the  next 
year  Jacksonville  was  incorporated  as  a  town.  •  The  system  of  govern- 
ment was  so  well  managed  that  it  continued  in  use  until  1867,  long  after 
the  population  had  grown  to  the  proportions  which  fully  warranted  a  city 
government.  The  growth  of  the  city  received  a  severe  check  by  the  rav- 
ages of  cholera  in  1833,  which  carried  off  a  great  many  of  the  inhabitants. 
This  was  a  serious  blow  to  the  prosperity  of  the  city,  from  which  it  had 
scarcely  rallied,  when  the  financial  crash  of  1837  gave  it  another  serious 
blow,  from  which  it  took  years  of  time  to  recover.  The  census  of  1840 
showed  a  population  of  1,900,  which  indicated  that,  despite  the  draw- 
backs mentioned,  the  growth  of  the  city  was  gradually  progressing. 
The  building  of  the  Morgan  and  Sangamon  Railroad  in  18-/.8,  at  its  com- 
pletion to  Jacksonville,  two  years  after,  gave  a  fresh  impulse  to  the 
growth  and  business  of  the  city,  and  from  that  time  its  prosperity  has 
been  unabated.  The  old  railroad,  with  its  insufficient  equipment,  was 
the  beginning  of  a  grand  system  of  railroads  now  traversing  the  State  in 
every  direction.  At  first  the  depot  was  in  the  public  square,  but  soon 
after  the  road  was  extended  to  the  capital  of  the  State  ;  and  though  the 
stages  could  sometimes  out-travel  the  small  train  of  cars  used  to  carry 
passengers  and  freight,  yet  its  ingress  and  egress  to  and  from  the  growing 
town,  gave  it  an  air  of  activity  seldom  seen  at  that  day.  In  1847,  the 
old,  worn-out  road  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  company  of  men  who  were 
determined  to  rebuild  and  equip  it  in  a  manner  insuring  success.  Those 
who  had  so  strenuously  urged  the  building  of  the  track  through  the  prin- 
cipal streets  of  the  city,  and  had  succeeded  in  their  efforts,  saw,  as  others 
foretold,  the  impropriety  of  cars  of  railroads  passing  through  the  center 
of  the  city,  and  were  with  all  citizens  well  satisfied  when  the  company 
removed  the  track  from  State  Street  to  its  present  location.  In  a  short  time 
this  railroad,  under  the  new  management,  was  in  running  order,  and  the 


352  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

business  of  the  city  received  anew  an  impulse  which  it  has  never  relaxed. 
Ten  years  after,  part  of  the  Jacksonville  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  was  con- 
structed, which  in  time  was  completed ;  became  part  of  the  Chicago  and 
Alton  Railroad,  and  gives  to  Jacksonville  direct  communication  with  the 
principal  cities  in  the  West.  Two  other  railroads  have  since  been  built, 
which,  like  their  predecessors,  give  to  the  city  abundant  means  for  trans- 
portation to  every  part  of  the  country.  The  operation  of  the  Morgan  and 
Sangamon  Railroad  during  its  continuance,  and  its  reconstruction  in 
1847,  brought  a  corresponding  increase  of  business  and  population  to  the 
town.  In  1850,  the  inhabitants  numbered  2,745;  in  1860,  the  number 
was  5,528,  and  in  1870,  9,365.  Should  the  same  ratio  of  increase  prevail 
during  the  decade  following  the  last  enumeration,  the  populatio'n  in  1880 
will  be  nearly  20,000. 

Until  the  building  of  the  present  system  of  water-works,  the  city  was 
without  an  adequate  supply  of  this  most  necessary  article.  Aside  from 
the  burning  of  the  Illinois  College,  but  few  disastrous  conflagrations 
occurred.  The  citizens  were  generally  prompt  in  rendering  aid  wherever 
a  fire  happened,  and  thus  saved  their  homes  from  destruction.  It  became 
evident,  however,  that  a  better  system  of  protection  should  be  secured. 
The  General  Assembly,  in  1835,  passed  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  for  the 
incorporation  of  fire  companies,'1  which  was  approved  February  12th  of 
that  year.  Under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  first  fire  company  in  the 
city  was  formed  on  the  23d  of  April,  1840.  The  names  of  its  members 
show  that  its  numbers  were  composed  of  some  of  the  best  citizens  of  the 
place.  The  buildings  were  generally  of  wood,  mostly  of  a  small  size,  and 
but  few  disastrous  fires  occurred.  Their  equipment  consisted  of  a 
double-decked  hand-engine.  It  was  a  very  heavy  "machine,"  and 
required  quite  a  number  of  hands  to  work  it.  The  same  engine,  with 
some  improvements,  is  still  used  when  occasions  require.  In  addition 
to  the  old  "  Union "  engine,  the  company  had  several  hundred  feet  of 
hose,  buckets,  ladders,  axes,  and  other  necessary  equipments.  As  the 
list  of  members  comprising  this  company  will  be  of  interest  to  the  readers 
of  these  pages,  it  is  here  inserted : 

James  Berdan,  Morris  Collins,*  J.  D.  Stone, 

A.  V.  Putman,*  Stafford  Smith,  Jos.  O.  King, 

James  H.  Lurton,  B.  B.  Chamberlain,*         Robert  Hockenhull, 

Thomas  Anderson,*  James  Stark,  William  French, 

William  Branson,  John  Hurst.*  D.  P.  Palmer, 

Orlando  C.  Cole,  John  Fisher,  J.  A.  McDougall, 

Nicholas  Milburn,*  Patrick  Cresap,*  J.  Johnson, 

Samuel  Galbraith,*  F.  Campbell,  J.  McAlister, 

John  W.  Goltra,  C.  B.  Clarke,  I.  D.  Rawlings, 

Timothy  D.  Eames,  Henry  Keener,  J.  Harris, 

Morton  Mallory,  F.  Stevenson,*  I.  S.  Hicks, 

William  S.  Hurst,*  G.  A.  Dunlap,*  J.  S.  Anderson, 

Benjamin  F.  Gass,  B.  F.  Stevenson,  D.  A.  Bulkley,* 

A.  C.  Dickson,  B.  R.  Houhton,  S.  Hunt,* 

James  Hurst,*  William  G.  Wilson,  Geo.  Henry, 

S.  H.  Henderson,  Moore  C.  Goltra,  Phillip  Coffman,* 

*  Deceased. 


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353 


R.  S.  Anderson, 

R.  Bibb,* 

William  H.  Corcoran,* 

John  W.  Chambers, 

David  Smalley, 

William  Smalley, 

Cornelius  Goltra, 

F.  C.  Sutton, 

William  C.  Gwin, 

John  Henry, 

Eli  Harp,* 

A.  W.  Tilford,* 

C.  Ogle, 

W.  B.  Lewis, 

A.  B.  Hathaway, 


John  Mathers, 
Michael  Rapp, 
I.  A.  Graves, 
H.  S.  Carson,* 
M.  A.  J.  Hunter, 
W.  W.  Happy,* 
Stephen  Sutton, 
A.  Lohr,* 
W.  Akins,* 
John  Gregory,* 
W.  B.  Warren,* 
J.  M.  Lucas, 
J.  B.  McKinney, 
Joseph  Gledhill, 
M.  Dulany, 


J.  W.  McAlister, 

Geo.  M.  Chambers, 

L.  Berry, 

J.  Harkness,* 

A.  Smith, 

J.  T.  Jones,* 

W.  Patterson,* 

J.  Cosgrove,* 

E.  T.  Miller, 

L.  Filson, 

W.  Braidwood,* 

J.  J.  Cassell,* 

W.  C.  Sweet,* 

W.  C.  Scott, 

John  Freeman.* 


The  earliest  facilities  of  Jacksonville  were  quite  meager  compared 
with  those  of  to-day.  When  the  town  was  created,  and  a  few  families 
had  established  themselves  therein,  a  post  office  was  of  necessity  required, 
for  people  loved  to  write  then  as  well  as  now,  and  were  only  deterred  in 
the  number  of  letters  by  the  rates  of  postage  and  the  facilities  for  trans- 
mission. The  postage  on  a  letter  was  twenty-five  cents,  and  generally 
paid  by  the  receiver.  Money  was  a  scarcer  article  then  than  now.  The 
United  States  Government  did  not  receive  "  coon  skins  "  or  "  beeswax  " 
in  payment  for  postage,  and  it  was  not  an  uncommon  affair  for  a  letter  to 
lie  several  months  in  the  office  before  the  person  to  whom  it  was 
addressed  could  raise  the  required  twenty-five  cents.  When  the  express 
companies  came  into  existence,  they  began  to  carry  lecters  for  a  less  rate 
than  the  United  States  Mails,  which  department  lowered  the  price  of 
postage  gradually  until  it  reached  ten  cents  per  letter.  This  was  thought 
to  be  a  great  reduction  by  the  people,  and  the  number  of  letters  began  to 
increase  very  rapidly.  Jacksonville  received,  at  first,  a  mail  from  St. 
Louis,  brought  by  stages  once  in  two  weeks.  Another  route  was  estab- 
lished from  Springfield  west  through  Jacksonville  to  Meredosia,  and 
thence  on  to  Quincy.  By  the  alternation  of  these  mails,  a  weekly 
budget  of  letters  and  papers  was  received  in  the  town,  and  the  people 
thought  themselves  well  provided  for  in  this  way. 

The  post  office  in  town  was  kept  in  various  stores,  shops,  or  offices, 
removed  from  time  to  time,  as  a  change  in  administration  and  postmasters 
occurred.  As  time  passed  on,  a  semi-weekly  mail  was  secured,  then  a 
tri-weekly,  and,  finally,  by  the  time  the  first  railroad  was  built,  a  daily 
mail  had  been  firmly  established.  The  number  of  daily  mails  increased 
as  facilities  for  transportation  were  furnished,  until  now  there  are 
more  than  a  dozen  daily  mails  received  and  forwarded.  During  the 
twelve  months,  ending  March  31,  1878,  the.  number  of  mails  received 
daily,  was  fifteen,  the  same  number  being  dispatched.  Number  of  letters 
mailed  during  same  time,  510,000,  and  the  number  received  was  540,000. 
The  receipts  from  the  sales  of  stamps  and  envelopes  was  $16,000;  number 
of  money  orders  issued  being  4,940,  amounting  to  $45,000  ;  number  of  - 
money  orders  paid  7,890,  amounting  to  $65,000.  The  number  of  letters 
registered  was  875,  and  the  number  of  registered  letters  received  was 

*  Deceased. 


354  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

1,160  ;  number  of  large  packages  in  transit,  1,440.  The  present  post- 
master is  David  M.  Simmons,  Esq.,  who  has  held  the  position  for  several 
years. 

We  have  thus  far  traced  the  city  through  its  successive  stages  of 
development.  We  will  leave  this  portion  of  the  narrative,  and  note  the 
history  of  its  business  enterprises,  its  societies,  churches,  schools,  improve- 
ments, city  government,  its  newspapers,  and  other  portions  of  its  history 
that  may  come  under  various  topics  connected  therewith. 

BUSINESS   INTERESTS. 

Banks — The  banking  .house  of  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.  is  the  oldest  in 
the  city,  and  indeed  the  oldest  in  this  part  of  the  State.  The  firm  is 
composed  of  M.  P.  Ayers,  W.  S.  Hook,  and  A.  E.  Ayers.  The  first 
named  of  these  established  the  bank  in  1852,  taking  as  its  New  York  cor- 
respondent the  American  Exchange  Bank  of  that  city,  and  continues  to 
correspond  with  the  same  bank. 

The  Central  Illinois  Banking  and  Savings  Association  was  established 
in  January,  1867,  as  a  stock  association,  under  the  above  name,  with 
L.  W.  Brown  as  president,  H.  C.  Wiswall  vice-president,  and  L.  L.  Adams 
cashier.  In  1874,  Mr.  Adams  resigned,  and  Mr.  W.  E.  Veitch,  who  had 
been  associated  with  the  bank  many  years,  was  elected  to  the  vacancy. 
This  banking  hou»e  was  originally  established  in  1856,  by  Elliott  and 
Brown.  After  a  time  it  was  changed  to  Brown's  bank,  the  late  William 
Brown  being  sole  proprietor.  It  was  again  changed  to  W.  &  E.  W.  Brown, 
and  then  to  its  present  name  and  condition.  Its  capital  is  now  $100,000. 
Mr.  L.  W.  Brown  is  still  president ;  Mr.  Wiswall  having  resigned,  Mr. 
A.  C.  Wadsworth  is  now  vice-president,  and  Mr.  Veitch  cashier.  The 
savings  department  is  separate  from  the  regular  banking  department,  both 
of  which  are  exceedingly  vyell  managed. 

The  First  National  Bank  was  founded  in  August,  1864.  It  has  a 
capital  of  8100,000,  and  a  surplus  of  $150,000.  Mr.  Edward  Scott  is 
president,  and  F.  G.  Farrell  cashier. 

The  Jacksonville  National  Bank  was  established  in  1870,  in  a  room 
just  east  of  the  present  quarters.  Its  capital  is  $200,000,  and  surplus 
$40,000.  Mr.  O.  D.  Fitzsimmons  is  president,  and  Mr.  B.  F.  Beesley 
cashier. 

Hockenhull,  King  &  Elliott's  Bank  was  established  in  January,  1866, 
by  Robert  Hockenhull,  Reynolds  King,  and  Edward  R.  Elliott.  The 
bank  is  still  continued  by  its  original  founders,  and  is  considered  one  of 
the  soundest  in  the  city. 

The  Jacksonville  Benefit  Building  Association,  was  incorporated 
under  the  State  law,  and  began  business  October  2,  1872,  with  about 
one  hundred  shares,  since  increased  to  over  eight  hundred.  The  incor- 
porators  were  Horace  Chapin,  Robert  Mason,  A.  W.  Cadman,  S.  D. 
Lindsay,  Frank  Stewart,  Ebenezer  Mason,  Charles  H.  Williamson,  and 
W.  F.  Goheen.  Each  share  is  valued  at  one  hundred  dollars,  payable  in 
installments  of  twenty-five  cents  per  week.  When  a  sufficient  amount 
accumulates  it  is  immediately  sold  to  the  highest  bidder,  who  repays  the 
loan  he  secures,  in  weekly  installments.  This  money  is  again  re-loaned, 
and  it  is  this  weekly  interest  upon  interest  from  which  the  profits  of  the 
association  are  derived.  It  enables  a  person  of  limited  means  to  place  his 


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355 


money  where  it  will  bring  him  a  large  percentage,  and  to  secure  a  home, 
where  otherwise  he  would  be  unable  to  do  so.  The  present  officials  are : 
Wm.  Guy,  president :  Wm.  Mason,  treasurer  ;  Edward  P.  Kirby,  attorney ; 
S.  Tefft  Walker,  secretary.  The  association  meets  in  Temperance  Hall, 
every  Monday  evening. 

Building  and  Loan  Associations,  or  Co-operative  Banks,  as  they  are 
often  appropriately  called,  had  their  origin  in  Scotland,  where  a  few 
friends  formed  themselves  into  a  society  for  the  purpose  of  building  them 
homes.  The  plan  they  adopted  worked  so  admirably  that  it  was  not  long 
before  other  friends  used  the  same  means  for  the  same  ends,  and  were 
equally  successful.  From  this  beginning  there  sprang  up  such  societies 
all  over  England  and  Scotland,  and  in  time  they  became  so  popular,  and 
were  handling  so  much  money,  that  Parliament  made  laws  regulating  such 
associations  the  same  as  other  corporations  of  a  banking  nature. 

From  England  the  transition  to  the  United  States  of  so  easily  and 
plainly  understood  a  scheme,  enabling  the  industrious  working  classes  to 
procure  homes,  and  aiding  the  person  of  moderate  income  to  invest  profit- 
ably their  small  savings,  was  not  long  in  being  made. 

Philadelphia,  the  "  City  of  Homes,"  was  the  landing  place  of  this, 
her  future  benefactor,  and  to  this  fact  she  owes  the  appellation,  "  City  of 
Homes."  Philadelphia  has  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  active  Building 
Associations,  probably  more  than  any  other  city  in  the  United  States ; 
and  they  are  rapidly  spreading  over  the  Western  States.  Peoria,  Quincy, 
Bloomington,  and  Springfield,  each  have  one  or  more,  and  in  Peoria  and 
Quincy  they  are  becoming  very  popular. 

A  Building  and  Loan  Association  is  composed  entirely  of  one  class 
of  stock-holders,  and  its  assets  or  property  is  represented  by  stock.  Its 
original  capital  is  derived  from  the  weekly  installments  or  dues  paid  on 
account  of  each  share  of  stock,  by  means  of  which  the  association  is 
enabled  to  work  out  the  ultimate  value  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  share 
in  a  given  number  of  years,  and  these  profits  are  obtained  from  loaning 
the  accumulated  weekly  installments  of  dues  and  profits  to  such  of  the 
stockholders  as  may,  under  the  rules,  wish  to  borrow. 


Manufactures. — For  the  size  of  the  city,  Jacksonville  has  but  few 
factories.  The  oldest  one  in  operation  is  that  of  Jos.  Capps  &  Sons,  who 
operate  a  woolen  mill,  situated  in  the  north  part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Jos. 


356  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Capps  came  to  this  county  from  Kentucky.  In  his  native  State  he  had 
learned  the  trade  of  a  wool  carder,  and  in  1838  established  a  small  factory, 
where  he  carried  on  his  trade  in  Jacksonville.  In  1855,  he  erected  the 
present  woolen  mills,  now  operated  by  his  sons.  They  employ  about  sev- 
enty-five hands,  keep  five  traveling  men,  and  manufacture  from  one  to 
three  thousand  yards  per  day.  A  foundry  and  machine  shop  has  been  in 
operation  in  the  northeastern  part  of  the  city  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
old  buildings  were  torn  down  in  the  Fall  of  '77,  and  a  new  and  more 
commodious  one  erected  on  the  spot.  New  machinery  is  being  placed  in 
it.  The  foundry  is  owned  and  operated  by  Akers  &  Russel.  This 
foundry  was  opened  in  1859,  by  Ellis,  Shields  &  Dangerfield,  who,  after 
conducting  the  business  for  some  years,  disposed  of  it  to  Dangerfield  & 
Co.  It  was  afterward  sold  to  Mr.  Dangerfield,  who  carried  on  the 
business  alone  for  a  while,  and  then  disposed  of  it  to  Mr.  John  Fidler, 
who,  after  carrying  on  the  business  for  several  years,  sold  it  to  the 
present  firm,  who  have  erected  a  large  brick  building  on  the  ground 
formerly  occupied  by  the  old  building.  They  have  added  new  machinery 
and  made  numerous  improvements.  They  are  now  making  stationary 
steam  engines,  and  elevator  machinery.  The  foundry  is  at  the  junction 
of  the  railroads. 

The  woolen  mill  and  the  foundry  are  the  two  largest  enterprises  of 
their  kind  in  the  city.  There  are  three  brick -yards,  two  or  three  grain 
elevators,  four  flouring  mills,  several  small  factories  of  various  domestic 
articles,  and  a  large  number  of  shops  of  all  kinds.  The  chief  business  in- 
terests of  the  city  of  Jacksonville  is  trade  with  its  own  inhabitants  and 
with  the  people  of  the  immediate  surrounding  country.  The  city  is  an 
educational  center,  and  as  such  is  the  best  in  the  State,  yet  it  has  abun- 
dant room  for  large  manufactories,  and  did  its  citizens  devote  more  atten- 
tion to  such  institutions,  its  business  interests  would  be  largely  aug- 
mented. Its  lines  of  transportation  are  abundant  for  all  shipping  facilities 
required.  Its  easy  access  to  the  Mississippi  River  and  to  large  cities,  both 
East  and  West,  render  it  as  important  a  center  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses, as  it  is  for  educational  facilities. 

THE  WATER  WORKS. 

Prior  to  the  building  of  the  present  water  works,  the  inhabitants  of 
the  city  were  greatly  inconvenienced  by  being  deprived  of  an  adequate 
supply  of  water.  In  case  of  fire  the  only  dependence  was  cisterns  or 
wells,  and  in  times  of  drought  these  were  a  poor  reliance.  These  facts 
showed  the  people  plainly  the  necessity  of  having  an  improved  system  of 
water  works.  In  1868  Mr.  James  O.  King  secured  the  services  of  a  Mr. 
Fowler,  of  Philadelphia,  to  draw  him  plans  for  water  works,  and  make  a 
survey  of  the  ground.  The  plans  furnished  by  Mr.  Fowler  called  for  an 
appropriation  of  $174,000.  Mr.  King  took  the  plans,  and  securing  a  pe- 
tition signed  by  numerous  citizens,  presented  both  plans  and  petition  to 
the  city  council,  who  appropriated  $150,000  for  the  purpose  asked.  Here 
the  matter  rested  for  three  or  four  years,  being  delayed  for  want  of  action 
by  succeeding  councils.  About  1872  an  ordinance  was  passed  for  the 
building  of  water  works  on  a  plan  submitted  by  Mr.  Chesbrough  of  Chi- 
cago ;  $150,000  were  appropriated  and  their  construction  soon  after 
begun.  The  impounding  reservoir  was  constructed  in  Pullam's  ravine, 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  357 

about  two  miles  south  of  the  city.  The  capacity  of  this  reservoir,  or  as 
it  is  now  known,  Morgan  Lake,  is  abundant  for  all  practical  purposes. 
The  pumping  works  were  built  seven-eighths  of  a  mile  north  of  the  lake. 
From  there  the  water  is  forced  to  the  distributing  reservoir,  built 
on  College  hill,  a  mile  and  an  eighth  west  of  the  city.  This  reser- 
voir is  eighty-six  feet  above  the  level  of  the  public  square,  and  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-four  above  the  pumping  works  ;  its  capacity  is  two  and 
a  half  million  gallons.  The  pumping  capacity  is  880  gallons  per  minute. 
At  the  present  time  every  facility  is  afforded  to  prevent  extensive  confla- 
grations throughout  the  business  parts  of  the  city,  as  well  as  on  the  prin- 
cipal streets.  In  case  of  fire  all  that  is  needed  is  the  attachment  of  hose 
to  the  hydrants,  as  the  force  of  the  water  is  sufficient  to  throw  a  stream 
to  a  height  of  eighty  feet.  The  present  superintendent  is  Mr.  E.  Wol- 
cott,  who  has  held  that  position  for  a  number  of  years,  and  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  its  success  from  its  commencement. 

THE  GAS  WORKS. 

The  Jacksonville  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company,  was  organized  in 
1856,  with  Marshall  P.  Ayers,  president ;  Judge  Wm.  Thomas,  secretary; 
Joseph  O.  King,  superintendent ;  and  Edward  J.  King,  collector.  It  is 
now  in  successful  operation,  there  being  more  than  three  hundred  gas 
posts  in  use  in  the  city. 

THE  STREET  RAILWAY. 

The  charter  for  the  incorporation  of  this  company,  was  obtained  about 
1866,  and  its  construction  soon  after  began.  M.  C.  Goltra,  Ralph  Rey- 
nolds,  James  H.  Lurton,  and.  others,  were  the  principal  movers  in  this 
enterprise.  The  first  line  was  built  from  the  public  square  to  the  termi- 
nus on  South  Main  Street.  It  was  afterward  extended  from  the  public 
square  to  the  railway  junction,  passing  on  East  State  Street.  The  third 
and  last  extension  was  made  westward  from  the  public  square  on  West 
State  Street  beyond  the  city  limits. 

MUNICIPAL  HISTORY. 

Prior  to  the  year  1840,  Jacksonville  was  governed  under  the  general 
village  law  of  the  State.  This  law  authorized  the  citizens  of  any  town 
to  annually  elect  a  board  of  trustees,  who  assumed  and  controlled 
all  the  interests  of  the  town,  and  who  constituted  its  municipal  assembly. 
The  growth  of  the  town  had  by  this  year  demanded  a  better  form  of 
government,  and  influential  citizens  assuming  control  of  the  matter, 
through  their  representative  in  the  General  Assembly,  succeeded  in 
getting  a  special  act  passed  by  that  body,  incorporating  the  town.  The 
act,  passed  Feb.  3,  1840,  came  in  force  April  6th,  and  provided  that 
the  trustees  then  in  office,  Matthew  Stacy,  John  Hurst,  R.  T.  McNeeley, 
William  Branson,  and  E.  T.  Miller,  should  constitute  a  board  of  trustees, 
to  remain  in  office  and  discharge  the  duties  pertaining  thereto,  until  the 
first  Monday  in  April,  1840,  when  an  election  for  trustees  should  be  held, 
and  annually  thereafter  on  that  day.  The  act  also  declared  that  the  cor- 
porative limits  of  the  town  should  be  one  mile  square,  and  farther  pro- 
vided for  other  matters  pertaining  to  the  town. 

This  act  of  incorporation,  with  various  amendments,  remained  in  force 


358  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

twenty-seven  years — until  1867.  By  that  date  the  growth  of  Jacksonville 
had  been  such  as  to  demand  a  still  better  system  of  government.  The  popu- 
lation was  about  eight  thousand,  and  the  formation  of  a  city  government  was 
agitated.  Meeting  with  sufficient  encouragement  from  the  citizens,  a  few 
prominent  persons  presented  the  matter  to  the  General  Assembly,  which 
body,  on  Feb.  15,  1867,  passed  an  act  incorporating  the  city  of  Jacksonville. 
This  act  denned  its  boundaries,  its  general  powers ;  provided  for  the 
election  of  officers,  and  defined  their  duties ;  provided  for  the  revenue  of 
the  city,  for  assessments,  for  opening  streets  and  alleys,  for  public  im- 
provements, for  the  collection  of  taxes,  for  a  fire  department,  for  graded 
schools,  and  for  miscellaneous  matters.  On  March  29,  1869,  this  act  and 
one  passed  in  Feb.,  1849,  relating  to  incorpo felted  towns  and  cities,  were 
amended.  Under  the  amended  charter,  with  a  few  alterations  made  by 
the  legislature,  as  the  improvement  and  growth  of  the  city  demand, 
Jacksonville  is  still  governed. 

The  original  city  charter  divided  the  city  into  four  wards,  known  as 
first,  second,  third,  and  fourth,  and  provided  also  that  the  city  council  could, 
at  its  discretion,  create  additional  wards,  as  the  city  might  require.  The  mu- 
nicipal government  of  the  city,  by  article  second  of  the  act,  was  to  consist  of 
a  city  council,  to  be  composed  of  a  mayor  and  one  alderman  from  each 
ward.  The  other  officers  of  the  corporation  to  be  "a  city  clerk,  a  city 
marshal,  a  city  treasurer,  a  city  attorney,  a  city  collector  and  assessor,  a 
a  city  street  commissioner,  and  a  city  surveyor." 

These  officers  have  been  elected  annually  since  the  establishment  of 
the  city  government,  and  with  the  exception  that  since  1869  two  aldermen 
are  elected  in  each  ward,  remain  the  same.  A  police  department  is  now 
in  force,  having  been  established  several  years.  The  fire  depart- 
ment was  established  Jan.  13,  1873,  and  the  board  of  education  by  the 
original  charter  of  1867. 

The  municipal  history  of  Jacksonville  would  be  incomplete  without 
a  list  of  its  officers.  As  the  town  received  its  first  charter  from  the  legis- 
lature on  Feb.  3,  1840,  the  list  commences  from  that  date,  as  they  appear 
on  the  records  in  possession  of  the  city  council.  Until  the  city  charter 
was  obtained,  the  following  were  the  trustees  : 

1840 — Matthew  Stacy,  John  Hurst,  Ebenezer  T.  Miller,  William 
Bransom,  R.  T.  McNeeley. 

1841 — Matthew  Stacy,  E.  T.  Miller,  John  Hurst,  Isaac  D.  Rawlings, 
Cornelius  Hook. 

1842 — Isaac  D.  Rawlings,  John  Hurst,  E.  T.  Miller,  Peter  Haden- 
burg,  Cornelius  Hook. 

1843 — Cornelius  Hook,  John  Henry,  John  Hurst,  Isaac  D.  Rawlings, 
E.  T.  Miller. 

1844 — Phillip  Coffman,  George  A.  Dunlap,  Michael  Rapp,  Richard 
Bibb,  William  G.  Johnson. 

1845 — Phillip  Coffman,  David  A.  Smith, Dunlap,  Andrew  New- 
comb,  Joseph  O.  King. 

1846 — Phillip  Coffman,  William  G.  Johnson,  William  Branson,  John 
W.  Lathrop,  Benjamin  F.  Gass. 

1847 — William  Branson,  J.  R.  Simms,  John  W.  Goltra,  Benjamin 
Pyatt,  John  Hurst. 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  359 

1848 — William  Branson,  James  Hurst,  Joseph  O.  King,  William  G. 
Johnson,  William  N.  Ross. 

1849 — William  Branson,  William  G.  Johnson,  Joseph  H.  Bancroft, 
Andrew  F.  Wilson,  John  W.  Lathrop. 

1850 — Joseph  H.  Bancroft,  Michael  Rapp,  Martin  H.  Cassell,  Jon- 
athan Neeley,  William  Ratekin. 

1851 — Michael  Rapp,  William  Ratekin,  Fleming  Stevenson,  David 
A.  Smith  Stephen  Sutton. 

1852 — Michael  Rapp,  Joseph  Capps,  Stephen  Sutton,  William  Rate- 
kin,  William  Branson. 

1853 — Ira  Davenport,  Michael  Rapp,  William  Ratekin,  Alexander 
McDonald,  Stephen  Sutton. 

1854 — Stephen  Sutton,  Michael  Rapp,  Joseph  Capps,  William  Rate- 
kin,  Alexander  McDonald. 

1855 — William  Branson,  Nimrod  Deweese,  Joel  Goodrick,  Benjamin 
Cassell,  Timothy  D.  Eames. 

1856 — Stephen  Sutton,  Michael  Rapp,  James  S.  Anderson,  Edward 
Elliot,  Cyrus  Mathews. 

1857 — Michael  Rapp,  Edward  Lambert,  William  H.  Broadwell, 
Lewis  Hatfield,  Stephen  Sutton. 

1858— E.  T.  Miller,  William  G.  Gallaher,  Charles  Daltou,  Jonathan 
Neeley,  Henry  C.  Coffman. 

1859 — Isaac  D.  Rawlings,  Michael  Rapp,  Jesse  W.  Galbraith, 
Robert  C.  Bruce,  Isaac  L.  Morrison. 

I860— William  Ratekin,  Thomas  W.  Wright,  Wesley  Mathers, 
Edward  R.  Elliott,  Robert  C.  Bruce. 

1861 — Jonathan  Neeley,  Cyrus  H.  Knight,  Charles  Sample,  Abraham 
G.  Link,  Isaac  S.  Sieter. 

1862 — Elizur  Wolcott,  Oscar  D.  Fitzsimmons,  William  Branson,  Ben- 
jamin F.  Gass,  Edward  Lambert. 

1863 — William  Branson,  Benjamin  F.  Gass,  Oscar  D.  Fitzsimmons, 
Elizur  Wolcott,  Edward  Lambert. 

1864 — William  Branson,  Oscar  D.  Fitzsimmons,  Benjamin  F.  Gass, 
Alexander  Edgmon,  Charles  H.  Howard. 

1865 — Michael  Rapp,  Charles  McDonald,  Stephen  Ellis,  A.  Clark 
Wadsworth,  William  C.  Woodman. 

1866—  Ralph  Reynolds,  Charles  H.  Howard,  Elizur  Wolcott,  James 
H.  Lurton,  Isaac  J.  Ketcham. 

The  next  year  the  city  government  came  in  force.  The  officers  of 
the  City  of  Jacksonville,  as  they  appear  on  the  records  in  the  clerk's 
office,  from  that  date  until  now,  are  as  follows  : 

1867— Mayor,  John  Mathers  ;  Clerk,  H.  O.  Cassell ;  Marshal,  E.  M. 
Allen ;  Assessor  and  Collector,  A.  N.  McDonald  :  Street  Commissioner, 
Charles  Rockwell ;  Attorney,  Wm.  L.  English  ;  Aldermen — First  Ward, 
R.  T.  Osborne  ;  Second,  C.  H.  Howard  ;  Third,  D.  M.  Simmons  ;  Fourth, 
Alexander  Edgmon. 

1868— Mayor,  Wm.  P.  Barr ;  City  Clerk,  John  C.  Pyatt  (resigned), 
J.  J.  Rowen ;  Marshal,  Geo.  W.  Smith ;  Street  Commissioner,  Henry 
Rice  ;  Assessor  and  Collector,  W.  W.  Happy  ;  Attorney,  Wm.  Gallaher, 
jr.;  Aldermen,  First  Ward,  James  Redmond  ;  Second,  Edward  Lambert; 
Third,  D.  M.  Simmons,  Fourth,  Wm.  Branson. 


360  HISTORY   OP   MOEGAN   COUNTY. 

1869 — Mayor,  John  Mathers;  Clerk,  James  H.  Kellogg;  Marshal, 
James  A.  McKay  ;  Attorney,  Edward  Dunn  ;  Assessor  and  Collector,  W. 
W.  Happy  ;  Street  Commissioner,  Charles  Rockwell  ;  Aldermen,  First 
Ward,  Irvin  Dunlap,  L,  Weigand  ;  Second,  Geo.  M.  McConnell,  William 
Knox  ;  Third,  E.  T.  Miller,  Win.  Hamilton,  jr.;  Fourth,  Alexander  Edg- 
mon,  R.  C.  Bruce. 

1870 — Mayor,  Wra.  Branson  ;  Clerk,  A.  N.  McDonald ;  Marshal, 
J.  M.  Swales  ;  Attorney,  James  H.  Kellogg ;  Assessor  and  Collector, 
Wm.  G.  Johnson;  Street  Commissioner,  Wm.  D.  Humphrey;  Aldermen, 
First  Ward,  Irvin  Dunlap,  Daniel  Redmond  ;  Second,  Jonathan  Neeley, 
Joseph  Caups;  Third,  John  H.  Fink,  Wm.  Hamilton,  jr.;  Fourth,  J.  H. 
Bancroft,  J.  \V.  Hall. 

1871 — Mayor,  Wm.  Ratekin ;  Clerk,  A.  N.  McDonald;  Marshal, 
Wm.  Needham  ;  Attorney,  O.  A.  DeLeuw  ;  Assessor  and  Collector, 
Wm.  G.  Johnson;  Street  Commissioner,  Alfred  Boungard  ;  Aldermen, 
First  Ward,  R.  M.  Gregory,  F.  F.  Shcmalz ;  Second,  Jos.  Capps,  Jona- 
than Neely ;  Third,  Jas.  Montgomery,  Jas.  M.  Mitchell ;  Fourth,  Josiah 
Gorham,  Chas.  K.  Sawyer. 

1872 — Mayor,  George  M.  McConnell ;  Clerk,  John  N.  Marsh  :  Mar- 
shal, Wm.  Needham  ;  Attorney,  Edward  Dunn ;  Assessor  and  Collector, 
Bazzil  Davenport ;  Street  Commissioner,  Francis  Long  with  ;  Aldermen, 
First  Ward,  M.  H.  Walsh,  L.  Weigand ;  Second,  Charles  E.  Ross,  Henry 
R.  Johnson;  Third,  M.  Rapp,  J.  M.  Ewing;  Fourth,  D.  W.  Fairbanks, 
Dr.  C.  Fisher. 

1873 — Mayor,  Mat,  Stacey ;  Clerk,  Ben.  R.  Upham  ;  Marshal,  F.  M. 
Springer;  Attorney,  George  J.  Dod ;  Assessor  and  Collector,— 

;  Street  Commissioner,  Ellis  M.  Allen  ;  Aldermen,    First    Ward,    B. 

F.  Gass,  W.  S.  Hurst;  Second,  C.  E.  Ross,  J.  I.  Chambers ;  Third,  B.  W. 
Simmons,  W.  S.  Richards;  'Fourth,  Dr.  Clinton  Fisher,  A.  W.  Jackson. 

1874 — Mayor,  James  O.  King  ;  Clerk,  B.  R.  Upham  ;  Marshal,  Jas. 
S.  Hurst ;  Attorney,  Jas.  N.  Brown  ;  Assessor  and  Collector,  B.  Daven- 
port;  Street  Commissioner,  T.  N.  Jewsbury;  Aldermen,  First  Ward,  W. 
P.  Gallon,  V.  E.  Higgins  ;  Second,  Phillip  Lee,  Easley  Moore  ;  Third, 
H.  C.  Stewart,  Wm.  Hackman  ;  Fourth,  Abram  Wood,  A.  W.  Jackson. 

1875 — Mayor,  Wesley  Mathers;  Clerk,  Ben.  R.  Upham;  Marshal, 
Charles  O.  Sperry ;  Attorney,  R.  D.  Russell;  Assessor  and  Collector,  B. 
Davenport  ;  Street  Commissioner,  John  A.  Schaub  ;  Aldermen,  First 
Ward,  V.  E.  Higgins,  W.  P.  Gallon ;  Second,  S.  H.  Thompson,  S.  E. 
Greenleaf ;  Third,  E.  Hamilton,  A.  R.  Gregory;  Fourth,  Abram  Wood, 
Jos.  Tomlinson. 

1876 — Mayor,  Ed.  S.  Greenleaf;  Clerk,  Ben.  R.  Upham;  Marshal, 
C.  O.  Speiry  ;  Attorney,  John  G.  Morrison  ;  (no  Commissioner  appointed); 
Aldermen,  First  Ward,  L.  S.  Olmsted,  C.  Widmayer ;  Second,  Jas.  Scott, 
W.  C.  Carter;  Third,  A.  R.  Gregory,  T.  J.  Bronson ;  Fourth,  G.  S. 
Russel,  Geo.  Hayden. 

1877— Mayor,  E.  S.  Greenleaf ;  Clerk,  Henry  W.  Hunt;  Marshal, 
C.  O.  Sperry;  Attorney,  Robert  D.  Russell;  Street  Commissioner,  John 
A.  Schaub;  Aldermen,  First  Ward,  G.  W.  Hobbs,  Nat.  Kitner ;  Second, 
V.  E.  Higgins,  James  Scott;  Third,  Dr.  J.  P.  Willard,  W.  S.  Snyder  ; 
Fourth,  G.  S.  Russel,  Geo.  Hayden. 

1878 — Mayor,   S.  Henry  Thompson  ;  Clerk,  Henry  W.  Hunt ;  Mar- 


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shal,  David  Schoonover,  jr.;  Attorney,  J.  A.  Bellatti ;  Street  Commis- 
sioner, T.  N.  Jewsbuiy ;  Chief  Fire  Department,  William  Harrison ; 
Treasurer,  Win.  E.  Veitcli  ;  Aldermen,  First  Ward,  J.  H.  Myers,  Nat. 
Kitner;  Second,  John  Hopper,  M.  H.  Carroll  ;  Third,  W.  S.  Snyder,  J. 
R.  Loar ;  Fourth,  D.  B.  Smith,  Geo.  Hayden. 

The  Police  Department,  under  the  present  system,  was  organized 
in  1867,  when  the  city  charter  was  adopted.  The  force  consists  of  the 
city  marshal,  who  is  chief,  and  five  policemen.  The  marshal  is  the  only 
one  elected  by  the  people,  the  others  being  appointed  by  the  mayor  and 
confirmed  by  the  council.  One  of  the  policemen  is  also  keeper  of  the 
calaboose,  or  city  prison.  The  headquarters  of  the  force  is  at  the  city 
prison. 

THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT 

Is  composed  of  volunteer  companies ;  the  chief  and  his  assistant 
being  the  only  persons  receiving  pay.  The  department  was  created  by 
an  ordinance  passed  in  1867,  and  within  thirty  days  from  its  passage, 
they  were  equipped  and  ready  for  duty.  There  are  three  hose  compan- 
ies, one  engine  and  hose  company,  and  one  hook  and  ladder  company. 
The  force  consists  of  fifteen  members  to  each  hose  company,  twenty 
members  to  the  hook  and  ladder  company,  and  thirty-five  members  to  the 
engine  and  hose  company.  The  engine  is  used  only  in  cases  where  fires 
occur  away  from  the  water-mains,  and  where  fires  are  confined  to  high 
buildings. 

The  Fire  Department  is  most  efficient  in  its  work,  being  supplied 
with  all  the  modern  improvements.  Mainly  through  the  efforts  of  Mr. 
George  Hayden —  the  Chairman  of  the  Fire  Department  Committee  of 
the  City  Council — is  due  the  fact  that  Jacksonville  has  one  of  the  b.est 
equipped  fire  departments  in  central  Illinois.  Captain  William  Harrison 
is  the  present  chief. 

CEMETERIES. 

Diamond  G-rove  Cemetery,  was  purchased  by  the  city  of  Jacksonville 
in  1866.  It  is  located  about  southwest  of  the  square.  The  site  chosen  is 
a  beautiful  one,  and  contains  about  forty  acres.  Its  rolling  ground  is 
plea-ing,  and  is  interspersed  with  a  natural  growth  of  trees  and  shrubs, 
making  its  landscape  beaut}'  unsurpassed,  for  the  purpose  designed.  It 
is  a  picturesque  retreat,  well  adapted  as  a  sacred  spot  for  the  reception 
of  the  departed,  where  monuments  to  their  memory  are  preserved  and 
tenderly  cared  for.  Many  monuments  have  been  erected,  and  other 
improvements  made,  which  add  beauty  to,  and  adorn  the  grounds,  mak- 
ing it  one  of  the  most  beautiful  cemeteries  in  this  part  of  the  State. 

Jacksonville  Cemetery  contains  about  thirty  acres,  and  lies  one  mile 
northeast  of  the  public  square.  This  is  the  oldest  cemetery  used  by  the 
city,  and  is  a  beautiful  place ;  being  nicely  shaded  by  large  forest  trees. 
The  grounds  are  beautifully  laid  out,  and  are  adorned  with  evergreens  and 
flowers.  Many  of  those  who,  during  their  lives,  held  high  positions  in 
this  community  and  elsewhere,  lie  buried  here.  In  this  cemetery  lies  the 
remains  of  the  great  "  war  governor,"  Hon.  Richard  Yates.  Of 
late  years  the  "  Diamond  Grove  "  cemetery  has  been  used  more  than  this 
one. 


362  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

LODGES,  ASSOCIATIONS,  AND  SOCIETIES. 

A.  F.  and  A.  M.  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  3,  was  chartered  April, 
1840.  Present  membership,  108.  Meets  first  and  third  Mondays  in 
each  month.  Jacksonville  Lodge  No.  570,  was  chartered  October,  1867. 
Present  membership,  100.  Meets  first  and  third  Thursdays  of  eacli 
month.  Jacksonville  Chapter,  No.  3,  was  chartered  October,  1850.  The 
present  membership  is  150.  Meets  second  and  fourth  Mondays  in  each 
month.  Jacksonville  Council,  No.  5,  was  chartered  September,  1855. 
Present  membership,  75.  It  is  under  the  control  of  the  Chapter  officers. 
Hospital  Commandery,  K.  T.,  No.  31,  was  chartered  October,  1869.  Its 
present  membership  is  102.  Meets  first  and  third  Tuesdays  in  each 
month.  All  of  the  Masonic  bodies  meet  in  Masonic  Temple,  on  West 
State  Street. 

/.  0.  0.  F.  Illini  Lodge,  No.  4,  was  chartered  July,  1838.  Pres- 
ent membership,  175.  Urania  Lodge,  No.  234,  was  chartered  August, 
1850.  Present  membership,  140.  Ridgley  Encampment,  No.  9,  was 
chartered  1850.  Present  membership,  140.  These  bodies  meet  in  Odd 
Fellows  Hall,  north  side  of  the  square. 

A.  0.  U.  W.  The  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  No.  19,  was 
chartered  October,  1876,  their  present  membership  is  75.  Lodge  room, 
Music  Hall,  south  side  square. 

K.  of  H.  '  Knights  of  Honor  Lodge,  No.  828,  was  chartered  Dec.  26, 
1877.  They  have  a  membership  of  40,  which  is  rapidly  increasing.  Place 
of  meeting,  Music  Hall,  south  side  square. 

Military.  The  Militia  consists  of  two  companies  of  young  men, 
sworn  in  under  the  militia  law  of  the  State,  for  a  term  of  five  years.  The 
Morgan  Cadets,  Co.  I,  Fifth  Regiment,  I.  N.  G.,  number  56  men,  and 
were  organized  July  26,  1876.  They  are  commanded  by  Captain  Wm. 
Harrison,  who  served  as  Captain  of  Co.  A. Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Illinois 
Volunteers,  during  the  war.  The  Light  Guards,  Co.  K,  Fifth  Regiment, 
I.  N.  G.,  was  organized  in  1876,  and  number  50  men.  Their  Captain, 
James  M.  Swales,  served  during  the  war  as  Lieutenant  of  Co.  A,  Tenth 
Regiment.  Illinois  Volunteers.  Both  companies  are  uniformed  and 
equipped ;  and  did  good  service  at  East  St.  Louis,  during  the  Summer  of 
'77,  aiding  in  the  suppression  of  the  railroad  strike.  Both  companies 
meet  for  drill  on  Tuesday  and  Thursday  evenings,  of  each  week.  The 
Cadets  occupy  Odean  Hall ;  the  Light  Guards,  Osborne  Hall. 

Y.  M.  G.  A.  This  society  was  organized  in  1874.  It  was  an  out- 
growth of  a  revival  held  by  Mr.  E.  P.  Hammond,  so  well  known  in  reli- 
gious circles.  About  twenty  persons  joined  the  association.  Dr.  H.  A. 
Gilman  was  chosen  president,  which  position  he  held  until  1876,  when  he 
resigned,  and  Mr.  R.  D.  Russell  was  chosen  to  fill  the  position.  Their 
first  meetings  were  held  in  a  hall  on  the  north  side  of  the  square,  after- 
ward they  occupied  a  room  on  East  State  Street,  where  they  opened  a 
soup  house  and  reading  room.  From  this  place  they  removed  to  their 
present  rooms  in  Ayers'  block.  There  are  now  about  150  members.  The 
association  corfducts  a  Sunday  school,  on  South  Main  Street,  and  a  night 
school  at  its  rooms,  during  the  winter.  They  also  conduct  a  young  peo- 
ple's meeting,  every  Sunday  afternoon. 

Heading  Room  and  Library.     The  Jacksonville  Free  Reading  Room 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  363 

and  Library  Association  was  organized  in  April,  1874,  by  members  of 
the  Jacksonville  Library,  acting  with  members  of  the  Woman's  Temper- 
ance Union.  A  board  of  seven  managers  was  elected,  a  subscription 
paper  circulated,  and  a  free  reading  room  opened. 

At  this  stage  the  Odd  Fellows  of  Jacksonville  offered  their  library 
and  bookcases,  containing  nineteen  hundred  volumes,  to  the  Board 
of  Managers,  for  six  hundred  dollars.  Another  subscription-paper  was 
circulated,  the  necessary  amount  was  subscribed  and  collected,  and  the 
library  bought  and  opened  to  the  public  in  connection  with  the  reading 
room. 

At  the  same  time,  the  Association  was  incorporated  under  the 
General  Incorporation  Law  of  Illinois. 

The  Constitution  of  the  Association  forbids  the  creation  of  any  debt. 

One  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  goes  out  of  office  on  the  first 
of  each  year.  The  vacancy  so  created  is  filled  by  the  nomination  by  the 
mayor,  and  the  ratification  by  the  board,  of  a  person  to  that  office. 

The  office  of  Librarian  is  filled  by  Mrs.  M.  V.  Hook,  who  has  been 
annually  elected  to  that  position. 

The  number  of  books  in  the  library  has  been  increased  by  purchase 
and  by  donations,  to  2800  volumes. 

The  use  of  the  papers  on  the  tables,  and  of  the  books  in  the  cases, 
is  free  to  all  persons  within  the  room.  Those  who  draw  books  for  home 
reading,  pay  twenty-five  cents  per  month  for  the  privilege. 

The  annual  expenses  of  the  Reading  Room  and  Library  have  been 
about  five  hundred  dollars.  Two  hundred  dollars  of  this  sum  has  been 
met  by  fees  paid  for  the  use  of  the  library.  The  remainder  has  been 
received  as  donations,  or  as  proceeds  of  public  lectures  or  entertainments. 

Owing  to  the  liberality  of  Col.  Chambers,  and  of  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co., 
no  rent  has  ever  been  paid  for  the  use  of  the  rooms  occupied  by  the  read- 
ing room. 

The  Library  and  Reading  Room  is  kept  open  every  day  and 
evening  in  the  week  except  Sunday,  and  on  Sunday  it  is  open  from 
2  till  6  o'clock  p.  m. 

The  Jacksonville  Medical  and  Scientific  Association  has  placed  its 
books  and  periodicals  in  the  library,  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  reading  room. 

The  Jacksonville  Horticultural  Society  has  also  adopted  the  same 
plan  with  its  five  periodicals,  and  its  special  library  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  volumes. 

Owing  to  the  prudence  and  catholicity  of  the  Board  of  Managers, 
all  disturbing  questions  have  been  avoided  in  its  management,  and  the 
reading  room  is  one  institution  in  Jacksonville  to  which  all  wish  the 
greatest  prosperity. 

The  Jacksonville  Library  Association  was  organized  in  January,  1871, 
and  was  incorporated  under  the  State  law  (of  Illinois)  in  December, 
1871.  The  ownership  of  the  books  and  other  property  of  the  Associa- 
tion is  represented  by  certificates  of  stock,  which  are  transferable, 
and  the  present  par  value  of  which  is  the  amount  of  the  original  assess- 
ment and  all  subsequent  ones.  The  number  of  stockholders  is  limited  to 
fifty.  The  affairs  of  the  Association  are  managed  by  a  board  of  seven 
trustees',  elected  annually  by  the  stockholders. 


364  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

The  library  now  contains  nine  hundred  volumes,  representing  an 
actual  cost  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars.  An  inspection  of  the  catalogue 
will  indicate,  in  some  measure,  the  character  of  the  books,  and  the  care 
which  has  been  exercised  in  their  selection.  Additions  will  be  made 
twice  a  year,  or  as  often  as  the  funds  of  the  association  permit.  A 
department  consisting  of  standard  works  of  reference,  such  as  encyclo- 
paedias and  dictionaries,  has  been  commenced,  and  will  be  enlarged  as 
soon  as  practicable.  In  periodical  literature,  the  library  receives  regu- 
larly the  British,  Edinburgh,  London,  Westminster  and  North  American 
Reviews  (quarterly),  the  International  Review  (bi-monthly),  Black- 
wood's  Magazine,  and  the  Popular  Science  Monthly.  It  is  the  design  of 
the  trustees  that  on  all  subjects  the  library  shall  furnish  standard  infor- 
mation to  inquirers,  students,  and  the  reading  public  generally. 

A  full  participation  in  the  use  of  the  library  is  now  offered  to 
any  person  for  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  quarter, 
or  five  dollars  per  year.  Certificates  of  stock  can  be  obtained,  and 
subscriptions  for  use  of  library  made  at  the  office  of  Hon.  E.  P.  Kirby,  in 
the  court  house,  or  at  the  library  room,  where  the  librarian  attends  on 
AVednesday  from  2  to  3  p.  m.,  and  on  Saturday  from  2:30  to  4  p.  m. 

The  present  officers  are  William  S.  Andras,  president ;  Edward  P. 
Kirby,  treasurer,  John  H.  Woods,  librarian  and  secretary. 

The  Art  Association  of  Jacksonville  was  organized  in  1873, 
chiefly  through  the  efforts,  and  at  the  instance  of  Mrs.  Ella  O. 
Browne,  and  was  incorporated  under  the  general  law  of  the  State, 
in  March,  1875.  Its  aims  and  objects  are  the  study  and  appreciation 
of  the  fine  arts,  especially  the  arts  of  design,  by  the  formation  of 
a  public  collection  of  art  treatises,  pictures,  engravings,  photographs, 
casts,  models,  and  such  other  material  as  may  aid  in  this  purpose  ;  and 
furthermore  by  lectures,  essays,  and  discussions  on  art  subjects.  It  holds 
monthly  meetings,  chiefly  of  a  literary  character,  at  which  various  topics 
pertaining  to  the  history,  theory,  and  practice  are  freely  discussed.  There 
is  also  a  fortnightly  meeting  for  the  more  particular  study  of  certain 
branches  of  art. 

Four  annual  exhibitions  have  been  given,  made  up  of  works  by  home 
artists,  or  from  private  collections,  with  several  valuable  paintings  loaned 
by  artists  in  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  and  neighboring  cities.  These  exhibi- 
tions have  not  only  proved  pecuniarily  successful,  but  have  had  an  excel- 
lent and  pervasive  influence  upon  the  whole  community,  in  educating 
their  tastes,  and  cultivating  their  perceptions  of  the  truly  beautiful.  The 
association  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  with  a  small  collection  of  works 
of  art,  and  a  goodly  balance  in  the  treasury,  available  for  further  pur- 
chases. 

The  present  officers  of  the  association  are  :  T.  J.  Pitner,  president ; 
John  H.  Woods,  secretary ;  Henry  H.  Hall,  treasurer. 

Jacksonville  Literary  Union.  This  societ}'  was  organized  fourteen 
years  ago.  Its  object,  as  stated  in  its  constitution,  is  to  promote  useful 
knowledge  and  correct  taste  among  its  members,  and  to  devise  plans  for 
the  good  of  society. 

The  number  of  members  is  limited  to  twenty,  and  its  ranks  are 
always  full.  It  includes  law\Ters,  doctors,  ministers,  teachers,  and  others, 
of  every  shade  of  political  and  religious  belief.  Including  the  acting 


'  COUNTY  COMMISSIONER 
JACKSONVILLE. 


HISTORY   OF    MORGAN    COUNTY.  365 

members,  sixty-one  persons  have  been  connected  with  the  Union  since  its 
organization.     Election  to  membership  requires  a  unanimous  vote. 

Meetings  are  held  weekly  at  the  houses  of  the  different  members. 
Visitors  are  freely  admitted  on  the  introduction  of  a  member. 

The  exercises  are  introduced  in  a  conversation,  a  debate,  an  essay, 
or  a  select  reading.  After  the  topic  is  introduced,  each  member  is  at  lib- 
erty to  express  his  views  on  the  subject.  In  this  manner  three  hours  a 
week  are  usually  spent  in  instructive  and  entertaining  discussion. 

At  each  meeting  any  member  can  propose  topics  for  consideration, 
and  if  there  is  no  objection  they  are  entered  on  a  topic  book,  subject  to 
future  selection.  In  this  manner  a  list  of  1,170  topics  has  been  recorded. 
Two  hundred  of  these  were  added  during  the  past  year.  More  than  half 
of  these  topics  have  been  discussed,  at  different  times,  before  the  Union. 

The  free  expression  of  educated  and  liberal  thought  which  obtains 
in  the  Literary  Union,  exerts  much  influence  on  society. 

The  Club  is  a  voluntary  association  of  gentlemen  residing  in  the  City 
of  Jacksonville,  for  the  purpose  of  mutual  entertainment  and  instruction. 
It  was  organized  at  the  house  of  ProfessorW.  D.  Sanders,  September  17, 
1861,  by  sixteen  gentlemen  adopting  a  constitution  and  signing  their  names 
to  the  same.  Any  gentleman  may  become  a  member  by  being  proposed  at 
any  regular  meeting,  and  at  a  subsequent  meeting  receiving  the  unanimous 
vote  of  all  the  members  present.  The  number  was  originally  limited  to 
seventeen,  but  afterward  increased  to  twenty,  besides  a  few  who,  for 
special  reasons,  have  been  placed  on  the  emeritus  list,  and  excused  from 
regular  attendance.  The  club  meets  twice  each  month,  on  the  second 
and  fourth  Monday  evenings.  The  place  of  meeting,  leader,  and  topic, 
are  designated  at  the  meeting  previous  to  the  discussions. 

The  leader  is  the  presiding  officer  when  he  leads  the  discussion,  which 
may  be  written  or  oral. 

After  the  leader  each  member  is  called  upon  in  regular  order,  passing 
from  right  to  left,  and  may  occupy  ten  minutes. 

Meetings  are  held  at  the  houses  of  the  members  by  invitation.  The 
following  are  the  names  of  the  gentlemen  who  originally  signed  the 
constitution:  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  Henry  Jones,  Samuel  Adams,  David  A. 
Smith,  Rufus  C.  Crampton,  Andrew  McFarland,  Wm.  G.  Gallaher, 
Marshall  P.  Ayres,  D.  H.  Hamilton,  Wm.  D.  Sanders,  E.  Wolcott, 
C.  H.  Marshall,  Rufus  Nutting,  jr.,  Edward  P.  Kirby,  J.  B.  Turner, 
W.  S.  Russell.  At  this  first  meeting  E.  Wolcott  was  chosen  secretary, 
and  continued  in  the  active  service  of  the  club  nearly  eleven  years.  Of 
the  sixteen  original  signers,  ten  are  still  members  of  the  club.  Three 
have  died,  and  three  moved  away.  James  Berdan  was  admitted  at  the 
second  meeting.  Since  the  organization  the  following  persons  have  been 
admitted :  David  Prince,  Henry  E.  Dummer,  Isaac  L.  Morrison,  C.  M. 
Morse,  H.  V.  D.  Nevins,  H.  E.  Storrs,  S.  M.  Morton,  M.  Grosvenor, 
W.W.  Harsha,  Eli  Corwin,  D.  W.  Fairbank.  These  are  all  still  members. 
Besides  these,  nine  others  have  been  admitted,  some  of  whom  have  died, 
and  the  rest  removed.  Since  Mr.  Wolcott,  three  have  acted  as  secretaries, 
James  Berdan,  H.  E.  Storrs,  and  Mason  Grosvenor. 

The  Plato  Club  is  an  association  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  for  the  dis- 
cussion of  Plato  and  his  writings.      Meetings  are  held  every  Saturday 
forenoon,  at  the  house  of  Joseph  O.  King,  Esq.,  at  which  time  interesting 
K 


366  HISTORY  or  IIO&GAN  COUNTY. 


discussions  are  held.  The  club  has  been  in  existence  for  a  period  of  six- 
teen years,  during  which  time  the  meetings  have  been  presided  over  by 
Dr.  Hiram  K.  Jones. 

The  Club  is  composed  of  some  of  the  best  and  most  influential  citi- 
zens in  Jacksonville. 

Jacksonville  Horticultural  Society.  This  society  was  organized  July 
3,  1869,  having  for  its  object  the  advancement  of  the  horticultural  inter- 
ests of  Morgan  Co.  The  following  officers  were  elected  to  serve  for  the 
term  of  one  year  :  E.  Lambert,  president  ;  R.  Reynolds,  vice-president  ; 
E.  Mason,  secretary  ;  Mrs.  E.  Walcott,  treasurer.  The  third  article  of 
the  constitution  reads  as  follows  : 

"  Its  members  shall  consist  of  all  persons  who  have  paid  an 
annual  fee  of  one  dollar,  and  subscribed  their  names  to  the  constitution  ; 
and  of  such  honorary  members  as  the  society  may  unanimously  elect  at 
any  regular  meeting.  The  wives  of  members  shall  be  members  without 
fee." 

Forty  persons  paid  the  necessary  fee,  and  became  members  of  the 
society.  The  regular  meetings  occur  upon  the  first  Saturday  of  each 
month,  at  such  place  as  the  society  may  designate.  These  meetings  have 
been  held  regularly  during  the  past  nine  years.  The  proceedings  have 
been  published  in  the  local  papers,  and  their  influence  has  been  very  valu- 
able and  widespread.  Exhibitions  have  been  held  annually,  and  the  rapid 
increase  in  their  popularity  proves  that  the  people  are  not  slow  to  appreci- 
ate an  organization  which  labors  unceasingly  for  the  advancement  of  their 
welfare.  The  interest  awakened  in  the  cultivation  of  house  and  bedding 
plants  alone,  has  built  up  and  liberally  patronized  two  large  establishments 
for  their  propagation  here  in  this  city.  Twelve  standing  committees,  each 
consisting  of  three  practical  hoiticulturists,  whose  duty  it  is  to  study  the 
different  branches  of  the  art  and  report  the  result  of  their  investigations, 
are  appointed  annually,  and  have  been  the  means  of  developing  many 
interesting  and  valuable  facts  in  connection  with  their  different  fields  of 
labor.  Through  the  zeal  of  its  early  officers,  and  the  liberality  of  the 
citizens  of  Jacksonville,  the  society  was  enabled  to  accumulate  an  excel- 
lent library,  comprising  the  choicest  scientific  and  practical  works  upon 
horticulture  now  extant.  It  has  been  transferred  to  the  Free  Reading 
Room,  where  it  is  accessible  to  the  general  public  as  well  as  to  members 
of  the  society.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are  :  Hon.  Ed.  Scott, 
•president  ;  Charles  Catlin,  vice-president  ;  Dr.  H.  W.  Milligan,  corre- 
sponding secretary  and  librarian  ;  A.  L.  Hay,  recording  secretary  ;  Miss  M. 
E.  Catlin,  treasurer.  Any  questions  upon  horticultural  subjects  will  be 
cheerfully  answered  by  the  corresponding  secretary,  through  the  press  or 
by  mail,  if  desired. 

The  Jacksonville  Natural  History  Society  was  organized  in  1871.  The 
number  of  active  members  is  limited  to  twenty.  Meetings  are  held  twice 
a  month  at  the  houses  of  members.  The  object  of  the  society  is  to  extend 
and  improve  the  knowledge  of  the  different  departments  of  natural  his- 
tory among  its  members  and  the  community.  During  the  first  two  years 
of  its  existence  the  society  was  engaged  in  the  study  of  geology.  While 
Professor  Dana  was  followed  as  a  text,  every  obtainable  authority  was 
consulted  and  discussed.  The  next  two  years  were  devoted  to  the  study 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  367 

of  botany.  Professor  Gray  was  considered  the  text  in  this  branch,  but 
the  discussions  often  took  a  wide  scope,  involving  the  economic  and  social 
relations  of  plants  to  man.  The  next  two  years  were  given  to  zoology. 
In  this  department  Professor  Tenney's  classification  was  followed.  The 
whole  animal  kingdom,  from  zoophytes  to  man,  was  discussed,  and  the 
functions,  structure,  relations,  and  classification,  discussed.  The  society 
next  took  up  Darwin's  "  Origin  of  Species  "  as  a  text,  and  is  now  busied 
with  the  problems  of  "  Natural  Selection,"  and  the  "  Survival  of  the 
Fittest." 

Sorosis.  This  society,  composed  entirely  of  ladies,  was  organized 
November  30,  1868.  It  object  is  the  moral,  mental,  and  physical  culture 
of  its  members.  Its  meetings  are  held  on  Friday  evenings  of  each  week, 
at  the  residences  of  the  members.  The  exercises  consist  of  essays,  debates, 
readings,  discussion  of  authors,  and  social  conversation.  The  maximum 
membership  is  twenty-five. 

The  Microscopical  Society.  On  the  20th  of  January,  1887,  Dr.  H.  K.  f 
Jones,  Dr.  David  Prince,  Prof.  H.  E.  Storrs,  W.  O.  Pollard,  Esq.,  and 
Dr.  G.  V.  Black,  met  at  the  residence  of  the  lalter,  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  society  which  should  have  for  its  object  the  advancement  of 
microscopical  science  and  its  allied  branches.  A  constitution  was  adopted 
which  provides  that  the  number  of  members  shall  not  exceed  fifteen,  and 
that  the  officers  shall  be  a  president,  vice-president,  and  secretary.  At 
each  meeting  some  one  member  is  responsible  for  a  suitable  subject  for 
discussion  and  illustration,  and  is  responsible  for  specimens  directly  illus- 
trative. The  regular  meetings  of  the  society  are  held  on  the  first  Friday 
evening  of  each  month,  when  there  are  generally  several  interested 
visitors  present.  The  officers  of  the  society  are :  Dr.  H.  W.  Milligan, 
president;  Miss  Alice  Rhoads,  vice-president,  and  Miss  Louise  Fuller, 
secretary. 

The  Morgan  County  Medical  Society,  was  organized  in  1866.  It  is 
composed  of  doctors  throughout  the  entire  county.  Meetings  are  held 
monthly,  at  which  time  papers  are  read,  and  discussions  are  held  on  various 
topics  relating  to  the  medical  profession.  The  design  of  the  society  is 
the  promotion  of  knowledge  among  its  members,  and  to  cultivate  a  more 
intimate  acquaintance  one  with  another.  The  officers  are:  Dr.  E.  D. 
Wing,  president ;  Dr.  G.  V.  Black,  secretary,  and  Dr.  W.  H.  H.  King, 
treasurer. 

The  Jacksonville  Medical  Club,  was  organized  in  March,  1878.  It  is 
composed  of  physicians  living  in  the  City  of  Jacksonville.  The  object 
of  the  club  is  similar  to  that  of  the  Morgan  County  Medical  Society.  Its 
meetings  are  held  bi-weekly,  and  are  well  attended. 

P.  E.  0.  This  Chapter  was  organized  in  this  city  in  1870,  by  the 
young  lady  graduates  of  the  Presbyterian  Academy.  The  object  of  the 
society  is  for  the  mental  culture  and  social  improvement  of  its  members. 
The  meetings  are  held  two  Saturdays  of  each  month,  at  the  residences  of 
its  members.  The  membership  is  gradually  increasing.  The  officers 
are  :  Miss  Ida  Harsha,  president ;  Miss  Julia  Lathrop,  secretary. 

THE  CHURCHES. 

The  First  Presbyterian  and  Central  Presbyterian  Churches  were 
organized  as  one  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  1827  —  over  fifty  years  ago  — 
with  twelve  members,  five  male  and  seven  females.  It  was  then  called 


368  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COTTXTY. 

the  *k  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Morgan  County,"  b.eing  the  first  of 
that  denomination  organized  in  the  county,  and  the  first  to  erect  a  house 
of  worship  within  its  limits.  The  names  of  these  pioneer  founders  con- 
stituting this  church  appear  on  the  record  as  follows  :  "  John  Leeper  and 
Fidelia  his  wife,  Edwin  A.  Mears  and  Sarah  his  wife,  James  Hears  and 
Polly  his  wife,  and  Harvey  McClung,  all  from  the  Shoal  Creek  Church  ; 
James  Kerr  and  Janet  his  wife,  from  the  First  Reformed  Church  in  the 
city  of  New  York ;  Wm.  C.  Posey  and  Sarah  his  wife,  from  Winchester 
and  Paris  churches  in  Kentucky,  and  Hector  C.  Taylor  from  Hindsbury, 
Vermont."  The  organization  took  place  at  the  house  of  John  Leeper, 
about  one  mile  south  of  town,  in  a  grove  directly  east  of  where  the 
Asylum  for  the  Insane  now  stands.  "  This  little  Christian  community," 
says  the  Rev.  L.  M.  Glover,  in  a  sermon  preached  at  the  quarter  century 
celebration  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  from  which  these  items 
are  taken,  "took  for  their  name  '  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Morgan  County.'  In  1837,  the  style  became  '  The  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Jacksonville;"  and  subsequently,"  after  the  division  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  into  the  Old  and  New  School  Assemblies,  "  the  name  it  now 
bears."  Among  the  constituent  members,  Mr.  Posey  seems  to  have  been 
the  leading  spirit.  Rev.  W.  W.  Harsha,  pastor  of  the  Central  Church, 
in  a  sermon  preached  at  the  dedication  of  their  present  house  of  worship 
on  April  19,  1874,  and  from  which  extracts  are  also  made,  says  of  him : 
"  He  was  a  son  of  the  first  Territorial  governor  of  Indiana.  He  had  been 
a  merchant  in  Kentucky,  but  desiring  to  better  his  condition,  made  a 
journey  on  horseback  from  that  State  to  Missouri.  Not  pleased  with 
what  he  saw  there,  he  decided  to  return  to  his  former  home  and  remain. 
When  in  the  Mississippi  bottom  he  missed  his  path,  and  instead  of  taking 
a  southeasterly  direction,  he  went  northeasterly,  and  was  far  on  his  way 
toward  Morgan  County  before  he  discovered  his  mistake.  Making  then 
some  inquiry  as  to  the  character  of  the  country  before  him,  he  received 
such  glowing  accounts  of  this  region  of  Illinois  from  the  early  settlers 
along  the  road,  that  he  concluded  to  see  Jacksonville  before  returning  to 
his  former  home.  He  came,  he  saw,  he  was  captivated.  He  returned  to 
his  family,  and  as,  soon  as  his  affairs  in  Kentucky  could  be  arranged  he 
moved  to  this  place,  settling  on  the  land  he  had  purchased,  one  and  one- 
half  miles  southeast  of  town.  His  first  concern,  as  appears  from  his 
diary,  was  to  secure  a  church,  where  he  and  his  family  could  worship 
the  God  of  their  fathers. 

"  The  Rev.  John  A.  Brich,  a  Presbyterian  missionary,  was  present  and 
presided  at  the  organization.  Wm.  C.  Posey  and  John  Leeper  were 
elected  and  ordained  ruling  elders.  Mr.  Brich  continued  to  act  as  Stated 
Supply  for  about  one  year,  when,  in  1828,  Rev.  John  M.  Ellis  was  called 
and  installed  as  the  first  pastor.  Mr.  Ellis  remained  and  labored  efficiently 
with  the  church  until  December,  1831,  when  at  his  own  request  he  was 
released.  For  four  years  the  church  was  without  a  settled  pastor,  when, 
in  December,  1835,  Rev.  A.  H.  Dashiell,  was  installed.  Mr.  Dashiell 
remained  but  about  one  year,  when  he  resigned,  and  in  December,  1837, 
Rev.  Ralph  W.  Gridley  entered  upon  the  pastorate,  and  was  in  the  active 
exercise  of  his  ministerial  functions,  when  the  division  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  in  the  United  States  took  place,  resulting  in  what  was  known 
as  the  Old  School  and  New  School  Assembles. 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  369 

"The  Jacksonville  Presbyterian  Church,  like  many  others  throughout 
the  land,  was  rent  in  twain  by  this  division.  There  were  three  elders  in 
the  church  at  that  time:  Wm.  C.  Posey,  David  B.  Ayers,  and  Daniel  C. 
Pierson.  Mr.  Posey  and  a  minority  in  the  church  sympathizing  strongly 
with  the  Old  School  Assembly,  adhered  to  that  body,  and  carried  their 
cause  before  the  Synod  of  Illinois,  which  met  in  Peoria  in  September, 
1838.  The  Synod  after  hearing  the  case  took  the  following  action : 

"PEORIA,  Sept.  28,  1838. 

"  On  motion  resolved :  In  accordance  with  the  act  No.  1,  and  its 
sections,  of  the  late  General  Assembly,  that  the  minority  of  the  session 
and  church  of  Jacksonville,  be  and  they  are  declared  to  be  the  session 
and  church  of  Jacksonville. 

"  A  true  copy  of  the  records  of  the  Synod  of  Illinois. 

"  J.  G.  BERGEN,  Stated  Clerk." 

The  majority  of  the  church  with  its  elders,  were,  of  course,  recog- 
nized by  the  courts  adhering  to  the  New  School  Assembly,  and  thus 
there  were  here  in  existence  two  churches,  each  tracing  its  origin  to  the 
original  act  of  organization,  and  having  a  common  history  from  1827  to 
1838.  The  records  and  property  were  surrendered  without  litigation  to 
the  party  which  adhered  to  the  New  School  Assembly.  This  church 
retained  the  old  name,  The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jacksonville,  until 
1870,  when,  upon  the  re-union  of  the  two  Assemblies,  it  took  the  name 
of  the  "Central  Presbyterian  Church,"  the  other  church  having  adopted 
some  years  ago  the  name  of  the  "  First  Presbyterian  Church."  In  June 
1877,  the  semi-centennial  celebration  of  Presbyterianism  in  this  county 
was  held  in  Jacksonville.  The  Journal  of  Friday,  June  29th,  contained 
an  excellent  resume  of  the  history  of  that  denomination  in  the  county, 
which  we  here  quote.  Speaking  of  the  First  Church,  the  paper  says : 

"  At  the  time  of  the  separation  the  majority,  probably  about  one 
hundred,  of  the  Jacksonville  church  adhered  to  the  New  School  Assem- 
bly, and  with  Rev.  R.  W.  Gridley,  pastor,  and  a  majority  of  the  session, 
continued  to  occupy  the  old  church,  on  West  State  Street,  where  the 
Central  is  now  located.  The  first  edifice  upon  the  present  site  was 
built  in  1847  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  It  was  a  brick  structure,  45x70  feet 
in  size.  This  church  just  after  having  been  refurnished  in  1861,  was 
totally  destroyed  by  fire,  December  first.  The  congregation  occupied 
Strawn's  hall  (now  Opera  House),  until  the  present  commodious  and 
comely  structure  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $60,000.  The  corner  stone 
was  laid  August  4, 1864,  and  the  completed  church  dedicated  January  6, 
1867. 

Rev.  R.  W.  Gridley  continued  as  pastor  only  about  two  years,  dying 
in  office  February  2, 1840.  Rev.  William  H.  Williams  succeeded,  being 
installed  in  May  1842.  He  resigned  in  September,  1853,  to  take  charge 
of  the  Jacksonville  Female  Academy.  Rev.  Chauncy  Eddy  was  installed 
June  30,  1844,  and  remained  until  the  Spring  of  1848.  In  October  of 
that  year,  Dr.  L.  M.  Glover,  the  present  pastor,  entered  upon  his  labors 
in  connection  with  this  church,  and  has  continued  them  until  this  date. 

The  Central  Church  was  found,  after  the  division,  to  contain  forty- 
two  members.  They  secured  the  services  of  Rev.  Andrew  Todd,  of 
Flemingsburg,  Ky.,  who  entered  upon  his  labors  in  the  Autumn  of  1838. 


370  HISrORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

They  worshiped  first  for  a  few  months  in  a  frame  building  which  stood  on 
the  north  end  of  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  Parkfhouse.  The  use  of 
the  building  was  given  by  Governor  Duncan.  Afterward  the  Congrega- 
tional church  was  secured,  at  a  nominal  rent.  In  the  meantime  prepara- 
tions were  made  for  the  erection  of  a  sanctuary  for  themselves,  and  in 
the  year  1840,  about  two  years  after  the  division  of  the  church,  the  frame 
building  on  West  State  Street  was  completed  —  the  lot  having  been 
donated  by  Colonel  John  J.  Hardin,  at  a  cost  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars, 
as  his  subscription.  In  this  sanctuary  the  congregation  worshiped  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  leaving  it  only  a  few  months  before  entering  the 
lecture  room  of  the  present  building,  in  1871. 

Since  the  division  in  1838,  this  church  has  had  four  settled  pastors. 
Rev.  Andrew  Todd,  from  November,  1838,  until  failing  health  compelled 
him,  in  the  Autumn  of  1849,  to  seek  a  warmer  climate.  He  continued 
to  fail,  until  on  the  second  day  of  September,  1850,  in  the  fifty-first  year 
of  his  age,  he  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  at  Casa  Bianca,  near  Monticello, 
Florida. 

After  the  death  of  this  gifted  man,  Rev.  J.  V.  Dodge  was  called  to 
the  pastorate.  Mr.  Dodge  continued  his  labors  but  four  years  and  a  half, 
from  the  Autumn  of  1850  until  the  Spring  of  1855,  when  wholly  at  his 
own  desire,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  He  still  lives,  at  Evans- 
ville,  Indiana,  a  highly  respected  minister  of  the  gospel,  in  connection 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

After  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Dodge,  the  Rev.  John  H.  Brown,  D.D., 
afterward  pastor  for  some  years  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Spring- 
field, Illinois,  acted  as  stated  supply  for  one  year.  From  September, 
1856,  until  the  following  spring,  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  different  per- 
sons, chiefly  by  Rev.  Dr.  Bergen,  of  Springfield.  In  1857,  Rev.  R.  W. 
Allen,  formerly  pastor  of  the  Pisgah  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Kentucky, 
took  charge  of  the  church  as  stated  supply.  Having  received  a  unani- 
mous call  to  the  pastorate,  Mr.  Allen  was  installed  December  5,  1858, 
and  continued  his  faithful  labors  until  May,  1867,  when  he  resigned. 
After  Mr.  Allen's  resignation,  the  church  was  without  a  pastor  for  two 
years,  during  which  time  they  were  dependent  upon  transient  supplies  for 
preaching,  with  the  exception  of  six  months,  when  they  enjoyed  the 
very  efficient  labors  of  Rev.  R.  J.  L.  Matthews,  formerly  of  Vandalia, 
Illinois. 

In  1869,  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  W.  W.  Harsha,  D.D.,  was  called 
from  the  South  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago.  He  was  born  in 
West  Hebron,  Washington  County,  N.  Y.  He  received  his  collegiate 
education  in  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  He  studied  law, 
but  shortly  after  entering  upon  the  practice,  changed  his  profession 
and  entered  the  ministry,  in  connection  with  the  Associate  Presby- 
terian Church.  Joined  the  Old  School  Church  in  1854.  He  com- 
menced his  ministry  in  Galena,  in  1846.  His  pastoral  charges  have 
been  at  Galena,  Hanover  Savanna,  Dixon,  Chicago,  and  Jackson- 
ville. He  took  charge  of  his  present  Church  in  May,  1869.  Received 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1872,  from  Fulton  College,  Missouri, 
of  which  institution  Rev.  Dr.  Price  was  at  the  time  President.  Ongoing 
to  Dixon,  in  1855,  he  founded  the  Presbyterian  Institution,  known  as  the 
Dixon  Collegiate  Institute,  and  acted  for  some  years  as  its  President. 


HISTOBY   OF  MOliGAN   COUNTY.  i>71 

During  the  thirty-nine  years — and  including  since  June,  1877 — that 
this  church  has  maintained  a  separate  existence,  about  eight  hundred 
persons  have  been  received  into  its  communion.  Its  present  house  of 
worship  was  completed  in  1874.  Its  cost,  including  the  lot,  was  thirty- 
three  thousand  dollars. 

Referring  to  the  Westminster  Church,  the  Journal  continues :  This 
is  the  youngest  of  the  English  speaking  Presbyterian  Churches  of  the 
city.  It  was  founded  by  thirty-four  members  of  the  First  Church  in  the 
Spring  of  1860.  A  plain  brick  house  of  worship  was  erected  that  year 
on  Westminster  Street,  the  present  site.  Dr.  David  H.  Hamilton  was 
installed  as  the  first  pastor  in  October,  1860,  and  continued  as  such  until 
January  1,  1872.  Dr.  H.  V.  D.  Nevins  was  next  called.  His  pastorate 
continued  until  his  resignation,  early  in  1874.  The  present  pastor,  Rev. 
S.  M.  Morton,  was  installed  in  October,  1874.  The  church  and  lot  origin- 
ally cost  seven  thousand  dollars,  with  extensive  improvements  in  1866 
and  1875. 

In  reference  to  the  Portuguese  Presbyterian  Churches,  the  paper  says : 
In  addition  to  three  English  churches,  there  are  three  Presbyterian  con- 
gregations among  our  Portuguese  fellow  citizens.  In  November,  1849,  a 
company  of  about  four  hundred  of  this  nationality,  reached  this  section 
of  the  State,  settling  in  Waverly,  Springfield,  and  Jacksonville.  They 
were  religious  exiles,  mostly  from  the  island  of  Maderia,  and  having  been 
under  the  spiritual  guidance  of  a  Scotch  Presbyterian  clergyman,  they 
naturally  allied  themselves  with  that  denomination  in  this  country. 
Churches  were  formed  in  Springfield  and  this  city.  From  the  latter 
sprang,  in  May,  1858,  a  second  church.  In  1872  the  latter  organization 
was  again  divided.  In  the  three  churches  there  are  now  some  four  hun- 
dred members.  They  occupy  two  substantial  frame  buildings  on  Jordan 
and  North  Streets.  The  last  formed  congregation  are  using  the  court 
house  for  worship  at  present.  The  pulpits  are  supplied  now  by  Rev. 
Henry  Vieria,  Rev.  Charles  Barton,  and  Rev.  Emanuel  Pires. 

Within  the  present  bounds  of  Morgan  County,  outside  of  the  citjr, 
there  are  three  Presbyterian  Churches  which  joined  in  this  semi  centennial 
celebration,  as  follows:  Murrayville,  Pisgah,  and  Unity.  Besides  these 
there  are  five  others,  located  within  the  boundaries  of  Morgan  County  in 
1827,  when  the  church  on  the  Leeper  farm  was  formed,  viz.:  Manchester, 
Winchester,  Beardstown  (German),  Virginia,  and  Little  Indian. 

The  Baptists.  This  denomination  have  two  churches  in  the  city. 
The  first  was  organized  in  1841.  In  1856,  they  dedicated  their  present 
house  of  worship.  At  their  organization  Rev.  Alvin  Bailey  presided, 
the  meeting  being  held  in  the  Christian  church.  Rev.  Mr.  Bailey  remained 
four  or  five  years,  when  failing  health  necessitated  a  change  and  he 
resigned.  The  congregation  occupied  the  market  house  a  year  or  more, 
and  then  built  the  present  German  church  on  West  State  Street.  Among 
the  constituent  members  were  John  and  M.  C.  Goltra,  J.  D.  Rawlins  and 
wife,  Mrs.  Bibb,  and  Mrs.  Ellen  C.  Spencer.  The  present  house  of  wor- 
ship cost  $15,000.  The  membership  is  about  two  hundred. 

The  other  Society  is  the  colored  church,  with  over  one  hundred 
members.  It  has  been  in  successful  operation  since  its  organization,  and 
maintains  an  excellent  Sunday  School. 

The  First    Gierman   Lutheran    Church  was  organized  in  1858,  with 


372  HISTORY    OF    MORGAN   COUNTY. 

eight  members,  among  whom  were  John  Knollenberg,  Fred.  Walker, 
Edward  Beer,  Henry  Bachlefel  and  Joseph  Kackmann.  The  organization 
was  effected  in  the  Christian  church,  then  situated  on  North  Main  Street. 
They  met  for  divine  services  in  various  places,  until  1863,  when  they  com- 
pleted their  present  house  of  worship.  This  was  used  until  1877,  when 
they  purchased  their  present  church,  selling  their  old  one. 

The  Q-erman  M,  JE.  Church  was  constituted  in  1856,  with  thirty-two 
members.  They  met  in  the  Grace  M.  E.  church,  where  they  held  divine 
services  about  six  months,  when  they  purchased  a  church  of  the  Baptists, 
which  they  now  occupy.  They  have  now  about  forty  members. 

The  Catholic  Church  has  at  present  a  very  large  membership.  In 
1851  the  Rev.  Gifford,  the  priest  at  Springfield,  came  to  Jacksonville  and 
finding  four  or  five  families  professing  that  faith,  held  divine  service,  and 
appointed  George  Eberhard,  Edward  Keyes,  and  Henry  McDonnell  as 
collectors  to  raise  funds  and  assist  in  the  establishment  of  a  church  here. 
The  meetings  for  services  were  held  in  a  private  house  at  first,  but  soon 
the  increase  of  the  congregation  demanded  more  room  and  the  old  court 
house  was  occupied.  Murray  McConnell  donated  the  society  a  lot  near 
the  railroad  depot,  on  which  a  house  of  worship  was  erected.  This,  how- 
ever, became  too  small,  and  during  the  war  the  present  fine  structure  was 
commenced.  It  was  completed  about  1866,  and  including  the  school  and 
convent  property  is  worth  about  $65,000.  The  church  was  dedicated  by 
Archbishop  Purcell,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  The  parsonage,  now  used  for 
the  school,  was  built  about  two  years  after  the  completion  of  the  church. 
The  school  is  under  the  control  of  the  Sisters  of  the  Order  of  St.  Dominic 
and  is  supported  by  the  congregation.  It  is  conducted  ten  months  in 
the  year. 

The  Soule  Congregation  is  small  at  present  and  does  not  sup- 
port a  regular  ministry.  Among  its  constituent  members  were  E.  B. 
Hitt,  S.  S.  Spurgeon,  Silas  Veitch,  Mrs.  Becraft,  James  Cravan,  and 
D.  C.  McCoy.  The  congregation  has  a  very  neat  house  of  worship  on 
East  College  Street  which  cost  about  $5,000. 

The  Church  of  Christ  was  organized  in  January,  1832,  with  seven- 
teen members,  prominent  among  whom  were  Josephus  Hewett,  John  T. 
Jones,  Jacob  Cassell,  and  Peter  Hedenberg.  Of  these  Mr.  Hewett  became 
the  first  preacher.  In  October,  Fred.  B.  Stone  was  instrumental  in 
effecting  a  union  of  this  and  a  similar  organization  which  had  been  organ- 
ized some  time  previously.  In  1835,  Elder  Gates,  of  Louisville,  became 
pastor.  The  next  3rear  their  first  house  of  worship  was  erected,  and  from 
this  date  until  1850  some  of  the  prominent  ministers  were  D.  P.  Hender- 
son, John  T.  Jones,  Jerry  Lancaster,  Bryson  Pyatt,  and  Elder  Trimble. 
In  1850,  a  larger  house  of  worship  was  erected  on  North  Main  Street. 
The  first  pastor  here  was  Elder  A.  J.  Kane,  now  at  Springfield.  His  suc- 
cessors were  Elder  Jonathan  Atkinson,  W.  S.  Russell,  John  Underwood, 
Dr.  Cox,  and  Enos  Campbell.  The  Congregation  began  to  hold  meetings 
in  its  present  church,  on  East  State  Street,  under  Elder  Campbell,  who 
remained  until  1873,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  pastor,  Rev. 
J.  W.  Allen.  The  membership  is  now  four  hundred  and  fifty,  and  the 
Sunday  School  two  hundred  and  fifty. 

The  Christian  Church  was  organized  in  the  old  court  house  in  1866, 
by  twelve  persons  adhering  to  that  denomination.  Prominent  among 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

them  were  Workman  Curley,  L.  B.  Ross,  Charles  E.  Russell,  and  Hiram 
Smalley,  and  their  families.  Rev.  J.  E.  Wright  was  the  pastor,  and  con- 
tinued to  serve  them  until  1869,  or  1870.  They  occupied  the  court 
house  until  the  completion  of  their  present  house  of  worship,  on  South 
Main  Street,  in  1868.  The  pastors  succeeding  Rev.  Wright  were  Revs. 
J.  J.  Summerbell,  C.  W.  Garrutte  and  P.  W.  Sinks.  They  are  without  a 
pastor  at  present.  They  have  now  a  membership  of  near  seventy. 

The  Centenary  Methodist  Church  is  now  the  oldest  congregation  in 
the  county.  It  was  organized  in  1822,  by  a  few  persons  who  held  their 
meetings  for  worship  in  the  large  log  cabin  of  "Father"  Jourdan. 
It  stood  just  back  of  the  old  Berean  College  building,  and  was 
erected  here  before  Morgan  County  was  created.  Its  members  were 
scattered  about  over  the  country,  many  of  them  coming  several 
miles  to  attend  divine  service.  When  the  city  was  platted,  in 
1825,  they  were  holding  meetings  in  this  cabin,  and  continued  to 
occupy  it  until  the  completion  of  the  log  school  house  in  which 
Judge  Thomas  taught  the  first  school  in  Jacksonville.  They  worshiped 
in  this  log  structure  when  not  occupied  by  other  denominations,  until 
about  1830,  when  they  erected  a  brick  church,  which  stood  on  East  Mor- 
gan Street,  near  East  Street.  This  was  the  first  brick  church  in  the 
county.  They  worshiped  in  this  building  until  1838,  or  1839,  when  they 
sold  it  to  be  used  as  a  chair  factory,  and  erected  a  more  commodious 
church  on  the  south  side  of  East  State  Street,  where  the  marble  front 
now  stands.  This  church  was  dedicated  by  Peter  Akers,  D.D.,  who 
preached  the  dedication  sermon  from  the  words,  "  This  is  the  house 
of  God,  this  is  the  gate  of  heaven."  This  house  they  occupied  until  the 
centennial  year  of  Methodism  in  America,  1866,  when  they  dedicated 
their  present  house  of  worship,  at  a  cost  of  $35,000. 

The  congregation,  small  at  first,  grew  in  numbers  during  all  these 
years,  and  it  was  known  as  the  Methodist  Church  of  Jacksonville.  When 
the  Grace  Church  was  organized,  being  on  the  West  side  of  the  city,  it 
was  called  the  West  Charge,  and  the  church  of  which  we  are  writing 
was  called  the  East  Charge.  By  this  name  it  was  known  until  the  erec- 
tion of  the  present  church,  when  it  was,  in  commemoration  of  the  year  of 
its  erection,  called  the  "  Centenary  Methodist  Church." 

The  first  regular  minister  here  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  Starr.  Among  his 
successors  have  been  Revs.  J.  S.  Barger,  John  T.  Mitchell,  Wm.  M. 
Grubbs,  Thomas  Chandler,  Chauncy  Hobart,  Wm.  J.  Rutledge,  James 
Corrington,  and  others.  The  present  pastor  is  Rev.  English.  This 
church  is  now  one  of  the  largest  and  most  influential  in  the  county. 

Trinity  Episcopal  Church. — The  parish  of  Trinity  Church,  Jackson- 
ville, was  organized  on  the  llth  of  August,  1832.  It  was  the  first  parish 
belonging  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  that  was  organized  in 
Illinois.  In  June,  1833,  by  invitation  of  the  Wardens  and  Vestry, 
the  Rev.  John  Bachelder,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  accepted  the  rectorship 
of  the  parish.  The  church  edifice  stands  upon  a  beautiful  lot  of  ground 
donated  for  the  purpose  by  Dennis  Rockwell,  Esq.,  lately  deceased.  The 
corner-stone  was  laid  June  9,  1834,  by  Rt.  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 
Smith,  Bishop  of  Kentucky,  and  now  Presiding  Bishop  of  the  House  of 
Bishops.  The  rectorship  of  Rev.  J.  Bachelder  terminated  June  4,  1838, 
from  which  time  until  August  16,  1840,  there  was  no  regular  minister. 


374  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

From  that  time  the  following  have  been  the  rectors  of  the  church :  Rev. 
William  Grant  Heyer,  Rev.  Edward  J.  Daiken,  Rev.  John  Stamer, 
Rev.  John  T.  Worthington,  Rev.  T.  N.  Morrison,  D.D.,  Rev.  I. 
L.  To \vnsend,  Rev.  Joseph  Cross,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  John  D.  Easter, 
D.D.,  the  present  rector  of  the  church.  In  1867,  the  church  edifice  was 
remodeled  and  greatly  improved,  at  a  cost  of  some  $16,000,  by  the  addi- 
tion of  a  recess  chancel  at  the  south  end,  and  an  addition  of  thirty  feet, 
with  tower  and  spire,  to  the  north  end,  stained  glass  windows,  and  height- 
ening of  the  roof  and  ceiling.  In  1875,  the  church  premises  were  sur- 
rounded by  a  neat  and  substantial  iron  fence,  and  in  1876,  the  inside 
of  the  church  was  improved,  and  an  elegant  organ,  of  twenty-six  stops, 
was  placed  in  it.  The  church  has  about  two  hundred  members,  and  is 
n  a  prosperous  condition. 

The  Congregational  Church  was  organized  December  15,  1833,  in 
the  M.  E  church  on  East  Morgan  street,  that  society  having  kindly 
offered  the  use  of  their  house  of  worship  for  that  purpose. 

The  names  of  those  who  composed  the  church  at  its  organization  were 
Timothy  Chamberlain,  Abraham  Clark,  Melisent  Clark,  Elihu  Wolcott, 
Jeremiah  Graves,  Mary  Ann  Graves,  Benjamin  Allyn,  Cynthia  M.  Allen, 
Edwin  A.  Mears,  Sarah  Mears,  Maro  M.  L.  Reed,  Elizabeth  L.  Reed, 
Daniel  Mann,  Benjamin  B.  Chamberlain,  Asa  Talcott,  Maria  Talcott, 
Salem  Town,  Joseph  Town,  Eliza  Town,  Jesse  R  Clark,  Ralph  Perry, 
Robert  B.  Lord.  James  K.  Morse,  Edward  Schofield,  George  B.  Hitch- 
cock, Elizabeth  Scott,  Mary  Chamberlain,  Abigail  Chenery,  Eliza  Hart, 
Lucy  Town,  Frances  J.  Wolcott,  Abigail  Graves,  and  on  December  18, 
1833,  George  T.  Purkitt  and  Calvin  S.  Beach. 

The  first  meetings  of  this  society  were  held  in  the  house  of  Elihu 
Wolcott,  which  stood  on  the  block  at  the  southwest  corner  of  the  public 
square  where  the  Athenaeum  now  stands  :  afterward  in  a  log  building  on 
West  State  street,  where  Ayres  block  now  stands.  The  society  at  this 
time  was  building  a  large  frame  church  (on  the  east  side  of  the  square, 
where  the  stores  of  W.  B.  Johnson  &  Son  and  James  T.  King  now  stand), 
which  was  dedicated  in  September,  1835,  and  was  considered  the  best  edi- 
fice in  the  town,  at  that  time.  The  Church  was  abundantly  blessed  from 
its  organization,  and  members  were  added  on  every  Communion  Sabbath, 
which  occurred  monthly,  for  several  years;  and  more  than  twenty  young 
men  of  its  number  were  licensed  to  preach.  The  building  was  sold  in  1858 
to  aidin  the  erection  of  the  present  edifice,  and  was  known  long  after  as 
"  Union  Hall,"  and  was  burnt  in  December,  1876.  The  building  now 
occupied  by  this  Church  is  situated  on  West  College  avenue,  and  was 
dedicated  in  December,  1859.  This  Church  was  the  third  Congregational 
Church  organized  in  the  State,  the  other  two  being  organized  the  same 
year  in  Adams  County,  and  were  at  that  time  the  only  Congregational 
Churches  within  five  hundred  miles.  These  were  the  pioneer  enterprises 
of  Congregationalism  in  the  Northwest. 

The  pastors  have  been  William  Carter,  Truman  M.  Post,  D.D., 
Edwin  Johnson,  Charles  H.  Marshal,  James  Roberts,  D.D.,  William  H. 
Savage,  and  Eli  Cor  win,  D.D.,  the  present  pastor. 

The  Grace  M.  E.  Church,  first  called  M.  E.  Church  of  West  Jack- 
sonville, was  organized  in  the  Fall  of  1850,  with  five  classes  ;  James  L. 
Crane  was  appointed  first  preacher.  Rev.  W.  D.  R.  Trotter  was  the  first 


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presiding-elder,  Joseph  Capps  and  William  Thomas,  stewards.  First 
rented  the  old  frame  church  built  by  the  Presbyterians,  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  Church  and  West  State  streets,  building  afterward  owned  by 
Universalist  Society.  Central  Presbyterian  church  now  stands  upon  the 
spot.  Removed  to  the  southwest  corner  of  same  streets  when  the  Brick 
church  was  completed,  which  cost  $6,000.  While  undergoing  repairs, 
six  years  ago,  a  strong  gale  of  wind  blew  down  the  west  gable  and  dam- 
aged the  building  so  much  that  it  was  taken  to  the  ground  and  an 
entire  new  edifice  was  erected,  at  a  cost  of  about  $17,000.  The  new 
church,  is  built  in  form  of  a  cross,  and  is  finely  frescoed  and  is  provided 
with  handsome  stained  glass  windows.  Present  membership  320. 


GRACE  M.  E.  CHURCH. 

The  Brooklin  M.  E.  Church  was  organized  in  the  Fall  of  1867,  with 
about  seventy  members.  First  held  preaching  in  a  private  house,  after- 
ward in  the  school-house,  until  the  brick  building  now  occupied  by 
them  was  completed,  in  1868.  First  preacher,  Rev.  John  M.  Lane, 
followed  by  S.  R.  Harshman,  Harden  Wallace,  George  Barret,  W.  W. 
Roberts,  J.  M.  Sinnock,  and  W.  H.  H.  Moore.  Present  membership  120. 

THE  CITY  SCHOOLS. 

"  There,  in  his  quiet  mansion,  skilled  to  rule, 
The  village  master  taught  his  little  school. 

***** 

I  knew  him  well,  and  every  truant  knew  : 
***** 

Yet  he  was  kind ;  or,  if  severe  in  aught, 

The  love  he  bore  to  learning  was  in  fault. 
The  village  all  declared  how  much  he  knew, 

'Twas  certain  that  he  could  write,  and  cipher  toe." — Goldsmith. 

The  present  system  of  public  schools  in  the  city,  has  been  in  opera- 
tion eleven  years.  During  this  period  they  have  advanced  to  the  front 
rank,  and  are  among  the  best  in  the  State.  In  another  portion  of  the 
history  of  Jacksonville,  will  be  found  a  letter  from  Judge  William 
Thomas,  in  which  he  gives  his  experience  as  a  teacher,  during  the  Win- 
ter of  1826  and  '27.  He  states  that  at  that  time  there  was  an  unfinished 
log  house,  situated  in  the  south  part  of  town,  which  had  been  built  for 


376  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

school  purposes,  and  which  in  the  month  of  November  was  completed. 
Here,  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  the  Judge,  then  a  young  lawyer, 
opened  his  school.  He  most  fitly  describes  this  school,  in  the  letter 
referred  to.  With  the  exception  of  a  short  term  taught  by  a  young  man 
named  Carson,  in  the  court  house,  Judge  Thomas'  school  was  the  first 
taught  in  the  town  of  Jacksonville.  The  young  man  Carson,  opened  a 
subscription  school  in  the  old  court  house,  in  the  Summer  of  1826.  Not 
being  adapted  to  his  profession,  his  efforts  were  unsuccessful,  and  after 
about  two  weeks'  trial  he  dismissed  the  school. 

The  old  log  school  house  in  which  the  young  lawyer  taught  his 
school,  was  used  for  school  and  church  purposes  several  years.  The 
Methodists  and  Presbyterians  alternately  held  services  therein,  and 
undoubtedly  ministers  of  other  denominations  proclaimed  the  gospel 
within  its  walls.  When  Dr.  J.  M.  Sturtevant  came  to  Jacksonville,  in 
1829,  he  preached  his  first  sermon  in  the  growing  village,  in  the  old  log 
school  house.  This  primitive  educational  structure  occupied  a  lot  of 
ground  on  the  south  side  of  East  College  Avenue,  nearly  opposite  the  old 
third  ward  school  house.  The  doctor  very  accurately  describes  the  old 
log  church  and  school  house,  in  a  sermon  preached  in  later  years,  and 
which  is  quoted  elsewhere  in  these  pages. 

When  Illinois  was  admitted  into  the  Union,  in  1818,  a  large  provision 
for  the  education  of  its  youth  was  made  by  Congress,  in  providing  that  the 
^proceeds  received  from  the  sale  of  ever}r  sixteenth  section  of  land  should 
!  be  set  aside  as  a  permanent  school  fund. /In  182^,  Governor  Duncan 
1  drew  up  a  bill  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  common  schools 
throughout  the  State.  This  bill  was  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly 
and  became  a  law  that  year.  It  was,  however,  in  advance  of  its  time, 
and  though  containing  most  excellent  provisions,  was  by  subsequent 
legislation  repealed.  No  further  attempt  to  the  establishment  of  a 
permanent  common  school  system  was  made  by  the  General  Assembly 
until  about  1839,  when  Judge  Wm.  Thomas  framed  a  bill  which  is  the 
foundation  of  the  present  school  system  in  this  State.  This  bill,  which 
became  a  law  at  that  session  of  the  legislature,  has  received  various 
amendments,  but  to  it  the  citizens  of  Illinois  owe  an  unbounded  debt  of 
-  gratitude./  On  January  22,  1829,  the  General  Assembly  passed  an  act 
providing  for  a  Commissioner  in  each  county  to  sell  each  sixteenth  section 
therein,  that  fund  for  common  school  purposes  might  be  established.  In 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  Judge  Thomas  was  appointed 
Commissioner  for  Morgan  County.  This  duty  the  Judge  faithfully 
discharged.  About  1833  or  '34,  a  public  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Jack- 
sonville was  held  to  take  action  in  regard  to  the  establishment  of  a  school 
in  their  midst.  This  being  prior  to  the  act  of  1839,  and  no  provision 
being  made  for  township  organization,  it  was  decided  to  support  the  school 
by  private  subscription.  This  method  of  support  was  used  for  some  time. 
Several  schools  existed  in  the  city  at  different  times,  among  which  was 
one  taught  by  a  Mr.  Robertson,  of  Kentucky,  and  another  by  Mr.  Devore. 
None  of  the  schools  of  this  time  were  under  any  organized  system,  and 
any  one  could  teach  a  school  who  could  gather  together  the  necessary 
pupils  and  find  a  room  in  which  to  instruct  them. 

It  was  not  not  until  i860  that  the  first  public  school  house  was  built 
and  a  school  opened  therein,  under  the  district  organization.  This  was 


378  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 


what  has  always  been  known  as  the  "  West  District  School/'  The  build- 
ing was  used  at  first  as  a  school  house,  the  upper  story  being  used  by  the 
Masonic  fraternity  as  a  lodge  room.  When  the  growth  of  the  district 
demanded  more  school  room,  the  Masons  withdrew  from  the  room  occupied 
j  by  them,  and  it  was  used  for  school  purposes. 

A  few  years  after  the  erection  of  this  building,  the  east  district,  or 
that  part  of  the  town  lying  east  of  the  public  square,  built  two  school 
houses,  in  which  school  was  at  once  opened.  Under  the  formation  of 
these  two  districts  the  schools  of  Jacksonville  were  maintained  until  the 
adoption  of  the  city  charter  in  1867.  When  the  buildings  already  men- 
tioned became  too  small  for  the  school  population  of  the  growing  town, 
rooms  were  rented  in  various  parts  of  the  town,  so  that  all  who  desired 
the  benefit  of  a  free  school  could  be  accommodated.  Private  schools 
were  also  opened  at  different  times,  and  were  generally  well  patronized. 
The  Illinois  College,  the  Jacksonville  Female  Academy  and  Methodist 
Female  College,  the  Young  Ladies'  Athenseum,  the  Berean  College,  the 
Parochial  School  of  the  Catholic  Church,  all  furnished  excellent  means 
for  the  education  of  the  young,  and  all  were  well  patronized. 

By  1867,  the  growth  of  the  town  had  reached  such  proportions  that 
a  better  form  of  government,  and  a  better  system  of  schools,  became 
necessary.  Under  the  city  charter,  granted  that  year,  the  present  system 
of  graded  schools  was  adopted.  The  city  was  divided  into  four  wards, 
and  a  school  located  in  each.  Mr.  Israel  Wilkinson  was  appointed  super- 
intendent, which  office  he  held  until  1869,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
Mr  J.  M.  Alcott,  who  held  the  office  one  year.  He  was  followed  by  Mr. 
D.  H.  Harris,  the  present  superintendent.  Each  ward  maintains  a  sepa- 
rate district  school,  the  grades  in  all  being  the  same.  The  Washington 
High  School  is  situated  in  the  Fourth  ward.  Its  course  of  instruction  is 
thorough  and  complete,  and  fits  the  pupil  for  the  actual  duties  of  life. 
Mr.  Harris,  in  his  report  for  the  year  1877,  gives  an  interesting  resume  of 
the  schools  for  the  past  ten  years,  which  we  here  append  : 

"  Jacksonville  has  long  been  known  as  an  educational  center  of 
great  reputation,  whose  influence  is  felt  far  and  wide.  The  early  estab- 
lishment of  the  public  schools  is  due  to  the  earnest  efforts  of  two  of  our 
citizens  —  the  late  Gov.  Duncan  and  Judge  Win.  Thomas.  The  latter 
survives  to  witness  the  success  of  the  cause  which  he  so  ably  advocated. 

"  The  honor  of  first  popularizing  the  public  schools  in  Jacksonville 
belongs  to  the  well-known  educator,  Hon.  Newton  Bateman,  who,  for 
several  years,  was  principal  of  the  West  Jacksonville  school. 

"  Judge  E.  P.  Kirby,  of  our  city,  immediately  succeeded  as  principal 
of  the  same  school,  which  he  conducted  three  years  with  eminent  success ; 
following  him  Michael  Sanderson,  Esq.,  nobly  sustained  the  well-deserved 
reputation  of  the  school  for  three  years,  when,  in  his  valuable  life-work, 
he  fell  at  his  psst. 

"  Before  the  schools  of  Jacksonville  were  organized  into  a  system 
under  the  present  city  charter,  there  were  several  independent  schools, 
sustained  in  part  by  the  general  school  fund  of  the  State.  A  male 
teacher  was  employed  as  principal  and  superintendent  of  each  of  these 
distinct  schools.  The  course  of  study  in  each  of  these  schools  therefore 
comprised  not  only  the  common  branches,  but  also  Latin,  Greek,  Natural 
Sciences,  Higher  English,  and  Mathematics.  The  new  school  charter,  in 


380  HISTORY   OF    MORGAN   COUNTY. 

1867,  at  once  introduced  a  new  regime  which  centralized  the  general 
supervision  in  one  superintendent,  and  abolished  the  extravagant  idea  of 
sustaining  four  high  schools  of  small  classes  by  organizing  one  central  high 
school  for  the  accommodation  of  the  entire  city,  which  was  found  to  be  a 
great  improvement  in  a  pecuniary  and  educational  point  of  view.  The  suc- 
cess of  this  system  has  led  to  a  more  economical  expenditure  by  the  gradual 
introduction  of  female  principals  into  the  ward  schools.  The  new  organ- 
ization also  led  to  a  more  careful  and  thorough  classification  of  pupils,  a 
more  uniform  course  of  study,  resulting  in  a  more  efficient  preparation  of 
the  pupils  in  the  advanced  studies." 

The  condition  of  the  schools  shows  a  steady  progress  and  increasing 
efficiency  of  the  public  schools  as  an  educational  force  in  the  community. 

ILLINOIS  COLLEGE. 

From  the  December,  1877,  Number  of  Illinois  Schoolmaster. — By  Professor  Rufus  C.  Crampton. 

Illinois  College  is,  in  many  respects,  singularly  fortunate  in  its  loca- 
tion. Jacksonville  is  a  beautiful,  half  rural  city,  of  twelve  thousand 
people.  Beyond  any  other  city  of  equal  size  it  is  adorned  by  fine  church 
edifices,  and  by  large  public  and  educational  buildings. 

In  1829,  before  any  college  had  been  established  in  the  State,  Illinois 
College  was  founded  here.  It  became  the  nucleus  around  which  clustered 
the  Jacksonville  Female  Academy,  Illinois  Conference  Female  College, 
and  later,  thev  Young  Ladies'  Athenaeum  and  Illinois  Conservatory  of 
Music.  The  trustees  of  the  college  have  also  under  their  control  Whipple 
Academy  and  Jacksonville  Business  College.  At  an  early  day,  such 
character  was  given  to  the  place  that  it  was  selected  as  the  home  of  the 
great  charitable  and  educational  institutions  of  the  State,  for  the  insane, 
for  the  deaf  and  dumb,  and  for  the  blind.  In  the  midst  of  these  schools 
of  literature,  science,  art,  and  commerce,  Illinois  College  is  surrounded  by 
most  favorable  social  influences. 

The  college  campus  is  a  beautiful  inclosure,  of  about  twelve  acres,  on 
College  Hill,  at  the  west  end  of  the  city.  It  is  elevated  ninety  feet  above 
the  general  level  of  the  highly  cultivated  farms  of  rolling  prairie  around 
it,  and  is  unsurpassed  for  healthfulness. 

The  college  buildings  are  shown,  some  of  them  poorly,  in  the  accom- 
panying cut.  They  are  in  good  repair,  well  warmed  and  ventilated,  and 
and  well  adapted  for  the  uses  for  which  they  were  built.  The  original 
building,  erected  partly  in  1829  and  partly  in  1830,  is  now  occupied  by 
the  halls  and  libraries  of  the  two  literary  societies,  the  Sigma  Pi  and  the 
Phi  Alpha,  by  the  college  library,  the  cabinet  of  natural  history,  and 
the  Greek  recitation  room. 

College  Hall,  built  in  1856,  contains  the  chapel,  six  recitation  and 
lecture  rooms,  and  the  apparatus  room. 

The  dormitory  building,  completed  in  1874,  contains  twenty-eight 
suites  of  rooms,  with  excellent  accommodations  for  fifty-six  students.  The 
rooms  are  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  gas.  Each  study-room  is  fur- 
nished with  a  large  study  table,  and  each  bedroom  with  a  woven  wire 
mattress  bed. 

The  janitor's  cottage  and  the  club  house  are  the  only  other  buildings 
on  the  campus. 


JACKSONVILLE. 


HISTORY   OF    MORGAN    COUNTY.  381 

The  building  erected  for  Whipple  Academy,  now  occupied  by  the 
Business  College,  is  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  the  college,  and  near  the 
business  center  of  the  city. 

The  philosophical  and  chemical  apparatus  is  extensive,  and  adequate 
to  full  courses  of  experimental  lectures.  The  college  library  contains 
eight  thousand  volumes,  and  the  society  library  about  three  thousand 
more.  A  reading  room,  free  to  all,  is  maintained  by  the  members  of  the 
Sigma  Pi  Society.  A  very  creditable  beginning  has  been  made  in  the 
cabinet  of  mineralogy  and* natural  history. 

These  are  the  externals  of  Illinois  College.  They  present  a  goodly 
appearance,  but  it  is  hoped  that  soon  other  buildings  will  adorn  the 
campus,  and  additional  appliances  serve  the  uses  of  scientific  education. 

The  first  board  of  trustees  was  elected  December  5,  1829,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  in  the  first  college  building,  then  nearly  finished.  This  meeting 
represented  two  separate  efforts  in  the  cause  of  the  higher  education. 
One  of  these  efforts  originated  in  the  Christian  zeal  and  public  spirit  of  a 
few  individuals  residing  in  Illinois,  prominent  among  whom  were  Rev. 
John  M.  Ellis,  Rev.  Thomas  Lippincott,  Col.  Thomas  Mather,  William 
Collins,  Hon.  Samuel  D.  Lockwood,  John  P.  Wilkinson,  and  William  C. 
Posey.  Of  these  the  three  last  named  were  elected  trustees.  The 
remaining  seven  of  the  original  trustees  represented  an  association  of 
theological  students  in  Yale  College,  who  had  resolved  to  make  some  one 
of  the  Northwestern  States  their  future  home  and  the  field  of  their  evan- 
gelical labors.  Becoming  acquainted  with  the  plans  of  Mr.  Ellis  and  his 
friends,  they  agreed  to  unite  with  them  in  founding  Illinois  College  at 
Jacksonville,  and  to  furnish,  through  their  eastern  friends,  $10,000  in  aid 
of  the  project.  Their  names  were  Theron  Baldwin,  Julian  M.  Sturtevant, 
Mason  Grosvenor,  John  F.  Brooks,  Elisha  Jenney,  William  Kirby,  and 
Asa  Turner. 

Application  for  a  charter  was  made  to  the  legislature  in  the  Winter 
of  1880-31,  but  a  charter  was  refused,  on  account  of  prejudices  then 
existing  against  institutions  with  educational,  charitable,  or  religious  aims. 
Four  years  later  the  application  was  renewed,  and  at  this  time  the  friends 
of  Illinois  College  were  joined  by  those  who  had  just  founded  Shurtleff 
College,  at  Alton,  and  McKendree  College,  at  Lebanon.  Like  charters 
were  granted  to  all  at  the  same  time.  The  names  of  John  G.  Bergen, 
John  Tilson,  and  Gibeon  Blackburn  were  added  to  the  trustees  of  Illinois 
College* 

It  is  natural  that  the  character  of  an  institution  of  learning  should 
be  determined  by  the  spirit  and  aims  of  its  founders.  These  were  men 
of  the  purest  piety  and  patriotism.  They  were  trained  under  the  social 
and  educational  influences  of  New  England.  They  regarded  learning  as 
an  handmaid  of  religion,  and  the  Christian  religion  as  the  most  efficient 
promoter  of  learning.  They  intended  that  Illinois  College  should  do  for 
Illinois  what  the  colleges  of  New  England  have  done,  are  doing,  and  are 
destined  to  do  for  her.  But  neither  had  they,  nor  have  their  successors, 
ever  had  any  thought  of  making  the  college  an  instrument  of  denomina- 
tional propagandism. 

Those  who  co-operated  in  founding  Illinois  College,  and  in  sustaining 
it  during  the  early  years  of  its  history,  attained  greater  usefulness  than 
commonly  falls  to  the  lot  of  man.  They  were  among  the  foremost  of  those 
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382  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

strong  men  who  gave  such  character  to  the  then  rising  State.  Theron 
Baldwin,  D.D.,  was  the  first  principal  of  Monticello  Female  Seminary, 
and  was  largely  instrumental  in  founding  it.  He  was  afterward,  for  many 
years,  secretary  of  the  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Collegiate  Education 
at  the  West.  Rev.  Mason  Grosvenor,  after  a  long  life  of  varied  useful- 
ness, now  gives  a  portion  of  his  time  to  the  college  of  which,  in  his  youth, 
he  was  almost  the  originator,  as  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy.  Edward 
Beecher,  D.D.,  was  the  first  president.  Appointed  in  1832,  he  resigned 
in  1844.  His  ability  and  his  history  are  well  known  to  the  American 
public.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  the  first  instructor  in  Illinois 
College,  and  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  its  service.  He  is  well  known 
throughout  the  country  as  a  man  of  the  purest  life,  of  vigorous  and  inde- 
pendent thought,  and  of  eminent  ability.  To  his  unwearied  efforts  and 
self-sacrificing  devotion  the  college  owes  very  much  of  what  it  is  and  of 
what  it  may  become  in  the  future.  He  was  appointed  president  in  1844. 
Having  resigned  that  office  in  June,  1876,  he  still  renders  most  valuable 
service  as  instructor  in  studies  of  the  senior  class.  Early  associated  with 
him  in  the  work  of  instruction  was  Samuel  Adams,  A.M,  M.D.,  a  man  of 
great  learning  and  worth,  long  ably  filling  the  chair  of  Chemistry  and 
Physics ;  Truman  M.  Post,  D.D,  now  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  St.  Louis,  and  J.  B.  Turner,  now  so  well  known  as  a  leading 
agriculturist  and  reformer. 

These  men,  both  trustees  and  faculty,  were  wise  master-builders. 
They  and  their  associates  laid  well  the  foundations  of  the  present  and 
future  greatness  of  the  State.  To  them  is  largely  due  the  pre-eminence 
which  Illinois  has  long  enjoyed  among  her  sister  States  of  the  Northwest. 
And  no  small  part  of  their  work  was  done  through  Illinois  College.  Her 
students  and  graduates,  in  all  parts  of  Illinois,  and  in  many  instances  in 
neighboring  States,  have  been  leaders  in  thought  and  action,  both  in 
church  and  civil  state.  Hon.  Richard  Yates,  the  first  graduate,  as  a  most 
patriotic  and  efficient  governor  during  the  war,  won  laurels  for  himself 
and  great  honor  to  our  Commonwealth. 

Richard  Yates  was  born  January  18,  1818,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Ohio  River,  at  Warsaw,  Gallatin  County,  Kentucky.  In  1831,  his  father 
removed  to  Illinois,  and,  after  stopping  at  Springfield,  settled  at  Island 
Grove,  Sangamon  County.  After  attending  school  awhile,  Richard 
joined  the  family  here.  Subsequently,  he  entered  Illinois  College,  at 
Jacksonville,  where,  in  1835,  he  graduated  with  first  honors.  He  chose 
for  his  profession  the  law,  and  began  at  once  its  study  with  General  John 
J.  Hardin  as  instructor.  Gifted  with  a  fluent  and  ready  oratory,  he  soon 
entered  the  arena  of  political  life,  and  being  an  ardent  admirer  of  Henry 
Clay,  he  joined  the  political  party  of  his  leader.  In  1840,  he  engaged 
with  great  ardor  in  the  "hard-cider  campaign,"  for  General  Harrison. 
Two  years  after,  he  was  elected  to  the  legislature  from  this  county,  then 
a  Democratic  stronghold.  He  served  four  years  here,  and  in  1850  was 
elected,  after  an  exciting  contest  with  Major  Thomas  L.  Harris,  to  Con- 
gress. At  the  expiration  of  his  term,  he  was  re-elected,  and  coming  into 
the  political  field  the  third  time,  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority,  owing 
to  his  decided  stand  against  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Compromise  act, 
and  his  strong  anti-slavery  views,  which,  in  a  speech  of  great  power  and 
brilliant  oratory,  he  advanced,  and  which  gained  for  him  a  national  repu- 


384  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

taticm.  Six  years  afterward,  he  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  State,  and  dur- 
ing the  most  critical  period  of  the  nation's  history,  held  that  important 
place.  Here  his  true  patriotism  shone  with  a  brilliancy  and  strength  of 
will,  and  saved  the  State  in  the  threatened  crisis.  He,  like  Governor 
Morton,  of  Indiana,  earned  the  title  of  the  "  War  Governor."  The  fate 
of  the  nation  was  involved  in  the  destiny  of  the  State.  Governor  Yates 
was  equal  to  all  emergencies  ;  and  when  a  Democratic  House  attempted 
to  thwart  his  purposes,  and  place  the  State  where  many  of  its  members 
wanted  it,  he  promptly  squelched  that  body  by  his  famous  act  of  proro- 
gation. His  loyalty  was  as  undoubted  as  true,  and  through  all  the  long 
and  bitter  contest  he  was  a  close  and  intimate  friend  of  President  Lin- 
coln, and  one  of  his  most  earnest  supporters.  What  Illinois  did  in  that 
great  conflict,  can  be  partially  learned  by  the  reader  in  the  history  of 
the  State,  elsewhere  in  this  volume,  though  volumes  could  be  written  on 
this  subject,  and  yet  not  exhaust  it.  Morgan  County's  record  is  shown 
in  the  names  of  her  volunteers,  also  printed  in  these  pages. 

Governor  Yates'  public  career  briefly  resumed,  shows  :  "  Six  years  in 
the  Legislature  of  Illinois,  four  years  in  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  four  years  governor  of  Illinois,  and  six  years  senator  of  the  United 
States ;  twenty  years  in  political  public  life,  with  few  men  his  superior, 
in  any  field  of  duty."  He  died  in  St.  Louis,  on  November  28,  1873, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years.  He  had  been  viewing  the  Cairo  and  Ful- 
ton Railroad,  as  one  of  its  commissioners,  having  been  appointed  to  that 
important  position  by  the  government.  He  had  been  to  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  and  was  on  his  way  home,  when,  becoming  too  weak  to  travel, 
he  stopped  to  rest  in  St.  Louis,  where,  in  the  midst  of  his  many  friends,  he 
quietly  passed  away.  His  remains  were  brought  home  the  next  evening, 
and,  after  being  viewed  in  the  parlor  of  his  own  house  by  thousands, 
were  carried  to  the  grave,  followed  by  an  immense  assembly. 

Newton  Bateman,  LL.D.,  for  eight  years  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  did  more  than  any  other  man  for  our  noble  system  of  public 
schools,  and  is  now  the  second  of  the  graduates  of  Illinois  College  to 
become  president  of  Knox  College.  But  space  will  not  permit  even  the 
mere  mention  of  names  to  show  how  much  the  college  has  done  to  make 
Illinois  what  it  is.  The  good  work  already  accomplished  would  amply 
repay  its  friends  for  all  their  labors  and  self-sacrifice  in  its  behalf. 

But  the  college  has  not  yet  completed  its  first  half  century.  The 
best  of  our  American  colleges  have  not  been  the  creation  of  a  day. 
They  have  had  their  origin  with  the  communities  in  which  they  were 
founded.  They  have  often  struggled  for  existence  while  material  pros- 
perity was  being  developed  around  them,  until  accumulated  wealth 
should  flow  into  them.  This  college  is  no  exception  to  the  rule.  With 
the  struggles  of  the  past  we  are  now  concerned  no  further  than  to  know 
that  they  are  safely  passed,  and  that  future  prosperity  seems  well  assured. 
Aside  from  grounds,  buildings,  and  other  appliances,  the  invested  endow- 
ment fund  is  about  $110,000,  with  from  $10,000  to  $15,000  available  in 
the  future. 

The  present  faculty  consists  of  ten  earnest,  faithful  men,  each  of 
marked  ability  and  experience  in  his  department,  fully  alive  to  the  increas- 
ing demands  of  the  times  upon  those  who  would  be  found  worthy  to 
represent  the  higher  culture. 


HISTOJRY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY.  385 

The  standard  of  attainment  for  admission  to  the  classical  course  is 
not  so  high  as  in  Yale  or  Harvard,  but  it  is  the  same  as  in  the  majority  ofj 
Eastern  colleges.  The  work  of  instruction  is  done  entirely  by  professors, 
and  throughout  the  whole  course  the  students  come  into  close  daily 
contact  with  teachers  of  experience  and  of  enthusiasm,  who  take  a  friendly 
personal  interest  in  their  pupils.  Habits  of  good  order  and  industry  pre- 
vail, and  cases  of  serious  discipline  are  extremely  rare.  The  faculty 
regard  it  of  prime  importance  to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  scholarship. 
The  student  is  required  to  pass  through  examinations,  for  the  most  part 
written,  on  all  the  studies  required  for  graduation.  The  graduates  of 
Illinois  College,  in  respect  to  mental  culture  and  intellectual  ability,  do 
not  suffer  in  comparison  with  those  of  the  older  Eastern  colleges.  The 
present  number  of  students  is  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 

The  Scientific  Course. —  The  true  American  college  seeks  to  lead 
public  sentiment  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  education.  It  would  be  very 
gratifying  if  all  who  desire  to  avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  of  the 
college  could  be  induced  to  pursue,  in  full,  the  classical  course.  But  in  a 
country  comparatively  new,  there  are  many  young  men  who  have  not 
time  and  means  for  such  an  education.  They  want  the  best  education 
they  can  get  in  three  or  four  years.  In  none  of  our  high  schools  or 
academics  can  they  enjoy  the  benefits  of  a  faculty  of  experienced  teachers, 
of  apparatus,  and  other  appliances  that  are  found  in  the  college.  To  meet 
the  wants  of  these,  our  scientific  course  is  a  necessary  and  useful  adapta- 
tion. For  admission,  the  student  is  examined  in  the  common-school 
studies,  and  in  algebra  to  quadratics.  The  course  embraces  all  the 
studies  of  the  classical  course,  except  Greek.  It  includes  three  years' 
instruction  in  Latin,  and  adds  special  studies  in  history,  German,  geology, 
meteorology,  and  the  higher  mathematics.  Physics  are  taught  by  recita- 
tions and  full  courses  of  lectures.  It  is  in  contemplation  soon  to  require 
for  admission,  physical  geography,  four  books  of  geometry,  and  one  year 
of  Latin. 

Whipple  Academy. —  Every  Western  college  finds  a  preparatory 
department  a  necessity.  In  1869,  Dr.  S.  L.  Whipple  founded  the 
academy,  by  a  donation  of  $10,000.  At  present  it  is  carried  on  in  the 
College  buildings,  with  a  separate  study  hall,  and  with  a  principal  whose 
whole  time  is  devoted  to  its  care.  He  is  assisted  in  the  work  of  instruc- 
tion by  some  of  the  College  faculty,  who  hear  recitations,  each  in  his  own 
department. 

The  College  Club,  for  the  boarding  of  students  who  room  in  the 
dormitory,  is  an  exceedingly  well-managed  and  successful  part  of  the 
college  machinery.  The  dining-room  is  pleasant,  the  tables  well  fur- 
nished, and  good  board  is  had  for  $2  to  $2.25  per  week. 

The  entire  annual  college  expenses  of  a  student  who  rooms  in  the 
dormitory,  for  board,  tuition,  room-rent,  fuel,  gas,  and  text-books,  are  less 
than  $175. 

The  faculty  seek  to  pervade  the  entire  institution  with  a  strong  moral 
and  religious  influence  —  utterly  free,  however,  from  all  sectarian  bias. 
All  students  are  required  to  attend  morning  prayers  and  the  Sabbath 
afternoon  lecture.  This  is  conducted  by  Dr.  Sturtevant,  whose  pungent 
and  powerful  discourses  produce  lasting  impressions.  A  weekly  prayer- 
meeting  is  maintained  by  the  students. 


386  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

The  following  is  the  present  faculty  of  the  college:  Rufus  C. 
Crampton,  A.M.,  acting  president,  and  Hitchcock  professor  of  mathe- 
matics and  astronomy ;  Julian  M.  Sturtevant,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  professor  of 
mental  science  and  science  of  government ;  Mason  Grosvenor,  D.D., 
professor  of  moral  philosophy  and  evidences  of  Christianity ;  Hiram  K. 
Jones,  A.M.,  M.D.,  lecturer  on  anatomy  and  physiology  ;  Edward  A. 
Tanner,  professor  of  Latin  language  and  literature  ;  -  -  Collins  pro- 
fessor of  the  Greek  language  and  literature  ;  Henry  E.  Storrs,  A.M., 
PH.D.,  Hitchcock  professor  of  natural  sciences,  and  instructor  in  German  ; 
George  W.  Bailey,  A.M.,  instructor  in  Greek  ;  S.  S.  Hamill,  A.M.,  pro- 
fessor of  elocution,  rhetoric,  history,  and  English  literature ;  Alfred  H. 
Sturtevant,  A.M.,  principal  of  Whipple  Academy,  and  instructor  in 
mathematics ;  Charles  B.  Reynolds,  instructor  in  English  studies  and 
mathematics  :  Henry  B.  Chicken,  instructor  in  business  penmanship. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  graduates  composing  the 
alumni  of  the  college  : 

1835—  2  1844—  6  1853—  5  1862^10  1871—  8 

1836—  4  1845—11  1854—12  1863—  *  1872—  7 

1837—  3  1846—  3  1855—  7  1864—  7  1873—  9 
1838—9  1847-8  1856—14  1865—6  1874—6 

1839—  8  1848—  7  1857—12  1866—  7         1875—  4 

1840—  9  1849—  6  1858—14  1867  —  9         1876—  9 

1841—  4  1850—  2  1859—15  1868—11         1877—  4 

1842—  7  1851—  5  1860—12  1869—  5 
1843—10  1852—  7  1861—16  1870—  9 

The  entire  number  of  graduates  is  three  hundred  and  forty.  Of  this 
number  forty-six  are  in  their  graves.  Many  of  them  became  prominent 
in  state  and  national  affairs,  and  many  are  now  holding  eminent  positions 
in  life. 

JACKSONVILLE  FEMALE  ACADEMY. 

From  the  Catalogue  of  1876. 

Jacksonville  Female  Academy  grew  out  of  the  home  missionary  spiri^ 
which,  some  fifty  years  ago,  began  its  beneficent  enterprises  in  Illinoi8 
and  other  Western  fields.  Rev.  John  M.  Ellis,  the  first  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jacksonville,  came  to  this  State  in  the  year 
1828,  and  his  mind  was  full  of  the  idea  of  planting,  not  only  churches, 
but  institutions  of  learning.  To  him  is  due  the  inception  of  Illinois 
College  and  of  Jacksonville  Female  Academy.  During  his  pastorate  here, 
of  three  or  four  years,  his  excellent  wife  opened,  in  their  own  house,  a 
school  for  young  ladies,  which  may  be  regarded  as  the  germ  of  this  insti- 
tution, the  first  organized  one  of  the  kind  west  of  Ohio. 

From  the  first  record,  it  appears  that  "a  meeting  of  gentlemen  favor- 
able to  the  establishment  of  a  female  seminary  in  the  Town  of  Jackson- 
ville, was  held  at  the  house  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Wilkinson,  September  29,  1830. 
A  committee,  consisting  of  Hon.  S.  D.  Lockwood,  Rev.  John  M.  Ellis,  and 
Rev.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  was  appointed  to  report  on  the  subject,  which  they 
did  at  an  adjourned  meeting  held  October  2,  1830,  as  follows : 

"  WHEREAS,  The  vast  importance  and  urgent  necessity  of  extending 

*  No  graduates  on  account  of  the  absence  of  students  in  the  Union  army. 


HISTORY   OP  MOEGAN   COUNTY.  387 

the  blessings  of  education  to  all  classes  of  American  citizens  are  felt  and 
acknowledged  by  all  enlightened  patriots  and  Christians ;  and  whereas, 
the  power  of  female  influence  over  the  intellectual  and  moral  character 
of  the  community  must  ever  be  too  great  for  any  or  all  other  causes 
entirely  to  counteract,  commencing,  as  it  does,  with  the  first  dawn  of 
infant  intelligence,  and  forming,  perhaps,  the  most  important  and  certainly 
the  most  desirable  part  of  that  character,  before  any  other  causes  can 
begin  to  act  upon  it,  and  accompanying  it  through  all  the  subsequent 
stages  of  its  development ;  considering,  too,  that  in  the  present  important 
crisis  of  our  beloved  Republic,  not  one  effort  ought  to  be  withheld  which 
can  tend  to  give  permanency  to  its  foundations,  the  intelligence  and  virtue 
to  the  people,  therefore, 

"  Resolved,  That  an  academy  ought  to  be  immediately  established  in 
this  State,  to  be  devoted  to  female  education ;  and  that  Jacksonville,  in 
Morgan  County,  is,  in  our  opinion,  a  situation  highly  favorable  for  suc- 
cessful operation  of  such  an  institution." 

This  was  adopted,  and  a  board  of  trustees  immediately  appointed, 
consisting  of  the  following  persons,  viz. :  Bezaleel  Gillett,  Dennis  Rock- 
well, Ero  Chandler,  John  P.  Wilkinson,  Julian  M.  Sturtevant,  Joseph 
Duncan,  John  M.  Ellis,  Joseph  M.  Fairfield,  Samuel  D.  Lockwood,  David 
B.  Ayers,  Elihu  Wolcott,  James  G.  Edwards,  Ignatius  R.  Simms. 

At  the  same  time  a  lot  of  land  in  Jacksonville  was  donated  by  Dr. 
Ero  Chandler,  on  which  to  locate  the  institution,  and  the  gift  was  accepted. 
In  due  time  a  small  brick  edifice  was  erected,  and  the  school  formally 
opened  in  the  year  1833. 

The  academy  was  chartered  by  the  legislature  of  Illinois  during  their 
session  in  the  Winter  of  1835. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  principals  of  the  institution  : 
Miss  Sarah  Crocker,  1833  to  1835 ;  Miss  Emily  Price,  1835  to  1837  ;  John 
Adams,  LL.D.,  1837  to  1843  ;  Rev.  W.  H.  Williams,  A.M.,  1843  to  1848 ; 
Miss  Lucretia  Kimball,  1848  to  1850  ;  Miss  Elizabeth  Mead,  1850  to  1851 ; 
Rev.  Chas.  G.  Selleck,  A.M.,  1851  to  1857 ;  Mrs.  Phebe  Thompson,  1857 
to  1858;  Newton  Bateman  and  Miss  H.  P.  Murdock,  1858  to  1859; 
Benj.  F.  Mitchell,  A.M.,  1859  to  1865 ;  Gilbert  Thayer,  A.M.,  1865  to 
1874  ;  E.  F.  Bullard,  A.M.,  1874  to 

From  1833  to  1844  no  classes  were  formally  graduated,  though  many 
young  ladies  passed  through  full  courses  of  study.  Classes  have  been 
regularly  graduated  from  1845  to  the  present  time. 

During  the  past  year  the  names  of  the  graduates,  so  far  as  they  could 
be  obtained,  have  been  collected  from  the  record,  and  are  now  for  the  first 
time  published  in  the  annual  catalogue. 

At  the  close  of  the  last  school  year,  the  following  card  was  issued 
and  sent  to  the  alumnae,  to  which  a  large  number  have  made  a  generous 
and  hearty  response  : 

"  To  the  Cf-raduates  of  Jacksonville  Female  Academy :  At  the  close  of 
the  last  academic  year  there  was  formed  an  Alumnse  Association  of  Jack- 
sonville Female  Academy.  In  view  of  perfecting  the  organization  you 
are  requested  to  send  to  the  secretary,  Miss  Ellis,  any  information  you 
may  possess  respecting  the  name,  residence,  marriage,  or  death  of  your 
own  class-mates,  or  of  other  graduates  of  whom  you  may  have  any  knowl- 


388  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

edge.     You  can  become  a  member  of  the  association  by  sending  your 
name  to  the  secretary  and  the  payment  of  one  dollar. 

"  Your  influence  is  also  solicited  in  behalf  of  the  present  and  future 
interests  of  the  academy.  This  is  now  the  oldest  institution  in  Illinois 
for  the  education  of  young  ladies,  and  it  is  the  purpose  of  its  managers  to 
make  it  the  best.  All  the  arrangements  for  supervision  and  instruction 
are  now  thorough  and  complete,  and  unsurpassed  by  any  school  in  the 
West.  The  teachers  are  all  distinguished  by  a  long  and  successful 


JACKSONVILLE  FEMALE  ACADEMY. 

experience  and  an  enthusiastic  devotion  to  the  work  of  instruction.  It  is 
believed  that  this  time-honored  institution  is  now  entering  upon  a  term 
of  greater  usefulness  and  prosperity  than  it  has  ever  known  before. 

"  Will  you  now  actively  identify  yourself  with  its  friends,  and  do 
what  you  can  to  aid  the  institution  that  has  conferred  its  highest  honors 
upon  you  ?  Will  you  heartily  commend  it  to  parents  who  have  daughters 
to  educate  ?  By  so  doing  you  will  do  a  large  service  to  the  old  academy 
and  to  the  cause  of  Christian  culture." 
This  circular  was  signed  by 

"  Miss  SUE  F.  ELLIS,    and     MRS.  KATE  MURDOCK  SMITH, 

Secretary.  President  of  Alumna  Association." 

The  alumni  and  friends  of  the  institution  are  requested  to  furnish 
any  information  that  will  aid  in  perfecting  the  list  of  graduates,  or  that 
may  add  to  the  general  interest  of  the  Associate  Alumni. 

The  whole  history  of  the  institution  has  been  quiet  and  unobtrusive, 
marked  by  steady  growth,  advancing  reputation,  and  healthful  prosperity. 
Multitudes  have  enjoyed  its  advantages,  and  its  beneficent  fruits  are 
widely  scattered.  It  is  now  under  the  management  of  skillful  and 


•     HISTORY   OF   MOKGAN  COUNTY.  389 

experienced  teachers,  whose  lives  are  devoted  to  educational  work,  and  it 
never  gave  better  promise  of  usefulness  than  at  present. 

It  makes  no  display  to  deceive,  no  large  promises  it  can  not  fulfill. 
Its  whole  policy  is  open  and  honest,  its  whole  workings  quiet  and  earnest, 
and  its  high  aim  to  confer  all  the  benefits  of  a  thorough  course  of  study, 
to  educate  to  a  true  womanhood,  and  to  adorn  with  all  the  graces  of  a 
refined  and  Christian  culture. 

The  following  table  exhibits  the  number  of  graduates  sent  from  this 
institution  since  1845: 

1845—  2        1852—20        1859—  5         1866—  8        1873—19 
1H46—  4        1853—12        1860—  3         1867—12        1874—20 
1847—12         1854—  6         1861—  6         1868—  9         1875—  3 
1S48—  4        1855—12         1862—  4         1869—  9        1876—  8 
1849—  7         1856—  :',         1863—13         1870—13 
1S50— 10         1857—  4         1864—  4         1871—  9 
1851—12        1858—  5        1865—  3         1872—26 

For  the  year  1877  there  are  eleven  prospective  graduates.  The 
whole  number  of  graduates  according  to  this  table  is  two  hundred  and 
eighty -seven. 

Board  of  Instruction. —  E.  F.  Bullard,  A.M.,  principal,  mental,  moral, 
and  political  sciences;  Miss  Mary  A.  V.  S.  Sprague,  preceptress,  Latin, 
French,  rhetoric,  and  English  literature  ;  Miss  Lizzie  J.  Lindsley,  mathe- 
matics and  natural  science  ;  Miss  Sophia  E.  Dwight,  preparatory  and 
primary  ;  Prof.  H.  Bretherick,  Miss  Linda  R.  Mathews,  * depart- 
ment of  music  ;  Mrs.  M.  J.  Stearns,  painting  and  drawing  ;  Miss  Lizzie  J. 
Lindsley,  penmanship  ;  Miss  Sophia  E.  Dwight,  German. 

ILLINOIS  FEMALE  COLLEGE. 

In  1846,  the  Illinois  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
appointed  a  committee,  whose  duty  it  was  to  superintend  the  establish- 
ment of  a  female  college.  This  committee  consisted  of  the  following 
named  gentlemen  :  Rev.  Peter  Cartwright,  Rev.  Peter  Akers,  Rev.  W. 
D.  R.  Trotter,  Matthew  Stacy,  Esq.,  Nicholas  Milburn,  Sr.,  Judge  Wm. 
Brown,  and  Hon.  Wm.  Thomas.  They  met  on  the  10th  day  of  October, 
1846,  and  selected  as  a  location  a  piece  of  ground  on  the  south  side  of 
East  State  Street,  in  Jacksonville.  The  work  of  securing  the  necessary 
funds  by  donation  and  subscription  had  progressed  so  successfully  that, 
in  the  Fall  of  the  following  year,  the  contracts  for  erecting  the  college 
building  were  let. 

About  the*  same  time  the  school  was  opened  in  the  basement  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  with  N.  S.  Bastion,  M.D.,  as  principal.  He  filled 
the  position  until  August,  1848.  The  building  was  completed  in  1850 ; 
it  was  built  of  stone  and  brick,  substantial  and  commodious  —  one 
hundred  feet  in  length,  fifty  feet  in  width,  and  four  stories  in  height. 
To  this  was  added,  in  1855,  a  wing  of  similar  proportions.  In  1862, 
this  wing  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  was  rebuilt  the  following  year. 
In  Februan-,  1870,  the  main  building  was  destroyed  by  fire ;  but 
it  has  been  replaced  by  a  building  of  superior  architectural  preten- 

*  Another  teacher  to  be  engaged. 


390  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

sions.  On  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Bastion  in  1848,  Rev.  J.  F.  Jaques 
was  appointed  principal,  which  position  he  held  with  marked  suc- 
cess until  June,  1855.  From  this  date  till  1858,  the  position  was  rilled  suc- 
cessively by  Rev.  Reuben  Andrus,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  H.  S.  McCoy.  In  1858, 
Rev.  Charles  Adams,  D.D.,  was  elected  principal,  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  until  his  resignation  in  1868,  when  Rev.  Wm.  H.  DeMotte, 
LL.D.,  was  appointed  to  the  vacancy.  Prof.  DeMotte  continued  in  office 
until  July  1875,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of  Superintend- 
ent of  the  Wisconsin  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institution,  which  position  he  now 
occupies.  Rev.  W.  F.  Short,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Jacksonville  District 
of  the  Illinois  Conference,  for  a  number  of  years,  was  appointed  to  the 
vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Rev.  DeMotte,  and  still  fills  the 
office. 

There  has  been  graduated  from  the  college  about  three  hundred  and 
twenty  young  ladies.  The  school  is  in  a  very  prosperous  condition,  and 
is  a  credit  to  its  founders,  some  of  whom  are  still  living,  and  may  well 
feel  proud  of  this  noble  institution  of  learning.  The  course  of  study  is 
as  extensive  and  thorough  as  that  usually  pursued  in  first-class  schools 
for  young  women,  embracing  all  the  branches  of  a  solid  and  ornamental 
education.  It  is  so  arranged  that  the  student  will  have  three  studies  each 
term,  which,  with  her  other  college  and  society  duties,  is  as  much  literary 
work  as  should  be  attempted.  This  arrangement  will  give  every  one 
sufficient  time  to  devote  to  some  of  the  ornamental  branches,  as  instru- 
mental and  vocal  music,  drawing,  painting,  wax  work,  or  other  branches 
of  art.  Every  young  lady  should  give  attention  to  this  part  of  polite 
education,  both  for  the  pleasure  and  profit  of  herself  and  her  friends. 

In  order  to  meet  the  demands  in  the  department  of  music,  a  corpora- 
tion has  been  formed,  under  the  statute  relating  thereto,  under  the  name 
of  The  Illinois  Academy  of  Music  and  Art.  A  course  of  musical  study 
has  been  arranged  similar  to  that  of  like  institutions. 

The  rooms  devoted  to  this  department  (fifteen  in  number),  are  of 
good  size  and  convenient  location,  under  the  same  roof  with  the  literary 
department ;  and  the  pianos  and  organs  are  sufficient  in  number  and 
quality  to  meet  the  demands  of  a  large  class.  Musical  recitals  are 
frequently  given  in  the  chapel  of  the  college,  in  the  presence  of  the 
teachers,  students,  and  friends  of  the  college.  Diplomas  are  given  to  those 
who  complete  the  prescribed  course. 

It  may  truthfully  be  said  of  the  art  of  design,  as  of  music,  that  it  has 
passed  into  the  useful.  The  increasing  demand  for  skill  and  excellence 
in  the  use  of  the  pencil  and  the  brush,  renders  provision  for  the  broadest 
and  most  thorough  instruction  not  only  a  matter  of  expediency,  but  of 
necessity.  Free-hand  drawing,  object  lessons,  studies  from  casts,  models, 
and  nature  have  taken  the  place  of  the  old  superficial  system  of  copying 
from  flats ;  and  the  object  aimed  at  is  not  picture  making,  but  the  devel- 
opment of  artistic  talent,  the  cultivation  of  taste,  and  the  creation  of  an 
independence  of  ability  and  skill,  which  will  be  of  permanent  advantage 
to  the  pupil  after  she  has  left  the  studio  and  the  care  of  teacher. 

Lectures  and  conversations  are  conducted  by  competent  persons  upon 
such  practical  subjects  as  health,  including  the  influence  of  diet,  and 
habits  of  life  in  promoting  and  preserving  it ;  the  importance  of  food  and 
dress  in  their  relation  to  it ;  and  the  care  of  the  sick.  Esthetics,  the 


392  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 

cultivation  of  taste  and  skill  in  dress,  the  arrangement  and  keeping 
of  rooms,  etc.  Etiquette  —  the  reasonable  demands  of  society,  and  how 
to  meet  them  properly. 

The  number  of  competent  ladies  connected  with  the  school,  and  the 
large  college  "family"  afford  ample  means  and  opportunities  for  treating 
these  subjects,  both  theoretically  and  practically ;  all  students  will  be 
admitted  to  the  advantages  of  this  department  without  extra  charge. 
Sufficient  time  is  given  each  day  for  physical  exercise,  and  a  class  of  light 
gymnastics  is  kept  up. 

To  meet  the  demand  for  competent  and  trained  teachers,  as  also,  the 
necessity  of  young  ladies  whose  circumstances  will  not  allow  them  to 
complete  the  collegiate  or  English  course,  a  normal  course  has  been 
arranged,  which  includes  such  branches  as  will  prepare  them  for  teaching 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  Multitudes  of  students,  who  received 
their  education  in  this  institution,  rank  among  the  best  educators  in  the 
country.  Provision  has  been  made  for  lectures  and  attendance  at  teachers' 
institutes,  for  the  benefit  of  those  in  this  department. 

Students  are  required  to  attend  service  in  one  of  the  churches  of  the 
city  every  Sabbath,  in  company  with  the  president  or  one  of  the  teachers. 

They  also  attend  a  Bible  class,  conducted  by  the  president  or  some 
one  whom  he  may  select,  in  which  such  a  course  of  study  is  pursued  as  is 
calculated  to  qualify  them  for  effective  service  in  the  Sabbath  school 
work.  Other  religious  meetings  are  held  under  the  direction  of  the  faculty. 

Two  literary  societies  are  in  active  operation.  Their  libraries  contain 
several  hundred  volumes  of  choice  books. 

The  college  library  is  free  to  all  students. 

A  reading  room,  well  supplied  with  the  best  periodical  literature,  is 
maintained  at  a  slight  expense  to  the  students. 

Provision  will  be  made  for  students  to  attend  such  public  lectures 
and  concerts  as  may  be  deemed  beneficial. 

The  faculty  of  the  college  consists  of  the  following  persons:  Rev. 
W.  F.  Short,  A.M.,  president,  professor  of  mental,  moral  and  political 
sciences;  Miss  Mary  S.  Pegram.  preceptress,  teacher  of  mathematics  and 

astronomy ;  ,  teacher  of  higher  English  branches ;  Miss  Mary  A. 

Macdonald,  teacher  of  Latin  and  modern  languages  ;  James  B.  Smith,  pro- 
fessor of  natural  sciences ;  Miss  Lottie  D.  Short,  teacher  of  preparatory 
department;  Department  of  Music,  A.  E.  Wimmerstedt,  director, 
professor  of  instrumental  and  vocal  music,  and  harmony  and  composition ; 
Mrs.  Marion  Phillips  Wimmerstedt,  teacher  of  instrumental  and  vocal 
music ;  Mrs.  Kate  Murdock  Smith,  teacher  of  instrumental  and  vocal 
music ;  Art,  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Vigus,  teacher  of  painting  and  drawing ; 
matron,  Miss  Sarah  B.  Short. 

JACKSONVILLE  BUSINESS  COLLEGE  AND  ENGLISH  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

To  meet  a  want,  long  and  widely  felt  in  this  region,  the  Jacksonville 
Business  College  was  founded  by  Prof.  R.  C.  Crampton,  in  May,  18(36. 
The  college  was  located  in  Chambers'  Block,  north  side  of  Public  Square, 
and  was  there  successfully  conducted  for  several  years,  sending  forth 
hundreds  of  young  men  well  qualified  to  act  their  part  among  the  busy 
throngs  of  men  in  all  the  regions  of  the  great  West.  Many  of  the  youths 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  393 

who  attended  the  college  in  the  early  years  of  its  existence,  are  already 
numbered  among  the  most  successful  business  men  of  the  State. 

From  the  very  first,  the  patronage  of  the  college  has  been  steadily 
increasing,  and  its  popularity  among  men  of  business,  more  and  more 
decided.  Since  the  college  was  founded,  it  has  instructed  nearly  three 
thousand  students,  and  by  them  is  honorably  represented  in  the  various 
industrial  and  commercial  pursuits,  all  over  this  broad  land,  from  Mexico 
to  Maine. 

The  design  of  this  college  is  to  fit  young  men  and  women  for  the 
active  duties  of  successful  business  life.  The  aim  is  not  to  send  out  mere 
book-keepers  or  clerks,  but  the  course  aims  at  symmetrical  development, 
and  is  calculated  to  strengthen  the  mental  power,  and  give  a  broad  and 
substantial  business  training. 

In  the  Summer  of  1869  the  ownership  of  the  Business  College  passed 
into  the  hands  of  the  Trustees  of  Illinois  College,  and  for  several  years 
it  occupied  part  of  Whipple's  Academy  building,  a  few  blocks  west  of  the 
Public  Square. 

In  1?76  the  number  of  students  had  become  so  great  that  enlarged 
facilities  became  an  absolute  necessity,  since  which  the  college  has  been 
conducted  upon  an  enlarged  plan,  occupying  the  entire  building,  with  its 
commodious  halls,  recitation  rooms  and  office. 

Prof.  G.  W.  Brown,  who  has  been  connected  with  the  college  for 
nearly  twelve  years,  first  as  instructor,  but  of  late  years  as  managing 
principal,  has  recently  purchased  the  institution,  including  its  building 
and  grounds.  The  rooms  are  to  be  enlarged  and  improved,  new  and 
valuable  features  will  be  added  to  the  course  of  study,  and  every  effort 
will  be  put  forth  to  make  this  institution,  in  the  strictest  sense,  a  business 
college,  which  shall  thoroughly  train  its  students  for  the  practical  affairs 
of  life. 

No  business  college  in  America  has  a  better  array  of  talent  in  its 
faculty  of  instructors  and  lecturers  than  this.  The  departments  of  the 
college  are:  1,  The  English  training  school;  2,  the  theoretical  business 
department;  3,  the  actual  business  department;  4,  the  special  penman- 
ship department ;  '5,  the  telegraphic  department.  Each  department  is  in 
charge  of  a  specially  qualified  teacher,  by  which  arrangement  the  highest 
grade  of  instruction  is  insured  in  all  parts  of  the  course  of  study. 

The  course  is  short,  practical  and  reasonable.  It  is  just  what  every 
man  needs  and  will  use,  no  matter  what  his  calling  or  profession  is  to  be. 

In  the  number,  experience,  and  ability  of  its  teachers,  in  the  excel- 
lence of  its  course  of  study,  in  the  healthfulness  and  beauty  of  its  location, 
and  in  its  moderate  expenses,  this  college  is  equal  to  any  in  the  land. 

The  annual  catalogue  just  issued,  shows  an  enrollment  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  students  for  the  year  just  closed.  During  the  last  four  years 
the  institution  has  graduated  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  students, 
representing  ten  different  States. 

The  thirteenth  year  of  the  college  began  Sept.  2,  1878.  An 
elegant  catalogue  giving  full  information  will  be  mailed  free  on 
application.  All  persons  wishing  information,  catalogues  or  circulars  in 
regard  to  the  college  should  address  the  principal,  G.  W.  Browii. 


394  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY. 


THE  YOUNG  LADIES'  ATHENAEUM. 

This  institution  for  the  education  of  young  ladies  was  established  in 
1864  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Sanders,  then  a  professor  in  the  Illinois  College.  He 
is  one  of  the  most  successful  educators  in  the  West,  and  has  done  an 
immense  amount  of  work  during  his  lifetime. 

Mr.  Sanders  is  a  native  of  Huron  County,  Ohio,  a  son  of  the  cele- 
brated surgeon,  Dr.  M.  C.  Sanders,  and  graduated  at  the  old  Western 
Reserve  College  in  1845.  The  three  years  immediately  following  he 
spent  in  conducting  the  Richfield  Academy  in  Summit  County,  Ohio,  after 
which  he  entered  the  Western  Reserve  Theological  Seminary,  to  fit 
himself  for  the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  During  the  period 
of  his  theological  studies,  the  seminary  passed  through  a  severe  financial 
crisis,  and  the  trustees  prevailed  upon  him  to  act  as  their  agent  in  obtain- 
ing funds,  which  were  absolutely  necessary  to  save  the  institution.  The 
wisdom  of  their  choice  was  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  succeeded  in  raising 
$100,000,  a  sum  far  in  excess  of  their  most  sanguine  expectations. 
Completing  his  theological  studies  in  1851,  he  was  then  assigned  to  the 
charge  of  a  congregation  at  Ravenna,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  until  called  to  the  chair  of  Rhetoric,  Elocution,  and  English 
Literature  in  Illinois  College,  at  Jacksonville,  where  he  remained  until 
June,  1869.  In  1864,  Mr.  Sanders  founded  the  Young  Ladies'  Athenaeum. 
This  institution,  early  in  its  career,  banished  sectarianism.  By  its  organic 
act  of  incorporation,  it  was  determined  that  of  its  twenty-one  trustees, 
not  more  than  three  should  ever  be  members  of  the  same  religious  denom- 
ination. When  it  is  considered  that  it  began  its  career  in  a  region 
containing  many  schools,  and  in  immediate  proximity  to  two  old  institu- 
tions (the  Methodist  College  and  the  Female  Academy),  and  in  temporary 
rooms,  with  few  external  or  material  attractions,  this  unprecedented 
success  can  be  accounted  for  only  upon  the  theory  of  the  great  and 
recognized  superiority  of  the  Athenseum  system  over  other  methods. 
The  following  are  among  its  chief  peculiarities  : 

1.  It  prescribes  no  arbitrary  and  inflexible  course  of  study.     While 
it  offers  instruction  in  all  the  studies  required  in  Yale  or  Harvard  Colleges, 
it  does  not  force  the  pupil  to  attempt  the  mastery  of  studies  which  she 
may  have  neither  the  talent,  the  time,  nor  the  strength  to  master.     Its 
higher  English  course  embraces  all  studies  of  Yale  or  Harvard,  except 
Latin  or  Greek.     Its  full  classical  course  embraces  all  these,  together  with 
a  good  knowledge  of  Latin.    But  neither  of  these  are  required.    It  permits 
each  pupil  to  take  that  special  course,  embracing  many  studies,  or  few, 
which  is,  all  things  considered,  the  best  for  her. 

2.  It  classifies  on  a  new  system.     It  organizes  no  technical  classes  for 
recitation   purposes.     It   puts   together   in   each  study   those    who   are 
together,  and  who,  in  that  study,  can  keep  together.     It  thus  puts  each 
upon  her  own  merits.     The  slow  are  not  compelled  to  be  superficial  in 
order  to  go  on  with  the  quick,  and  the  quick  are  not  held  back  by  the 
necessities  of  the  slow.     The  time  required  to  complete  any  course  of 
study  will  thus  depend  entirely  upon  the  pupil  herself.     The  aim  is  an 
actual  education,  and  not  a  sham  ;  an  absolute  mastery  of  each  topic,  and 
not  a  mere  going  over  it  in  a  given  time.    It  prefers  home  life  to  boarding- 


396  HISTORY  OF   MORGAX   COTTXTY. 

school  life.  It  locates  its  pupils  from  abroad  in  carefully  selected  families. 
Family  influence  is  far  more  healthful  to  body  and  mind  than  any  system 
which  separates  the  pupil  from  contact  with  family  and  social  life.  The 
family  is  the  nursery  and  sanctuary  of  all  womanly  excellence. 

3.  It  is  not  sectarian.  'Its  arrangements  for  instruction  are  unusual. 
Both  in  the  number  and  qualifications  of  its  teachers,  it  has  few  equals. 

THE  ILLINOIS  CONSERVATORY  OF  Music. 

This  institution  was  founded  by  Mr.  Sanders  in  1872.  It  is  well 
patronized  at  present  and  becoming  extensively  known.  The  influence 
of  such  an  institution  can  hardly  be  estimated.  Each  year  widens  its 
sphere,  and  each  graduating  class  is  an  index  of  its  character. 

Jt  is  well  known  to  those  at  all  familiar  with  the  subject,  that  the 
prominence  of  Italy,  France,  and  Germany,  in  the  "divine  art,"  is  largely 
due  to  the  influence  exerted  by  the  great  European  conservatories.  The 
imperial  and  royal  conservatories  of  Paris,  of  Brussels,  of  Leipsic,  of  Naples 
and  Milan,  have  been  among  the  most  potent  of  the  influences  which  have 
inspired  and  sustained  that  love  for  the  highest  and  best  in  musical  art 
which  has  characterized  these  continental  countries.  Similar  combinations 
of  artists,  for  the  same  purpose,  have  recently  been  attempted  in  London 
and  in  Dublin,  and  with  promising  results.  In  our  country,  "the  New 
England  Conservatory"  has  been  in  operation  some  six  years,  and  has 
been  eminently  successful.  It  is  believed  that  Jacksonville  is  a  peculiarly 
favorable  point  for  an  institution  that  shall  do  for  Illinois  and  the  Great 
West  what  this  institution  has  attempted  for  New  England.  Instruction 
is  given  in  classes  of  two,  three,  or  four  each.  This  is  not  done  to  the 
exclusion  of  private  lessons  to  individual  pupils ;  but  class  instruction  is 
a  characteristic  in  all  conservatories.  By  division  of  labor  in  the  various 
departments  of  instruction,  a  conservatory  secures  to  its  pupils  the  highest 
order  of  skill  in  each  department.  It  furnishes  in  each  separate  depart- 
ment of  musical  study  the  skill  of  an  expert,  of  a  teacher  who  has  made 
some  one  instrument  or  some  one  department  a  special  study.  Thus  (e.#.), 
in  piano  instruction,  one  professor  may  confine  himself  to  technics  or 
mechanism  alone,  and  another  may  confine  himself  to  style.  Among  the 
numerous  teachers  of  a  conservatory  the  pupil  may  thus  find  the  excel- 
lence that  he  can  not  expect  to  find  all  combined  in  any  one  professor. 
The  conservatory  thus  affords  the  very  best  instruction  on  piano,  or  organ, 
or  violin,  or  guitar,  or  flute,  or  cornet,  or  any  other  musical  instrument, 
and  the  very  best  instruction  in  singing  in  all  its  departments.  Class 
lessons  operate  as  a  powerful  stimulus  to  the  interests  and  ambition  of 
each  pupil.  Experience  on  this  point  is  a  demonstration.  Pupils  trained 
in  classes  acquire  a  confidence  in  playing  before  others,  and  a  steadiness 
and  reliableness  not  so  easily  acquired  by  the  usual  method.  Each  pupil's 
knowledge  and  taste  are  cultivated  by  the  criticism  made  upon  other 
members  of  the  class.  As  each  minute  error  in  technics,  or  in  phrasing, 
or  in  expression,  is  pointed  out  by  the  professor,  the  other  members  of  the 
class  are  benefited  almost  as  much  by  the  errors  as  by  the  success  of  the 
player.  A  conservatory  affords  ample  facilities  for  the  study  of  harmony 
and  composition.  A  mastery  of  grammar  is  not  more  indispensable  to 
the  accomplished  orator  than  the  mastery  of  harmony  is  to  one  who  would 


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398  HISTORY  OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

excel  in  music  ;  it  must  underlie  all  sound  musical  culture.  As  a  flourish- 
ing conservatory  brings  together  a  large  number  of  musical  students,  it 
affords  opportunities  for  valuable  general  exercises — exercises  in  reading 
at  sight,  in  analysis  of  pieces,  in  glee  singing,  and  in  oratorio  practice. 
A  crowning  characteristic  of  the  conservatory  method  is  its  extraordinary 
cheapness.  It  brings  the  very  highest  order  of  instruction  within  the 
reach  of  those  to  whom  it  would  otherwise  be  wholly  inaccessible. 
Instruction,  which  in  the  great  cities  costs  four  dollars  to  five  dollars  per 
lesson,  will  here  be  furnished  at  a  merely  nominal  cost.  While,  therefore, 
a  conservatory  offers  to  the  wealthy  the  best  advantages  money  can 
procure,  it  also  offers  to  those  of  limited  means  the  same  advantages  at  a 
rate  which  brings  them  within  the  reach  of  the  humblest.  A  common 
adjunct  of  a  conservatory  is  a  department  of  languages.  So  large  a 
portion  of  the  best  musical  literature  is  written  in  the  Italian,  French,  and 
German  languages,  that  a  knowledge  of  these  languages  is  very  desirable 
to  the  musical  student.  There  is,  therefore,  a  department  of  languages 
in  which  the  best  instruction  is  furnished  at  a  moderate  cost. 

The  director  of  the  conservatory  received  his  musical  education  at 
the  great  Imperial  Conservatory  of  Paris  and  in  Vienna,  and  has  himself 
had  several  years'  experience  in  conservatory  teaching.  His  first  assistant 
is  an  artist  who  is  a  Fellow  of  the  London  Royal  Society  of  Musicians, 
whose  favorite  instrument  is  the  cornet,  but  whose  specialty  has  for 
several  years  been  singing.  A  third  professor  has  been  secured  who  has 
had  nearly  twenty  years'  experience  in  teaching,  and  has  an  established 
reputation  as  a  skillful  and  thorough  teacher. 

There  are  also  several  lady  teachers  of  the  highest  standing  as 
musical  artists.  The  conservatory  tolerates  no  second-rate  teaching. 

As  a  result  of  these  admirable  arrangements  the  conservatory  is  now 
by  far  the  largest  musical  school  in  the  West,  and  claims  unsurpassed 
facilities  in  ever}'-  department.  The  average  attendance  now  is  about 
two  hundred. 

THE  ORPHAN'S  HOME. 

About  1853  or  '54  the  Christian  denomination  began  the  erection  of 
a  building  known  as  the  Berean  College.  A  charter  was  received  dated 
Feb.  12,  1855,  soon  after  which  the  building  was  completed,  and  the 
following  year  school  was  opened,  with  Dr.  Jonathan  Atkinson 
as  president.  The  school  was  opened  under  very  favorable  auspices, 
and  for  several  years  was  continued  very  successfully.  The  college 
received  its  name  from  "  Berea,"  a  place  mentioned  by  the  apostle  Paul, 
in  the  seventeenth  chapter  of  the  book  of  Acts,  where  the  following 
language  is  used :  "  And  the  brethren  immediately  sent  away  Paul  and 
Silas  by  night  unto  Berea :  *  *  *  *  these  were  more  noble  than 
those  in  Thessalonica,  in  that  they  received  the  word  with  all  readiness  of 
mind,  and  searched  the  Scriptures  daily,  whether  those  things  were  so." 
The  college  continued  until  about  1858  or  '59,  when  a  division  in  the 
church  occurred,  and  soon  after  the  school  was  discontinued.  A  few 
years  after,  the  property  was  sold  to  Mrs.  Eliza  Ayers  for  twelve  thousand 
dollars.  Its  original  cost  was  over  thirty  thousand  dollars.  Mrs.  Ayers  has 
since  deeded  the  property  to  a  board  of  trustees,  to  be  used  as  an  Orphan 


HISTORY   OF    MORGAN   COUNTY.  399 

Home  and  City  Hospital.  The  frame  building  immediately  in  the  rear 
of  the  college  is  occupied  by  the  orphans,  while  the  college  itself  is  used 
as  the  hospital.  The  frame  building  was  formerly  the  home  of  Col.  John 
J.  Hardin,  so  well  known  throughout  this  portion  of  the  State,  and  who 
lost  his  life  at  the  battle  of  Beuna  Vista.  The  home  is  conducted  on 
the  "  Muller  plan,"  by  Rev.  Dr.  Passavant,  who  has  charge  of  eight 
similar  institutions  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States. 

The  home  and  hospital  are  each  well  managed,  and  are  institutions 
worthy  the  attention  of  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville. 

THE  PRESS. 

The  office  of  the  Journal  has  been  twice  visited  with  disastrous 
conflagrations,  in  which  all  the  files  and  records  of  the  paper  previous  to 
1858,  were  destroyed,  and  it  is  therefore  impossible  to  furnish  any  accurate 
statements  concerning  its  early  history.  From  fugitive  papers  preserved 
by  old  residents  of  the  county,  it  appears  that  the  Journal  originated  in 
the  Illinois  Patriot,  which  commenced  publication  about  December  20, 
1831,  with  James  G.  Edwards  in  the  editorial  chair.  In  1837,  after 
having  undergone  several  minor  changes,  the  name  of  the  paper  was 
changed  to  The  Illinoisan,  and  Col.  John  J.  Hardin  and  Mr.  Buckner  took 
editorial  charge.  Shortly  afterward  Josiah  M.  Lucas,  now  Consul  to  Burs- 
lem,  Staffordshire,  England,  became  editor  and  proprietor,  and  continued 
in  such  connection  till  about  1844,  when  the  paper  was  changed  to  The 
Morgan  Journal,  with  William  H.  Sigier  and  William  C.  Sweet  as  editors 
and  proprietors.  Subsequently  the  paper  has  been  edited  by  Dr.  E.  R. 
Rowe,  now  United  States  Marshal  of  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois; 
PaulSelby,  now  editor  of  the  Springfield  Journal ;  William  H.  Collins,  of 
Quincy  ;  Hon.  H.  J.  Atkins,  \Vm.  W.  Jones,  H.  Barden,  Ironmonger,  and 
Mendenhall,  Col.  J.  P.  Smith,  L.  Beecher  Glover,  H.  R.  Hobart,  and  M. 
F.  Simmons.  April  14,  1866,  Ironmonger  &  Co.  purchased  a  steam  press 
and  commenced  the  publication  of  a  daily,  with  G.  P.  Smith  in  the  edito- 
rial chair,  and  Frank  Mitchell  as  city  editor ;  C.  M.  Eames  succeeding 
Mr.  Mitchell.  In  August,  1867,  L.  B.  Glover  became  city  editor,  and  in 
April,  1869,  Chapin  &  Glover  purchased  the  paper  and  published  it  with 
Mr.  Ensley  Moore  as  city  editor.  Mr.  Glover  was  the  editor-in-chief  until 
April,  1864,  when  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  paper  to  Horace  R.  Hobart, 
who  assumed  editorial  charge,  with  Chapin  &  Hobart  proprietors.  Geo. 
N.  Loomis  was  city  editor  during  Mr.  Glover  and  Mr.  Hobart's  connection 
with  the  Journal,  and  continued  as  such  under  the  partnership  of  Chapin 
&  Simmons.  In  April,  1875,  Mr.  Hobart  sold  to  M.  F.  Simmons,  who 
became  editor-in-chief.  In  March,  1876,  Mr.  Chapin  sold  his  interest  to 
Mr.  Charles  M.  Eames,  who  assumed  charge  of  the  city  department,  and 
the  paper  came  under  the  proprietorship  of  Simmons  &  Eames,  by  whom 
it  is  still  published. 

Both  daily  and  weekly  editions  have  increased  in  circulation  and 
influence  until  no  provincial  paper  excels  the  Journal.  The  weekly  is  a 
large  •  forty-eight-column  paper.  The  daily  is  twenty-eight  columns, 
receives  the  latest  telegraphic  reports,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  local 
interests.  The  Journal  has  an  extensive  steam  printing  establishment  in 
connection  with  it,  and  is  in  full  tide  of  prosperity. 


400 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 


Illinois  Courier,  now  published  tri-weekly  aiid  weekly,  being  a  con- 
solidation of  Illinois  Sentinel  and  Jacksonville  Enterprise,  the  two  offices 
being  purchased  by  T.  D.  Price  &  Co.,  who,  besides  uniting  them,  more 
than  doubled  the  capacity  of  the  establishment,  by  adding  other  power 
presses  and  other  machinery,  including  a  full  supply  of  poster  printing 
materials  and  a  book-bindery,  making  it  one  of  the  most  complete  printing 
houses  in  the  State. 


COURIER  OFFICE. 

The  Sentinel  was  established  by  J.  R.  Bailey,  in  January,  1855,  by 
whom  it  was  conducted  as  a  weekly  paper  until  January,  1872,  when  he 
sold  to  Fanning,  Paradice  &  Co.,  who  also  bought  the  Jacksonville 
Independent,  and  added  steam  fixtures  and  a  power  press.  The  Independ- 
ent was  established  April  29,  1869,  by  Ironmonger  &  Fink,  Henry  B. 
Fink  being  editor.  During  its  continuance  under  Mr.  Fink,  Ensley 
Moore  was  employed  as  assistant  editor  upon  the  Independent,  and  Moore 
introduced  into  Jacksonville  journalism  the  system  of  collecting  suburban 
news  by  special  correspondences,  a  point  of  much  value  to  the  Independent 
and  its  successors.  In  1873  the  establishrnet  was  sold  to  Gersham  Martin 
— W.  Y.  Dowdall,  of  the  Peoria  Democrat,  afterward  purchasing  an 
interest — it  was  conducted  by  Martin  &  Co.  until  purchased  by  the 
present  proprietors. 

In  1874,  the  Jacksonville  Enterprise  was  established  as  a  weekly 
paper  by  James  S.  Hambaugh,  who,  in  1875,  started  a  daily  paper.  After 
the  Sentinel  and  Enterprise  offices  were  purchased  by  T.  D.  Price  &  Co., 
in  May,  1876,  the  offices  were  united,  as  stated,  under  the  name  of 
Illinois  Courier,  the  paper  being  published  daily  and  weekly  until  January, 
1877,  when  the  daily  was  temporarily  suspended. 

The  firm  of  T.  D.  Price  &  Co.,  as  publishers  of  the  Courier,  is 
composed  of  T.  D.  Price,  M.  N.  Price,  H.  L.  Clay,  and  G.  E.  Doying,  all 
practical  printers  —  each  giving  personal  attention  to  its  business  — Mr. 
Clay  as  editor,  Mr.  Doying  as  manager.  The  office  is  in  Ayers'  Block, 
on  West  State  Street,  in  the  business  center  of  the  city.  In  all  respects 
the  office  is  fully  equipped  and  equal  to  all  demands  upon  it. 


HISTORY   OF   MOKGAN   COUNTY.  401 

The  weekly  Courier  is  a  large  four-page  paper,  and  the  tri-weekly  a 
seven-column  four-page  paper.  It  is  democratic  in  politics,  but  conser- 
vative in  its  views  upon  all  subjects,  having  for  its  main  purpose  the 
advancement  of  all  local  interests.  It  is  claimed  by  its  friends  to  be  the 
best  representative  of  the  literary  institutions  which  cluster  at  Jackson- 
ville —  an  acknowledged  center  of  learning  in  the  West. 

THE  STATE  INSTITUTIONS. 

Illinois  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb.  The 
earliest  recorded  mention  of  the  deaf  and  dumb,  is  that  of  the  Pentateuch 
— "  Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  deaf."  While  the  Mosaic  law  forbade  unjust 
imposition  and  aspersion  against  this  large  and  interesting  class  of 
unfortunates,  the  laws  of  the  most  refined  nations  of  antiquity  placed 
upon  them  the  same  disabilities  as  appertained  to  infants  and  idiots,  and 
the  usages  of  nations  less  enlightened,  consigned  them  to  death  upon  the 
discovery  of  their  deficiency.  The  eminent  Roman  philosopher  Lucretius, 
in  the  century  immediately  preceding  the  advent  of  Christ,  says : 

To  instruct  the  deaf  no  art  could  ever  reach, 
No  care  improve  them  and  no  wisdom  teach. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  seventh  century,  John,  Bishop  of  Hagulstad, 
taught  a  deaf  mute  to  speak  and  repeat  words  and  sentences.  One  other 
instance  occurs  in  the  fifteenth  century,  while  two  are  mentioned  as 
occurring  in  the  sixteenth.  Of  the  two  attempts  made  in  the  sixteenth 
century,  one  was  by  Pedro  de  Ponce,  a  Benedictine  monk,  in  the  convent 
of  Ona,  in  Spain,  in  the  year  1550,  he  is  claimed  to  have  instructed  four 
mutes  with  great  success.  He  died  in  1584.  The  first  treatise  on  the 
education  of  mutes  was  written  by  John  Paulo  Bonet,  in  the  early  part 
of  the  seventeenth  century v  During  the  same  century,  Dr.  John  Wallis, 
in  England,  in  a  publication  enunciated  the  principles  afterward  known 
as  those  of  De  1'Epee.  About  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century, 
Jacob  Rodriguey  Pereira,  a  Spanish  Jew,  attained  such  success  in  France 
as  to  receive  the  commendation  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  and  to 
attract  the  attention  of  several  crowned  heads.  Just  at  this  time,  unfor- 
tunately for  Pereira's  fame,  love  of  money  got  the  better  of  his  humane 
promptings,  and  he  died  without  making  his  processes  clearly  known. 
Simultaneously  with  Pereira,  the  Abbe  De  1'Eppe,  in  France,  and  Samuel 
Heinecke,  a  soldier  in  Germany,  were  working  in  behalf  of  the  deaf  mute. 
De  1'Eppe  attached  chief  importance  to  signs,  as  a  basis  of  instruction. 
Heinecke  regarded  articulation  as  the  only  proper  means.  Pereira's 
method  was  to  combine  the  two. 

The  first  deaf  mute  of  whom  record  is  made  in  this  country,  was  the 
son  of  Francis  Green,  Esq.,  at  that  time  residing  in  Boston.  He  was  sent 
to  the  Braidwood  School,  near  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  This  place  was 
Dumbiedikes,  and  was  so  called  because  the  school  for  the  dumb  was 
located  there.  The  place  is  immortalized  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  story 
"  The  Heart  of  Midlothian."  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  writing  of  this  school, 
says  :  "  There  is  one  subject  of  philosophical  curiosity  to  be  found  in 
Edinburgh,  which  no  other  city  has  to  show,  a  college  of  deaf  and  dumb, 
the  pupils  can  not  only  speak,  write  and  understand  what  is  written,  but 


402  HISTORY   OF    MORGAN    COUNTY. 

it  is  an  expression  scarcely  figurative  to  say  they  hear  with  the  eye.  *  * 
It  was  pleasing  to  see  one  of  the  most  desperate  of  human  calamities  of 
so  much  help.  Whatever  enlarges  hope  will  exalt  courage." 

The  little  daughter  of  Dr.  Mason  F.  Coggswell,  an  eminent  physician 
in  Hartford,  Conn.,  had  the  misfortune  to  suffer  total  loss  of  hearing  as 
the  result  of  a  disease  then  known  as  spotted  fever,  but  of  late  years 
greatly  dreaded,  under  the  name  of  cerebro  -  spinal  meningitis. 
One  day,  Thomas  M.  Gallaudet,  son  of  a  neighbor  and  friend,  a  young 
clergyman,  who  had  recently  carried  off  the  highest  honors  at  the  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  as  he  had  previously  done  at  Yale  College, 
chanced,  in  passing,  to  see  little  Alice  Coggswell  playing  in  the  garden, 
and,  attracted  by  her  bright  and  winsome  ways,  endeavored  to  establish 
some  communication  with  her.  Before  he  had  left  the  garden  he  had 
succeeded  in  teaching  her  the  word  hats  From  this,  he  proceeded  in  sub- 
sequent visits,  to  teach  her  to  write  the  names  of  other  objects  and  even 
little  sentences.  As  hope  animated  the  mind  of  the  father,  he  began  to 
make  inquiries  as  to  what  had  been  done  for.  the  deaf  and  dumb  abroad, 
and  as  his  information  increased,  he  ascertained  that  there  were  a  number 
of  deaf  mutes  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  who,  like  his  daughter,  were 
entirely  without  education.  Through  his  efforts,  a  few  gentlemen  assem- 
bled in  Hartford  and  decided  that  it  was  expedient  to  send  some  one 
abroad  to  learn  the  process  of  instruction  there  employed,  and  undertake 
the  education  of  the  deaf  and  dumb  in  this  country.  Their  choice  natu- 
rally fell  on  Mr.  Gallaudet,  who,  on  the  25th  of  May,  1815,  embarked  for 
Europe  and  proceeded  to  London,  where  he  made  application  for  permission 
to  attend  the  exercises  of  the  school  and  make  himself  familiar  with  the 
processes  employed.  But  Dr.  Watson,  the  superintendent,  informed  him 
that  the  rules  of  the  institution  were  such  that  it  could  not  be  permitted. 
He  next  went  to  Edinburgh,  and  sought  from  the  Rev.  Robert  Kinniburgh, 
principal  of  the  institution  there,  the  privileges  which  he  had  been  denied 
at  London.  Here  he  met  with  the  same  answer,  Dr.  Kinniburgh  having, 
like  Dr.  Watson,  received  his  license  to  teach  only  on  condition  that  he 
should  not  impart  a  knowledge  of  the  art  to  any  one  designing  to  estab- 
lish a  separate  institution.  Returning  to  London,  he  had  the  good  fortune 
to  meet  the  Abbe  Sicard,  the  successor  of  De  1'Epee,  who  had  brought 
with  him  his  two  celebrated  pupils  Massieu  and  Clerc,  for  the  purpose  of 
demonstrating  the  value  of  his  process.  Becoming  very  much  interested 
in  the  project  of  Mr.  Gallaudet,  he  at  once  invited  him  to  Paris, 
where  he  accordingly  found  himself  March  9,  1816.  The  time  of  his 
sojourn  was  much  shortened  by  his  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  Abbe  to 
Mr.  Clerc's  accompanying  him  to  this  country,  and  in  June  of  the  same 
year  they  set  sail  for  America,  arriving  in  New  York  the  9th  of  August. 
On  the  15th  of  April,  1817,  the  first  asylum  in  this  country  was  opened 
in  a  rented  house  in  Hartford,  with  a  class  of  seven  pupils.  Mr.  Gallau- 
det was  appointed  Principal,  which  position  he  held  until  his  health  failed 
him.  He  died  Sept.  10,  1851,  aged  sixty-one  years.  Mr.  Laurent  Clerc 
died  at  Hartford  July  18,  1869. 

Since  the  time  of  Dr.  Gallaudet,  forty-nine  institutions  have  been 
established,  all  but  four  of  which  may  be  regarded  as  owing  their  exist- 
ence and  their  method  to  his  influence. 

The  act  to  establish  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the 


404  HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

Deaf  and  Dumb,  was  approved  February  23,  1839,  the  bill  having  been 
framed  and  introduced  by  O.  H.  Browning,  of  Adams  County.  It  names 
for  trustees,  Thomas  Carlin,  Dan'l  G.  Whitney,  Thomas  Cole, 
Otway  Wilkinson,  Sam'l  D.  Lockwood,  Jos.  Duncan,  Wm.  Thomas, 
Dennis  Rockwell,  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  Geo.  M.  Chambers,  Sam'l  M.  Prosser, 
Porter  Clay,  Matthew  Stacy,  Richard  F.  Barrett,  Sam'l  H.  Treat,  Cyrus 
Walker,  Benj.  F.  Morris,  William  E.  Withrow,  James  McCrosky,  and 
Thomas  Worthington.  Section  third  states:  "The  object  of  said  cor- 
poration shall  be  to  promote  by  all  proper  and  feasible  means,  the 
intellectual,  moral  and  physical  culture  of  that  unfortunate  portion  of  the 
community  who,  by  the  mysterious  dispensation  of  Providence,  have  been 
born  or  by  disease  become  deaf,  and  of  course  dumb,  and  by  a  judicious 
and  well  adapted  course  of  education,  to  reclaim  them  from  their  lonely 
and  cheerless  condition,  restore  them  to  the  ranks  of  their  species,  and 
fit  them  for  the  discharge  of  the  social  and  domestic  duties  of  life.''  The 
charter  further  provides  for  the  location  of  the  institution  at  Jacksonville, 
where  an  eligible  site  was  selected  one  mile  west  of  the  Public  Square, 
and  a  building  suitable  for  the  occupancy  of  this  class  of  unfortunates 
was  erected,  but  was  not  opened  for  the  reception  of  pupils  until 
January  26,  1846.  Mr.  Thomas  Officer,  formerly  of  the  Ohio  institution, 
was  appointed  superintendent ;  under  his  management  the  school  was  well 
conducted,  and  at  the  close  of  the  year  1855  the  number  of  pupils  who 
had  been  in  attendance  was  one  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Mr.  Officer  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1855  presented  his  resigna- 
tion to  the  board  of  directors,  which  was  accepted. 

The  board  were  fortunate  in  securing  as  the  successor  of  Mr.  Officer, 
Phillip  G.  Gillett,  A.M.,  a  graduate  of  Asbury  University,  at  Greencastle, 
Indiana.  Mr.  Gillett  having  taught  for  four  years  in  the  Indiana  Deaf 
Mute  Institution,  came  to  preside  over  this  one  with  an  experience  which 
was  of  incalculable  value  to  the  institution  at  that  time.  The  board  of 
directors  who  were  instrumental  in  procuring  the  services  of  Mr.  Gillett, 
in  their  report  for  the  years  1855-6,  say  :  "  The  board  of  directors  deem 
themselves  fortunate  in  having  procured  the  services  of  Mr.  Gillett.  He 
is  a  gentleman  of  strong  and  vigorous  mind,  an  accomplished  scholar,  and 
experienced  in  teaching  the  sign  language ;  indeed  he  has  made  this 
his  occupation  for  life,  and  with  him  it  is  as  much  a  labor  of  love  as  duty." 

The  number  of  pupils  in  actual  attendance  at  this  time  was  one  hun- 
dred. There  were  but  two  trades  taught :  shoe  making  and  cabinet 
making.  The  school  flourished  from  this  time  forward,  new  buildings 
were  erected,  more  land  was  purchased,  and  needed  improvements  were 
added  from  time  to  time,  as  necessity  required. 

During  the  fall  term  of  '68,  two  experimental  classes  in  articulation 
were  formed,  and  after  a  fair  trial,  it  was  found  to  be  of  such  great  value 
to  those  for  whom  it  was  intended,  that  it  was  continued,  and  there  are 
now  three  teachers  devoting  their  time  exclusively  to  that  department. 
The  General  Assembly  of  1869-70,  appropriated  $4,000  for  procur- 
ing printing  presses,  and  the  necessary  equipments ;  since  that  time 
quite  a  number  of  the  pupils  have  learned  the  trade,  and  after  quitting 
school  have  found  themselves  able  to  be  self-supporting.  An  art  depart- 
ment has  been  added,  and  those  of  the  pupils  who  evince  talents  in  that 
direction,  have  the  benefit  of  instruction  from  a  competent  teacher. 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  405 

Drawing,  painting,  wood  carving,  and  scroll  work,  are  taught  in  this 
department.  A  fine  library — provided  by  the  Legislature — is  an  attract- 
ive feature  of  the  institution. 

The  institution  was  for  years  unable  to  secure  a  sufficient  supply  of 
water,  but  this  difficulty  was  overcome  in  1870,  by  building  a  reservoir 
on  the  grounds  of  the  institution,  capable  of  holding  three  and  a  half 
million  gallons  of  water,  and  here  the  ice  for  the  use  of  the  household  is 
procured  in  winter. 

At  the  opening  of  the  session  of  the  school  in  '56,  repeated  applica- 
tions were  received  to  admit  persons  who,  though  mute,  were  not  deaf; 
their  inability  to  articulate  being  the  result  of  imbecility  of  mind.  Dr. 
Gillett  in  his  report  for  that  year,  urges  the  establishment  of  an  institu- 
tion where  this  class  of  children  might  be  cared  for.  But  it  was  not 
until  1865,  that  the  General  Assembly  incorporated  the  "  Asylum  for 
Feeble  Minded  Children."  A  building  near  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institu- 
tion— the  Governor  Duncan  property — was  rented,  and  placed  under  the 
supervision  of  Dr.  Gillett.  Having  thoroughly  organized  the  school,  Dr. 
Gillett  resigned  the  superintendency  and  recommended  as  his  successor, 
Dr.  Chas.  T.  Wilbur,  who  was  accordingly  appointed.  This  institution  is 
now  in  successful  operation  in  Lincoln,  Logan  County.  On  account  of 
its  being  an  outgrowth  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institution,  it  is  thought 
fitting  to  mention  it  in  this  connection.  The  buildings  of  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb  Institution  are  all  of  brick,  and  are  built  in  the  most  sub- 
stantial manner.  The  number  of  pupils  increased  so  rapidly  that  greater 
accomodations  were  needed,  and  the  General  Assembly  in  1873,  made 
an  appropriation  for  the  erection  of  a  dining  room  sufficiently  large  to 
seat  five  hundred  pupils,  all  at  one  time  ;  this  building  was  soon  after 
finished  and  is  found  to  be  all  that  could  be  desired.  It  is  one  of  the 
largest  rooms  used  for  this  purpose  in  the  State,  being  sixty-seven  feet 
wide,  and  ninety  feet  long.  An  appropriation  was  made  at  the  same  time 
for  the  erection  of  a  school  building,  one  of  the  largest  detached  buildings 
in  the  State  used  for  school  purposes.  It  contains  besides  the  twenty- 
eight  school  rooms,  a  chapel,  capable  of  holding  one  thousand  people. 
The  garden  is  under  the  supervision  of  a  competent  gardener,  who 
instructs  those  of  the  pupils  who  may  be  placed  under  his  charge,  in 
this  useful  employment.  The  number  of  pupils  in  actual  attendance  at 
this  time  is  four  hundred  and  twenty-six.  The  value  of  the  property  is 
estimated  to  be  $325,000. 

The  present  prosperity  of  the  institution  is  owing  in  no  small  degree 
to  the  untiring  labors  of  the  present  superintendent,  Dr.  Gillett.  The 
State  Board  of  Charities  in  their  report  to  Governor  Beveridge,  say : 
"  With  the  advent  of  Mr.  Phillip  G.  Gillett,  from  Indiana,  to  the  super- 
intendency, in  1857,  the  institution  entered  upon  a  new  career  of  vigorous 
growth  and  expansion.  His  energetic  spirit  has  driven  the  school,  the 
public,  and  even  the  Legislature  before  him;  when  this  has  been  impossi- 
ble, he  has  sometimes  gone  in  advance,  himself,  and  waited  for  the  rest 
to  come  up."  Asbury  University,  in  Indiana,  in  1871,  conferred  on  Mr. 
Gillett  the  title  L.L.D.  The  institution  has  grown  to  be  an  honor  to  the 
State  of  Illinois,  and  occupies  a  position  second  to  none  in  this  country. 

Illinois  Central  Hospital  for  the  Insane. — This  is  the  oldest  institu- 
tion of  its  kind  in  the  State.  The  act  to  establish  it  \v;is  j  .;  .'1  by  the 


406  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

General  Assembly  March  1, 1847.  Before  the  erection  of  this  institution, 
this  class  of  unfortunates  were  kept  in  county  poor-houses,  by  their 
friends,  and  in  private  institutions  ;  but  in  none  of  these  was  their  keep- 
ing, in  the  majority  of  cases,  such  as  would  tend  to  their  comfort  or  cure. 
In  many  instances  they  were  confined  in  pens  or  cells,  in  which  they  were 
subjected  to  all  the  inclemencies  of  the  weather,  their  condition  being  no 
better  than  that  of  wild  beasts. 

Miss  D.  L.  Dix,  a  philanthropic  lady  who  had  devoted  the  best  years 
of  her  life  to  aid  the  insane,  and  who  had  traveled  most  extensively  in 
the  furtherance  of  her  purpose,  visited  the  majority  of  the  counties  in  this 
State,  to  learn  the  condition  of  the  insane,  and  to  see  if  some  provision 
could  not  be  made  for  their  proper  care  and  support.  In  a  great  many 
cases  she  found  them  in  a  deplorable  condition.  In  a  memorial  prepared 
by  her  and  presented  to  the  General  Assembly,  at  the  session  of  January, 
1847,  she  vividly  describes  the  condition  of  the  insane,  as  found  by  her 
in  her  travels,  and  makes  a  most  urgent  appeal  for  their  relief  and  sup- 
port. In  reference  to  the  treatment  of  insane  persons,  Miss  Dix,  in  her 
memorial,  says : 

"  Insanity  is  no  longer  regarded  as  the  extinction  of  the  mind,  a  dis- 
ease hopeless  and  incurable,  but  proceeding  from  physical  causes  which 
disable  the  brain  for  a  time  from  the  correct  exercise  of  those  functions 
through  which  the  mind  is  represented.  And  this  malady  is  subject  to 
successful  physical  treatment,  as  surely  as  a  fever,  or  other  common  bodily 
disease.  In  view  of  ascertaining  the  condition  and  necessities  of  these 
miserable  fellow-beings,  I  have  journeyed  over  no  inconsiderable  portion 
of  the  State,  visiting  some  of  the  northern,  central,  and  southern  dis- 
tricts ;  and  prevented  only  by  severe  and  protracted  illness,  the  last 
autumn,  from  a  more  complete  course  of  inquiry  and  observation. 

"  Scenes  of  misery  have  met  my  view  which  no  language,  however 
vividly  combined,  can  adequately  describe.  In  addition  to  what  I  have 
witnessed,  distressing  circumstances  have  been  communicated,  through 
reliable  sources,  as  existing  in  private  families,  which  yield  additional 
evidence  that  this  appalling  malady  is  making  sure  advances  throughout 
the  country.  It  is  not  confined  to  rank,  age,  sex,  or  condition.  All  are 
liable  to  its  attacks,  and  all  are  directly  concerned  to  secure  means  for  its 
cure.  This  can  be  done  only  by  the  establishment  of  a  hospital  adapted 
expressly  to  this  end." 

Miss  Dix,  in  her  memorial,  further  vividly  describes  the  condition  of 
the  insane  throughout  the  State  as  she  found  them.  Many  were  kept  in 
cages,  pens,  and  cells,  which  generally,  through  their  imperfect  construc- 
tion, afforded  ill  protection  to  the  persons  confined  in  them.  She  further 
says  in  her  memorial :  "  In  the  poor-house  at  Galena,  the  master  showed 
me  through  a  small  apartment  occupied  by  poor  patients  ill  of  fever,  of 
consumption,  and  others  confined  merely  through  accident,  broken  limbs, 
etc.  Passing  into  the  adjacent  apartment,  also  small,  I  perceived  a  man- 
cage  constructed  on  one  side,  with  strong  perpendicular  bars,  enclosing  a 
space  about  six  feet  by  three. 

"  '  There,  madam,'  said  the  keeper  with  emotion,  '  there  is  the  only 
place  I  have  for  keeping  the  furiously  insane  when  they  are  sent  to  the 
poor-house — a  place  not  fit  for  a  dog- — a  place  where  they  become  daily 
worse,  and  where  their  cries,  vociferations,  and  blasphemies,  with  other 


HISTORY   OP  MORGAN   COUNTY.  407 

offenses,  drive  all  peace  and  quiet  from  the  place.  The  sick  have  no 
respite,  and  the  family  at  large  no  rest.  We  want,  madam,  a  hospital  in 
our  State,  and  the  people  ought  to  know  it.  It  costs  as  much  again,  and 
three-fold  as  much,  to  keep  them  here  as  it  would  in  an  asylum,  and 
when  we've  done  our  best,  they  are  in  a  dreadful  condition.' 

"  In  the  southern,  as  in  the  central  and  northern  counties,  most  dis- 
tressing cases  of  persons  whose  limbs  have  been  frozen,  both  through 
exposure  while  wandering  in  the  country  during  inclement  seasons,  and 
from  being  shut  up  in  small  cells  or  pens,  without  clothing  or  fire  to 
temper  the  cold  in  the  one,  or  protection  from  the  pitiless  storms  in  the 
other."  Many  of  the  readers  of  these  pages  will  doubtless  remember  the 
case  of  the  man  named  Fanning,  at  one  time  a  resident  of  this  county. 
He  was  visited  by  Miss  Dix,  who  thus  describes  his  condition  : 

"There  is  at  this  time  in  Morgan  County  a  man  who  has  been 
furiously  mad,  most  of  the  time,  for  many  years.  Since  he  became  in- 
sane he  has  been  supported  at  large  expense  by  the  county.  His  sister 
and  brother-in-law  have  charge  of  him.  A  county  officer  writes  to  me 
concerning  this  poor  creature,  as  follows:  -'Fanning  is  -in  a  most 
wretched  condition,  being  kept  more  like  a  wild  beast  than  a  human 
being.'  I  have,  together  with  several  citizens  of  Jacksonville,  visited 
this  maniac.  Those  who  are  paid  by  the  county  for  taking  charge  of 
him,  seemed  to  me  to  err  through  incapacity  and  entire  ignorance  how  to 
control  him,  rather  than  through  willful  neglect  and  inhumanity.  His 
sister  said  to  me  :  '  He  is  a  sight  of  trouble,  and  costs  a  dreadful  deal — 
but  we  had  rather  take  care  of  him,  than  leave  him  to  strangers,  because 
we  are  kinder  and  treat  him  better  than  they  would.'  Now  for  the 
comfort,  the  situation,  the  treatment  of  this  unoffending  man,  who,  before 
the  accident  which  induced  insanity,  was  characterized,  as  is  testified  by 
those  who  knew  him,  for  intelligence,  industry,  and  correct  habits.  It  was 
an  intensely  hot  day  last  summer  when  I  visited  Fanning.  He  was  con- 
fined in  a  roofed  pen,  which  enclosed  an  area  of  about  eight  feet  by  eight 
— probably  a  few  inches  over.  The  interstices  between  the  unhewn  logs 
freely  admitted  the  scorching  rays  of  the  sun  then,  as  they  now  afford 
admission  to  the  frequent  rains,  the  driving  snow  and  pinching  frost.  He 
was  without  bed,  and  without  clothing  ;  his  food,  of  the  coarsest  kind,  was 
passed  through  a  space  between  the  logs,  '  no  better,'  said  a  neigh- 
bor, '  than  the  hogs  are  fed.'  Some  sort  of  coarse  bed-clothing  and  gar- 
ments, at  times  were  supplied,  but  usually  not.  His  feet  had  been  frozen 
and  had  perished ;  upon  the  shapeless  stumps,  he  could,  aided  by  some 
motion  of  his  shoulders,  raise  his  body  partially  against  the  side  of  the 
pen.  This  wi  etched  place  was  cleaned  '  once  in  a  week  or  fortnight,'  in 
mild  weather,  not  so  in  the  wet,  cold,  wintry  seasons.  I  was  told  that 
when  the  pen  Avas  opened  for  this  purpose,  the  help  of  neighbors  was 
requisite.  '  We  have  men  called,  and  they  go  in  and  tie  him  strongly 
with  ropes,  and  get  him  out  on  the  ground,  and  then  they  clean  the  place 
and  him,  by  throwing  over  pails  of  water.'  Of  course  no  fire  is  here 
introduced  in  cold  winter  weather,  but  a  singular  expedient  has  been 
adopted,  as  horrible  as  it  is  singular.  Beneath  the  pen  is  excavated  a  pit 
about  six  feet  deep  and  six  on  either  side.  This  dreary,  ghastly  place  is 
entered  through  a  trap  door ;  neither  light,  heat,  nor  ventilation  there  ; 


408  HISTORY   OF    MORGAN    COUNTY. 

but  there  is  to  be  found  a  pining,  desolate,  suffering  maniac,  whose  piteous 
groans,  and  frantic  cries  would  move  to  pity  the  hardest  heart." 

The  earnest  words  and  works  of  Miss  Dix  and  others,  were  not  with- 
out their  effect.  Judge  William  Thomas,  who  has  given  so  much  of  his 
time  to  benevolent  works,  and  who  was  mainly  instrumental  in  securing 
its  location  in  Morgan  County,  drew  up  and  presented  a  bill  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  '46-'47,  providing  for  the  erection  of  a  Hospital  for  the 
Insane.  The  main  features  of  the  bill  introduced  by  Judge  Thomas, 
were,  that  "  there  shall  be  established,  as  soon  after  the  passage  of  this 
act  as  shall  be  practicable,  at,  or  within  four  miles  of  the  town  of  Jack- 
sonville, in  the  County  of  Morgan,  in  this  State,  an  institution  to  be  styled 
and  known  as  the  Illinois  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane."  The  following 
persons  were  named  in  the  act  as  trustees :  Joseph  Morton,  James  Dun- 
lap,  John  J.  Hardin.  John  Henry,  Samuel  D.  Lockvvood,  William  Thomas, 
Bezaleel  Gillett,  Nathaniel  English,  and  Owen  M.  Long,  all  of  Morgan 
County.  The  act  further  provided  that  the  sum  of  $60,000 
should  be'  appropriated  for  the  erection  of  buildings  capable  of 
accommodating  two  hundred  and  fifty  patients  ;  for  the  proper  admission 
of  patients,  for  their  care  and  keeping,  and  for  the  appointment  of  officers 
and  the  necessary  assistants.  The  trustees  above  named  met  on  the  20th 
of  March,  1847,  and  organized  as  a  board  by  electing  Samuel  D.  Lock- 
wood,  president,  and  William  Thomas,  secretary.  On  the  first  of  May, 
the  board  agreed  on  a  location  provided  the  land  could  be  purchased  at 
twenty  dollars  per  acre.  On  the  15th  of  May  eighty  acres  of  the  desired 
land  was  purchased  at  a  cost  of  $1,600,  and  on  the  4th  of  June  following, 
they  purchased  eighty  acres  adjoining,  for  $1,670.  The  land  lies  south  of 
Jacksonville,  and  the  site  for  the  building  is  one  and  a  quarter  miles  south 
of  the  public  square.  It  is  believed  that  no  better  location  could  have 
been  made.  The  site  is  so  elevated  as  to  command  a  view  of  the  country 
for  several  miles  to  the  north,  south  and  west,  and  to  admit  of  easy  drain- 
age into  a  running  stream  passing  near  the  same.  The  members  of  the 
board  having  received  such  information  in  relation  to  the  building  in  Indiana 
as  to  induce  the  belief  that  the  plan  of  that  building  might  be  safely 
adopted,  Moore  C.  Goltra  was  employed  to  proceed  to  Indianapolis  and 
obtain  the  plans,  drawings  and  specifications  of  that  building.  On  the 
tenth  day  of  July  Mr.  Goltra  returned  with  the  ground  plans  and  draw- 
ings of  the  Indiana  Hospital,  which  the  board  adopted,  and  employed  Mr. 
Goltra  as  mechanical  superintendent.  The  erection  of  the  buildings 
began  that  fall  but  on  account  of  various  delays  was  not  open  for  the 
reception  of  patients  until  the  Fall  of  1851.  On  the  3d  of  November  of 
that  year,  according  to  a  notice  published  and  sent  throughout  the  State, 
three  months  previously,  as  required  by  law,  the  Hospital  was  opened  for 
the  reception  of  patients.  During  the  first  thirteen  months  there  were 
received  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  patients,  of  whom  seventy-three 
were  males,  and  sixty-five  were  females.  Of  this  number  thirty-eight 
were  discharged  cured,  showing  the  beneficial  results  of  such  an  institu- 
tion. On  the  12th  of  August,  1848,  James  M.  Higgins,  M.  D.,  of 
Griggsville,  was  appointed  medical  superintendent.  He  remained  in 
charge  of  the  institution  until  June  6,  1853,  when  the  trustees  deemed 
it  best  to  make  a  change  in  that  office.  Andrew  McFarland,  M.  D., 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  was  chosen  to  supersede 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN    COUNTY.  409 

Dr.  Higgins.  He  arrived  at  the  institution  on  the  16th  of  June,  and 
assumed  its  superintendence. 

From  time  to  time  various  needed  improvements  have  been  made, 
and  additions  have  been  erected,  until  at  the  present  time  the  building 
can  easily  accommodate  six  hundred  inmates,  and- the  necessary  attend- 
ants. The  institution  for  some  time  was  greatly  inconvenienced  on 
account  of  scarcity  of  water,  but  a  few  years  ago  a  large  reservoir  was 
erected,  which,  with  the  water  works  of  the  city,  furnish  a  never-failing 
supply.  The  buildings  are  thoroughly  heated  with  steam,  and  lighted  by 
gas,  and  are  furnished  with  every  necessary  convenience  and  improve- 
ment. Repairs  are  constantly  being  made,  and  every  thing  is  kept  in  the 
best  of  order.  Dr.  H.  F.  Carriel,  the  present  superintendent,  is  a  native 
of  Charlestown,  N.  H.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  of  New  York  City.  He  began  his  labors  with  the  insane, 
April  1, 1857,  in  the  New  Jersey  State  Asylum  at  Trenton,  and  ever  since 
has  devoted  his  time  exclusively  to  this  work. 

Oak  Lawn  Retreat.  Institutions  for  the  care  and  treatment  of  the 
insane  have  existed  for  a  very  long  period  in  the  world's  history. 
The  first  of  which  we  have  any  account,  were  founded  by  monks 
and  other  pious  brotherhoods,  when  insanity  was  conceived  to  be  a 
visitation  of  evil  spirits,  and  riot,  as  now  regarded,  a  disease, 
subject  to  medical  treatment,  like  other  diseases  of  the  human 
system.  With  the  more  complete  organization  of  society,  in  later 
times,  and  the  spread  of  greater  intelligence,  they  gradually  assumed 
their  present  shape,  being  directed  by  medical  men,  sometimes  built 
and  endowed  by  the  benefactions  of  the  charitably  disposed,  and 
occasionally,  though  rarely,  aided  by  enlightened  governments  and  mu- 
nicipalities. During  the  present  century,  particularly,  the  claims  of  the 
insane  to  shelter,  comfort,  and  proper  treatment,  have  been  more  com- 
pletely recognized  than  ever  before,  and  society  is  fully  alive  to  its  duty 
in  this  regard.  In  our  own  favored  country  this  is  done  in  one  of  two 
ways :  by  institutions  founded  by  individuals,  either  singly  or  incorpo- 
rated ;  or  by  States,  cities,  or  counties,  as  the  case  may  be.  In  some  of 
these  latter  cases  the  public  function  confines  itself  simply  to  the  pro- 
vision of  suitable  buildings  and  appurtenances,  leaving  the  qost  of 
maintainance  to  be  borne  by  those  necessitated  to  resort  to  their  use.  In 
other  instances,  of  which  the  State  of  Illinois  is  an  example,  the  State 
assumes  all  the  cost  of  buildings,  maintainance,  and  treatment.  This 
most  bountiful  liberality  has  the  natural  effect  to  draw  under  the  care 
of  the  State  the  insane  of  all  classes  and  conditions,  leaving  some  un- 
provided for.  The  result  of  such  attempt  at  a  universal  provision  is, 
that  the  receptacles  for  the  insane  of  a  State  adopting  this  policy  must  be 
crowded  to  an  unpleasant  degree,  and  naturally  there  is  brought  about  a 
promiscuous  association  not  always  desirable.  There  can  be  no  distinctions 
made  or  favors  shown  to  any,  where  the  rights  and  standing  of  all  are  on 
exactly  the  same  basis.  To  grant  such  distinctions,  under  the  circum- 
stances, would  be  a  breach  of  a  public  trust.  With  the  increase  of  pop- 
ulation, wealth,  and  refinement,  the  instances  multiply  where  cheapness 
is  not  alone  a  consideration.  As  an  inevitable  so'cial  necessity,  a  class  of 
institutions  come  into  being  where  pecuniary  means  can  arrange  for  all  the 
special  favors  and  advantages  that  any  case  may  require.  The  rule  that 


410  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

governs  in  the  choice  of  a  hotel,  a  seminary,  or  a  social  set,  will  not 
make  the  insane  asylum  an  exception  where  the  means  are  at  hand  to 
dictate  a  selection.  The  knowledge  that  large  numbers  of  the  insane 
were  being  transported  from  Illinois,  and  States  even  farther  west, 
to  far  distant  institutions  in  the  older  States,  under  the  above  men- 
tioned circumstances,  led  to  the  establishment  of  OAK  LAWN  RE- 
TREAT, in  the  year  1872,  by  Andrew  J.  McFarland,  M.  D.,  so  long 
superintendent  of  the  State  Hospital  here.  It  occupies  a  site  of  sixty  acres 
fronting  on  Morton  avenue,  about  one  and  a  fourth  miles  from  the  public 
square,  in  the  city  of  Jacksonville.  The  location,  as  regards  picturesque- 
ness,  salubrity,  water-supply,  drainage,  etc.,  is  every  thing  that  could  be 
desired.  It  has  accommodations  for  about  twenty  patients,  and  is  now 
(1878)  occupied  to  its  full  capacity,  though  early  additions  to  its  build- 
ings are  contemplated. 

Illinois  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind.  Prior  to  the  year 
1833,  no  institution  of  this  kind  existed  in  the  United  States.  That  year 
Dr.  Howe,  of  Boston,  and  J.  R.  Freidlander,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  intro- 
duced the  system  in  use  in  Europe  into  each  of  these  cities.  The  system 
adopted  by  these  gentlemen  was  that  in  vogue  among  the  French.  This 
method  was  invented  by  Abbe  Hauy,  in  1785.  Previous  to  this  time 
blindness  was  considered  to  be  the  greatest  of  deprivations.  The  loss  of 
the  organs  by  which  man  usually  receives  a  knowledge  of  objects  around 
him,  was  naturally  supposed  to  close  the  world  to  him,  and  to  produce  a 
mental  darkness  which  no  skill  could  enlighten.  This  opinion  was  so 
universally  prevalent,  that  no  effort  was  made,  except  in  rare  instances, 
to  instruct  this  class  of  unfortunates.  The  benevolent  Abbe  one  day 
entered  a  cafe  in  Paris,  and  hearing  some  blind  musicians  performing  with 
skill  and  taste  certain  trifling  airs  learned  by  ear,  asked  himself  the  ques- 
tion, "  If  these  men  can  perform  so  well  without  instruction,  can  not 
instruction  improve  their  talents  ?  "  He  commenced  an  investigation  of 
the  powers  and  capabilities  of  the  blind,  and  devised  a  method  of  print- 
ing for  their  use,  which  is  still  followed.  In  1789,  his  efforts  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  French  government,  and  it  established  the  institution 
in  Paris  for  the  education  of  the  blind.  This  was  the  first  attempt  at 
opening  a  school  for  the  blind.  The  regulations  established,  the  methods 
adopted  at  that  time,  and  the  course  of  instruction  have  been  continued 
to  the  present  time.  From  the  cities  of  Boston  and  Philadelphia,  have 
radiated  the  methods  of  instruction,  and  there  is  now  scarcely  a  State  in 
the  Union  which  has  not  made  liberal  appropriations  for  the  education  of 
its  blind.  The  first  attempt  to  instruct  them  in  this  State,  was  made 
in  the  city  of  Jacksonville,  in  the  year  1848,  by  Mr.  Samuel  Bacon,  a 
blind  man,  formerly  of  the  Ohio  institution.  His  school  was  supported 
by  the  liberal  donations  of  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville. 

On  the  13th  of  Januaiy,  1849,  the  Legislature  passed  the  act  incor- 
porating The  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind.  In 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  trustees  named  therein, 
Messrs.  Samuel  D.  Lockwood,  James  Dunlap,  W.  W.  Happy,  Dennis 
Rockwell,  and  Samuel  Hunt,  met  on  the  third  day  of  February,  of  that 
year,  and  organized  by  electing  Mr.  Lockwood  president,  James  Berdan 
secretary,  and  Mr.  Rockwell  treasurer.  The  school  under  their  control 
wns  opened  for  the  reception  of  pupils  the  April  following.  Mr.  Bacon, 


412  mSTORY   OF   MOTCGAN   COUNTY. 

who  had  been  quite  successful,  was  engaged  as  principal  of  the  institution. 
The  number  of  pupils  quite  small  at  first,  gradually  increased.  No 
vacation  occurred  in  the  school  until  the  10th  of  July,  when  the  first 
term  was  closed,  and  the  pupils,  then  numbering  twenty-three,  after  a 
public  examination,  were  dismissed  until  the  first  Wednesday  of  October. 
Mr.  Bacon  opened  his  first  school  in  a  building  on  North  Main  Street, 
now  known  as  the  John  McConnell  property.  After  the  incorporation  of 
the  school,  it  was  removed  to  the  Wilson  farm,  west  of  the  city,  which 
place  is  now  known  as  the  Robb  farm. 

Mr.  Bacon  having  resigned  'at  the  close  of  the  term  in  July,  the 
board  deputed  one  of  their  number  to  visit  similar  institutions,  in  other 
States,  for  the  purpose  of  engaging  a  competent  superintendent.  The 
result  of  this  visit  was  the  selection  of  Dr.  Joshua  Rhoads,  former  super- 
intendent of  the  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Blind,  as  principal,  and 
Mrs.  Rosanna  Rhoads  as  matron.  Under  their  direction  the  school 
•fe  opened  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  October,  with  twenty-three  pupils, 
i  this  number  being  all  that  could  be  accommodated  at  this  time. 

The  board  had  purchased  an  eligible  site,  comprising  twenty-two 
acres  of  ground,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city,  where  the  foundations  of  a 
building  suitable  for  the  accommodation  of  this  class  of  persons  was 
laid,  and  work  on  the  walls  was  progressing  favorably  ;  this  building 
in  an  unfurnished  condition,  was  occupied  for  the  first  time  in  January, 
1854;  it  was  entirely  completed  January,  1855.  The  course  of  instruc- 
tion was  enlarged,  so  as  to  include  the  various  trades,  and  some  of  the 
fine  arts.  Dr.  Rhoads  continued  as  principal  of  the  institution,  until 
1874,  a  period  of  twenty-four  years ;  during  which  time,  many  improve- 
ments were  made,  and  the  institution  brought  to  the  front  rank. 

Dr.  Phillips  the  present  superintendent,  speaking  of  Dr.  Rhoads, 
s;:ys  : 

"Since  my  last  report,  my  predecessor,  Dr.  Joshua  Rhoads,  has  died. 
His  health,  feeble  at  the  time  of  his  resignation,  continued  to  fail  until 
bruary  1, 1876,  when  death  relieved  him  of  his  sufferings.  A  graduate  of 
•  Pennsylvania  University  of  Medicine,  he  was  engaged  in  the  active  prac- 
L  e  of  his  profession  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  principal  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Blind  for  four  years.  In  18^0,  he  was 
elected  principal  of  this  institution,  which  position  he  occupied  for 
twenty-four  years.  Possessed  of  a  good  mind,  which  was  well  culti- 
vated, he  was  qualified  both  by  nature  and  habit,  for  the  work  to  which 
he  gave  so  much  of  his  life.  Methodical,  earnest,  and  in  love  with  his 
work,  the  institution  was  well  conducted  and  successful  under  his  admin- 
istration. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  entered  upon  his  seventieth 
year." 

The  buildings  completed  January  1,  1855,  were  with  various  addi- 
tions, and  improvements,  occupied  without  interruption,  until  the  morn- 
ing of  the  20th  of  April,  1869,  when  the  main  building  with  its  contents, 
was  entirely  destroyed  by  fire.  The  pupils  and  teachers  were  imme- 
diately removed  to  Berean  College  building,  situated  two  squares  west, 
through  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  E.  Ayers,  who  owned  the  building,  school 
was  again  resumed,  and  continued  until  the  institution  could  be  rebuilt. 
The  new  building  was  completed  and  opened  January  26,  1870.  The 
school  has  progressed  most  favorably  ever  since.  Dr.  Rhoads,  owing  to 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  413 

failing  health,  resigned  his  position  in  1874,  and  F.  W.  Phillips,  M.D.  for 
many  years  a  prominent  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
was  appointed  to  the  vacancy.  The  school  continues  to  prosper.  There 
are  now  120  pupils  in  attendance.  Additions  and  improvements  have 
been  made  from  time  to  time,  as  necessity  demanded.  It  is  hoped  by  the 
friends  of  the  institution,  that  the  east  wing  will  before  many  years  be 
erected.  When  this  is  completed,  Illinois  will  have  furnished  ample 
provision  for  all  this  class  of  unfortunates,  within  her  borders.  The 
inventory  and  appraisement  of  the  buildings,  grounds,  and  property  belong- 
ing to  the  institution,  on  the  30th  of  September,  1876,  was  $167,558.91. 

MEREDOSIA. 

This  thriving  town  is  in  the  extreme  western  part  of  Morgan  County, 
on  the  east  bank  of  the  Illinois  River.  The  earliest  mention  we  are  able 
to  learn  of  this  town,  relates  to  the  year  1816,  when  Gen.  Murray 
McConnell,  in  passing  up  the  river  to  where  Peoria  now  stands,  found  one 
white  man  residing  at  the  head  of  a  lake  near  the  site  of  the  present  town 
of  Meredosia.  This  man  was  a  French  priest,  who  was  doing  missionary 
work  among  the  Indians,  who  had  quite  a  village  just  north  of  the  present 
town.  In  honor  of  this  priest,  Mr.  J.  E.  Waldo,  and  Philip  Aylesworth 
—  two  gentlemen  who  were  prominent  citizens  of  the  place  for  many 
years  —  named  the  town.  The  name  of  the  priest  was  Antoine  D'Osia, 
and  the  name  given  to  the  town  was  partly  on  account  of  the  lake  being 
near  where  the  town  was  to  be.  The  meaning  of  the  word  is  Mere,  a 
lake,  and  DeOsia,  of  Osia,  or  D'Osia's  lake.  The  records  show  that  the 
town  was  platted  on  December  27,  1832,  by  Thomas  T.  January,  on  frac- 
tional section  21,  township  16  north,  range  13  west.  The  lots  were  sixty 
by  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet.  This  was  the  south  part  of  the  present 
town,  which  was  laid  out  in  after  years  by  Jonathan  Cobbs  and  Philip 
Aylesworth,  on  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  21. 

Among  the  first  stores  erected  in  Meredosia,  was  one  kept  by  Isaiah 
Stites,  on  the  ground  where  now  stands  the  handsome  residence  of  Absa- 
lom Sibert,  Esq.  In  the  Fall  of  1831,  Mr.  Daniel  Waldo,  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  came  to  Meredosia,  and  in  connection  with  his  brother,  who 
had  come  out  the  preceding  year,  opened  a  general  variety  store.  His 
stock  of  goods  was  brought  from  Boston  and  New  Orleans,  and  was  the 
largest  stock  in  the  county  at  that  time.  At  that  date  there  was  no 
money  of  any  kind  in  the  settlement,  and  in  lieu  of  it,  the  common  cur- 
rency of  the  frontier  was  used.  This  consisted  of  coon  skins,  furs  of  all 
kinds,  honey,  beeswax,  or  whatever  the  settlers  had  to  give  in  exchange. 
The  settlement  at  this  time  consisted  of  about  twenty  families.  There 
was  no  school  in  the  place  until  1833,  when  Mr.  Pickett  opened  a  school 
in  one  room  of  the  double  log  cabin  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Cobb.  This  was  a 
pay  school,  and  had  an  average  attendance  of  twenty  scholars.  Each 
child  paid  two  dollars  per  quarter.  The  pay  consisted  of  furs,  generally, 
though  the  teacher  was  willing  to  take  whatever  he  could  get. 

It  was  during  this  year  (1833)  that  Stephen  Arnold  Douglas  came 
to  Illinois.  He  was  born  April  13,  1813,  at  Brandon,  Vermont.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  he  came  to  this  State  in  hopes  of  bettering  his  condi- 
tion. He  landed  at  Meredosia,  in  1833,  where  he  met  Mr.  Daniel  Waldo 
N 


414  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COtTNTY. 

and  Mr.  Edward  Lusk,  two  of  the  pioneers  of  Illinois,  who  are  still  resid- 
ing there.  He  was  in  search  of  a  school ;  but  failing  to  find  one 
here,  he  proceeded  on  foot  to  Bethel,  where  he  met  with  a  like  result. 
He  went  on  to  Jacksonville,  and  finding  no  employment  there,  proceeded 
to  Winchester,  where  he  succeeded  in  securing  a  school  of  forty  pupils, 
at  three  dollars  per  quarter.  When  he  reached  Winchester,  his  ex- 

/ chequer  was  reduced  to  thirty-seven  and  one-half  cents.     He  kept  up  his 

law  studies,  and  the  following  March  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the 
Supreme  Court,  sitting  at  Vandalia.  He  now  betook  himself  to  the 
practice  of  law,  and  speedily  won  distinction  in  his  profession.  Within 
/  a  year  of  his  admission  to  the  Bar,  before  he  was  twenty-two  years  old, 
'  he  was  chosen  by  the  legislature,  attorney-general  of  the  State.  In  1836 
he  was  elected  to  the  legislature  from  Morgan  County,  being  the  young- 
est member  of  that  body.  "  It  was  in  1833  that  President  Jackson  added 
to  his  refusal  to  re-charter  the  United  States  Bank,  the  removal  of  the 
deposits.  Great  was  the  consternation  of  the  people,  and  a  panic  pre- 
vailed. Party  feeling  ran  extremely  high,  the  president's  supporters 
were  unsettled  in  their  views,  and  thousands  differed  with  him  on  these 
measures.  Douglas  had  just  located  at  Jacksonville,  and  opened  a  law- 
office  in  a  room  in  the  court-house.  The  Whigs  of  Morgan  County,  from 
their  number  and  standing,  were  arrogant  and  audacious  in  their  denun- 
ciation of  the  administration.  Douglas  mingled  freely  with  the  people, 
who  usually  crowded  the  county-seat  on  Saturdays,  and,  among  them, 
was  outspoken  in  his  approbation  of  acts  of  the  administration.  He  and 
the  editor  of  the  Democratic  paper  at  Jacksonville,  deeming  it  advisable 
to  rally  the  undecided,  effect  an  organization  of  the  administration  party, 
and  define  its  position,  in  opposition  to  the  views  of  many  friends,  called 
a  mass  meeting,  and  prepared  a  set  of  resolutions  endorsing  the  bank 
policy  of  the  administration.  On  the  day  of  the  meeting,  the  court-house 
was  thronged  with  people  of  both  parties.  Douglas,  being  comparatively 
a  stranger,  declined  to  offer  resolutions  ;  but  as  it  soon  became  appar- 
ent that  unless  he  did  it  would  not  be  done,  he  boldly  advanced  and  read 
them,  following  with  a  few  brief  explanatory  remarks.  Immediately 
upon  his  conclusion,  Josiah  Lamborn,  a  Whig  of  great  influence  and  ora- 
torical powers,  attacked  the  resolutions,  and  their  reader,  in  a  severe  and 
caustic  manner.  The  blood  of  Douglas  was  up  ;  this  was  his  first  politi- 
cal effort,  but  he  met  his  antagonist  with  such  arguments,  so  vehement 
and  effeative,  that  the  excitement  of  his  friends  reached  the  highest  point 
of  endurance  ;  they  cheered,  seized,  and  bore  him  aloft  through  the 
crowd,  and  around  the  public  square,  in  gratitude  and  admiration,  apply- 
ing to  him  such  complimentary  titles  as  '  high-combed  cock,'  '  little  giant,' 
etc.,  which  last,  by  its  peculiar  appropriateness,  adhered  to  him  to  the 
last.  His  effort  that  day,  in  a  measure,  changed  the  political  destiny  of 
Morgan  County.  It  was  long  remembered,  and  the  old  veterans  of  Mor- 
gan always  held  that  Douglas  never  equaled  this  speech  of  March,  1834."* 
From  this  time,  Douglas'  political  career  began,  and,  as  his  after  life 
is  so  well  known  to  the  readers  of  these  pages,  we  desist  from  further 
mention  of  him  here.  He  died  in  1861,  and  is  buried  in  a  beautiful  spot 
in  the  suburbs  of  Chicago.  His  grave  is  near  Lake  Michigan,  in  "  Doug- 
las Grove,"  near  where  was  "Camp  Douglas"  during  the  late  war. 

*Davidson  &  Stuve's  History  of  Illinois. 


HISTORY  OF  MORGAN  COUNTY.  415 

In  1835,  Messrs.  D.  and  J.  E.  Waldo  erected  a  distillery  for  the  manu- 
facture of  whisky.  The  capacity  was  three  hundred  bushels  of  grain  per 
day.  In  connection  with  the  distillery,  the  proprietors  opened  the  first 
blacksmith  shop  in  the  place,  and  engaged  James  Wolf  to  manage  that  part 
of  the  business  for  them.  A  few  years  later,  a  saw  mill  was  added  to  the 
distillery.  The  distillery  was  afterward  owned  by  Roe  &  Gove,  who  dis- 
posed of  it  to  Mr.  Joab  Wilkinson.  The  machinery  finally  became  worn 
out,  and  the  business  was  abandoned.  The  first  frame  buildings  erected  in 
the  town  were  by  the  Waldo  brothers,  in  1833;  the  lumber  was  split  from 
logs,  and  rough  dressed.  The  first  tavern  was  kept  by  Mr.  Geo.  Finch, 
who  was  running  a  stage  line  between  Jacksonville  and  Mt.  Sterling, 
having  Meredosia  as  his  "  half- way  house."  This  hotel  was  a  ver}^  large 
building,  containing  seventy-five  rooms,  and  was  in  one  respect  like 
ancient  Rome,  "  not  built  in  a  day."  At  first  there  were  but  a  few  rooms, 
the  others  being  added  from  time  to  time.  In  1867,  the  building  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  In  1850,  another  hotel  was  erected  and  opened  by 
Mr.  Holderby ;  this  is  the  present  hotel  of  the  place,  Dr.  H.  J.  Parker 
being  the  proprietor.  During  the  Summer  of  1851,  Mr.  Holderby 
opened  a  lumber  yard,  the  first  in  the  town,  which  business  he  conducted 
until  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1854.  The  yard  then  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Grierson  &  Wallahan,  who  were  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  and 
grocery  business.  The  business  was  conducted  by  Messrs.  Grierson  & 
Wallahan  until  the  year  1861,  when  Mr.  Grierson,  becoming  fired  with 
patriotism,  entered  the  army,  and  afterward  became  noted  as  General 
Ben.  Grierson,  so  well  known  all  over  the  country. 

In  the  Fall  of  1839,  Mr.  Edward  Lusk,  who  had  been  keeping  a 
store  in  Jacksonville  for  six  years,  went  to  St.  Louis  and  purchased  a 
steamboat.  This  boat  —  the  American  —  he  ran  between  St.  Louis  and 
Peoria,  carrying  passengers  and  freight  to  all  the  landings  between  these 
points.  Mr.  Lusk  continued  on  the  river  as  captain  of  the  American  for 
five  years,  when  he  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Meredosia,  and  engaged 
in  farming.  Mr.  Lusk  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two,  and  no  one 
is  more  highly  esteemed  where  he  is  known. 

The  first  postmaster  in  Meredosia  was  Mr.  Philip  Aylesworth.  The 
mails  were  carried  by  a  man  named  Pickett,  who  rode  between  Quincy 
and  Springfield  once  every  week.  When  the  old  man  came  in  sight  of 
the  settlement  he  would  blow  a  horn  to  assemble  the  settlers  to  receive 
their  mail.  The  postage  was  paid  by  the  person  who  received  the  letter, 
not  by  the  writer  as  is  done  now.  At  that  time  the  rates  were  graded  so 
that  the  postage  on  a  letter  which  had  been  carried  a  distance  of  thirty 
miles  or  less  was  six  cents,  a  greater  distance  ten,  or  eighteen  and  three- 
fourths,  and  for  any  distance  over  five  hundred  miles  the  postage  was 
twenty-five  cents.  Under  the  administration  of  President  Jackson,  Mr. 
Daniel  Waldo  was  appointed  postmaster.  This  position  he  retained  for 
sixteen  years.  When  Mr.  Buchanan  was  elected  president  he  saw  proper 
to  appoint  one  of  his  own  political  party  to  the  place.  President  Grant 
re-appointed  Mr.  Waldo  to  that  position,  which  he  now  holds.  He  has 
now  been  in  the  employ  of  the  postoffice  department  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  has  held  the  position  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  forty-one 
years.  "'Squire"  Waldo  is  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  whom  but  few 
are  now  residing  in  the  county.  He  is  in  his  seventy-sixth  year,  and  an 
active  man. 


416  HISTORY    OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

Previous  to  1837,  there  had  been  no  regular  preaching.  During  this 
year  several  ministers  held  services  in  the  houses  of  the  settlers.  Among 
these  traveling  preachers  was  the  Rev.  Ben  Newman.  About  this  time  the 
citizens  without  regard  to  denominational  differences  united  in  erecting 
a  house  of  worship.  This  house  was  built  near  where  the  railroad  depot 
now  is. 

A  few  years  after  the  erection  of  this  house,  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Milburn, 
the  celebrated  "  Blind  Preacher,"  held  a  series  of  meetings  here.  An 
outgrowth  of  this  series  of  meetings  was  the  present  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  In  1859,  J.  H.  Carver  and  M.  H.  Mauck  opened  a  general 
store.  Their  business  increasing,  more  store  room  was  necessary,  and  in 
1868,  they  erected  their  present  store.  This  is  a  large  two-story  brick 
building.  The  upper  floor  was  added  for  the  use  of  the  Masonic  Frater- 
nity. In  1867,  Messrs.  Hysinger  &  Graham  opened  a  store  for  the  sale 
of  groceries,  dry  goods,  and  clothing ;  they  soon  found  their  business 
would  justify  the  erection  of  a  new  building,  and  now  have  a  large  store 
on  Main  street.  A  large  grist  and  saw  mill  was  erected  in  1859  by  Kruse 
&  •Miller.  This  mill  has  since  been  operated  by  different  parties,  the 
present  proprietor  being  Mr.  C.  C.  Rieman,  who  is  erecting  a  large  mill  to 
take  the  place  of  the  old  one.  Messrs.  Einstman,  and  Keener  &  Pike  own 
and  operate  two  large  grain  elevators ;  Mr.  Einstman  running  a  boat  and 
several  barges  for  the  transportation  of  his  grain  to  market.  The  amount 
of  grain  shipped  from  Meredosia  during  the  last  year  was  :  corn,  150,000 
bushels ;  wheat,,  40,000.  This  business  is  about  equally  divided  between 
the  two  grain  dealers.  Mr.  Charles  Heinz  owns  and  operates  a  wagon 
shop,  where  he  also  manufactures  agricultural  implements.  Another 
wagon  shop  is  owned  by  Mr.  Charles  Button.  Mr.  Einstman  has  a  saw 
mill  which  has  a  good  local  trade.  Mr.  Henry  Shafer  is  doing  a  good 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture.  Mr.  David  McGinnis  has  a 
first-class  drug  store,  and  does  a  good  business.  The  fishing  business  is 
carried  on  quite  extensively,  large  quantities  of  fish  being  shipped 
every  day. 

The  town  of  Meredosia  'was  incorporated  November  23,  1850.  The 
first  trustees  were:  John  Trabue,  Wm.  B.  Newcomb,  S.  S.  Winnegar, 
John  W.  Trover,  and  Wm.  H.  Long.  At  that  time  Meredosia  contained 
about  the  same  number  of  inhabitants  as  now.  It  had  been  in  its  day  a 
thriving,  energetic  town,  but  other  cities  more  prosperous  in  their  growth 
had  taken  away  its  trade.  This  was  owing  chiefly  to  the  inception  and 
growth  of  railroads.  At  one  time  in  the  history  of  our  county  he  who 
founded  a  town  away  from  any  lake  or  navigable  river  was  deemed  unwise, 
for  no  one  ever  dreamed  that  produce  could  be  conveyed  from  one  point 
to  another  save  by  water.  Hence  in  the  earliest  settlement  of  the  country 
all  towns  were  found  upon  or  near  some  navigable  body  of  water. 
Meredosia  was  founded  and  grew  well  at  first,  but  the  railroad  came  in 
1838,  and  other  towns  began  to  draw  away  its  trade.  This  railroad,  the 
the  first  in  the  Valley  of  the  Mississippi,  was  part  of  the  great  internal 
improvement  system  begun  in  the  Prairie  State  in  1835,  and  which  for  a 
time  so  nearly  bankrupted  the  people. 

The  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  the  first  one  built  under  this  system 
was  let  out  to  the  contractors  early  in  1837.  Some  grading  and  other 
work  was  done  during  that  season  and  on  the  9th  day  of  May,  1838,  the 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY  417 

first  rail  was  laid  at  Meredosia.  This  was  a  great  day  in  the  history  of 
the  little  town.  Its  streets  were  full  of  people  who  came  to  see  what  to 
many  of  them  was  the  beginning  of  a  monstrous  piece  of  folly.  The  his- 
tory of  this  road,  its  small  cars  and  meagre  equipments,  its  trials,  failures, 
and  ultimate  success,  are  recorded  elsewhere  in  this  volume, .and  need 
not  be  repeated  here.  Among  the  citizens  of  Meredosia  who  gave  time 
and  money  in  aid  of  this  enterprise,  none  were  more  conspicuous  than 
Mr.  Daniel,  Waldo.  He  was,  as  has  been  stated,  one  of  the  earliest  mer- 
chants here,  and  has  always  been  prominently  connected  with  the  growth 
of  Meredosia.  Speaking  of  his  early  experiences  as  a  merchant,  and  of  his 
acquaintance  with  men  who  afterward  became  prominent  in  the  history  of 
the  State,  Mr.  Waldo  related  to  the  writer  of  these  pages,  his  meeting  with 
Stephen  A.  Douglas,  who  first  set  foot  upon  the  soil  of  Illinois  at  the 
little  town  of  Meredosia.  Mr.  Waldo  says  :  "  In  the  Fall  of  1833,  I  was 
at  the  boat  landing,  receiving  goods,  when  I  was  accosted  by  a  young 
man  who  had  just  come  on  the  boat.  After  the  usual  greetings  of  the 
day  were  exchanged,  Mr.  Douglas — for  by  that  name  he  introduced  him- 
self—  inquired  if  I  knew  of  a  place  where  a  school  teacher  was  needed,  I 
told  him  if  a  school  teacher  was  needed  any  place  under  the  canopy  of 
heaven,  Meredosia  was  that  place.  He  went  at  my  invitation,  to  my 
store,  where  I  had  quite  a  talk  with  him.  He  had  been  working  at  the 
cabinet  business  and  afterward  studied  law  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
Wishing  to  better  his  condition  financially,  he  had  come  out  West.  At 
this  time,  Mr.  Douglas  was  but  twenty  years  of  age,  failing  to  secure  the 
interests  of  the  people  sufficiently  to  maintain  a  school,  he  "  kept  bar," 
for  his  board,  and  slept  in  my  store.  Not  long  afterward,  he  went  to 
Bethel,  but  failing  to  secure  a  school  at  this  place,  he  proceeded  on  foot 
to  Winchester,  while  on  the  way  he  earned  one  dollar,  for  clerking  at  a 
public  sale  —  the  first  money  he  earned  in  this  State.  He  procured  a 
school  at  Winchester,  and  after  its  close  went  to  Jacksonville,  where  he 
located  and  shortly  afterward  began  the  practice  of  law."  Mr.  Waldo's 
recollection  of  Mr.  Douglas,  coincides  with  the  statements  we  have 
already  made,  in  the  history  of  Meredosia.  During  the  senatorial  con- 
test in  1858,  Mr.  Douglas,  as  well  as  his  opponent  for  public  favor  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  made  many  speeches  here. 

Meredosia  is  a  good  field  for  the  curiosity  hunter,  as  there  are  in  the 
town  several  mounds  which  were  built  by  the  Indians,  ages  ago.  These 
mounds,  some  of  which  are  fifty  feet  in  height,  are  built  of  black  soil, 
which  has  probably  been  brought  from  the  bottom,  on  the  west  side  of 
the  river.  A  few  of  them  have  been  opened,  and  numbers  of  arrow- 
heads, stone  hatchets,  copper  vessels,  and  articles  of  pottery-ware  found 
in  them.  Immediately  north  of  the  town  is  a  level  tract  of  land,  con- 
tainining  fifteen  acres.  This  plat  is  inclosed  on  three  sides  by  .the  bluffs, 
and  on  the  other  side  by  D'Osia's  Lake.  This  place  was  occupied  by  the 
Indians,  who  had  quite  a  village  here,  just  previous  to  the  advent  of  the 
settlers  in  its  neighborhood.  In  one  of  the  mounds  near  this  village  a 
skeleton  was  unearthed  a  few  years  ago,  which  was  supposed  to  be  all 
that  remained  of  Antoine  D'Osia,  the  first  settler.  A  few  miles  from 
Meredosia  there  are  several  of  these  mounds,  and  the  remains  of  a  large 
fort  are  also  seen  on  the  top  of  a  high  bluff,  overhanging  the  mounds. 
This  fort  shows  the  remains  of  ditches,  parapets,  etc.  No  portion  of  the 


418  HISTOEY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

county  is  of  more  interest  to  one  who  cares  for  a  ramble  through  the 
woods  on  a  bright  summer  day,  where  they  can  see  so  many  relics  of 
olden  time. 

The  present  population  of  Meredosia  is  about  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  souls,  and  is  composed  chiefly  of  the  German  element.  Farming 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  town  is  carried  on  to  a  great  extent.  The  land  in 
this  neighborhood  is  fertile  and  very  productive,  being  composed  of  sandy 
loam  and  decayed  vegetable  matter.  This  soil  varies  in  depth  from  eight 
inches  to  six  feet.  Underlying  this  soil  is  a  strata  of  white  sand,  through 
which  is  continually  percolating  a  current  of  clear,  cold  water,  passing, 
apparently  from  east  to  west.  In  dry  seasons  this  portion  of  the  county 
always  gives  a  fair  yield,  the  power  of  the  sun  being  such  as  to  attract 
to  the  surface  a  sufficient  quantity  of  moisture  to  prevent  the  crops  from 
dryness.  The  farmers  in  this  region  are  always  sure  of  a  good  crop  if  the 
requisite  amount  of  labor  is  applied  at  the  proper  time.  The  market  for 
most  of  the  grain  raised  here  is  St.  Louis,  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles 
below  the  town.  Most  of  the  grain  is  shipped  by  river,  while  a  good  por- 
tion is  sent  by  rail  to  Toledo  and  the  eastern  cities. 

Municipal.  Meredosia  was  incorporated  first  under  the  general  law 
of  the  State.  In  1850  it  received  a  charter  uuder  which  the  first  board 
of  trustees  were  John  Trabue,  Wm.  B.  Newcomb,  S.  S.  Winnegar,  John 
W.  Trover,  and  Wm.  H.  Long. 

The  records  of  the  town  from  1851  to,  and  including  1865,  were  lost 
and  no  record  of  the  town  for  those  years  can  now  be  found.  The 
records  beginning  with  the  year  1866  show  the  following  to  be  the  mu- 
nicipal directory  : 

1866— O.  D.  Critzer,  Wm.  Morley,  W.  J.  Wackerle,  Peter  Baujan, 
Daniel  Waldo. 

1867 — O.  D.  Critzer,  Peter  Baujan,  D.  H.  Lollis,  Charles  Launer, 
James  Watson. 

1868— J.  L.  Pike,  Joel  Turnham,  D.  H.  Lollis,  S.  T.  Black,  John 
Winningham. 

1869— L.  C.  Mitchell,  R.  B.  Conn,  O.  D.  Critzer,  Peter  Baujan, 
Charles  Heinz. 

1870 — J.  L.  Pike,  D.  H.  Lollis,  Charles  Heinz,  Joel  Turnham,  Chas. 
Launer. 

1871— Daniel  Waldo,  D.  H.  Lollis,  Charles  Heinz,  J.  L.  Pike,  Chas. 
Launer. 

1872— J.  L.  Pike,  H.  W.  Welcheimer,  J.  F.  Yeck,  Sibert  Heiser,  J. 
C.  Herr. 

1873 — Geo.  W.  Graham,  J.  L.  Pike,  Peter  Baujan,  H.  W.  Reiman, 
J.  F.  Yeck. 

1874— Geo.  W.  Graham,  J.  L.  Pike,  H.  W.  Rieman,  J.  F.  Yeck, 
Peter  Baujan. 

1875— J.  F.  Skinner,  J.  Youst,  Charles  Heinz,  H.  W.  Rieman,  D. 
H.  Lollis. 

1876— Charles  Heinz,  J.  F.  Skinner,  John  Youst,  D.  H.  Lollis,  H. 
W.  Rieman. 

1877— C.  Heinz,  J.  L.  Pike,  H.  W.  Welchimer,  David  Schroll,  J.  F. 
Yeck. 

1878 — G.  W.  Graham,  A.  J.  Leslie,  Lyman  Deitz,  J.  F.  Skinner, 
Geo.  James.  J.  F.  Skinner,  Treasurer;  C.  R.  Lyon,  Town  Clerk. 


HISTORY    OF    MORGAN   COUNTY.  419 

The  Churches,  The  Methodist  Episcopal,  is  the  oldest  religious  asso- 
ciation in  Meredosia.  For  several  years  before  there  was  a  church  organi- 
zation in  that  town  services  were  frequently  held  in  private  residences. 
The  first  house  erected  for  divine  worship  was  near  the  railroad.  This 
house  was  built  by  the  citizens,  without  regard  to  denominational  differ- 
ences, and  was  used  by  all.  This  house  was  known  as  the  "  Union 
Church,"  and  was  used  until  1865,  when  it  was  moved  to  its  present  site 
and  used  alternately  by  the  German  Episcopal  and  Methodist  Episcopal 
organizations.  In  1877,  the  former  having  purchased  the  entire 
building,  the  Methodist  Episcopal  began  the  erection  of  a  house 
of  their  own.  This  church  is  built  on  an  elevation,  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  town  and  is  an  ornament  to  Meredosia.  It  is  a 
large  frame  building,  with  a  tower  one  hundred  feet  high.  In  the 
tower  of  the  church  it  is  the  intention,  at  an  early  day,  to  place  a  thou- 
sand pound  bell.  The  church  has  a  very  high  ceiling,  stained  glass  win- 
dows, and  is  a  handsome  structure.  Its  cost,  when  completed,  will  be 
f>3,;">00.  The  church  is  in  a  flourishing  condition  having  a  membership 
of  two  hundred. 

The  German  Methodist  Episcopal  had  no  services  whateveT  until 
1850.  At  that  time  they  began  holding  occasional  meetings  at  the  houses 
of  persons  adhering  to  that  denomination.  They  united  with  the  Amer- 
ican Methodists  in  1865,  both  bodies  occupying  one  building.  In  1877,  on 
the  withdrawal  of  the  latter,  the  Germans  retained  the  church  building, 
which  they  still  occupy.  The  church  is  doing  well  and  the  membership 
is  gradually  increasing. 

The  First  Lutheran,  German — St.  John—  was  organized  about  1872. 
At  that  time  the  congregation  was  small  and  was  served  by  "second- 
ary "  ministers.  These  were  the  Rev's.  August  Bramer,  E.  Behm,  and 
Wm.  Meyer.  This  association  occupies  a  frame  building  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  town.  This  house  was  formerly  the  Union  Church — the  first 
building  for  worship  in  the  place — which  has  been  remodeled  and  pre- 
sents a  very  neat  appearance.  The  present  membership  numbers  about 
twenty  families.  The  pastor  is  the  Rev.  Edmund  Hautel,  to  whose 
efforts  the  prosperity  of  the  church  is  chiefly  due,  and  who  has  been 
instrumental  in  bringing  the  church  under  the  supervision  of  the  General 
Synod  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  Rev.  Hautel  also  has  charge  of  a  coun- 
try church,  a  short  distance  from  Meredosia,  which  is  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition. The  Union  Baptist  Association  was  organized  in  1874,  at  which 
time  a  church  was  erected.  They  have  since  held  regular  services. 

The  Schools.  We  have  already  mentioned  the  first  school  opei'.ed  in 
Meredosia.  It  was  taught  by  Mr.  Geo.  Pickett,  in  one  room  of  a  double  log 
cabin,  occupied  by  Mr.  Jonathan  Cobb.  It  was  a  pay  school,  the  teacher 
being  paid  in  the  common  currency  of  the  day,  coon  skins,  wax,  etc.  The 
price  charged  was  two  dollars  per  quarter.  After  this,  other  schools  were 
opened  in  various  places,  generally  paid  by  subscriptions  until  the  pass- 
age of  the  State  law,  organizing  school  districts.  A  better  system  of 
education  was  the  result,  the  schools  being  supported  by  taxation.  Build- 
ings erected  for  school  purposes  were  used  and  an  attempt  at  gradation 
begun.  These  efforts  culminated  in  the  present  system  of  graded  schools 
and  the  present  commodious  school  building.  It  was  erected  in  1877, 
contains  four  rooms,  and  is  capable  of  accommodating  two  hundred 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

pupils.  The  attendance  at  present  is  one  hundred  and  sixty-five.  The 
superintendent  is  Mr.  Joseph  Harker,  who  is  assisted  by  three  teachers. 
The  teaching  of  the  German  language  is  a  specialty,  one  room  being 
devoted  to  that  branch.  The  Board  of  Education  consists  of  Messrs.  Geo. 
W.  Graham,  David  Schroll,  G.  N.  Beauchamp. 

Lodges  and  Societies.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Benevolent  Lodge  No.  52,  was 
organized  in  1848.  Its  present  membership  numbers  62.  Meetings, 
Saturday  evening  before  full  moon,  in  each  month. 

Meredosia  Chapter  No.  11,  was  organized  in  1850.  Membership  at 
present,  64.  Meets  first  Wednesday  in  each  month. 

A  Council  has  recently  been  .formed,  but  the  organization  has  not  yet 
been  perfected. 

I.  O.  O.  F.  Meredosia  Lodge  No.  138,  was  organized  in  1855.  Has 
now  30  members.  The  meetings  are  held  every  Thursday  evening. 

Dosia  Encampment  No.  166,  was  organized  in  1875.    Has  present  mem- 
bership of  14.     Meets  first  and  third  Mondays  of  each  month. 

The  Press.  Through  the  instrumentality  of  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Graham,  Mr. 
J.  R.  Miller  was  induced  to  open  a  printing  office  in  Meredosia  in  1877. 
The  press  used  at  first  was  a  "  Washington,"  and  the  type  was  insufficient 
for  the  office.  Since  then  the  office  has  been  furnished  with  a  new  job  press 
and  new  type  and  is  doing  a  good  business.  Mr.  Miller  is  editor  of  The 
Meredosia  Monitor,  which  is  well  sustained. 

WAVERLY 

Is  the  second  town  in  size  in  the  county.  It  is  situated  in  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  county,  on  the  Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  South- 
eastern Railroad,  and  is  about  twenty  miles  from  the  county-seat.  Prior 
to  the  year  1836,  the  land  on  which  the  town  is  situated  was  an  unbro- 
ken wilderness,  with  no  habitues,  save  the  native  animals  of  the  prairies. 
The  country  round  about  the  place  contained  a  few  settlers,  these  gener- 
ally living  in  the  edge  of  the  timber.  Their  habitations  were  diminutive 
log  structures  of  the  day,  and  their  trading  places  were  generally  Jack- 
sonville, Alton  and  Springfield.  The  first  settler  in  this  part  of  the 
county  was  Milton  Shirtleff,  who  located  on  Section  11,  about  1822. 
Among  the  other  early  settlers  were  John  Hunt,  James  London,  Michael 
Miller,  Jacob  Black,  Rev.  Isaac  Conlee,  Joseph  Thomas,  Nicholas 
Russell,  Flemming  C.  Maupin,  John  Turner,  Joseph  Wise,  and  Joseph 
Caruthers.  The  first  marriage  here  was  that  of  Mr.  Christopher  Ashbaugh 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Thomas.  In  1827,  the  first  death  in  this  community 
occurred,  being  that  of  Henry,  son  of  John  Hunt. 

Rev.  William  Rogers  preached  the  first  sermon  here,  at  the  house  of 
Rev.  Isaac  Conlee.  He  was  a  Baptist  clergyman,  and  was  well  known 
in  this  community.  The  first  school  in  this  neighborhood  was  taught  by 
John  Scott.  It  was,  like  all  other  schools  of  the  day,  paid  by  subscrip- 
tion; the  compensation  being  peltry  and  bees-wax,  the  circulating  cur- 
rency of  the  time.  This  part  of  the  county  grew  slowly.  The  Illinois 
College  was  founded  by  men  from  New  Haven,  Conn.,  among  them  Dr. 
J.  M.  Sturtevant,  so  long  its  honored  president. 

It  is  well  known  by  all  that  the  founding  of  the  college  was  largely 
the  result  of  the  labors  of  a  band  of  young  men,  who  had  determined  to 
make  the  Northwest  the  field  of  their  life  labors. 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  421 

Mr.  Cleveland  J.  Salter,  a  native  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  then  a 
merchant  in  that  city,  had  become  acquainted  with  this  band  of  young 
men,  and  from  them  had  learned  their  plans,  and  something  of  their  suc- 
cess. He  knew  of  the  founding  of  Illinois  College,  and  of  the  desire 
among  its  friends  to  establish  a  theological  school. 

While  a  merchant  in  New  Haven  he  concluded  to  visit  the  Great 
West,  and  in  1834,  he  made  a  tour,  mostly  by  stage,  through  a  portion  of 
Illinois,  visiting  Jacksonville,  Quincy,  and  other  places.  In  1835,  on  the 
recommendation  of  a  friend  residing  in  Jacksonville,  he  made  an  invest- 
ment in  land,  where  Waverly  now  stands,  of  about  five  thousand  acres, 
Messrs.  D.  B.  Salter,  Alexander  C.  Twining,  and  Joseph  A  Tanner,  hav- 
ing with  him  about  one-half  interest.  On  the  18th  of  May,  1836,  these 
persons  laid  out  the  village  of  Waverly,  donating  a  capacious  public 
square,  and  also  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  near  the  village  for 
educational  purposes. 

Mr.  C.  J.  Salter  had  returned  for  his  family  in  1835,  having  deter- 
mined to  emigrate  to  the  new  town.  During  his  absence  the  proprietors 
of  the  village  had  erected  a  brick  seminary  and  a  frame  boarding-house, 
at  an  aggregate  expense  of  about  $5,000.  Mr.  Salter's  route,  in  common 
with  all  other  emigrants,  was  by  various  modes  of  travel  to  Pittsburgh, 
thence  down  the  Ohio  River  in  a  steamboat  to  its  confluence  with  the 
Mississippi,  and  up  that  river  by  the  same  conveyance  to  St.  Louis.  At 
this  place  they  took  stages  on  the  route  to  Springfield,  and  came  to 
Auburn,  where  in  wagons  they  proceeded  to  their  new  home.  On  their 
arrival  at  Waverly  the  only  house  which  they  could  use  was  the  board- 
ing-house, then  just  completed.  Here  they  lived  until  Mr.  Salter  could 
erect  a  brick  dwelling — the  first  in  this  part  of  the  county.  This  became, 
with  various  improvements,  the  family  residence,  and  here  Mr.  Salter 
resided  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  27th  of  January,  1878. 

The  only  buildings  on  the  site  of  the  town  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Salter 
and  his  family's  arrival,  were  the  boarding-house  and  the  brick  seminary 
already  mentioned.  A  little  over  a  mile  west  of  the  new  town,  a  village 
plat  under  the  name  of  Appalona,  had  been  surveyed,  and  some  attempts 
at  village  life  begun.  Here  was  a  blacksmith's  shop,  a  postoffice,  and 
one  or  two  cabins;  the  latter  at  this  time  were  occupied  by  a  few  families 
just  locating  in  the  country.  The  village  of  Appalona  had  received  its 
name  from  Apple  Creek,  on  which  it  was  situated,  and  though  vigorous 
efforts  were  made  by  its  projectors  to  establish  a  prosperous  town  here, 
the  attempt  was  a  failure,  and  Appalona  exists  only  in  name.  The  post- 
office  was -retained  here,  however,  until  about  1847,  when  the  stage 
route  was  changed  so  as  to  pass  through  Waverly.  The  chief  aim  of  the 
founders  of  Waverly  was  the  establishing  of  a  school.  Hence  the  erec- 
tion of  the  seminary  and  boarding-house  before  the  other  structures  were 
begun.  The  town  grew  but  slowly  at  first ;  its  founders  could  not  in- 
duce settlers  rapidly  to  locate  in  their  midst,  and  for  ten  years  the  village 
scarcely  contained  two  hundred  inhabitants.  Dr.  I.  H.  Brown  was 
among  the  first  to  settle  here;  he  was  a  prominent  physician,  and  was 
widely  known  throughout  the  entire  community.  Mr.  Theodore  Wat- 
son, now  a  resident  of  Waverly,  located  here  in  1839.  Concerning  his 
recollections  of  the  place  at  that  date,  he  says : 

"  There  were  then  but  very  few  people   in  the  place.     The  public 


422  HISTOKT   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

square  was  overgrown  with  a  mass  of  vines,  underbrush,  and  small  trees. 
It  remained  in  this  condition  several  years,  when  about  1848  it  was 
cleared  off,  small  trees  planted,  and  the  unsightly  rail-fence  gave  way  to 
the  present  one  of  plank.  When  I  came  here,"  continued  Mr.  Watson, 
"the  boarding-house  was  occupied,  and  the  school  in  operation.  Dr.  I. 
H.  Brown  was  living  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  in  a  log  cabin. 
George  Knapp  was  living  in  the  western  part,  in  a  similar  house.  Elisha 
Filley  resided  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  town;  he  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade,  and  built  the  first  house  in  town.  Elijah  Wood,  a  farmer,  was 
a  neighbor  of  Mr.  Filley's.  David  Dykes,  also  a  farmer,  lived  in  a  log 
cabin  in  the  village,  and  worked  his  farm  near  by.  C.  J.  Salter  had  not 
yet  completed  his  family  residence,  and  was  living  in  the  boarding-house. 
The  western  part  of  what  is  now  Waverly,  was  then  the  center  of  trade, 
and  here  Frank  Starr,  with  George  Carter,  about  1840,  opened  the  first 
store  in  the  village." 

About  eight  years  after,  Mr.  J.  A.  Crane  opened  the  second  store  in 
the  place  ;  it,  like  its  predecessor,  and  all  stores  of  its  time,  contained  a 
general  stock  of  goods,  comprising  every  article  in  the  catalogue  of  fron- 
tier necessities. 

The  school  was  opened  about  1838,  in  the  spring ;  the  first  teacher 
here  was  Mr.  John  F.  Brooks.  The  post-office  was  kept  at  George  Deth- 
erage's,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  west  of  the  town.  Not  far  from 
this  office  was  the  place  known  as  "  Log  Range  ;"  it  was  called  at  first 
"  La  Grange,"  by  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  pioneers,  who,  being  possessed 
of  a  romantic  turn  of  mind,  gave  the  latter  name  to  her  home.  As  it  was 
then  a  log  cabin,  and  the  pioneer  neighborhood  filled  more  with  the  prac- 
tical than  the  ideal,  and  perceiving  the  import  of  the  name,  gave  it  its 
broadest  sound  when  pronouncing  it.  As  the  houses  then  were  all  cabins, 
the  "La"  soon  degenerated  into  "Log,"  and  "Log  Range  "  was  the 
result.  The  name  "  Waverly  "  has  an  equally  romantic  origin :  Mr. 
James  D.  B.  Salter,  a  young  man  in  school  when  the  town  was  platted, 
wrote  to  his  father  requesting  him,  if  the  town  had  not  been  christened, 
to  give  it  the  name  of  Waverly,  in  honor  of  the  Waverly  novels,  for  which 
he  had  an  intense  admiration.  His  father  complied  with  his  request,  and 
hence  the  name.  Mr.  Watson  states  further,  that  when  he  came,  Mr.  A. 
Pease  was  living  on  the  east  side  of  the  public  square  ;  he  was  a  farmer, 
but  has  always  resided  in  town.  Dr.  Brown's  father  lived  in  a  log  house 
on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  graded  school,  and  had  a  cooper  and 
blacksmith  shop  near  where  he  lived. 

The  families  enumerated  were  the  principal  ones  who  were  residents 
of  Waverly  until  1847.  During  the  first  decade  of  the  town's  existence,  its 
growth  was  slow,  being  chiefly  dependent  on  the  prosperity  of  the  school. 
This  was  a  well-known  institution,  and  had  in  its  day  a  State  reputa- 
tion. Among  its  pupils  were  some  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  Illinois, 
who  remember  with  pride  the  days  spent  at  the  Waverly  Seminary.  The 
chief  desire  of  the  founders  of  the  village,  to  build  up  a  large  school,  was 
destined  to  fail.  Other  towns  had  more  and  better  advantages  for 
schools,  and  only  a  high  school  was  ever  realized  here.  The  grant  of 
640  acres  reverted  to  the  original  proprietors,  and  in  time  the  seminary 
gave  way  to  the  present  town  schools.  In  1846,  Mr.  J.  A.  Crane  came  to 
Waverly ;  speaking  of  what  he  saw  in  the  village,  says  :  "  There  was 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  423 

one  church  edifice  built  when  I  came  ;  it  was  the  Episcopal  Church,  and 
had  been  used  but  a  short  time  ;  the  Congregational  was  organized,  and 
was  using  the  seminary  for  public  service  ;  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
had  not  yet  a  house  of  worship:  the  Rev.  C.  G.  Selleck  was  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  Church,  and  was  also  teacher  in  the  academy.  There 
was  but  one  store  in  town,  owned  by  Andrew  and  Alexander  Kinkead, 
who  had  a  general  stock  of  goods.  I  opened  a  grocery,  but  kept  almost 
all  goods  wanted  by  the  pioneers ;  mine  was  the  second  store  in  the  town. 
The  post-office  was  at  Appalona,  at  Mr.  Detherage's.  There  were  a  few 
carpenters,  a  blacksmith  or  two,  and  probably  one  hundred  and  fifty 
inhabitants."  Two  years  after  Mr.  Crane's  arrival,  Capt.  J.  W.  Meacham 
located.  During  these  two  years,  Waverly  had  more  than  doubled  in 
inhabitants,  and  was  doing  a  good  business. 

Captain  Meacham  remembers  the  following  stores  and  business 
places  in  the  town :  A.  Thayer  was  keeping  a  general  store  in  a  part  of 
his  dwelling,  on  the  southeast  part  of  the  square  ;  William  Rhoacls  had 
a  drug-store  on  the  south  side  of  the  square,  in  a  frame  story-and-a-half 
building  ;  R.  H.  Nelson  and  John  A.  Crane  were  selling  dry  goods,  gro- 
ceries, etc.,  in  a  frame  building  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  ;  Andrew 
Kinkead  and  G.  W.  Garrett  had  a  general  store  near  Crane  &  Nelson  ; 
J.  W.  Ross  and  John  Beatty  had  a  small  grocery  and  provision  store  on 
the  west  side  of  the  square  ;  Andrew  Kinkead  kept  a  small  drug-store, 
adjoining  the  grocery  store  of  Ross  &  Beatty;  one  flouring  mill,  in  the 
western  part  of  the  town  was  in  operation,  run  by  William  H.  Coe  ; 
James  Hutchinson  was  operating  a  carding  factory,  where  the  present 
flouring  mill  of  Hutchinson  Brothers  &  Co.  is  now  situated  ;  Baker  Ewing 
had  a  blacksmith  and  wagon  shop  in  the  western  part  of  the  town,  near 
its  old  business  center  ;  an  old  saw  mill,  that  had  been  in  operation  several 
years,  was  still  in  use  ;  James  W.  Manson  had  a  blacksmith  shop  on  the 
east  side  of  the  public  square.  "  There  were  two  churches,"  says  the  Cap- 
tain, "  the  Congregational  and  the  Methodist ;  the  former  was  yet  using 
the  seminary  for  public  service  ;  the  latter  was  then  completing  a  house 
of  worship  ;  it  was  a  frame  structure,  and  had  not  yet  been  plastered. 
The  Rev.  Dixon  was  the  Congregational  preacher,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Wil- 
son occupied  the  pulpit  in  the  unfinished  Methodist  Church.  The  sem- 
inary was  then  in  successful  operation.  Two  private  schools  were  also 
established  ;  one  was  taught  by  Margaret  Miller,  the  other  by  Ellen 
Thayer.  The  post-office  had  just  been  removed,  and  we  no  longer  went 
to  Appalona  for  mail.  Stages  came  from  Vandalia  to  Jacksonville  twice 
each  week,  bringing  letters  and  papers.  The  houses  in  town  were  gen- 
erally built  of  frame,  though  in  many  cases  the  cabins  were  yet  used.  A 
brick  store  and  dwelling  was  built  about  1849,  by  S.  (J.  Woods  ;  another 
soon  after  by  J.  A.  Crane.  These  were  the  first  brick  business  houses  in 
town. 

"As  early  as  1836  or  1838,  a  brick  yard  had  been  started  by  a  Mr. 
Tainter,  from  whom  the  brick  for  the  seminary  and  Mr.  C.  J.  Salter's 
residence  were  obtained.  About  1846,  Alexander  Edgmon  started  a 
second  brick  yard,  these  two  supplying  the  town.  The  old  saw-mill  was 
one  of  the  early  adjuncts  of  Waverly;  it  was  operated  by  Wrn.  Chambers, 
and  was  started  by  Cook  &  Eastman.  It  was  run  by  steam,  and  in  its 
day  did  a  good  business.  The  public  square  was  surrounded  by  a  rail 


424  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

fence,  as  late  as  1846.  About  a  year  or  two  after,  this  was  replaced  by  a 
plank  fence ;  the  square  was  cleared  off,  and  made  more  attractive." 

The  first  bank  was  established  in  1870,  by  J.  A.  Crane,  Manson  & 
Company;  they  were  alone  in  the  business  until  1874,  when  the  Waverly 
Bank  was  started  by  Brown  &  Company.  Each  bank  is  doing  a  good 
business. 

The  village  was  now  in  active  existence.  A  good  trade  with  the 
surrounding  settlers  had  been  established  ;  and  notwithstanding  the  hard 
times,  and  scarcity  of  money,  Waverly  was  in  a  fair  way  to  become  the 
second  town  in  Morgan  County.  For  the  next  ten  years,  and  even  until 
the  opening  of  the  great  civil  war,  business  increased.  The  patriotism 
of  the  people  here,  in  the  national  conflict,  was  unexcelled  by  any  town 
of  its  size.  Two  companies,  composed  entirely  of  men  from  Waverly 
and  its  vicinity,  were  raised,  and  marched  to  the  war.  In  the  war  record 
of  the  county,  published  elsewhere  in  this  volume,  a  history  of  these 
companies  is  given ;  from  it  the  reader  can  learn  each  man's  name, 
when  he  enlisted,  what  became  of  him,  and  the  officers  under  whom 
he  served. 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  times  were  exceptionally  prosperous  over 
the  entire  country.  Waverly  shared  with  other  towns  the  reaction,  and 
an  increase  in  trade,  population,  and  importance,  was  the  result.  All 
these  years  it  had,  however,  lacked  that  important  factor  of  any  town  —  a 
railroad.  A  movement  for  the  construction  of  a  line  from  the  county- 
seat  to  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Road  on  the  south,  with  a  further  southern 
terminus,  was  vigorously  agitated.  It  resulted  in  the  construction  of  the 
Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  Southeastern  Railroad.  It  was  completed 
in  the  Summer  of  1871,  and  opened  from  Jacksonville  to  Virden,  on  the 
main  line  of  the  Alton  road.  The  day  it  reached  Waverly  was  made  a 
gala  day  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  town,  to  whom  the  completion 
of  this  route  was  no  small  item  of  interest  in  their  prosperit}'-.  Waverly 
gave  in  private  subscriptions  nearly  $50,000,  and  as  a  corpora- 
tion, about  $30,000  additional.  Before  the  opening  of  the  rail- 
road, no  grain  was  purchased  here  save  that  used  in  the  flouring  mills.  In 
1872,  an  elevator  was  built,  and  the  shipment  of  grain  began.  It  now 
averages  several  car  loads  daily.  Stock  yards  were  also  constructed,  and 
stock  which  formerly  went  to  Jacksonville  or  Alton  markets,  now  is 
shipped  from  Waverly.  Business  of  all  kinds  increased  with  the  opening 
of  the  railroad,  and  at  present  rivals  several  towns  of  better  commercial 
advantages. 

The  government  of  Waverly  has  always  been  under  the  control  of  a 
Board  of  Trustees,  elected'  annually.  The  town  was  incorporated  under 
the  general  State  law,  and  under  that  incorporation  maintained  its  legal 
existence  until  April  16, 1878.  The  officers  elected  that  day  were  :  Mayor, 
Henry  M.  Miller  ;  Clerk,  J.  H.  Goldsmith  ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  A.  Hutchison  ; 
Attorney,  J.  W.  Arnett ;  Aldermen,  A.  L.  Kimber,  F.  H.  Wemple, 
W.  E.  Meacham,  B.  L.  Carter,  N.  J.  Stratton,  and  John  Haisley.  By 
this  vote  of  the  citizens  it  came  under  the  form  of  a  city  government.  By 
the  census  taken  then  to  determine  the  legality  of  this  step,  there  were 
found  to  be  over  two  thousand  persons  in  the  town,  hence  it  dropped  its 
old  name  of  town,  and  is  hereafter  to  be  known  as  a  city. 

The  educational  advantages  of  Waverly  have  always  kept  pace  with, 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN  COUNTY.  425 

and  in  many  seasons  were  much  better  than  the  commercial  advantages. 
The  seminary  had  an  extensive  reputation  as  a  high  school.  The  build- 
ing was  used  for  all  grades  of  pupils,  and  the  town  schools  held  therein 
several  years.  Being  inconvenient  to  all  parts  of  the  village,  after  the 
passage  of  the  State  Common  School  law,  and  the  sale  of  the  seminary  in 
1863,  two  smaller  buildings  were  erected  in  town.  These  were  used  for 
school  purposes  until  the  completion  of  the  present  school  building,  in 
1867.  It  is  a  commodious  brick  structure,  capable  of  accommodating 
about  two  hundred  pupils.  A  superintendent  and  three  teachers  are 
employed,  and  school  is  regularly  sustained  from  six  to  nine  months, 
during  the  year. 

The  town  contains  six  churches.  The  Congregational  was  organized 
June  15, 1836,  by  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  D.D.,  having  but  ten  members  at  the 
time ;  they  were :  Cyrus  Tanner,  Joseph  A.  Tanner,  Asa  Eastman, 
Theodore  E.  Curtiss,  Elisha  S.  Tanner,  Mrs.  Ora  Tanner,  Lucy  Swift, 
Lucy  Tanner,  Hulda  L.  Tanner,  and  Susan  E.  Tanner.  The  Church  was 
organized  in  a  private  house,  after  which  the  seminary  was  used.  Rev. 
Elisha  Jenney  came  in  1837,  and  was  pastor  of  the  church  until  Novem- 
ber, 1839.  The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  C.  G.  Selleck,  who  came  in  January, 
1842,  and  remained  until  November,  1845  —  three  years.  In  January, 

1846,  the  following  year,  Rev.  Rollin  Mears  was  installed,  and  resigned  in 

1847.  Rev.  Alvin  M.  Dixon  was  next  chosen  pastor ;   was  installed  in 
January,  1848,  and  resigned  April,  1850.     The  following  January,  1851, 
Rev.  James  Weller  was  installed,  remaining  until  May,  1856,  when  he 
resigned.     The  installation  of   Rev.  William  D.  Sanders  took  place  in 
September,  1856  ;  he  was  pastor  of  the  church  for  over  two  years,  resign- 
ing in  March,  1858.      Rev.  Henry  M.  Tupper  nexc  supplied  the  pulpit ; 
was  installed  January,  1859,  and  resigned  about  the  year  1860. 

The  present  pastor  is  Rev.  Charles  W.  Clapp,  who  was  installed  in 
October,  1871 ;  the  church  has  a  membership  of  about  one  hundred  and 
seventy ;  there  having  been  about  four  hundred  and  sixty-two  persons 
connected  with  it  since  its  organization.  The  congregation  used  the 
seminary  until  the  present  church  was  erected.  It  was  completed  early 
1851,  and  on  the  5th  of  February  in  that  year  was  dedicated,  Rev.  J.  M. 
Sturtevant  preaching  the  dedicatory  sermon. 

The  Baptist  Church  was  organized  August  11,  1855,  with  twenty- 
nine  members,  at  the  house  of  Willis  E.  Meacham,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Wells. 
For  a  while  they  held  divine  services  in  the  seminary  and  in  the  Episcopal 
Church.  The  latter  edifice  they  occupied  about  three  years.  In  the 
Fall  of  1863,  they  began  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  which  they 
completed  in  the  Summer  of  1866,  and  dedicated  in  June  of  that  year. 
Rev.  Wells  was  the  first  pastor.  His  successors  have  been  the  Rev's 
D.  Ketzmiller,  A.  S.  Denison,  David  Lewis,  F.  C.  Hart,  George  R.  Guild 
—  under  whose  pastorate  the  church  was  erected  —  J.  H.  Spann,  J.  W. 
Place,  J.  W.  Wells,  M.  C.  Davenport,  M.  C.  Clark,  and  Rev.  Davenport, 
who  is  now  pastor.  The  membership  is  now  one  hundred  and  twenty,  more 
than  four  hundred  having  been  connected  with  this  church  since  its 
organization 

The  Episcopal  Church  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  Waverly.  In  1838, 
Rev.  Charles  Dresser,  of  Springfield,  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  came  to 
the  town.  He  found  a  few  members  professing  the  principles  of  this 


426  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN    COUNTY. 

denomination.  He  at  first  found  S.  G.  M.  Allis  and  Mrs.  Anna  Phelps. 
When  the  church  was  organized  —  shortly  after  his  first  visit — the  com- 
municants were:  Theodore  Watson,  Owen  Maynard,  Stephen  G.  M.  Allis, 
Ann  C.  Allis,  George  Knapp,  Susanna  Knapp,  Fanny  Root,  Anne  Phelps, 
Sarah  Ann  Barker,  and  Sophia  Watson. 

Soon  after  the  organization  of  this  church  a  house  of  worship  was 
erected,  which  is  yet  occupied.  The  congregation  has  at  times  only  been 
able  to  support  a  regular  pastor,  and  now  sustains  but  an  irregular 
ministry. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  organized  about  1840.  The 
circuit  riders  of  this  denomination  were  among  the  earliest  white  men  in 
this  part  of  Morgan  County,  and  held  services  in  the  cabins  of  the  settlers 
several  years  before  Waverly  was  contemplated.  Soon  after  the  town 
was  laid  out  they  were  here  occupying  the  religious  field ;  for  a  while 
they  used  the  seminary  and  the  Episcopal  Church  —  built  about  1845  — 
and  in  1846,  before  the  erection  of  their  own  house  of  worship.  It  was 
sufficiently  finished  in  1848  *to  accommodate  a  congregation,  and  was 
completed  a  year  or  two  after.  This  house  of  worship  they  used  until 
1867,  when,  becoming  too  small  for  the  growing  congregation,  it  was  sold 
to  the  Catholics.  They  then  entered  their  present  large  brick 
church,  which  they  had  just  completed.  It  was  dedicated  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Eddy ;  is  the  finest  church  in  Waverly,  and  is  well  attended ;  the 
congregation  is  the  largest  in  town,  the  present  membership  being  two 
hundred  and  fifty. 

The  Catholic  Church  comprises  a  membership  scattered  throughout 
the  township.  Until  1867  they  had  no  organization,  though  nearly  twenty 
families-  of  this  denomination  were  within  church-going  distance  of 
Waverly.  That  year,  through  the  efforts  of  their  leading  members  and 
the  Bishop  at  Alton,  a  congregation  was  organized,  and  they  purchased 
the  Methodist  house  of  worship.  This,  they  they  still  use,  supporting 
monthly  services. 

The  Christian  Church  has  been  in  active  existence  about  twenty-two 
years.  As  its  early  records  are  very  imperfect,  but  little  can  be  learned 
of  its  history.  The  first  minister  was  Rev.  D.  P.  Henderson.  The 
church  is  succeeding  well  at  present,  and  sustains  a  regular  ministry. 

The  Press.  The  G-azette  was  established  in  Waverly  on  or  about  the 
first  of  June,  1809,  by  M.  J.  Abbott  and  W.  D.  Pemberton  ;  Mr.  Pember- 
ton  selling  his  interest  to  Mr.  Abbott  in  the  Fall  of  the  same  year.  The  paper 
was  continued  by  Mr.  Abbott  in  his  own  name,  until  July,  1870,  when  he 
sold  the  press  and  material  to  Mr.  Richard  Ballenger,  of  Virclen,  who  re- 
moved it  to  that  place.  In  April,  1872,  Mr.  John  H.  Goldsmith  purchased 
the  press  and  material  of  Mr  Ballenger,  removed  it  back  to  Waverly,  and 
on  the  2d  day  of  May,  1872,  issued  the  first  number  of  the  Waverly 
Times.  The  publication  of  the  Times  was  continued  until  November  of 
the  same  year,  when  it  suspended  until  August,  1873  ;  then  it  was  again 
resuscitated  by  Mr.  Goldsmith,  and  had  a  short  existence  of  only  three 
months.  On  or  about  the  first  of  May,  1874,  Mr.  W.  T.  Lakin  purchased 
the  Times  material,  and  published  fifty-two  numbers  —  retaining  the 
former  heading  —  when  it  again  suspended,  Lakin  leaving  the  press  and 
material  to  fall  back  to  the  parties  from  whom  he  purchased.  On  the 
24th  day  of  May  1876,  Mr.  R.  V.  Mallory  bought  the  material,  and  on 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY.  427 

the  9th  day  of  June  issued  the  first  number  of  The  Morgan  County 
Journal.  On  the  first  of  December,  1876,  Mr.  M.  M.  Meacham,  the 
present  proprietor,  purchased  one-half  interest  in  the  paper  of  Mr. 
Mallory,  and  came  into  full  possession  of  the  office  July  9,  1877. 

The  Journal  has  a  circulation  of  about  seven  hundred,  and  is  gradually 
increasing ;  it  circulates  principally  among  the  farming  communities 
of  Morgan,  Macoupin,  Sangamon,  Scott,  and  Greene  Counties.  It  is  a 
first-class  advertising  medium,  now  entering  its  third  volume  ;  neutral  in 
politics,  and  is  published  on  Saturday  of  each  week  at  $1.50  per  year. 
Milton  M.  Meacham  is  publisher  and  proprieter,  and  John  H.  Goldsmith, 
editor. 

MURRAYVILLE 

Is  twelve  miles  south  of  Jacksonville,  on  the  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad.  It  was  surveyed  and  platted  January  4th,  1858,  for  Samuel 
Murray,  Esq.,  by  Wm.  McPherson,  who  was,  at  that  time,  county  sur- 
veyor. The  location  of  a  town  here  first  originated  in  the  mind  of  Wm. 
Purcell,  who  was  at  the  time  of  the  building  of  the  C.  &  A.  Railroad  one 
of  the  contractors  of  the  road.  In  1858,  Mr.  Purcell  erected  the  first 
dwelling  house  in  the  town.  The  second  house  was  built  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Cunningham,  who  opened  a  grocery  store  in  his  house,  the  first  stock  of 
goods  in  the  town  being  hauled  on  a  wagon  by  Mr.  John  Murray,  son  of 
the  founder  of  the  town.  The  first  building  erected  for  a  store  was  by 
James  McKean,  who  has  done  much  toward  the  building  up  of  the  town. 
A  post-office  was  established  here  in  1859.  Mr.  McKean  was  appointed 
postmaster,  at  the  same  time  being  merchant,  and  depot  agent.  In  1859, 
Mr.  Henry  Whalen  moved  to  Murray  ville  and  opened  a  blacksmith  shop, 
which  from  time  to  time  has  been  enlarged.  Mr.  Whalen  continues  to 
follow  his  trade.  The  business  of  the  town  increasing,  the  railroad  com- 
pany built  a  large  depot  and  warehouse  in  1863,  and  soon  after  estab- 
lished a  telegraph  office.  About  this  time  the  shipping  of  live  stock  from 
this  place  became  quite  an  item,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Murray  established  yards 
for  the  better  facility  of  loading  and  unloading  stock.  Dr.  G.  S.  Smith, 
of  Jacksonville — now  residing  in  Bloomington — opened  a  drug-store  here 
in  1863.  He  at  the  same  time  practiced  his  profession,  and  was  the  first 
physician  in  the  place.  About  this  time  an  effort  was  made  to  change 
the  name  of  the  town  to  "  latan,"  and  by  this  name  it  was  known  for 
some  time,  but  its  first  name  was  the  one  by  which  it  was  better  known 
and  which  is  now  retained.  Geo.  M.  Quackenbush  opened  the  first  sad- 
dle and  harness  shop,  in  1865,  and  continues  in  business.  The  first  brick 
building  here  was  erected  by  Joseph  Hornbeck.  The  store  has  had  dif- 
ferent occupants.  In  1867,  W.  D.  Henry  opened  a  drug-store  and  was 
doing  a  good  business  when  his  entire  stock  and  buildings  were  lost  by  a 
fire  which  destroyed  the  business  of  the  young  merchant.  I.  G.  Beadle 
&  Son  opened  a  dry  goods  store  in  1865,  and  are  still  in  business.  Mr. 
C.  N.  McEvers,  in  1873,  opened,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  traveling 
public  the  McEvers  House,  which  is  the  present  hotel.  In  1874,  Mr. 
Robert  McNeal  opened  a  large  agricultural  implement  wareroom  and  in 
connection  with  it  a  blacksmith  shop.  Mr.  Wm.  Davis,  in  1867,  opened 
a  furniture  and  undertaking  establishment,  and  is  still  doing  a  good  busi- 
ness. In  May,  1877,  Mr.  Worcester,  of  Greene  County,  opened  a  private 


428  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

banking  house,  which  is  doing  a  good  local  business.  The  present  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  is  Esquire  Alexander  McClung,  who  was  elected  in 
1860,  and  held  the  office  continuously  since  that  time.  The  town  gov- 
ernment is  vested  in  a  Board  of  Trustees.  In  L860,  the  Presbyterians 
erected  a  house  of  worship.  The  first  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Noah  Bishop, 
who  afterward  removed  to  Ironton,  Missouri,  where  he  preached  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  died  there  at  a  good  old  age  greatly  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him.  In  1868,  the  Methodist  Episcopals  and  the  Baptists  erect- 
ed two  handsome  churches,  Messrs.  John  and  Wm.  Murray  being  the 
contractors  for  their  erection.  For  the  first  few  years  in  the  history  of 
this  town  the  children  attended  school  at  an  old  building  a  short  distance 
north  of  town,  but  at  the  close  of  the  war,  a  number  of  wealthy  farmers 
settled  in  Murrayville  and  the  school  population  was  increased  suffi- 
ciently to  warrant  the  erection  of  a  new  school  building.  This  house 
was  opened  in  the  town  in  1866,  and  the  attendance  since  that  time  has 
been  good.  There  are  now  in  school  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pupils. 

FRANKLIN 

Is  one  of  the  oldest  settlements  in  Morgan  County.  It  was  laid  out 
by  Wm.  Woods,  John  Wyatt,  and  Walter  Butler,  April  7,  1832.  The 
first  houses  were  of  the  kind  in  vogue  all  over  the  country  at  that  time. 
Mr.  Manning  Mayfield  kept  a  general  stock  of  goods,  the  first  in  the 
place,  in  a  small  log  building,  erected  for  the  purpose.  As  the  town 
grew,  this  primitive  affair  gave  way  to  a  frame  structure  in  which  Mr.  A. 
C.  Woods,  of  the  firm  of  Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.,  of  Jacksonville,  opened 
a  stock  of  goods  and  continued  in  business  for  sixteen  years.  Messrs. 
Hinrichsen  &  Reinbach  erected  a  small  brick  store  for  the  sale  of  general 
merchandise,  and  transacted  business  together  for  several  years,  when 
Mr.  Reinbach  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  continued  the 
business  until  his  decease,  in  1845.  A  large  grist  and  saw  mill  was 
erected  by  Joel  Lankton,  who  in  after  years  sold  it  to  McCollough,  Coons 
&  Kincade.  It  is  doing  a  good  business.  In  1850  Waller,  Mansfield  & 
Co.  erected  a  flouring  mill.  After  several  years,  changes  in  the  firm  were 
made ;  the  present  firm  being  Mansfield,  Bro.  &  Hustin.  In  1865,  they 
built  a  large  brick  mill,  and  in  connection  with  it,  a  wool  carding  room. 
The  first  tavern  was  kept  by  Colonel  J.  P.  Wright,  who  began  business 
in  a  log  cabin,  as  early  as  1836.  He  continued  as  landlord  for  thirty 
years,  improving  the  style  of  architecture  of  his  house,  as  time  went  on. 
In  1871,  the  Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  Southeastern  Railroad,  was 
finished  from  Jacksonville  to  Franklin  and  shortly  afterward  to  Virden, 
thereby  giving  to  Franklin  railroad  communication,  which  gave  fresh 
impetus  to  the  growth  of  the  town. 

There  are  now  three  dry  goods  and  grocery  stores,  kept  by  Langly 
&  Pulling,  J.  M.  Coons,  and  Geo.  Hart,  which  are  all  doing  a  fair  busi- 
ness. There  are  two  boot  and  shoe  shops,  kept  by  J.  M.  Hocking,  and 
Robert  Lowry.  The  drug-store  of  the  town  is  owned  by  Messrs.  A.  H. 
Wright  &  Co.  Mr.  Jacob  Dickinson,  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  the  town, 
has  a  merchant  tailoring  establishent.  Mr.  Dickinson  is  also  postmaster. 
The  four  physicians  of  the  place  are,  Drs.  Smith,  Tandy,  Clark,  and  Hill. 
The  first  school  in  Franklin  was  taught  by  Rev.  Newton  Cloud.  Mr.  Win. 
Woods  afterward  became  teacher  of  this  school,  which  in  after  years 


HISTORY  OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  429 

became  quite  a  feature  of  the  town.  At  present  there  is  a  neat  school 
building  for  school  purposes.  The  pupils  in  attendance  number 
about  one  hundred.  About  the  time  the  town  was  platted,  the 
Methodists  erected  a  log  church,  which  was  used  until  1840, 
when  it  was  torn-down,  and  a  neat  brick  structure  erected  in  its  place. 
This  house  was  destroyed  in  1860,  by  a  gale  of  wind,  and  the  present 
frame  building  took  its  place.  It  is  not  now  remembered  who  was  the 
first  preacher,  in  the  log  church.  After  the  erection  of  the  brick  build- 
ing, in  1840,  Rev.  John  Mathers  —  in  after  years  one  of  the  mayors  of 
Jacksonville  —  became  the  pastor,  and  continued  as  such  for  several  years. 
On  the  completion  of  the  frame  building,  in  1860,  Rev.  W.  J.  Newman 
became  pastor.  He  has  been  followed  by  Rev's  Jos.  Lane,  R.  C.  Nor- 
ton, Robert  Clark,  G.  W.  Bates,  J.  C.  Hobbs,  J.  Dickens,  Adon  Carlos, 
and  S.  H.  Clark.  Franklin  is  sixteen  miles  east  of  Jacksonville.  It  is 
situated  in  the  midst  of  a  fine  agricultural  region,  and  ships  large  quan- 
tities of  grain. 

WOODSON 

Is  situated  on  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  about  seven  miles  south 
of  Jacksonville.  It  was  laid  out  May  2,  1859,  for  Richard  Henry  and 
Joseph  Adams,  at  which' time  the  farming  community  experienced  con- 
siderable trouble  in  taking  their  produce  to  market,  and  it  was  this  fact, 
chiefly,  that  led  to  the  laying  out  of  the  town.  At  this  date  the  road-bed 
of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad,  then  the  Jacksonville  and  St.  Louis,  was 
completed,  and  the  residents  were  gratified  over  the  fact  that  ere  long 
trains  of  cars  would  be  passing  through  the  proposed  town. 

At  this  time  Judge  D.  M.  Woodson  was  president  of  the  proposed 
railroad,  and  in  honor  of  him  the  village  received  its  name.  In  1858, 
prior  to  the  laying  out  of  the  town,  Dr.  E.  B.  Buckner  located  here,  but 
afterward  married  and  removed  to  Missouri.  Dr.  Geo.  W.  Miller  appears 
to  have  been  the  next  physician  here,  locating  in  1872.  He  is  still  a  resident 
of  the  town. 

The  first  lot  in  Woodson  was  sold  by  Richard  Henry,  Esq.,  to  Mr.  B. 
L.  Hatcher,  for  $50.  On  this  lot  Mr.  Hatcher  erected  a  building  which 
lie  occupied  as  a  dwelling,  and  in  which  he  opened  a  store.  Columbus 
H;iirgrove,a  wandering  Kentuckian,  opened,  in  a  little  cabin  in  the  south 
part  of  town,  the  first  store  in  the  village.  His  principal  commodities 
were  bacon  and  molasses. 

In  1863,  the  government  established  a  post-office,  and  appointed  Mr. 
John  T.  Henry  postmaster.  Early  in  1864  Mr.  Henry  built  a  depot  and 
was  appointed  railroad  agent.  He  siill  retains  both  positions. 

In  1865,  an  Englishman,  Mr.  Charles  Bosomworth,  opened  the  first 
blacksmith  shop  in  the  village.  In  1869,  Mr.  Smith  Bail  erected,  and 
began  work  in  another  shop,  the  second  in  the  town. 

With  the  rapid  increase  in  population  the  "old  log  cabin  "  school 
house,  with  its  crude  puncheon  floor,  and  rough  benches,  the  relics  of 
long,  ago,  were  thought  to  be  inadequate  to  meet  the  wants  of  a  well-reg- 
ulated and  efficient  school.  In  1867,  a  building  sufficiently  large  to  meet 
the  wants  of  the  growing  school  population  was  erected.  The  board  of 
directors  consisted  of  Messrs.  J.  H.  Self,  Joseph  Adams,  and  W.  D. 
Henry.  A  good  school  has  since  been  regulary  sustained. 
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430  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 

In  1869,  the  "  Christians  "  built  a  neat  church  edifice,  Elder  E.  G. 
Rice  preaching  the  dedication  sermon,  and  Elder  Osborn  officiated  during 
the  first  year  as  pastor. 

A  grain  elevator  was  erected  in  1869  by  J.  H.  Self,  Esq.,  an  enter- 
prising stock  dealer  and  fanner.  The  business  proved  unremunerative 
and  was  discontinued  in  1873. 

Woodson  precinct  was  formed  in  1868  for  the  convenience  of  voters 
living  in  its  vicinity.  The  judges  of  the  first  election  were  :  J.  H.  Self, 
Jesse  Henry,  arid  John  H.  Reaugh.  M.  J.  Clarihan,  Esq.,  an  Irish  Repub- 
lican, cast  the  first  vote.  At  this  election  E.  R.  Henry,  Esq.,  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  still  retains  that  office. 

In  1877  a  tile  factory  was  established  by  Mr.  Loyd  A.  Craig,  and 
Mr.  H.  Bahne.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  the  firm  dissolved  part- 
nership, Mr.  Craig  continuing  the  business. 

Woodson  contains  about  two  hundred  inhabitants.  It  is  surrounded 
by  a  good  farming  community  and  does  a  good  business  in  the  shipping  of 
grain  and  live  stock. 

CHAPIN 

Was  laid  out  by  Lyman  and  Horace  Chapin,  April  13, 1858.  Previous  to 
this  date,  the  Wabash  Railroad  Company  made'  a  stopping-place  here, 
but  there  was  at  this  time  no  houses  at  the  place.  At  that  time  it  was 
known  as  "  Concord  Station."  The  first  building  erected  here  was  a 
grain  warehouse,  by  Messrs.  Chapin  &  Cooper,  in  1857.  The  first  store 
was  a  grocery  and  dry  goods  hoase,  the  proprietors  being  Turner  &  Dan- 
iels. They  bought  the  lot  on  which  they  erected  their  house  of  the 
Messrs.  Chapin,  paying  for  it  1100.  The  founders  of  the  town  built 
several  tenement  houses,  which  they  rented,  and  in  this  way  a  town  was 
started.  Dr.  D.  K.  Burnham  moved  to  Chapin  and  erected  a  dwelling, 
and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  shortly  after  the  town  was  laid 
out.  Mr.  Patrick  Daly  opened  the  first  blacksmith  shop  in  the  town, 
and  Mr.  Frank  Hogan  the  first  hotel.  Shortly  after  the  building  of  the 
warehouse,  Mr.  Cooper  disposed  of  his  interest  in  it  to  his  partners,  and 
opened  a  dry-goods  store,  which  store  was  burned  during  the  Winter 
of  1877-8.  Mr.  Cooper  has  since  erected  another  building,  and  has  taken 
his  son  into  the  business  with  him  as  partner.  Mr.  J.  N.  Ebey  began  the 
manufacture  of  pottery-ware  in  Chapin  in  1859,  but  not  meeting 
with  success,  he  moved  to  Winchester,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in 
business.  The  firm  of  Neely  &  Co.  opened  a  coal-shaft  in  Chapin 
in  1872,  and  after  meeting  with  success  for  a  time,  the  business  was 
abandoned,  as  the  vein  of  coal  was  not  of  sufficient  depth  to  justify 
working  it.  There  are  several  stores,  a  wagon  shop,  meat 
market,  and  a  few  other  business  houses,  in  Chapin,  but  its  trade 
mostly  goes  to  Jacksonville,  ten  miles  east.  In  1870,  the  Rockford,  Rock 
Island  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  was  completed,  crossing  the  Wabash  road  at 
Chapin.  This  road  gives  direct  communication  with  St.  Louis  and  Chi- 
cago. In  1858,  a  school  house  was  built  a  half-mile  north  of  the  town, 
on  the  land  of  Samuel  French.  Esq.,  but  the  demand  for  more  room  was 
such,  that  in  the  following  year  a  larger  and  better  building  was  erected 
in  the  town.  This  school  is  now  in  successful  operation,  and  has  a  good 
attendance. 


HISTORY   OF    MORGAN    COUNTY.  431 

The  Congregationalists,  in  18  ,'9,  erected  a  church  edifice,  which  they 
afterward  sold  to  the  Christians.  It  is  still  occupied  by  the  latter 
denomination.  The  Protestant  Methodists  built  a  house  of  worship  in 
1870,  where  they  continue  to  have  services.  Of  the  founders  of  Chapin, 
Mr.  Horace  Chapin  removed  to  Jacksonville,  where  he  was  for  a  time 
proprietor  of  the  Daily  Journal.  Mr.  Lyman  Chapin  still  resides  on  his 
farm,  on  the  outskirts  of  Chapin.  This  being  the  junction  of  two  rail- 
roads, it  is  quite  a  shipping  point;  large  quantities  of  grain  being  annually 
sent  to  market  from  here,  and  some  live  stock,  though  not  so  much  as  in 
former  years.  No  better  land  is  found  in  the  county  than  that  in  the 
vicinity  of  Chapin. 

CONCORD 

Is  situated  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  count}',  on  the  Rockford, 
Rock  Island  and  St.  Louis  Railroad.  About  1844,  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  living  in  this  part  of  the  county,  began  to  consider 
the  expediency  of  erecting  a  house  of  worship  for  their  use,  and  selected 
the  site  of  the  present  village  for  its  location.  It  was  then  simply  a 
cross-roads,  the  adjacent  fields  being  under  cultivation.  A  church  was 
built  during  the  summer  and  autumn  of  that  year,  and  not  long  after- 
ward, a  parsonage  was  erected.  Prior  to  the  building  of  this  church, 
meetings  for  divine  worship  were  held  in  the  houses  of  different  mem- 
bers. When  it  was  completed,  Mrs.  Samuel  French,  who  had  taken  a 
deep  interest  in  its  erection,  suggested  that  the  name  of  the  new  church 
be  "Concord,"  in  remembrance  of  her  native  place,  Concord,  New 
Hampshire.  Rev.  Mr.  Alvord  was  the  minister  at  this  time.  His  wife 
taught  school  in  their  house  soon  after  their  arrival.  The  church  and 
school  formed  a  nucleus  around  which  a  town  gradually  gathered.  In 
1850,  Mr.  Wilder  D.  Fairbanks  erected  a  store  on  one  of  the  corners,  and 
soon  after  a  blacksmith-shop  was  built  on  another.  These  and  the  par- 
sonage and  church  occupied  the  "  Four  Corners,"  which  name  gave  way 
to  that  of  the  church,  by  which  the  village  has  always  been  known.  On 
June  1st  of  the  same  year  that  Mr.  Fairbanks  opened  his  store,  Mr. 
David  Fuller  laid  out  the  town,  still  retaining  the  old  name.  For  a  time 
the  place  grew  well.  One  or  two  stores  were  also  built,  a  shoe-shop, 
another  blacksmith-shop  were  added,  some  dwellings  were  erected,  and 
the  place  began  to  assume  an  air  of  village  life.  The  town  has  not 
grown  much  of  late  years.  The  Methodist,  Presbyterian,  and  Christian 
denominations  have  erected  comfortable  houses  of  worship,  and  now  sus- 
tain regular  preaching.  In  1864,  the  Congregationalists  disposed  of  their 
church — which  is  now  used  as  a  store — and  erected  one  on  "  Joy 
Prairie,"  where  they  still  maintain  regular  religious  services. 

The  Rockford,  Rock  Island  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  was  completed  in 
the  Summer  of  1870,  and  gave  to  the  village  a  better  mode  of  communi- 
cation with  other  portions  of  the  country.  The  growth  of  the  village  was 
little  augmented  by  the  advent  of  the  railroad.  Its  trade  is  with  the 
surrounding  country.  Considerable  grain  is  shipped  thence  to  the 
markets  of  Chicago  and  St.  Louis. 


432  HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 


LYNNVILLE. 

Is  a  small  town  in  the  western  part  of  the  county,  five  miles  from  Jack- 
sonville. It  was  laid  out  Nov.  3,  1831,  by  Nimrod  Funk  and  James 
Holmes,  on  land  which  belonged  to  them.  The  first  store  in  town  was 
opened  by  Edward  Shirtcliff.  The  first  postmaster  was  William  Gordon. 
His  successors  have  been  James  Gordon,  Thomas  Beaty  and  John  Gor- 
don, the  latter  being  the  present  incumbent.  Other  storekeepers  have 
been  Win.  Smith,  Wm.  Gordon  and  Thomas  Swales,  all  of  whom  kept 
stores  characteristic  of  their  times.  One  year  before  the  town  was  laid 
out  a  tread-mill  for  grinding  grain  was  erected  by  Adam  Allison.  The 
same  year  a  school  house  was  built  in  this  vicinty.  Before  the  erection  of 
the  school  building  William  Brisbine  had  taught  at  his  own  home  in  this 
neighborhood.  The  old  school  house,  built  in  1830,  has  been  superseded 
by  a  more  modern  structure  in  which  the  village  school  is  now  taught. 
The  first  preacher  in  this  vicinity  was  Peter  Cartwright,  who  visited  this 
settlement  at  an  early  day.  In  1839  the  Christians  erected  a  house  of 
worship.  They  still  maintain  a  good  congregation.  About  1843  the 
Methodists  built  a  church  in  the  village  and  still  maintain  religious  ser- 
vices. The  Rev.  William  Rutledge  of  Jacksonville,  preached  in  this 
vicinity  for  many  years.  At  Allison's  Mound,  a.  short  distance  north  of 
Lynnville  a  settlement  was  made  in  the  Spring  of  1820,  by  Dr.  Caldwell 
and  Mr.  Olmstead.  At  the  former's  house  the  first  court  in  Morgan 
County  was  held.  Early  settlers  in  the  township  in  which  Lynnville  is 
situated,  were  H.  M.  Liebe,  William  Coultas,  and  Wm.  Gordon.  The 
first  child  born  was  Elizabeth  York.  The  first  marriage  was  that  of 
Charles  Harrell  to  Miss  L.  Caldwell.  The  first  death  was  that  of  the 
wife  of  Charles  Harrell.  The  town  contains  abouttwo  hundred  and  fifty 
inhabitants.  It  has  enjoyed  its  share  of  local  trade,  and  at  one  time  was 
doing  a  good  business.  The  village  derived  its  name  from  the  Linn  grove 
near  where  it  is  situated. 

PRENTICE. 

This  town  lies  twelve  miles  north  of  Jacksonville,  on  the 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad.  It  was  laid  out  June  27, 1857,  for  Mr.  Pat- 
terson Hall  and  James  G.  Fox,  and  his  brother.  In  an  early  day  Mr.  Hall's 
father  bought  an  old  horse  mill,  neur  this  place,  and,  after  remodeling  it, 
run  it  for  many  years.  To  this  mill  settlers  came  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  The  old  mill,  after  good  service,  wore  out,  and  was  replaced  by 
one  more  modern,  which  was  used  until  February,  1878,  when  it  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  The  farmers  about  Prentice  and  other  parts  of  the 
county,  have,  for  many  years,  made  stock  feeding  their  principal  occu- 
pation. Within  the  last  year  or  two  they  have  changed  from  this  to  the 
raising  of  corn,  and  as  a  consequence  there  will  be  shipped  from  Prentice, 
by  Mr.  Wash.  Graff,  a  grain  dealer,"about  one  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand bushels  of  corn  the  present  year. 

The  village  now  contains  two  stores,  a  post-office,  blacksmith  shop, 
school,  and  a  dozen  residences.  About  two  miles  south  is  the  "  Berea 
Church."  It  was  erected  in  the  autumn  of  1855,  by  the  "  Christians." 


HISTORY  OP   MORGAN   COUNTY.  433 

It  is  near  the  head  of  the  south  fork  of  Indian  Creek,  and  is  a  frame  build- 
ing, costing  $1,600.  The  society  was  organized  on  the  15th  of  August,  1852, 
with  a  membership  of  twenty-five.  Of  these,  only  four  are  now  living  in 
the  vicinity,  and  of  the  sixty-five  enrolled  during  the  first  two  years,  only 
twelve  are  now  living.  Much  of  the  early  success  of  this  church  was  due 
to  the  aid  and  counsel  of  the  late  Elder  W.  W.  Happy,  of  Jacksonville. 
Of  the  early  and  prominent  laymen  who  were  identified  with  the  church, 
Joel  and  Isaac  Robinson,  Benjamin  Mclntyre  and  Dr.  John  C.  Cobbs, 
are  worthy  of  special  mention.  Of  these,  all  are  dead  excepting  Mr. 
Joel  Robinson.  The  various  ministers  of  this  church  have  been  Elders 
Charles  Rowe,  Albert  Hickox,  James  G.  Cox,  A.  Simms,  C.  G.  Jones, 
Wm.  R.  Grant,  John  Boston.  The  total  membership  since  its  organiza- 
tion has  been  two  hundred  and  sixty -two. 

ALEXANDER 

Was  surveyed  for  Edward  S.  Heinrichsen,  February  13,  1857.  It  was 
named  after  Mr.  John  T.  Alexander,  who  owned  vast  tracts  of  land  in  its 
immediate  vicinity.  Soon  after  the  town  was  laid  out,  the  Toledo, 
Wabash  and  Western  Railroad  made  a  station  of  it,  and  a  building  belong- 
ing to  Mr.  Heinrichsen  was  used  for  a  depot,  he  being  the  station  agent, 
which  position  he  held  until  1876.  The  government  establishing  a  post- 
office  here  the  year  the  town  was  surveyed,  appointed  Mr.  Thomas 
Brunk  postmaster.  He  occupied  a  brick  building  erected  by  Mr.  Hein- 
richsen adjoining  the  depot  building.  George  La  Rue  built  a  hotel  in 
1857,  which  is  still  occupied  by  hir,  widow.  A  store  and  shop  or  two 
were  also  added  to  the  growing  town,  and  a  few  residences  were  erected. 
The  town  has  been  an  excellent  point  for  the  shipment  of  grain  and  live 
stock.  From  the  year  1857,  to  1872,  the  shipment  of  live  stock  averaged 
two  thousand  car  loads  per  year;  or  more  than  thirty  thousand  car  loads. 
Since  the  later  date  the  farmers  have  paid  more  attention  to  the  raising 
of  grain,  and  the  stock  shipments  have  been  about  five  hundred  cars  a 
year.  An  elevator  is  in  course  of  erection.  During  the  last  year — 1877, 
more  than  one  hundred  thousand  bushels  of  grain  were  shipped  from 
Alexander.  A  school  house  was  built  in  1858,  which  is  still  used.  In 
1865,  a  union  church  was  built,  which  has  been  occupied  principally  by 
the  Methodists. 

NEELYVILLE 

Is  a  small  town  in  the  western  part  of  the  county,  fifteen  miles  from 
Jacksonville.  The  town  was  located  April  20,  1865,  by  Messrs.  Jona- 
than and  James  Neely,  who  owned  the  land,  and  opened  a  coal  shaft  in 
the  vicinity.  From  this  place  all  of  the  coal  used  on  the  Wabash  railroad, 
and  in  the  towns  along  its  route  from  Quincy  to  Danville,  was  procured 
for  several  years.  When  the  shaft  was  first  opened  quite  a  number  of 
miners  were  employed.  These  men  boarded  at  Van  Gundy — a  town 
which  was  near  the  present  town  of  Bluff  City,  in  Scott  County.  The 
firm  name  was  afterward  changed,  Mr.  Royal  Moore,  of  Naples,  becoming 
a  partner.  Messrs.  H.  N.  &  C.  Ridgly  afterward  became  connected  with 
the  business.  For  some  time  the  business  paid  twenty  per  cent,  on  its 
capital-  f  100,000.  The  business  was  finally  abandoned,  owing  to  the 


434  HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY. 

failure  of  the  coal  beds.  Several  stores  have  had  an  existence  in  this 
town  but  at  present  one  or  two  do  all  the  business  in  the  place.  Mr. 
William  Bennie  is  the  merchant,  and  keeps  a  good  stock  of  articles 
usually  found  in  a  country  store. 

ARCADIA. 

This  town  —  which  at  first  was  called  New  Lexington  —  lies  about 
eight  miles  north  of  Jacksonville,  and  is  about  three  miles  west  of  Liter- 
berry.  It  was  laid  out  about  the  year  1829,  by  'Squire  Bristow.  When 
Dr.  Morrison,  the  first  physician  in  the  place,  located  there  in  1831,  the 
town  contained  three  grocery  stores,  which  were  kept  respectively  by 
Win.  Vance,  Mr.  Dougherty,  and  Mr.  Carson.  The  first  minister  in  the 
place  was  Father  Simons,  a  Protestant  Methodist  clergyman,  a  man  well 
known  in  this  part  of  the  county.  There  was  a  school  at  this  time,  a 
mile  or  two  from  the  town.  In  addition  to  the  grocery  stores  already 
mentioned,  there  was  one  blacksmith  shop;  these,  and  some  half  dozen 
residences,  comprised  the  town  which  has  never  increased  in  growth. 
After  the  advent  of  the  railroads,  the  business  of  the  town  was  taken 
elsewhere.  The  change  in  the  name  was  made  by  an  act  of  the  legis- 
lature, February  12,  1853. 

BETHEL 

Was  laid  out  for  Samuel  and  Catherine  Whitley,  and  recorded  April  8, 
18:io.  It  has  been  a  town  of  considerable  note,  but  railroads  have 
destroyed  its  prosperity.  A  store,  ;md  a  shop  or  two,  and  a  few  dwel- 
lings, were  erected  here.  A  post-office  was  established  soon  after  the 
commencement  of  the  village,  and  for  some  time  a  good  local  trade  was 
maintained.  The  building  of  the  Northern  Cross  Railroad,  in  1838, 
greatly  retarded  its  prosperity,  and  for  a  while  its  trade  almost  entirely 
ceased.  Mr.  Archibald  C.  Wads  worth,  now  a  merchant  of  Jacksonville, 
and  John  Wallahan,  opened  a  small  store  in  Bethel,  in  1844.  They  came 
from  St.  Louis  in  a  peddling  wagon.  They  remained  in  business  for 
some  time,  enjoj'ing  a  very  good  trade.  The  town  being  off  the  railroad, 
could  not  compete  with  others  more  fortunately  situated,  and  it  has  never 
attained  to  any  size.  A  village  school  and  church  —  Methodist  —  are 
sustained. 

MORGAN   CITY 

Was  laid  out  May  24,  1839,  by  Messrs.  Charles  Collins  and  Myron  Leslie. 
It  was  the  intention  of  its  founders  to  have  the  county  seat  removed  there, 
but  in  this  design  they  were  frustrated.  It  was  for  some  time  the  eastern 
terminus  of  the  Northern  Cross  Railroad.  A  few  stores  were  erected 
there,  which,  for  some  time,  did  a  fair  business,  but  Bethel,  a  few  miles 
north,  being  by  several  years  the  older  place,  got  most  of  the  trade,  and 
Morgan  City  as  a  city  proved  a  failure.  No  business  is  now  transacted 
there,  and,  except  being  a  railroad  station,  Morgan  City  is  of  the  past. 


HISTORY   OF   MORGAN   COUNTY.  435 

LITERBERRY 

Is  a  small  town  on  the  Peoria,  Pekin  and  Jacksonville  Railroad,  nine 
miles  north  of  Jacksonville.  It  was  laid  out  May  22,  1869,  by  Jonas 
Liter.  The  stores  are  two  in  number,  one  a  general  store,  kept  by  Mr. 
J.  B.  Baxter,  who  is  also  postmaster  and  station  agent,  the  other  a  drug- 
store,, owned  by  Griffin  &  Goodpasture.  There  is  also  a  wagon  and 
blacksmith  shop  in  the  town.  There  is  a  good  school,  which  is  well 
attended.  The  Union  Baptist  Association  have  a  neat  frame  church,  in 
which  occasional  services  are  held.  This  is  quite  a  shipping  point  for 
grain  and  live  stock.  The  town  is  growing,  and  may  become  an 
important  country  town. 

ORLEANS. 

In  1856,  Robert  S.  Anderson  was  keeping  a  store  at  a  place  about 
eight  miles  east  of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  E.  S.  Heinrichsen  endeavored  to 
have  a  town  laid  out  there,  but  being  discouraged,  he  went  two  miles 
further  east  and  laid  out  the  present  town  of  Alexander.  Shortly  after- 
ward, Mr.  Michael  Heinrichsen  —  brother  of  E  S.  Heinrichsen  —  laid  out 
the  town  on  land  belonging  to  Robert  and  John  Smith,  Septimus  Steven- 
son, and  James  Strawn,  and  gave  it  the  name,  "  Orleans."  That  year 
a  vast  quantity  of  grain  was  raised,  and  shipped  from  that  place.  It  has 
at  present  a  stone  post-office,  and  a  few  dwellings.  But  little  trade  is 
carried  on  here,  Alexander  being  what  Orleans  might  have  been,  had  the 
endeavors  of  Mr.  Heinrichsen  met  with  success. 

PISGAH. 

In  1832,  a  log  church  building  was  erected  by  some  Presbyterian 
founders,  six  miles  east  of  Jacksonville,  to  which  the  name  Pisgah  was 
given.  Occasional  services  were  held  until  1883,  when  Rev.  Win.  Gal- 
laher became  the  pastor.  In  1839  a  new  frame  building  was  erected  to 
take  the  place  of  the  old  log  structure.  Rev.  Gallaher  continued  as  pas- 
tor for  a  term  of  thirty-three  years,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his 
nephew,  Rev.  Thomas  Gallaher.  He,  in  time,  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  W. 
D.  Sanders,  who  continued  for  several  years.  The  present  pastor  is  Rev. 
W.  N.  Steele.  From  this  church  the  station  on  the  J.,N.W.  &  S.E.  Rail- 
road, derives  its  name.  This  is  merely  a  railroad  station,  containing  a 
depot  and  warehouse.  Considerable  shipping  is  done  from  this  station, 
consisting  mostly  of  grain,  of  which  large  quantities  are  raised  in  the 
immediate  neighborhood. 

WOODLYN 

Is  a  small  station  on  the  Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  Southeastern 
Railroad,  seven  miles  from  Jacksonville.  The  station  was  made  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  public  living  in  the  neighborhood.  On  the  com- 
pletion of  the  railroad  through  that  section  of  the  country,  Judge  Samuel 
Wood  erected  a  depot  building  and  warehouse.  The  sta'ion  takes  its 
name  from  its  projector,  Judge  Wood,  who  is  a  large  land  owner,  and 


436 


HISTORY   OF  MORGAN   COUNTY. 


cattle  shipper,  residing  one  mile  from  the  station.  About  two  hundred 
car  loads  of  grain  and  live  stock  are  shipped  from  here  annually.  Judge 
Wood  being  the  principal  shipper. 

SINCLAIR 

Is  a  small  station  on  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad,  seven  miles 
north  of  Jacksonville.  It  was  laid  out  Nov.  9,  1857,  by  Mr.  Samuel  Sin- 
clair. It  is  in  the  midst  of  a  fine  farming  region,  and  is  a  good  shipping 
point,  there  being  more  than  thirty-five  thousand  bushels  of  grain  shipned 
from  there  during  the  }Tear.l877.  The  first  church  in  the  town  — u  Hebron 
Church  " — was  erected  in  1835,  of  logs,  and  was  soon  after  enlarged,  and 
in  1857  was  replaced  by  the  present  church.  Owing  to  the  fact  of  the 
town  being  near  older  and  larger  places,  it  has  not  grown  much.  At 
present  it  contains  only  the  church,  doctor's  office  and  residence,  a  black- 
smith shop,  a  store,  and  the  post-office. 

YATESVILLE 

Was  laid  out  July  16,  1857,  by  Joseph  Hayes  and  J.  R.  Bennett.  It  is 
fifteen  miles  north  of  Jacksonville,  on  the  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad.  At  one  time  there  was  a  store,  blacksmith  shop,  and  several 
residences.  Owing  to  its  being  so  near  Prentice,  it  has  not  been  a 
stopping  place  for  trains  of  late  years,  all  of  its  trade  being  clone  at 
Prentice.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  a  fine  farming  region.  Large  quantities 
of  grain  are  shipped  from  the  neighborhood  of  Yatesville,  mostly  to 
Chicago. 


ABBREVIATONS. 


Adj Adjutant   I   Lieut Lieutenant 

Art Artillery       in.o mustered  out 

Col Colonel       mustered daieof  inns  er 

Capt ''aptaln       pris : prisoner 

Corp Corporal 


Cav Cavalry 


disch disch  at  gecl 

e enlisted 

< pi  red 


li<»« honorably 

Inf Infantry 

Inv invalid 

kltl killed 


>ted 


d>-s deserted 

Regt Regi  inent 

rank date  of  rank 

re-enl re-enlisted 

Sergt Sergeant 

transf transferred 

vet veteran 


TENTH  (three  months)  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    B. 

Col.  Chas.  H.  Adams. 

Major,  ciias.  H.  Adams,  rank  May  31. '61.  pro.  Lieut. 
Col.  re-entered  three  years  service,  as  Lieut. 
Col.  1st  III.  Civ. 

Capt.  Chas.  H.  Adiins.  rank  Apr.  9.  '61,  pro. 

Capt.  John  W.  Kinir,  rank  June  1,  '61 

Firs-  Lieut.  John  W.  King,  rank  Apr.  29.  '61.  pro. 

First  Lieut.  Thos.  \V.  Smith,  rank  June  1,  '61,  re- 
entered  three  years  service 

Second  Lieut.  Thos.  W.  Smith,  rank  Apr.  29,  '61, 

piO. 

Residences  of  non-commissioned  officers,  and  pri- 
vates, not  given  in  Adj.  Gen.  report. 

COMPANY    G. 

Capt.  McLean  F.  Wood,  rank  Apr.  22,  '61,  re-en- 
tered three  years  service 

First  Lieut.  James  Mitchell,  rank  Apr.  22,  '61 
Second  Lieur.  James  F.  Longley.  rank  Apr.  23.  '61 
Residences  of  non-commissioned  officers,  and  pri- 
vates, not  given  in  Adj.  Gen.  report. 


EIGHTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATES. 
Chandler  Henry  W.  e.  Aug.  8,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERANS. 

Chandler  Henry  W.  e.  Dec.  26, '65,  pro.  1st  Sergt. 
in.  o.  May  4,  '66 

COMPANY    I. 

PRIVATES. 

Meyer  Henry,  e.  Jan.  5.   '64.  accidentally  kid.  on 
cars,  near  Marshal,  Tex.,  Nov.  29,  '65 


NINTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

PRIVATES. 
Sloan  George,  kid.  Shiloh,  Apr.  6,  '62 


NINTH  (Consolidated.)  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    G. 

Corp.  John  H.  Burdett,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Benjamin  John  W.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64 
Benj  imin  Geo.  T.  e.  Mar.  18,  '64 
Rader  Hiram,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64 

Richards  David,  .-.  Fell,  19,  '64.  m.  o.  July  9,  '65 
Sargent  James  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  disch.  June  28,  '65 
Watt  Win.  J.  e.  Apr.  11,  '64,  m.  o.  July  9,  '65 


TENTH  INFANTRY. 

HISTORY. 

The  Tenth  Infantry,  Illinois  Volunteers,  was  or- 
ganized and  mustered  Into  United  Slates  service  at 
Cairo.  Illinois.  April  29.  1861.  I>.V  Capt.  Pope;  15.  M. 
Prentiss  Colonel;  James  D.  Morgan,  Lieut.  Colonel, 
and  Charles  H.  Adami.  M;ijor.  It  was  composed  of 
seven  companies  of  infantry,  and  three  of  cavalry. 
These  comp  mies  had  beeuat  Cairo  since  the  20th. 
garrisoning  the  place. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Cairo  during  the  three 
months  service,  during  which  time  expeditions 
were  made  to  rear  of  Columbus  in  June,  and  to  Ben- 
tO'>.  Mo.,  in  July. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  into  United  States 
service,  for  three  years,  July  29,  1861.  by  Capt. 
T.  G.  Pitcher,  and  remained  at  Cairo  and  Bird's 
Point  during  the  win  er.  taking  part  in  January, 
1862.  in  the  movement,  made  by  Gen.  Grant,  t<>  the 
rear  of  Columbus.  March  first,  in  connection  with 
Seventh  Cavalry,  scattered  Jeff  Thompson's  guer- 
rillas, at  Sykestown,  Mo.,  taking  several  prisoners, 
and  two  giins.  Dur.ng  the  month  it  was  sent  to 
Gen.  Pope's  army,  at  New  Madrid. 

On  the  night  of  the  12th  it  advanced  on  New  Mad- 
rid, driving  in  the  enemy's  pickets,  at  right  shoul- 
der shift  arms,  and  without  firing  a  shut.  15>  fore 
morning  earthworks  were  tin  own  up.  and  four 
guns  planted,  under  the  flre  of  five  gunboats,  and 
Forts  Thompson  and  Pillow.  Our  loss  was  one 
captain  and  two  men  killed.  New  Madrid  was 
evacuated  that  night. 

On  the  night  of  April  7th,  crossed  tlie-river,  below 
New  Madrid,  and  intercepted  the  retreating  forces 
from  Island  No.  10.  Causing  the  surrender  at  Tip- 
tonville,  of  Gen.  Mackall  and  2.500  men,  and  secur- 
ing a  large  amount  of  artillery  anil  small  arms. 
The  movement  resulted  in  the  capture  of  over  6.000 
prisoners. 

13fh  of  April  to  Fort  Pillow;  18th  returned,  nnd 
passing  un  the  Tennesee  river,  landed  at  Hamburg, 
op  the  24th.  Took  part  in  all  the  contests  of  (Jen. 
Pope's  army  I'M  moving  on  C»rinth  <>P  the  30rh, 
and  8th  of  May.  was  under  fire  of  the  works 
of  Corinth,  Atfer  Struggling  through  Four 
Mile  Swamp  on  the  3rd,  had  a  brisk  skir- 
mish, capturing  fifteen,  and  killing  thirty, 
of  the  en-'iuy.  Our  loss,  one  killed,  and  five  wounded. 
Was  in  all  the  movements  resulting  in  the  capture 
of  Corir.th,  and  pursuitof  enemy  to  Hnopeviile.  Col. 
Smith  took  comm  Mid  of  the  brigade.  The  regi- 
ment lay  at  Big  Springs,  during  the  months  of  .Inpe 
and  July,  and  un  the  21sl  of  July,  marched  to  Tus- 
cinnbia.  Thence,  under  Gen.  Palmer,  as  division 
commander,  marched  via  Florence.  Athens,  and 
Columbus,  to  Nashville.  Lost  by  guerrlllRS,  five 
men,  killed.  Reaching  Nashville,  Sept.  12th,  re- 
mained there  duringthe  blockade.  1'articipatcd  in 
the  repulse  of  the  enemy.  Nov.  5th,  lost  two.  killed. 

Assigned  to  Mitchell's  division.  Thomas'  corps. 
Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  remained  in  Nash- 
ville until  July,  1863,  and  was  th»n  placed  in 
Smith's  brigade,  Morgan's  division.  Granger's  re- 
serve corps. 


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. 

Atli 
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Cavalry  u  iv  i»iun.  ui  live  »Yiit:cirr's  *  it  viiir)  1 1  um  me 

valley.  From  thence,  on  the  24th  of  ()er.,  in  .Mor- 
gan's brigade.  Davis' division.  Palmer's  Fourth-nth 
army  corps  to  Igo's  Ferry.on  the  Tennessee;  thence 
to  Cii Id «ell's. 

Nov.  2+.  crossed  on  pontoons,  supporting  General 
Sherm  m's  a'tack  on  the  left  of  Mission  Ridge. 
Pursued  on  the  25th,  Hardee's  retreating  column, 
who  were  brought  to  bay  at  ChickHmanga  Sratiou. 
Captured  twenty  of  their  rear  guard.  Followed  the 
retreating  enemy  as  t.tr  as  Ringold;  thence  moved 
via  Cleveland.  Charlestovvn,  London,  and  Morgan- 
town,  to  within  fifteen  miles  of  Knoxville;  thence 
10  C  iluin'tus.  on  the  Hiawassie  Riv>  r.  Returning  to 
Chattanooga,  wmr  Into  winter  quaiters  in  the  rear 
of  Rossville.  Georgia.  . 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1864,  the  regiment  re-en- 
listed HS  veterans.  394  men  started  for  home  Jan. 
11,  1864.  Regiment  left  Illinois  for  the  Held  again 
i'i  February,  1864,  commanded  by  Colonel  John 
Tillson. 

(  No  history  of  Tenth  for  1864  on  file  in  the  Adju- 
tant-General's office). 

The  Tenth  lav  at  Beaufort.  S.  C.,  from  Jan.  9  to 
13.  when  it  moved  with  the  division  (Mower's  First 
division)  to  Hocotaligo,  on  Charleston  and  Savan- 
nah Railroad.  Remained  there  until  the  30th, 
attempting  on  the  20th  and  26th  to  cross  the  Salka- 
hatchie.  but  failing  on  account  of  high  w  iter.  On 
th  •  30Mi.  in  'ved  up  on  the  right  bank  of  the  river, 
and  effected  a  crossing  ac  River's  Bridge  on  the  3d, 
with  a  loss  of  f'irty  men. 

TheT'iird  brigade,  lo  which  the  Tenth  was  at- 
tached, was  in  i  he  advance,  and  lust  about  125  men. 
The  crossing  wasd  ffionlt.  a'id  obstinately  contested. 
Tne  swamp,  a  mile  wide,  and  wi'h  many  streams  to 
cross,  ihe  \va  er  ice  cold,  and  from  o  e  to  five  feec 
deep.  We  were  in  it  from  7  a.  in.  till  dark.  Gen. 
Howard,  who  was  present,  pronounced  it  "The  best 
tiling  of  the  war." 

The  regiment  marched  to  Midway,  on  the  Augusta 
and  Charleston  Riilroad.  9th  crossed  South 
Eilisto  at  Binicker's  bridge,  throwing  a  pontoon 
over  it  in  the  fac*»  of  the  enemy,  and  wading  after 
dark  ove>- one-third  of  a  mill1  through  the  "lake." 
tf.ok  t  e  position  of  the  enemy  in  the  flank,  drove 
them  from  their  entrenchments,  and  captured  sev- 
eral pri  oners,  and  one  caisson. 

Passing  wi'h  the  army  through  Orangeburg  to 
Columbia,  Winnsb  >ro.  and  Clieraw,  skirmishing 
and  destroying  railroad,  thence  to  Fayetteville, 
March  llth.  There  the  regiment  was  detached  to 
lay  pontoons  over  Cape  Fear  River,  which  was  done, 
and  lodgment  effected  fora  brigade  on  the  opposite 
bank.  Tne  enemy's  cavalry  was  driven  back  with  a 
loss  tothem  of  one  lieutenant  and  five  men  killed. 
Thence  with  renewed  skirmishing,  we  pushed 
toward  Goldsboro  and  when  fie  Fourteenth  corps 
was  a  tacked  at  Bentonville.  we  joined  it  by  a 
forced  nigiit's  march,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
the  20th  and  21*t.  On  the  latter  day.  our  division, 
with  i  he  64th  Illinois  sharpshooters  on  the  s'urmish 
line  got  In  on  Johnson's  rear,  and  captured  part  of 
bis  headqiiarter'S  material  Our  division  success- 
fully resisted  the  attack  of  Hardee's  whole  c.irps. 
The'  loss  to  the  regiment  on  this  occasion  was  about 
60.  and  to  the  brigade  over  100.  being  one-fourth  of 
the  loss  of  the  whole  Army  of  the  Te  inessee.  The 
enemy  evacuating  during  the  night,  the  next  day 
we  moved  to  Goldsboro.  thence  to  Raleigh.  After 
Johnson's  surrender,  to  Richmond,  Fredericksburg, 
and  Washington, Where  we  participated  in  the  grand 
review. 

Pro -eeded  on  the  4th  of  June,  to  Louisville.  Ky. 
Mustered  out  of  United  States  service,  July  4, 1865. 
and  received  linal  discharge  and  pay  .July  llth,  at 
Chicago. 

During  this  campaign  the  regiment  was  com- 
mande<i  by  Lieutenant-Col.  David  Gill«M>ie,  Third 
Brigade  liy  brevet  Brigadier  Gen.  Tillson.  Fi'-st 
Division  by  Major  Oen.  J.  A.  Mower,  until  Golds- 
boro, and  afterward  by  brevet  Major  Gen.  M.  F. 
Force.  S  -vente-nth  \rm.v  Corps.  Major  Gen.  Frank 
P.  Blair,  commanding.  Armv  of  the  Tennessee, 
Major  Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  commanding. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  HARDIN  LIGHT  GUARDS 
AND  UNION  GUARDS. 

WRITTEN  BY  PRIVATE  M.  J.  CLKRIHAN,  Co.  B. 

The  old  adage,  that  "  in  time  of  peace  prepare  for 
war,"  proved  in  1861.  to  be  full  of  National  wisdom. 
Illinois  bad  in  my  home  compa  lies  organized  prior 
to  the  g.-eat.  rebellion,  and  Jacksonville  had  the 
proud  satisfaction  of  having  two  splendid,  well- 
discipliiied  companies— the  "  Hardin  Lighc  Guards," 


and  the  "Union  Guards. 


•  IIU  M1O         UUMVU  W1UUUB.  X  lie  UAH    MS  »•  UU    W«O  *  O- 

sponded  to  with  alacrity,  and  on  the  16th  of  April, 
1861,  by  the  union  of  Capr.  Charles  H.  Adams  and 
Capt.  John  W.  King's  companies,  the  Hard'n  Light 


The  call  to  arms  was  re- 
11. 
id 

Capt^  John  W.  King's  companies,  the  Hard'n  Light 
Guards  were  filled  up  to  the  regulation  nnniber  of 
men.  Charles  H.  Adams  was  elected  Captain,  J.  W. 
King,  1st  Lieut.,  and  Thomas  W.  Smith.  2d  Lieut. 
Th-  company  b  -ing  ready  for  the  field,  the  ladies  of 
the  "Athens  if  the  West"  presented  it  with  a  fine 
silk  flag,  which  bore  the  significant  inscription— 
"Strike,  strike  the  b"lt  from  treason's  hand"— this 
was  an  Impetus  to  Youmr  American  heart,  to  wipe 
out  the  blot  of  sectional  treason  from  the  land. 
On  April  22,  1861,  the  two  companies  arrived  at 
Camp  Yatcs.  near  Sprinsrftvid.  The  Union  Guards 
were  officered  by  M.  F.  Woods.  Capt  ;  Flovd  Long- 
ley.  1st  Lieut.;  and  James  M.  Mitchell,  2d  Lieut. 
On  the  same  day  tie  Jacksonville  companies  and 
two  comp  inies  from  Quincy,  111.,  were  ordered  to 
occupy  t  airo,  and  on  Tuesday  night,  April  23d.  Cai- 
ro was  a  Federal  outpost,  just  one  week  after  the 
call  of  President  Lincoln.  Although  these  companies 
were  the  first  in  the  field,  the  tardy  authorities  at 
Springfield  failed  to  fill  up  the  regiment,  of  which 
they  were  a  nu<-letis.  so  that  the  regiment  at  Cairo 
was  not  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  until  April  29ch,  and  had  to  take  the  number 
of  the  10th,  whereas,  by  rights,  it  should  have  been 
numbered  the  7th.  On  the  formation  of  the  regi- 
ment, the  "Union  Guards"  were  assigned  to  the 


promoted  to  1st  Lieut.,  and  Sergt.  James  H.  Burnett 
promoted  to  2d  Lieut. 

The  "  Hardin  Light  Guards"  were  the  first  Feder- 
al troops  to  "  invade  ihe  sacred  soil  of  Kentucky." 
Early  in  June.  1861,  a  report  came  that  the  rebels 
were  encamped  at  Elliott's  Mills,  twelve  miles  be- 
low Cairo  on  the  Kentucky  side.  That  same  night 
the  "Guards,"  with  the  stealthy  steps  of  veterans, 
quietly  marched  from  their  quarters  and  took  a 
steamboat  and  proceeded  down  the  Mississippi, 
landing  at  a  point  nearest  to  the  Mills;  after  march- 
ing through  cant-brakes,  over  logs,  and  wading 
through  swamps,  through  the  gloomy  darkness,  ar- 
rived at  the  Mills  to  find  the  Johnnies  gone.  On 
their  return,  when  the  steamboat  hove  in  sight  of 
Cairo,  there  was  a  hurrying  to  and  fro,  with  the 
people  terror-stricken  that  the  rebels  were  upon 
them.  In  the  latter  part  of  June  the  H.  L.  G.  cap- 
tured the  "  Hindman."  on  her  way  from  St.  Louis  to 
New  Orleans,  heavily  loaded  with  arms  and  muni- 
tions of  war.  for  the  Confederacy.  The  Guards  were 
concealed  from  the  daring  blockade  runner,  and  as 
soon  as  she  touched  the  shore  they  suddenly  board- 
ed her,  ami  when  the  Hindman  took  he--  departure 
for  "  Dixie,"  her  officers  were  wiser  and  the  boat 
much  lighter.  In  the  early  part  of  .July,  '61,  at 
grand  review  of  the  armies  of  the  West.  i>y  (Jen. 
Geo.  B.  MacClellan,  the  General  noticed  the  precis- 
ion of  the  Hardin  Light  Guards  in  the  -.'volutions 
of  drill,  and  had  the  Guards  to  drill  in  front  "f  his 
headquarters.  After  Cant.  King  na  I  given  the  ex- 
hibition drill,  the  General  pronounced  it  "  the  best 
drilled  company  he  had  ever  seen,  regulars  or  vol- 
unteers," a  compliment  that  the  boys  appreciated, 
and  sustained  to  the  end  of  the  war.  The  H.  L.  G. 
furnished  for  the  balance  of  the  war  fifty-six  com- 
missioned officers,  one  beiii-r  a  Brigadier-General 
and  a  Major-General,  and  several  field  officers  in 
the  regular  army.  The  wno  e  of  the  Senior  C'Jas* 
of  "  Illinois  College."  enlisted  in  ihe  Guards,  so  that 
the  usual  college  commencement  was  not  held  that 
year,  but  the  college  authorities  gave  the  Senior* 
their  diplomas  all  the  same.  The  oldest  man  in  th.- 
H.  L.  G.  was  thirty  years  ;  average  age,  twenty-two 
years.  Students,  lawyers,  doctors,  and  teachers, 
numbered  thirty- two.  all  others  were  farmers-,  me- 
chanics, clerks,  etc.  The  term  of  enlistment  having 
expired  on  July  28rh,  the  Jacksonville  companies 
re-enlisted  on  the  same  day  for  three  years,  retain- 
ing their  old  positions  in  the  regiment.  The  H.  L. 
G.  elected  on  August  13th,  1861,  Thomas  W.  Smth. 


Capt.;  rioyo  LrOngiey.  1st  uienc. ;  and  uriuor, 

2d  Lieut.  The  general  routine  of  camp  life  was  kept 
up  until  September  26th,  Company  U  was  sent  !•> 
guard  "  Big  Muddy  Bridge."  on  the  Illinois  Central 
R.  R.;  October  3d.  pulled  stakes  and  joined  the  reg- 
iment at  Cairo;  October  5th  the  regiment  moved  to 
Mound  City,  the  Union  Guards  landing  December 
17tn.  received  by  Genl.  Van  Rensalaer,  U.S.A.; 
Genl.  J.  A.  McClernand,  Commodore  Porter,  and 
in  my  others,  on  that  occasion  the  H.  L.  Guards 
were  highly  complimented  by  all  the  officers.  Jan- 
uary lOtli,  1862.  the  Jacksonville  boys  lead  the  van 
in  Grant's  famous  recoimoisance  in  Kentucky,  and 


MORGAN  COUNTY  WAR  RECORD. 


439 


on  January  15th  the  old  10th  Regiment,  with  the  H. 
L.  O.  on  the  advance,  gets  within  .seven  miles  of 
Cidnmiius.  Ky.  As  nothing  of  note  happened.'the 
regiment  returned  to  its  old  quarters  on  January 
21st.  As  the  war  p; ogrHNWd  the  Jacksonville  roin- 
panlesofthe  ve  eran  lot  .were  ever  push-d  f'or- 
wavil  when  hard  work  was  to  lie  done.  On  Februa- 
ry 12th  Co.  15.  with  the  aid  of  Co.  I),  captured  two 
car  loads  of  corn  near  Charleston,  Mo.,  and  returned 
to  their  quarters  at  Birds'  Point,  in  a  plriless  snow 
storm.  On  February  6th.  '62.  Company  B  was  se- 
lected to  furnish  a  detail  of  twentv  men,  one  lieu- 
tenant, to  accompany  Genl.  Grant's  f.miom  «py  to 
capture  a  hand  of  guerrillas  who  had  butchered 
some  pickets  of  the  10th  low:*  Inf.  The  following 
were  tlie  men  selected:  1st  Lienf.  Charles  P  McEn- 
nally.  privates  Robert  Brown,  Blair,  M.  .1.  Cleriliiin. 
Orowther*.  Downing,  Eld-ion,  Flynn,  Grundv.  Har- 
rison, Howard,  S  J.  Anderson.  Marsh.  McConnell, 
McEni'ally,  Matheson.  Norrla,  Stockton,  D.  H.  Sor- 
rulls,  \Vhite,  ami  Whitney. 

During  the  last  days  of  February,  '62,  the  H.  L.  G. 
and  Union  Guards  played  a  valiant  part  in  the  total 
destruction  of  the  reliel  forces  under  Jeff  Thomp- 
son, in  th-  vicinity  of  New  Madrid,  Mo.  On  March 
10th  the  10th  Regiment,  of  which  A  and  B  were  a 
part,  reported  for  duty  to  Genl.  Pope,  in  front  of 
New  Madrid,  Mo.  On  the  night  of  March  llth,  '62, 
fie  regiment,  at  9  P.m.,  moves  forward  under  cover 
of  the  shai'ows  of  the  night.  Companies  A  a"d  B 
lead  and  drive  in  the  nickels,  taking  positions  with- 
in a  few  hundred  yards  of  the  batteries  at  New  Mad- 
rid. On  the  morning  of  the  12th.  the  reliel,  G  -nl. 
McCall,  throws  forward  a  regiment  to  dislodge  the 
hoys,  lint  the  ol  Guards  were  equal  to  their  name, 
and  wouldn't  drive  worth  a  cent.  After  a  terrible 
fnsibide  from  the,  reliel  batteries,  and  a  thirty-six 
hours' combat.  New  Madrid  Ml  into  our  hands.  For 
thus  accoiiipi:sliiiig  ihe  defeat  of  (his  stronghold, 
after  Cope's  army  had  failed  on  three  occasions  be- 
fore. Genl.  Pope  and  the.  War  Department  issued 
"special  orders  "complimenting  the  "Guards,"  and 
gave  to  the  old  10th  the  honor  of  first  occupying 
the  reliel  works.  On  April  6'h,  the  Jacksonville 
hoys  again  won  new  victories,  by  participating, 
with  the  »ld  of  the  16th  Ills.  Vols.  Inf..  in  caprn>  ing 
near  Tiptonville.  Teiin..  the  rebel  geneial.  Mi-Call, 
four  brigadiers,  and  5,  HIM)  men,  and  two  batteries  of 
artillery,  among  which  was  ihe  famous  '•  Washing- 
ton Battery."  of  New  <  irleans.  In  this  day's  work 
Co.  B.  captured  a  small  camp  of  one  hundred  men. 
of  the  45ih  Tenn.  c.  S.  A.,  under  command  of  Capt. 
Allen,  near  Moon  L:ike.  on  April  12th  the  10th 
Regt.  embarked  on  the  Polar  Star,  and  proceeded 
down  the  river  in  advance  of  Pope's  army  of  40.000 
men,  and  the  following  day  landed  n-ar  Korr  Pillow. 
F  •]•  a  whil  everything  was  in  speculation  as  to  our 
next  move.  On  April  17th, on  board  the  same  steam- 
er, proceeded  up  the  river,  landing  on  April  2<>th.  at 
Paducah.  Ky.  Here  Company  15  had  to  exchange 
their  "grey  uniforms,"  for  the  regulation  U.  S. 
blue.  April  22d,  Companies  A  a'Kl  B  make  it  hot 
for  the  relis  on  the  Hamburg  road,  Miss.  Each  suc- 
ceeding d-iy  until  the  final  evacuation  of  Corinth, 
these  companies  were  const  in'lj  on  the  skirmish 
line.  Co-operating  with  Yates'  sharii.shooters.  at 
the  battle  of  Farmington,  Miss.,  May  3d.  1862.  ihese 
two  companies,  wMi  the  courage  of  the  ancient 
Greeks,  flung  themselves  peli-mell  intothe  enemy's 
entrenchments,  making  the  famous  Kentucky  brig- 
ade, under  Genl  John  C.  Brt-ckenridge,  to  retreat  • 
and  take  refuge  behind  the  batteries  at  Corinth. 
On  May8rh.  Companies  A  and  B  penetrated  the  reb- 
el lin  s  until  the  Hardin  Liirht  Guard*  were  so  close 
that  the  en-iny  hurled  grape  and  canister  to  dis- 
lodge them,  for  which  Genl.  Halleck,  sent  his 
compliments  to  C;ipt.  Smith.  To  follow  the  ser- 
vices of  those  two  companies  in  all  their  hard 
service,  being  always  on  the  advance  would  re- 
quire more  space  tlian  is  allotted  to  us.  hence  it 
will  be  sufficient  to  say,  that  both  companies 
distinguished  themselves  w  th  their  regiment  at 
Corinth.  Nashville.  Oct.  51h,  18K2.  when  Co.  1! 
repulsed  an  Alabama  regiment  of  rebs.  Lavergne. 
Tenn.,  on  May  30th.  '62.  <X  B  onens  the  way  for  a 
fonr-iiours  fight  at  Tusc.umbia  River.Miss.;  the  loss 
was  but  trifling  compared  to  the  enemy's. 

In  August.  1862.  the  old  10th  Regiment  after  a 
forced  march  of  two  hundred  miles,  camps  at  Tus- 
cumhia.  Ala..  Aug.  31st.  Tin- regiment  ordered  to 
move  and  10  destroy  all  ramp  and  garrison  equip- 
age. During  the  march  fi  om  Tuscumbia,  Compa- 
nies A  and  B  were  continually  exchanging  shots 
witli  Biffle's  guerrillas  and  while  the  42d  UN.  Inf. 
were  passing  through  Columbia,  Tenn..  it  was  at - 
tacke  I  in  front  and  rear.  As  usual.  Co.  B.  was  sent 
in  lias'e.  and  a  few  well-directed  shots  from  their 
"minnies,"  made  th-  Johnnies  hunt  their  holes. 
Arriving  at  Nashville  on  Sept.  15th,  and  relieved 
the  9th  O.  V.  I.,  of  Thomas'  division.  Co.  B  was  as- 
signed to  duty  at  Fort  Negley,  and  for  nearly  three 
months  Palmer's  division  was  cut  off  from  all  com- 


munication with  the  Federal  army.  The  old  10th 
Regt.  ma.le  all  the  reconnoisanees  in  front  of  .Mur- 
freesboro.  prior  to  the  batileof  Stone  River,  to  as- 
certain Beauregard's  strength.  After  that  san- 
guinary sn  iK'gle.  moved  theme  to  Bridgeport.  Ala., 
a  march  of  three  hundred  miles.  Oct.  3d,  drives  the 
rebel  general.  Wheeler,  out  of  the  Sequatchie  Val- 
ley. Tenn.,  on  Oct.  26th  camped  at  Igo's  Ferry,  on 
the  Tennessee  River;  Nov.  IS'li,  moved  to  Camp- 
bell Landing,  and  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  24ili. 
moves  across  ihe  river  IH  front  of  Mission  Ridge; 
here  we  are  assigned  to  the  advance  of  G>  nl.  Jett  C. 
Davis'  division,  and  suppon  Baldy  Smith's  divis- 
ion at  Bald  Ridge.  Nov.  26th  'he  10th  diaries  Fort 
C  licainauga.  the  Hardin  Light  Guards  entering  the 
fort  and  capturing  many  prisoners.  After  imrtlci- 
pat:ng  ill  ihe  several  minor  engagements  after 
Mission  Ridge, the  old  10'h  Regt.  led  ihe  advance  of 
Sherm  in's  army  to  near  Knoxville.  Tenn.,  when  on 
Dec.  19th  camps  at  Campbell'*  Landing,  and  thence 
io  Rossvilli-,  Ga.  On  Jan.SMi  the  lOlh  R.-gt  veter- 
aned,  and  on  its  rel  urn  to  the  field  was  made  Senior 
Veteran  Regt.  of  the  Western  Army,  and  Cos.  A  and 
15.  the  olilesi  In  the  service.  The  subsequent  histo- 
ry of  the  companies  is  a  part  of  the  history  of  Sher- 
man's march  to  Atlanta,  the  companies  losing  many 
men  at  Buzzard  Roost.  Dallas,  Kennesaw,  Peach- 
tree  Creek,  and  at  Atlanta.  Here  Co.  B.  fought  for 
many  hours,  two  regiments  of  rebs,  and  repulsed 
them.  After  the  re-organization  of  the  army,  the 
10th  was  assigned  to  the  17tli  A.  C.,  and  it  partici- 
pated in  the  battles  of  Joiiesboro.  N.  C.,  and  at  Ben- 
tonville,  Co.  B  being  on  the  left  flank  of  the  regi- 
ment, the  rebs  doubled  on  it.  ami  tried  to  annihilate 
it.  but  the  old  ••Guards"  showed  their  metal,  and 
met  the  s  iock  nobly  and  well.  Th  s  was  the  last 
hard  fight  up  to  the  surrender  of  Johnston's  army, 
and  the  final  collapse  of  the  Confederacy.  Wan  mus- 
tered out  of  service  at  Louisville.  Ky..  June,  1S65. 

*The  writer  having  diligently  and  faithfully  giv- 
en a  pen  sketch  of  the  exploits  of  two  veteran  com- 
panies, as  a  member  of  tire  old  Hardin  Light 
Guards,  we  cnn  look  back  with  a  feeling  of  pride  to 
know  that  the  old  companies  sustained  a  good  rec- 
ord, and  that  they  furnished  able  officers  tor  many 
other  organizations.  Co.  B.  furnished  from  its 
ranks,  .loiin  W.  Craig  to  be  Purveyor  for  the  Army 
of  ihe  Cumberland.  See  another  part  of  this  work 
for  the  promotion  of  men  and  officers 

ROSTER  OF  THtfi  REGIMENT. 
Lieut.  Col.  McLean  -F.  Wood  rank  June  23,  '62,  term 

ex.  Jan.  12,  '65 
Quartermaster  Oliver  J.  Pyatt  rank  Sept.  20.    '61, 

term  ex.  Oct.  4,  '64 
Quartermaster  Benj.  F.  Price,  rank  Oct.  6,  '64,  in.  o. 

July  4,  '65 
Chaplain  Win.  H.  Collins,  rank  July  25,  '61,  res. 

June  21.  '62 

NOX-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 
Q.  M.  Sergeant,  Benj.  F.  Price,  e.  June  1. '64.  pro. 

Q.  M. 
Prin.    Musician,    John  J.     Longley   reduced   and 

transf.  to  Co.  A. 

COMPANY:  A. 

Capt.  McLean  F.  Wood,  rank  July  8. '61,  pro.  Lieut. 

Col. 
Capt.  James  F/Langley,  rank  June  13,  '62,  res.  l>ec. 

31. '62 
Capt.  Charles  Carpenter,  rank  Jan.  1,  '63,  m.  o.  Oct. 

31.  '64 
Capt.   Henry  McGrath.  rank  Oct.  31.  '64  m.  o.  July 

4.  '65 

First  L  eut.  Jam»s  F.  Langl"y.  rank  July  25, '61.  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Charles  Carpenter,  rank  June  13,  '62, 

pro. 

Firsr  Lieut.  Henry  McGrath,  rank  Jan.  1.  '63.  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Hoot.  Cromwell,  rank  Oct.  31, '64.  in.  o. 

July  4.  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Otho  D.  Critzer,  rank  July  28. '61,  res. 

June  17 '62 
Second  Lieut.  Henry  McGrath,  rank  June  17,  '63. 

pro. 

Second  Lieut.  Robt  Cromwell,  rank  Jan.  1.  63.  pro. 
Second  Lieut. . las.  M  Swa'ies,  rank  Oct.  31, '64,  m. 

o.  (as  Sergt. )  July  4.  '65 
First  Sei  gent  Charles  Carpenter,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  pro. 

First  Uent. 
Sergeant  Hugh  McGrath,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  pro.  Second 

Lieut. 
Sergt.  Win.  F.  Crawley,   e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  re-enl.  as 

vet, 

Sergt.  Charles  Bassett.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Sergt.  John  Selby,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disch.Oct.  10.  '62, 

disabled 

Corpl.  Benj.  F.  Price  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Coi  H.  James  H.  Stokes,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug. 

31.  '64 
Corpl.  John  V.  Williamson,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug. 

31.  '64 
Corpl.  John  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 


440 


MORGAN  COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


Corpl.  John  Fortune,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Corpl.  Chas.  H.  Moon,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  re-eni.  as  vet. 
Corpl.  V.  M.  Beavers,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  aied  March  4, 

'62 
Corpl.  Robt.  Gledhill,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug.31, 

'64 

Wagoner  Noah  Stokes,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug.  31, 
'64 

PRIVATES. 

Ault  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Alford  .1.  H.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vft. 
Avers  Win.  C.  P.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  m.  o.  Aug.  31,  ?64 
Butcher  Aaron,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Baptist  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  m.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Beathard  John,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Haniford  Luke,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  died  April  1.  '62 
Barrett .Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  m.  o.  Aug.  31,  '61 
Baptist  Saunders,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Bernp  r.ha'les,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  in.  o.  Auar.  31,  '64 
Baregan  Mich:iel,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Corder  Antonio,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  "64 
Corder  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Chantey  Michael,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Corbin  Patrick,  e.  AUK.  9.  '61.  died  Deo.  1,  '61 
Conroy  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Cromwell  Robt.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  pro.  Second  Lieut. 
Duckworth  Marshal,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Desantus  John,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Duckworth  James  T.  e,  Aug.  9.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Defrates  Emanuel.  e.  Au<*.  9.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dennin  Win.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dixon  John  J.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  re-enl  as  vet. 
Dumipvan  Geo.  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disch.  April  9,  '62 

disabled 

Dann  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disch.  Nov.  19,  '61,  dis- 
abled 

Dovl-  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  disch.  July  19.  '63 
Doudy  A.IPX.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  di«ch.  Nov.  24.  '61 
Deaviny  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  rp-enl.  as  vt. 
Duckworth  James  L.  e.  Ausr.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Fee  Ellas,  e.  Aug.  9,.  '61,  disch.  June  10,   '62,  dis- 
abled 

Fee  Cvprus,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  7,  '62,  dis- 
abled 

Flury  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Faruny  George,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet, 
Freeman  Win.  Y.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  asvet. 
Fl  imm  Ferdinand,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  died  Sept.  7,  '63 
Frank  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Glendhill  Benj.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Gradv  Charles,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  yet. 
Giuiieridi>e  Alton  T.  p.  Aug.  9.  '61.  rn-enl.  as  vet. 
Good  T.  J  e.  Aug.  9.  'HI.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hatneld  \l.  S.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  •   .  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Haniiin  Edward,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61   re-enl.  as  vet. 
Holdridge  Edward,  e.  Aug.  9  '65.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hacket  John.  e.  Aug.  9  '61.  re-eul.as  vet. 
Insrham  John.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61 
Jolly  E.  C.  e,  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Kea'rle  Paul.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Kelly  Peter,  e.  Aug   9,  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Lynch  John,  e.  Aug.  9  '61.  died  April  5.  '61 
Lanner  Charles,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disc-h.  Sept.  6,  '62, 

disabled 

Lewis  Win.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
McMalion  Pat,  <•.  Aug.  9.  'HI.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Mclvers  Win.  E.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Mef'nne  Owen,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Osgo'id  Tim,  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Peck  D.  W.  e.  Aug  9  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Peck  J.  D.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  re-'  ni.  asvet. 
Rae  Sidney  C.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61.  disch.  Feb.  28.  '62,  dis- 
abled 

Smiih  John  L.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  discli.  Nov.  20,  '62 
Smith  Marshall,  e.  Aug.  9  '61.  m.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Swailes  James  M.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  re-enl.  nsvet. 
Sherman  John  F.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  disch.  Feb.  28.  '62, 

disabled 

Tibbeits.lolin  R.  e.  Ancr.  9.  '61.  dird  Oc*.  14,  '61 
Viara  J.  J.  e.  Aug.  9,  '61   in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Vlara  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9.  "61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Viara  Eniannel.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  m.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Vail  Marsh  W.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  discli.  Feb.  27,  '62,  in- 
sanity 

Viara  Jo'iu  V.  e.  Ausr.  9.  '61.  re-pnl.  asvet. 
Williamson  R.  B.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Walters  Isaac,  e.  Aug.  9.  'HI 
Winters  John.  e.  Aug.  9.  '61.  m.  o.  Ana.  31.  '64 
White  Simeon,  e.  Aug.  9,  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 

VETERANS. 

Alford  James  H.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Baptist  Sounders,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o"  July  4, '65, 

Corp. 

Bassett  Charles,  e.  Jan.  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Banegan  Michael,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Beernp  Charles,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Bcthard  John.  e.  Jan.  1,  in.  o.  June  16  :65 
Conroy  Patrick,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Crawley  Win.  T.  e.  Jan.  1,'64,  in.  o.  July  4.'6n,  Corp. 
Clam-y  Michael,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Coraer  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 


Coraer  Antonia,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Diviney  Patrick,  e.  Jan,  1.  '64,  m.  o.  Julv  4.  '65 
Dinnin  W.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Duckworth  James  T.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  June  16,  '65, 

tel.  from  War  Department 

Duckworth  Jas.  B.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Duckworth  Marshall,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65, 

1st  Sergt. 

Defrates  Emanuel.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Dixon  John  J.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Farary  John,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Fortune  John,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Freeman  Win.  T.  e.  Jan.  1   '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Flurry  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Frank  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Gnthridge  A.  T.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  Ju  y  4.  '65 
Good  Thos.  J.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  May  30,  '65.  tel. 

War  Department 
Grady  Charles,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  May  30,  '65,  tel. 

War  Department 

Hackett  John.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Harmon  Edward,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Holdridge  Edward,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  in.  o.  July  4,  '65, 

Corp. 

Jolly  E.  C.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Kea'rle  Paul,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.o.  July  17,  '65,  tel. War 

Department 

Lewis  Win.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Moon  Charles  H.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  m.  o.  June  16.  '65 
M'-Mahan  Patrck,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Mclvers  Win.  W.  E.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  transf.  V.  R.  C. 

May  11,  '65 

McCune  Owen,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Price  Benj.  F.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  transf.  to  non-com,  staff 
Peck  John  B.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  June  23,  '65,  tel. 

War  Department 

Peck  1).  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65.  as  Sergt. 
Snyder  Geo.  W.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Stovall  D.  A.  e.  J;tn  1.  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Swabs  J.  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.o.  June  16.  '65,  as  Sergt. 

tel.  War  Department 

Thomas  John,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Varia  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Varia  John  V.  e.  Jan.  1,'64.  kid.  action  FlatRock.S.C. 

RECRUITS. 

Baptiste  Ferdinand  C.  e.  Feb.  3.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Dovle  Patrick,  des.  July  19.  '63 
Defrates  Antonio.  P.  Feb.  8.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Dougherty  Samuel,  e.  Feb.  11.  '64,  died  A  prill  6. '68 
Henderson  Silas,  e.  Veb.  20.  '64,  in.  o.  .Inly  4,  '65 
Keetfe  J.  O.  e.  Feb.  15,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Longley  John  J.  disch.  Marrh  7.  '62,  disabled 
Roderigns  Peler.  e.  Jan.  28.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Snyder  G''o.  W.  e.  Jan.  28.  '64.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Stovall  D.  H.  e.  Jan.  28.  '64.  re-nni.  as  vet. 
Seymour  John  G.  e.  Feb.  15  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  'R5 
Short  Win.  M.   e.  Feb.  19,  '64.  died  June  2,  '65,  at 

Washington  City 
Walker  Jam^s.  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Ward  Win.  H.  p.  Feb.  18.  '64.  m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Walker  Win   S.  e.  Feb.  11,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Ze,.gn\yer  Herman,  e.  Oct.  5,  '61,  died  Feb.  28,  '64, 

Bridgeport,  Ala. 

COMPANY  IJ. 
Capr.  Thomas  W.  Smith,  rank  July  28,  T61,  resigned 

June  3,  '62 
Capr.  Chas.  P.  McEnally,  rank  June  3,  '62,  in.  o.  Oct. 

28.  '64 

Capt.  Jas.  A.Shaw,  rank  Oct.  28.  '64.  m.o.  July  4,  '65 
First  Lieut.  Win.   I).  Green,  rank  July  28.   '61,  ap- 
pointed A.  A.  G.  April  21.  '63 
First  Lieut.  John  B.  Tate,  rank  Apr.  21,  '63,  resigned 

Sept.  16.  '64 

First  Lieut,  James  A.  Shaw,  rank  Sept.  16.  '64,  pro. 
First  Linuf.  Robert  Brown,  rank  Oct.  28,  '64,  on  de- 

tacheil  service  since  June  4,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Chas.  P.  McEnally,  rank  Aug.  28,  '61, 

pro. 

Second  Lieut.  John  B.  Tare,  rank  June  3,  '62.  pro. 
Second  Lieut.   James  A.  Shaw,  rank  April  21,  '63, 

pro 
Second  Lieut.  James  R.  Graves,  rank  Oct.  28,   64, 

m.  o.  July  4.  '65 
First  Ser^r.  John  B.  Tate,  e.  Aug.  13,'61.  pro.  Second 

Lieut. 
Sergt.  Richard  Wolcott,  e.  Aug.   13,  '61.  pro.  First 

Lieut.  Co.  F. 
Sergt.  James  R.  Graves,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as 

vet. 
Sergt.  Geo.  H.  Crouther.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug. 

31,  '64 
Sergt.  Charles  E.  Russell,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept. 

14.  '64 

Corp.  John  A.  Owen.  e.  Ang.  13.  '61,  m.o.  Aug.  18.  '64 
Corp.   Alex.  O.  Campbell,  e.  Aug.   13,   '61,   re-enl. 

as  vet. 

Corp.  James  A.  McKay,  e.  Aug.  13.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Corp.  John  S.  Norris.  e.  Ansr.  13.  '61,  disch.  Sept.  5, 

'62.  to  enlist  in  Fourth  U.  S.  Cavalry 
Corp.  Jonathan  Anderson,  e,  Aug.  31,  '61,  m.o.  Aug. 

31.  '64 


MORGAN   COUNTY  WAR   RECORD. 


441 


PRIVATES. 
Anderson  James,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  6,  '62, 

disabled 

Capps  John,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Carter  Kobert,  e.  August  13.  '61 
Cliirk  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl. as  vet. 
Clerlban  Michael  J.  e.  Aug.  13.  '61,  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Downing  I).  N.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  disch.  Oct.  2,   '61. 

disabled 

Davenport  H.  C.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  died  Dec.  26,  '61 
Echart  John,  e.  Aug.  18.  '61.  died  Nov.  14.  '61 
Eldsoii  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  13.  'bl,  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Elliott  Jiihn,  e.  Aug.  13.  'Bl,  in.  o.  Aug.  31.  '64 
Gruudy  Charles,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Greg»rv  Frank,  e.  Aug.  13.  '61.  in.  o.  Aug.  31,  '64 
Harrison  F.  M.  e.  Aug.  13,  '6l,  re,-eul.  as  vet. 
Hopper  Sampson,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  died  July  15,  '62 
Lehcle  Herman,  e.  Aug.  13.  '61.  disch.  Dec.  4,  '62,  to 

re-enl.  iu  Fourth  U.  S.  Cavalry 
Marsh  H.  J5.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Matheison  Edward,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
McConnell  John  A.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
McEnnallv  Michael,  e.  Aug.  13,  'bl,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Mulligan  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Nieluuis  Win.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
O'Brien  Michael,  e.  Aug.  13.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Parker    Hiram  G.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  disch.  Jan.  3,  '63, 

to  re-enlist  in  Miss.  Marine  Brigade 
Perry    Wm.   e.   Aug.    13,  '61,    disen.  Nov.   15,   '62, 

disabled 

Plckat  Hiram  G.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Pratt-  Thomas  G.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Re.iman  Henry,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  die.l  April  15,  '64 
Reister  Philip,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Scoit  Daniel  \V.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Shaw  James  A.  e.  Aug.  13.  '61,  i>ro.  Second  Lieut. 
Sorrels  1).  U.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Son el«  Levi,  e.  Aug.  13, '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Sorrels  Win.  e.  AUL-.  13.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Stevens  I.  W.  e.  Aug.  13.  '6'.,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Stigall  James  S.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Stock) on  John  J.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Summers  Kiley.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Ta>  for  Washington,  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  14, '64 
Whitley  J.  S.  e.  Aug.  13.  '61 

VETERANS. 

Anderson  S.  J.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Armstrong  James,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Augelow  Wm.  W.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,   m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Blair  Lafayette,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Brown  Robert,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  pro.  Sergt.  and  First 

Lieui 
Campbell  Alex.  O.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65,  as 

1st  Sergt. 

Capps  John.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Clark  Patrick,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Downing  Eli  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  .Inly  4.  '65, 
Da  vies  Daniel,  e.  Jan.  1  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65  as  Corp. 
Flinn  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Hchter  Joseph,  e.  J;ni.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Ficliter  H.  N.  e.  .la'i.  1,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Graves  James  R.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  pro.  Sergt.  and  Sec- 
ond Lieut. 

Grumly  Charles,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Harris  .H  F.  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,   in.  o.  July  4,  '65,  as 

Sergt, 

Jackson  John,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  disch.  April  12,  '6  — 
Kiuiiey  James,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Mulligan  Samuel,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  ni.  o.  July  4,  '65,  as 

Sergt. 

McKay  James  A.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m  o.  July  4,  '65 
Marsli  H.  B.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Matheison  Edward,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
McConnell  John  A.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July    4,  '65, 

as  Corp. 

McEnnallv  Michael,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Neihaus  William,  e.  Jan.  1.  '6  ',  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
O'Brien  Michael,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Piekett  John  H.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Reister  Philip,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  died  April  18,  '64,  at 

Quincy,  III. 

Scott  Itanlel  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Sorrels  David  H.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

Sorrels  Levi.  P.  Jan.  1,  '64.  disch.  for  disability 
Sorrels  William,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Stevens  J.  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Stigall  James  S.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  19.  '65 
Stigall  John  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  Juh  4,  '65 
Stockton  John  J.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  i>.  July  4.  '65 
Summers  Riley,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  died  April  18,  '64 
Thompson  Andrew  J.  e.  Jan  1,  '64.  (lied  in  Ander- 

souville  prison  Aug.  22,  '64.  No.  of  grave  6491 
White  Henry,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 

RECRUITS. 

Brown  Robert,  e.  Oct.  27,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Boggs   James  A.  e.  Feb.  10,  '64.  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Craig  John  W.  trans,  to  uou-coui.  staff  as  Hospital 
Steward 


Craig  John  R.  disch.  Oct.  2.  '62 

Cluderav  William  R.  e.  Jan.  4.  '64,  m.  o.  July  4,  '65 

Couchiiiau  George  A.  e.  Feb.  10,  '62.  m.  o.  March  5:8. 

'65 

Downing  William  H.  e.  Oct.  16,  '61.  died  Jan.  2,  '64 
Downing  Eli  M.  e.  Oct.  16.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Gill  Henry,  e.  Oct.  21.  '61.  disch.  July  18.  '62.  disab. 
Gorman  Thomas,  e.  Feb   16,  '64,  in.  o.  July  4.  '65 
Hoover  Joseph  e.  Jan.  4.  '64.  m.  o  July  4.  '65 
How  aid  John,  e.  Feb.  22,   '64,  m.  o.  July  4,   '65,  as 

Corp. 

Howard  Zephanlah,  e.  Feb.  22.  '64,  m.  o.  Julv  4.  '65 
Officer  William  P.  e.  Feb.  22,  '64,  m.  o.July  4,  '65 
Russell  Sol.  S.  des.  April  13.  '62 
Ronan   Thorn  us,  e.  Feb.  20,  '64,  prls.  of  war  since 

Nov.  16.  '64 

Roan  Pa' rick.  e.  Feb.  10.  '64.  died  March  24,  '64 
Stigall  John  M.  e.  Feb.  15.   61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Sorrell  .Nehemiuh,  e.  Jan.  30  '64.  in.  o.  July  4,  '65 
Self  James  F.  e.  Feb.  10,  '62,  disch.  March  6,   '63. 

disith. 

Travis  Dickey  A.  died  July  5.  '62 
Terry  James  M.  e.   Feb.  12,  '64.  m.  o.  June  25, '65. 

tel.  from  War  Dept. 
Wiiitley  Joseph  S.  e.  Feb.  8,  '64,  m.  o.  July  4, '64. 

Corp. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUBSTITUTE  RECRUIT. 
Keplinger     Benj.  e.   Oct.   5,  '64.  m.  o.  July  14, '65, 
lei.  from  War  Dept.  May  3,  '65 

COMPANY    D. 

PRIVATE. 
Morgan  Wm.  E.  re-enl.  as  vet. 

RECRUIT. 

Greenleaf  Robt,  S.  e.  Feb.  26  '64,  m.  o.  May  30,  '65 
COMPANY    G. 

PRIVATE. 
Eno  Stephen  H.  e.  Sept.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERAN. 

Eno   Stephen  H.  e.   Jan.    1,    '64,   disch.  as   Corp. 
wound.s 


ELEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

Surgeon  Owen  N.  Long,  rank  Sept.  25,  '61,  resigned 
April  1.  '64 


FOURTEENTH  INFANTRY. 

This  regiment  was  first  called  into  State  service 
under  the  "Ten  Regiment  Bill,"  for  thiity  days. 
It  rendezvoused  at  Jacksonville,  III.,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  the  service  of  ihe  State  for  thirty  days,  on 
May  4.  1861.  On  the  25>  h  it  w;is  mustered  into  the 
l> lilted  States  service  for  three  yeais,  by  Capt. 
Pitcher,  U.  S.  A. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Camp  Duncan,  Jack- 
sonville, until  the  latter  part  of  June,  for  instruc- 
tion; then  proceeded  to  Quincy.  III.,  and  from 
thence  to  Missouri,  July  5th,  where,  in  connection 
with  the  Sixteenth  Illinois  Infantry,  it  did  goud  ser- 
vice in  keeping  down  the  spirit  of  rebellion.  The 
force  under  Martin  E.  Green  was  dispersed,  and 
James  Green.  U.  S.  Senator,  a  fomenter  of  seces- 
sion. w:is  captured  and  parolled.  Regiment  left 
Rolla,  Mo.,  for  Jefferson  City,  accompanying  Gen. 
Fremont  on  his  memorable  campaign  !o  Spring- 
field, Mo.,  after  Gen.  Price;  then  returned  and  went 
into  winter  quarters  at  Ottei  ville. 

In  ihe  month  of  Feb.,  1862.  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  Fort  Uonelson,  where  it  arrived  ti<e  day 
subsequent  to  its  surrender;  WHS  brigaded  with  the 
Fifteenth  and  Forty-Sixth  Illinois,  and  Twenty- 
Fifth  Indiana,  and  assign*  d  to  the  Second  Brigade, 
Fourth  Division,  under  Brigadier  General  Stephen 
A.  Hurlburt.  In  the  mean  Mne,  Col.  Palmer  had 
been  promoted,  and  Mxjor  Hall,  Seventh  Illinois 
Cavalry,  originally  captain  of  one  of  the  companies, 
hail  been  promoted  colonel. 

From  Fort  Donelson  the  regiment  proceeded  to 
Fort  Heniy,  where  it  embarked  on  transports  and 
proceeded  up  the  Tennesee  River  to  i'ittsburg 
Landing. 

In  the  sanguinary  engagements  of  the  6th  and 
7th  of  April,  when  the  regiment  first  smelt  powder 
from  the  enemy,  th  •  loss  in  killed  and  wounded  was 
fully  one-half  the  command  engaged.  The  colors 
which  came  out  of  ths  bloody  conflict  with  forty- 
two  bullet  holes  throuurh  ihem,  fully  aitest  the 
gallantry  of  the  command  in  that  memorable  strug- 
gle. In  the  grand  charge  on  the  enemy  of  the  7th, 
me  Consummation  of  that  splendid  victory  over  I  lie 
hosts  of  the  rebellion,  the  Fourteenth  Illinois  was 
in  the  advance,  and  led  by  Col.  Hall.  In  the  official 
report  of  Gen.  Vi-atch,  commander  of  the  brigade  to 
which  the  Fourteenth  was  attached,  the  following 


442 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


language  was  employed.  "Colonel  Hall,  of  the 
Fourteenth  Illinois,  led  with  liis  regiment,  tiiar  gal- 
lant charge  nil  Monday  evening,  which  drove  the 
enemy  beyond  our  lines  and  closed  the  struggle  of 
that  memorable  day  " 

I'ne  !••  giment  took  an  active  part  In  the  siege  of 
Corinth.  After  the  evaenat  Ion,  it  proceeded  to  Mein- 
]>his.  and  thence  to  Bolivar.  Tenn. 

Oct.  4th.  the  Fourth  Division,  under  Gen.  Hurl- 
burt,  was  ordered  to  proceed  to  Corinth  as  a  forlorn 
hope,  to  relieve  the  beleaguered  garrison  of  thar 
place;  lint  the  gallant  Kos^crans,  before  Corinth 
\v;is  readied,  had  already  severely  punished  the 
enemy,  and  the  "forlorn  hope"  met  the  re' renting 
rebels  at  i  he  village  of  Metamora,  on  Hatchie  River. 
In  the  glorious  victory  that  followed  eignt  hours' 
hard  fighting,  the  Fourteenth  Illinois  well  sus- 
tained iis  reputation  earned  at  .Shiloh.  The  regi- 
ment constituted  apart  of  the  right  winsr  of  Grant's 
army,  in  the  march  into  Northern  Mississippi, 
through  Holly  Springs  to  Yacona  Patalfa.  under  the 
immediate  command  of  th>-  lamented  McPherson. 
Van  Do rn  had  captured  Holiv  Spr  ng.s,  and  Gen. 
Sherman  being  unable  to  effect  a  dislodgenient  of 
tlie  rebels  fnuu  Vickshurg,  Grant's  army  was 
obliged  to  retreat,  and  on  Jan.  18,  1863.  the  Four- 
teenth Illinois  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Lafay- 
ette. Teiiu. 

Early  in  the  spring,  the  command  was  ordered  to 
Vicksiiuig,  where  it  took  part  in  the  siege  of  that 
stronghold  until  its  final  fall,  July  4.  18t>3.  Also, 
accompanied  the.  expedition  to  Jackson.  Miss.,  tak 
ing  part  in  the  siege  mull  its  evacuation.  In  Au- 
gust, pro««fded  to  .Natchez,  and  formed  part  of  the 
force  which  marched  across  the  swamps  of  North- 
eastern Louisiana  to  Harrisonburg.  on  the  Wachita 
River,  and  captured  Fort  Beauregard,  where,  the 
spring  lief  ore,  the  ram  Queen  of  the  West  had  been 
sunk,  and  then  accompanied  Gen.  Sherman  on  his 
Meridian  ra  d.  Afier  tne  return,  a  large  portion 
re-enlisted  as  veterans,  though  iistime  would  nave 
expired  in  a  few  months.  Returning  from  the 
North,  where  it  had  been  on  a  veteran  furlough,  it 
formed  a  part  of  the  aimy  in  the  advai  ce  on  At- 
lanla.  Here  the  Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth  Illinois, 
ever  tngeth  r  since  the  Kail  of  1862.  sharers  of  each 
other's  sorrows  and  joys,  weary  marches,  and  hon- 
orably-earned laurels,  were  consolid  ited  into  the 
'•Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth  lllluo  s  Veteran  Bat- 
talion."  The  battalion  was  detailed  to  guard  rail- 
road communications  at  and  near  Ackworth,  Ga.,  a 
most  important  and  dangerous  duty,  as  it  was  the 
only  route  by  wh  eh  Gen.  Sherman  could  supply  his 
immense  army  with  subsistence,  etc. 

In  the  mouth  of  October,  18(54,  when  the  rebel 
Gen.  Hood  made  his  demonstration  against  Gen. 
Sherman  s  rear  a  large  number  of  the  battalion 
were  killed,  and  ihe  major  part  taken  prisoners  and 
sent  to  Andeisonville  prison.  Those  who  escaped 
capture  were  mounted,  ami,  in  the  grand  march  to 
the  sea,  acted  as  scouts,  and  were  Continually  in  the 
advance,  being  the  first  to  drive  ihe  rebel  pickets 
into  Savanah,  Ga.  During  the  long  and  weary 
inarch  through  North  and  South  Carolina,  ihe  bat- 
talion  was  on  duty  day  and  night,  being  constantly 
in  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  gaining  notoriety  as 
skirmishers.  The  battalion  was  the  first  lo  enter 
Cheraw.  S.  C.,  Fayetteville,  N.  C.,  and  also  took  part 
in  ihe  battle  «'f  Hentonville. 

At  Goldsboi  o,  N.  C.,  in  the  Spring  of  1865,  the  bat- 
talion organization  w.is  discontinued,  a  sufficient 
number  of  organ  zed  Companies  of  recruits  having 
arrived  by  way  of  New  York  and  Morehead  City,  X. 
C..  to  fill  upthe  two  regiments.  Col.  Hall  again  being 
assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Fourteenth.  Afier 
the  raoiiulation  of  Johnson,  the  regiment  marched 
to  Washington  ,D.  C.,  where,  on  the  24  h  of  May,  it 
took  p:vrt  in  the  grand  revie\vof  Sherman's  army. 
It  atierward  proceeded  by  rail  and  river  to  Louis- 
ville. K.V..  theii'-e  l.y  river  to  Fort  Leaven  worth,  Kas. ; 
thence 'marched  to  Fort  Kearney,  N.  T.,  and  back. 
Mnstereii  out  at  Fort  Leaven  worth,  Kan..  Sept.  16. 
1865.  arriving  at  Springfield,  III..  Sept.  22d.  where 
it  received  final  payment  and  discharge.  The  aggre- 
gate number  of  men  wlio  have  belonged  to  I  his 
organization  was  1,980,  and  the  aggregate  mns- 
teied  out  at  Kort  LravrllWOrth  was  480 

During  i's  four  y^ars  and  four  months  of  arduous 
service  the  reginent. marched  4490  miles,  traveled 
by  rail  2  330.  and  by  river,  4,490  miles-making  an 
aggi  egate  of  1 1.670  miles. 

Chaplain   Wm.  J.  Rutledge,  rank  May  25,  '61,  term 
ex.  June  18,  '64, 

VOX  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 
Sergt.  Major,  Francis  W.  Fox.  e.  '61 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATE. 
Alves  John,  e.  May  21,  '65,  pro.  Corp. 


64 


COMPANY  C. 

PRIVATE. 

McCafferty  Harrison,  e.  June  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
COMPANY  D. 

PRIVATE. 

Duckworth  John  T.  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  April  27, 

'62  disab. 

RECRUITS. 
Duckworth  Wm.  W.  e,  Aug.  29,  '61,  disch.  April  7, 

'64.  disab. 
White  James,  e.  April  22,  '64 

COMPANY  F. 

PRIVATES. 

Higgins  John,  e.  May  25.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hilly  Geo.  W.  e.  May  25,  61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hilly  Francis  M.  e.  May  25.  '61,  re-eul.  as  vet. 

VETERAN. 

Higgins  John,  e.  Dec.  ^,  '63.   See  Co.  D.  Vet.  bat- 
talion 

COMPANY  G. 
Sergt.  Charles  Meyer,  e.  May  25,'61,died  Oct.  21, '62, 

shot  by  Prov.  Guard 

Corp.  Richard  Gavnard,  e.  May  25.  '61,  kid.  by  acci- 
dent Julv  30,  '62 
Corp.  Win.  Ultert,  e.  May  25.  '61,  disch.  Feb.  12,  '62 

1    PRIVATES. 
Gardner  Jacob,  e.  May  25,  'fcl,  died  April  14, '62, 

wounds 

Klein  Michael,  e.  May  25.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Richberg  Henry,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Vickery  W.  H.  e.  May  25.  '61.  in.  o.  May  25,  '( 

VETERAN. 

Klein  Michael,  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.    See  Co.  D.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

RECRUITS. 

Adler  Charles,  e.  June  24,  '61 
Cope  Carl  F.  >>.  June  15.  '61 
Jacob!  Fred  Win.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Moser  Michael,  e.  May  25,  '61,  kid.  at  Matamora, 

Oct.  5,  '62 

COMPANY  H. 

PRIVATES. 
Cloud  Milton,  e.  May  25,  '61,  disclv.  Nov.  4,   '63' 

disai). 

Con  ley  Wm.  e.  May  25.  '61.  died  Oct.  17.  '62,  wounds 
Jay  Danl.  K.  e.  May  «5,  '61 
.ieweir  Kelix,  e.  May  25.  '61 
Kelly  F.  M.  e.  May  25.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Kelso  James,  e.  May  25.  '61,  disch  Sept.  22, '62.  disab. 

VETERAN. 
Kelly  F.  M.  e.  Dec.  12,  '63 

COMPANY  I. 

Capt.  John  W.  Meacham,  rank  May  3.  '61,  pro. 
Capt.  Erasmus  D.  Ward,  rank  Nov.  11,  '62,  m.o.  at 

con>olidation. 

First  Lleur.  John  W.  Meacham,  rank  May  3.  '61,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Erasmus  D.  Ward,  rank  May  24,  '61, 

pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Erasmus  D.  Ward,  rank  May  3,  '61, 

pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Lauren  W.  Coe,  rank  May  24,  '64, 

111,0.  at  consolidation 
First  Sergt.  Isaac  X.  Merwin,  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch. 

<»ct.  21,  '62.  di>iib. 
Sergt.  Gilbert  G.  Morehouse,  e.  May  25,  '61,   died 

Xov.  2.  '62,  wounds 
Sergr.  Henry  Lybarger,  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Apr. 

12  '62.  disab. 

Corp.  John  W.  Luttrell,  e.  M;iy25.  '61 
Corp.  Martin  V  WyaU,  e.  May  25,  "61 
Corp.  James  S.  Cloi.d,  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Jan.  11, 

ulsab. 

Corp.  .lames  W.  Kennedy,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Corp.  John  L.  Harris,  e.  May  25,''6l 
Musician  .losepli  M.  Xilson,  e.  May  25.  '61 
Musician  B'-nj.  F.  Clurch.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Wagoner  Win.   W.   Standage,  e.  May  25, '61,  disch. 

Oct.  27,  '62,  wounds 

PRIVATES. 
Barker  Geo.  H.  e.  Mar  25,  '61,  kid.  at  Shiloh,  Apr.  6, 

'M 

Burnett  Micajab,  e.  May  25.  '61 
Burneit  Moses,  e.  May  2o.  '61.  disch.  Apr.  12,  '62 
Burch  Kenj.  e.  May  25,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Barlow  Win.  P.  e.  May  2.=>.  '61 
Baron  Alvian,  e.  May  25.  '61 
Breekan  John  W.  e.  Mav  25,  '61 
Chapiu  John  O.  e.  May  25,  '61,  died  May  11,   '62, 

wounds 
Coffel  Jesse,  e.  May  25,    '61,  disch.  Aug.  27,  '62, 

wounds 

Cunningham  Thos.  P.,  e.  May  25,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet 
Cunningham  Albert  F.  e.  May  25,  '61 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


443 


Criswell  Wm.  N.  e.  May  25,  '61 

Dtx  Churl  s.  e.  May  25.  'til 

Da  I  ton  James  W.  e.  May  25,  'HI,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Dodd  James,  e.  May  25,  '61.  tlisch.  Aug.  27,  '62, 

dlsab. 
Erwiu  Alex  S.  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Feb.  1,  '62, 

dlsab. 

Fox  Francis  W.  e.  Mav  25.  '61 
Goldsmith  Geo.  H.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Gold  Henry  M.  c.  Ma>  25.  '61 
Green  Win,  C.  e.  Mav  25.  '61 
Hazzard  I  tennis  e.  Ma\  25,  '61 
Harper  Win.  e.  May  25,  '61  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hughes  Blare  M.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Howel  Charles  S.  e.  Mav  25.  '61 
Heflm  Murtin,  e.  May  25.  'ol.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Holliday  Walter  C.  e.  Mav  25.  -61 
Harming  Geo.  ().  e.  May  25.  '61 
Han  It- y  Thus.  L.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Jones  Curtis,  e.  May  25.  '61 
Keullngcr  Henry  S.  e.  M;>y  25.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Kimher  Win.  P   e.  May  25.  '61 
Kay  Win.  H.  e.  Mav  25,  '61 
Laiskion  John  I),  e   Mav  25.  '61 
Lillian  Jacol),  e.  May  25.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Lyon  Ch  is.  C.  e.  May  25   '61 
Lnsric  Win.  e.  May  25,  'til 
Meacliam  Milton  M.  ••.  May  25,  '61 
Morgan  John  A.  e.  May  25,  '61 

Murray  Win.  e.  May  25,  '61,  'I  ^ch.  Oct.  20,  '62,  dlsab. 
M>'acham  Jonathan,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Morgan  George  W.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Maddox  Sanil    K.  e.  May  25,  '61 
Newman   Richd.  C  e.  May  25, '61,  kid.  at  Memphis, 

Nov.  21, '62 

Neal  Win.  A.  e.  May  25.  '61,  re-eul.  as  vet. 
Nail  James  H.  e.  Max  25.  '61 
Rober  s  Ohediah  L.  e.  May  25,  '61 
Runkle  Francis  M.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Sears  Win.  e.  Mav  25,  61 

Stratton  Win.  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Oct.  7,  '63 
Sims  Kel  x  M.  e.  May  25  'HI 
Sperry  Edward,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Sweet  Andrew  A.  e.  M n  25,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Slagle  M-irtln  V.  15.  e.  Jrf.iy  25,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Stratton  Joseph  C.  e.  Mav  25,  '61 
Scott  Wm.  H.  H.  e.  May  25.  '61 

Sco't  Roliert.  e.  Mav  25.  'HI,  kid.  at  Shiloli.  A]T.  6,  '62 
Scott  Geoig-,  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Oct.    19,  '62, 

wounds 
Tsnyck  Hamilton,  e.  May  25,  'b2.  disch.  Jan.  29,  '62, 

disah. 

Turner  David,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Talkingt  11  John,  e.  Mav  25,  '61 
Thomas  Isaac  L.  e.  May  25.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Thomas  J»hn  W.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Tindall  David,  e.  M  ly  25,  '61,  transf.  to  Inv.  corps, 

m.o.  May  25.  '64 

Veavrid  Augustin,  e.  May  25. '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Van  Cleave  Philip,  e.  May  25,  '61 
Walsh  Thus.  V.  e.  May  25,  '61 
Whillock  Alex.e.  May  25,  '61 
W\att  John  H.  e  Mav  25.  '61 
Wyatt  Edward  \V.  e.  May  25.  '61 
Wil.-on  AlexH.  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Aug.  27, '62, 

dlsab. 

VETERANS. 

Barker  Chas.  S.  e.  Mar.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Burch  Henj.  H.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Cunningham  Thos.  P.  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  Vet. 
Battalion 

Dalton  James  W.  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Good  1'atrick,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Battal- 
ion 

Hai  per  Wm.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.    See  Co.  F.  \er.  Battalion 

Keplinger  Henry  S.  e.  Dec.  7. '63.  See  Co.  D.  Vet. 
Ba  tilion 

Lill  an  Jacob,  e.  Dec.  7,  '63 

Sweet  Andrew  A.  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  Vet. 
Halt  (lion 

Slagln  MMI  tin  V.  B.  e.  Jan.  5, '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet. 
Battalion 

Taylor  Wm.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.     See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Battalion 

Thomas  Isaac  L.  e.  Jan.  5.  '64 

Vle.iis  Augustine,  e,  Jan.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet. 
Battalion 

RECRUITS. 

Barker  Charles  S.  e.  Aug.  28.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Burch  John  S.  e.  Sep.  1,  '61,  disch.  Nov.  22,  '62, 
disah. 

Burnett  Joseph,  disch.  Apr.  12,  '62,  disab. 

Cole  John  I,,  e.  Sepl.  7,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet.  Battalion 

Drake  I.  P.  H.  e.  June  6,  '61,  died  April  20. '62 
wounds 

Drake  Win.  S.  e.  Sept.  15,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Dur  .nc  Alex.  F.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.  See  Co.  B.  Vet  Bat- 
taliou 


Erhart  John,  e.  Aug.  10,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Fanner  Ben].  L.  e.  May  27.  '61 

Good  Patrick  H.  e.  Jtiu>  10. '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Gunn  John  W.  e.  June  6,  '61.  • 

Gunn  Win.  e.  Oct.  7.  '62.    S  e  Co.  F.  Vrf.  Battalion 

Holmes  W.  e.  Sept.  7.  '61.    See.  Co.  U.  Vet.  Itattalion 

Hynes  Patrick,  e.  .March  1,  '62.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion 

Kehoe  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  23,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet.  Bat- 
Kay  V.  H.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  Vet.  Battalion 

Lashmec  Win.  E.  e.  June  10.  '61 

Maloney  Maurice,  e.  Aug.  30,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet. 
Battalion 

Meacham  Joseph  W.  e.  Sept.  1,  '61.  transf.  to  N. 
Com.  S.  as  hospital  steward 

Nicholas  James  M.  e.  Jan.  1,  '62,  disch.  Dec.  24,  '62, 
disabled 

Talkingion  John  W.  e.  Sept.  15,  '61,  disch.  Jan.  29, 
'63,  disabled 

Talkingtqn  Danl.  B.  e.  Sept.lS,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet. 
Battalion 

Talkington  Jacob  B.  e.  Sept.  15,  '61.  See  Co.  B. 
Vet.  Battal  on 

Willett  Henry  C.  e.  Sept.  7,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  Vet.  Bat- 
talion. 

Taylor  Win.  e.  May  25,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

COMPANY    K. 

RECRUITS. 
Abraham  Hardin  F.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.    See  Co.  F. 

Bat  talion 
Coulter  Wilson  S.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63.    See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 
Dusenbury  Isaiah,  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.    See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 
Dix  Win.  H.  H.  e.  Dec.  22,  '63.    See  Co.  F.  Vet. 

talion 
Harper  Charles  F.  e.  Dec.  21.  '63.    See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 
Lindsey  Samuel,  e.  Dec.  14,  '63.     See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 
Manle.    Theo.  F.  e.  Dec.  23,  'o3.     See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 
Paj  ne  Robert  C.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.     See  Co.  F. 

'Battalion 
Smith  Win.  B.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.    see  Co.  F.  Vet. 

talion 
Sellers  Joseph  B.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.    See  Co.  F. 

Battalion 

Cosgrove  Wm.  e.  March  24,  '64 
Dennis  Newton,  e.  Feb.  12.  '64,  disch.  April  8,  ' 
Daniel  Joseph  G.  Jan.  28,  '63 
Reilly  George,  e.  May  10,  'b4 


Vet. 
Vet, 
Vet. 
Bat- 
Vet. 
Vet. 
Vet. 
Vet. 
Bat. 
Vet. 

64 


VETERAN      BATTALION      FOURTEENTH 
AND  FIFTE£NTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATES. 

Cole  John  L.  e.  Sept.  7,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illinois, 
as  revived 

Drake  Wm.  O.  e.  Sept.  15,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Erhard  John,  e.  Aug.  10,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Holmes  Win.  e.  Sept.  7,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Kehoe.  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  23,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Maloney  Maurice,  e.  Aug.  30,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th 
Illinois,  as  ievived 

Talkington  Danl.  B.  e.  Sept.  15  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Talkington  Jarob  B.  e.  Sept.  15th,  '61.  See  Co.  B. 
15th  lilino  s,  as  revived 

Willatt  Henry,  e.  Sept.  7,  '61.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

COMPANY    1). 

PRIVATES. 

Higglns  John,  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Klein  Michael,  e.  Dec.  7,  '53.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Keplinger  E.  S.  e.Dec.  7,  '63.  See  Co.  B.  15th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

White  James,  e.  April  27,  '64.  See  Co.  B.  15lh  Illi- 
nois, as  revivtd 

COMPANY    F. 

Corpl.  Thomas  P.  Cunningham,  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.    See 

Co.  F.  14tii  Illinois,  as  revived 
Corp).  Charles  S.  Barker,  e.  March  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F. 

14th  Illinois,  as  revived 
Musician  Patrick  Hines,  e.  March  1,  '62.    See  Co.  F. 

14tu  Illinois,  as  revived 


444 


MORGAN  COUNTY  WAR   RECORD. 


PRIVATES. 

Abrams  Hardln  T.  e.  Dec.  20,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Coulter  Wilson  S.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived* 

Dix  Win.  H.  H.  e.  Dec.  20,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illi- 
nois a*  revived 

Durum  Francis,  e.  Dec.  2.  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Gu n n  Win.  A.  e.  Oct.  7,  '62.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illinois, 
as  revived 

Harper  Win.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illinois, 
as  revived 

Harpnr  Charles  F.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Kay  Win.  H  e.  Jan.  5th.  '64.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Limlsf-y  Saml.  e.  Dec.  14th,  '63.  See  Co.  F,  14ih  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Mauley  Tlieo.  F.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived ^ 

McUotvau  Jacob  S  e.  Jan.  29,  '63.  See  Co,  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Sellers  .Joseph  B.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Smith  Win.  H.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 

Sweet  Anderson  A.  e.  Dec.  7th,  '63.  See  Co.  F.  14th 
Illinois,  as  revived 

Taylor  Win.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illinois, 
as  revived 

Vieir*  Augustine  e.  Jan  1,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  14th  Illi- 
nois, as  revived 


FOURTEENTH  (Re  organized)  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    D. 

PKIVATKS. 

Hisrgins  John,  e.  Dec.  7.  '63.    V«t.  in.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Klein  Michael,  e.  Dec.  7,  '63.    Vet.  supposed  in.  o. 
White  James,  e.  April  27.  '64,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 

COMPANY    F. 
Musician  Patrick  Hines,  e.  March  1,  '62,  m.  o.  May 

30,  '65 

PRIVATES. 

Coulter  Win.  S.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  in.  o.  May  30.  '65 
CiMfi  George,  e.  Feb  'i.  '64,  in.  o.  May  30.  '65 
DaKon  Janins  W.  e.  D.'C.  7,  '63,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Dix  Win.  H.  e.  Dec.  22.  '63.  ni.  o.  May  30.  '65 
Dnsenbm  y  Isaiah,  e.  Dec.  '63.  in.  o.  Sept.  16.  '65 
Durant  Krancis,  c.  Dec.  21,  '63,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Gnnn  Win.  A.  e.  Oct.  7,  '6'<J,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Good  Patrick,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  in.  o.  July  29,  '65 
Ha'  per  Win.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64.  v.^t.  in.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Harper  CUM.  F,  e.  Dec.  21.  '63,  in.  o.  July  >5,  '65 
Kay  Win.  H.  e.  Jan.  5,  '«4,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Lindsey  Samuel,  e.  Dec.  14.  '63,  in.  o.  May  30.  '65 
Mauley  Tlieo.  K.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63.  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
McGowan  Jacob  S.  e.  Jan.  29,  '63,  recruit,  des.  June 

26,  '65 

Paine  Charles  K.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Sellers  Joseph  B.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  m.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Smith  Win.  15.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  in.  o.  May  30,  '65 
Sweet  Anderson  A.  e.  Dec.  7,  '63,  vet.  m.  o.  July 

18.  '65 

Taylor  Win.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  vet.  paroled  pris. 
Vieira  Augustine,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 


Battey   Clayton,  e.  Feb.  23,  '64,  transf.  from  129th 

Illinois,  in.  o.  July  8,  '65 

Penlnger    Washington,   e.    March  21.  '65,  transf. 
from  129th  Illinois,  in.  o.  July  8,  '65 
COMPANY    D. 

PRIVATE. 
Copeland  Alex.  e.  May  24,  '61 

COMPANY    G. 

RECRUIT. 

Bechold  George,  e.  Jan.  27.  '65,  transf.  from  101st 
Illinois,  m.  o.  July  8.  '65 

COMPANY    I, 

RECRUIT. 

Tipp  James  B.  e.  Jan  5.  '64,  transf.  from  101st  Illi- 
nois, m.  o.July  8.  '65 

COMPANY    K. 

RECRUIT. 

Clay  well  Joel  D.  e.  Jan.  17,  '65,  transf.  from  129th 
'Illinois,  m.  o.  July  8,  '65 


FIFTEENTH    (Re-organized)     INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    A. 

Corpl.  Harvey  M.  Sidner,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

16.  '65 
Corpl.  James  E.  Wannamanghen,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65,  m. 

o.  Sept.  16,  '65 

Corpl    Richard  Wallis,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65,  ni.  o.  July    i 
4,  '65 

COMPANY     B. 

PRIVATES. 

Cole  John  L.  e.  S-pt.  7.  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Droke  Win.  O.  Sent.  15  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Holmes  Wm.  e.  S  ;|>t.  7,  '61,  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 
Keboe  Patrick,  e.  Sep\  23.  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '65 
Maloney  Maurice,  e.  Sept.  30,  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  8,  '64 
Wiilatt  Henry,  e.  Sept.  7,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  8,  '64 
COMPANY    I>: 

PRIVATES. 

Croak  Dennis,  e.  Feb.  21,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  16  '65 
Hill  Horace  F.  e.  Feb.  21,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 

SIXTEENTH   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    C. 

RECRUITS. 

Burbank  Jesse  W.  e.  Feb.  22,  '64,  transf.  from  129th 
Illiiuis,  m.  o.  July  8,  '65 


EIGHTEENTH  (Re-organize^  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  B. 

RECRUITS. 

Dunning  Win  L.  e.  Feb.  1,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  6,  '65 
Hargis  Joseph  D.  e.  Feb.  1,  '(j5,  in.  o.  Sept.  6,  '65 
COMPANY  K. 

PRIVATE. 

Angelow  Wm.  H.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65,  deserted  March,  '65 
COMPANY  G. 


Corp.  Charles  A.  Sergeant,  e.  Mar.  2,  '65,  m.  o.  Dec. 
PRIVATE. 


rp.  C 
16,  '05 

Hopper  John  W.  e.  Mar.  2,  '65,  m.  o.  Dec.  16.  '65 


NINETEENTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  F. 

RECRUIT. 

Vaughan  Columbus,  trausf.  to  headquarters  Four- 
teenth A.  C. 


TWENTIETH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY   B. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUB.  RECRUIT. 
Malone  John  M.  e.  Oct.  24,  '64,  in.  o.  July  16,  '65 

COMPANY  C. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUB.  RECRUIT. 
King  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  12,  '65,   never  reported  to 
company 

COMPANY  K. 

RECRUIT. 

Smith  Patrick,  e.  Jan.  23,  '65,  substitute,  never  re- 
ported to  company 


TWENTY-FIRST    INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

RECRUIT. 

Chapman  Thomas  D.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  transf.  from 
115th  111.  m.  o.  Dec.  16,  '65 

COMPANY  F. 

RE   RUITS. 
Fahnestock  Henrv  F.  e.  July  9,  '6l,  kid.  atChicka- 

inanga.  Sept.  19,  '63 

Graves  James  B.  e.  Juiy  9,  '61.  m.  o.  April  20,  '65 
COMPANY  G. 

RECRUIT. 

Edingfield  Charles,  e.  July  9,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
COMPANY  H. 

RECRUIT. 

Powell  Martin  E.  e.  July  8,  '61,  died  at  Danville, 
Va.,  Dec.  26,  '63 

TWENTY-THIRD   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY   C. 

RECRUIT. 

Taylor   William,   e.  Mar.  12,  '62,  des.  Oct.  19.  '62, 
insane 


MORGAN  COUNTY  WAK  BECOKD. 


445 


COMPANY  E. 

RECRUIT. 
Coope  Henry,  e. transf.  to  luv.  corps  Aug.  1, ' 


TWENTY-SIXTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  D. 

VETERANS. 
Grant  Horatio  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  20,  '65, 

musician 
Selig  Franz,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  July  20,  '65 

RECRUITS. 

Harris  Thomas  J.  e.  Pel).  19,  '64,  m.  o.  July  20,  '65 
.lours  Win.  M.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65.  never  joined  company 
Reed  Andrew  J.  e.  Mar.  3.  '65,  in.  o.  July  20,  '65 
Kay  Felix  G.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  in.  o.  July  20,  '65 


TWENTY-SEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

The  Twenty-seventh  Infantry  Illinois  Volunteers 
was  organized  with  only  seven  companies,  at  Camp 
Butler,  III.,  Aug.  10.  1861,  and  ordered  to  Jackson- 
ville, as  part  of  Brig.  (ien.  John  A.  McClernand's 
Brigade.  Sept.  1,  1861,  ordered  to  Cairo,  where  the 
three  remaining  companies  joined. 

Under  Gen.  McClernand  it  was  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  Belmont,  Nov.  7,  1861.  where  it  bore  quite 
a  prominent  part,  and  lose  severely.  On  the  evacua- 
tion of  Columbus.  Ky.,  the  regiment  was  sent  to 
that  point.  On  March  14,  1862,  in  company  with 
the  Forty-second  Illinois.  Eighteenth  Wisconsin, 
and  part  of  the  Second  Illinois  Light  Artillery,  and 
Second  Illinois  Cavalry,  it  formed  the  "Mississippi 
Flotilla,"  and  started  down  the  Mississippi  River, 
and  remained  during  the  siege  of  Island  No.  10. 
The  Twenty-seventh  was  the  nrst  to  land  on  the 
island. 

After  crossing  the  river,  moved  to  Fort  Pillow, 
but  was  recalled  and  ordered  to  Pittsburg  Landing. 
Tenii.  Was  engaged  in  the  siege  of  Corinth,  and 
battle  of  Farniingion,  May  9,  1862.  Was  In  pursuit 
•  if  the  enemy  to  Booneville.  Returning  to  Corinth, 
remained  some  time. 

In  July,  1862,  ordered  to  luka.  and  soon  after- 
ward was  distributed  along  the  line  of  the  Memohis 
and  Charleston  Railroad,  where  it  remained  until 
the  early  part  of  September,  when  it  crossed  the 
Tennessee  River  at  Decatur,  Ala.,  under  command 
of  Major  Gen.  Palmer,  and  made  a  rauid  march  for 
Nashville,  arriving  Sept.  12th.  Remained  in  that 
<:it.\  during  the  time  it  was  cut  off  from  communi- 
cation with  the  North.  It  was  with  the  advance 
from  Nashville,  ami  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Stone 
River,  where  it  distinguished  itself.  June  24, 1863, 
moved  with  thearmy  against  Slielbyville  ana  Tulla- 
homa;  thence  to  Bridgeport;  Ala. 

Sept.  2,  1863,  the  corps  crossed  the  Tennessee  and 
mo  ed  down  toward  Rome,  Georgia,  below  Chatta- 
nooga, and  returned  in  time  to  take  part  in  the 
battl  •  of  Chickamauga,  where  the  Twenty-seventh 
suffered  severely.  Was  in  Chattanooga  during  its 
investment,  and  was  engaged  in  storming  of  Mission 
Ridge,  \vhere  it  was  noticed  for  its  good  conduct. 
From  Mission  Ridge,  it  w  -nr,  upon  a  forced  march, 
to  the  relief  of  Knoxville,  then  closely  pressed  by 
Longstreet't)  corps.  By  the  time  it  reached  there 
the  enemy  had  been  repulsed.  It  returned  to  Lon- 
don, Tenn.,  Jan.  25,  1864,  and  remained  till  April 
18th,  when  it  was  ordered  to  Cleveland,  Tenn.  From 
the  latter  place  it  moved  with  the  Army  of  the 
Cumberland,  on  the  Atlanta  campaign. 

Was  engaged  at  Rock  Face  Ridge,  May  9th;  at 
Resaca.  May  14th;  nearCalhoun,  May  16fh;  Adairs- 
ville.  May  17th;  near  Dallas,  from  May  26th  to  June 
4th;  near  Pine  Top  Mountain,  from  June  10th  to 
14th:  battle  of  Mud  Creek,  June  18th;  in  assault 
on  Kenesaw  Mountain,  June  27th;  skirmished 
about  the  vicinity  of  Chattalioochie  River;  was  In 
the  bat  le  of  Peach  Tree  Creek,  July  20th,  and  in 
the  skirmishes  around  Atlanta. 

The  regiment  was  relieved,  from  duty  at  the  front 
August  25,  1864,  and  ordered  to  Springfield,  III., 
for  muster  out.  Was  detained  two  days  at  Nash- 
ville, on  account  of  apprehensions  of  an  attack  by 
Wheeler. 

During  its  term  of  service  the  regiment  has  had 
the  folio  wing  casualties:  Killed  or  died  of  wounds. 
102;  died  by  disease,  80;  number  of  wounded,  328; 
discharged  and  resigned,  209;  transferred  37,  vet- 
erans and  recruits  consolidated  with  Ninth  Illinois 
Infantry  Volunteers. 

COMPANY  B. 

First  Lieut.  Geo.  A.  Dunlap,  rank  Aug.  12,  '61,  res. 
Nov.  16,  61 


First  Lieut.  Henry  H.  White,  rank  Oct.  21,  '62,  term 
ex.  Sept.  20,  '64 

Corp.  Thompson  Cummings,  e.  Aug.  12.  '61,  pro. 
Sergt.  wounded  at  Kenesaw  Mt.  in  hos.  at  Nash- 
ville, Tenn. 

Corp.  Duncan  McCormick,  e.  Aug.  12.  '61,  pro.  Sec- 
ond Lieut. 

Corp.  James  D.  Barlow,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  dlsch.  Feb. 
14,  '62,  worthlessness 

Corp.  Henry  A.  White,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  pro.  First 
IJeut. 

PRIVATES. 

Abrauis  Charles,  e.  Aug.  12/61,  wounded  m.  o.  Sept. 
20,  '64,  Corp. 

Abrams  John,  e.  Aug.  12  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20, '64,  Corp. 

Aldridge  Harrison,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug  22,  'b4 

Aldridge  Witham,  e.  Aug.  12.  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 

Baker  Alex.  e.  Aug.  12,  =61.  disch.  Feb.  14,  -62,  disab. 

Barlow  William,  e.  Aug.  12,  'HI,  dlsch.  Feb.  1.  '62 

Burke  James,  e.  Aug.  28,  '61,  dlsch.  Dec.  1,  'b2,  to 
4th  U.  S.  C. 

Cannon  Win.  B.  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  wounded  at  Belmont, 
m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 

Cannon  Samuel  B.  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  wounded,  in  hos. 
at  in.  o.  of  Regt. 

Crestman  Washington,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  dlsch.  Oct. 

19,  '62,  disab. 

Campbell,   Joseph,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  died  Phillip's 

Land'g,  Mo.,  April  5,  '53 
Crawford  Henry,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  b,  '63, 

wounds 

Coppage  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  des.  Aug.  27,  '61 
Eldridge  Christ,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Fitzpatrick  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  12, '61,  died  at  St.  Louis. 

Aug.  6,  '62 

Garrison  Win.  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  6.  Aug.  18,  '64 
Greggs  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  12, '61,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa, 

July  27,  !62 
Galvin  John,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  dis.  Dec.  2,  '62,  to  eul. 

in  4th  U.  S.  C. 
Hudleston  Win.  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  Sergt.  absent,   sick 

at  m.  o.  of  Regt. 
Hodges  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  12.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64,  as 

Sergt. 
Hutchinson  James,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  dishon.  disch. 

Oct.  31.  '62.  sen.  G.  C.  M. 
Hoffman  Daniel,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64, 

as  Corp. 
Hoffman  John,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  trans,  to  Inv.  C.  Se:>t 

16,  '63 
Henry  John,  e.  Aug.  1  2,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64,  as 

Corp. 
Mattlson  Abratiam.  e.  Aug.  12    '61,  disch.  Nov.  4, 

'62,  disab. 
Pullin  Andy,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  wounded  at  Belmont, 

m.  o.  Sept.  20/64 

Ruark  Ratcliff,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Reeder  Andy,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Reeder  Hiram,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Simmons  John  F.  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Simmons  Alfred,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Shoemaker  Obediah,  e.  Aug.  12, '61,  in.  o.  sept.  20. '04 
Tauksley  Marcus,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  'ti4 
Thale  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  m.  o.  Aug.  22,  '64 
Wortich  Anthony,  e.  Aug.  12,  '61,  disch.  Sepl.  7, '62, 

WOll  11'  IS 

Worrell  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  28, '61,  wounded,  m.  o.  Sept. 

20,  '64 

VETERANS. 
Rader  Hiram,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  trans,  to  Co.  G.  9th   111. 

as  consul,  in.  o.  July  13,  '65 

Richards  David,  e.  Feb.  19,  '64,  trans,  to  Co.  G.  9th 
III.  as  consol.  in.  o.  July  13,  '65 

RECRUITS. 
Angelo,  Benj.  e.  Aug.  7,  '61,  absent  in  hosp.  at  m.  o. 

of  Regt. 

Hiart  Thomas,  absent,  detached  as  m.  o.  of  Regt. 
Mitchell  Marion  I.  e.  Feb.  18,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Thompson  James  A.  e.  Feb.  18.  '62,  absent  in  hosp. 
at  m.  o.  of  Regt. 

COMPANY   C. 

PRIVATE. 
Sii/maii  John,  disch.  Feb.  26,  '63,  disab. 

RECRUIT. 
Morris  Martin  V.  e.  Aug.  29.  '61,  des.  Nov.  1,  '61 

COMPANY  D. 

Capt.  Horace  Chapin,  rank  Nov.  28,  '61,  term  ex. 
Sept.  20,  '64 

COMPANY  E. 

RECRUIT. 
Ring  James  M.  e.  Sept.  28,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 

COMPANY  K. 
Capt.  Abraham  T.  Bozarth,  rank  Aug.  22.  '61.  res. 

June  27,  '64 

Capt.  Lewis  Hanback,  rank  June  27,  '64,  term  ex. 
Sept,  20,  '64 


446 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


First  Lieut.  Horace  Cliapin.  rank  Aug.  22,  '61,  pro. 

to  Co.  1). 
First  Lieut.  Erastus  S.  Jones,  rank  Nov.  28,  '61,  res. 

June  4  '63 

First  Lieut.  Lewis  Hanbeck,  rank  June  4.  '63,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Isaac  Nash,  rank  June  27,  '64,  term  ex. 

Sept.  20,  '64 

Second  Lieut.  Erastus  S.  Jones,  rank  Aug.  22,'61,pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Lewis  Han  back,  rank  Nov.  28. '61,  pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Isaac  Na.sh,  rank  June  24.  '63,  pro. 
First  Se r>ft.  Lewis  Hanback,  e.  Aug.  20,   '6L  pro. 

First  Lieut. 
Sergt.  GHO.  C.  Smith,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  Nov.  10, 

'62,  disabled 
Sergt.  K.  Warren  T  cknor,  e.  Aug.  20,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 

20,  '64,  as  First  Sergt. 
Sergt.  Win.  H.  Ebey,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  kid.  atBelmont 

Nov.  7.  '61 
Sergr.  Win.  Morris,  e.   Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  July  16, 

?62.  disable  I 
Corp.  Win.   Lazenby,   e.  Aug.   20,   '61,  wounded  at 

«  -imoiit  and  Chickamauga,  in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64,  as 

Sergt. 

Corp.  .loiin  Fonier.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61  died  at  Hender- 
son. Ky.  June  8,  '62 
Corp.  Kreegiaee  L.  Sexton,  e.  Aug.  20, '61,  wounded, 

in.  o.  sepl.  26,  '64,  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  Horace  T  i-knor,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  kid.  at  Mud 

Creek,  June  18.  '64 
Corp.  Isaac   Nasu,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  pro.  Sergt.  then 

Second  Lieut. 
Corp.  Michael  Valentine,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  died  at  Mt. 

Veruon,  Iiid.  June  19,  '64 
Corp.  John  A.  Morgan,  e.  Sept.  2.  '61,  wounded,  m.  o. 

Sept.  20.  '64  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  Nelson  B.  Speakman,  e.  Sept.  2,  '61,  died  Sept. 

25. V  3,  wounds 
Musician  John   M.  Host,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  Nov. 

26,  '62.  t  >  enl.  ill  U.S.  A. 
Musician  Henry  Ticknor,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded, 

in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Allen  Fletcher  A.  e.  Sepr.  2,  '61,  disch.  July  18.  '62 
Raity   George,  e.   Aug.  20,   '61,  wounded,  at  Stone 

Kiver  and  Cliickaniauga.  in.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Benjamin  John  W.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Buzaith  Wm.  L.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  July  18,  '62, 

disabled 

Butchli  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Bridger  Win.  e.  Aug20,  '61,  des.  Nov.  10.  '61 
Barber  K  iward,  e.  Aug.  2>),  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Buyer  Wm.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded  and  captured 

at  Cliickamauga,  in.  o.  June  13,  '65,  as  Corp. 
Bossie  Jacob,  e.  Aug  20.  '61,  died  at  Farmingham, 

Miss.  May  28.  '62 
Bowen  Charles,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  March  9,  '62, 

disab. 

Burd  Wyllis,  e.  Sept.  2,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Burdltt  Jobu  A.  e.  Sept.  2,  '61.  re-enl.  asvrt. 
Caldwell   Green   w.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded,  in 

hosi).  at  m.  o.  of  Regt. 
Cole  Edgar  J.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded  and  prls.  in. 

o.  April  24,  '65 
Cowdin  James,  e.   Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  Feb.  20,  '62 

disab. 

Cash  John.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept,  20,  '64 
Delaney  Michael,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dolany  Charles,  e.   Aug.  20, '61,  disch.  Sept.  12,  '62 

disab. 
Dickerson   Wilmer,   e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded,  m.  o. 

Sept.  20. '64 
Davidson   Robert,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  wounded,  m.  o. 

Sept  20,  '64 
Davidson    I'nomas,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded,  m.  o. 

Sept.  20,  '64.  as  Corp. 

Ellis  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Foster  Casual,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64,  as 

Ford01.Vl'iles  A.  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  killed   at   Mission 

Rid«e  Nov.  25.  '63 

Frasure  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Grossman  Edward,  e.   Aug.  20  '61.  disch.  Nov    15, 

'62,  disal). 

Gillis  Neal,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  m  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Gilbert  Frederick,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64    j 
Gilbert  David,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  3.  '65 
Ginnane Joun  e.  Aug.  20,   '61,  died  at  Annapolis,    j 

Md.  July  27,  '64 
Hobsoii  ttiley,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  July  14,   '62,    | 

disab. 

Holmes  Henry,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Heitz  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded,   in.  o.   Sept. 

20.  '64 

Heitz  S'iplia,  e.  Aug.  20.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hays  Hugh,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch.  March  22,   '64 

disab. 
Homes  Marcus,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  disch  Jan.  1,  '62 

disab. 
Haskei  Charles,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded,  pris.  of 

war 

Hobson  Archibald,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  died  at  Nash- 
ville, Teun.  Oct.  23,  '62 


Huff  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  died  at  Cairo  Aug.  5, 

Hobsam  Elam,  e.  Aucr.  20.  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Harvey  Wm.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  di>ch.  Feb.  '62,  disab. 
Jeffrie*  John,  e.  Au,'.  20.  '61,  disch.  Sjpt.  15,  '62, 

disab. 

Jones  John,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64 
Kimball  Francis,  e.  AUJJ:  20.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20  '64 
Kennett  John.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Lathrop  Myron,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
McCoriuick  James,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20, 

'64 

Mawson,  Robert,  e.  Sept.  2.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20.  '64 
Miller  Joseph,  e.  Sept.  2,  '61,  died  at  Cairo.  March  5. 

'62 
Megjfinson  Richardson,  Sept.  2, '61,  died  at  Cairo. 

Oct.  19,  '61 

Post  Win.  e  Aug.  20.  '61,  disch.  Got.  22.  disab. 
Pratt  Win.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  wounded  and  captured  at 

Chickamauga 
Russell  Wm.  e.Aug,  20,  '61,  died  at  Louisville,  Dec. 

1.  '63 

Ransom  John.  e.  Sepf.  2,  '61,  disoli.  Feb.  20,  disab. 
Hansom  Win.  H.  e.  Sept.  2.   '61.  wounded  ar,  Ben- 

nington  and  Cliickamauga,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64,  as 

Corp. 
Ross  Francis  A.  e.  Sept.  2,  '61,  disch.  March  28,  '63, 

disab. 
Steere  John,  e.  Sept.  2.  '61,  wounded  at  Cliickamauga 

and  Resara,  m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '64.  as  Corp. 
Simiikins  George,    e.  Sept.  2,   '61,  wounded,  m.  o. 

Sept.  20,  '64 
Sargeant  James,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  disch.  Dec.  10,  '61, 

disab. 

Sargeant  James  M.  e.  Aug.  20.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Thompson  Sylvester,  e.  Aug.  20, '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  20. 

'64,  was  pris. 
Wilder  Newton,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  died  of  wounds  rec. 

at  Mission  Ridge. 

VETERANS. 
Benjamin  John  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  transf.  to   Co.   G, 

9th  111.  as  consolidated 
Burdltt  John  H.e.  Jan.  1, '64   transf.  to  Co.  G,  9th 

III.  as  consolidated 
Burd  Willis  W.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  E,  9th 

III.  as  consolidated 
Delaney  Michael,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  died  wounds  July  9, 

'64 
Frazure  Thos.  J.  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  killed  in  action  May 

26,  '64 
Hietz  Sopha  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  9th  111. 

as  consolidated 
Sargeant  James  M.  e.  Feb.  9,  '61.  trausf.  to  Co  G,  9th 

111.  as  consolidated 

RECRUITS. 

Benjamin  George  T  e.  March  18.  '64 
Hanbach  Charles,  e.  Sept.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Holmes  Philip,  e.  Fei>.  5,  '62 
Hall  Joseph,  e.  Dec.  29,  '63,  died  at  Vining  Station. 

Ga.  Aug.  20.  '64 

Isom  John  B.  e.  Sept.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  June  16,  '65 
McGraw  Roger,  e.  Feb.  5,  '62,  disch.  April  19,  '63, 

disab. 

O'Reilly  Thomas,  e.  Feb.  5,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Pasley  Charles,  e.  Oct.  18,  '61,  disch.  July  16,  '62. 

disab. 

Senseman  David,  e.  Sept.  26,   '61,  transf.  to  non- 
com,  staif 
Simi'kins  Geo.  (2d)  e.  Sept.  26,  '61,  disch.  July  20, 

'63,  disab. 

Sargeant  Henry,  e.  Nov.  28.  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  2,  '64 
Sears  G  o.  W.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
SVHlliiins  Robt.  e.'Jnne  1,  '62,  w  ounded  at  Mission 

Ridge,  tiansf.  to  V.  R.  C.  in.  o.  June  16.  '65 
Watt  Win.  e.  April  11,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  9th   111. 

as  consolidated 
Wheeler  John  A.  e.  Oct.  10,  '61,  transf.  to  Co.  G,  9th 

111.  as  consolidated 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 
Branum  Nap.  J.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65,  in.  o.  June  3.  '65 
Hanson  Robt.  e.  Sept.  2,  '61,  died  at  Cairo,  Oct.  18, 

'61 

Higginson  B.  e.  Sept.  2,  '61 
\andall  Sam.  M.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65, 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  C. 

PRIVATE. 

James  Isaac,  e.  Aug.  21,   '61,  died  Fort  Holt,   Ky., 
Nov.  15,  '61 


TWENTY  EIGHTH    (Consolidated)    INFAN- 
TRY. 

COMPANY  C. 

RECRUIT. 
Tlghe  Thomas,  e.  Apr.  3,  '64,  m.  o.  March  16,  '66 


MORGAN   COUNTY    WAR    RECORD. 


447 


COMPANY    E. 

PRIVATE. 
HIte  John,  e.  Oct.  25,  '64,  in.  o.  Oct.  24,  '65 

COMPANY  K. 
Reed  James  W.  e.  Mar.  22,  '65,  dishon.  disch,  Oct. 

29.  '65.  sen.  G.  C.  M. 
Smith  Charles  M.  e.  Mar.  20,  '65,  m.  o.  Mar.  16,  '66 


TWENTY-NINTH   INFANTRY. 

Lieur.  Col.  James  E.  Dunlap,  rank,  Aug.  27,  '61,  res. 
Mar.  14,  '62 

COMPANY  B. 
Corp.  Rout.  Delany,  e.  Sept.  1,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERAN. 

Delany  Robt.  e.  Jan.  4,  '64,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o.  of 
regt. 

THIRTIETH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  O. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUBSTITUTE  RECRUITS. 
Brandon  Thomas  F.  e.  Oct.  5,  64,  in.  o.  July  17,  '65 
Gibbs  David  M.  e.  Oct.  5.  '64,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65 


THIRTY-FIRST  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  K. 

PRIVATE. 

Bistole  Michael,  e.  Aug.  22,  '61,  killed  Fort  Don. 
Feb.  15,  '62 

THIRTY-SECOND  INFANTRY. 

Lieut.  Col.  John  VV.  Ross,  rank   Aug.   16.  '61,    died 

Apr.  11,  '62.  wounds  rec.  at  Shiloh,  Apr.  6,  '62 
Adj.   Alex  Vanwinkle,  rank  Aug.  22,  '61,  res.  Aug. 

26.  '64 
Surgeon   Win.  S.  Edgar,  rank  Sept.  26,  '61,  hon. 

disch.   \ng.  2,  '65 
Surgeon  Win.  H.  H   King,  rank  Sept.  2,   '65,  m.  o. 

(as  asst.  sergi.)  Sept.  16,  '65 
Second  Asst.  Surgeou  Win.  H.  H.  King,  rank  Feb. 

3,  '65,  pro. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 
Sergt.  Maj.  Alex  Vanwinkle.  pro.  adjutant. 
Coin'y  Sergt.  Geo.W.  Ro<s,  disoh.  Sept.  4,  '62,  disab. 
Hospital  Steward  Chas.  A.  Edgar,  disch.  Oct.  18. '63, 

disau. 
Hospital  Steward  Win.  H.  H.  King,  disch.  Sept.  14, 

'64.  disab. 

COMPANY  A. 
Second  Lieut.  Lewfs  W.  Keplinger,  rank  Jan.  1,  '65, 

in.  o.  Sept.  16.  '65 
Sergt.  Alex.  Vanwinkle,  e.  Aug.  27,  '61,  pro.  Sergt. 

Major 
Corp.  Francis  M.  Burch,  e.  Aug.  27,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept. 

— '64,  term  ex. 
Wagoner  B.  Sturgis,  e.  Aug.  27,  '61,  died  at  home, 

Nov.  6,  '61 

PRIVATES. 

Andertnn  Benj.  e.  Aug.  27.  '61,  transf.  to  Co.  H. 
Agard  Julin  G.  e.  Nov.  18  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Bvrry  Richard,  e.  Ani?.  27.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Carter  Geo.  A.  e.  Aug.  27.  '61.  (lied  Oct.  2,  '63 
Kt-plinger  Louis  W.  e.  Aug.  27.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Rossen  James,  e.  Aug.  27,   '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  12,  '64, 

term  ex. 

Ross  Gen.  W.  e.  Aug.  27,  '61,  pro.  com.  Sergt. 
Strand  Win.  e.  Aug.  27,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Vanwinkle  Atherton,  e.   Aug.  27.  '61,  disch.  Sept. 

24,  '63.  disan. 

White  Joint  H.  e.  Ano-.  27,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Yates  John,  e.  Aug.  27,  'bl,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERANS. 
Agard  John  G.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

Berry  Richard,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  16.  '65 
Keplinger  Louis  W.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64.  pro.  Second  Lieut. 

from  First  Sergt. 

Palmer  John  R.  e.  Jan.  2,'64.  pro.  First  Lieut.  Co.  H 
White  John  H.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  disch.   May  31,  '65, 

disab. 
Yates  John,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 

RECRUIT. 

Agard  Norman,  e.  Mar.  28,  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
COMPANY  C. 

PRIVATES 
Dewert  Wm.  e.  Aug.  24,  '61,des.  Oct.  15,  '61 


Fury  James,  e.  Oct.  22,  '61,  transf.  to  Co.  H 
Goynes  Micagor  C.  e.  Aug.  24,  '61,  transf.  to  Co.  H 

DRAFTED  AND  SUB.   RECRUIT. 
Mills  Wesley,  e.  Oct.  26,  '64,  des.  July  10,  '65 
COMPANY  D. 

PRIVATE. 

Schuchner  Frank,  e.  Aug,  29.  '61,  transf.  to  Second 
111.  Art. 

VETERAN. 
Sanells  Wm.  T.  e.  Jan.  2,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  16,  '65 

COMPANY  K. 

Second  Lieut.  Wm.  H.  Edgar,  rank  Dec.  31,  '61,  res. 
Apr.  22,  '62 

VETERAN. 

Reaughr  Anderson,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  absent,  sick,  at  in. 
o.  of  Regt. 

RECRUIT. 
King  Wm.  H.  H.  e.  Jan.  15,  '62,  pro.  Hosp.  Steward 

COMPANY  H. 

Capt.  John  B.  Duncan,  rank  Dec.  31,  '61,  died  July 

18.  '64 
Capt.  Alex.  M.  Wright,  rank  Apr.  25,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept. 

16.  '65 
First  Lieut.  Henry  C.  Wright,  rank,  Dec.  31,  '61,  res. 

Sept.  8,  '62 

Second  Lieut.  Alex.  M.  Wright,  rank  Apr.  7/62,  pro. 
Sergt.  Josephus  Deathenige,  e.  Sept.  14,  '61,  disch. 

Dec,  17,  '62,  disal). 
Corn.  John  C.  Dougherty,  e.  Sept.  18,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept. 

7,  'b4,  term  ex. 
Corp.  Alburt  Teel,  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  disch.  Mar.  12,  '63, 

disab. 
Corp.  N  icholas  Leonard,  e.  Oct.  26,  '61,  killed  at  Shi- 

loh,  Tenii..  Apr.  6.  '62 
Musician  Thomas  McDermott,  e.  Oct.  14,  '61,  disch. 

Oct.  18,  '62,  disab. 
Wagoner  John  Mengle,  e.  Oct.  8,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet 

PRIVATES. 

Anderton  Geo.  N.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Anderton  Benj.  A.  e.  Aug.  27.  '61,  re-eul.  as  vet. 
Brady  Bernhart  S.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  disch.  Mar.  25,  '65. 

disab. 
Brown  Richard,  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  died  Oct.   5,  '62. 

wounds 
Bonds  Francis  M.  e.  Sept.  14, '61,  died  at  Bollver, 

Tenn.,  Oct.  6,  '62 
Burk  James  W.  e.  Sept.  14.  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  1,  '64, 

term  ex. 
Burk  John  J.  e.  Sept.  14,  '61,  died  at  Camp  Butler, 

Nov.  1,  '61 
Cutler  Cyrus  B.  e.  Sept.  10,  '61,  killed  at  Shiloh,  Apr. 

6,  '62 

Coniey  James,  e.  Nov.  1.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Cutler  James  M.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dougherty  James  R.  e.  Sept.  18,  '61,  disch.  Aug. 

'64.  disab. 

Doolittle  Geo.  H.  e.  Sept.  24,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
DC  volt  Enos,  e  Oct.  5,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dunham  Hiram  C.  e.  Sept.  19,  'bl,  tie-.  Sept.  —  '62 
Doty  Wm.  R.  K.  e.  Oct.  5,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Dolf:in   Win.  H.  e.  Nov.   1,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  20,  '63, 

disab. 
Elliott  James,  e.  Oct.  26,  '61,  in.  o.  Oct. '64,  term 

ex. 
Edm  'iidson  Sandsman,  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov. 

'64,  term  ex. 

Eearla  Booker,  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  des.  '61 
Flood  John,  e.  Oct.  5.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Fletcher  John,  e.  Oct.  8,  '61.  le-enl.  as  Vet. 
Gollop  John  H.  e.  .Sept.  14.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Huffman  Wm.  H.  e.  Sept.  14.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hartley  James  P.  e.  Sept.  14,  '61.  re-enl.  as  ver. 
Hamilton  Benj.  F.  e.  Sept.  24,  '61,  died  at  Naitles.Ill. 

May  Id.   (i^ 
Johnson  Wm.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  disch.  Oct.  10,  '62, 

disab. 

Jarvis  James  M.  e.  Sept.  10,  '61,  re-  enl.  as  vet. 
Keeton  Dennis,  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov. '64, 

term  ex. 

Mezell  Aaron,  e.  Oct.  5,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
McCann  Michael,  e.  uct.  26,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  25,  '62 

disab. 
Mora  gn  John  H.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61,  disch.  Jan.  10, '62, 

disab. 
Ridenour  Edw.  H.  e.  Nov.  1,  '61',  m.o.  Nov.  '64,  term 

ex. 
Richardson  Alex.  e.  Sept.  7,  '61,  died  at  Stephenson, 

Ala. 
Reed  Oliver  P.  e.  Sept.   18, '61.  dishon.  disch.  Oct. 

'63,  stealing 
Strien  Geo.  P.  e.  Sept.  20,  '61,  died  at  Young's  Point, 

June  20,  '63 
Wright  Alex.  e.  Sept.  7,  '61,  disch.  for  pro.  to  Second 

Lieut. 

Winuingham  C.  F.  C.  e.  Sept.  7.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
While   Wm.  R.  e.  Oct.  8,   '61,  disch.  Sept.  20,   '63, 

disal). 
White  John  Q.  e.  Oct.  8,  '61,  disch.  July  14,  '64,  disab. 


448 


MORGAN  COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


RECRUITS. 

Bowles  John  W.  e.  Apr.  26.  '64,  m.o.  July  13,  '65 
CoRshall  Milton  M.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Efflnger  Samuel,  e.  Mar.  31,  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16, '65 
Huffman  Moses,  e.  Nov.  1.  '62,  died  at  Bait.  Apr.  3, 

'63 

Lelghton  Wm.  disch.  Oct.  1,  '62.  wourfds 
Donald  Francis,  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  ?65 

VETERANS. 

And^rton  Geo.  N.  e.  Jan.  2.  64,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Anderton  Ben;).  A,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Cutler  James  M.  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  m.o,  Sept.  16,  '65 
Conley  James,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64.  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Cogshall  Milton  M.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16, '65 
Crawford  John,  e.  Jan.  2,  64.  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Doty   Wm.  R.  K.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  kid.  in  skirmish  at 

Nickajack,  Ga. 

Doolittle  Geo.  H.  e.  Jan.  2   '64,  m.o.  July  20,  '65 
Devolt  Knos,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  drs.  July  15,  '65 
Fury  James  K..  e.  Jan.  2,  '62,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Fletcher  John,  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  in  o.  Sept.  16.  '65 
Fiood  John,  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65  as  Corp. 
Gollop  John.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  des.  July  25,  '65 
Harney  James  P.  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  transf,  to  Co.  K. 
Huffman  John  H.  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 
Jarvis  James  M.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  des.  June  26,  '65 
Menzel  John  H.  e.  Jan.  2.  '64.  m.o.  Nov.  20,  '65 
Menzel  Aaron  A.  e.  Jan.  2.  '64,  captured  Sept  8,  '65  j 
Meeker  Squire  H.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sepr.  16,  '65 
Sullens  Washington,  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  16  '65. 
Winningham  Curtis  F.  C.  e.  Jan.  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sept. 

16,  '65 

DRAFTED  AND  SUB.  RECRUIT. 
Lynch  Martin  O.  e.  Oct.  1,  '65,  m.o.  Sept.  16,  '65 

COMPANY  I. 
Corp.  Torrence  Evans,  e.  Oct.  20,  '61,  disch.  Apr.  18. 

'62,  wounds 

PRIVATES. 

Hamblin  Isaacs,  e.  Nov.  5.  '  61,  des.  Nov.  20,  '62 
Kelly  Win.  e.  Oct.  14,  61,  m.o.   Dec.  31,  -64,  term  ex 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 
Roberts  Wm.  R.  e.  Feb  13.  '61,  disch.  May  6,  '64 
Williams  John,  e.  Dec.  21,  '63 


THIRTY-THIRD  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

RECRUIT. 

Reynolds  Levl  W.  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  3,  '62, 
disab. 

COMPANY  I). 

RECRUIT. 

Crane  Oscar  M.  e.  Mar.  29,  '64,  m.o.  Nov.  14,  '65 
COMPANY  F. 

First  Sergt.  Geo.  H.  Anderson,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  m.o. 

Oct.  11,  '64 

Sergt.  Wm.  Tuke,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  m.o.  Oct.  11.  '64 
Corp  Roiiert  Batty,  e.  Aug.  1,  61,  m.o.  Oct.  11,  '64  as 

private 
Musician  Percy  Dickerson,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as 

vet. 

PRIVATES. 

Batty  John,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  disch.  Feb.   17,  '64,  disah. 
Davis  John,   e.  Aug.    1,   '61,  disch.  March  23,  '63, 

ilisab. 
Eccleflelu  John.  e.  Aug.  1,  '61.  disch.  July  5,   '64, 

disab. 

Gill  Charles,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Potter  Joseph,  e   Aug.  1,  '61,  re-enl  as  vet. 
Steplienson  George,  e.  Aug.  1.  '61,  m.o.  Oct.  11,  '64 
Sharp  Martin  H.  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  m.o.  Oct.  11,  '64 
Sperry  Socrates,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  m.o.  Oct.  11,  '64 
Tovvning   Charles,    e.    Aug.    1,    '61,    died   at   New 

Orleans,  Nov.  17,  '63 
Willibee  James,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61 
Wilson  James,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61.transf.  to  Inv.  corps 

Aug.  1,  '63 
Willibee  Skelton,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  25.  '62, 

disab. 

VETERANS. 

Percy  Dickerson,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  pro.  prin.  musician 
Gill  Charles,  e.  Jan .  1,  '64,  in.  <>.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Hutchiuson  James,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  disch.  June  16,  '65, 

disabled 

Potter  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Sorrells  Peier,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64.  m.  o.  Mov.  24,  '65 

RECRUITS. 

Ayers  Thomas,  e.  Feb.  15,  '65,  drowned  Mar.  2,  '65 
Brennan  Matthew,  e.  Mar.  29,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Byline  Wm.  e.  Feb.  15.  '64,  in.  o.  Nov.  24.  '65 
Dickinson  Hartas,  e.  Mar.  29,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65, 

as  Corp. 


Dickinson  Francis,  e.  Feb.  26,  '64,  died  June  7,  '65 
Descellar  Wm.  e.  Feb.  15,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Dickinson  Samuel,  e.  Feb.  15.  '64,  drowned  March 

2,  '65 

Davis  Thomas,  e.  March  29.  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Lang  John  F.  e.  Feb.  15,  '64.  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Potter  Ralph,  e.  Feb.  15,  '64,  drowned  Mar.  2,  '65 
COMPANY  I. 

PRIVATE. 
Rinck  Gottfriet,  e.  Aug.  18,  '61,  m.  o.  Oct.  1 1,  '64 

COMPANY  K. 
Capt.  Edward  H.  Twining,  rank  July  1,  '62,  pro. 

A.  D.  C.  Sept.  28.  '64 
Capt.  Franklin  Adams,   rank  Sept.  28,   '04,  pro.   bv 

.    President  Nov.  16,  '64 

First  Lieut.  Franklin  Adams,  rank  Mar.  1,  '62.  pro. 
Sergt.  Wm.  H  Edgar,  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  7. 

'til.  disabled 
Corp.  Henry  Lightfoot.  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  disch.  Feb. 

20,  '62,  disabled 
Musician  John  J.  Robertson,  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  m.  o. 

Oct.  11,  '64 

PRIVATES. 
Moulton  John  H.  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  m.  o.  Oct.  11,  '64,  as 

Sergt. 
Stephenson  Joseph  B.  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  4, 

'64,  disabled 

Tefft  Willis,  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  transf.  to  Co.  I. 
Twining  Edward  H,  e.  Aug.  21,  '61,  pro.  Capt. 

VETERANS. 

Huffaker  Warren  S.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Mentree  Leonard,  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 

RECRUITS. 

Creed  Colby,  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Farmer  Wm.  H.  e.  Fen.  11,  '65.  m.  o.  Nov.  24, '65 
Fortney  John  F.  M.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65.  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Gard  John,  e.  April  11.  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Hawkenberry  Joseph  A.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  absent  with- 
out leave  Sept.  11.  '65 

Kelton  John  W.  e.  Feb.  11.  '65.  drowned  Mar.  2,  '65 
Lyon   Lucius  D.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  disch.  Oct.  11,  '65, 

disabled 
Lucas  John  D.  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  died  at  Salem,  Ala. 

June  1,  '65 

Miller  David,  e.  Feb.  11.  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 
Spencer  Joseph  M.  e.  Sept.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Worth  Clark,  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  24,  '65 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Long  John  F.  e.  Feb.  15,  '65 


THIRTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

Quartermaster  David  H.  Talbott,  rank  Mar.  21,  '63, 

term  ex.  Nov.  6,  '64 
Commissary  Sergi.  David  H.  Talbott,  e.  Sept.  24,  '61, 

pro.  Regt.  Quartermaster 

COMPANY  C. 

VETERANS. 
Allen  Alexander,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  pro.  Second  Lieut. 

from  Sergt, 
Black  J.  Lindsey,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  p-o.  First  Lieut. 

from  Sergt. 
Brown  Thomas  W.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  disch.  April  28, 

'65,  disabled 
Burgy  Jacob,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  wounded,  m.  o.  July 

12,  '65 

Emmert  Jacob  B.  e.  Dec.  23.  '63.  m.  o.  July  12,  '65 
Griffith  Wm.  H.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  transf.  to  U.  S.  E.  C. 

July  25.  '64 
Griffith  Cyrus,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  m.o.  July  12,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Hottinasfr  Henry,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  died  at  Franklin 

Grove,  Mar.  17,  '64 

Johnson  Morris,  e.  Dec.  23.  '63,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65 
Lytle  John  H.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Laccerte  Joseph,  e.  Dec.  23,   '63,  kid.  at  Kenesaw 

Mountain,  June  27,  '64 

Morrisey  James,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65 
O'Neal  Edward,  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  m.  o.  July  IA  '65,  as 

First  Sergt. 

Willroy  James  T.  e.  Dec.  23.  '63,  m.  o.  July  12.  '65 
Wortley  Samuel  S.  e.Dec.  23.  '63,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65 
Wittman  Chas.  P.  e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65, 

as  Corp. 
Wingert  David,    e.  Dec.  23,  '63,  pro.  First  Lieut. 

from  Sergt. 

RECRUIT. 
Hays  Thomas,  e.  Oct.  19,  '62,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

COMPANY    I>. 
First  Lieut.  Henrv  A.  Jeffs,   rank  May  5,  '65,  m.  o. 

July  12,  '65     " 


MORGAN    COUNTY   WAR    RECORD. 


449 


RECRUITS. 
Bollls   Danl.  W.  e.  Feb.  22,  '64,  vet.  rect.  wounded, 

m.  o.July  12,  '65, 
Crumb  Columbus  W.  e.  Feb.  22,  '64,  vet.  rect.  m.  o. 

July  12,  '65 

COMPANY    E. 

Corp.  Geo.  F.  Cheshire,  e.  Sept.  18,  '61 
Musician  Geo.  S.  Wade,  e.  Sept.  24,  '61 

PRIVATES. 

ivmlava  John  W.  e.  Sept.  12.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hore  Win.  e.  Sept.  18.  '61,  died  at  Corinth,  Miss. 
JennessGeo.  B.  e.  Sept.  24.  "61,  m.  o.  Sept.  12,  '64 
L-»phom  Avery,  e.  Sept.  18.  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  17,  '64 
Miner  Charles  E.  e.  Sept.  12.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Newgent  Wm.  e.  Sept.  24,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Tvcrs  Thomas,  e.  Sept.  7,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  12,  '64 
Tyers  Frederick,  e.  Sept.  18,  '61 
RECRUITS. 
L;iwrence  John.  e.  Oct.  9,  '61,  disch.  Oct.  8,  '64,  term 

ex. 
Piper  Edward  T.  e.  Oct.  9,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  4,  '62 

DRAFTED   AND  SUBSTITUTE   RECRUITS. 
O'Brien  Win.  e.  March  27.  '65,  substitute 
Vail  John,  e.  March  27.  '65.  substitute 
Willis  Edward,  March  27.  '65,  substitute 

COHPANY    F. 

DRAFTED  AND   SUBSTITUTE  RECRUIT. 
Denan  John,  e.  March  17, '65,  sub.  never  reported 
to  Co. 

CO MP\NY  G. 

Capt.  Mabey  G.  Greenwood,  rank  Sept. -4,  '62,  killed 

at  MiirphyslMiro.  Dec.  31,  '62 
Capf.  James  M.  Perkins,  rank  June  14,  '65,  m.  o. 

Julv  12,  '65 
First  Llent.  Thos.  J.  Carney,  rank  June  19,  '63,  dls- 

hon.  disin.  April  27.  '65 

First  Lieut.  James  M,  Perkins,  rank  June  8,  '65,  pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Saml.  R.  Cavender,  rank  Sept.  4,  '61, 

res.  March  16,  '62 
Second  Lieut.  Spencer  C.  Rawllngs,  rank  March  16, 

'62.  res.  Nov.  16.  '62 
Seco'id  Lieut.  Thomas  J.  Carney,  rank  Jan.  1,  '63, 

pro. 

Sergt.  SnencerC.  Rawlings.  e.  Aug.  10, '61 
Corp.  Thomas  .J.  Carney,  e.  Aug.  10, '61,  pro.  to  Sec- 
ond Lieut,  from  Sergt. 
Corp.  James  M.  Perkins,  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  re-enl  as 

Corn.  Wm.  A.  Nell.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  disch.  May  9,  '62, 

disab. 
Corp.  Isaac  A.  Mick,  e.  Aug.  10.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

PRIVATES. 
Cavender  John  P.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61.  died  at  Louisville, 

Nov.  6.  '61 
Mick  Peter,  Sr.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  died  at  Louisville, 

Jan.  16,  '62 
Monroe  Jesse,  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  16,  '62, 

dl«»i>. 
Mick  Peter,  e.  Aug.  10.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERAN. 
Mick  Isaac,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64.  m.  o.  July  12,  '65,  as  Sergt. 

RECRUIT. 

Guthrie  Milton,  e.  Feb.  23,  '64,  m.  o.  July  31,  '65 
DRAFTED  AND  SUBSTITUTE  RECRUITS. 
Kills  Win.  e.  March  23.  '65,  Sub.  des.  June  25,  '65 
Stanton  Charles,  e.  March  30,  '65,  Sub.  never  re- 
ported to  Co. 

COMPANY    I. 

PRIVATES. 

Cain  J.  Andrew,  e.  Sept.  7.  '61.  disch.  at  Cin. 
Hill  Robert,  e.  March  8,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  21,  '65 


THIRTY-SIXTH    INFANTRY. 

COMPANY     G, 

DRAFTED   AND  SUBSTITUTE   RECRUIT. 
McGill  Francis,  e,  Oct.  3,  '64.  Sub.  m.  o.  Oct.  8,  '65. 


THIRTY-EIGHTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY     F. 

PRIVATE. 

Dustin  Holmes,  e.   Aug.   16,   '61,   transf.  to  Co.   A. 
Aug.  3,  '62 

COMPANY    G. 

Corp.  Saml.  T.  Cox,  e.  Aug.  26,  '61,  disch.  May  30, 
'62 


THIRTY-NINTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATE. 

Cook  Levi,  died  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Oct.  27,  '62 
COMPANY    D. 

VETERANS. 

Gottlieb  Horn,  e.  Jan.  1.  '64,  m.  o.  Dec.  6,  '65,  as  mu- 
sician 

Dresser  Lewis,  e.  Jan  1,  '64,  killed  at  Deep  Run,  Va. 
Aug.  16,  '64 


FORTY-FIRST  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

VETERAN. 

White  John  R.  e.  Dec.  18,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  A  Vet. 
Bat 


FORTY-THIRD  (Consolidated)   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  I>. 

RECRUITS. 

Montgomery  Robt.  e.  Feb.  27.  '65.  des.  Sept.  24,  '65 
Sherrell  Robt.  H.  e.  Feb.  27,  '65,  des.  Oct.  4,  '65 
COMPANY  E. 

RECRUITS. 

S»aney  James  P.  e.  Feb.  27.  '65.  m.  o.  Nov.  30.  '65 
Westner  James,  e.  Feb.  27,  '65.  m.  o.  Nor.  30,  '65 
COMPANY  K. 

PRIVATES. 

Holman  Alfred  A.  e   Apr.  5,  '65,  died  at  Camp  But- 
ler. III.,  May  9.  '65 

Nelson  Louis,  e.  Mar.  29.  '65.  -les.  Apr.  25.  '65 
Patterson  James,  e.  Apr.  5,  '65.  des.  Apr.  16,  '65 
Wivil  Levi,  e.  Apr.  7,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  30,  '65 


FORTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

COM  PA  "NY  E. 

PRIVATE. 

Schaflf ner  John,  e.  Aug  1.  '61,  des.  Oct.  24,  '62 
COMPANY  G. 

Corp.  Wm.  H.  Miner,  e.  Aug.  1,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Musician  Amo-*  C.  Delancy,  e.  Aug  1,   '61,  des.  at 
Annapolis,  Md. 

PRIVATE. 
Dobson  Charles,  e.  Aug.  1.  '61,  disch.  June  11,  '62 


FORTY-FIFTH  INFANTRY. 

Col.  Chas.  H.  Adams,  rank  Sept.  9,  '61,  not  mustered 
res.  to  Governor 

COMPANY  F. 

Corp.  Chas.  A.  Hall,  e.  Oct.  29,  '61,  died  at  St.  Louis, 
Sept.  26,  '63 

PRIVATE. 

Foss  Charles  E.  e.   Dec.  9.   '61,  disch.  Apr.  24,  '62, 
disab. 


FIFTIETH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

Corp.  Thomas  B.   Anderson,   e.  Aug.  20, '61,  disch. 
Sept.  27,  '64,  as  Serat. 

COMPANY  B. 

Sersrt.  John  Dunlan.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Corp.  Edmond  O.  Yeldell,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  re-enl.  as 

vet. 
Musician  Elias  Orton,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept. 

27,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Anderson  C.  S.  e.  Aug.  20.  '  1,  m.  o.  Sept.  27.  '64 
BathnnnJ.  W.  e.  Aug.  20, '61,  disch.  Aug.  26,  '62, 

disab. 

Cassell  Gabriel,  e.  Ana.  20.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Clark  John  L.  e.  Aug.  20.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Cain  Joseph,  e.  Aucr.  20,  'HI.  re-en',  as  vet. 
Dunlap  T.  H.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Davis  Hez»kiah,  e.  Aner.  20.  'fil.  died  at  Hamburg 
Davis  Abraham,  e.  Auir.  20.  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  27,  '64 
Fowler  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  20.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hicks  L.  J.  e.  Aug.  20.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Huddleson   Win.  e.  Auu.  20.  '61,  disch.  June  20,  '63. 

disab. 


450 


MORGAN    COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


Johnson  D.  M.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  27,  '65 
Kemp  Jolm,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61,  died  at  Clayton,  111., 

May  18,  '62 

Martin  Win.  e.  Aug.  20,  '61 
Orton  Warren,  e.  Aug.  20,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Tingey  Wm.  e.  Aug  20,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  27,  '65. 

VETERANS. 

Clark  J.L.e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  in.  o.  July  13,  '65,  fur- 
lough 

Cain  Joseph,  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  m.  o.  July  13.  '65 
Duuiap  John,  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  pro.  First  Sergr.  then 

First  Lieut. 
Dunlap  Thos.  H.  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  m.  o.  July  13,  '65, 

furlough 

Fowler  J.  H.  e.  Dec.  28.  '63,  m.  o.  Julv  13.  '65 
Hicks  L.  J.  e.  Dec.  28.  '63.  m.  o.  July  13.  '«5,  Corp. 
Orton  Warren,  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  m.  o.  July  13,  '65, 

Sergt. 
Yeldeh  E.  O.  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  m.  o.  July  13,  '65,  Sergt. 

RECRUITS. 

Bennett  Wm.  J.  e.  Feb.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  13,  '65 
Casse  A.  N.  e.  Feb.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  13,  '65 
Dncld  John  H.  e.  Jan.  1.  '63,  in.  o.  July  13.  '65 
Hamilton  Win.  e.  Oct.  24.  '64,  n>.  o.  July  13,  '65 
Nookes  A.  B.  e.  Feb.  24,  '64,  in.  o.  July  15,  '65,  was 

Norton  WTO.  H.  e.  Feb.  5,  '64  m.  o.  July  13.  '65 
Reausrh  John  T.  e.  Feb.  4,  '64,  in.  o.  July  13.  '65 
Yeldell  R.  C.  e.  Feb.  24.  '64,  iii.'o.  July  13,  '65 
COMPANY  E. 

PRIVATE. 

Mayer  Geo.  D.  e.  Oct.  8,  '61,  dlsch.  June  16,  '62, 
disabled  ' 


FIFTY-THIRD  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY   D. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUBSTITUTE   RECRUIT. 
Core  Henry  e.  March  31,  '65,  sub.  in.  o.  July  22,  '65 

UNASSIGNED  AND  DRAFTED  RECRUITS. 
Potter  Elijah,  e.  March  28,  '65,  m.  o.  May  8,  '65 
Strait  Edward,  e.  March  23,  '65,  sub.  m.  o.  May  8, 

'65 

Walters  J.  W.  e.  March  30,  '65.  m.  o.  May  8,  '65 
Wilson  Lewis,  e.  April  11,  '65,  m.  o.  May  8,  '65 


FIFTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

RECRUIT. 
Garner  Wm.  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  in.  o.  Oct.  15,  '65 

DRAFTED  AND  UNASSIGNED   RECRUIT. 
Phelps  W.  S.  e.  Jan.  27,  '65,  rejected  by  board 


FIFTY-SIXTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY   I. 

First  Sergt.  Isaac  Piasters,  e.  Dec.  16,  '61.    Transf. 
to  Co.  E.  Nov.  1,  '62 


Sergt.  Elishii  Dil.ou.  e.  Dec.  16,  '61.    Transf.  to  Co. 

E.  Nov.  1.  '62 
Serge.  Valentine  Rich,  e.  Dec.  16,  '61,  disch.  Sept. 

22.  '62 
Serge.  John  J.  Mays,  e.  Dec.  16,  '61.    Transf.  to  Co. 

E.  Nov.  1.  '62 


FIFTY-SEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

RECRUIT. 

Oliverson  T.  R.  e.  Keb.  26.  '64,  m.  o.  July  7,  '65 
COMPANY    K. 

PRIVATES. 

Brook  Tho«.  e.  Sept.  7.  '61 
UiizeUlen  Sam  I.  e.  Oct.  21,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet, 
Hornby  (ieo.  C.  e.  Sept.  15,  '61.  disch.  June  18,  '62, 

disabled 
Oakes  Lifavette,  e.  Sept.  22,  '61,  died  at  Quincy, 

May  17, ''62 

Pag,-  1.  1).  e.  Oct.  25,  '61 
Simpson  John,  e.  ,sei>t.  25,  '61 
Wilkinson  H.  e.  Sept.  25,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Zink  Wm.  A.  e.  Sept.  17,  '61,  killed  at  Shiloh,  April 

6, '62 


FIFTY-EIGHTH  (Consolidated)  INFANTRY. 

('orpl.  Ezekiel  Brown,  e,  March  21,  '65,  m.o.    March 
6   '66 


PRIVATES. 

Harris  Wm.  e.  March  6.  '65,  m.  o.  March  8,  '66 
Hlnnis  J.  H.  e.  March  7,  '65.  m.  o.  March  23.  '66 
Me  Falls  B.  D.  e.  March  7,  '65,  in.  o.  March  23.  '66 
McNab  David,  e.  March  6,  '60.  m.  o.  March  5.  '66 
Vancil  G.  H.  e.  March  6,  '65.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o.  of 

COMPANY   I. 

First  Sergeant.  C.  S.  Back,  e.  March  1,  '65,  m.  o. 

March  1,  '66 
Corp.  S.  D.  Moore,  e.  March  24,  '65,  m.  o.  March  24  , 

'66,  as  Sergt. 

FIFTY-NINTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  D. 

PRIVATE. 
Greene  Joshua,  e.  July  30,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 


SIXTY-FIRST  INFANTRY. 

Chaplain  Edward  Ruttledge,  rank  May  16,  '62,  res 
Sept.  8.  '62 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATE. 

Johnson  J.  D.  e.  Nov.  29,  '61,  disch.  Jnne  10,  '62 
disabled 

RECRUITS. 

Dempsey  John,  e.  Dec.  31.  '63,  in.  o.  Sept.  28,  '65 
Engle  (or  England)  J.  e.  Dec.  25,  '63,  absent  iu  con- 
finement, G.  C.  M. 

COMPANY  B. 

RECRUIT. 

Vix  Yancy,  e.  Jan.  31,  '65,  des.  April  15,  '65 
COMPANY  F. 

VETERANS. 
Birdsell  Wm.e. March  25, '64,  died  at  Franklin.Tenn. 

May  5,  '65 
Osboru  A.  L.  e.  Feb.  9,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  8,  '65 

RECRUITS. 
Dowley  Peter,  e.  Jan.  28,'64,  m.  o.  May  11, '65,  never 

joined  company 

Miner  J.  M.  e.  Jan.  28,  '64,  m.  o,  Sept.  8,  '65.  as  Corp. 
Ryaii  Andrew,  e.  Nov.  26.  '63,  in.  o.  Sept.  8,  '65 

UNASSIGNED   RECRUIT. 
Smith  Elley,  e.  Jan.  4,  '64 

SIXTY-SECOND  INFANTRY. 

DRAFTED  AND  SUBSTITUTE  RECRUIT. 
Gills  Henry,  e.  Feb.  18,  '65.  sub.  trans,  to  Co.  B.  as 
consolidated 


SIXTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATE. 
Holderby  John,  e.  Oct.  18,  '61,  des.  Aug.  18,  '62 


SIXTY-SEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATE. 
Fox  S.  S.  e.  June  2,  '61 


SIXTY-EIGHTH  INFANTRY. 

Adj.  John  S.  Bishop,  rank  June  20.  '62,  m.  o.  Sept. 
Capt.  John  M.  King,  rank  June  23, '62,   m,  o.  Sept. 

First  Lieut.  Win.  B.  Harrison,  rank  June  23  '62.  m. 
o.  Sept.  26.  '62 

COMPANY  A. 

First  Sergt.  Geo.  R.  Bibb,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Sergt.  Henry  F.  Liglitfoot,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Sergt.  John  S.  Bishop,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Sergt.  James  M.  Goodrich,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Sergt.  David  King,  Jr.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Corp.  Wm.  T.  Reid,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Corp.  Win.  E.  Capps.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Corp.  W.  S.  Conner,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Corp.  C.  H.  Ayers,  e.  May  27,  '62 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR    RECORD. 


451 


Corp.  H  .  B.  Shirley,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Corp.  F.  C.  Garbott,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Corp.  I.  N.  Hicks,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Musician  \Vin.  H.  Conehnrin,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Musician  J.  R.  Smith,  e.  May  27,  '62 

PRIVATES. 

Acorn  Thos.  R.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Anrhonv  I).  S.  e.  Mav  27.  '62 
Hatev  Michael,  e.  June  15,  '62 
Brown  James  A.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Biisi'v  J.  B.  e.  May  27.  '62.  trans,  to  70th  111.  Inf. 
Busey  S.  M.  e.  May  27,  '62.  trans,  to  70ch  111.  Inf. 
Hnc-k  Michael,  P.  May  27.  '62 
Coats  J.  H.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Coleman  W.  e.  May  27,  '62 
romlln  G.  P.  e  May  27,  '62 
Dickenson  F.  W.  e.  May  27,  '62 
DinwiddiH  Samuel,  e.  May  27,  '62,  trans,  to  70th 

III.  Inf. 

Ducket  Albert,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Edwards  J.  J.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Fish-r  J.  H.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Flanders  (iilmore,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Gallaher  J.  A.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Gapin  Edward  H.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Gii.bins  Win.  T.  e.  Mav  27  '62,  trans,  to  70th  111.  Inf. 
Gladhill  John.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Graves  C.  H.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Gray  S  B.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Gr^en  J.  R.  e.  May  27,  '621 
(irimsley  E.  G.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Hamilton  Joseph,  e.  Mav  27,  '62 
He  iderson  Madison,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Hocking  Alfred,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Hunter  I.  X.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Hurst  J.  S.  e.  May  27. '62 
Kerr  Robt,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Linville  James,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Litton  J.  I),  e.  May  27.  '62 

Loar  B.  F.  e.  May '27,  '62.  transf.  to  70th  111.  Inf. 
Marshall  J.  G.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Masters  Win.  e.  May  27,  'h2 
Metcalf  Geo.  e.  May  27.  '62 
McColain  Donald,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Milling  John  S.  e.  May  27.  '62 
McCormlck  Thos.  e.  May  27,  '62 
McEvers  Byron,  e.  May  27,  '62 
McKavitt  Arthur,  e.  May  27.  '62 
McM  irray  Win.  H.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Moss  J   L.  e.  May  27.  '62  ' 
Moss  W.  D.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Ornellas  A.  D.  e.  May  27,  '62 
O'Sullivan  Patrick,  e.  May  27,  '62 
Patrick  C.  H.  e.  May  27  '62 
Pitcher  W.  H.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Qu-irton  Robi.  e.  May  27,  '62 
R>iiid  C.  H.  e.  May  27,  '62 
R^avick  J.  D.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Riley  Thomas  I.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Kos  •  John  H.  e.  Mav  27,  '62 

Roley  Wm.  e.  May  27.  '62,  transf.  to  70th  111.  Inf. 
Rason  Geo.  W.  e.  May  27  '62 
Ruark  J.  N.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Sargeant  C.  A.  e.  Mav  27,  '62 
Sargeant  Wm.  S.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Smith  J.  L.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Smith  Geo.  W.  eJ'May  27,  '62 
Spain  ho  ward  Daniel.'  e.  May  27,  '62 
Stagg  J.  M.  e.  May  27.  '62 
Tho  ndyke  J.  I.  e.  June  10.  '62 
TuriiHr  C.  A.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Urgerhart  Geo.  e.  Mav  27.  "62 
Walker  J.  H.  e.  May  27,  '62 
Wi  Hough  by  Richaid,  e.  May  27.  '62 
Willoiighby  SkelDui  e.  May'27.  '62 
Wily  Taylor  E.  e.  May  27.  '62,  transf.  to  70th  111.  Inf. 
Wiuneld  Morris,  e.  May  27,  '62 

COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATE. 
Eagle  Thomas,  e.  June  23.  '62 

RECRUIT 
Dyne  J.  L,  e.  May  27,  '62 


SEVENTY-FIRST    (Three  Months)  INFAN- 
TRY. 

COMPANY    G. 

PRIVATES. 

Miller  David,  e.  July  11,  '62 
Withers  Thornton,  e.  July  11,  '62 


SEVENTY-THIRD  INFANTRY. 

First  Asst.  Surgeon,  Rol>t.  E.  Stephenson,  rank  Aug. 
21,  '62,  res.  Nov.  30,  '63. 


First   Asst.   Surgeon    Henry   C.  'McPhersoii,  rank 

April  13,  '64.  in.  o.  June  12,  '65 
Chaplain  John  S.  Barger.  rank,  Aug.  21,  '62,  res. 

April  3.  '63 
Musician  Robt.  N.  S.  Barger,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  m.  o. 

June  12,  '65 


SEVENTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    G. 

Capt.   Win.  R.  Hoadley,  rank  June  27,  '64,  m.  o.  to 

date,  June  10,  '65 

First  Lieut.  Wm.  R.  Hoadley,  rank  Sept  4,  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  Wm.  R.  Douglass,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  disch.  Aug. 

10,  '63,  to  accept  pro.  as  First  Lieut.  CJ.  S.  C.  T. 
Corp.  N.  <).  Burroughs,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

10.  '65,  Sergt. 
Musician  Prescott  Talbott,  e.   Aug.   14,  '62,  m.    o. 

June  10,  '65 

PRIVATES. 
Campbell  J.  N.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  10,  '65, 

Corp. 

Francis  James,  e.  Aug.  12.  '62.  in.  o.  June  10,  '65 
Gifford  J.  B.  e.  Aug.  12,   '62,  Corp.  died  Knoxvllle, 

Tenn..  Feb.  6.  '64 

Moore  J.  D.  e.  Aug.  12.  '62,  m.  o  June  10.  '65 
Wiley  J.  F.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  10,  '65 


SEVENTY-SIXTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY   A. 

PRIVATES. 

Bnrgess  Jacob,  e.  July  24,  '62,  disch.  July  8,  '63, 

dlsah. 

Eastburn  H.  H.  e.  July  24,  '62,  m.  o.  July  22.  '65 
East  burn  D.  C.  e.  July  24.  '62.  in.  o.  July  22,  '65 
Eastburn  W.  G.  e.  July  24.  '62,  in.  o.  July  22.  .'65 
Jacobs  D.G.  e.  July  24, '62,  died  at  Memphis,  Feb. 

12,  '63 

Karr  J.  H.  e.  July  24.  '62.  m.  o.  July  22,  '65 
O'Brien  J.  H.  e.  July  24,  '62,  died  at  Vlcksburg,  Dec. 

26.  '63 
Strickler  Henry,  e.  July  24,  '62.  m.  o.  May  23.  '65 

COMPANY  E. 
Capt.  Abram  Irvin,  rank  Aug.  22,  '62,  disch.  Dec. 

10,  '64 
First  Lieut,  Jas.  H.  Eastburn,  rank  Dec.  10,  '64,  m. 

o.  July  22,  '65 
Sergt.  J.   H.   Eastburn,  e.    Aug.   7,  '62,  pro.  First 

Sergt.  then  First  Lieut. 
Sergt.  T.  J.  Donovan,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  m.  o.   July  22, 

'65.  private 
Corp.  Francis  Williamson,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  July 

22,  '65,  Sergt. 
Corp.  Sylvester  Hall,  e.  Aug.  1, '62,  diea  July  29, 

'64.  wounds 
Corp.  Samuel  Nosker,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  in.  o.  July  22, 

'65,  private 
Musician  S.  P.  Mitchell,  e.  Aug.  4,   '62,   m,  o.   May 

31,  '65 
Wagoner  Joseph  Eastburn,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  at 

Sheldon,  III.,  Dec.  9,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Ash  Nelson,  e.  Aug.  4  '62.  disch.  May  21,  '65.  disab. 
Bennett  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62.  in.  o.  July  22.  '65 
Clemens  Samuel,  e.   Aug.  4,  '62,  died  at  Moscow, 

Tetin.,  Feb.  2.  '63 

Friel  Win.  M.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  m.  o.  July  22.  '65.  Corp. 
Fraser  Geo.  W.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  July  22.  '65 
Fry  Martin,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  in.  o  June  11.  '65 
Gilbert  Sinsrieton,  e.  Auir.  15.  '62.  in.  o.  July  22,  '65 
Hauurhn  J.  T.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  disch.  Feb.  3.'o4.  disab. 
Hoglaiid  Eli,  e.  Aug.  9,   '62,  disch.  March  25,  '63, 

disab. 
Mantel  F.  W.  e.  Aug.  9,   '62  died  at  Cairo,  Nov.  15, 

'63 
Markley  A.  W.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  killed  near  Jackson, 

Miss.  July  7, '64 

Pierce  Saml.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  in.  o.  July  22.  '65. 
Potter  Henry,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  July  22,   '65,  as 

Cor]). 

Swope  Geo.  J.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  m.  o.  July   22.  '65, 
Wood  Wm.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  in.  o.  July  22,  '65,  as  Corp. 

RECRUIT. 
Caldwell  Saml.  died  at  Memphis,  May  4,  '63 


EIGHTY-SEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    C. 

RECRUITS. 
Goodman  Albert,  e.  March  14,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  I. 

18th  111.  Inf. 
Stephens  Ueo.  e.  March  14,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  I,  18th 

111.  Inf. 
Weiss  James,  e.  March  14,  '65,  died  at  Helena,  Ark. 

April  19,  '65 


452 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


NINETY-FIRST  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

Capt.  Benj.  Newman,  rank  Sept.  8,  '62,  res.  May  11, 
'64 

COMPANY  G. 

PRIVATES. 

Aired  Jesser,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  m.  o.  July  12,  '65 
M.irline  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  April  8,  '65, 
disab. 

RECRUITS. 
Bozarth  Wm.  L.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  K,  28th 

111.  Inf. 

SargeantThos.  J.  e.  Jan.  4,  '64,  trausf.  to  Co.  K,  28th 
111.  Inf. 


NINETY-SECOND  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    A. 

RECRUIT. 

Knott  Wm.  e.  Oct.  6,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  I,  65th  111. 
Inf. 

COMPANY     K. 

Musician  D.  G.  Clark,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died  at  Frank- 
lin, Tenn.  March  15,  '63 


NINETY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY     F. 

PRIVATES. 
Colster  James,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65  as 

First  Sergt. 
Powell  Swanson.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  died  at  Brownsville, 

Tex.  March  26,  '64 
Patterson  James,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65 

COMPANY    K. 
Musician  Root.  A.  MoClure,  e.  July  20,  '62,   m.  o. 

July  17,  '65 

PRIVATES. 
Burch  H.  C.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62.  m.  o.  July  17,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Burch  T.  C.  e.  July  20,  '62,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Howell  Charles,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  detached  atm.  o.  of 

Begt 
Sayles  Andrew,  e.  Aug.  20.  '62,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65 


NINETY-FIFTH  INFANTRY. 

Col.  Thos.  W.  Humphrey,  rank  Sept.  4,  '62,  res.  Jan. 

24.  '63 

Lieut.  Col.  Thos.  W.  Humprey,  ran  :  Sept.  4,  '62, 
pro. 

COMPANY    G. 

PRIVATES. 

Garland  W.  H.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  m.  o.  May  27.  '65 
Gihbs  P.  T.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  in.  o.  May  27,  '65 
Morrison  John,  e.  July  28,  '62,  in.  o.  July  15,   '65, 

Randall  M/A.  e.  July  26,  '62.  disch.  March  24,  '63, 

disab. 
Ward  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  5.  '62,  des.  Sept.  18,  '62 


NINETY-NINTH  INFANTRY. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Erskue  Isaac,  e.  March  28,  '65,  m.  o.  Aug.  8,  '65 

ONE    HUNDRED  AND  FIRST    INFANTRY. 

The  One  Hundred  and  First  Infantry  Regiment 
Illinois  Volunteers  was  organized  ;it  Camp  Duncan, 
Jacksonville,  Illinois,  during  the  latter  part  of  the 
month  of  August,  1862.  and  on  September  2d  were 
formally  mustered  into  the  United  States  service,  by 
Capt  Charles  Ewing,  Thirteenth  Illinois  Infantry.' 

For  about  a  month  after  muster-in,  the  regiment 
remained  at  Camp  Duncan  engaged  in  drilling  and 
equipping  for  tin-  field.  At  last  on  the  6th  of  Octo- 
ber, march 'iig  orders  came,  and,  embarking  on  the 
cars,  the  reg'ment  on  the  evening  of  the  7th  reached 
Ckiro  at  sunset.  There  the  regiment  remained  for 
over  a  month,  doing  garrison  duty.  The  interim 
was  devoted  t<>  drill,  in  which  I  he  regiment  became 
so  proficient  as  to  win  a  very  fair  name.  In  conse- 
quence of  the  rainy  weather,  there  was  a  great  rleal 
of  sickness  while  at  Cairo,  and  a  good  many  of  the 
men  were  discharged  or  died  from  disease.  Nov. 
26th,  the  regiment  left  Cairo,  and  proceeded  down 
the  river  to  Columbus,  Ky.,  and  thence  by  rail  to 
Davis'  Mills,  Mississippi,  where  it  was  assigned  to 


Loomis'  Brigade  of  Ross'  Division,  Army  of  the 
Tennessee. 

Nov.  28th,  it  started  on  its  first  march,  and,  on  the 
30th,  reached  Lutnpkin's  Mills,  six  miles  south  of 
Hotly  Springs,  where  the  regiment  first  heard  the 
••  clash  of  contending  arms."  from  the  Tallahatchie 
River,  six  miles  beyond.  The  regiment  remained  at 
Lumpkin's  Mills  three  days,  when  it  received  orders 
to  reiurn  to  Hollv  Springs,  Mississippi,  for  provost 
and  garrison  duty. 

Dec.  13th,  Co.  A,  Capt.  John  B.  Lesage,  was  sent  to 
Cairo  with  rebel  prisoners.  Dec.  20th,  Holly 
Springs  was  captured,  and  Companies  B,  C,  E,  F,  I. 
and  the  sick  men  of  Co.  A,  who  had  been  left  be- 
hind, were  taken  prisoners  and  paroled.  Soon  after, 
they  were  sent  to  Memphis,  thence  to  Benton  Bar- 
racks, Mo.,  where  they  remained  until  exchanged 
in  June,  1863. 

At  the  Holly  Springs  disaster,  the  men  of  this 
reuiment  on  duty  did  all  they  could  under  the  cir- 
cumstances. Another  regiment  was  doing  the 
picket  duty,  while  the  One  Hundred  and  First  was 
in  the  town  doing  provost  duty,  and  divided  about 
the  town  In  squads,  too  small  to  make  resistance  to 
the  overpowering  numbers  that  surrounded  them. 
Wherever  the  blame  of  this  disaster  shall  rest,  it 
surely  should  not  attach  itself  to  the  One  Hundred 
and  First  Illinois.  When  the  town  was  captured. 
Companies  D,  G.  H.  and  K,  which  were  stationed 
along  the  railroad,  fell  back  to  Cold  Water,  where 
they  fell  in  with  the  Nineteenth  Illinois  (Irish 
Legion),  and  assisted  greatly  in  repelling  Van 
Dorn's  attack  on  that  place.  Afterward  th^sefour 
companies  were  formed  into  a  battalion  and  tem- 
porarily assigned  to  the  Fourteenth  Illinois  Volun- 
teers, and  did  a  great  deal  of  scouting  service  over 
Tennessee,  finally  bringing  up  ;it  Memphis.  Tenn., 
in  February,  1863.  Here  they  were  joined  by  Co.  A, 
Capt.  Lesage.  who  took  command  of  the  battalion. 
On  leaving  Holly  Springs,  Co.  A  proceeded  to  Cairo, 
and  thence  to  Vicksbnrg,  but  was  sent  back  up  the 
river  with  prisoners.  About  the  first  of  January, 
the  prisoners  were  turned  over  at  Alton,  III.,  but 
not  till  the  company  had  been  fearfully  decreased 
by  sickness  incurred  while  on  that  duty.  Often 
Capt.  Lesage  could  not  muster  half  a  dozen  men  for 
duty,  and  this,  too,  when  lie  had  over  a  thousand 
prisoners  under  his  charge.  Early  in  March,  the 
battalion  was  ordered  down  to  Vicksburg.  where  it 
was  broken  up,  and  the  companies  assigned  to 
various  independent  duties.  Co.  K  was  assigned  to 
provost  duty  at  Gpn.  Grant's  headquarters;  Co.  A  to 
the  "Gen.  Bragg";  Co.  G  to  the  ram  ''Switzerland  "; 
Co.  B  to  the  "Rattler"  and  the  "Crocket,"  and  Co. 
H  to  the  "  Lafayette.11  From  this  until  the  final  re- 
union of  the  regiment,  each  company  had  it.s  sep- 
arate history  of  scouts,  skirmishes,  and  expeditions 
up  and  down  the  Mississippi  and  its  tributary 
streams.  Co.  G  had  the  honor  of  running  the 
blockade  of  Vicksburg,  for  which  service,  after  its 
fall,  Gen.  Grant  furloughed  the  whole  company. 

On  the  7th  of  June,  the  other  part  of  the  company 
was  exchanged,  and  sent  down  to  New  Madrid,  Mo. 
On  July  llth,  they  were  sent  to  Columbus,  Ky.. 
whence  they  were  smarted  out  in  a  series  of  scouts 
and  expeditions,  which  terminated  ab  >ut  the  22d 
of  August  by  their  bringing  up  at  Union  City,  Tenn. 
Here  they  remained  about  a  month,  during  which 
time  Companies  A,  D,  G,  H,  and  K  rejoined  them, 
and  completed  the  reunion  of  the  regiment,  which 
remained  a  unit  thenceforth. 

Sept.  21,  1863,  the  regiment  received  orders  trans- 
ferring it  to  the  Department  of  the  Cumberland, 
and  started  at  once  for  Louisville.  Kv..  via  Cairo 
and  Sandoval.  111.,  and  Mitchell  and  New  Albany, 
Ind.  arriving  in  Louisville  Sept.  27th.  On  the  30th, 
it  left  Louisville  via  Nashville,  and  arrived  at 
Bridgeport,  Ala..  Oct.  2d.  and  remained  there  until 
the  27th.  This  period  of  service  is  always  referred 
to  as  a  hard  time,  owing  to  the  severe  rains  and  des- 
titution of  tents.  In  fact,  most  of  the  regim  -nt  was 
tentles*  until  the  1st  of  January  following. 

Oct.  27th.  the  regiment  was  temporarily  assigned 
to  the  First  Brigade,  Third  Division.  Eleventh  Army 
Corps,  and  started  on  the  march  to  the  front,  arriv- 
ing next  day  at  Lookout  Valley,  where,  on  the  night 
of  its  arrival,  it  participated  i'n  the  night  battle  of 
Wauhatchie.  where  by  singular  good  fortune  not  a 
man  was  hurt.  For  nearly  a  month  following,  the 
regiment  lay  encamped  in  the  valley,  exposed  to  a 
daily  shelling  from  Lookout  Mountain,  w'uch, 
during  that  lime,  killed  one  man  and  wounded 
another. 

Nov.  27th  the  Regiment  received  marohin-r  orders, 
and  proceeded  to  Chattanooga,  where  it  participa- 
ted in  tue  battle  of  Chatta  ooga.  losing  one  man, 
killed.  Immediately  after  the  battle,  it  was  order- 
ed to  the  relief  of  Knoxvill-.  and  participated  in 
that  severe  march;  and.  finally  returned  to  Look- 
out Valley.  Dec.  17th.  Many  of  the  men  were  bare- 
footed, and  in  that  condition,  had  marched  many  a 
weary  mile,  over  the  frozen  ground,  and  sharp 


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rocks,  even  as  their  forefathers  had  done  in  revolu- 
tionary times,  leaving  their  blood  to  mark  their 
steps. 

Beornltlng  us  strength  in  the  valley  for  a  few 
days,  the  regiment  was  then  set  to  work  building 
corduroy  roads;  alter  which,  on  the  1st  of  June, 
1864.  they  were  sent  to  Kelley's  ferry,  to  relieve  the 
Sixteenth  Illinois,  then  abontto  return hoineon  vet- 
eran furlough.  Here  the  regiment  remained  until 
the  last,  of  January,  when  upon  the  completion  of 
the  railnnad  to  Chaitanooga.  they  were  ordered  to 
Bridgeport,  where  they  went  into  camp,  and  quietly 
remained  there  until  the  3d  of  May,  when  they 
started  for  the  front.  The  Eleventh  and  Twelfth 
Corps  had  been  consolidated  into  the  Twentieth 
Army  Corps,  and  the  old  brigade,  to  which  the  One 
Hundred  and  First  had  been  attached  in  the 
Eleventh  Corps,  had  been  transferred  to  the  First 
division  of  the  new  corps,  and  became  the  Third 
Urgade  of  that  division.  Tills  brigade  was  com- 
manded by  Col.  (aterwards Brig.  Gen.)  Robinson,  of 
the  Eighty-Second  Ohio.  Leaving  Bridgeport,  on 
May  2d,  on  the  6th,  reached  Taylor's  Ridge,  crossed 
it  fie  next  day,  and  encamped  at  Anderson  Post- 
office.  Remained  there  until  midnight  of  May  10th, 
when  it  marched  for  Snake  Creek  Gap.  reached  it 
the  next  day,  and  held  It  two  days.  On  the  13th. 
having  marched  through  the  gap,  the  troops  were 
ready  for  action,  near  Resaca,  but  were  .held  in  re- 
serve all  day.  On  the  14th,  wens  again  held  in 
reserve  until  three  p.  in.,  when  tliey  started  on  the 
double-quick  for  the  left,  which  was  reached  just 
in  time  for  the  brigade  to  render  important  service 
in  the  aciion  then  progressing.  During  this  engage- 
ment, it  is  said  the  One  Hundred  and  First  was 
ordered  to  take  a  hill,  in  front  of  it,  which  it  did  in 
so  gallant  a  style  as  to  win  the  admiration  of  (Jen. 
Hooker,  who  happ'  ned  to  be  standing  near,  and  who 
cheered  the  troops  with  the  encouraging  shout  of 
"Go  in,  my  Illinois  boys."  The  next  day  afternoon 
it  was  ordered  forward,  and  at  four  o'clock,  while 
In  column,  was  charged  i>y  a  rabel  force.  Both 
officers  and  men  of  the  regiment,  conducted  them- 
selves gallantly  and  rendered  valuable  services, 
losing  one  man  kil'ed.  six  mortally  wounded,  and 
forty  wounded;  pressing  the  rebels,  it  again  came 
upon  them  at  Cassville.  Ga..  on  the  19th,  but  did  not 
get  into  a  fight  as  the  rebels  left.  Again  followed 
on  the  23d,  and  on  the  25th,  irot  into  a  hot  and  heavy 
tight  atthe  New  Hope  church.  Among  the  wounded 
at  i his  place,  were  Adj.  Padgett,  Lieut.  Hardin,  and 
Lieut,  (afterward  Capt. )  Belt,  who  subsequently 
died  of  wounds. 

After  this  the  regiment  bore  an  honorable  part  in 
the  various  maneuvers  around  Kenesaw,  and  Pine 
mountains,  losing  one  killed  and  five  or  six  wounded. 
During  the  battle  at  Cnlp's  farm,  Jim*-  22d,  it  sup- 
ported the  battary  I.  First  New  York,  which  did  sig- 
nal execution  during  the  fight.  June  27th.  lost 
Lieut,  Dimm,  who  was  killed  on  the  skirmish 
line.  After  the  i  ebels  evacuated  Kenesaw,  was  en- 
gaged in  the  pursuit,  and  on  th"  6fh  of  July,  took 
possession  on  Chattahoochie  Heights,  where  the 
regiment  remained  eleven  days. 

July  17th.  crossed  the  river,  and  on  the  20th,  just 
af  er  crossing  Peach  Tree  Creek.fhe  rebels  assailed 
the  corps  with  terrible  force.  Forming  line  under 
fire,  the  enemy  was  held  at  bay.  and  their  charges 
repelled,  until  8  p.  in.,  when  he  abandoned  the 
attack,  and  returned  to  his  fortifications.  In  this 
engagement  five  were  killed,  and  forty-five  wound- 
ed. Among  the  killed  was  Capt.  Thos.  B.  Woof. 
The  morning  report,  next  morning,  showed  only 
one  hundred  and  twenty  effective  mun  for  duty, 
havintr  left  Bridgeport  with  three  hundred  and 
sixty-five  men.  July  23d.  took  possession  in  front 
of  Atlanta,  the  regiment  support  d  Battery  I.  First 
New  York,  in  which  position  it  remained  until  the 
25th  of  Aug.,  when  it  was  ordered  back  to  Chatta- 
hoochie bridge,  which  the  corps  was  to  guard. while 
the  rest  of  army  swung  into  the  rear  of  Atlanta. 
Sept.  3d.  the  regiment  was  sent  out  on  a  re  onnois- 
ance.  together  with  the  Thirteenth  New  Jersey  and 
One  Hundred  and  Seventh  New  York,  and  claims 
the  honor  of  having  been  the  first  regiment  that 
entered  Atlanta,  G:t.,  after  its  fall,  which  occurred 
on  the  second  anniversary  <>r  its  musterinto  service. 
It  remained  in  Atlanta,  until  the  destruction  of  ihe 
place-most  of  the  time  having  charge  of  the  fire 
department. 

Nov.  15th,  started  on  the  "irrand  march, "and  par- 
ticipated in  all  its  glories,  its  trials,  and  its  tri- 
umphs; and  whether,  as  an  advance  guard,  driving 
rebel  cavalry  before  it,  or  as  rear  guard,  pulling 
wagons  out  of  the  mil, I,  or  corduroying  roads,  or 
unfathomable  mud-holes,  the  One  Hundred  and 
First  Illinois  alwavs  did  its  d'lty  so  well  as  to  win 
high  commendations  from  its  brigade  and  division 
commanders.  The  story  of  that  m-irch  is  about  the 
same  for  all  regiments,  and  need  hardly  be  repeat- 
ed. The  regim  -nt  reached  Savannah,  and  entered 
the  place,  Dec.  22d,  1864. 


Jan.  17th,  1865,  crossed  over  into  South  Carolina, 
aud  went  through  the  great  campaign  of  the  Caro- 
linas,  participating  In  the  battles  of  Ayersboro.  and 
Bentonville.  losing:  only  one  man  wounded.  March 
24th,entered  Goldsboro.and  on  the  13th  of  April, en- 
tered Raleigh,  where  the  regiment  remained  until 
the  final  surrender  of  the  rebel  army,  after  which, 
on  the  30th.  it  started  overland  for  Richmond,  Va.. 
which  was  readied  May  8'h;  there  it  remained 
until  the  lit  ,  when  it  marched  through  Rich- 
mond, and  took  up  the  line  of  march  for  Alexan- 
dria, where  it  arrived  on  the  19th. 

M.iv  24th,  participated  in  the  ''grand  review," 
and  then  went  into  camp  at  Bladensbnrg.  where  on 
the  7th  of  June,  it  was  mustered  out,  and  started 
for  Springfield,  where,  on  the  21st  of  June,  it  was 
paid  oil'  and  disbanded. 

Col.Chaj'les  H.  Fox,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  May  1,  '64 
'  Col.  John  B.  Lesage,  rank  May  1,  '64.  m.  o.  June  7, 

'65,  Lieut.  Coi. 
Lieul.  Col.  Win.  J.  Wyatt,  rank  Sept.  2,'  62,  res.  April 

9,  '63 
Lieut.  Col.  Jesse  T.  Newman,  rank  April  9,  '63,  res. 

Jan.  3,  '64, 
Lieut.  Col.  John  B.  Lesage,  rank  Jan  3.  '64,  pro. 

or  Jesse  T.  Newman,  rank  Sept  2.  '62.  pro. 

or  John  B.  Lesage,  rank  April  9.  '63,  pro. 

or  N.  B.  Brown,  rank  Jan.  3.  '64,  res.  Jan.  17, '65 

,or  S.  L.  Moore,  rank  Jan.  12,  '65.  m.  o.  June  7. '65 
Quartermaster  J.  M.  Snyder,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  in.  o. 

June  1,  '63,  for  pro. 
Surgeon  A.  L.  Kimber,  rank  April  14,  '64,  res.  Nov. 

9  '64 
First  Asst.  Surgeon  James  Miner,  rank  Sept.  22, '62, 

res.  Jan.  4,^63 
First  Asst.  Surgeon  A.  L.  Kimber,  rank  Jan.  4,  '63, 

pro. 
Second  Asst.  Surgeon  A.  L.  Kimber.  rank  Oct.  1,  '62. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 
Sergt.  Major  Melvin  G.  Lane,  red.  and  ret.  to  Co.  G. 
Sergt.  Major  Philip  Lee,  pro.  First  L'eut.  Co.  D. 
Sergt.  Major  J.  G.  Morrison,  m.  o.  June7.  '65, 
Q.  M.  Sergt.  J.  C.  Mitchell,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Com.  Sergt.  L.  1$.  Foisom,  red.  and  ret.  to  Co.  A. 
Com.  Sergt.  P.  A.  Sinclair,  in.  o.  June  7. '65 
Hos.  Steward  S.  H.  Gaston,  disch.  Nov.   6.   disab. 
Hos.  Steward  A.  C.  Hatfield,  m.  o.  June  7,   '65 
Prin.  Musician  Win.  T.  Humphrey,  absent,  sick,  at 

m.o.  of  Regt. 
Prin.  Musician  F.  M.   Bristow,   m.  o.  June  7,  '65 

COMPANY    A. 

Capt.  John  B.  Lesage,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro.  Major 
Capt.   L.  B.   Foisom,  rank  April  9, '6.i,   lion,  disch. 

April   17,  '65 
Capt.  J.  W.  Brown,  rank  April  11,  '65,  m.  o.  June  7, 

'65 
•  First  Lieut.  Charles  Heinz,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res, 

April  11,  '63 
First  Lieut.  T.  J.  Moore,   rank  April  11,   '63,   res. 

Sept,  20.  'f.4 

First  Lieut.  J.  W.  Brown,  rank  Sept.  20,  '64,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  J.  C.  Wildeiger,  rank  April   11,  '65,   m. 

o.  June  7,   '65.   Sergf. 
Second  L'eut.  N.  B.  McPherson,  rank  Sept.  2.  '62, 

res.  April  2,  '64 
First  S-rgt.  Edward  L.  Bell.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  died  at 

Kelley's  Ferry.   Tenn.  Jan.  24.   '64 
Sergt.  Thomas  Moore,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  pro.  1st  Lieut. 
Sergt.  J.  H.  Edmonton,  e.   Aug.  6,  '62,  transf  to  V. 

R.  C. 

Sergt.  J.  W.  Brown,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  pro.  1st  Lieut. 
Sergt.  John  RuyR  e.  Aug.  6,  '63,  des.  Jan.  7,  '63 
Corp.  F.  C.  Hattield,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  disch.  March  17, 

'64,  disab. 
Corp.  Alex.  C.  Fee,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o,  June,  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 

Corp.  G.  W.  Stokes,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  disc.h.  disab. 
Corp.  John  Wildberger,  e.  Aug,  6,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7. 

'65,  Sergt. 
Corp.   Francis   Chapman,    e.   Aug.    6,   '62,  absent. 

wounded,  at  m.  o.  of  Regt. 
Corp.  Harrison  Lake,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,   in.  o.  June  7. 

'65,  Corp. 
Corp.  Thomas    Black,  e.   Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7.  '65,  Sergt. 
Corp.    (ieo.    Thompson,  e.   Aug.    12,   '62.    died    at 

Bridgeport,   Ala.   May  1,   '64 
Musician  Gerd.   B.   Eller,    e.    Aug.     10,   '62,    m.  o. 

June  7.   '65 
Wagoner  James  S.   Kesler,   e.    Aug.    8,  '62,  m.  o. 

June  7,   '65 

PRIVATES. 

Albin  Win.  M.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Anderson  Thos.  A.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died  at  Jackson, 

Tenn.  Dec.   7,   '64 

Breler  Ernst,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  des.  Jan.   10.  '63 
Bradburn  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  des.  at  Mound  City, 

Buckuer  s.  B.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 


454 


MORGAN    COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


Brown   James    R.  e.  Aug.    6,  '62,    Corp.    absent. 

wounded,  at  in.  o.  of  Regt. 
Boleiack    James,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,    disch.   May   22, 

'65.  disab. 

Bushnell  Orville,  e.  Ang.  11,  '62,  died  at  Chatta- 
nooga. June  15,   '64.   wounds 
Barrett  James,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65,  < 
Bridenstine  T.  A.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  disch.  disab. 
Bridenstine  F.  T.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died  at  Cairo,   111. 

Feb.  7.   '63 

Cody  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  12.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Davis  Milton,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Evans  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62.  died  Jeffersonville,  Ind. 

Jan.  27,  '64,  wounds 
Folsom  L.  B.  e.  Aug  6.  '62,  pro.  Capt. 
Frickle  Henry,  e.  Aug.  12.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
H  itfield  A.  C.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62  pro.  Hos.  Steward 
It  ittield  Rinaldo,  e.   Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 

Harm  el  Ed  ward.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Huddleson  John.  e.  Aus1.  12,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Hill  Preston,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Jackson  Win.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Jones  J.  E.  e.  Aug.  12.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Keller  Eli.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  Lookout  Valley.Tenn. 

Nov.  21,  '63 

Klnneson  Wm.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  disch.  disab. 
Krebs  Autonie,  e.  Aug.  10.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
lOiashau  Wm.  e.  Aug.  15  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C. 
Lake  John  L.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Lewis  John  F.  e.  Aug.  6,  "62.  des.  Oct.  12.  '62 
Liston  James  P.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Mansfl  -Id  Edw.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
McPherson  J.  L  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Mound  City, 

111  .  Dec.  5,  '64 

Measles  Thos.  W.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Miller  James,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died,  Holly  Springs, 

Miss..  Dec.  17.  '62 

Miller  Henry,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  des.  Nov.  15.  '62 
Mitchels  N  cholas,  e.  Aug,  6,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C. 
Myers  Hiram,  e.  Aug  6,  '62.  des.  at  Mound  City,  III. 
Nicholas  A.    W.  e.  Aug.   6.  '62.  trausf.  to  Marine 

Brig. 

Xagle  ,iohn  F.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Nunn  John,  e.  Ang.  9.  '62.  disch.  for  disab. 
Nunn  Iiigraham,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Penuvbaker  Wm.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Preston  James,   e.  Aug.  9,   '62,  disch.  Sept.  12,  '64, 

wounds 
Prickett  Wm.  J.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died.  Was.  Co.,  Ind., 

Sepr.  1,  '63 

Riy  Leroy,  e.  Ang.  6,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65.  Corp. 
S  ins  Adison,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  des.  Jan.  12.  '63 
Sharp  A.  F.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  transf.  to  V.  R.  C. 
Smith  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Smith  David,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C.  April 

10.  '64 
Smitii  G.  W.  e.  Aug.  6, '62,  absent,  wounded,  at  m.  o. 

of  Regt. 
Smith  Edward,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 

of  Regt. 

Steele  Tiios.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62  in.  o.  June?,  '65 
St.okes  John.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  des.  Oct.  4.  '62 
Thomas  Jeremiah,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  absent,  wounded, 

at  in.  o.  of  Regt. 
Tolen  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  died  at  Louisville,  Ky., 

June  6.  '64 
Wheeler  Hiram,  e.  Aug.  12, '62,  abse  it,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

of  Regf. 
Weeks  Wm.  H  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  died  at  Stephensou, 

Al:i.,  Nov.  3,  '62 
Watson  Edward,   e.  Aug.  6,   '62,  died,   Meredosia, 

111..  S  -pi,  24.  '63 

Walters  lsaa<\  e.  Aug.  6. '62.  dps.  Oct.  12.  '62 
WUde  Robt.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62.  died,  Berlin.  III.,  Feb. 

12.  '63 

Yack  Lewis  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
York  John  F.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  disub. 

COMPANY   B. 

Capt.  N.  B.  Brown,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro.  Major 
Capt.  Taos.  B.  Woof,  rank,  Jan.  3,  '64,  killed,  battle, 

July  20,  '64 
Capr.  Wm  J.  Patters  ni,  rank  July  20,  '64,  m.  o.  June 

7.  '65 
First  Lieut.   Thos.  J.  Moss,  rank  Sept,  2,   '62,  res. 

April  13,  '62 

First  Lieut.  Tiios.  R.  Woof,  rank  April  13,  '62,  pro. 
Ft  -st  Lieut.  Wm.  J.  Pa  terson,  rank  Jan.  3,  '64.  pro. 
First  Lieut.  J.  B.  Lewis,  rank  July  20,  '64.  lion.  dis. 

May  15,  '65 

Second  Lieut,  Thos.  B.  Woof,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 
Second  Lieut.   Nelson  Morgan,  rank  April  13,  '63, 

res.  Jan.  13,  '64 
First  Sergt.   Nelson  Morgan,  e.  Aug.   21,   '62,   pro. 

Second  Lieut. 
Sergt.    Win.  J.  Patterson,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  pro.  First 

Ser^r.  then  First  Lieut. 
Sergt.  Charles  Tanvey,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  absent,  sick, 

at  m.  o.  of  Regc. 
Sergt.  Fred.  K.  Wise,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  disch,  Nov.  22, 

'64,  disab. 


Sergt.   Joseph    Lewis,    e.    Aug.   12,   '62,   pro.   First 

Sergt.  then  First  Lieut. 
Corp.  Charles  J.  Sanders,  e:  Aug.  21,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7.  Sergt. 

Corp.  Benj.  F.  Moss,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  absent,  wound- 
ed, at  in.  o.  of  Regt. 
Corp.  Jacob  Rnbart,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  25, 

'64.  disab. 
Corp.  Cyrus  J.  Pond,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  Oisch.  Aug.  6, 

'64,  disab. 
Corp.  J.  W.  Wharton,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  Oct.  13, 

'64.  wounds 
Corp.  H.  C.  Wroe.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  died.  Union  City, 

Tenn..  Aug.  23,  '63 
Corp.  E.  S.  Burbank,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7, 

'65.  Sergt. 

Musician  B.  T.  J.Thomas,  e.  Aug.  21,'62,  in.  o.  June 
7,  '65 

PRIVATES. 

Ansemus  John  B.  e.  Au£.  21,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Aler  John  J.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62.  disch.  Jan.  6,  '63.  disab. 
Aman  James,  e.   Aug.  21,   '62 
Bridgeman  Isaac,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  6,  '63, 

disab. 
Bridgeman  James,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  died,  Nashville, 

Ten  ii..  Nov.  8.  '63 
Banner  Wm.  D.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

m.  o.  of  Regt. 

Brown  J«tbro,  e.  Aug.  11   '62,  transf.  to  Co.  H. 
Cawood  J.  J.  D.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Campbell   J.    H.    e.   Aug.    13,   '62,  died,    Milliken's 

Bend,  April  1,  '63 

Carey  Geo.  e.  Ang.  14,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  H. 
Dea'on  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  June  16,  '63, 

disab. 
Beaton  James  M.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  died,  Dallas,  Ga., 

May  26,  '64.  wounds 
Davis  John   K.   e.   Aug.  21,  '62,  died,  Resaca,  Ga.. 

May  18,  '64,  wounds 

Dyer  Isaac,  e.  Aug.  22.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Dyer  Wesley,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Dyer  James,  e.  Aug.  22,  :62,  died,  Jackson,  Tenn., 

Jan.  1.  '63 
Dann   Wm.  O.  e.   Aug.  22,  '62,  disch.  April  11,  '63, 

disab. 

Dikes  John.  e.  Aug.  22,  '62 
Fiiey    Washington,    e.    Aucr.    13,    '62,  died    Holly 

Spri  <«*,  Miss.,  Dec.  25.  '62 
Filey  K.  M.  e.  Aug.  21.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Fuller  John,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Gerbery  John  F.  e.  Ang.  13.    62. 
Ginder'F.  W.  e.  Ang.  13.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Green  Win.  J.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.o.  of 

Regt, 

Ham  Milton,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Ham  John  M.  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Ham  John  W.  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  missing  in  action 

s!nce  Dec.  22,  '62 

HattteH  Wm.  M.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  disch.  April  5,  '63, 
i          disabled 
Johnson  Thos.    - .  e.  Aug.  13, '62,  absent,  wounded, 

at  in.  o.  of  Regt. 

Long  Jacob,  e.  Ang.  13, '62,  disch.  April  10. '63.  disab. 
Long  John.  e.  Aug  13.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Linghary  John,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
McCartv  John,  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
McCartv  Westbu,  e.  Aug  13,  '6i,  in  o.  June  7,  '65 
Miller  James  W.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62.  disc-h.  March  5, '64 
Murphy  Thos.  e.  Aug.  21.  '62.  des.  Jan.  5,  '63 
Merril  Sp  .tfortl,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  disch.  March  17,  '63, 

disabled 
Nash  John,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  died  at  Memphis.  Jan. 

7.  '63 

Post  John  Q.  e.  Aug.  13  '62,  disch.  April  1.'63.  disab. 
Peters  Ira,  e.  Aug.  "15.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Peters   Win.  W.  e.  Aug.  15, '62,  disch.  Feb.  26, '63, 

disabled 

Piper  John  e.  Aug.  21,  '62.  des.  Oct.  6.  '62 
Ribelin  John  M.  e.  An>r.  22.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Stricklin  J.  e.  Aug.  13, '62,  Corp.-abseni,  sick,  at  in.o. 

of  Regr. 
Shrewsbury  Win.  P.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  died  at  Jackson, 

Tenn.  Jan.  7,  '63 

Stewart  Joh  i  B.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
T hu re  John,  e.  Aug.  13, '62,  disci).  Jan.  17.  '63.  disab. 
Taylor  E.I  w.  P.  e.  Aug.  21, '62.  disch.  Jan.  18, '63, 

disabled 
Wharton  Geo.  e.  Aug.  13, '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o.  of 

Regt. 
White  Westbrook,  e.  Aug.  15.  '62,  m,  o.  June  7,  '65, 

as  Sergt 

Wroe  Samuel  M.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  m.  o.  June  24,  '65, 
was  pris. 

COMPANY  C. 
Cant.  Horace  E.  May,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  April 

23.  '63 
Capt.  C.   A.   Catlin,  rank   April  28,  '63,   res.   April 

16,  '64 
Capt.  Joseph  H.  Belt,  rank  April  16,  '64,  died  of 

wounds  June  29,  '64 

Capt.  Jacob  Yaple,  rank  June  29,  '64,   in.   o.  June 
7,  '65 


MORGAN  COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


455 


First  Lieut.  C.  A.  Catlln,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  J.  H.  Belr,  rank  April  28.  '63  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Geo.  A.  Taylor,  rank  April  16.  '64,  m.  0. 

June  7,  '65 

Second  Lieut.  J.  H.  Belt,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 
Second  Lieut.  J.  C.  White,  rank  April  28,  '63,  res. 

March  21.  '64 
First  Sergt.  John  C.  White,  e.  July  19,  '62.  pro  2d 

Lient. 

Sergt.  James  Hunt,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  des.  Nov.  12.  '62 
Sergt.  Geo.  A.  Taylor,  e.  July  19,  '62,  pro,  1st  Sergt. 

then  1st  Lieut. 
Sergt.  Jacob  Yaple,  e.  July  19,  '62,  pro.  1st.  Sergt. 

then  ('apt. 

Sergt.  F.  N.  De  Veranas,  e.  July  24/62.  disci),  dlsab. 
Corp.  G.  M.  Hartlett,  e.  July  26,  '62,  disch.  Sept.  8, 

'64.  as  Sergt.  disabled 
Corp.  John  F.  Cline,  e.  July  25,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

as  Sergt. 
Corp.  John  W.  Wlntlock.  e.  July  21,  '62,  disch.  Feb. 

8,  '63 

Corp.  Jacob  Casper,  e.  July  21.  '62,  des.  Jan.  5,  '63 
Corp.  Edward  Thompson,  e.  July  20,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7,  '65.  as  private 
Corp.  James  McBride,  e.  July  21,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

'65.  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  Joseph  De  Frates,  e.  July  21,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7,  '65,  as  private 
Corp.  Win.  Carney,  e.  July  25,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

as  private 

PRIVATES. 

Berry  Ben],  e.  July  25,  '62,  disch.  disabled 
Harbour  Isaac,  e.  Aug.  5.  '62.  disch.  disaided 
Cavender  Samuel,  e.  July  27,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Cole  Burgis,  e.  Aug.  5. '62.  Corp.  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 
Cannagan  John,  e.  July  21,  '62,  died  at  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Nov.  14.  '64 

Casper  Amos  A.  e.  Aug.  1.  '62,  des.  Deo.  21.  '62 
Casper  John,  e.  July  25.  '65,  des.  Dec.  21,  '62 
Carpenter  James  E.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  disch.  Oct.  2,  '64 
Carper  Alex.  e.  Aug.  8.  '62.  de*.  Dec.  21,  '62 
Carper  Alfred,  e.  July  21,  '62.  des.  Dec.  21.  '62 
Dikes  John,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Delaney  James,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  died  May  25,  '64,  of 

wounds 

De  Frates  Albert,  e.  July  19,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
DeOnellu*  John,  e.  Aug.  3,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
De  Frates  Gregory,  e    Aug.  7, '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m. 

o.  of  Regt. 

De  Fi-ates  Antonio,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  Jan.  9,  '63 
Dw\er  Michael,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  trans,  to  Co.  A.  16th 

III.  Inf. 
Desues  Emanuel,  e.  Aug.  1.  '62,  disch.  March  15,  '65, 

disabled 

Dawson  Michael,  e.  July  25,  '62,  des.  Aug.  9.  '62 
Dnlxn  Owen,  e.  July  21.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Dikes  Win.  e.  Aug.  17.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Eaman  James,  e.  July  26,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

in.  o. 
Everetis  Wm.  S.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  30,  '63, 

disabled 

Frenii.ra  John,  disch.  Mav  25,  '63 
Face  Henry,  e.  July  24,  '62,  des.  July  5,  '63 
Henderson  J.  M.  e.  July  24,  '62.  died  at  Dallas,  Ga. 

May  25,  '64 
Henderson  S.  G.  e.  Aug.  21, '62,  Corp.  died  at  Re- 

sara,  Ga.  May  17.  '64 
Hines  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  died  at  Resaca,  Ga. 

May  17.  '64 

Herald  Adam  E.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  disch.  May  5,  '63 
Hurley  Michael,  e.  July  21, '64,  absent,  wounded,  at 

m.  o. 

Johnson  John,  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  des.  Jan.  1,  '63 
Ki  in  bie  Thomas,  e.  July  21.  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 
Koehe  Miles,  e.  July  20,'62,  trans,  to  Co.  A.  16th  111. 

Inf. 

Kelly  Charles,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62.  des.  Jan.  1,  '63 
Martin  E<lw.  e,  July  19.  '62.  des.  Dec.  21,  '62 
Martin  Wm.  e.  Julv  19,  '62,  des.  Dec.  21.  '62 
Morrison  Win.  e.  July  25,  '62.  died  at  Mound  City, 

III.  Feb.  P.  '63 

Marrin  Jackson,  e.  Aug.  5.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
McQuiUen  Edw.  B.  e.  Aug.  1,  62,  disch.  March  29, 

'65.  disabled 

Moore  K.  M.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Mooi  e  Wm.  e.  Aug.  12.  '62.  in.  o  June  7.  '65 
Moltra  Geo.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Masters  R.  S.  e.  Aug.  1    '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Morrison  J  H.  e.  Ang  6.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  't>5 
Nunnus  Patrick,  e.  July  25,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

m.  o. 
O'Donnell  Patrick,  e.  July  19,  '62,  absent,  wounded, 

at  m.  o. 
Pires  Joseph,  e.  Julv  24.  "62  died  at  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.  Dec.  13,  '62 

Peters  John,  e.  Aug.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Rodques  Emanuel.  e.  July  24.  '62.  disch.  Feb.  27,'63 
Reynold*  John,  e.  July  25,  '62.  disch.  April  6,  '63 
Rank-in  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  11.  '62,  ile*.  Jan.  15.  '63 
Roach  John,  e.  July  15.  '62,  des.  April  12.  '63 
Rodqnes  A.  e.  July  24    '62    died  at  Louisville,  Ky. 

Aug.  2,  '64 


Shaw  Chester  W.  e.  Aug.  10,  ;'62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

First  Sergt. 
Smiih  John  e.  July  20,  '62,  died  at  Dallas,  Ga.  May 

31, '64     ' 
Shaw  Michael,  e.  July  21,  '62,  died  at  Mnrfreesboro, 

Tenn.  Feb.  7,  '64 
Sewalace  G.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65,  pris. 

war.  as  Corp. 

Vascoiisellus  J.  C.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Vasconsellus  J.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  died  at  Cairo,  111.  Nov. 

29,  '62 

Vierena  J.  J.  e.  July  25.  '62.  absent,  wounded,  at  m.  o. 
Vierena  J.  e.  July  24,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 
Vearia  G.  J.  e.  July  24.  '62.  disch.  Jan.  12.  '65.  disab. 
Walker  A.  e.   Aug.  25,  '62,  died  near  Atlanta,  Ga. 

July  20.  '64 
/uel;  James,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 

COMPANY    I). 

Capt.  Henry  C.  Coffman  rank  Sept.  2.  '62,  res.  Sept. 

28,  '63 
Capt.  J.  N.  Gillman,  rank    Dec.  28,  '63,    res.  July 

28,  '64 
Capt.  Philip   Lue,  rank   July  28,  '64,   m.   o.   June 

7.  '64 

First  Lieut.  J,   N.  Gillman,  rank  Sept.  2.  '62,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  F.  A.  Dimm,  rank  Dec.  28,  '63,  kid.  June 

27,  '64 

First  Lieut.  Philip  Lee,  rank  June  27,  '64.  pro. 
First  Lieut.  M.  C.  (Jollier,  rank  July  28,  '64,  hon. 

disch.  May  15,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Robert  C.  Bruce,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res. 

Dec.  28,  '63 

First  Sergr.  Philip  Lee.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  M.  C.  Collier,  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  J.  H.  Carter,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Columbus, 

Ky.  Aug.  20,  '63 
Sergt.  J.  W.  R-idclitf,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Memphis 

June  12.  '63 
Sergt.  Caleb  Letton,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  disch.  Sept.  12, 

'64,  disab. 
Corp.  A.  B.  Cone,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

First  Sergt. 
Corp.  J.  O.  Hamilton,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  transf.  to.  V.  R. 

C.  Jan.  18.  '65 
Corp.  Henry  Wilson,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 

Corp.  A.  J.  Peterfish.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  died  at  Chatta- 
nooga, Nov.  3.  '63,  wounds 

Corp.  Barnard  Cam,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Corp.  James  Deatou,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  absent,  sick,  at 

m.  o. 
Corp.  J.  G.  Morrison,  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  pro.  Sergt.  then 

Sergt.  Major 
Corp.  Alex.  Armstrong,  e.  Aug.  4.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7, 

'65,  Sergt. 
Corp.  KrancisM.  Bristow,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  pro.  Drum 

Ma]  >r 
Corp.  Win.  F.  Humphrey,  e.  Aug.  16,  '62,  pro.  Fife 

Major 
Wagoner  R.  A.  Radciiff,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  tranf .  to  V. 

R.  C.  April  10,  '64 

PRIVATES. 
Beymer  A.  F.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  kid.  Peach  Tree  Creek, 

July  20, '64 

Buckingham  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  5.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Beavers  Moses,  e.  All;,'.  12,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  6,   '63, 

disab. 

Bickford  Geo.  M.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Berry  James,  e.  Aug.  29,  '62,  died  at  St.  Louis,  April 

22.  '63 
Cullen  J.  L.   D.  e.  Aug.  22,   '62,  diS3h.   March  31. 

'65,  disab. 
I  iea  [.in  Win.  L.  e.  Aug.  8.  '62,  died  at  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.  Dec.  24.  '62 

Devore  C.  H.  e.  Aui?.  15.  '62.  des.  July  30.  '63 
Eads  James  M.  e.  Aug.  4.  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Fry  John  I>.  e.  Auif.  4,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Pnivesoil  C.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  trausf.  to   V.  R  C.  April 

16.  '64 

Funresoii  A.  e.  Aug.  22.  '62,  d'sch.  April  5,  '64.  disab. 
Furgesiin  F.  M.  e.  A   g.  22  '62   m.  o  June  7.  '65 
Fisher  James    e.  Aug.   13,  '62,  disch.  April  1,  '63. 

d'Sab. 

Fisher  John,  e.    Aug.  13.  '62,  disch.  Feb.  20,  '65, 

wounds 

Flnehpaugh  David,  e.  Aug. 9.  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Goodwin  J.  L.  e.  Aug.  10.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Gray  John  B.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Henderson  Amos,  e.  Aug.  4,  '82,  disc,h.  June  3,  '63, 

disab. 
Hail-grove  Columbus,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  m.  ".  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 

Hairgrove  Wm.  J.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Hedington  David,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62.  died  at  Ackworth, 

Ga.  June  14,  '62 
Hancs  L  "finder,  e.  Aug.  11,   '62,  died  at  Cairo,   III. 

Nov.  12.  '62 
Hamilton  Charles,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.  April  13, 

'63,  disab. 
Henderson  A.  P.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 


456 


MORGAN   COUNTY    WAR    RECORD. 


Horn  .T.  H.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  tranf.  to  Miss.  Mar.  Brig. 

Feb.  -,  '63 
Hamlngton  Thos.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Ackworth, 

Ga.  June  9.  '64 

Hevey  Win.  St.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Jumper  Saml.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Jumper  John.  e.  Aug.  8-  '62,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

Feb.  2,  '63 

K'dd  Win.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Long  Geo.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
McClenin  Thos.  e.  Aug.   4,  '62,  disch.  March  1,  '63, 

disab. 

Mitchell  Jos.  C.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62.  pro.  Q.  M.  S?rgt. 
Matthews  R.  T.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Mitchel  LeyiC.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  des.  in  Aug.  '62  before 

muster  in 

MeCurry  Alex^e.  Aug.  13,  '62.  des.  May  23,  '63 
Nicholas  Jeremiah,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 
Xorris  Archibald,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 

P'loher  A.  M.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  H. 
Pilcher  Shadrick,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  died  at  Spring- 
field Jan.  9,  '64 

Patterson  Lycurgus,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  I. 
Patterson  Wm.  M.  J.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 
Ragsdell  Geo.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C.  April 

Ruark  John,  e.  Aug.  4,  '62.  disch.  Feb.  26.  '63.  disab. 
Itatcliff  R.  T.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  disnh.  Oct.  20.  '64,  disab. 
S.ip'pves  M.  M.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C.  Feb. 

29.  '64 

Shepherd  M.  R.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Sanders  James  e.  Aug.  15.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65.  Corp. 
stout  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  absent, wounded,  at  in.  o. 
Strong  P.  A.  e.  Aug.  25,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  15,  '63,  illsuh. 
Slevan  Michael,  e.  Aug.  8,   '62,  disch.  Jan.   17,  '65. 

Taylor  f.  M.  e.  Aug.  4.  '62,  disch.  Nov.  6,  '63,  disab. 
Timmnns  Daniel,  e.  Aug.  4.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
T;M  lor  Isaac  N.  e.  Aug.  11.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Thompson  J.  M.  f.  Aug.  14,   '62,  died  at  LaGrange, 

Tenn.  Jiin.  16.  '63 
Tennery  Svlve«ter,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  died  at  Memphis, 

March  3.  '63 

Tnormlykc  J.  L.  e.  Aug.  10.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Thompson  M.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  died  at  Jackson,  Tenn. 

D.-c.  10,  '62 
Viles  C.  C.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  died  at  Holly  Springs,  Miss. 

Den.  27,  '62 
Wilderman  Saml.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  26,  '63, 

disab. 

COMPANY   E. 
(.'apt.  Charles  Sample,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  Dec.  25, 

'62. 

Capt.  M.  H.  Lamb,  rank  Dec.  25.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
First  Lieut.  M.  H.  Lamb,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Liberty  Courtney,  rank  Dec.  25,  '62,  res. 

Jan   13.  '64. 
First.  Lieut.  Win.  L.  English,  rank  Jan.  13,  '64,  m.  o. 

June  7.  '65. 
Second  Lieut.  Liberty  Courtney,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62, 

pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Wm.  L.  English,  rank   Dec.  25,  '62, 

pro. 
Fir-it  Sergt.   Wm.  L.  English,  e.  Aug.  5,  '62.  pro. 

Second  Lieut. 
Sersrt.  Win.  R.  Mosby,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  12, 

'63.  disab 
Sergr.  John  Priest,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  March  30, 

'63,  disrtb. 
Sergt.   Kilw.  T.  King,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  Dec.  28, 

'63  disab.  Sergt.          ' 
Sergt.  John  Hill;  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

First  Sergt. 
Corp.  Geo.  Coffin,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch,  Oct.  29,  '64, 

Sergt.  ilisab. 
Corp.  A.  W.  Petefish,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  Oct.  29, 

'64.  Sergt.  disab. 
Corn.  Win.  H.  Larrimore,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  June 

7.  '65.  Sergt, 
Corp  Ciiat  les  S.  Weaver,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

24,  '65.  w;is  pris. 
Corp.   Henry   H.   Sweetheart,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62.  m.  o. 

June  7  '65,  Sergt. 
Corp.  Hasseil  Hipper,  e.  Aug,  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

•65.  Sergt. 

Corp.  C.  B.  MatiH-y,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Corp.  L.  A.  Mansfield,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

'65.  private. 
Musician  G.   D.  Abbott,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

'65. 
Wagoner  Thos.  M.  Gay,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

''65 

PRIVATES. 

Abney  F.  M.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Abney  Needliam.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Allen  John,  e.  Aug.  11. '62,  missing  in  action  near 

Atlanta,  Ga.  July  22.  '64. 
Anderson  Wm.  M.  e.  Aug.  2,  62,  kid.  Peacli  Tree 

Creek,  July  20,  '64. 


Arnold  Richard,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  K. 

Biggs  Thos.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  K. 

Buchanan  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Corp. 

Bacum  Jas.  B.  e,  Aug.  11.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Bascum,  C.  T.  J.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  m.o.  June 7,  '65,  mu- 
sician 

Bonnell  Emanuel,  e.  Aug.  2.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Collins  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Clark  David,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62.  disch.  Feb.  9.  '63.  disab. 

Dailey  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

English  Samuel  H.  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  19, 
'64,  Corp. 

Fan  nine'  Henry  L.  o.  Aug.  15,  '62.  died,  Mound  City, 
III.  Jan.  23.'  '63. 

Gold  Myron  S  e.  Aug  14.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  G. 

Gilbert  Wm.  e.  Aug  2,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Gaines  Win.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65. 

Gerbing  Gustav,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Gaston  S.  H.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  pro.  Hospital  Steward. 

Gibson  Alex.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  H. 

Henderson  Jas.  B.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  Corp.  died  Chatta- 
nooga, .Iune3.  '64,  wounds. 

Hickman  Elijah,  e.  Aug.  9  '62.  died  near  New  Hope 
Church,  6a.  May  26.  '64.  wounds. 

Huddluson  D.  C.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

Hamilton  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 

Hendrickson  A.  R.  e.  Aug.  11, '62,  died,  Chattanooga, 
June  2.  '64. 

Hoag  Richard,  e.  Aiie.  15.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  K. 

Kile  Geo.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

Knole<  P.  J.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62.  des.  Jan.  5,  '63. 

Led  better  David,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  died,  Cairo,  111.  Nov. 

Ledb'etter  I.  S.  e.  Aug.  2.  '62.  des.  July  5.  '63. 
Liter  Geo.  B.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  disch.  Oct  27.  64.  disab. 
Liter  Henry  C.  e.  Aug.  9, '62,  disch.  Feb.  11, '63,  disab. 
Liter  John  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Liter  Andrew,  e.   Aug.   9,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  11,  '63. 

disab. 

Lenard  S.  J.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Moulton  Edw.  P.  e.  Aug.  14,  62,  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Miller  Henry,  e.  Aug.  4.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Mick  Geo.  A.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  disch.  Aug.  3,  '64,  disab. 
McLaughlin  T.  D.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
McCasland.  e.  Autr.  8.  62.  transf.  ro  Co.  H. 
Mills  James,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  H. 
Nottingham  R.  L.  e.  Aug.  15,  62,  died,  Cairo,  Nov. 

Pasley  H.'  C.  e,  Aiier.  12.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65.  Corp. 
Potter  Lyman,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65. 
Pruit  John  D.  e.  Aug.  1 1,  '62.  disch.  June  3. '63.  disab. 
Ray  J.  K.  M.  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  Corp.  died  May  17,  '64, 

wounds. 

Rogers  J acob.  e.  Aug.  11.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65. 
Rundell  James,  e.  Aug  11.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65. 
Shaffley  John  T.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  died  Kingston,  Ga. 

May  31,  '64,  wounds. 

Shaffley  A.  J.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Smith  John,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.  o.  June  24,  '65,  was 

pris. 

Smith  John  H.  e.  Aug.  2.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7  '65. 
Shaver  John  W.  e.  Aug.  18, '62,  died  Chattanooga, 

July  28,  '64.  wounds. 
Tippit'VVm.  L.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died  Mound  City,  May 

TracieS.  S.  e.  Aug,  15.  '62,  disch.  June  27,'64,  d'sab. 
Wallace   Robt,  B.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  65, 

Corp. 

Wallace  Richard,  e.  Aug.  5.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65, 
Walker  Wm.  J.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  Cairo,  Nov.  22, 

Wilson  J.  M.  P.  Aug.  13.  '62.  disch.  Oct.  24.  '64.  disab. 
Wright  Win.  C.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  transf.  to  Co  H. 
Whitlock  Alex,  e,  Aug.  14.  '62,  transf,  to  Co  G. 
Wood  E.  B.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Wilson  J.  P.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  transf.  to  Co  H. 

RECRUITS. 

Achille  Edw.  disch.  March  13.  '63,  disab. 
Bascue  J.  M. disch.  Oct.  25,  '64,  disab. 
Chaffan  Joseph,  transf.  to  Co  A,  16th  Illinois  Inf. 
Fox  Hugh.  e.  Feb.  b,  '64.  transf.  to  Co.  A.  16th  Illi- 
nois Inf. 

Fox  John  H.  disch.  March  31,  '63. 
Hoagland  John  H.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65. 
Kiuss  John  M.  des.  June  15.  '63. 
McG'-nley  John,  disch.  disab. 
Smith  Jaiues,  died  Dall;is,  Ga.  May  27,  '64,  wounds. 

COMPANY  F. 

Capt.  George  W.  Fanning,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res. 
April  13,  '63. 

Capt.  James  L.  Wyatt,  rank  April  13,  '63,  m.  o.  June 
7,  '65. 

First  Lieut.  James.  L.  Wyatt,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 

First  Lieut,  John  W.  Shelton,  rank  April  13,  '63,  m. 
o.  June  7,  '65. 

Second  Lieut.  John  AV.  Shelton,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62, 
pro. 

Second  Lieut.  R.  T.  Seaver,  rank  April  13,  '63,  re- 
signed Jan.  26,  '64 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


457 


disabled 

Carmean  Nelson,  e.  Aug.  15,  '63,  disch.  May  22,  '63     ' 
Oornwell  Henry,  e.  Aui;.  15.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 


First  Sergt.  R.  T.  Seaver,  P.  Aug.  6,  '62,  pro.  Second 

Lieut, 

Sergt.  E.  R.  Henry,  e.  Aug.  7,   '62,  First  Sergt.  ab- 
sent, sick,  at  m.o. 
Sergt.  Robert  D.  Harney,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7, '65 
Sergt.  Wra.  A.  Whitlock,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  (les.  Jan.  7, 

'63 
Sergt.  G.  L.  Ash,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  March  22,  '63, 

disabled 
Corp.  Charles  McEvers,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,   disch.  May 

22,  '63,  disabled 

Corp.  James  T.Walker,  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  m.o.  June  7. '65 
Corp.  David  Carigill,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62.  des.  Jan.  7,  '63 
Corp.  Roliert  L.  Wyatt,  e,  Aug.  7.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

f65,  Sergt. 
Corp.  Lafayette    Fanning,   e.  Aug.   6,  '62,  died  at 

Mound  City.  111. 
Corp.  \Vm.  D.  Henry,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 
Corp.  N.  J.  James,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  transf.  to  Inv. 

Corps 
Musician  S.  G.  Slaughter,  e.  Aug.  13,'62,  absent.sick, 

at  in.  o. 
Wagoner  Geo.  W.  Fanning,  e.  Aug.  17,  '62,  mo.  o. 

June  7,  '65 

PRIVATES. 

Angelo  John,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 

Asli  James  \V.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  transf.  to  Inv.  Corps 

Jan.  29,  '63 
Brown  Henry  O.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  Nashville  Tenu., 

Auit.  29.  '63 

Borulf  John,  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Barton  John,  e.  Aug.   19,  '62,  disch.  March  25,  '65, 

disabled 
Ci 
C< 

Cook  Win.  W.  e.  July  28,  '62.  m.o.  June  7, '60" 
Dicus  Joiin,  e.  July  28,  '62.  des.  Jan.  7,  '63 
Devault  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,    disch.  April  9,  '63, 

disabled 
Devault  James,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  10,  '63, 

disabled 
DarenportJ.  A.  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65, 

musician 
Edwards  A.  T.  e.  Aug.  18,  '62,  disch.  March  22,  '63, 

disabled 
Fanning. lames,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  24,  '65 

was  pris. 

Fanning  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  H 
Fanning  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  disch.  Jan.   6,  '24. 

disabled 
Gray  Silas  S.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  disch.   May  22,  '63, 

disabled 
Henry  James  D.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 
Henry  Hugh,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  Columbus,  Ky., 

Sept.  2,  '63 
Heywood  Win.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65, 

Corp. 

Hopper  S.  D.  e.  Aug.  10.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Hull  S.  C.e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  <les.  April  17.  '63 
Hughs  R.  R.  e.  Aug.  28,  '62,  disch.   March  22,  '63, 

Corp.  disabled 

Henry  John,  e.  Aug.  28,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Ives  Jerome,  e.  Aug.  18,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Kinster  Louis,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  transf.  to  Iiiv.  Corps 

July  29,  '63 

Kenster  Peter,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Kenedy  Geo.  E.  e.   Aug.  7,    62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Corp. 
McEvers  Edwin,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 

Middletown  H.  M.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  des.  Jan.  7.  '63 
Maaiis  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  6,   '62,  disch.  Feb.  26,  '63, 

disabled 

McKeau  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 
McLanghUn  Henry,  e.  .vug.  17.  '62,  died  Nashville, 

Tenii.,  Aug.  20,  '64,  wounds 
Myers  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  died  Holly  Springs, 

Miss..  Dec.  28,  '63 

Patten  W.  T.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Page  J.  P.  e.  Aug.  18.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Page  Thos.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
•Pi  uitt  F.  M.  e.  Aug.  10,  '62.  disch.  Jan.  21.  '63,  dtsab. 
Rule   Randolph,  e.  Aug.    10,   '62,    died   Nashville, 

Tenii.,  Aug.  30,  '64,  wounds 
Roberts  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  H 
Rannells  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  1,  '63,  disch.  March  21,  '63, 

disabled  • 

Rose  W.  C.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.   March  21,  '63, 

disabled 

Rimary  Win.  E.  e.  Aug.  28. ''62.  transf.  to  Co.  I 
Sheltun  S.  G.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  diseh  Jan.  8,  '64.  disab. 
Shelton  John  H.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Smith  John  F.  e.  Aug.   7,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

in.  o. 

Smith  Wm.  F.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  H 
Shoumaker  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Shoumaker  H.  F.  e.  Aug.  15,  62,  disch.  Jan.  8,  '64, 

disabled 


Shounts  Henry,  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  died  Hollv  Springs. 

Miss..  Dec.  10,  '62 

Spencer  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  des.  March  7,  '63 
Traubarger  A.  J.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  transf.  to  Inv. Corps 

July  29,  '63 

Walker  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  I 
Wyatt  F.  M.  e.  Aug.  8,  Y62,  m.  o.  June  7, '65,  Corp. 
Wyatt  Wm.  J.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  June  19,  '63, 

disabled 

Wyatt  J.  L.  jr.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Walker  Win.  J.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
White  Edward,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.   Dec.  19,  '62, 

disabled 

White  Thos.  e.  Aug.  22.  '62,  des.  Jan.  12  '63     . 
While  James,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
\\ 'adc  Abraham,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 
Will-oil  J.  B.  e.  Aug.  1ft  '62,  kid.  near  Dalton,  Ga., 

May  15,  '64 

Walker  T.  J.  e.  July  28,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  H 
Wilson  I.  H.  e.  July  30.  '62,  m.  o.  June  24,  '65,  was 

pris. 

Wade  I.  R.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Yout^ler  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  disch.  Nov.  14,  '62, 

disabled 

RECRUITS. 
Donald  P.  e,  Feb.  27,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  E,  Sixteenth 

Illinois  Inf. 
Davenport  Manson,  e.  Feb.  7,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  E, 

Sixteenth  Illinois  Inf. 
Story  M.  P.  e.  Jan.  20,  '64,  died  Nashville,  Teun., 

July  26,  '64 

COMPANY  G. 
Capt.  Robert  McKee,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  resigned  Jan. 

2,  '63 
Capt.  Wiilis  Meacham,  rank  Jan.  2,  '63,  resigned 

Feb.  1.  '65 
Capt.  John  W.  Carroll,    rank  April  11,  '65,  m.  o. 

June  7.  '65 

First  Lieut.  Willis  Meacham,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  John    Hardin,  rank   Jan.  2,  '63,  hon. 

disch.  Oct.  13.  '64 
First  Lieut.  James  G.  Glenn,  rank  Oct.  13.  '64,  disch. 

(First  Sergt, )  Jan.  28.  '65 

Second  Lieut.  John  Hardin,  rank  Sept.  2.  '62.  pro. 
Sergt.  J.  M.  Hutchinson,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  June 

20.  '63,  disabled 
Sergi.  Edw.  W.  Deatheridge,  e.  Aug.  9,   '62,  disch. 

May  3,  '63,  acc'd  wounds 
Sergt.  John  W.  Carroll,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  Edwin  T.  Metcalf,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  uisch.  March 

1,  '63,  disabled 
Corp.  James  J.  Glen,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  28, 

'65.  Sergt.  disabled 

Corp.  Wm.  Dwyer,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  des.  Feb.  15,  '63 
Corp.  Ira  D.  Ward,  e.  Aug.  9, '62,  Sergt.  abseiit.sick, 

at  in.  o. 
Corp.  Edw.  B.  Roach,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  Sergt.  absent, 

wounded,  at  in.  o. 
Wagoner  John  Vaughn,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

7, '65 

PRIVATES. 
Arcner  S.  H.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  died  at  Lagrange,  Tenn. 

April  8,  '63 
Agard  S.  S.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  Dec.  31,  '63,  Sergt. 

disab. 
Allis  R.  T.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  Alexandria,  La.  May 

13 '63 

Addison  H.  C.  e.  Aug.  24,  ,62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Be»on  H.  T.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  disch.  Nov.  16,  '62.  disab. 
Clark  David,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  discli.  Nov.  14,  '62,  disab. 
Coe  Alfred  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at  m.o. 
Cowan  Marshall,  e.  Aug.  13,  '6^,  absent,  wounded,  at 

m.o. 

Coard  Frank  M.  e.  Au   .  9,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 
Creek  John  M.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62,  m.o.  June  7.  '65 
Deathei  age  M.  C.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  died.  Hos.  boat,  D. 

A.Jan. 
Draper  Henry,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  died  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.  Dec.  15,  '62 
Dennis  Wm.  R.  e.  Aug.  13,  '€2,  died  LaFayette,  Ind. 

Feb.  28,  '63 

Deatherage  J.  S.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Dennison  S.  J.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Dennis  J.  L.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  died,  Chattanooga,  Dec. 

18, '63,  wounds 

Godfrey  H.  C.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65.  Sergt. 
Grossman  C.  C.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June?,  '65 
Graham  C.  M.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  died,  Miiliken's  Bend, 

April  5,  '63 
Humphrey  F.  W.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  died,  Vicksburg, 

June  7,  '63.  wounds 

Harris  J.  W.  e.  Aug  9,  '62.  m.o.  JiMie  7,  '65 
Hanshury  John.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  des.  Feb.  15  '63 
Hurt  Charles,  e.  Aug.   13,  "63,    disch.  Feb.  28,  '64, 

wounds 

Jones  Wm.  R.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Jones  Reuben,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m  o.  June  7,  '65 
, I  ones  Klah,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  m.o.  Jun<-  7,  '95 
Keplinger  John  E.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Loving  Orville  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  Corp.  absent,  sick,  at 

m.o. 


458 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


Loving  Geo.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Lane  M.  G.  e.  Aug.  12.  '62.  disc-h.  Oct.  19  '63.  disab. 
Mnulton  O.  B.  e.  AUK.  12.  '62. m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Mcl/me  S.   H.   e.   Aug.  14,  '62,  dieil,   Chattanooga, 

Tenn.  Dec.  31,  '63 
Murray  Geo.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th 

III.  Iff. 

Mitchell  Joel,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  rtisch.  Dee.  7,  '63 
Norcross  Win.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62.  m.o.  June  7.  '65 
Narr  Henry,  e.  Aug.  9.  62,  discli.  May  13,  '65.  disab. 
Rosson  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  discli.  July  25.  '63,  disab. 
Roller  W.  G.  e.  Aug.  14  '62.  discli.  Feb.  20,  '63.  disub. 
R'ley  Marlew,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Rynilers  Win.  e.  Aug.  24.  '62.  m.o.  June  7.  '65.  Corp. 
Slatterly  John,  e  Aug.  14,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  18,  '63, 

disab. 

Sweeney  Patrick,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 
Tuunell   I).  O.  e.  Aug.  9,  62,  died,  Millikeu's  Bend, 

Junel,  '63 

Turn  r  H.  H  e.  Aug.  4, '62,  des.  Feb.  15.  '63 
Turner  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Vanhise  E.  T.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  died,  Dair's  Island,  May 

3. '65 

Wood  Win.  W.  e.  Aug.  9.  62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Wood  J.  M.  e.  Aug.  9  '62.  disch.  Oct.  20  '64.  disab. 
Weaiherbee  Benj.  e.  Aug.  24,  '62,  disch.  May  25,  '63, 

Wood'  H.'C.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  disch.  Dec.  31,  '63 
Young  D.  D.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June  7,  '65 

RECRUITS. 
Adams  John  W.  e.  Jan.  27,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th 

111.  Inf. 
Beckhold  Geo.  e.  Jan.  27,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th 

111.  Inf. 

Burnett  Isham,  disch.  Jan.  10.  '63,  disab. 
Cox  Michael,  e.   Sept.  14,   '62,  m.o.  June    7.    '65, 

woumled 

Deweese  Win.  H.  disch. 
DewHit-se  Win.  M.  discli.  Sept.  12,  '64,  disab. 
Gold  M.  S.  discli.  Jan.  10,  '63,  disab. 
Large  Adam,  e.  Jan.  27,  '65.  transf.  to  Co.  G,  16th 

Miller  Geo.  H.  e.  Feb.  25,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th   ! 

III.  Inf. 
McKellup  Geo.  e.  Feb.  28.  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th 

Hi.  Inf. 
Sperrv  J.  M  e.  Jan.  27,  '65,  transf.  to  Co.  G.  16th 

III'.  Inf.. 

Whitlock  Al?x.  discli.  Oct.  30,  '63,  disab. 
Word  E.  B.  died  Jackson,  Teuu.  Dec.  14,  '82 

COMPANY  H. 

Capt.  Jpab  B.  Fanning,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  Feb. 

Capt.  Wm.  R.  Seymour,  rank  Feb.  27,  '63,  hon.  disch. 

May  15,  '65 
First  Lieut.  Wm.  S.  Wright,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  died 

Oi't.  6.  '62,  at  Franklin,  111. 

First  Lieut.  Wm.  R.  Seymour,  e.  Oct.  6,  '62,  pro. 
Fir-t  Lieut.  Win.  F.  Liutrell,  rank  Feb.  27,  '63,  m.o. 

June  7,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Wm.  R.  Seymour,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62, 

Second' Lieut,  Wm.  F.  Luttrdl  rank  Oct.  6, '62.  pro. 
First  SMigr.  John  H.  Reed,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June 

Sergt.  G^oAv^  Seymour,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June  7, 

'65   Kirst  S^rsrt. 
Sergt,  Win.  Austin',  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  July  23,  '63, 

Sergt!"j:is.  A.  Roberts,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  m.o.  June  7, 

't>5  piivaie 
Sergt.  James  H.  Grimsley,  e.  Aug.   15,  '62,  des.  Feb. 

1  H    '  fi  *} 

Corp.  S.  K.  Roberts,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  Sergt.  kid.  Dallas, 

Ga.  May  25,  '64 

Corp.  Wm.  K.  Luttrell.e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  pro. 
Corp.  J.  I'.  Seymour,  e.  Aug.  9,  '63,  m.o.  June  7.  '65 
Corp.  Wm.  L.'Daulton.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.  March 

Corp.  Win.  E.'  Walker,  e.   Aug.  16,  '62,  died,  Holly 

Springs,  Miss.  Dec.  18,  '62 
Cor)..  A.   G.  Brassell,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  Sergt.  absent, 

sick,  at  m.o. 
Corp   A.   M.  Newman,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  March 

Corp.  Win.  F.  Anderton,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  m.o.  June  7, 

Musi.-i'a'n 'hewis  Mines,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  died,  Mound 

Citv,  Dec.  7,  '63 
Wagouer  Jolin  T.  Reed,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  Feb. 

28,  '64,  Sergt.uisab. 

PRIVATES. 

Anderton  J.  R.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  died  July  2.  '63 
Austin  Eli.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62  m.o.  June  7.  '65 
AbrrllJ.  M  e.  Aug.  15, '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Anderson  John,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62.  died  at  Memphis, 

BeonV.  J.  e.  Aug.  6, '62,  died.  Holly  Springs.  Miss. 
Dec.  31,  '62 


Bull  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.  Oct.  29.  '64,  disab. 
Bower  J.  E.  e.  Aug.  9,  62,  killed  at  Dallas,  Ga.  May 

25.  '64 
Bond  J.  F.  e.  Auar.  9,  '62,  died  at  Hollv  Springs,  Miss. 

Dec.  16,  '62 
BlevinsGeo.  W.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  at  Kingstown, 

Ga.  Sept.  10,  '64.  wounds 

Bresidine  P.  S.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Covey  Win.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Carlisle  J.W.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  26,  '63,  dis- 
abled 
Collins  B.  F.  P.  Aug.  8.  '62,  Corp.  died  at  Union  City, 

Aug.  22,  '63 

Cross  Cyrus,  e.  Aug.  8,  '61.  disch.  May  14.  '63.  disab. 
Cook  James,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  disch.  Jan.  24,  '65,  disab. 
Campbell  Win.  e.  Ausr.  6.  '62.  absent,  sick.  atm.  o. 
Covey  J.  T.  e.  Aug.  15.  '6'2.  awaiting  trial  for  des. 
Dan n  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  May  3.  '65,  Corp. 

disab. 
Doss  H.  J.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  Corp.  killed  at  Resaca, 

May  15,  '64 
Dugger  Hitrdin,  e.  Aug.   15,  '62,  died  at  Nashville, 

Tenn.  March  23.  '64 

Dunham  S.  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  died  at  Memphis 
Duncan  M.  M.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June 24,  '65,  was 

pris. 
Evans  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  at  Holly  Springs, 

Jan.  6.  '63 
Fri  mm  Joseph.  P.  Aug.  9, '62,  died  at  Cold  Water, 

Miss  Jan.  7,  '63 

Fanning  T.  J.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  disch.  Sept.  30.  '64 
Fanning  John,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  died  at  Holly  Springs, 

Dec.  17.  '62 
Fanning  Cyrus,  e.  Aug.  15.  :62,m.  o.  Jun"  7,  '65 

Gustine  ,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62,  dns.  Feb.  1.  63 

Grimsley,  J.  B.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  Corp.  absent,  sick,  at 

m.  o. 

Givens  Wm.  T.  e.  Aug.  8.  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 
Godell  J.  C.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Hart  N  .than.  jr.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  Corp.  killed  at  Dal- 
las, Ga,  May  25,  '64 

Hood  John  A.  e.  Aug.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Hopper  Thos.  B.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  killed  near  Dallas 

Ga.  May  25.  '64 

Hays,  J.  A.  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  detached  at  m.  o. 
Haynes  Win.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Harlancl  Lewis,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Hubl.ard  Allen.  e.Auir.  15.'62,disch.May  27. 'tH.disab. 
Hayes  J.  S.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65,  Corp. 
McKeen  John,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Lookout  Val- 
ley. Jan.  8,  '64 

Marshall  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  des.  Feb.  16,  '63 
McCasland  C.  D.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
M-irshall  J.  M.  e.  Aug.  11,  '6i,  des.  Feb.  18,  '63 
McCasland  J.  M.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Mann  Henry,  e.  Aug  «,  '62.  det.  at  m.  o. 
McFall  Daniel,  e.  Aug.  11.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Pepperdine    Thos.  e.   Aug.  11,   '62,  died  at  Union 

City.  Teiri.  Sept.  8,  '62 
Pepi>erdine  Win.  S.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  at  Keokuk, 

la.  Feb.  14.  '63 
Palmer  Benj.  R.  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  died  at  Holly  Springs, 

Dec.  22.  '62 

Reed  R.  J.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Ramsey  Kyle,  e.  Aug.  15,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Skeltori  Thomas,  e.  Ail'.'.  15.  '62 
Seymour  John,  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  in.  o.  .tune  7.  '65 
Seymour  Rich.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Stewart  Brice,  e.  AUK.  11,   '62.  disch.  Jan.  10.   '63. 

disab. 

Too<i  Wiley,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  8,  '65,  Corp. 
Turner  Geo.  W.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Turner  J.  R.  S.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Turner  I.  N.  e,  Au<;.  15,  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
VanWinckleB.  C.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  died  at  Mound  City, 

Dec.  21.  '62 

VanCill  A.  J.  e,  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65.  Corn. 
Wright  J.  W.  e.  Aug.   6,   '62,  killed  at  Peach  Tree 

Creek,  July  20,   64 

Wright  J.  B.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Wood  J.  W.e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 

RECRUITS. 

Brice  James,  tlis^h.  Jane  20,  '63,  disab. 
Brown  Jethro,  died  at  Mound  City,  Dec,.  16,  '63 
Carev  Geo.  killed  near  Dallas,  Ga.  May  25,  '64 
Fanning  J.  W.  des.  Feb.  16/63 
Fanning  Newton,  des.  May  14,  '63 
Gibson  Alex,  die.l  at  Memphis.  April  1,  '63 
Miles  James,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
McCasland  J.  T.  disch/  Oct.  7,  '64,  disab. 
Pile   er  A.  M.  disch.  March  7, '63.  disab.  1st  Sergt. 
Roberts  Thomas,  disch.  March  20,  '63,  disab. 
Seymour  J.  R.  e.  Sepr.  15,  62,  disch.  Dec.  19,  '64, 

Corp. 

Smith  Win.  F.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Skelton  Thos.  f.  Sept.  15,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Walker  Win.  F.  m.o.  June  7, '65 
Wilson  J.  IJ.  absent,  sick,  at  in.  o. 
Wright  Wm.  C.  disch.  Oct.  29.  '64.  Sergt.  disab. 
Weatherford  Jonah,  e.  Sept.  10.  '62,  disch.  Oct.  25, 

'64,  disab. 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


459 


COMPANY    I. 

Capt.  John  A.  Lightfoot,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  April 

Capt.   Frank    Hilligass,  rank  April   28,   '64,   m.    o. 

June  7,  '65 
First   Lieut.   Fred  E.  Shafer,  rank  Sept  2,  '62.  res. 

Jan.  1  6,  '64 

First  Li>-ut.  Frank'Hilligass,  rank  Jan  16, '64,  pro. 
First  Ueiit.  Theop.  Ayers,  rank  April  28,  '64,  in.  o. 

June 7,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Tlios.  M.  Guy,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res. 

July  15,   63 

First  Sergt.  Kra-ik  Hilligass.  e.  July  22.  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  Isaiah  W.  Strawn.e.  July  22,  '62,  tiled  at  Ben- 
ion  15 1 r racks,  June  24  '63 
Sergt.  Theop.  Riuaby,  e.  July  28,  '62.  d  sch.  Oct.  29, 

'64    disab. 

Sernt.  Theop.  Ayers,  e.  July  24,  '62.  pro. 
Serge.  John  Butcher,  e.  July  30,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, '65, 

Sergt. 
Corp.  Bartholomew  Bradley,  e.  July  28,  '62,  dlsch. 

June- 9.  '63,  Sergt.  disab. 
Cori>.  John  L.  Douglass,  e.  July  22,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7, 

'65.  Sergt. 
Corp. . I. HUBS  Creese,  e.  July  26,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 
Corp.  H.  H.  Massey,  e.  July  26,  '62,  dlsch  June  17. 

'63.  dlsal). 
Corp.  Ira  M.  Angels,  e.  July  23,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Seigt. 
Corp.  J.  A.  Hargrove,  e.  July  26,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7, '65, 

disab. 

Corp.  G-o.  \V.  Poilgitr.  e.  Aug.  1,  62,  pro. 
C -rp.  S.  H.  Craven,  e.  July  28,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Musician  John  Bean,  e.  July  28, '62,  (lied  at  Bentou 

Barracks,  March  17.  '63 
Musician  John  Hargraves,  e.    July  28,  '62,   disch. 

March  26,  '63,  disab. 

PRIVATES. 

Alford  John  W.  e.  July  26,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Allmou  John  M.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  (lied  at  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.  Dec.  26.  '62 

Berry  Julius,  e,  July  22,  '62.  in.  o.  June?.  '65, 
liunlslll  John,  e.  Aug.  2.  '62,  m.  o.  Junu  7,  '65,  Corp. 
Burdsill  James,  e.  Aug.  2.  '62,  disch.  Jan.  14,  '63, 

disal). 

Bradley  James,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Cole  \Vm.  e.  July  28.  *62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65,  Corp. 
Crouse  Morgan. e.  July  28,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Cowell  John.  e.  Aug.  1.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65,  Corp. 
O>nnan  Henry,  e.  J  illy  29.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Cook  Wm.  e.  July  28.  '62 
Grouse  Alex.  e.  Aug.  4,  '62,  kid.  New  Hope  church, 

May  25.  '64 

Carter  Joshua,  e.  Aug.  4, '63,  disch.  Xov.  6,'63,disab. 
DiKes  John,  e.  July  28  '62 
Kdwards  A.  T.  e.  Aug.  18,  '62 
Fresher  Henry,  e.  July  23,  '62,  died.  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.,  Dec.  18,  '62 
Fox  Elisha  T.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  absent,  wounded  at 

in.  o. 
Groves  S.  C.  e.  July  27,  '62,  missing  since  Jan.  1, 

'63,  supposed  drowned  at  Memphis 
GinterH.  D.  e.  Aug.  5,  '63.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Goodrich  diaries,  e.  Aug.  6, '62,  disch.  Feb.  9, '63, 

disabled 

Goodrich  Klijaii,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Gunn  'ieo.  M.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  'b5 
Hickox  Albert,  e.  July  22,  '62,  disch.  March  14,  '63, 

disabled 
Hulet  Henry  D.  e.  July  28,  '62,  disch.  March  14,  '63, 

disabled 

Hurt  Tlios.  M.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  dlsch.  Nov.  10,  '64,  dis- 
abled 
Hubble  David,  e.  July  28,  '62,  died.  Holly  Springs, 

Miss.,  Dec.  26,  '62 
Hughes  Robert,  e.  July  28,  '62 
Hickman  Edw.  e.  Aug.  5, '62,  died,  Resaca,  Ga.,  June 

19.  '64,  wounds 

Herron  John,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  of  wounds  receiv- 
ed in  action 
Johnson  L.  L.  e.  July  28,  '62,  disch.  May  13,  '64, 

disabled 

Lazenby  Ch  rles,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Marshal  Henry,  e.  July  29,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Maxtield  W.  H.  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  disch.  April  8,  '63, 

disabled 
McCain  Henry,  e.  July  24,  '62,  disch.  Dec.  20,  '62, 

disabled 
Metcalf  M.  L.  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  23,  '65,  dis 

abled 

Martin  Hiram,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Faisal  H  K.  e.  July  26.  '62,  disch.  Feb.  18,  '65,  dis- 
abled 

Pae  Tlios.  B.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  65 
Patter  John,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Peeker  Robt.  e.  July  24,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Kapp  Win.  B.  e.  July  24,  '62,  disch.  April   11,  '65, 

disabled 

Reynolds  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  1,  '62 
Rumbey  Win.  K  e.  July  28  '61,  absent,  sick,  at  m.o. 


Rose  W.  C.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62 

Rusk  Wm.  e.  Aug.  2.  '62.  disch.  March  14  '63,  disab. 

Sinclair  Peter  A.  e.  Aug.  1,  '62,  pro.  Commissary 

Sergt. 

Scoit  James  H  e.  July  31,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Shields  Peter  B.  e.  Aug.  2  '62.  des.  Jan.  tj,  'K3 
Segar  James  W.  e.  July  26.  '62  disch   Oct.  26.  '64 
S'ory  Jackson,  e.  July  29.  '62,  transf.  to  Inv.  Corps 
Spencer  James,  e.  July  28,  '62.  disch.  July  26,  '64, 

disabled 
Schofield  James,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  March  31,  '63, 

disabled 
Spencer   UenJ.  F.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  June  23,  '63, 

/  <ll.«aM<  d 

Sinclair  H.  C.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Urguhari  Hilton,  e.  Aug.  4.  '62.  disch.  Jan.  12.  '63 
Williams  James  A.  e.  July  28.  '*2.  in.  o.  July  7  '65 
Wattei  son  John  W.  e.  July  28,  '62.  in.  o.  July  7,  '65, 

musician 

Wilson  Thus.  H.  e.  July  30,  '62 

Wai  nee  A.  B.  e.  July  28,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  8,  '64.  dis- 
abled 
Wood   Win.  H.  e.  July  28,  '62,  died,  Nashville,  July 

Walker  Thos.  J.  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  died.  Holly  Springs, 
Dec.  21,  '62 

Will!  ,ms  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  died,  Jacksonville,  Illinois, 
Jan.  31,  '63 

Wade  Isaac  R.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62 

Young  Wm.  A.  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

in.  o. 

•Young  Win.  C.  e.  Julv  28,  '62.  Corp.  died  at  Kings- 
ton, Ga.,  Aug.  1,  '64,  wounds 
RECRUITS. 

Ham  Geo.  e.  Dec.  10,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  I.  16th  Illi- 
nois Inf. 

Lindsey  Win.  D.  e.  July  29.  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 
m..o. 

McDonald  John,  died,  Morgan    County.    Illinois, 
April  8.  '63 

Patterson  L.  A.  absent,  wounded,  at  m.  o. 

Phillips  U.   H.  e.  Dec.  10,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  I.  16th 
Illinois  Inf. 

Saunders  Burr.  e.  Oct.  28,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  I.  16th 
Illinois  Inf. 

Spencer  M.  W.  e.  Dec.  29,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  I.  16th 
Illinois  Inf. 

COMPANY    K. 

Capr.  Sylvester  A.  Moore,    rank    Sept.  3,  '62,  pro. 

Capt.  Win.  D.  Clark,  rank  Aprii  11,  '65,  hon.  disch. 

May  15,  '65 

First  Lieut.  Tlios.  B.  O'Rear,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  re- 
signed Aprils,  '64 

First  Lieut.  Win.  D.  Clark,  rank  April  3,  '64,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Granville  Howe,  rank  April  11,  '65,  m. 

o.  June  7,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  David  B.  Henderson,  rank  Sept.  2, '62, 

resigned  Jan.  17,  '63 
First  Sergt.  Win.  D.  Clark,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  pro.  First 

Lieut. 

Sergt.  G.  L.  Howe,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  pro. 
Sergt.  H.  M.  Anderson,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7, 

^65,  First  Sergt. 
Sergt.  Nicholas  II.  Holiday,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June 

7,  '65,  Fitst  Sergt. 
Seigt.  Geo.  Howe,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

First  Sergt. 
Corp.    Edw.  F.  Coker,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o,  June  7, 

'65,  Sergt 
Corp.  James  Shue,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65, 

Sergt. 
Corp.  Wm.  Wagoner,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  dlsch.  June  23, 

'63,  disabled 
Corp.    Henry  D.  Moore,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  Feb. 

28,  '63 
Corp.  Henry  M.  Toomey.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.o.  June 

Corp.  David  Dinwiddie,  e.  Aug.  7,  65,  disch.  Oct 


rp.  David   Dinwi 
21,  '63,  disabled 


Corp.  R.    M.  Shepherd,  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  m.  o.  June 
7, '65 

PRIVATES. 

Arthur  Samuel,  e.  Aug,  7,  '62.  died  June  24,  '63 
Allis  Richard  T.  e.  Aug.  11.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Bnrneit  Asham,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Boring  Wm.  L.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Boring  Lafayette,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  65 
Biggs  Win.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  disch.  July  5,  '64,  disab. 
Biggs  Tlios.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Bradway  James,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Boyer  Jas.  T.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,    disch.  Feb.  6,  '63,  dis- 
abled 

Buck  Albert,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  m.o.  June  7.  '65 
Cully  O.  H.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65.  Corp. 
Cully  J.  M.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  disch.  May  28.  '64.  disab. 
Clark  E,  M.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Collins   Jesse,    e,    Aug.  7,    '62,   died    at   Memphis, 

March  27,  '63 
Clancy  James,  e,  Aug.  7, '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65,  Corp. 


460 


MORGAN   COUNTY    WAR    RECORD. 


Cox  Augustus,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  .Tune  7,  '65 
Church  Tlios.  E.  e.  Aug.  7/62,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
CokerTlios.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  dtsch.  May,  '63,  disab. 
Coker  Rii;h.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 
Coker  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Cassin  Timothy,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  absent,  wounded,  at 

in.  o. 

Dailey  Israel,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  discli.  Feb.  8,  '63,  dis- 
abled 

Daniels  John  VV.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Duling  Anderson,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Deweese  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  G. 
Dcwcese  Win.  M.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  transf.  to.  Co,  G. 
Evans  Wm.  e.  Aus*.  7,  '62,  died  Chickasaw  Landing. 

Miss.,  July  4.  '63 
Evans  John,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C.  Aug. 

12,  '64 
Fozzart  J.  B.  e.   Aug.  7,  '62,  died,  Bridgeport.  Ala., 

May  3,  '64 

Filson  Younger,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Filson  John,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Greene  Marshal,  e.  Aug.  22,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Hong  R.  M.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  accidentally  killed,  Oct. 

31,  '64 
Heddeniierg  Edw.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  absent,  sick,  at  in, 

o.  of  Regt. 

Hardin  Mordecai,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  des.  Oct.  24,  '62 
Hickinan  John  T.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Jackson  Silas,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  24,  '65.  was 

pro. 

Jewsbn 1  y  E.  C.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Knonse   Win.  e.  Aug.   7,  '62,  died,  Vicksburg,  July 

17, '63 

Kiionse  Theo.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Ki -arney  Kranklin,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Lamb  Lafayette,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  in.  o.  June?,  '65 
Ltul  wig  John,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  Nov.  12,  '63,  disa- 
bled 

Moore  C.  A.  e.  Aug.  22.  '62,  disch.  June  8,  '64,  disab. 
fierce  Wm.  T.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  24,  '65.  was 

pro. 
Robinson  J.  L.  e.  Aug.   7,  '62,  discli.  June  16,  63, 

disab. 
Robinson  H.  B.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  April  15,  '63, 

disab. 
Randsall  John  P.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  disch.  Nov.  20,  '63, 

disab. 
Shepherd  J.  W.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  died.  Memphis,   May 

4,  '63 
Shutf  Ervin,  •  Aug.  7,  '62,  died,  VicKsburg,  July  18, 

•63 
Smedley  Henry,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  killed  near  Dallas.Ga. 

May  25,  '64 

Sparks  Royal,  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  in.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Smith  James  W.  e.  Aug.  22, '62,  died,  Holly  Springs, 

Dec.  21,  '62 
Thomas  T.  J.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  died,  Memphis,  Feb.  9, 

'63 
Thompson  Henry,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  transf.  to  V.  R.  C. 

June  18,  '63 

Till  Wm.  J.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7.  '65 
Tindall  Robt.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62.  m.o.  June  7,  '65 
Waters  James,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  in.  o.  June  7.  '65 

RECRUIT. 
Tiff  James  R.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64.  transf.  to  Co.  I,  16th  111. 

Inf. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 

Jackson  Jahue,  e.  Mar.  10,  '65,  died,  Camp  Butler, 

Ills. 
Stoney  M.  P. 

ONE   HUNDRED   AND   FIFTH   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    C. 

First  Sergt.  John  W.  Barst,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62    pro. 
COMPANY    G. 

Capt.  John  B.  Nash,  rank,  Sept.  22,  '62,  res.  July  17, 

'64 
Second  Lieut.  Hiram  S.  Harrington,  rank  Dec.  24, 

'62,  res.  Aug.  2.  '63 

First  Sergt.  H.  S.  Harrington,  e.  Aug.  8.  '62.  pro. 
.Sergt.  John  M.  Shoemaker,  e.  Aug.  8.  '62,  disch.  for 

pro.  as  First  Lieut,  in  the  U.  S.  Col.  T.  June  27, 

'64 
Corp.  John  Fox,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  disch.  March  17/63, 

disab. 
Corp.  Barker  M.  Banks,  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7. 

'65,  Sergt.  wounded 

PRIVATES. 
r.anks  B.  F.  e.   Aug.  12,   '62,  disch.  April  10,   '65, 

wounds 
IJennett  Wm.  S.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  died,  Gallatin,  Tenn. 

Marcli  24,  '63 
Caspares  N.  S.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  died,  Nashville.  Tenn. 

June  10.  '63 
Cline  Henry,  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  diod,  Gallatin,  Tenn., 

L)GC  2)2  *62 
Dean  Franklin,  e.  Aug.  8,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 


Fritz  Christopher,  e.  Aug.  8.  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Foss  Wm.  L.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  killed  near  Atlanta,  Ga., 

Aug.  16,  '64 
Gorliam  Dunford,  e.  Aug.  11.  '62,  died,  Nashville, 

Jan.  18,  '64 
Jones  F.    A.   e.   Aug.   10,   '62,    m.  o.    June  7,    '65, 

wounds 
Lusher  Anstice,  e.  Aug.  12/62,died,  Bowling  Green, 

Ky.,  Nov.  22,  '62 

ML»OM  C.  P.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Mack  Franklin,  e.  Aug.  10,  '62,  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Strum  C.  A.  e.  Aug.  7/62,  m.  o.  June  7/65, wounded 
Southard  D.  R.  e.    Aug.   10,  '62,  des.  Oct.  29,  '62, 

since  enl.  14th  111.  Cav. 

Thomas  D.  E.  e.  Aug.  15.  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 
Wylde  Thos.  W.  e.  Aug.  7.  '62,  disch.  March  17,  '63, 

disab. 
Wylde  Herman,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.  m.  o.  June  7,  '65 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTEENTH  IN- 
FANTRY. 

RECRUITS. 
Button  Watson,  e.  Feb.  28,  '63,  disch.  Feb.  8,  '65, 

disab. 
Barrow  John  F.  e.  Nov.  20,  '63,  transf.  to  120th  111. 

Inf. 
Newland  Samuel,  e.  Dec.  5,  '63,  transf.  to  120th  111. 

Inf. 
Mull-ns  Wm.  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  died,  Andersonville 

Pris.  in  1864 

JacKson  Milton,  e.  Aug.  18,  '64,  m.  o.  June  20,  '65 
O'Hara  James,  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  des.  June  8,  '64 
Shepherd  Moses,  e.  Nov.  24,  '63,  transf.  to  120th  111. 

Inf. 
Shepherd  Thomas,  e.  Nov.  25,  '63,  transf.  to  120th 

111.   Inf. 

COMPANY    F. 

PRIVATES. 
Clements  Noble,  e.  Aug,  12,  '62,  disch.  May  20,  '63, 

disab. 
Hawks  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  disch.  March  16,  '63, 

disab. 
Leatherman  Abraham,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

20,  '65,  Corp. 
Petticoi'd  Lewis,  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  20,  '65, 

Corp. 

Pugh  Wm.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  In.  o.  June  20,  '65,  Corp. 
Phelps  C.   H.  e.   Aug.  12,  '62,   discli.  May  22,  '63, 

disab. 

Torbett  Thaddeus.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  20,  '65 
Whiteman  J.  A.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  died,  St.  Louis,  July 

7,  '63 

RECRUITS. 
Fagan  Robt.  D.  or  A.  e.  Jan.  13,  '65,  transf.  to  120th 

111.  Inf. 

Whitten  Pleasant,  e.  Dec.  24,  '63,  m.  o.  June  28,  '65 
COMPANY  I. 

RECRUITS. 

Goodsen  Win.  S.  e.  April  1/65 , trans,  to  120th  Ill.Inf. 
Morgan  B.  P.  e.  April  7,  '65,  trans,  to  120th  111.  Inf. 
Treadway  A.  M.  e.  Jan.  15,  '64,  trans,  to  120th  111. 

Inf. 

COMPANY  K. 

RECRUITS. 
Culver  Horatio,  e.  Oct.  19,  '63,  died  at  Mound  City 

Jan.  5.  '65 
Elliott  Thomas,  e.  Dec.  24,  '63,  discli.  May  25,  '65,  of 

wounds 
Smith  Joseph,  trans,  to  120th  111.  Inf. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 
Bain  D.  F.  M.  e.  April  1,  '65 
Lanegan  Francis,  e.  Dec.  21,63,  trans,  to  Co.  F.  120th 

111.  Inf. 
Wilson  John,  e.  Dec.  24,  '63 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTEENTH  INFAN- 
TRY. 

Lieut.  Col.  Wm.  Kinman,  rank  Sept.  13,  '62,  kid.  in 
batUe  Sept.  20,  '63 

NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 
Sergt.  Major  James  Coffin,  e.  Aug.  14/62,  in.  o.  June 
11,  '65 

COMPANY  JD. 

Musician  Jas.  M.  Huckstep,  e.  July  21,  '62,  m.  o. 
May  29,  '65,  as  private 

COMPANY  I. 
Capt.  Simon  P.Newman,  rank  Sept.  13/62,  res.March 

^4,  '63 

Capt.  Cyrus  L.  Kinman,  rank  March  24,  '63,  res.  Oct. 
19,  '63 


MORGAN   COUNTY    WAR    RECORD. 


461 


Capt.  James  A.  Rutherford,  rank  Oct.  19,  '63,  m.  o. 

.June  11,  '65 
First  Lieut.  James  S.  Samuels,  rank  Sept.  13,  '62, 

res.  March  23.  '63 
First  Lieut.  John  A.  Rutherford,  rank  March  23, '63, 

pro. 
Fir>r  Lieut  Spencer  P.  Compton,  rank  Oct.  19, '63, 

assigned  to  U.  S.  V.  V.  E.  Aug.  4.  '64 
First  Lieut.  Geo.  H.  Dunavau,  rauk  Aug.  4,'64,  m.  o. 

June  11,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  Cyrus  L.  Rinman,  rank  Sept.  13,  '63, 

pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Spencer  P.  Compton,  rank  March  24, 

'63,  pro. 

First  Sttigt.  L.  C.  Ebey,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch. 
Sergt.  J.  A.  Rutherford,  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  pro. 
.Sergt.  A.  A.  Braden.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62.  in.  o.  May  22, '65 
Sergt.  G.  H.  Dunaven.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  pro. 
Cor]>.  Joliti  W.  Samuels,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  Sergt.  des. 

Jan.  24, '63 
Corp.  Samuel  Maddox,  e.  Aug.  11, '62,  in.  o.  June  11, 

'65.  pro. 
Corp.  Tlios.  D.  Chapman,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  trans  to  Co. 

A.  21st  111.  Inf. 
Corp.  Wallace  Sawyer,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11, 

'65.  as  Sergt. 

Corp.  S.  P.  Compton.  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  pro.  2d  Lieut 
Corp.  J.  J.  Masterson,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  2, 

'63,  disabled 
Musician  James  Coffin,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  pro.  Sergt. 

Major 
Musician  Samuel  Metcalf,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June 

11,  '65,  was  pris. 
Wagoner  John  Clark,  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  des.  Jan.  24/63 

PRIVATES. 

Allen  John,  e.  Aug.  14, '62,  disch.  Feb.  2,'63,  as  Corp. 

disabled 
Angel  David,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65,  was 

pris. 
Boyd  James,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  died  Richmond,  Ky. 

Dec.  2,  '62 
Brulgman  Henry,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65, 

as  Corp. 

Burris  Wilson,  e.  Aug.  16,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Burrus  G.  W.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  disch.  Marcn  19,  '63, 

as  Corp.  disabled 
Brown  J.  R.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

Cline  Robt.  e.  Aug.  14  '62.  m.  o.  June  11.  '65,  Corp. 
Kads  Win.  W.  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65, 
Emerlck  L./e.  Aug.  12,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Kinney  B.  F.  e.  Aug.  14,  'b2.  in.  o.  June  11, '65,  Sergt. 
Gilliland  A.  B.  C.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Gilliland  A.  J.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Ghorm  G.  M.  e.  Aug.  9.'  62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Grady  J.  H.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62.  disch.  May  29,  '65.  disab. 
Giger  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62,  in.  o.  June  11.  '65 
HiTlig  F.A.  e.  Aug.  14/62.  wounded  at  Chickamauga, 

trans,  to  V.  R.  C.  April  10,  '64 

Hoagland  Cornelius,  e.  Aug.  13,'62,  m.o.  June  11, '65 
Hit'gs  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  6, '62,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 

March  21,  '64 
Gordon  H.  B.  e.  Aug.  13,'62,  died  at  Nashville. Tenn. 

March  5.  '63 

Jackson  Tlios.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Jackson  Thomas  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  kid.  at  Chicka- 
mauga, Sept.  20,  '63 
Jackson  Elijah  e.  Aug.  '62.  wounded,  missing  at 

Chickamauga.  Sept.  20,  '63 
James  Geo.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65 
James  G.  W.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11.  '65 
Klaffey  Win.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Franklin,  Tenn. 

April  20,  '63 
Lusk  M.  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  Corp.  trans,  to  Eng.  C. 

Aug.  15,  '64 
Long  John,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  Franklin,  Tenn.  May 

20.  '63 
Long  Milton,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  disch.  April  21,  '63, 

disabled 

Long  T.  J.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62.  m.  o.  June  11,  '63 
Mays  Robt.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62.  disch.  Sept.  1,  '63,  disab. 
.Mays  Charles,  e.  Aug.  14.  '62,  disch  April  5,'63,disab. 
Mullens  Win.  J.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65,  as 

Sergt. 

Morgan  H.  W.  e.  Aug.  14.  '62,  Corp.  trans,  to  V.  R  C. 
Moon  Eilw.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62, disch.  April  4, '63,  to  enl. 

Miss.  Mar.  Brig. 
Major  Samuel,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  died  at  Richmond, 

Ky.  Nov.  24.  '62 
Mason  Henry,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Louisville,  Ky. 

Feb.  4,  '63 

Naylor  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  1 1.  '65 
Pitner  L.  N.  e.  Aug,  13,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11.  '65 
Farmer  Jas.  A.  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Rhes  Win.  e.  Aug.  14, '62,  died  at  Danville,  Ivy.  June 

24,  '63 

Roberts  J.  J.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Rahu  John,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  disch.  April  5,  '63.  disab. 
Samuels  T.  O.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Shepherd  T.  W.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62.  died  in  rebel  prison 

at  Danville.  Ky.  Dec.  18,  '63 


Smith  C.  L.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62.  m.  o.  June  11.  '65 
Slatton  J.  T.  e.  Aug.  12,  '62.   missing  in  action  at 

Chickamauira,  Sept.  20.  '63 

Sinclair  Robt.  W.  e.  Aug.  13.'62.  absent,  sick,  at  in.o. 
Vancleve  P.  L.  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Webster  Daniel,  e.  Aug.  14.  '62,  in.  o.  Juiu-  11.  '65 
Wilday  John,  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65 
Wllday  Win.  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  in.  o.  June  11,  '65  as 

Corp. 
Williamson  W.  J.  e.  Aug.  11,  '62,  m.  o.  June  11,  '65, 

as  Corp. 

RECRUITS 
Klnman  N.  B.  e.  Aug.  6.  '64,  died  at  Huntsvills,  Ala. 

^Feb.  24.  '65 
Vaucleve  Geo.  e.  Aug.  4,  '64,  m,  o.  June  11,  '65 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SEVENTEENTH   IN- 
FANTRY. 

Llndley  C.  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  died  at  Memphis,  May 
5,  '64 


ONE    HUNDRED    AND    EIGHTEENTH    IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY  D. 

PRIVATE. 
Donnan  Wm.  e.  Aug.  15,  '62,  m.  o.  Oct.  1,  '65. 


ONE    HUNDRED   AND    NINETEENTH    IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATE. 

Williamson  Richard  M.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  transf.  to 
Co.  D. 


ONE    HUNDRED  AND   TWENTY  -  SECOND 
INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  B. 

Corp.  David  Mansfield,  e.  Aug.  13.  '62,  m.  o.  July 
15,  '65  as  Sergt. 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH  IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY  D. 

Wagoner  Saml.  W.  Horton,  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  absent  in 
conflnemt.  by  sentence  of  G.  C.  M. 

RECRUIT. 
Gower  Eli,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  May  31,  '65. 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-NINTH  IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY   F. 

PRIVATES. 
Peak  Jacob  H.  e.  Aug.  14,  '62,  m.  o.  June  8,  '65,  as 

Sergt. 
Villett  Win.  e.  Aug.  13,  '62,  m.  o.  June  8,  '65. 

COMPANY  G. 
Capt.  John  B.  Nash,  rank  Sept.  2,  '62,  res.  July  17, 

'64. 

Second  Lieut.  Hiram  S.  Harrington,  rank  Sept.  24, 
'62,  res.  Aug.  2.  '63. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Chapm  Mahlon  B.  e.  Feb.  11,  '64. 


ONE    HUNDRED    AND    THIRTIETH    IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY  F. 

PRIVATE. 

Wood  Geo.  G.  e.  Aug.  7,  '62,  died  at  Memphis,  Dec. 
15,  '62. 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTY-THIRD  IN 
FANTRY. 

Major  James  F.  Longley,  rank  May  31,  '64,  m.  o. 
Sept.  24,  '64. 


462 


MOKGAN   COUNTY   WAR   KECOKD. 


COMPANY  B. 

Capt.  George  W.  Smith,  rank  May  31,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 

24,  '64. 
First  Lieut.  Win.  H.  Corcoran,  rank  May  31,  '64,  m. 

o.  Sept.  24,  '64. 
Second  Lieut.  Charles  H.  Ayres,  rank  May  31,  '64, 

m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64. 
First  Sergt.  C.  H.  Graves,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 

24,  '64. 
Sergt.  G.  O.  Rutledge,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m  o.  Sept.  24, 

'64. 

Sergt.  C.  E.  Goodrich,  e.  May  2, '64,  m.  o,  Sept.  24,  '64 
Sergt.  J.  Selby.  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64, 
Sergt.  Caleb  Ducket,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Cori).  James  T.  Smith,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24, 

'64. 

Corp.  David  Wilson,  e.  May  2, '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Corp.  Denby  Scott,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Corp.  G.  A.  Henderson,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24, 

'64. 
Corp.  Daniel  Spamhoward,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 

24.  '64. 

Corp.  George  Brown,  e.  May  2, '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Corp.  George  W.  Fox,  e.  May  2. '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Anderson  Daniel  S.  e.  May  2,  '64,  died  at  Rock  Is- 
land. Sept.  6,  '64 

Bybe  Win.  e.  May  -2.  '64.  m.  o.  Sent.  24,  '64 
Berry  Riley,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Cash  James,  e.  May  2.  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Coonrod  Peter,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Crooks  James,  e.  May  2.  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Corral  John.  e.  May  2,  '64,  des.  July  24,  '64 
Cavajiaugh  Peter  w.  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Coyne  John,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Defratus  Antone.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Dickens  James  T.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Ethel  Hiram,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Edds  John  T.  e.  May  14.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Fitzgerald  Patrick,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Furgisoii  John,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Gray  Stephen,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Grant  John,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Gordon  Leonard,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Gragon  John,  e.  M  ly  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Green  Benj.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Harrison  Win.  e.  May  2,  '64.  m,  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Heudersou  Amos,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Howard  Alex.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Jones  Jesse  J.  e.  May  2.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Johnston  Jonathan,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,''64 
Killman  Jolin  L.  e.  May  2.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Kindel  Frank,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Lills  Martin,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Lomllend  Antone,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Long  John  F.  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Lewis  Isaac  I),  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Lewis  George,  e.  May  2.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Laycon  Harmon  D.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sepr,  24,  '64 
Laughliu  Patrick,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Marshal  Joseph  G.  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Mitcliell  Wm.  B.  e.  May  2.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
McBride  John,  e.  May  2.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Middleton  Jolin,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Marks  Antoneo,  e.  May  2.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
McPliersou  Pimlad,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
McGlonghlin  Peter,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Madox  Lewis,  e.  May  2.  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
McFadin  James,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24  '64 
Masterson  Jeremiah,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '6 
Newman  Jesse,  e.  Mav  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
O'Keiss  Patrick,  P.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Pierce  Joseph,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Ryan  Thomas,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Ransom  George,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Sampold  Edward,  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Smith  Julius  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Salsburg  Joseph,  e.  May  2,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Thompson  Chas.  J.  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Thomas  Isaac  W.  e.  May  12,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Temple  Marshall  A.  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,' '64 
Virgnart  George,  e.  Mav  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Vance  John,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Varny  John,  e.  May  2,  '64,  absent,  sick,    at  m.  o.  of 

Regt. 

Weathless  Mitten,  e.  May  2,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Walcliam  John,  e.  May  2.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Wat-slow  Edward  B.  e.  May  2,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Willoughby  Skelton.  e.  M;iy  2,  '64,  m.o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Young  Willard.  e.  May  2,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTY-THIRD  (100 
days)   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

PRIVATES. 

Barrowman  Alex.  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24.  '64 
Lomrfield  Saml.  e.  May  11.  '64,  in.  o.  Sepr.  24,  '64 
McCorinick  Duncan,  e.  May  17,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 


Parish  William,  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 
Peacock  Gordon,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24  '64 


ONE,  HUNDRED    AND    THIRTY-FOURTH 
INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    D. 

PRIVATE. 
Stephens  Joseph  S.  e.  May  14,  '64,  m.  o.  Oct.  25,  '64 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND    THIRTY-FIFTH    IN- 
FANTRY. 

COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATE. 
Mauzy  James  B.  e.  May  8,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  28,  '64 


ONE    HUNDRED  AND   THIRTY-SEVENTH 
(100  Days)   INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    E. 

Sergt.  John  Davis,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  June  30,  '65> 
private,  pris.  war 

PRIVATE. 
Cannon  James  G.  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  24,  '64 

ONE  HUNDED  AND  FORTIETH  (100  Days) 
INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    E. 

PRIVATE. 
Clisbee  James  N.  e.  May  16,  '64,  m.  o.  Oct.  29,  '64 


ONE     HUNDRED     AND     FORTY-FOURTH 
(One  Year)  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

Second  Lieut.  Malcolm  Tunstall,  rank  May  29,  '  65 

m.  o.  July  14,  '65 

PRIVATES. 

Penn  Joseph  F.  e.  Nov.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65. 
Smith  Saml.  T.  e.  Nov.  10,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Tunstall  Malcolm,  e.  Nov.  10,  '64,  pro.  Sergt.  then 

Second  Lieut. 

RECRUIT. 
Abner  Andrew,  e.  Nov.  14,  '64,  dishon.  disch.  Sept. 

4, '65 


ONE    HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-FIFTH  (100 
Days)  INFANTRY. 

Lient.  Col.  Rufus  C.  Crampton,  rank  June  9,  '64,  m. 

o.  Sept.  23,  '64 

NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 
Sergt.  Major  James  A.  Brown,  e.  June  9,  '64,  m.  o. 

Sept.  23,  '64 

COMPANY    C. 
Capt.  Geo.  R.  Bibb,  rank,  June  9,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23 

'64 
First  Lieut.  John  P.  Cowdin,  rank  June  9,  '64,  m.  o. 

Sept.  23,  '64 
Second  Lieut.  Martin  V.  B.  Parker,  rank  June  9,  '64, 

in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
First  Sergt.  William  T.  Masters,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o. 

Sept.  23, -'64 
Sergt.  Chas.  A.  Turner,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

Sergt.  James  A.  Brown,  e.  May  7,  '64,  pro.  Sergt. 

Major 
Sergr.  Henry  B.  Shirley,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

'64 
Sergt.  Wm.  H.  Pilchen,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

'64 
Corp.  Truman  O.  Douglass,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 

23,  '64 

Corp.  Thos.  J.  Pitner,  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Corp.  Wm.  Henry,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Corp.  Mart  n  H.  Cassell,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

'64.  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  John  T.  Smedley,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

Corp.  Wm.  Wetherbee,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 
'64 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR    RECORD. 


463 


Corp.  Eli  B.  Hamilton,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

'64 
Corp.  Albert  Hanback,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23, 

PRIVATES. 

Atkinson  Win.  H.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Anstiff  Geo.  D.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept,  23,  '64 
Bevmer  John  H.  e.  May  16,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Bibb  Henry  O.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Bickford  Chas.  S.  e.  May  7.  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
UroadwHI  Chas.  E.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Brownfield  Francis  S.  e.  Slay  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23, 

•a  A 


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Crabtree  James  W.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Craig  Thomas  P.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Ciirts  J   cob  F.  e.  May  7.  '64  in.  o.  Sept.  23  '64 
Cutler  Wm.  A.  e.  May  7,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Davis  Jonathan,  e.May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
DeMoiteMcKendree,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Dickenson  Fred.  W.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  13,  '64 
Dix  Thomas,  e.  May  20,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Dyer  John  C.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Duncan  John,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept,  23,  '64 
Elliott  John,  e.  May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Gledhill  John.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Hedlnberg  Cadmus,  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Henry  Charles  E.  e.  May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Hillerby  Geor.ge.  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Hockmg  Fred.  G.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Holman  Albert  A.  e.  May  7.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Hes  Walton  S.  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Jelt'ere  John.  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Jordan  Hanlin  G.  e.  M  >y  31,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Kennedy  Wiley  P.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Kerr  Geo.  e.  May  16.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
King  David,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Lutieral  Isaac  N.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept,  23,  '64 


tn.c.uonaui  win.  e.  may  t.  'ot,  in.  o.  oepu  xa,  o* 
McLaughlin  Win.  e.  May  7.  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Metcalf  Hiram  B.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Metealf  John  H.  e.  May  1.  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Miller  David,  e.  Mav  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Mildon  Elijah  F.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Murray  Win.  S.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Ogle  John  B.  e.  May  7.  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Osborn  John  T.  e.  May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Orvis  Clarkson  F.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Paige  Aaron  S.  e.  May  7,  '64.  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Read  James  H.  e.  May  7.  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Scott  Ezra  C.  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  64 
Smith  Frank  M.  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  64 
Smith  John  L.  e.  May  25.  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Smith  Galder,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Smith  Asa  W.  e.  June  1, '64,  m.  o.  Sept. 23. '64 
Sibert  Milton,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Stevenson  Joseph  B.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Stevenson  Henry  S.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Taukesley  Win.  H.  e.  May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
TindnJl  Jacob,  e.  May  7,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Updike  George  W.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Van  Clay  M.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in .  o.  Sept.  ~3,  '64 
Watson  Nicholas  T.  e.  May  7,  '64.  in.  o.  Sept,  23,  '64 
Williams  Anderson,  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sepr,  23,  '64 
Williiiins  Edw.  H.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23.  '64 
Wilson  John,  e.  May  30,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
Wyatt  Edw.  L.  e.  May  7,  '64,  in.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 
COMPANY  E. 

PRIVATE. 
Henderson  Thomas,  e.  May  2,  '64,  m.  o.  Sept.  23,  '64 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-SIXTH  (One 
Year)  INFANTRY. 

COMPANY  G. 

PRIVATES. 

Daniel  Joseph  G.  e.  Sept.  12,  '64,  m.  o.  July  8,  '65 
Risk  James  e.  Sept.  5.  '64.  in.  o.  July  8,  '65 
Short  Samuel,  e.  Sept.  12,  '64,  m.  o.  July  8, '65,  as 
musician 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-NINTH 
INFANTRY. 

Major  Moses  M.  Warner,  rank  Feb.  11,  '65,  m.  o. 

Jan.  27,  '66 

COMPANY  G. 
Caps.  Win.  W.  Standgage,  rauk  Feb.  13,  '65,  in.  o. 

Jan.  27. '66 


PRIVATES. 

Burke  John,  e.  Jan.  30.  '65.  des.  Feb.  14,  '65 
Bailey  John,  e.  Feb.  8,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  12,  '65 
•Brown  Peter,  e.  Jan.  30.  '65,  des.  Sept.  25,  '65,  second 

desertion 

Cox  James  P.  e.  Jan.  30.  '65.  m.  o.  Jan.  27.  '66 
Drew  Warner,  e.  Jan.  30,  '65,  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Fasnacht  James,  e.  Jan.  30.  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Groves  Charles,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  des.  Feb.  14,  '65 
Hubbs  Win.  B.  e.  Feb.  4,  '65,  des.  Feb.  14,  '65 
Horan  Peter,  e.  Feb.  6,  '65,  died  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 

April  10,  '65 

Hunt  Albert,  e.  Feb.  4,  '65,  m.  o.  Aug.  21.  '65 
Igoe  Joseph,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  des.  Feb.  14,  '65 
Jackson  Atwell,  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  des.  Marcli  15.  '65 
Kinlson  Laraine,  e.  Feb.  4.  '65,  des.  Aug.  8,  '65 
Murray  John,  e.  Jan.  30,  '65,  des.  Feb.  15,  '65 
Padget  Frank,  e.  Jan.  31,  '65,  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66.  as 

Corp. 

Parker  John,  e.  Feb.  7,  '65.  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Roberts  Wm.  e.  Jan.  30,  '65.  des.  July  21,  '65 
Rodinger  John,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65.  des.  Feb.  15,  '65 
Robinson  John,  e.  Jan.  31.  '65,  des.  Feb.  14.  '65 
Scott  Charles  E.  e.  Jan.  30.  '65.  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
SturgisJohn  R.  e.  Jan.  31,  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Stall  George,  e.  Feb.  7.  '65.  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Tackett  Charles,  e.  Feb.  7,  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27.  '66,  as 

Sergt. 

Wallace  Wm.  e.  Feb.  7.  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27.  '66 
Welch  Daniel,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  in.  o.  June  3.  '65.  in.  o. 

roll  says  died  at  Cleveland,  Tenn.,  March  17,  '65 
Wilson  Win.  e.  Feb.  2.  '65.  des.  Feb.  14.  '65 
Walch  Wm.  e.  Jan.  27.  '65,  des.  Feb.  15,  '65 
Whiteinan  Henry,  e.  Feb.  7.  '65,  des.  July  21,  '65 

COMPANY  I. 

Corp  Charles  Wertinger,  e.  Feb.  2, '65.  des.Feb.16. '65 
Musician  Theoclete  Foulboeuf,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  m.  o. 

Jan.  27,  '66 

PRIVATES. 

Foreman  Larkin,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65.  des.  Feb.  16,  '65 
Kunce  Lewis  or  Louis,  e.  Feb.  2.  '65,  in.  o.  Jan. 27,  '66 
Moore  John  W.  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Way  Enoch,  e.  Feb.  3,  '65.  in.  o.  Jan.  27,  '66 
Whalen  John.  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  m.  o.  Jan.  27.  '66 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTIETH  (One  Year) 
INFANTRY. 

First  Asst.  Surgeon  James  G.  Cox,  rank  Aug.  10. 

'65.  m.  o.  Jan.  16,  '66 
Second  Asst.  Surgeon  James  G.  Cox,  rank  Feb.  14, 

'65,  pro. 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND   FIFTY-THIRD  (One 
Year)  INFANTRY/ 

COMPANY    A. 

PRIVATE. 
McCarthy  Joseph,  e.  Feb.  10,  '65.  m.  o.  Aug.  25,  '65 

COMPANY    G. 

Corp.  Edson  E.  Moore,  e.  Feb.  17,  65,  m.  o.  Sept.  21, 
'65 

PRIVATES. 

Edington  James  M.  >'.  Feb.  22,  '65.  m.  Sept,  21,  '65 

Masten  Fred  C.  e.  Feb.  22,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  21, '65 

COMPANY    I. 

PRIVATE. 
Buegle  Geo.  e.  Feb.  26,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  21,  '65 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTY-FOURTH  (One 
Year)    INFANTRY. 

Col.  McLain  F.  Wood,  rank  Feb.  22,  '65,  died  at  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.  Aug.  6,  '65 

NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

Sergt.  Major  Wm.  H.  Dawson,  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 

COMPANY    D. 

PRIVATES. 

Baker  Wm.  D.  e.  Feb.  7,  '65,  in.  o.  Sf-pt.   18.   '65 
Battey  Henrv,  e.   Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.   18, '05 
Fee  Ellis,  e.  Feb.   17,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  18    '65 
Higginson  Sainl.  G.  e,  Feb.  16,  '65.  in.  o.-Sept.  18,  '65 
Herr  David,  e.   Feb.   14.  '66,  in.   o.  Sept,  18.   '65 
Pate  Jerry,  e.  Feb.  14,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept,   18,  '65 
COMPANY    H. 

PRIVATE. 
Greenwood  Joseph,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 


464 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


COMPANY    K. 

Capt.  Wm.  W.  McAllister,  rank  Feb.  22,  '65,  res. 

March  21,  '65 
Capt.  Burton  Brown,  rank  April  25,   '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

18.  '65 

First  Lieut.  Burton  Brown,  rank  Feb.  22,  '65,  pro. 
First  Lieut.  Chauncey  H.  Graves,  rank  April  25,  '65, 

in.  o.  Sept  18,  '65 
Second  Lleuc.  Cuauucey  H.  Graves,  rank  Feb.  22, '65, 

pro. 
Second  Lieut.  Geo.  O.  Rutledge,  rank  April  25, '65,  m. 

o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Sergt.  W.  or.  Henry  C.  Lynch,  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  m.  o. 

July  8,  '65,  as  private 
Sergt.  Win.  orC.  Heideniierg,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o. 

Sept.  18,  '65,  as  Fii  st  Sergt, 
Sergt.  Wm.  J.  Strawn,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18, 

'65.  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  Charles  W.  Roberts,  e.  Feb.  11,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

18  ,'65,  as  Sergt. 
Corp.  Frank  or  S.  J.  Creek,  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

18,  '65,  as  private 
Corp.  Perry  Anderson,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18, 

'65,  as  private 
Corp.  J.  Harkins  or  Hankins,  e.  Feb.  14,  '65,  m.  o. 

Sept.  16,  '65 
Corp.  Henry  Kistenberg,  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

15,  '65,  as  private 
Corp.  Tliomas  M.  Sanders,  e.  Feb.  10,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

18,  '65 
Corp.  Charles  Litton,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18, 

'65.  as  private 
Wagoner  James  Carpenter,   e.   Feb.  11,  '65,  in.  o. 

Sept.  18,  '65,  as  private 

PRIVATES. 

Brown  Burton,  e.  Feb.  6.  '65,  pro.  First  Lieut. 
Brown  Frederick,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65, 

as  Corp. 
Bennett  David  or  Danl.  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  des.  Feb.  22, 

'65 

Buckingham  John,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18.   '65 
Crooks  James,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Campbell  NeillM.  e.  Feb.  16,  '65.  absent,  sick,  at  m. 

o.  of  Regt. 


'65 


Dawson  Wm,  e.  Feb.  6,  '65,  pro.  Sergt.  Major. 
Doty  Tenbrook,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.o.  Sept.  18.  ' 
Foote  Geo.  E.  e.  Feb.  7.  '65  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Griswold  Henry,  e  Feb.  13,  '65,  des.  Feb.  25.  '65, 
Gray  Wm.  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Gleason  Patrick,  e.  Feb.  15,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65, 
Graves  Chauncey  H.  e.  Feb.  16,  '65.  pro.  2nd  Lieut. 
Happy  James  G.  e.  Feb.  17,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Hem  or  Heame  Alfred  A.  e.  Feb.  7,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept. 

18,  '65, 

HalpinJolm,  e.  Feb.  13, '65.  des.  Feb.  25,  '65 
Hatcher  Ambrose,  e.  Feb.  12,  '65,  des.  Feb.  22,  '65 
Hary  or  Harvy  Win.  e.  Feb.  10,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Haiiua  Win.  e.  Feb.  15,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18.  '65 
HaysChas.  H.  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  des.  Feb.  25,  '65.  (See 

Recruits,  Co.  D.) 

Howard  Alex.  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept,  18,  '65 
Kause  Thomas,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  des.  Feb.  25,  '65 
Lewis  James,  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 

March  2,  '65, 

Lewis  Oscar  D.  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Lewis  Geo.  e.  Feb.  18,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65,  as  Corp. 
Martin  John,  e.  Feb.  6,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

Mount  Theo.  e.  Feb.  7.  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Mai  cum  Marvell,  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

McLaughlin  Peter,  e.  Feb.  15,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18.  '65 
Markham  Wm.  J.  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  m.  o.  May  25,  '65 
McAllister  Wm.  W.  e.  Feb.  6.  '65,  pro.  Capt. 
Oakley  Dennis,  e.  h  eb.  13,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Osburn  Calvin,  e.  Feb.  17,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18.  '65 
Pro  Christian,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Piper  Jeremiah,  e.  Feb.  11,  '£5,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

of  Regt. 
Rutledge  Geo.  O.  e.  Feb.  9,  '65,  pro.  First  Sergt.  then 

Second  Lieut. 

Roberts  Francis  M.  e.  Feb.  11.  '65.  in.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Roberts  Andrew  W.  e.  Feb.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Richardson  John,  e.  Feb.  15,  '65.  ni.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 
Simms  or  Simmons  Jos.  e.  Feb. 17,  '65,  cles.  Feb.  22, 

'65 

Sparks  John  W.  e.  Feb.  16.  '65,  disch.  Aug.  23,  '65 
Scott  Thomas,  e.  Feb.  25,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  18.  '65 
Weathers  Milton,  e.  Feb.  6,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  18,  '65 


ONE    HUNDRED  AND    FIFTY-FIFTH   (One 
Year)  INFANTRY. 

Quartermaster  Napoleon  B.  Walker,  rank  Feb.  28, 

'65.  res.  June  4,  '65 
Quartermaster  James  A.  Lyon,  rank  June  14,  '65,  m. 

o.  Sept.  4,  '65 


COMPANY    B. 

PRIVATE. 

Irwin  John.  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
COMPANY  E. 

PRIVATE. 
Trent  Wm.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65,   m.  o.  Sept.  20,  '65.     See 

Co.  G,  140th  111.  Inf. 

COMPANY     F. 

Sergt.  John  C.  Kar.e,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Sergt.  John  N.  Balch.  e.  Jan.  20.  '65,  private,  des. 

March  2,  '65 
Corp.  Jacob  B.  Strickler,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4. 

'65,  as  private 
Corp.  Joshua  Dean,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  July  5,  '65,  as 

private 
Corp.  John  W.  Robinson,  e,  Feb.  24,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  4, 

'65 

PRIVATES. 

ApplegateOscar  A.  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Armstrong  John,  e.  Jan.  20,  '65,  in.  o.  May  24,  '65 
Armstrong  James,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  died  at  Louisville, 

Ky.  April  18,  '65 
Doran  Danl.  E.  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  died  at  Murfreesboro, 

Tenn.  Aug.  14.  '65 

Furgusou  John  R.  e.  Feb.  18,  '65.  m,  o.  June  19.  '65 
Hutzler  David,  e.  Jan.  20,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65,  as 

First  Sergt. 

Lambert  Joshua,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65.  m.  o.  May  11,  '65 
McMormick  R.  F.  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
McCulloch  Silas  W.  e.  Jan.  20,  '65,  des.  Aug.  12, 

'65 

Markley  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  20.  '65,  nt.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Morgan  Edward,  e.  Jan.  18.  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
McDermot  Franklin,  e.  Jan.  18,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4 

'65 

SwailesGeo.  W.  e.  Feb.  24,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4.  '65 
Thorp  Elijah,  e.  Feb.  12,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept,  4,  '65 
COMPANY  H. 

PRIVATES. 

Bryan  Wm.  e.  Feb.  23,  '65,  m.o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Bailey  Lewis,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65,  m.o,  Sept.  4,  '65 
Cash  Fernando  C.  e.  Feb.  13,  '65,  m.o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Eagle  John  T.  e.  Feb.  21.  '65,  m.  o.  Sept,  4,  '65 
Hodges  John  J.  e.  Feb.  23.  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Hart  Wallace,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65.  m.  o.  June  24,  '65 
Rodgers  Zephaniah,  e.  -Feb.  23,  '65,  in.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
COMPANY  I. 

PRIVATES. 

Mason  Wm.  B.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65,  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Manly  Wm.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65.  in.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
Mason  Isaac  J.  e.  Feb.  20,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 
COMPANY  K. 

PRIVATE. 
Bible  Thomas  H.  e.  Feb.  17,  '65.  m.  o.  Sept.  4,  '65 


SECOND  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

PRIVATES. 
Gintz  John,  e.  Aug,  8,  '61,  disch.  Aug.  11,  '64,  term 

expired 
Nelson  Charles,  e.  Aug.  8,  '61,  disch.  April  18,  '62 

RECRUITS. 

Fargus  James  A.  e.  Sept.  24,  '64,  m.  o.  June  17,  '65 
Garlock  James,  e.  Jan.  22,  '64,  died  at  Baton  Rouge, 
Jan.  25,  '64 

THIRD  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY  A. 

Corp.  Jefferson  Van  Nota,  e.  Aug.  2,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept. 

5,  '64,  as  1st  Sergt. 
Bugler  Rufus  H.  Britell,  e.   Aug.  27,  '61,  trans,  to 

Regimental  band 

PRIVATES. 
Groasman  Wm.  M.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  5,  '64 

as  Corp. 

Hendersen  Edwin,  e.  Aug.  2,  '61,  disch.  for  disab. 
Henderson  Joel,  e.  Aug.  a,  '61,  m.  o.  Sept.  5,  '64 
Henderson  Edw.  F.  e.  Aug.  2,  '61,  in.  o.  Sept.  5,  '64 
Price  Finnan,  e.  Aug.  23,  '61,   m.  o.  Sept.  5,   '64,  as 

farrier 
Ward  James  H.  e.  Aug.  10,  '61,  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 

Nov.  30,  '62 

COMPANY  C. 

PRIVATES. 
Browning  James  M.  e.   Aug.  19,  '61,  disch.  Jan.  7. 

'62,  disab. 
Blorkins  orBluhm  M.  H.  e.  Aug.  19,  '61,  m.o.  Sept. 

5,  '64 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR    RECORD. 


465 


Barwick  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  19,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Beckman  Lewis,  e.  Aug.  19,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Bluhtn   Wm.  e.  Aug.   19,   '61.   in.  o.   Sept.  5,  '64,  as 
Corp. 

Bonds  Jasper,  e.  Aug.  19,  '61.  in.  o.  Sept.  5,  '64 

Dolhow  Eli,  e.  Aug.  19,  '61.  died  at  St.  Louis,  Nov. 
2.  '62 

Fee  Alexander,  e.  Aug.  19.  '61,  des.  Dec.  23,  '61 

Saltou  Roiit.  e.  Aug.  19.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Smith  L^wis,  e.  Aug.  19.  '61.  m.  o.  Sept.  5,  '64 

Severs  Jacob  M.  e.  Aug.  19,  '61,  Corp.  on  sick  fur- 
lough since  May  16.  '62 

Saltou  Rout.  e.  March   15,  '61,  trans,  to  Co.  F,  as 
consolidated 

RECRUIT. 

Bonds  John  J.  H.  e.  Dec.  29,  '63,  des.  June  4,  '64 
COMPANY  H. 

Bugler  Geo.  O.  Rutledge,  e.  Aug.  22,  '61 
PRIVATE. 

Burkett  John  J.  e.  Aug.  13,  '61,  disch.  March  1,  '62, 
wounds 


THIRD  (Consolidated)  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY  F. 

RECRUIT. 

Bond  John  J.  H.  e.  Jan.  27.  '65,  des .  July  26,  '65 
COMPANY  I. 

PRIVATES. 

Belville  Win.  E.  e.  March  4,  '65,  m.  o.  Oct.  10,  '65 
Mitchell  Win.  E.  e.  March  4,  '65,  in.  o.  Oct.  10,  '65 
COMPANY  K. 

PRIVATE. 
Paul  John,  e.  March  31,  '65,  des.  May  27,  '65 


FOURTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY  L.. 

RECRUIT. 

Anderson  James  A.  e.  Feb.  5,  '64,  trans,  to  Co.  B,  as 
consolidated 

FIFTH  CWALRY. 

COMPANY  I. 

Corp.  James  C.  Peas.  e.  Sept.  23.  '61,  died  at  Vicks- 
fmrg,  Oct.  30,  '64 


SIXTH   CAVALRY. 

Col.  Ben].  H.  Grierson,  rank  March  28,  '62,  prcfc 

Brigadier-General  June  3.  '63 
Col.  Mathew   H.    Starr,    rank  June  3,   '63.  died   of 

wounds,  at  Jacksonville,  Mo.,  Oct.  1,  '64 
Liciit.  Col.  Marh'-w  H.  Starr,  rank  Nov.  2,  '63,  pro. 
*'ai.  Ben],  H.  Grierson,  rank  Aug.  28.  '61,  pro.  Col. 
M;ij.  Mathew  IT.  Starr,  rank  Oct.  15,  '62,  pro. 
Quartermaster  John  M.  Synder,  rank  Sept.  1,  '61. 

in.  o.  June  1,  '62 
Quartermaster  John  C.  Grierson,  rank  Oct.  29,  '62, 

pro.  by  President 

COMPANY  C. 

Capt.  David  P.  Foster,  rank  Nov.  19,  '61,  disch.  Jan. 

2,  '63 
First  Lieut.  Wm.  L.  Edwards,  rank  Nov.   19,  '61, 

resigned  March  14,  '62,  re-applied 
First  Lieut.  Wm.  L.  Edwards,  rank  April  15, '62, 

died  Dec.  31.  '62 
First  Lieut.  Charles  If.  Hazzard,  rank  Dec.  31,  '62, 

lion,  disci).  July  24,  '63 
Second  Lieut.  Charles  H.  Hazzard,  rank  April  25, 

'62,  pro. 
Co.  Quartermaster  Ser^t.  John  Landers.e.  Sept.  3, 

'61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Sorgt.  Archie  McDonald,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 
Sergt;.  Joseph  Hoglen,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl,  as  vet. 
Corp.  Thomas  Lawso'i,  »>.  Sept.  3.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Corp.  David  W.  Ford,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Bugler  George  Baumme),  e.  Sept.  3.  '61,  re-enl.  as 

vet, 

Farrier  John  Barber,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 
Blacksmith  John  J.  Snyder,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  m.  o. 

Dec.  13,  '64 

PRIVATES. 

Beck  Wm.  A.  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 
Brown  George,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61,  in.  o.  Dec.  12,  '64 
Buck  James  W.  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Boone  Thomas  K.  e.  Sept  3,  '61,  in.  o.  Dec.  12,  '64 
Carpenter  Charles  L.  e.  Sept.  3.  '61,  died  at  Mem- 
phis, May  20,  '64 


Carpenter  Edw.  M.  e.  Sept,  3,  '61,  died  at  Jackson- 
ville, all.,  June  17.  '64 

Conlin  Paul,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Currin  James  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

Foley  Michael,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 

Haggard  Clias.  A.  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

Kfniiey  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 

Lanhaud  Pleasant,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Lustlck  Win.  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 

Milsha  Silas,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

Murphy  Stephen,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet.' 

Nagle  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Nagle  James,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Poland  Peter,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Sinclair  John,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61.  m.  o.  Dec.  12,  '64 

Sinclair  Thomas,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

Sweeney  Paul  H.  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

Urteka  Joseph,  e.  Sept.  3,  '61 

Waters  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  3.  '61 

VETERANS. 

Quartermaster  Sergt.  Robt.  Bradley,  e.  March  1, 
'61,  pro.  Capt. 

Sergt.  Peter  Poland,  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5, 
'65,  as  private 

Bugler   Geo.   Bammel,   e.  March  1.  '61,  pro.  chief 
bugler,  and  reduced,  m.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65 

Saddler  Nich.  M.  Watson,  e.  March  1,'61,  m.  o.  Nov. 
5, '65 

PRIVATES. 

Buck  James  W.  e.  March  1.  '61.  m.  o.  Nov.  5.  '65 

Conlan  Paul,  e,  March  1,  '61,  disch.  April  8,  '65,  dis- 
abled 

Hoagland  Joseph  O.  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5, '65 

Lawson  Thomas,  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65, 
as  Sergt. 

Lanham  Pleasant,  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65 

Landers  John,  e.  March  1.  '61,  in.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65 

Murphy  Stephen,  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65 

Nagle  James,  e.  March  1,  '61.  m.  o.  Nov.  5.  '65 

Nagle  Patrick,  e.  March  1,  '61,  m.  o.  Nov.  5.  '65 
RECRUITS. 

Ashbrook  Thomas  J.  e.  Aug.  30.  '61.  m.  o.  June  6,  '65 

Clennehan  James  R.  e.  April  27, '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  5, '65 
as  Corp. 

Finn  Michael,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Hiebarger  Joseph,  e.  April  29,  '64,  m.  o.  Nov.  5,  '65 

Watson  Nicholas,  re-enl.  as  vet, 

UN  ASSIGN  ED  RECRUITS. 

Abner  Allen,  e.  Dec.  9,  '63 

White  Lewis,  e.  Feb.  24,  '65 


SEVENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    L. 

RECRUIT. 

Schemerhorn  John,  e.  Feb.  27. '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  4,  '65, 
as  bugler 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Coggswell  Fred  B.  e.  Feb.  23,  '65,  des. 


EIGHTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    A. 

First.  Lieut.  Henry  A.  Humphrey,  rank  July  1,  '65' 

pro.  Capt.  Co.  D. 

PRIVATES. 

Huntingdon  Luke  W.  e.  Sept.  4.  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hoffmann  Valentine  B.  e.  Sept.  8,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Hubbard  Perry,  e.  Sept.  2.  '61,  disch.  Aug.  15,  '62, 

disabled 
Hubbard  Monroe,  e.  Sept.  4,  '61,  disch.  Aug.  25,  '62, 

disabled- 
Shields  Joseph,  e.  Sept.  8.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERANS. 

Burnier  e.  Nov.  30,  '63,  m.  o.  July  17, '65,  as  team- 
ster 
Fischer  Chas.  e.  Nov.  30,  '63,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Huntingdon  Luke  W.  e.  Nov.  30,  '63,  m.  o.  July  17, 

'65 
Hoffman  Val.  B.  e.  Nov.  30,  '63.  m.  o.  July  17,  '65,  as 

Corp, 

RECRUITS. 

Cook  John  A.  e.  Oct.  7,  '61.  m.  o.  July  17,  '65 
GrushaberBenj.  e.  Oct.  19, '61,  waspris.  of  war  m.o. 

May  12.  '65 
Hubbard  Monroe  A.  e.  Feb.  20,  '61,  absent,  sick,  at 

in.  o.  of  Regt. 

Phillips  Joseph,  e.  Oct.  19,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
COMPANY    L. 

VETERANS. 
Carr  J.  A.  or  N.  e.  Jan.  26,  '64,  kid.    White  Plains 

Va..  in  a  charge,  Oct.  11,  '64 
Turner  Jacob  M.  e.  Jan.  26,  '64,  m.  o.  July  17,  '65 


466 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAR   RECORD. 


NINTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    G. 

RECRUITS. 

Bonghen  Ambrose,  e.  Feb.  20.  '64,  m.  o.  Oct.  31,  '65 
Churchill  Wm.  I.,  e.  Feb.  20.  '65,  m.  o.  June  13. '65 
Streeter  Velney,  e.  Feb.  16,  '65,  m.  o.  Oct.  31,  '65 
Watson  Robert,  e.  Feb.  20,  '65,  in.  o.  July  28,  '65 
COMPANY    H. 

VETERAN. 
Miner  Daniel,  e.  Feb.  14,  '64,  m.  o.  Oct.  31,  '65 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 
G  risham  Hrzekiah,  e.  April  1,  '65 
Walker  Henry  L,  e.  April  1,  '65,  des.  Aug.  2,  '65 

TENTH  CAVALRY. 

Maj.  Geo.  Snelling,  rank  May  10,  '64.  m.  o.  at  re-or- 
ganization 

Maj.  Joseph  S.  McCartney,  rank  May  10,  '64,  m.  o.  at 
re-organization 

COMPANY    A. 

Corpl.  Thomas  Brenn,  e.  Sept.  21, '61,  died  at  Quincy, 
111.,  March  19,  '62 

PRIVATE. 

Magill  Joseph,  e.  Sept.  21, '61,  died  at  Memphis,  Oct, 
3,  '63 

COMPANY    B. 

Second  Lieut.  Joseph  S.  McCartney.ranK  Feb.14 ,'62, 

pro.  Co.  H. 

Quartermaster  Segrt.  Josephs.  McCartney,  e.  Sept. 
20,'61,  pro.  Second  Lieut. 

VETERAN. 

Park  Geo.  W.  e.  Jan.  3,  '64,  trausf.  to  Co.  B.  as  con- 
solidated 

RECRUITS. 
Cary  Thomas  L.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as 

reorganized 

Cary  Ueo.  W.  e.  Dec.  21,  '63,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as  re- 
organized 
Ezell  or  Esell  Geo.  e.  Feb.  20,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  B. 

as  reorganized 
Groenke  Charles,  e.  Jan.  18.  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as 

reorganized 
Palmer   Win.  J.  e.  Feb.  20, '64,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as 

reorganized 

Teel  James  E.  e.  Oct.  23, transf.  to  Co.  B.  as  re- 
organized 

Wade  Thomas,  e.  Aug.  20, died  at  Little  Rock, 

Ark.,  Oct.  5,  '63 

COMPANY    F. 

RECRUIT. 

Eckhoff  Charles,  e.  Aug.  18,  '64.  See  Co.  F.  as  reor- 
ganized 

COMPANY    G. 

PRIVATE. 
Green  Wm.  J.  e.  Sept.  28,  '61.  disch.  May  1,  '64 

VETERAN! 

Marker  Wm.  H.  e.  Jan.  5, '64.  See  Co.  G.  as  reorgan- 
ized 

RECRUITS. 

Dinwiddie  Robert,  e.  Feb.  26,  See  Co.  G.  as  re- 
organized 

Marker  Wm.  H.  e.  Jan.  29,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
COMPANY    H. 

Capt.  Joseph  S.  McCartney,  rank  Oct.  29,  '62,  pro. 
Major 

RECRUITS. 

Birdsell  Clark,  e.  Feb.  17, See  Co.  H.  as  reor- 
ganized 
Hicks   Geoige  W.  e.   Feb.  1,  '64,  died,  Little  Rock, 

Ark.,  Anir.  24,  '64 

Moss  Willis  D.  e.  Feb.  5,  '64.   See  Co.  H.  as  reorgan- 
ized 
Sims  Robert,  e.  Feb.  4, '64.  See  Co.  H.  as  reorganized 

COMPANY    I. 
Capt.  George  Snelling,  rank  July  9,  '62,  pro.  Major 

PRIVATE. 
McAllister  Geo.  T.  e.  Sept.  23,  '61 

RECRUITS. 

Bowen  Jefferson  F.  e.  Aug.  19,  '62,  died,  Jan.  1,  '63 
Coyle  Win.  F.  e.  Aug.  19,  '62.  See  Co.  I.  as  reorgan- 
ized 

Crawley  Wm.  A.  e.  Aug.  19,  '62.  See  Co.  I.  as  reor- 
ganized 

Dunwifldle  Robt.  e.  Feb.  26,  —  vet.  transf.  to  Co.  G 
Duckworth  Milton  J,  e.  March  4,  —  disch.  Oct.  14. 
'64,  disab. 


Hunter  Isaac  T.  e.  March  4,  '64,   See  Co.  I.  as  reor- 
ganized 

McAllister  Joseph  R.  e.  Aug.  12.     See  Co.  I.  as  reor- 
ganized 

McAllister  Charles  P.  e.  Nov.  9,  '63.  See  Co.  I.  as  re- 
organized, vet. 

Snelling  Wm.  H.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62.  See  Co.  I,  as  reor- 
ganized 

COMPANY    K. 

RECRUIT. 

Rexcoat  Lewis  L.  e.  Feb.  1,  '64.   See  Co.  D.  as  reor- 
ganised 

COMPANY    M. 

RECRUIT. 
Shaw  Owen  or  Oliv  M.  e.  Feb.  5,  —  des  July  3,  '64 


ELEVENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    I. 

RECRUIT. 

Green  Charles,  e.  March  24,  '65,  transf.  to  5th  Ills. 
Cavalrv 


TWELFTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    A. 

PRIVATE. 

Strong  Dudley  S.  e.  Jan.  17,  '62,  des.  Feb.  '62 
COMPANY    F. 

PRIVATE. 
Hendley  Andrew  J.  e.  Oct.  -7,  '61,  des.  June  10,  '62 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Bennett  Matthias,  e.  Nov.  14,  '64 


THIRTEENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    A. 

VETERANS. 

Brown  Joshua  B.  e.  Feb.  1,  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  M 
Cole  Wm.  N.  e.  Jan.  3.  '64,  transf.  to  Co.  M 

COMPANY    G. 

Corp.  James  T.  Roach,  e.  Jan.  25,  '62 
Corp.  Richard  D.  Roberts,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62 
Blacksmith  Enoch  Kents,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62 

PRIVATES. 
Belk  Chamberlain,  e.  Jan.  25, '62,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as 

consolidated 
Bayer  George  N.  e.  Jan.  25,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A.  as 

consolidated 
Creek  Samuel  J.  e.  Jan.  25,  '62,  disch.  June  17,  '62, 

disab. 
Draper  John.  e.  Feb.  11,  '62,  died  at  Pilot  Knob,  Mo. 

June  12,  '62 
Egan  Michael,  e.  Jan.  25.  '62,  disch.  Sept.  20,  '62, 

disab. 

Granke  John,  e.  Jan.  20,  '62 
Granke  Fred.  e.  Jan.  10,  '62 
Groves  Joseph,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  transf  to  Co.  B.  as 

consolidated 
Hard  man  David  F.  e.  Jan.  25.  '62,  died  at  Old  Town 

Landing,  Ark..  Aug.  24,  '62 
Jones  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  C.  as 

consolidated 
Jones  James,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  died  at  Helena,  Ark. 

Oct.  2, '62 
Jones  Timothy,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  disch.  May  23,  '62, 

disab. 
Jones  Edward,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  C.  as 

consolidated 
Runyon  Gilbert,  e.  Jan.  25,  '62,  died,  Jeff.  Barracks, 

March  22,  '62 
Roberts  Obediah  L.  e.  Jan.  10,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  C.  as 

consolidated 

Shepard  Thomas  F.  e,  Feb.  11,  '62 
West  Richard,  e.  Jan.  10,  '62 

RECRUITS. 

Chance  George  W.  transf.  to  Co.  A.  as  consolidated 
Draper  Abraham,  transf.  to  Co.  B.  as  consolidated 
Tribble  Allen  B.  died  at  St.  Louis,  Nov  25.  '62 


THIRTEENTH    (Consolidated)    CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    K. 

PRIVATE. 
German  Johnson  C.  e.  Dec.  21,  m.  o.  Aug.  31,  '65 


MORGAN   COUNTY  WAR   RECORD. 


467 


FIFTEENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    E. 

PRIVATE. 
Drake  John,  e.  Dec.  24,  '61 


SIXTEENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    G. 

RECRUIT. 

Bratton  James,  e.  Sept.  10,  '63,  ties.  March  24.  '63 
COMPANY    I. 

PRIVATES. 

Shruin  Henry,  e.  Jan.  3,  —  disch.  Mar.  25.  '64,  disab. 
Harris  James  M.  e.  Sept.  28,  —  exch.  prls.  abs.  in  111 

not  disch. 

Laforge  George  W.  e.  Sept.  28, —  exch.  pris.  m.  o. 
Aug.  19,  '65,  as  Sergt, 

COMPANY    M. 

PRIVATE. 

Parker  Archibald,  e.  Feb.  7,  —  m.  o.  Aug.   19.  '65, 
was  pris. 


SEVENTEENTH  CAVALRY. 

COMPANY    C. 

PRIVATE. 

Clark  Win.  M.  e.  Nov.  ],  — in.  o.  Nov. 23,  '65 
COMPANY    H. 

RECRUIT. 

Kulmitzer  Peter,  transf.  from  12th  111.  Cav.  m.  o. 
Dec.  15,  '65 


FIRST  ARTILLERY. 

BATTERY    JB. 

RECRUIT. 
Ash  brook  Thos.  J.  e.  Aug.  17— assigned  to  new  Co.  A. 

BATTERY    F. 

First  Lieut.  John  W.  Risley,  rank  July  23,  '64,  m.  o. 

March  7,  '65 
Second  Lieut.  John  W.  Risley,  rank  July  21, '62,  pro. 

Junior  First  Lieut. 

The  organization  of  Battery  F  discontinued,  and 
the  veterans  and  recruits  assigned  to  other  batte- 
ries.—Special  Field  order  No.  47,headquarters  Dept. 
of  the  Cumberland,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Feb.  22,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

Baker  Augustus,  e.  Aug.  4, — transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Bossack  John  W.  e.  Aug.  2,—  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Blair  John,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62.  Corp.  died  at  Marietta, 

Ga.,  Oct.  8.  '64,  wounds 

Chapin  Horatio  Q.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Conrad  George,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  B. 
Cooper  Win.  M.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  pro.  to  First  Lieut.  Co. 

1. 128th  III.  Inf. 

Gatenby  George,  e.  July  28.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Guyler  John.  e.  July  31.  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Graves  John  W.  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  died  at  Lagrange, 

Tenu.,  March  5,  '63 

Lansing  Orrin.  e.  Aug.  2.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Lentz  Max.  e.  July  28,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Marks  James,  e.  Aug.  6,  '62,  disch.  June  25,   '64, 

disab. 

Martin  Kdward,  e.  July  29,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Minter  John,  e.  July  28,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Murat  Kdward.  e.  Aug.  9,  '62,  died  of  wounds,  at 

Marietta,  Ga. 

Ott  Philip,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Overcutler  Henry,  e.  Aug.  6.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Ocha  Lewis,  e.  Aug.  9.  '62, drowned  at  St.   Louis, 

Sept.  19.  '62 
O'Conner   Henry,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  died  at  Memphis, 

Nov.  25.  '63 

Rhearn  Fred.  e.  July  31,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Rogers  James,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Singleton  John  H.  e.  July  28.  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Snyder  Lawrence,  e.  Aug.  5,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Thoaisburg  James  R.  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  A. 
Vance  K.  1'.  e.  AUK'.  2.  '62.  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Vance  James,  e.  Aug.  2,  '62,  transf.  to  Co.  E. 
Withington  Nathaniel,  e.  Aug.?, '62,  transf.  toCo.E. 
Seigle  Win.  e.  Aug.  21,  '62,  disch.  March  23,  disab. 


SECOND  ARTILLERY. 

Quartermaster  John  Pyatt,  rank  Nov.  27,  '61,  Lieut, 
in  Co.  K. 

BATTERY    B. 

VETERAN. 
Shilegner  John,  e.  March  18.  '64.  m.  o.  July  15,  '65 

RECRUITS. 
Morgan  George  F.  e.  May  25,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  4,  '62, 

disab. 
Peet  John  S.  e.  May  25,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 


BATTERY    F. 

RECRUITS. 

Dennis  Joseph,  e.  March  30,  '65.  in.  o.  July  2,  '65 
Johnson  Zachariah,  e.  Dec.  28.  '63,  m.  o.  July  27,  '65 
Johnson  Henry  T.  e.  Dec.  28,  '63,  m.  o.  July  27,  '65 
BATTERY     H. 

PRIVATE. 
Rohrer  Isadore,  e.  Sept.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

VETERAN. 
Rohrer  ladore.  e.  Jan.  1,  '64,  m.  o.  July  29,  '65 


HISTORY  OF  CO.  K.  SECOND  ARTILLERY. 

Batterv  K.,  Second  Illinois  Artillery,  was  organ- 
ized at  Camp  Butler,  in  December,  1861,  by  Capt, 
Beni.  F.  Rodgers.  and  was  mustered  in  Dec.  31st. 
On  February  7,  1862,  moved  to  Cairo,  III,;  and,  ill 
March,  to  Columbus,  Ky.  In  June,  one  section  was 
sent  to  Fort  Pillow,  during  the  bombardment.  The 
battery  was  then  ordered  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and, 
In  August,  returned  to  Columbus.  In  October, 
moved,  with  a  force  under  command  of  Cant.  Rod- 
gers, to  Clarkston,  Mo.,  which  was  occupied  by  300 
rebels.  Attacked  and  destroyed  the  place 

In  November,  moved  to  Memphis,  and  was  as- 
signed to  the  Fourth  Division,  Sixteenth  Army 
Corps,  and  moved  with  the  division  to  Yacona 
Creek.  Returned  north  to  Memphis  and  Charleston 
R.  R.,  and  remained  on  duty  until  February,  1863, 
when  it  moved  with  the  division  to  Memphis.  On 
May  20th,  moved  to  Vicksbnrg;  took  part  in  the 
siege.  Aug.  20th,  moved  to  Natchez.Miss.  Remained 
In  this  place,  engaged  in  various  expeditions  an4 
raids,  until  Dec.  11,  1864.  when  it  moved  to  Mem- 
phis, and  went  on  garrison  duty.  July  9th,  moved 
from  Memphis  to  Chicago,  111,  arriving  July  llth, 
and  was  mustered  out  July  14,  1865. 
BATTERY  K. 
Capt.  Benj.  F.  Rodgers,  rank  Dec.  31,  '61,  term  ex. 

Dec.  30,  '64 

Capt.  Thomas  C.  Barber,  rank  Dec.  30,  '64,  m.  o.  Ju- 
ly 14,  '65 
First  Lieut.  Francis  M.  Ross,  rank  Dec.  31,  '61,  died 

at  Jacksonville,  111.  Jan.  15,  '64 
First  Lieut.  Aleb  S.  Gale,  rank  Dec.  31.  '61,  res. 

June  26,  '63 
First  Lieut.  Wesley  Platt,  rank  June  26,  '63,  term 

ex.  Jan.  8,  '66 
Second  Lieut.  Wesley  Platt,  rank  Feb.  3,  '62,  pro. 

junior  1st  Lieut. 
Second  Lieut.  John  Pyatt,  rank  May  31,  '62,  pro. 

senior  2d  Lieut. 
Second  Lieut.  John  Pyatt,  rank  June  26,  '62,  disch. 

Nov.  1,  '64 
Second  Lieut.  Thomas  C.  Barber,  rank  Nov.  1,  '64, 

pro.  Capr. 
Second  Lieut.  Alexander  Platt,  rank  Dec.  30,  '64,  m. 

o.  July  14.  '65 
Sergt.  John  W.  Brakon  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  ui.  o.  Dec.  30, 

'64,  as  wagoner 

Sergt.  Wm.T.  Gibbons,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Sergt.  John  Redding,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,   m.  o.  Dec.  30, 

64.  as  private 
Sergt.  Geo.  W.  Bringhurst,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec. 

30,  '64,  as  private 

Corp.  Samuel  S.  Seegar,  e.  Oct.  15.  '61, 
Corp.  Thomas  C.  Robinson,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as 

Corp.  Benj.  F.  Ryeerson,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec. 
30,  '64,  as  private 

Corp.  Moses  Warner,  e    Oct.  15.  '61.  kid.  at  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.  June  28,  '62.  by  James  Crews. 

Corp.  James  Stewart,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  des.  Dec.  26,'62 

Bugler  Geo.  W.  Sofer,  e.Oct,  15,  '61 

Blacksmith  Wm.  Springstead,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl. 
as  vet. 

Artificer  Charles  Henderson,  e.  Oct.  15, '61,  m.  o. 
Dec.  30,  '64,  as  private 

PRIVATES. 

Ainswortb  Joshua,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Alexander  Wm.  T.  e.  Oct.  15, '61,  re-enl. as  vet. 

Beebe  Anun,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  in.  o.  Dec.  30.  '64 

Bridges  Wm.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64,  as  ar- 
tificer 

Bowen  Wm.  H.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61, died  at  Columbus,  Ky. 
May  22,  '64 

Bacon  Jeremiah,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  disch.  June  20,  '62, 
disabled 

Crumpsler  Wm.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Crowles  Leonard  A.  e.  Oct.  15.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Cavanaugh  John,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64,  as 
Corp. 

dough  Wm.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Cooper  Aaron  B.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  m.  o.  Deo.  30.  '64 

Cunningham  Wm.  H.  e.  Oct.  '15,  '61,  died  at  Camp 
Butler,  III. 

Filey  John  F.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet, 

Fall  John.  e.  Oct.    15,  '61.  died  at  Camp  Butler,  111. 
Jan.  28,  '62 

Gold  Sedgwick  H.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 


468 


MORGAN   COUNTY   WAS,   RECORD. 


Hopper  Joseph,  e.  Oct,  15,  '61,  disch.  Dec.  31.  '62. 

disabled 

Hairgrove  Francis  M.  e.Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.30,'64 
Hamilton  George  W.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Hall  Lewis,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  m.  o.  Dec.  30.  '64. 
Hughey  Alex.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Harbaker  David,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Isaacs  Alex.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Jennings  George,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Jennings  Wm.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  discli.  Dec.  24,  '62, 

disabled 

James  David,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
James  Levi,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  disch.  Sept.  13,  '62,  disab. 
Kite  Calvin,  e.  Oct.  15.  '61 
Lewis  Wm.  B.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Leighton  John,  e.  Ort.  15.  '61 

Lyiie  Emmet,  e.  Oct.  15,  "61,  transf.  to  gunboat  ser- 
vice Feb.  21,  '62 

Lally  Henry,  e.  Oct.  15.  '61,  des.  Aug.  27,  '62 
Littleberry  Robert,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  des.  Feb.  5,  '62 
Manly  Jolin,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Mitchell  John  F.  e.  Oct.  15.  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Morkin  Patrick,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
McNally  Michael,  e.  Oct.  15  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
O'Donald  Hugh,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Pitcher  James,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Pitman  Ross.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 
Radley  Henry,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Richardson  Joseph  F.  e.  Oct.  15.  '61 
Shipley  James  H.  e.Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Smith  John,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  des.  Nov.  26,  '62 
Trotter  Addison  V.  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Thompson  Michael,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61,  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Wood  John,  e.  Oct.  15.  '61.  m.  o.  Dec.  30,  '64 
Wilkes  John,  e.  Oct.  15  '61.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Ward  James,  e.  Oct.  15, '61,  discli.  April  30, '62,  disab. 
Wade  James,  e.  Oct.  15,  '61 

VETERANS. 
Alexander  Wm.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  Corp.  disch.  April 

12,  '65,  disabled 

Ains worth  Joshua,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  in.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Albertson  Albert,  e.  Jan.  28.  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Aylwai  d  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  28,  '64.  m.  o.  July  14.  '65 
Barber  Thomas  C.  e.  Jan.  10,  '64.  pro.  Sergt.  then 

senior  Second  Lieut. 

Cawles  Leonard  A.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Clough  John  W.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Colson  Wm.  e .  Feb.  2,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14.  '65 
Crumpler  Wm.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65,  as 

Corp. 

Daniels  James,  e.  Jan.  19,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Filey  John,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Gonnell  John,  e.  Jan.  16,  '64.  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Gurley  George  W.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Harris  Columbus,  e.  Feb.  2,  '64.  m.  o.  July  14.  '65,  as 

Sergt. 

Isaacs  Valentine,  e.  Jan.  5.  '64,  m.  o.  July  14.  '65 
James  David,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  ni.  o.  July  14,  '65 
McCormack  Absolom,  e.  March  19,  '64,  m.  o.  July 

14,  '65,  as  artificer 

Mitchell  John  F.  e.  Jan.  5, '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Morkin  Patrick,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64.  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
McNally  Michael,  e.  Jan.  5.  '64.  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Mauley  John,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65,  as 

Corp. 
Platt  Alexander,  e.  Feb,  6, '64,  pro.  Sergt.  then  senior 

Second  Lieut. 
Robinson  Thomas  C.  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65, 

as  Corp. 
Radley  Henry  D.e.  Jan.  5, '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65,  as 

Sergt. 
Springstead  William,  e.  Jan.  5,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65, 

as  Quartermaster  Sergt. 
Wilkes  John,  e.  Jan.  5.  '64.  m.  o.  July  14,  '64 

RECRUITS. 

Aylward  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  27,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Ackoff  Charles,  e.  March  1,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Brown  John.  e.  Dec.  15, '63,  dishon.  disch.  to  date 

July  14,  '65 

Barber  Thomas  C.  e.  Jan.  9,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Bechi'M  Win.  e.  Jan.  7.  '62 
Boyd  Win.  E.  e.  Jan.  2:2,  -62 
Brown  George,  e.  Jan.  22.  '62,  died  at  Columbus,  Ky., 

Marc  1 1  19,  '62 

Crisswell  George  M.  e.  Dec.  30,  '63,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Crews  Philip,  e.  Jan.  9, '62,  disch.  Jan.  8, '65,  term  ex. 
Crews  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  9, '62,  disch.  Jan.  8, '65,  term 

ex. 

Crews  James,  e.  Jan.  15,  '62.  dishon.  disch.  Oct.11,'62 
Cox  Fleming,  e.  Jan.  27.  '62,  des.  June  21,  '62 
Cox  Thomas,  e.  Feb.  1,  '62,  died  at  Columbus,  Ky., 

July  9.  '52 

Colson  Wm.  e.  Feb.  1,  '62.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Darley  Benj.  e.  Feb.  18,  '64,  m.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Daniels  James,  e.  Jan.  18,  'fi2,  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Elliott  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  9,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  8,  '65,  term 

ex. 
Evans  Wm.  e.  Jan.  15,  '63,  disch.  Jan.  14. '65,  term 

ex. 

(Mbson.Tohn  M.  e.  Dec.  15.  '62,  m.  o.  July  14.  '65 
Getter  Benj.  O.  e.  Oct.  21,  '62,  m.  o.  July  14.  '65 


Gunnell  John,  e.  Jan.  13,  '62,  re-enl.  as  vet. 

Hurst  Thomas,  e.  Jan.  11,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  14,  '65, 

term  ex. 

Hughs  Henry,  e.  Jan.  27.  '62 
Ja.iiesor  Jones  Joseph,  e.  Dec.  17,  '63,  m.  o.  July  14, 

'65,  as  artificer 

Lawless  Martin,  e.  Jan.  20,  '62,  des.  Nov.  26,  '62 
McCormick  Absolom  L.  e.  March  18,  '62,  re-enl.  as 

vet. 

O'Neal  Daniel,  e.  Jan.  27.  '62,  des.  Aug.  27.  '62 
Peck  Charles  M.  e.  March  28.  '64,  in.  o.  July  14,  '65 
Platt  Alex.  e.  Feb.  5,  '62.  re-enl.  as  vet. 
Swales  Wm.  W.  e.  Feb.  2,  '62,  disch.  Feb.  2,  '65,  term 

expired 

Savchtield  James,  e.  Jan.  7,  '62,  des.  Nov.  26,  '62 
Taylor  Andrew  J.  e.  Jan.  3,  '62,  disch.  Jan.  8,  '65, 

term  expired 

Thompson  Robert,  e.  Oct.  9,  '62 
Wright  Daniel,  e.  March  1.  '62.  disch.  Sept  9,  '62, 

disab. 


BATTERY  M. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 
Bradley  Bernard,  e.  Oct.  20,  '64 
Bailey  James,  e.  April  7,  '65 
Carrol  Henry,  e.  Nov.  28,  '63,  des.  Dec.  28,  63 
Clark  James,  e.  Oct.  20.  '64 


CHICAGO   BOARD   OF  TRADE   BATTERY. 

White  George  T.  e.  Oct.  27,  '63?  died  at  Vining  Sta- 
tion, Ga.  Aug.  28,  '64,  wounds 


SPRINGFIELD  LIGHT  ARTILLERY. 

RECRUITS. 

Booth  Wm.  W.  e.  Nov.  23,  '63,  m.  o.  June  30,  '65 
Brown  Benj.  F.  e.  Nov.  6,  '62.  m.  o.  June  30.  '65 
Carter  Charles  W.  e.  Nov.  6.  '62,  in.  o.  June  30,  '65 
Cross  Ethan  W.  e.  March  30,  '65 
Henry  John.  e.  Nov.  18,  '63.  m.  o.  June  30.  '65 

Thomas  ,  e.  Nov.  18,  '63.  m.  o.  June  30.  '65 

Thibus  Fred  W.  e.  Nov.  18,  '63,  m.  o.  May  29,  '65 


TWENTY  NINTH  U.  S.  COLORED   INFAN- 
TRY. 

COMPANY  E. 

RECRUITS. 

Conner  John.  e.  Feb.  1,  '65.  m.  o.  Nov.  6,  '65 
Masters  Lewis,  e.  Feb.  1,  '65,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

of  Regt. 

Thompson  Libby,  e.  Feb.  2,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  6,  '65 
COMPANY  F. 

RECRUITS. 
Christine  Alex.  e.  Jan.  28,  '65,  absent,  sick,  at  m.  o. 

of  Regt. 

Washington  Wm.  e.  Feb.  1,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  6,  '65 
COMPANY  G. 

RECRUIT. 
Mullen  John,  e.  Jan.  23,  '65,  m.  o.  Nov.  6,  '65 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUIT. 
Hill  John,  e.  Sept.  5,  '64 


THIRTEENTH  U.  S.  COLORED  ARTILLERY. 

Atkinson  John  L.  e.  April  4,  '65 
Asbrook  Sylvanus,  e.  April  5.  '65 
Franklin  Nathan,  e.  April  5,  '65 
Henry  George,  e.  April  5.  '65 
Kirk  "Edward,  e.  March  31,  '65 
Moore  Samuel,  e.  April  5.  '65 
Price  Alfred,  e.  March  30,  '65 


FIRST  ARMY  CORPS. 

PRIVATES. 
Shannon  Gilbert,  Co.  No.  3,  e.  Feb.  21,  '65,  m.  o. 

Feb.  21,  '66 

Uhlig  August,  Co.  No.  6.  e.  March  23.  '65 
Weber  George,  Co.  No.  7,  e.  March  23.  '65 
Rommel  Fridolin,  Co.  No.  7.  e.  March  23,  '65 
Stiumpf  Wm.  Co.  No.  7,  e.  March  23,  '65 
Gargeman,  Co.  No.  7,  e.  March  23.  '65 
Patierson  John,  Co.  No.  7,  e.  March  23,  '65 
Hoffman  John  T.  Co.  No.  11,  e.  April  7, '65,  m.  o. 

April  6,  '66,  assigned  to  Co.  E.  19th  Reg.  U.  S, 

Vet.  Vols. 


RECRUITS  FOR  THE  U.  S.  REGULAR  ARMY. 

Morkin  Patrick,  e.  Sept.  '65 
Stuorr  Alfred  F,  e.  Oct.  '65 
Brize  John  H.  e.  Jail.  '65 


BIOGRAPHICAL  DIRECTORY. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 


ib  ...  above. 


nr near 

opp opposite 

r residence 

s ..south  of 

w . west  of 

ns north  side 

ws . . west  side 

es east  side 

T.  W.  &  W Toledo,  Wabash  &  Western 

P.  P.  &  1 _• Peoria,  Pekin  &  Jacksonville 

C.  A.  &  St.  L Chicago,  Alton  &  St.  Louis 

J.  N.  W.  &  S.  E Jacksonville,  North  Western  & 

South  Eastern. 


av avenue. 

bet between. 

bds  ...  ...boards. 


bldg building. 

cor . corne'. 

elk..  ...clerk. 


lab laborer. 

carp carpenter. 

ss south  side. 

e...  ...east  of. 


mnfr manufacturer. 

n north  of. 


JACKSONVILLE  CITY  DIRECTORY. 


A  BNATHER  JOHN,  lab.  r  ws  N.  Main 

A     nR.R. 

Acorn  Edward,  elk.  r  es  East  s  College 

Adams    D.  J.  cigars,  etc.  ss  W.  State,  Gal- 
laher's  blk.  bds.  Park  house 

Adams  Mary  J.  Mrs.  r  W.  College  av.  opp. 
College 

Adgate  J.  W.  (Adgate  &  Harris)  r  es   East  s 
of  the  Brook 

ADGATE  &  HARRIS  (John  W. 
Adgate  and  William  P.  Harris),  se  cor. 
Square,  represent  the  following  well-known 
companies :  Atlantic,  New  York  ;  Com 
mercial  Union,  London ;  La  Caisse  Gen- 
erale,  Paris  ;  Manhattan,  New  York ; 
Allemania,  Pittsburgh ;  Milwaukee  Me- 
chanics' ;  Agricultural,  Watertown ;  Far- 
mer's, York,  Pa.;  Fireman's,  Dayton  ;  Im- 
perial &  Northern,  London ;  North  Ger- 
man, Hamburg,  and  others 

Ahlquist  John  A.  elk.  Catlin  &  Co. 

Ainsworth  Joshua,  lab.  r  East  s  Morton  av. 

Airey  John,  shoemkr.  r  E.  College 

Akers  G.  tailor,  r  es  East  s  Morton  av. 

Akers  Lida   Miss,  teacher,  r.  ws.  East  s.  Col- 
lege 

Akers  Peter  Rev.  minister,  r   E.  College  av. 
e  R.R. 

Akers    Robert    N.  (Akers  &  Russell)  r  517 
Diamond,  cor.  Anna 

Akers  Susan  Mrs.  r  ws  East  s  College 


AKERS  &  RUSSELL  (Robert  N. 
Akers  and  John  W.  Russell)  iron  and  brass 
founders  and  machinists,  office  and  works 
near  R.R.  Junction.  New  br'.ck  building 
and  new  machinery.  We  have  the  accu- 
mulated patterns  of  twenty  years'  business. 
Engines,  pulleys,  shafting;  and  other  ma- 
chinery furnished  at  lowest  rates,  and  on 
short  notice.  All  jobbing  woik  attended 
to  promptly 

Alcorn  Andrew,  drayman,  r  Church  n  State 

Alcott  W.  A.  druggist  es  Square  nr  Court, 
r  209  W.  College  av.  nr  Sandy 

Alexander  Hattie,  wid.  Francis,  r  W.R.R. 
w  Bedwell 

Alexander  Robert,  brklayr.  r  Court  cor. 
West 

Alkire  C.  P.  (L.  E.  &  C.  P.  Alkire)  r  College 
av.  nr  Clay  av. 

Alkire  L.  E.  (L.  E.  &  C.  P.  Alkire)  r  College 
av.  nr  Clay  av. 

Alkire  L.  E.  &  C.  P.  (L.  E.  and  C.  P.  Alkire) 
millinery  es  Square  nr  Court 

Allen  A.  B.  clerk  Dunlap  house 

Allen  E.  cook,  r  Marion  av.  svv  cor.  Church 

Allen  E.  M.  carriagemkr.  r  E.  College  av. 
se  cor.  Lurton 

Allen  George,  elk.  bds.  W.  Allen's,  S.  Main 
opp  P.O. 

Allen  Glover  W.  elk.  bds.  College  nw  cor. 
Sandy 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Allen   Harrison,   grocer,  bds.  W.  Allen's,  S. 
Main  opp  P.O. 

Allen  J.  W.  Rev.  pas.  Chris,  church,   r  1002 
S.  Main 

Allen    Lafayette,  lab.  r  ss  Marion   e  Church 

Allen  Mack,  lab.  r  Anna  cor.  Sandy 

Allen  Theodore,  mason,  r  Madison,  e  West 

Allen    Wash,   grocer   S.    Main    opp    P.O.  r 
College,  nw  cor.  Sandy 

Allquiet   John,  elk.  r  ss  Michigan  av.  e  East 

ALspaugh  Calvin,   fireman,  bds.  Mrs.  E.  Me 
Bride 

Alves  Eli,  r  Walnut  w  Diamond 

Alves  Mary  Mrs.  r  Walnut  w  Diamond 

Ambler     J.    wid.    Washington     r    ss     Mor- 
gan nr  West 

Anderson    Benjamin,    furniture,   r  Washing- 
ton se  cor.  East 

Anderson  Bina  Miss,  dressmkr.  r  Church  nw 
cor.  Court 

Anderson   Catherine,  r  S.  Mauvaisterre   n  S. 
College  av. 

Anderson   Charles  G.  tinner,   r    Groghan    n 
W.R.R. 

Anderson  Emma   Miss,  dressmkr.  r   Church  i 
nw.  cor.  Court 

Anderson   H.    M.   teacher,    r    es  Clay  av.  s 
Franklin 

Anderson  John,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 

Anderson   J.    S.    (J.    S.  Anderson   &  Son)  r 
Washington    se  cor.  East 

Anderson  J.  T.  dairyman,  r  W.   D.  Ander- 
son 

Anderson,  J.  S.  &  Son   (J.  S.  &  S.  T.  Ander- 
son) undertakers  ws  Square  nr  Court 

Anderson    Mary    E.    dressmaking    re     cor. 
Square,  r  Church  nw  cor.  Court 

Anderson    S.    T.    (S.    T.  Anderson    &    Son) 
r  Washington  se  cor.  East 

Anderson  W.  D.  dairyman,  r  es  Lincoln  av. 
s  Mound  av. 

Andras  WTm.  S.  r  esS.  Main  s  Brook 

Andrath  M.  J.  gardener,  r  Pine    n  W.R.R. 

Andrews  A.  Mrs.  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 

Andrews    A.     J.  carp,     r   ws     Diamond     s  i 
Anna 

Andrews  E.  C.  painter,  r  ws   Diamond    end 
Anna 

Andrews   Frank,  painter,  r    W.R.R.  w  Dia-  ! 
mond 

Andrews  John,  carp,  r   Diamond  cor.  Lafay-  ; 
ette  av. 

Andrews    Joseph,    teamster,     r  W.R.R.     w 
Groghan 


Angel  David,  teamster,  rSandusky  s  W.R.R. 

Anhalt  George,  dyer,  ns  State  e  Square 

Anthony  Ida,  ironer  Insane  Asylum 

Anthony  Minnie,  chambermaid  Insane  Asy- 
lum 

Arbogast     W.   E.  cigarmkr.   bds.    North  nr 
Yates 

Arey  John,  shoemkr.  r  ns  E.  Morgan  e  East 

Arenz  Albert  W.  dept.  elk.  co.  elk.  r  ns  Col- 
lege nr  Clay  av. 

Arisman  John,  barkpr.  bds.  Southern  hotel 

Armstrong  Alex,  chief  engineer  fire  depart- 
ment, r  es  S.  Prairie  s  Anna 

Armstrong  Samuel,  blacksmth.  bds.  E.  Kee- 
mer's 

Arndt    Theodore  S.  carp.    bds.    es    East,    s 
North 

Arnett  Charles  L.  r  W.R.R.  cor.  Brown 

Arnett    Susan,  wid.  James,    r  W.R.R.   cor. 
Brown 

Arnold  Horace,  baker,  r  College  av.  nr  Gray 
av. 

Arnold  Isabella  D.  Miss,  r  Prof.  H.  E.  Storr's 

Arthur  Joseph,  lab.  r  West  n  R.R. 

Ashburn  Victoria  B.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Ashcraft  Charles  G.  blacksmth.  r  ss  Dunlap 
e  Main 

Ashelby  Matthew,  stock  dealer,    r   ns  Grove 
w  Prospect 

Askew  Edward,  r  ns  Court  e  Yates 

Askew  J.  R.   (Askew  &  Hamill)  r    E.  Court 
nr  Church 

Askew  &  Hamill  (J.  R.   Askew  and    E    H. 
Hamill)  physicians,  ss  Square,  nr  Sandy 

Athenaeum,  Prof.  W.  D.  Sanders,   supt.  ws 
Sandy  s  Square 

ATKINS  A.  J.  bridgebldr.  residence 
608  E.  College  av.  Was  born  August  15, 
1841,  in  Springfield,  111.;  came  to  Jackson- 
ville in  the  Fall  of  1870;  was  married 
August  15,  1867,  to  Miss  Kate  E.  Russell, 
of  Columbus,  Ohio;  she  died  December 
16,  1869;.  was  mirried  again  May  2,  1871, 
to  Miss  Kizzie  E.  McBride;  she  was  born 
in  Salem,  N.  C.  July  31,  1850;  he  has  four 
children,  Harry  R.  born  July  17,  1869, 
Myra  Gertrude  born  January  31,  1872, 
Jessie  Belle  born  June  8, 1874.  and  Harvey 
D.  born  October  15,  1876;  Harry  R.  is  by 
his  first  wife;  up  to  1873  Mr.  A.  devoted 
most  of  his  time  to  railroad  contracting 
Atkins  K.  Mrs.  r  ss  College  av.  e  Hardin  av. 

Atkinson    Elizabeth,  wid.  William,  r  es  East 
n  North 


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Atwater  S.  A.  Mrs.  bds.  Dunlap  house 
Atwater  William  A.  clerk,  r   W.  College  av. 

cor.  West 
Auckland  Mary  E.  Miss,  Visitors'  Attendant 

111.  Inst.  Blind 
Austin  Michael,   ice    cream,    r    East  se  cor. 

Madison 
Ayers  A.  E.(M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.)   r  ns  State 

opp  Westminster 

Ayers  E.  A.  med.  student,  r  State  cor.  Pine 
Ayers  John  A.  collr.  r  Caldwell,  cor.  State 
Ayers    M.    P.   (M.    P.    Ayers  &  Co.)  r  ns  W. 

State  cor.  Pine 
AYERS   M.   P.   &  CO.  (M.  P.  Ayers, 

W.  S.  Hook  and  A.  E.  Ayers)  bankers,  ws 

Square  nr  W.  State 

Ayers  W.  C.  P.  elk.  r  East  nr  the  Brook 
Ayre  Jonas,  carp,  r  East 

ID  ABCOCK   Charles  W.  physician,  bds.  I. 

J.  Woodworth's 
Back  Fanny  Miss,  r  Independence  av.    n   C. 

&  A.R.R. 
Bacon    Hezekiah,    weaver    es   S.   Main    end 

Anna 
Bacon   H.  C.  carriagemkr.  r  es  S.  Main  end 

Anna 

Badger  M.  B.  painter,  r  West  s  Lafayette  av. 
Baggs   H.    W.    physician,    r    ws    Church    s 

Grove 
Bailey  George  W.,  A.  M.  instructor  in  Greek, 

r  cor.  Lockwood  pi.  and  Mound  av. 
Bailey  E.  Miss,  nurse  Sanitarium 
Baker  E.  Miss,  seamstress,  r  Mrs.  M.  Baker 
Baker  Frank,  jeweler,  r  Morton  av.  w  West 
Baker  George,  baker,  r  East  s  Superior  av. 
Baker  Joel,  engineer,   r  Hardin  av.   se  cor. 

Morton  av. 
Baker  M.    Mrs.  seamstress,  r    E.    Morgan    e 

East 

Baker  William,  carp,  r  ws  Clay  av.  n  W.R.R. 
Baldwin  Julia  MHS,   dressmkr.  bds.  Mrs.  E. 

Cornell 
Baldwin  W.  A.  painter,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy,  r 

Clay  av.  nr  College 
Ball  Virginia  Mrs.  wid.    Harry,  r  N.    West 

n   North 

Bancroft  Horace,  r  ss  W.  Statj  e  Prairie 
Bancroft  J.  H.ins.  agt.  ns  Square  cor.  Sandy, 

r  ss  State  w  Prairie 
Banford  M.  Mrs.    r  Church  se  cor.    Marion 

av. 
Banks  Anderson,  paperhngr.  r  ws  Kosciusko 

n  Ann 


Baptist  Joseph,  carp,   r  ss    Lafayette  av.    e 
Pine 

Baptist  Saunders,  lab.  r  Freedman    e    Cald- 
well 

Baptiste    Antonio,    blksmth.    r    W.R.R.     w 
Diamond 

Baptiste  Joaquin,  lab.  r  Freedman    w    Dia- 
mond 

Baptiste  John,  farmer,  r  Caldwell  s  W.R.R. 

Baptiste  Sebastian,  lab.  r  Pine    n  W.R.R. 

Barbenhausen    Henry,    cigarmkr.    r  College 
av.  cor.  Clay  av. 

Barbenhausen     Harmen,    lab.   r  E.   College 
sw.  cor.  Clay  av. 

Barber  Augustus   K.    r  W.  College  av.  opp 
College 

Barber    Geo.  W.  teamster,  r  ns  Clay  av.   n 
Michigan 

Barber    Thos.  r    ns  E.  College  av.  w  Har- 
din av. 

Barcroft   William,  shoemkr.  es   Mauvaisterre 
s.  Square 

Barcroft   William  L.  elk.  r  Mauvaisterre     nr 
College  av. 

Bardsley  George,  asst.  janitor  Court  House, 
r  North  w  Sandy 

Bardsley  George,   watchman  Ayer's  bank,  r 
ss  Chambers  e  C.&  A.R.R. 

Barker  C.  A.  bkpr.  D.  and  D.  Asylum,  r  es  S. 
Main  s  Superior  av. 

Barlow  James,  music  teacher,  r  Grove  cor. 
Kosciusko 

Barnes  Bell  Mrs.  r  ss  W.  State  w  Church 

Barnes  Charles,  lawyer,  r  ss  W.  State  e  Fay- 
ette 

Barnes  William  H.  lawyer    ns  W.  State  nr 
Square,  r  ss  State  nr  Church 

Barns  W.  Rev.  r  ss  W.  State  nr  Church 

Barns  R.  M.  Rev.  r  Church  sw  cor.  Duncan 

Barnett  Fielding,  porter,  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Barnum  John,  attendant  Jacksonville  Hospi- 
tal 

Barr  Hugh  (S.  O.  Barr  &  Bro.)  r  Decatur 

Barr  S.  O.  (S.  O.   Barr  &  Bro.)  r  es  East   n 
Morton  av. 

Barr  S.  O.  &  Bro.  (S.  O.  and   H.   Barr)  com. 
mers.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 

Barr  Wm.    P.   merchant,   r    ss  W.  State    w 
Westminster 

Barrett  Frederick,  baker  Insane  Asylum 

Barrett  F.  P.  baker,  r  ws  Clay  av.  n  Superior 

Barrett  G.  F.  farmer,  r  West  n  North 

Barrett  L.  C.  conductor  C.&  A.R.R.   r    201 
W.  College  av. 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Barrett   Tomnick,   teacher,  r    ns  E.   College 

av.  e  East 
Barrett ,  teamster,  r  Diamond  s  Freed- 

man 
Barrows  C.  S.  music  and  musical  instruments, 

I  Conservatory  blk. 
Barrows  J.  F.   (Barrows  &  Brown)  r  Grove 

nr  Westminster 
liarrows  &  Brown  (J.  F.  Barrows   and  W.  T. 

Brown)  pianos  and  organs,  I  Conservatory 

blk. 

Barry  Richard,  lab.  r  Caldwell  s  W.R.R. 
Bartlett  James,  carp,  r  ns  East  s  Morton  av. 
Bartlett  James,  joiner,  r  East  s  Morton   av. 
Bartlett  Peter  A.  agt.  r  North  w  West 
Barton  Harry,  farmer,   r  ns  North  e   Mau- 

vaisterre 

Barton  Harry,  lab.  r  ns  Clay  av.  s  College 
Barton  Martha  Miss,  r  es  N.  Main  s  Walnut 
Basconcellos    Frank,  cigarmkr.  r   Diamond 

cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Basconcellos  William,  driver  Johnson  &  Son 
Bashforth  C.   H.  bkpr.   U.  S.  Ex.  bds.  Park 

house 

Bassett  L.  lab.  r  Reid  &  Co.  brick  yard 
Basseti   Rose,  washerwoman  Insane  Asylum 
Batty  Charles,  blksmth.  r  Court  cor.  West 
Batz  Christian,  r  ss  North  e  East 
Batz  Fred,  butcher,  bds.  ss  North  e  East 
Batz  William,  lab.  Scott  &  Landers 
Bauman  Joseph,  jeweler,  es  Square  nr  State, 

r  North  nr  Main 
Bavington  Albert,  trav.  agt.  r  Main  sw  cor. 

Independence  av. 

Bavington  Elmer,  elk.   r  N.  Main  n  R.R. 
Bavington  Theo.   R.  baker  Ingalls  &  Co.   r 

N.  Main     » 
Beane    Adams   Rev.    Cong,    minister,   r   ns 

Mound  av.  w  Park 

Beane  W.  G.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Beardsley  Frank,  watchmkr.  bds.  Park  house 
Beastall    William    H.  carp,   r  ss    Indepen- 
dence av.  n  Main 

Beaty  R.  C.  elk.  bds.  610  W.  College 
Becker  Anthony,  blksmth.  r  College  av.   sw 

cor.  East 
Becker   A.    (Becker,   Rottger    &    Degen)    r 

College  av.  nr  East 

Becker  J.  H.  baker,  r  ws  East  s  College 
Becker  Phillip,   cabinetmkr.   r  ss   Chambers 

e  East 
Becker,    Rottger  &   Degen   (Anton     Becker, 

John  Rottger  and  Fred.  Degen)  furniture 

and  undertakeis,  ws  S.  Main  nr  Square 


Beckitt  Thomas  H.  miller,  r  North  cor.  West 
Beckman  P.  lab.  V.  Reid  &  Co.  brick  yard 
Bedeld  Charles,  barber,  bds.  College  av.  nr 

East 

Bedford  Charles,  carder,  r  Church  n  State 
Bedwell  George  W.  farmer,    r  Lafayette  av. 

w  Bedwell 
Bedwell   J.  W.  stock  dealer,   r  Lafayette  av. 

w  Bedwell 

Beehan  Dennis,  lab.  r  ws  Sandy  n  Anna 
Beesley  Benjamin,  r  es  Caldwell  n  North 
Beesley    B.    F.  cash.    Jacksonville    National 
Bank  and  treas.  Illinois  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  r.  Caldwell  cor.  North. 
Bein  Otto,  tailor,  r  Court  nr  East 
BELLATTI   JOHN    A.  (Stryker   & 
Bellatti),  attorney-at-law  and  notary  public, 
r.  Church  cor.  Morton  av. 
Belvin  Wm.  farmer,  r  es  Clayav.  s  College 
Bennett    Eliza  Mrs.  r    ss  E.  College    av.    e 

Johnson 
Bennett   Lizzie    Mrs.  r    ns   Lafayette   av.  e 

East 

Benson  Lou,  porter,  Dunlap  house 
Benson    William,  wall   paper    and    window 
shades,  house   and  sign   painting,  es    Main 
s  Square,  r  Hardin  av.  s  of  the  brook 
Bentley  Jennie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Bento  John,  lab.   r  Independence  av.  n  C.  & 

A.  R.R. 
Berdan  James,  lawyer,  ns   Square  nr  Main, 

r  State  nr  Church 
Bergen  B.  F.  sec.  Illinois  &  Colorado  Mining 

Co.  4  Savings  Bank  bldg.  r  1026  S.  Main 
Berry  Ellen,  matron  D.  &  D.  Asylum 
Berry  James,  machinist  Morgan  Foundry 
Berry  John  W.  miller  Scott  &  Landers 

Berry ,  r  Franklin,  nw  cor.  Goltra  av. 

Berryman  L.  O.  dentist,  r  ns   Prairie  n  Anna 
Besten  John,  lab.  r  Chambers  sw  cor.  East 
Betlmay  Theodore,  baker  Kastner  &  Crassly 
Bettray  Theodore,   confectioner,  r  ns   Lafay- 
ette av.  e  Ea^t 

Betts  Anna  Miss,  r  es  S.  Main  s  College 
Betts  Ella  A.  Miss,  elk.  r  es  Main  s  College 
Betzer  Annie   Miss,  seamstress,    r  Peter  Bet- 
zer 

Betzer  Peter,  tailor,  r  ss  E.  State  w  East 
Bickford  Asa,  farmer,  r  East   se  cor.    Michi- 
gan av. 

Biggs  James,  lab.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Billings  Mary  S.  supervisor  D.and  D.  Asylum 
Bishop  Nathaniel,  r  809  W.  College  av. 
Bissell  E.  S.  Mrs.  r  rear  Wests  Lafayette  av. 


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Bitzer  Peter,  tailor,  r  College  av.  w  East 
Black  Elizabeth,  wid.  John,  r  North  e  Church 
Black  G.  V.  dentist,  ss  E.  State  e  East 
Black  S.  S.  farmer,  r  Rout  e  C.  &  A.R.R. 
Black  W.  H.  (W.  O.  Dresbach  &  Co.)  r  Clay 

av.  nr   Morton  av. 

Blake  William,  r  ss  Michigan  av.  e  Clay  av. 
Blanchard  Orlando  Prof,  r  ss  State  e  Square 
Bland  James,  lab.  r  es  S.  Main  s  Chambers 
Bland  John,  lab.  r  S.  Main  s  Chambers 
Bland  J.  W.  engineer,  r  S.   Main  cor.  Frank- 
lin 

Bland  Mrs.  r  esS.  Main 
Blue  John,  porter,  r  Clay  av.  s  College 
Bobbitt  Emma    Miss,  elk.  bds.  es    Main    s 

College 

Bohan  Sim,  lab.  r  North  nr  Sandy 
Boilan   William,  plumber,  r  Lafayette  av.  nr 

Brown 

Bolan  William,  lab.  r  N.  West  n  R.R. 
Bolhman   William,   barber,   r  ss  E.   Morgan 

e  East 

BOLINGEB  R.  dealer  in  Sewing 
Machines,  Plait's  new  block,  sedbr.  Square, 
bds.  Southern  Hotel.  Mr.  B.  has  had  five 
years  experience  in  repairing  sewing 
machines,  about  three  years  of  this  time  in 
Jacksonville.  He  first  opened  a  shop  over 
the  post-office,  but,  by  close  attention  to 
business,  he  soon  fjpund  his  quarters  too 
small,  and  was  obliged  to  move  to  a  larger 
store,  on  the  Square  ;  his  business  gradual- 
ly increasing  he  was  again  compelled  to  re- 
move to  his  present  location.  Mr.  B.  is  a 
thorough  mechanic  and  guarantees  his 
work.  In  connection  with  repairing  all 
kinds  of  sewing  machines,  he  keeps  con- 
stantly on  hand  a  large  variety  of  machines 
of  the  various  companies,  which  he  sells 
from  ten  to  fifty  dollars  less  than  the  com- 
panies retail  them  for.  Sewing  machine 
attachments  and  every  thing  pertaining  to 
this  business  can  be  had  in  this  store 
Bollin  Samuel,  driver  express  wagon,  r  ss 

Anna  w  West 

Bond  Emlyn,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Booker  J.   B.  ins.  agt.  r  East  ne  cor.  Cham- 
bers 

Born  Henry,  barber,  bds.  Sharp  nr  Clay  av. 
Boshen    Henry,  gardener,  r  es    S.    Main    s 

College  av. 

Boston  A.  farmer,  r  830  Grove 
Bourke  W.  A.  groceries,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy, 
r  ws  West  s  College  av. 


Bouman  Joseph,  jeweler,  r  ns  North   e  East 

Bowen  Joseph,  r  ws  East  s  College 

Bowen  J.  T.  broom  mnfr.  es  Sandy  n  North, 

r  ws  N.  Main  n  North 
Bowen    J.    W.    (Bowen    &    Coray)    r   es  S. 

Main  s  Superior 
Bown  Henry,   peddler,    r    ns    Independence 

av.  e  Main 
Boyce  Catherine,  wid.  William,  r  ns  North 

w  Fulton 
Boyce  Henry  W.  elk.  r  Washington  sw  cor. 

East 

Boyd  Wm.  lab.  r.  es  E.  Morgan  e  East 
Boyer  Elizabeth,  wid.  Decatur,  r    Mauvais- 

terre  n.  North 
Boyer   John,     bartender,    r    Mauvaisterre    n 

North 

Boyer  Wm.  cook,  r  Mauvaisterre  n  North 
Brackett    A.  D.  collector,  Jack.  Nat.  Bank, 

r.  College  av.  cor.  Kosciusko 
Bradbury  J.  E.  saloon,  ws.  Square  nr   Main, 

r  ns  Court  nr  West 
Bradbury  Robert  A.    foreman   Journal,  r  s 

limits 
Bradford  Lucy,  wid.  Madison,  r  Railroad  e 

Howe 

Bradley  E.  W.  treas.  Colorado  Mining  Co. 
Bradly  Elizabeth,    wid.  William,  r  ss   Dun- 
lap  e  Main 

Brady  George,  elk.  r  Lafayette  nr  Fayette 
Brady  George  W.  elk.  r  ss  Dunlap  e.  Main 
Brand  Philip,  machinist,  r  East  s  Morton  av. 
Brannon  James,  lab.  r  E.  College  av.  nw  cor. 

East 
Brannon  Tarry,    prop,    tin  shop,  ss    Square, 

r  es  S.  West  s  College 
Branson  Wm.    furniture  and    undertaker,  es 

Square    nr    Morgan,     r    Morgan    se    cor. 

Church 

Braun  Jacob,  cabinetmkr. rCald wells  W.  RR. 
Braun  J.  P.  elk.  r  Lafayette  av.  nr  Pine 
Braun     Philip,   saloon    es     Mauvaisterre    n 

Square 
Brawner  John,    cook,  r    ss  Lafayette   av.    e 

Brown 

Breen  Maurice,  carp,  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Brees  Mary  E.  Mrs.  seamstress,  r  ns  College 

opp.  J.  N.W.  &  S.W.R.R. 
Brehm  P.  A.  Mrs.  r.  428  S.  Main 
Bremer  Herman,  porter,  Oak  Lawn  Retreat 
Brennan  James,  r  College  av.  nw  cor.  East 
Brennan  John,  lab.  r  Pine  n  Lafayette  av. 
Brennan  John,     tinner,    r  College   av.    cor. 

East 


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Brennan  J.  W.  (Wainright  &  Brennan)  r 
College  av.  e  East 

Brennan  Terance  (Matheson  &  Brennan)  r 
507  West  nr  Anna 

Breretcn  Hattie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Bietherick  Henry,  prof,  music,  r  ns  W.  State 
e  Westminster 

Bretherick  H.  Mrs.  teacher  vocal  and  instru- 
mental music,  r  ns  W.  State  e  West- 
minster 

Brevator  John,  lab.  r  J.  Nelegar's 

Bridwell  H.  Mrs.  r   es  West  s  College  av. 

Bridwell  Reuben,  painter,  r  West  s  College 
av. 

Brill  Benjamin,  mer.  tailor  ne  cor.  Square,  r 
St.  Louis 

Broadwell  Norman,  bkpr.  W.  H.  Broadwell, 
r  ss  College  av.  nr  Church 

Broadwell  W.  H.  farm  machinery  230  and  232 
S.  Main,  r  s>s  College  av.  nr  Church 

Brock  Marquis  M.  Prof.  D.  and  D.  Asylum, 
r  Asylum  av. 

Brockman  Samuel  C.  clerk,  r  es  Hardin  av. 
n  Henry 

Brockter  Mary  Mrs.  r  ns  Dunlap 

Broil  Edward,  mason,  r  Lincoln  av.  s  Mound 
av. 

Bronson,  Mathers  &  Nellis  (T.  J.  Bronson, 
W.  D.  Mathers,  and  G.  L.  Nellis)  saddlery 
hardware  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Bronson  Thomas  J.  (Bronson,  Mathers  & 
Nellis)  r  450  E.  College  av. 

Brooks  Edward  A.  law  student,  r  College 
cor.  Sandy 

Brooks  Geo.  farmer,  r  716  S.  Church 

Brooks  Joseph,  teamster,  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 

Brown  A.  R.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Brown  Benj.  lab.  r  es  Church  n  Grove 

Brown  Burton,  carp,  r  ns  Rout  e  C.&  A.R.R. 

Biown  B.  F.  shoemkr.  r  205  E.  College 
av. 

Brown  Charles,  mason,  r  ws  Fayette  s 
Anna 

BROWN  C.  F.  es  Square  nr  Morgan, 
r  West  ne  CT  Chambers,  dealer  in  gro- 
ceries and  provisions,  wooden  and  willow- 
ware,  qutensware,  etc.  The  finest  brands 
of  flour  for  family  use,  also  coffee,  sugar, 
teas,  etc.,  as  cheap  as  can  be  had  anywhere 
in  the  city 

Brown  C.  G.  physician,  r  S.  Main  cor.  Col- 
lege av. 

Brown  Daniel,  student,  r  861  W.  State 

Brown  Edward,  student   r  861  W.  State 


BROWN  G.  W.  PROPRIETOR 
AND  PRINCIPAL  JACKSON- 
VILLE BUSINESS  COLLEGE. 

Mr.  Brown  has  lately  associated  with  him- 
self Mr.  H.  B.  Chicken,  an  unexcelled  pen- 
man, and  a  gentleman  of  rare  attainments. 
The  college  will  be  made  thorough  in  every 
particular,  complete  in  every  depar.ment, 
and  already  possesses  a  standard  equal  to 
any  in  the  West.  No  young  man  can  do 
better  than  to  patronize  this  institution. 
He  can  enter  at  any  time,  stay  as  long  as 
he  wishes,  and  pay  only  for  what  he  gets. 
For  a  history  of  the  college,  see  the  histor- 
ical part  of  this  volume.  For  any  infor- 
mation desired,  address  the  principals 
Brown  Elizabeth,  wid.  John  C.  r  West  cor. 

Lafayette  av. 

Brown  Frank,  bartndr.  bds.  Illinois  w  North. 
Brown  Geortje,  lab.  r  es  Yates  n  North 
Brown  Henry,  second  cook  Park  hotel 
Brown  Jacob   P.  druggi.-t,  r  Lafayette  av.  e 

Caldwell 

BROWN  JAMES  N.  States  Atty., 
office  Court  House,  r  W.  State  w  West ; 
was  born  in  Cooper  Co.,  Mo,,  May  25th, 
i852;came  to  this  county  in  1861.  Studied 
with  Brown  &  Epler,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  Jan.,  1874;  in  April  '74,  he  was 
nominated  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  for 
City  Atty.,  and  elected.  Received  the  nom- 
ination as  State's  Atty.,  at  the  general  elec- 
tion, in  1876,  and  was  elected.  In  connec- 
tion with  this  office,  Mr.  B.  does  a  general 
law  business 

Brown  James  W.  carp,  r  Fayette  cor.  Rich- 
ards 

Brown  John,  farmer,  r  861  W.  State 
Brown  John,  lab.  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Brown  Joseph  A.  student,  r  West  ne  cor. 

Chambers 
Brown    L.   W.  pres.  111.  Banking   and    Sav. 

Assn.  r  ns  State  nr  Prairie 
Brown  Maggie,  ironer  Insane  Asylum 
Brown  Nancy  Mrs  r  J.  B.  Wharton's 
Brown    Orlanda,  wid.  William,  r  ns  Dunlap 

w.  Clay  av. 

Brown  Oscar,  lab.  r  es  Yates  n  North 
BROWN  DR.  P.  L.  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  office  and  residence,  west  side 
State  Street,  opp.  the  Court  House,  Jack- 
sonville, 111.;  was  born  in  Jackson,  Mich- 
igan, January  I,  1842;  and  married  in  Jack- 
sonville, July  15,  1877,  to  Miss  Ettie  Gary. 


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475 


Dr.  Brown  is  a  graduate  of  two  of  the 
leading  medical  schools  in  the  country,  viz. 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  and  Keokuk  Medical  College,  of 
Iowa;  was  surgeon  in  the  Union  Army.from 
1863  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Came  to 
to  Illinois  in  1866,  and  located  in  Butler, 
Montgomery  Co.;  removed  to  Jacksonville 
in  1875,  where  he  continues  the  practice  of 
medicine  and  surgery.  He  has  the  finest 
business  location  in  the  city.  Drives  good 
horses,  and  goes  day  and  night 
Brown  Thomas,  teamster,  r  West  n  North 
Brown  William,  lab.  r  S.  Church  n  Morton 

av. 

BROWN  W.  (Dummer,  Brown  &  Rus- 
sell) r  ns  State  nr  Caldwell 
Brown  W.  T.  (Barrows  &  Brown) 
Browner  John,  cook  Illinois  av.  w  North 
Browning  D.  Rees,  teller  Cent.  111.  Banking 
and  Sav.  Assn.  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  nr  Cald- 
well 

Browning  J.  O.  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Franklin 
Browning  Marcus  E.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Cald- 
well 
Browning  Marcus  E.  jr.  elk.  r  Lafayette  av. 

w  Caldwell 
Brune  H.  L.  grocer  es.  Square  nr  State,  r  E. 

North  in  school  house 
Brunk  Thomas,  teamster  Scott  &  Landers 
Bryan  George,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Bryan  M.  A.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Bryant  G.  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  w  Clay  av. 
Bryant  H.  lab.  r  458  Clay  av. 
Bryant  Warren,  lab.  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  College 
Buchanan  C.    A.    printer,  bds.   College  cor. 

Mauvaisterre 

Buck  Charles,  barber,  r  es  Sandy  e  Square 
Buck  Edward  D.  confectioner,  r  West  s  La- 
fayette av. 

Buck  H.  Mrs.  laundry  es  Sandy  e  Square 
Buck  John,  teamster,  r  es  Sandy  e  Square 
Buckingham  James,  carp,  r  es  Hardin  av.  n 

Henry 
Buckingham  John  W.  carp,  r  ss  Morgan  nr 

West 
Buckingham  J.   W.  (Buckingham  &  Bro.)  r 

Hardin  nr  S.  Brook 
Buckingham  N.   A.  (Buckingham  &  Bro.)  r 

College  av.  cor.  Mauvaisterre 
BUCKINGHAM    &  BRO.    (James 
W.  and  N.  A.Buckingham)  carpenters  and 
builders,  es  Mauvaisterre  s  Square,  plans, 
specifications,    and     estimates     furnished, 


jobbing  and  repairing  promptly  attended 
to,  at  reasonable  rates;  orders  solicited. 
Bucklay  John,  shoemkr.  r  College  av.   cot. 

East 

BUCKTHORPE  ROBERT, 
clothing  merchant  State  e  Square,  r  East 
nr  Kentucky.  The  above  named  gentle- 
man has  been  a  resident  of  Jacksonville 
over  twenty  years,  and  during  that  time 
has  been  engaged  as  a  merchant  tailor. 
Being  a  superior  workman,  as  the  years 
rolled  by  his  trade  rapidly  increased,  and 
to-day  Mr.  Buckthorpe  takes  a  leading  po- 
sition among  the  merchant  tailors  of  Jack- 
sonville, owning  the  building  he  occupies, 
and,  having  no  rent  to  pay,  buying  the 
best  goods  from  the  leading  houses  in 
New  York,  Boston,  and  Chicago  and  Eng- 
land, styles  and  prices  will  compare  favor- 
ably with  any  similar  establishment  in 
Jacksonville,  or  the  West.  He  was  born 
in  London,  England,  Aug.  1842  ;  at  the 
early  age  of  fourteen  he  was  apprenticed 
to  the  trade  of  tailor,  serving  seven  years. 
In  1858  he  accompanied  his  employer 
to  America  and  settled  in  Jackson- 
ville, where  Mr.  Cocking,  for  whom  he  had 
worked  so  many  years,  opened  a  tailoring 
establishment,  where  Mr.  B.  worked  as  a 
journeyman  for  many  years,  in  time  secur- 
ing an  interest, eventually  he  became  the  sole 
partner.  In  1869  he  was  united  in  mar- 
raige  to  Miss  Nancy  N.  Reynolds,  of  Pike 
County.  Three  children  blessed  this  union, 
two  of  whom  are  living — Thomas  and 
Robert 

Buhre  Anton  W.  shoemkr.  ne  cor.  Square,  r 
College  cor.  Hardin  av. 

Bull  Catherine,  matron  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

BUL-LARD  E.  T.  Prof.  prin.  pres 
Female  Academy 

Burge  Sarah  Mrs.  r  71  N.  Main 

Burke  Thomas  (Wynn  &  Burke)  r  College 
cor.  West 

Burke  William  A.  grocer,  r  S.  West  s  Col- 
lege av. 

Burnette  Thomas,  painter,  r  ws  Goltra  av.  s 
Chamber 

Burns  D.  S.  (Schoonover  &  Burns)  r  Franklin 
cor.  Mauvaisterre 

Burns  John,  lab.  r  Sheridan  cor.  Illinois  av. 

Burns  Robert,  elk. 

Burrows  Thomas  J.  attendant  Oak  Lawn  Re- 
treat 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Bursch  Oscar  O.  supt.  r  Fayettenvv  cor.  Read 
Burton  Daniel,  lab.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R, 
Burton   Daniel,  waiter,  r  North  ne  cor.  Mau- 

vaisterre 

Bush  Charles  blksmth.  bds.  E.  Keemer's 
Butemuth  William,  cigarmkr.  bds.  Southern 

hotel 
Butler   Margaret   Mrs.  seamstress,  r  College 

se  cor.  East 
Butler  Patrick,  lab.  r  Sandy  n  Anna 

(~*  ADM  AN  A.  W.  photographer  es 
^"•*  Main  s  Square.  Came  to  this  city  in 
the  Spring  of  1867,  and  shortly  after  es- 
tablished a  gallery  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Square,  remaining  here  about  six  years,  he 
removed  to  his  present  locality,  where  he 
has  fitted  up  one  of  the  most  convenient 
galleries  in  the  city.  Mr.  C.  has  an  ex- 
perience of  over  twenty-six  years,  which  is 
sufficient  guarantee  that  his  Ferreotype 
photographs,  crayons,  and  water  colors  can 
not  be  excelled 

Cady  Clark  S.  dentist,  ss  Square  nr  S.  Main 
Cady  Edward  E.  dentist,  es     Square    nr   S. 

Main 

Cady  G.  B.  dentist,  r  1006  S.  Main 
Cafky  S.    cabinet  upholsterer  ns  W.  State  nr 

Square,  r  College  av.  nr  Westminster 
Cahill  Henry  P.  elk.  r  ss  College  nr  East 
Cahill  James,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  e  East 
Cahill  M.  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  e  East 
Cahoe  Ann  Mrs.  r  Hardin  av.  s  College 
Cahoe  Moses,  blksmth.  r  W.R.R.  cor.  Brown 
Caldwell  E.  M.  Mrs.  teacher,  bds.  Rev.  W.  D. 

R.  Trotter's 

Caldwell   Joseph  W.  r  Caldwell  sw  cor.  La- 
fayette av. 

Caldwell  William  L.  r  Caldwell  sw  cor.  La- 
fayette av. 

Callen  Emily,  wid.  George,  r  es  East  n  Dun- 
lap 

Callis  Ann  E.  Miss,  r  Robert  Buckthorpe's 
Gallon  William  P.  (Epler  &  Gallon)  r  Oak  ne 

cor.  N.  Main 

Galloway  M.  Mrs.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Campbell   A.    E.   Mrs.  dressmaking  2  Plait's 

blk.  se  cor.  Square 

Campbell  George,  carp,  r  ns  Clay  av.  n  Michi- 
gan 

Campbell  Mary  A.  Mrs.  r  ws  S.  Main  n  Cham- 
bers 

Cannon  Charles  E.  butcher,  r  East  s  Portland 
av. 


Cannon  John,  merchant,  r  East  s  Morton  av. 

Cannon  J.  (J.  &  T.  Cannon)  r  College  cor. 
Clay  av. 

CANNON  J.  &  T.  butchers,  ns  State 
e.  Square.  As  far  back  as  1857  the  senior 
member  of  this  firm  transacted  business  in 
Jacksonville,  but  the  present  existing 
partnership  was  formed  in  1875.  This  is 
one  of  the  leading  firms,  in  their  line,  in 
Jacksonville,  having  had  many  years  of  ex- 
perience in  the  selection  of  meats,  the 
housekeepers  can  not  go  elsewhere  and  do 
better  than  at  Messrs.  J.  &  T.  Cannon's, 
where  they  will  be  well  pleased  by  the 
courtesy  of  the  proprietors  and  the  low 
prices.  A  few  words  in  reference  to  the 
members  of  the  firm :  they  were  born  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  in  1828,  where  the 
head  of  the  family  transacted  business  as  a 
butcher,  and  from  whom,  in  after  years, 
the  boys  learned  the  -ame  calling.  In  1832 
the  family  emigrated  to  America  and  first 
settled  at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Niagara  Falls.  In  1848,  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years,  John  married  Miss  Mahala 
A.  Nichols.  Twelve  children  blessed  this 
union,  nine  of  whom  are  living.  The 
junior  member  was  born  in  1832  ;  at 
twenty-one  I  e  married  Ellen  O'Connel, 
daughter  of  John  O'Connel.  Eleven  chil- 
dren blessed  this  union,  ten  of  whom  are 
living. 

Cannon  Thoma*  (J.  &  T.  Cannonjr.  esGoltra 
av.  cor.  Franklin 

Cannon  Thomas,  butcher,  r  College  cor.  Clay 
av. 

Capps  Charles  C.  bkpr.  Cent.  111.  Banking 
and  Saving  Association,  r  w  s  Church  nr  T. 
W.  &  W.R.R. . 

Capps  Joseph  L.  bkpr.  J.  Capps  &  Sons,  r 
Church  n  W.  R.R. 

Capps  J.  &  Sons  (Stephen  R.  and  William  E. 
Capps)  woolen  mill,  Church  cor.  Lafayette 
av. 

Capps  Sarah,  wid.  Joseph,  r  Church  s  La- 
fayette av. 

Capps  Stephen  R.  (J.  Capps  &  Sons)  r  Church 
n  North 

Capps  William  E.  (J.  Capps  &  Sons)  r  West- 
minster 2d  door  s  College  av. 

Carlin  W.  J.  teacher,  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e 
East 

Carlson  John  A.  shoemaker,  r  al  i,bet.  Mor- 
gan and  College  av. 


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477 


Carlston  Peter,  gardener,  r  Sandusky   s  W. 

R.R. 

Carpenter  C.  M.  clerk,  r  502  Lurton 
Carr  John,  clerk  Metropolitan  hotel 
Carr  Mary  Mrs.  r   Lafayette  av.    e  Sherman 
Carriel  H.  F.  Dr.  supt.  Insane  Asylum 
Carrigan  John,  teamster,  r  Morton    av.   nw 

cor.  East 

Carroll  John,  cook,  r  ws   N.  Main  cor.  Dun- 
lap 
Carroll   John,    engineer,   bds.    Metropolitan 

hotel 
Carroll    M.    H.    restaurant,   ws    Square    nr 

Court,  r  same 

Carroll  Peter,  saloon,  E.  State  nr  Square 
Carroll  Wm.  r  ws  East  s  College 
Carroll  Wm.  jr.  saloon  and  club  room,  es  N. 
Sandy  nr  Square,   r  es  Clay  av.  nr  Third 
Ward  School 

Carson  Clinton,  bricklayer,  r  Mrs.  C.  A.Car- 
son's 

Carson  C.  A.  Mrs.  r  es  Lurton  s  College 
Carson  John,  bricklayer,  r  ns  North  e  East 
Carson  John,  stonecutter,  r  ns  North  e  East 
Carson  Wm.  laborer,  r  Mrs.  C.  A.  Carson's 
Carson  Winfield,  bricklayer,  r    ns    North    e 

East 

Carter  Austin,  laborer,  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Carter  Chauncey,  farmer,  r  Lafayette  av.  nw 

cor.  Groghan 

Carter  Eliza  Mrs.  r  College  cor.  Prairie 
Carter  George,  farmer,  r    Diamond,    se  cor. 

Grove 
Carter  John,  drugs  and  hardware,  ws   Square 

cor.  State,  r  State  nr  Westminster 
Carter  William,  laborer,   r  N.  Sandy  n  R.  R. 
Carter  William  C.  carpenter,   r    Fayette    se 

cor.  North 
Carver  J.  C.  (Gambell  &  Carver)  r    709  W. 

College 
Case  Warren,  bookkeeper  T.  D.  Price  &  Co. 

r  College  cor.  Mauvaisterre. 
Cashin  Michael,  laborer,  r  es  Vorhees  n  In- 
dependence av. 

Cassel  Jacob,  tailor,  r  ws  East  s  College 
Cassell  Benjamin  P.  cigarmaker,  r  Diamond 

n  Lafayette  av. 

Cassell  E.  L.  elk.  P.O.  r  ws  West  n  Morton  av. 

Cassel  Henry,  clerk  Kentucky  house 

Cassell  Henry  M.  carp.  W.  North  e  West 

Cassell  H.  O.  (R.  C.  Johnson  &  Co.)  and 

lawyer,  ns  Square  nr  Sandy,  r  Kosciusco 

cor.  Grove 

Cassell  Jane  Mrs.  r  es  S.  Main  s  P.O. 
R 


Cassell  J.  T.  Mrs.  Dr.  r  ns  W.  State  e  Church 
Cassell  Robert,  r  es  S.  Main  n  Bissell 
Cassell  Walker,  clerk,  r  West  nr  Anna 
Castors  James,  plasterer,  r  W.R.R.   w  Dia- 
mond 
Catlin  Charles,  bookkeeper  Catlin  &  Co.  r  ss 

State  nr  Fayette 
Catlin  C.  A.  ins.  agent,  ns  W.  State  I  Ayers 

block,  r  Morgan  cor.  West 
Catlin  C.  H.  (Catlin  &  Co.)  r  ss  State  nr  Fay- 

etle 

Catlin  Joel,  r  W.  Morgan  w  West 
Catlin  Margaret  E.  Miss,  r  ss  State  nr  Fay- 
ette 
CATLIN  &   CO.     (C.    H.    Catlin   and 

,)  books  and  stationery,  ss  Square,  3 

Opera  House  block.  This  firm  was  estab- 
lished in  1850,  and  is  the  oldest  as  well  as 
largest  book  house  in  Central  Illinois. 
They  have  been  in  their  present  locality 
during  the  past  12  years.  This  firm  deals 
only  in  the  choicest  literature  of  the  stand- 
ard authors,  and  make  a  specialty  of  keep- 
ing all  grades  of  fine  stationery.  In  con- 
nection with  the  above  this  firm  has  a  large 
assortment  of  music,  musical  instruments, 
window  shades,  gold  pens,  pocketbooks, 
pictures,  frames,  mouldings,  blank  books, 
albums,  etc.,  and  all  the  latest  styles  in  box 
papers,  which  they  keep  constantly  on 
hand 
Catherwood  R.  H.  shoemaker,  es  N.  Sandy 

nr  Square,  r  ns  North  nr  East 
CENTRAL  ILLINOIS  BANK- 
ING AND  SAVINGS  ASSO- 
CIATION, ws  Square  cor.  State.  This 
bank  was  organized  in  January,  1867,  as 
successors  to  W.  &  E.  Brown,  and  during 
the  ten  years  of  its  existence  has  won  a 
deserved  popularity  among  our  business 
men.  This  institution  has  proved  to  be  of 
great  benefit  to  the  mechanics  and  others 
whose  savings  are  small,  and  as  its  name 
indicates,  does  both  a  general  banking 
business  as  well  a  savings  department.  W. 
Brown  is  president,  H.  C.  Wiswall  vice- 
president,  and  W.  E.  Veitch  cashier.  Mr. 
V.  has  been  connected  with  this  bank  since 
its  organization;  as  paying-teller  till  July, 
1874,  when  he  succeeded  L.  M.  Adams, 
who  was  then  cashier.  The  directors,  A. 
C.  Wadsworth,  H.  C.  Wiswall,  W.  Brown, 
S.  R.  Capps,  L.  W.  Brown,  Johnson  Hatch, 
V.  S.  Richardson,  J.  Cox  and  W.  B.  Smith 


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Chadwick  Charles  Mrs.  r  es  Fayette  s  La- 
fayette av. 

Chadwick  James,  molder  Morgan  Foundry 

Challens  Mary,  waiter  D.  and  D.  Asylum. 

CHAMBERLAIN  TIMOTHY,  r 
College  av.  cor.  West,  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  Dec.  n,  1812,  removed  to 
New  York  city  in  1827,  to  Freder- 
icksburg,  Va.,  in  1830,  and  to  Morgan 
county,  111.,  May  I4th,  1832  ;  has  resided 
near  and  in  Jacksonville  since  that 
time.  He  was  united  in  marriage  in  Mon- 
ticello  Seminary,  Feb.  3,  1839,  to  Miss 
Amanda  T.  Buckley,  who  departed  this 
life  March  23,  1877.  Of  their  children 
five  yet  live,  four  daughters  and  one  son. 
Mr.  Chamberlin  is  at  present  secretary  of 
the  Old  Settlers  Association  of  Morgan 
and  Cass  Counties 

Chambers  Geo.  M.  retired,  r  ss  W.  State  e 
Westminster 

Chambers  John  I.  lumber,  N.  Main  ne  cor. 
Lafayette  av.  r  Lafayette  ay.  cor.  Sandusky 

Chambers  L.  W.  (Chambers  &  Bro.)  r  ss 
State  nr  Prairie  av. 

Chambers  R.  R.  (Chambers  &  Bro.)  r  ns 
W.  College  av.  nr  Prairie 

Chambers  Wm.  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  e 
East 

Chambers  &  Bro.  (R.  R.  and  L.  W.  Cham- 
bers) groceries,  provisions  and  queensware, 
ns  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 

Chapin  Horace,  real  est.  agt.  r  ws  N.  Main 
s  Chapin 

Chapin  Q.  H.  elk  P.O.  r  ws   Prairie  n  Anna 

Chapman  Charles,  supervisor  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum 

Chapman  M.  Mrs.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 

Chatman ,  barber,  r  ns  Rout  e  Hardin  av. 

Chesney  B.  E.  (C.  F.  Wyman  &  Co.) 

Chesney  S.  P.  bkpr.  r  ws  Main  s  College 

Cherry  John,  teamster,  r  ns  E.  College  e 
East 

Chicken  Henry  B.  instructor  in  business  and 
ornamental  penmanship,  State  cor.  Clay 
av. 

Cincere  Anthony,  carp,  r  ws  N.  Main  n 
R.R. 

Clampit  Wm.  farmer,  r  ss  E.  State  wC.&A. 
R.R. 

Clancy  Jeremiah,  carp,  r  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 

Clancy  M.  teamster,    r  es  Clay  av.  s  College 

Clark  Cella  Mrs.  cook  Kentucky  house 

Clark  Charles,  teamster,   r  es   East  n  North 


Clark  Clara  Miss,  dressmkr.  bds.  Kentucky 

house 

Clark  Clay,  lab.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Clark  Edward,  lab.  r  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 
CLARK  GEO.  W.  artist  and  photo- 
grapher, Studio,  West  State,  opposite  the 
Court  house,  r  ns  Court  w  of  West.  Mr. 
Clark  is  a  native  of  Ohio.  He  begun  the 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession  in  his 
native  town,  Elyra,  when  sixteen  years  of 
age.  He  went  from  there  to  the  City  of 
New  York,  where  he  studied  in  the  best 
galleries  of  that  city,  and  perfected  himself 
in  the  profession.  He  came  to  Jackson- 
ville nine  years  ago,  where  he  was  first  em- 
ployed as  an  India  Ink  Artist  by  Catlin  & 
Williams,  with  whom  he  remained  two 
years.  He  tiien  went  to  Lockport,  N.Y., 
where  he  remained  five  years.  At  the  end 
of  that  time,  he  returned  to  Jacksonville, 
and  for  two  years  devoted  himself  exclu- 
sively to  Crayon  Portraiture,  becoming  one 
of  the  finest  artists  in  this  branch  in  the 
West.  He  did  crayon  work  for  photographers 
and  artists  in  Chicago,  Lockport,  New  York 
City,  Rochester,  and  Boston.  In  the  Spring 
of  1878,  he  opened  his  present  studio  to 
fill  a  demand  for  first-class  photographic 
work.  His  studio  is  unsurpassed  in  ap- 
pointments and  style  of  work.  Every  part 
is  on  the  first — ground  —  floor,  easy  of 
access,  and  is  in  a. prominent  place  in  the 
city.  The  pictures  made  here  are  un- 
equaled  in  point  of  finish  and  artistic  ex- 
cellency, and  are  equal  to  the  finest  made 
in  the  best  studios  in  the  largest  cities 
Clark  John,  lab.  r  West  s  Grove 
Clark  John  F.  elk.  r  ns  Court  w  West 
Clark  Jennie  Miss,  seamstress  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Clark  John  F.  dep.  circuit  elk.  r  Court  nr 

West 

Clark  Julia  Mrs.  r  Anna  w  West 
Clark  William,  weaver,  r  W.  R.R.  e  Brown 
Clarke   H.  bookbinder,  r    ns  College  av.   w 

Hardin  av. 

Clarke  John,  lab.  r  West  n  R.R. 
Clarke    Reuben  (Clarke    &    Driffield)    r    ws 

Yates  n  North 

CLARKE  &  DRIFFIELD  (R. 
Clarke  and  T.  N.  Driffield)  grocers,  north 
side  Square,  next  to  Jacksonville  National 
Bank.  They  keep  a  full  stock  of  staple  and 
fancy  groceries;  a  full  line  of  canned  goods; 
queensware,  wooden  and  willowware.  The 


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best  brands  of  flour.  Also  a  fine  line  of 
tobacco  and  cigars  ;  and  in  fact  every  thing 
that  is  usually  kept  in  a  first  class  grocery 
store 

CLAY  H.  L.  (T.  D.  Price  &  Co.)  and 
editor  Illinois  Courier,  r  College  av.  e 
Hardin  av.  Was  born  in  Lexington,  Ky., 
June  18,  1834.  In  1838  his  parents  re- 
moved to  St.  Louis ;  after  remaining  here 
till  1847,  they  went  to  Jefferson  City,  Mo., 
and  again  moved  to  Springfield,  111.  in  1852, 
where  Mr.  C.  was  employed  in  the  State 
Register's  office  ;  in  1854  he  went  to  Peters- 
burg, where  he  established  the  Menard 
Index,  a  weekly  paper.  In  1860  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  Carrolltorn  where  he  formed  a 
co-partnership  with  G.  B.  Price,  the  firm 
style  being  Price  &  Clay,  publishers  of  the 
Carrollton  Gazette  ;  still  retaining  his  con- 
nection with  the  Gazette,  he  served  as  chief 
clerk  of  the  Provost  Marshal's  office  in 
Jacksonville  from  1863  till  1867  ;  he  then 
returned  to  Carrollton  and  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  till  the  Fall  of  1869.  In 
May,  1876,  he  came  a  second  time  to  Jack- 
sonville, and,  in  connection  with  T.  D. 
Price,  M.  N.  Price  and  G.  E.  Doying, 
purchased  the  Illinois  Sentinel  and  Jack- 
sonville Enterprise,  uniting  the  two  as  the 
Illinois  Courier.  Mr.  C.  was  among  the 
earliest  and  most  active  advocates  in  secur- 
ing what  is  now  the  west  div.  of  the  C.  & 
A.R.R.  He  was  also  incorporator  from 
1866  to  1874,  of  three  other  railroad  enter- 
prises ;  making  his  newspaper  connection 
effective  in  these  as  well  as  other  matters 
of  public  moment 

Clay  James,  cook,  r  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Clay  Maud,  hair  dresser,  ss  State  e  Square 
Clement  Irving,  tinni,ng,  roofing,  etc.  W.  State 

nr  West,  r  n  Prairie  cor  Duncan 
Clendenon  L.  K.  (Clendenon  &  Nichols) 
CLENDENON  &  NICHOLS  (L.  K. 
Clendenon  and  S.  W.  Nichols)  proprs.  City 
Photograph  Gallery,  es  Square  nr  State. 
These  gentlemen  succeed  E.  F.  Hartley, 
formerly  opposite  the  Court  House,  and 
have  all  the  negatives  taken  by  him.  Mr. 
C.  is  an  artist  of  rare  ability,  combining 
most  excellent  taste  and  skill  with  many 
years  experience,  he  seldom  fails  to  give 
satisfaction.  This  firm  makes  a  specialty 
of  life  size  portraits  in  India  ink,  crayon, 
and  oil ;  employing  a  competent  corps  of 


experienced  artists,  they  guarantee  satisfac- 
tion in  every  branch  of  their  business 
Coates  Amos,  blacksmith,  r  College  cor.  Sandy 
Cobb  Edward,  lab.  bds.  James  Happy 
Cobb  Hugh,  carp,  r  ws  Clay  av.  n  Brook 
Cobbs  Harry,  blacksmith,  r  Clay  av.  nr  Col- 
lege 

Cobbs  J.  R.  dentist,  r  ns  E.  State 
COBBS  WILLIAM  A.  boot  and  shoe 
maker,  ns  E.   State  nr  Square,  r  State  nr 
Clay  av.     Was  born  in  Harrison  Co.,  Ky., 
Oct.  18, 1818  ;  came  to  this  county  in  1839, 
where  he  has  since  resided.     He  opened  a 
shoe  store  on  the  south  side  of  the  Square 
in  1840,  and  continued  doing  business  in 
that  locality  five  years ;  receiving  a  good 
offer  for  his  store,  he  sold  out  and  removed 
to  the  present  locality,  where  he  has  since 
continued,  and  by  fair  dealing    with    his 
customers  he  has  built  up  a  good  trade 
Cocking  Henry,  r  North  w  West 
Coe  M.  P.  Mrs.  dressmaker,  r  ns  E.  State 
Coffey  Darby,  lab.  r  ns  Wolcott  e  Clay  av. 
Coffman  George,  teamster  Palmer  &  Sturte- 

vant 
Cogdal  Abraham,  engineer,  r   P.P.&  J.  RF. 

cor.  Wabash  av. 

Coggswell  Carrie,  elk.  bds.  Sandy  nr  College 
Cohan  Michael,  cigarmkr.  bds.  N.  Main  nr 

North 
Cole  David,  blacksmith,    r   W.    Morgan   cor 

West 

Coleman  I.  C.  carp.  S.  Main  n  Morton  av. 
Coleman  Randall,  porter  Sanitarium 
Collector  of  Taxes,  I.  Dunlap,  ex-officio  col- 
lector, Court  House 
Collier  Morgan,  lab.  r  Clay  av.  nw  cor.  Dun  • 

lap 

Collins  Benjamin,  lab.  r  n  end  Church 
Collins  James,  teamster,  bds.  Kentucky  house 
Collins  Morris  Mrs.  r  815  W.  State 
Collins  Patrick,  tailor,  r  N.  Main  nr  Square 
COMMERCIAL      HOTEL,    James 

McNamara  propr.  ws  Sandy  n  Square 
Compton  Peter   S.  painter,  r  Prairie  ne  cor. 

Duncan 

Compton  W.  H.  painter,  r  Reed  cor.  Prairie 
Coney  Thos.  lab.  r  ss  Mound  av.  w  Lincoln  av. 
Conlon  Paul  (Conlon  &  Co.)  r  Lafayette  av. 

eC.&  A.R.R. 

Conlon  &  Co.  (Paul  Conlon  and  James  Gor- 
man) brick  yard,  east  end  railroad 
Connell  Charles,  r  Church  sw  cor.  North 
Connell  Harry,  r  Church  sw  cor.  North 


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Connell ,  Mrs.  r  Church  sw  cor  North 

Connelly  Peter,  picture  agt.  bds  Mauvaisterre 

cor.  Madison 

Conner  M.  engineer,  bds.  Mrs.  C.  Davis' 
Connor  William,  farmer,  r  N.  West  n.  R.R. 
Cook  E.  W.  printer,  bds.  College  cor.  Mau- 
vaisterre 

Cook  George,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Cook  James,  saddler,  r  es  East  n  Franklin 
Cook  James  A.  carp,  r  East  s  Morton  av. 
Cooley  Joseph,  lab.  r  ws  Prospect  s  State 
Cooney  Nicholas,  lab.  r  West  n  North 
Cooper  Mary,  usher  Insane  Asylum 
Cooper   P.   C.   Rev.     pastor    M.    E.    church 

(African)  r  es  Clay  av.  n  Brook 
Cooper     Thomas,     teamster,  ^  r  es    East   n 

North 
Coray   S.   G.  (Bowen    &  Coray)  r  ns  East  n 

Morton  av. 
Corcoran    Edward,     grocer,    boards    Thos. 

Corcoran's 
Corcoran  Thomas   J.  dep.    sheriff,  r  Hardin 

ne  cor.  College  av. 

Corcoran  W.  H.  grocer,  r  604  Fayette 
Corcoran    W.  H.  elk.  r   ws   Church  nr  Anna 
Core  Asbury  B.  carp,  r   es    N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 
Core  John  B.  carp,  r    ns     Lafayette   av.  e 

East 
Corea  Toney,  carriage  painter,  r  ns  College 

av.  nr  Clay  av. 

Coria  Emanuel,  painter,  r  334  E.  College 
Corington  Joel,  r  ss  Washington  w  East 
Cornell  E.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  w  Clay 

av. 
Cornell  Julia   Miss,    milliner,    bds.    Mr.    E. 

Cornell's 

Corney ,  tailor,    r  ws  Church    s    Lafay- 
ette av. 

Correa  John,  clerk  J.  N.  Jouett 
Correrer  Anthony,  bricklayr.  r  Lafayette  av. 

w  Diamond 
Corria  Emanuel,   shoemkr.  r  es   Vorhees   n 

Independence  av. 

Corria  Joseph  P.  teamster,  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 
Corrigan  Con.  r  ss  College  nr  West 
Corrington   John  W.  grocer   ns    W.  State  nr 

Square,  r  country 
Corwin  Eli  Rev.  D.D.,   pastor  Cong,  church, 

r  cor.  Morgan  and  Kosciusko 
Cosgriff  Martin,  lab.  r  Pine  s  W.R.R. 
Cosgrove  Edward,  clerk  M.  H.  Walsh 
Costrill  John,  lab.  r  S.  Main  se  cor.  College 
Couchman  E.  A.  Mrs.  r  es  Lurton  s  College 


Coulter  Wilson,  com.  trav.  bds.  Rev.  W.  D.  R. 

Trotter's 
County  Clerk's   Office,   B.  R.  Upham,  Clerk, 

Court  House 

County  Judge,  Edward  P.  Kirby,  Court  House 
County   Superintendent  of  Schools,    Henry 

Higgins,  Supt.  Court  House 
County   Treasurer's   Office,    W.    H.  Wright, 

Treasurer,  Court  House 
Cousines  George,  miller,  r  429  N.  Sandy 
Cousins  Richard,  engineer,  bds.  ws  N.  Main 

n  R.R. 
Coverly  Wm.  farmer,  r  Lincoln  av.  nr  city 

limits 
Cox  Albert  W.  clerk  J.  H.  Meyer,    r  North 

nw  cor.  Brown      • 

Cox  A.  W.  (Davenport  &  Cox)  r  country 
Cox  James,  plasterer,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Brook 
COX    JAMES    E.    Deputy  Recorder, 
Court  House,    r   ss   North    e  East.     Was 
born  July  24,  1846,  in  Boone  County,  Mo. 
Came  to  this  county  in  1870,   and  went  to 
farming;    spending   about   a  year  on  the 
farm,  he  went  to  Waverly  and   engaged  in 
mercantile   pursuits;    in   1876  he  came  to 
Jacksonville    and   was    appointed    to   his 
present  position;    was  married  in   1871  to 
Miss   Mary   E.   Haisley;     had   one   child, 
Mattie  E.,  who  died  Nov.  10,  1876 
Cox  Jeremiah  (Palmer  &  Cox)  r  country 
Cox  Margaret,  wid.  Jeremiah,  r  North  nw  cor. 

Brown 

Cowdin  Charies,  r  Fayette  nw  cor.  Duncan 
Cowdin  Mary  Mrs.  r  Fayette  nwcor.  Duncan 
Crabtree  J.  W.  (Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.)  r  ss 

E.  State  w  State 
Craig  Charles  W.  clerk,    r   Lafayette  av.  cor. 

Pine 
Craig  L.    D.  dairyman,   r  es   Hardin   av.  n 

Superior 
Craig  William,  cattle   buyer,  r   ns  North   w 

Fulton 
Crampton  R.  C.    Prof,    acting  pres.  Illinois 

College,  r  Lockwood  place 
Crane  H.  H.  sec.  boss,  r  North  ne  cor.  Yates 
Craven  Carrie  Miss,  clerk,    r   ws  Clay  av.  nr 

Morton  av. 
Craven  Eleanor  Mrs.  r  ws  S.  Main  s  College 

av. 
Craven   James,  lab.  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  Morton 

av. 

Crawford  Eli,  carp,  r  es  N.  Main  s  Walnut 
Crawford  Julius,  lab.  bds.  es  N.  Main  s  Wal- 
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CKAWLEY  WILLIAM  A.  lawyer 
8  Gallaher's  blk.  bds.  Park  house 

Creaar  Joseph,  lab.  r  Diamond  n  W.R.R. 

Creamor  John  G.  r  Vorhees  n  Independence 
av. 

Crooks  S.  Mrs.  r  Dr.  C.  Henry's 

Crosby  Thomas,  miller,  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

Crow  James,  lab.  r  831  East 

Cruise  Wm.  lab.  r  wsGoltra  av.  n  Morton  av. 

Crull  Elizabeth  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  East  se  cor. 
College 

Crull  Mary  Miss,  dressmkr.  r  Mrs.  E.  Crull 

Cruse  James,  painter,  r  ns  North  e  East 

Cruse  James,  harnessmkr.  r  Clay  av.  cor. 
Franklin 

Cuddy  Mary,  nurse  Sanitarium 

Cullen  Edward,  porter,  r  Fayette  w  woolen 
mills 

Cully  N.  r  es  S.  Main  n  Bissell 

Gulp  C.  H.  stockdealer,  r  ss  North  e  Brown 

Cummings  Ruth  A.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  ns  E. 
College  av.  e  East 

Cunningham  A.  T.  saddler,  r  Lurton  s  Col- 
lege 

Cunningham  James,  fireman,  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum 

Cunningham  Patrick,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 

Curtis  Bessie,  wid.  William,  r  Lafayette  av. 
w  Fayette 

Curtis  Herman,  peddler,  r  ws  Brown  n  North 

Curtis  Thomas,  elk.  r  ns  North  w  East 

•p\ABNEY  WM.  cook,  r  Chambers  e  Clay 
av. 

Daley  James,  lab.  r  ws  Church  n  Morton  av. 

Daley  John,  lab.  r  Caldwell  n  W.R.R. 

Dalton  James,  grocer,  Church  cor.  Grove 

Dalton  Martha  Mrs.  r  512  S.  West 

Dalton  Wm.  elk.  r  James  Dalton 

Daly  John,  r  ws  Prairie  n  State 

Danaber  James,  lab.  r  Center  e  Illinois  av. 

Dandel  William,  mason,  r  ns  Jordan  e  Fay- 
ette 

Daniels  B.  elk.  r  N.  Main  n  R.R.  track 

Daniels  Harriet  Mrs.  r  es  Anna  w  West 

DANIELS  SAMUEL,  ws  Square,  was 
born  in  Jacksonville,  Dec.  17,  1835,  is  a 
son  of  Verin  Daniels,  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  of  this  county.  Samuel  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  until  twenty-two  years  of 
age,  when  he  went  to  Chapin,  opening  the 
first  grocery  store  in  that  place.  He  con- 
tinued in  that  business  but  a  short  time, 


when  he  turned  his  attention  to  railroad 
contracting,  which  he  followed  for  three 
years,  after  which  he  was  Deputy  Sheriff 
for  four  years,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
engaged  in  different  occupations 
Daniels  Buker,  clerk,  r  ws  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Daniely  Catharine,  waiter  Insane  Asylum 
Danwonner  M.  r  ws  Church  s  Grove 
Davenport  Bazzill,  r  ss  E.  State  e  East 
Davenport  Braxton,  r  301  S.  Mauvaisterre 
Davenport  L.  M.  (Davenport  &  Cox)  r  Church 

cor.  Court 

Davenport  &  Cox  (L.  M.  Davenport  and  A. 
W.  Cox)  cigars  and    tobacco,  and  liquors, 
ws  Square  cor.  Court 
Davidson  Ephraim,   butcher,  r  ws  Prairie  s 

Lafayette  av. 

Davis  Andrew,  lab.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Davis  Catharine  Mrs.  boarding  house,  Mor- 
gan nw  cor.  East 

Davis  Frank,  elk.  r  State  cor.  East 
Davis  Fred,  teamster,  r  ns  Grove  w  West 
Davis  Jacob,  lab.  r  ns  Richard  w  S.  Main 
Davis  Mary  Mrs.  r  ns  Grove  w  West 
Davis  Sarah  Mrs.  r  es  East  s  Superior  av. 
Davison  John,  blacksmith,  r  es  N.  Main  n 

Independence  av. 

Daub  John,  farmer,  r  ns  Oak  e  Main 
Dawson  Charles,  lab.  r  Bedwell  n  Lafayette 

av. 

Dawson  Clarence  L.  elk.  bds.  904  S.  Main 
Dawson  Edward   L.  blacksmith,  r  ws    East 

n  Franklin 

Dawson  G.  M.  lab.  bds.  L.  Sandford's 
Dawson  John,  blacksmith,  r  Bedwell  n  La- 
fayette av. 

Dawson  J.  S.  carp,  r  ws  East  s  College 
Dawson  Robert,  lab.  r  Bedwell  n  Lafayette 

av. 

Dawson  Samuel,  carp,  r  East  nr  the  brook 
Day  G.  W.  printer,  bds.  College   cor.   Mau- 
vaisterre 

Day  John,  wagonmkr.  r  es  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Day  Josiah,  agt.  r  ws  Kosciusko  s  Grove 
Dayton  Frank  Mrs.  w  College  av.  opp  Park 
Dayton  Frank  L.  bookkeeper,  r  ns  College  ab 

Prospect 
Dayton  O.  E.  (Dayton  &  Russell)  r  W.  State 

nr  Kosciusko 

Dayton  &  Russell  (O.  E.  Dayton  and  C.  H. 
Russell)  watches  and  jewelry,  ws  Square 
nr  Morgan 


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MORGAN    COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Dean   Melville  C.  engineer  Oak  Lawn  Re- 
treat 
Dear  Edward,  lightning  rod  agt.  r  es  Cald- 

well  n  North 

1>EATON  AUGUSTUS,  lawyer,  office 
Court  house,  r  W.  State  e  Westminster, 
was  born  Jan.  19,  1856,  in  Morgan  Co. 
three  miles  northwest  of  the  city ;  in  the 
Fall  of  1874  he  came  to  the  city  and  studied 
law  with  J.  N.  Brown,  was  admitted  to 
practice  Jan.  1, 1878  ;  does  a  general  claim 
and  collection  business  in  connection  with 
his  profession 

DeCastro  Domingos,  shoemkr.  r  ss  College 
av.  e  East 

DeCastro  Joaquim,  plasterer,  r  Diamond  n 
W.R.R. 

DeCastro  John,  lab.  r  Freedman  w  Diamond 

DeFrales  Albert,  teamster,  r  Sandusky  s  W. 
R.R. 

DeFrates  Anthony,  r  North  w  West 

DeFrates  Antonio,  lab.  r  Diamond  n  Freed- 
man 

DeFrates  Antonio,  r  Sandusky  s  W.R.R. 

1  )eFrates  Augustine,  gardener,  r  Indepen- 
dence av. 

DeFrates  Emanuel,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freed- 
man 

DeFrates  Emanuel,  lab.  r  Illinois  av.  s  Inde- 
pendence av. 

DeFrates  Jacob,  lab.  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 

DeFrates  John,  lab,  r  Diamond  n  Freedman 

DeFrates  Joseph,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Dia- 
mond 

DeFrates  Joseph,  lab.  r  Myrtle  av.  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

DeFrates  Joseph,  painter,  r  State  e  Square 

DeFrates  Phillip,  painter,  r  Caldwell  s  W. 
R.R. 

DeFrates  Sebastian,  teamster,  r  Lafayette  av. 
w  Diamond 

DeGastrew  Thero,  shoemkr.  r  316  E.  College 
av. 

Degen  Charles,  elk.  r  ns  College  av.  nr  East 

Degen  Fred.  (Becker,  Rottger  &  Degen)  r  ns 
College  av.  nr  East 

Deiss  T.  L.  printer  Journal,  r  E.  State 

Delaney  John,  farm  overseer  Oak  Lawn  Re- 
treat 

Delaney  John,  waiter,  r  ws  Square  nr  Court 

Delanyjoseph,  barkpr.  r  Sandy  nr  R.R.  track 

Delaney  William,  lab.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

DELEUW  OSCAR  A.  lawyer  4  Gal- 
laher's  blk.  r  Morton  av.  cor.  Main 


Demarest  Martha   Mrs.   r  es  Franklin  opp» 

Public  School 

Dennenberg  Anna,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Derrico  Henry,  hostler,  r  W.R.R.  e  Pine 
DeSilva  Charles,  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Diamond ' 
DeSilva  Emanuel,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freed- 
man 

DeSilva  Frank,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freedman 
DeSilva  Joseph,  tinsmith,  r  Lafayette  av.  w 

Diamond 
Devine  David  J.  (Murphy,  Miller  &  Devine) 

bds.  Southern  hotel 
Devine  Lawrence,  plumber,  r  Independence 

av.  n  P.P.&  J.R.R. 
Devine  Patrick,  foreman  shoe  shop  D.  and 

D.  Asylum 
Devine  Patrick  H.  farmer,   r  Independence 

av.  n  P.P.&  J.R.R. 
Devlin  Charles,  painter,  r  ns  Wolcott  e  Clay 

av. 

Devlin  John,  printer  r  East  ne  cor.  Dunlap 
Devlin   Matthew,  sr.  drayman,  r  Sheridan  e 

Illinois  av. 
Devlin    Matthew,  boilermkr.   r   Sheridan    e 

Illinois  av. 

DEVORE  J.  H.  whose  portrait  appears 
in  this  work,  is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
County  Commissioners,  was  born  June  24, 
1829,  in  Fayette  County,  Ky.  He  came  to 
this  county  with  his  parents  in  1831,  who 
located  within  about  six  miles  south  of 
Jacksonville,  near  his  present  farm,  (in  tp. 
14,  r.  10,  sec.  22,)  which  he  purchased  in 
1850;  in  1851  he  commenced  farming  and 
feeding  as  well  as  raising  stock.which  busi- 
ness he  is  [still  engaged  in.  Mr.  D.  was 
nominated  for  the  office  of  County  Com- 
missioner, and  elected,  in  1873;  this  was 
the  first  election  under  the  new  constitu- 
tion; his  term  expiring  in  1875,  he  was  re- 
elected.  During  his  entire  term  of  office, 
he  has  held  the  chairmanship  of  the  board. 
Was  married  May  27,1851,  to  Miss  Cather- 
ine J.  VanWinkle,  who  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  Ky.;  the  family  consists  of  three 
boys,  William  T.,  James  H.,  and  Robert 
L,,  and  four  girls,  Sarah  E.,  Mary  J., 
Annie  R.,  and  Lucy  M. 
Dew  John,  teamster,  r  ws  East  s  Morgan 

av. 

Dewees  M.  J.  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  State  e  Church 
Debbitt  Ella  Mrs.  bds.  es  East  s  North 
Dice  George,  waiter,  r  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Dick  Valentine,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 


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483 


DICKENS  J.  H.  REV.  —  Retired 
minister,  residence  nw  cor.  Clay  av.  and 
Superior  av.  Mr.  D.  was  born  in  Clarks- 
ville,  Tenn.,  in  1810.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen, he  married,  and  the  next  year — 1830 
— came  to  Illinois.  He  was  trained  under 
the  code  of  General  Jackson.  Had  only  a 
common  school  education,  and  with  few 
opportunities  has  made  his  way  in  the 
world.  He  served  in  the  Black  Hawk 
war,  in  1831,  and  passed  through  many  of 
the  rigors  of  that  campaign.  In  1831,  he 
professed  religion, and  in  1833, was  appoint- 
ed to  the  pastorate  of  the  Jacksonville  M. 
E.  church.  The  town  was  then  small,  and 
during  Mr.  Dickens'  pastorate,  passed 
through  the  scourge  of  the  cholera.  He  has 
always  been  a  firm  abstainer,  strong  tem- 
perence  advocate,  and  though  offered  intox- 
icating drinks,  and  familiar  with  them  from 
his  infancy,  has  always  firmly  opposed 
them,  and  by  word  and  deed,  upheld  the 
cause  of  temperance  and  reform.  Raised 
in  a  slave  State,  he  imbibed  pro-slavery 
views,  but  on  coming  to  Illinois,  not  long 
after  changed  his  opinions,  and  by  1838, 
was  a  strong  abolitionist,  of  the  old  style. 
In  1844,  he  was  made  agent  for  the  Mc- 
Kendree  College,  at  Lebanon,  which 
institution  he  cleared  of  a  heavy  debt,  and 
placed  it  in  a  good  financial  basis.  Think- 
ing much  of  the  needs  for  the  education  of 
women,  and  feeling  a  lack  of  such  advan- 
tages, he  presented  a  plan  to  the  Confer- 
ence of  his  church,  the  result  of  which  was 
the  establishment  of  the  present  Female 
College,  in  Jacksonville,  so  well  known, 
and  of  so  great  influence.  He  has  labored 
all  his  life  for  the  good  of  Church  and 
State,  and  now,  in  his  68th  year,  sees  the 
fruit  of  his  toil.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickens 
have  five  children,  all  raised  to  maturity, 
married  and  settled.  The  three  boys  all 
served  in  the  late  war,  the  health  of  their 
father  forbidding  his  taking  any  part 
therein.  His  strength  is  yet  good,  and 
like  the  past,  is  used  for  his  God,  his 
country,  and  humanity 

Dickinson  Horace,  dry  goods,  r  Court  nw 
cor.  Fayette 

Doan  F.  M.  (Palmer  &  Doan)  r  N.  Diamond 

Dobyns  John  B,  sr.  (Dobyns  &  Co.)  r  ns  W. 
State  nr  Pine 

Dobyns  John  B.  jr.  clerk,  r  ss  State  e  Clay 


Dobyns  Thomas  P.  (Dobyns  &  Co.)  r  ss  East 

e  Clay  av. 
Dobyns  &  Co.  (  John    P.   sr.  and  Thomas  P. 

Dobyns)   boots  and   shoes  es    Square   nr 

Court 
Dod   George   J.  lawyer  7  Gallaher's  block,  r 

nr  S.  Diamond  nr  Grove 
Dod  J.  M.  (Welch  &  Dod)  r  823  Grove 
Dodsworth  Stephen,  r  East  sw  cor.  Kentucky 
Dodsworth  S.  Mrs.r  835  East 
Dodsworth  Wm.  farmer,  r  835  East 
Dommermouth  Charles,  r  1004  N.  Main 
Donohue  Patrick,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  w  Pine 
Donovan  Jesse,  carp,  r  Goltra  n  Morton  av. 
Donovan  Patrick,  lab.  r  ns  Anna  w  West 
Donovan  William,  lab.  r  Centre  cor.  Illinois 
Dooley  Owen,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Dooley  P.  lab.  r  Mauvaisterre  cor.  Franklin 
Dooling  P.  lab.  r  Fayette  n  Richards 
Dooling  Thomas,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Dorwood  Edward,  butcher,  r  N.  Diamond  n 

Walnut 
Dorwart  Frederick,  carp,   r  Lafayette  av.  e 

Pine 

Dorwart  Martin,  carp,  r  Lafayette  av.  e  Pine 
Doty  Benjamin,  blksmth.  r  Court  cor.  West 
Doty  D.  C;  tailor  ws  Square  nr  State,  r  Court 

cor.  West 

Doty  E.  r  ss  Michigan  av.  sw  cor.  Clay  av. 
Doty  Wm.  carp,  r  ss  Michigan  av.  e  East 
Dougherty   J.  A.  physician  and  surgeon  se 

cor.  Square,  r  Hardin  av.  ne  cor.  College 
Dovlin  Philip,  lab.  r  Reid  &  Go's  brick  yard 
Dowd  Charles,  brkiayr.  r  Lafayette  av.  w 

Bedwell 
Dowd  Ignatius,  brkiayr.  r   Lafayette   av.  w 

Bedwell 
Dowsling  John,   blksmth.    r   W.  College  w 

West 

Doying  George  E.  (T.  D.  Price  &  Co.)  r  Col- 
lege cor.  Mauvaisterre 
Doyle   Edward,  drayman^  r  Pine  n  Lafayette 

av. 

Doyle  John  P.  carp,  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  East 
Draper  Charles,  lawyer,  r  305  College 
Draper   Charles   L.  clerk  Abstract  Office,   r 

West  cor.  College 

Dresbach  T.  E.  clerk,  r  East  s  College 
Dresbach  W.  O.  (W.  O.  Dresbach  &  Co.)  r 

Vandalia  av.  cor.  Main 
DRESBACH  W.  O.  &  CO.  (W.O. 

Dresbach   and   W.    H.    Black)  dealers   in 

clothing,  gents'  furnishing  goods,  hats,  caps, 

etc.,  north  side   Public  Square.     Mr.  Dres- 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


bach,  the  head  of  this  firm,  is  a  son  of  the 
Rev.  Simon  Dresbach,  of  Mechanicsburg, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  born,  July  24, 
1842.  He  came  to  Jacksonville  in  1864, 
and  engaged  in  the  above  named  business 
in  the  same  store  they  now  occupy.  He  is 
a  wide-awake  business  man,  and  to  this 
fact  we  can  attribute  his  success  in  the 
clothing  business.  Mr.  Black,  his  partner, 
was  born  in  Hopkinsville,  Christain  Co. 
Kentucky,  April  6,  1833,  and  came  to 
Morgan  County  two  years  later,  and  has 
until  about  a  year  ago,  devoted  his  time  to 
farming,  when  he  connected  himself  with 
Mr.  D.  in  the  clothing  line 

Dressier  Carl,  tailor,  bds.  College  av.  cor. 
West 

Dressier  Frantz,  tailor,  bds.  College  av.  cor. 
West 

Driffield  Thomas  M.  (Clarke  &  Driffield)  r 
Court  w  Diamond 

Driscoll  Cornelius,  lab.  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Drummons  Lizzie  Miss,  r  Lafayette  av.  n 
Sandy 

Ducket  Lizzie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Duckett  Caleb,  farmer,  r  ws  Goltra  av.  s 
Chambers 

Duckworth  M.  E.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  ws  Church 
s  Grove 

Duffy  P.  J.  painter,  r  ss  Wolcott  e  Clay  av. 

Dugan  William,  lab.  r  Short  n  Walnut 

Dugger  Richard,  clerk,  r  427  S.  Mauvaisterre 

Duke  Jacob,  lab.  r  ss  Anna  e  Church 

DUMMER,  BROWN  &  RUS- 
SELL (H.  E.  Dummer,  W.  Brown,  R.  D. 
Russell)  lawyers  ss  State  w  West 

Dummer  C.  H.  law  student,  r  ss  College  av. 
2  w  Prairie 

Dummer  Frank,  law  student,  r  ss  College  av. 
2  w  Prairie 

DUMMER  HENRY  E.  (Dummer, 
Brown  &  Russell)  r  ss  College  av.  2  w 
Prairie 

Dummer  W.  F.  law  student,  r  ss  College  av. 
w  Prairie 

Dunavan  George,  bridgebldr.  r  East  nw  cor. 
Dunlap 

Dunavan  Samuel,  boarding  house  ws  N.  Main 
n  R.R. 

Dunbrack  C.  H.  bkpr.  Central  Illinois  Loan 
Agency,  r  ws  Sandy  nr  Square 

Duncan  E.  dentist  ss  Square  nr  Sandy,  r 
North  nr  East 

Duncan  Jordan,  lab.  r  ws  Fayette  s  Richards 


Dunlap  C.  clerk  W.  A.  Alcott,  r  ns  College 
av.  e  Westminster 

DUNLAP  HOUSE,  W.  State,  W.  F. 
Dunlap,  proprietor,  rates  $2  and  $2.50  per 
day;  one  hundred  first-class  rooms.  Sample 
rooms  on  first  floor  for  the  accommodation 
of  commercial  men.  Street  cars  pass  the 
door  from  all  the  depots 

DUNLAP  IRVIN,  sheriff  of  Morgan 
County,  and  ex-officio  collector  of  taxes, 
office  Court  House,  r  Main  cor.  College  av. 
Was  born  March  12,  1835,  in  Champaign 
County,  Ohio.  Came  to  this  city  in  1840, 
was  elected  sheriff  of  this  county  in  1874; 
receiving  the  nomination  a  second  time,  he 
was  re-elected  in  1876;  was  also  elected 
alderman  from  the  first  ward  for  two  terms, 
1869  and  1870 

Dunlap  James  Col.  r  Dunlap  house 

Dunlap  Jeptha,  retired,  r  Lafayette  e  San- 
dusky 

Dunlap  M.  F.  bookkeeper  First  Nat.  Bank, 
r  College  av.  cor.  Main 

Dunlap  S.  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  College  av.  e  West- 
minster 

DUNLAP  W.  F.  proprietor  Dunlap 
house 

Dunwell  Elizabeth,  wid.  Squire,  r  Prairie  n 
Lafayette  av. 

Durfee  E.  H.  (R.  D.  Durfee  &  Son)  bds.  State 
nw  cor.  Pine 

Durfee  R.  D.  (R.  D.  Durfee  &  Son)  r  State 
nw  cor.  Pine 

Durfee  R.  D.  &  Son  (R.  D.  and  E.  H.  Dur- 
fee) dry  goods,  es  Square  nr  W.  State 

Dutch  E.  J.  bookkeeper,  r  ss  W.  College  av. 
e  Stevenson 

Dutch  Mary  A.  Miss,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum, bds.  Mrs.  A.  McElroy's 

T7ADS  THOMAS,  r  es  Clay  av.  n  Mor- 
-*— '     ton  av. 

Eames  C.  M.  (Simmons  &  Eames)    r  State 

cor.  Prairie 

Eames  T.  D.  retired,  r  ns  W.  State  e  Prairie 
Earley     Frank,   laborer,    r   es    Goltra  av.   s 

Chambers 

Early  Jane,  cook  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Easter  John  D.  Rev.  pastor  Episcopal  church, 

r  ws  Lincoln  av.  s  Mound  av. 
Eastman   Samuel,  chief  engineer  D.  and  D. 

Asylum 
Eberhardt   George,    baggagemaster   Wabash 

depot,  r  Sandy  n  North 


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485 


Ebey  L.  C.  r  Court  ne  cor.  East 
Eckels  Louis,  clerk,  r  S.  East  nr  Insane  Asy- 
lum 

Eden  Levina,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Edgeirton  Belle,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Ehni  John,  carpenter,  r  ss  E.  College  e  East 
Eiler  John,  grocer,  r  ws  N.  Main  n  Dunlap 
Eilerts  John,  grocer,  N.  Main  cor.  Dunlap,  r 

N.  Main  n  Dunlap 
Eldridge  A.  D.  agt.  Hunt,   Partridge  &  Co. 

notions,  W.  State  nr  West,  r  N.  Diamond 

n  North 

Eldridge  Bertie,  elk.  r  N.  Diamond  n  North 
Eldridge  L.  R.  elk.  bds.  ws  Diamond  n  North 
Eldridge  Wm.  B.  miller,  r  es  S.  Main  s  P.O. 
Ellicock  Eliza  M.  Miss,  elk.  r  S.  Main  s  Col- 
lege 

Ellicock  S.  clerk,  r  E.  College  e  East 
Ellicock  W.  auctioneer,  ns  Square  nr  Main,  r 

S.  Main  s  College 
Elliott  Charles,  candy  stand,  r  ns  North  w 

East 
Elliott  Charles,  bus  driver,  r  ss  E.  Morgan  w 

Clay  av. 
Elliott  E.  R.  (Hockenhull,  King  &  Elliott)  r 

College  av.  cor.  Church 
Elliott  Frank,  clerk,  r  State  nr  Prospect 
Elliott  Hattie  Miss,  dressmaker,  r  ns  North 

w  East 

Elliott'J.  W.  teller  Hockenhull,  King  &  El- 
liott, r  College  av.  cor.  Church 
Elliott  Martha  Mrs.  r  ns  Grove  w  West 
Elliott  Mollie  Mrs.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Elliott  Oliver,  carpenter,  bds.  Thos.  Eaves'. 
Elliott  Robert,  laborer,  r  513  S.  West 
Elliott  R.  P.  ex.  messenger,  r  ss  Rout  e  C  & 

A.  R.R. 

Elliott  W.  S.  carpenter,  bds.  Thos.  Eaves' 
Ellis  Mattie,  seamstress  Insane  Asylum. 
Ellis  Stephen,  engineer,  r    Lafayette   av.  w 

Fayette 
Ellrich  Frank,  cigarmaker,  bds.  College  av.  nr 

East 
Elmer  Z.  L.  millwright,  r  ns  Dunlap  w  Clay 

av. 

Embree  Ellen  Mrs.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Embree  Thos.  peddler,  r  ws  Fayette  s  Anna 
Emerich    Albert,   baker,    r   College    av.   nr 

Gray  av. 

Emmis  H.  carp,  r  ws  Goltra  av.  s  Chambers 
Engel  Henry  (Leurig  &   Engel)  r  East  cor. 

North 

Engel  Philip,  clerk,  r  ns  Square  nr  Main 
Engel  William,  baker,  r  East  cor.  North 


England  Benjamin,  carder,   r  Fayette  n  La- 

fayette av.  i 

English  D.  W.  Rev.  pastor  Centennary  M.  E. 

church,  r  328  E.  State 
English  Nathaniel,  physician,  r  ns  Court  e 

State 
Ennis  H.  M.  farmer,  r  ws  S.   Main  n  Cham- 

bers 
Ensminger  J.  grain  dealer,  r  913  W.  College 

av. 

Ensminger  T.  K.  bkpr.  r  913  W.  College  av. 
Entwistle  Alfred,  warper,  r   Lafayette  av.  w 

Prairie 
Epler    Cyrus,    circuit  judge,    r   W.    State  w 

Caldwell 
Epler  Frank,  asst.  cash.  First  Nat.  Bank  r  913 

W.  College  av. 
Epler  S.  M.  (Epler  &  ~Callon)  r-College  av. 

cor.  Westminster 
Epler  William  F.  asst.  cash.  First  Nat.  Bank, 

bds.  ss  College  av.  nr  Westminster 
Epler   &   Gallon    (J.    M.  Epler  and    W.    P. 

Gallon)  lawyers,  3  Chambers  blk. 
Eppinger  W.    (Lehman    &    Eppinger)    r   E. 

North  cor.  Yates 

Ericksen  G.  tailor,  r  Duncan  cor.  Reed 
Erviu  Alexander,  marble  dealer  ss  Morgan  e 

Square,  r  North  cor.  East 
Evans  Arden,  painter,  r  ns  E.  College  av.    e 

R.R. 

Evans  Elijah,  painter,  r  es  East  s  North 
Evans  Emily,  wid.  Elijah,  r  State  nr  Sandy 
Evans  John    (Huntley,   Evans   &  Co.)   r  St- 

Louis,  Mo. 

Evans  John,  painter,  r  Goltra  av.  s  Chambers 
Evans  Mary  Mrs.  r  ws  Church  s  Grove 
Evans  William,  elk.  bds.  Park  hotel 
Evans  William  C.  painter,  r  A.  Evans 
Ewing  John,  carp,  r  Hardin  av.  se  cor.  Cham- 

bers 
Ewing  R.  C.  music  dealer,  r  ns  Grove  e  Pros- 

per 
Eyles    William,    shoemkr.    r  ss    Jordan    nr 

Church 


D.  W.  ns  W.  State  w 
Squire    r  Westminster   nr   College  av. 
dealer  in  grass  seeds,  sewer  pipe,  fire  brick, 
fire    clay,    road    scrapers,     pumps,    plows, 
planters,  reapers,  vibrators   and  old  style 
threshers,  farm  and  spring  wagons,  buggies, 
and  a  full  line  of  all  kinds  of  farming  im- 
plements 
Fairbanks  Henry,  blksmth.  bds.  Commercial 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Fairchild  L.  F.  Miss,  r  ns  E.  State 

Fairchild  M.  A.  Mrs.  r  ns  E.  State 

Fanning  Edgar,  farmer,  r  401  College 

Fanning  George,  elk.  Palmer  &  Cox,  r  Church 
cor.  College 

Farrell  Alice,  cook  Sanitarium 

Farrell  F.  G.  cash.  First  Nat.  Bank,  r  State  sw 
cor  Kosciusko 

Farrer  Joseph,  shoemkr.  r  ns  E.  College  av.  e 
East 

Farris  William,  teamster,  r.  W.R.R.  e  East 

Faul  ^George,  farmer,  r  Centre  e  Illinois 
av. 

Fay  James  A.  dep.  assessor  Court  House,  rns 
North  w  Sandy 

Fay  Mary  J.  teacher,  r  North  w  Sandy 

Fay  Sarah,  wid.  Mark,  r  North  w  Sandy 

Fay  William  L.  foreman  Journal,  r  North  nr 
West 

Fearon  Charles,  elk.  r  East  nr  T.W.  &  W. 
R.R. 

Fearon  John,  painter,  r  East  ne  cor.  Lafayette 
av. 

Fearon  J.  J.  (Ingalls  &  Co.)  r  East  cor.  La- 
fayette av. 

Fearon  Patrick,  carp,  r  N.  East  cor.  Lafayette 
av. 

Feisel  Jacob  Rev.  pastor  German  Meth. 
church,  r  ns  W.  Morgan  w  West 

Fell  Thomas  H.  (Metcalf  &  Fell)  r  S.  Main 
cor.  Kentucky 

Fell  William,  mail  elk.  P.O.  r  ws  East  nr 
Chambers 

Felton  Byron  A.  farmer,  r  W.  College  av.  e 
Westminster 

Felton  William  P.  r  ss  W.  College  av.  e 
Westminster 

Fenton  G.  W.  painter,  r  es  Mauvaisterre  s 
Square 

Ferguson  Stokes,  foreman  job.  dept.  Cotirier 
r  ns  College  av.  w  Hardin  av. 

Fernandes  Alice  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  e 
Mauvaisterre 

Fernandes  D.  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  East 

Fer  iandes  Emanuel,  carp,  r  es  Vorhees  n  In- 
dependence av. 

Fernandes  Emanuel  C.  lab.  r  Diamond  n  La- 
fayette av.  , 

Fernandes  Frank,  r  Myrtle  av.  s  Independ- 
ence av. 

Fernandes  John,  teamster,  r  Diamond  s  Wal- 
nut 

Fernandes  Joseph,  driver,  r  Walnut  e  Cald- 
well 


Fernandes  Joseph  G.  fireman,  r  Myrtle  av.  s 
Independence  av. 

Fernandes  Rosaline  Mrs.  r  Independence  av. 
n  P.P.  &  J.R.R. 

Fernandes  Vincent,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  w  Cald- 
well 

Ferreira  Frank,  grocer,  Lafayette  av.  e  C.  & 
A.R.R. 

Ferreira  Mathias,  brklyr.  r  Illinois  av.  s  In- 
dependence av. 

Ferris  Joseph,  molder  Morgan  Foundry 

Field  A.  J.  teamster,  r  es  East  s  Franklin 

Feld  A.  L.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Fieldcamp  John,  yardman  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Fields  A.  roofer  and  paver,  r  es  S.  Main  s 
College  ' 

Fields  G.  N.  lawyer,  r  915  Diamond 

Figueira  Joseph,  saloon,  ns  Court  w  Square,  r 
Lincoln  av.  nr  Diamond  Grove 

Figueira  Louis,  barkpr.  r  Lincoln  av.  nr  Dia- 
mond Grove 

Fink  John  H.  carp.  State  nw  cor.  East,  r  Clay 
av.  n  Morton  av. 

Fink  Peter  J.  barber,  r  Church  sw  cor.  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Finn  E.  lab.  r  ns  Rout  e  Hardin  av. 

Fitzpatrick  John,  elk.  r  Lurton  nr  College 

First  National  Bank,  Edward  Scott,  pres  ; 
F.  G.  Farrell,  cash,  sw  cor.  Square 

First  Portuguese  Church  (Presbyterian)  ss 
Jordan  w  Fayette 

Fischer  Fred  A.  porter,  r  East  nr  College 

Fisher  C  physician,  ws  Square  cor.  Morgan, 
r  S.  Main  beyond  Brook 

Fisher  Elizabeth  Mrs.  ryt3  W.  College. 

Fisher  Henry,  broom  mkr.  r  Wabash  av.  n  P. 
P.&  J.R.R. 

Fisher  Joshua,  police,  r  Hardin  av.  cor.  Mor- 
ton av. 

Fisher  Lizzie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Fisher  Mittie  Miss,  teacher  r  713  W.  College 

Fisher  Nettie  B.  elk.  r  E.  College  nr  Clay  av. 

Fitch  D  R.  dry  goods,  r  Lafayette  av.  cor. 
Grt  ghan 

Fitzgerald  Hannah,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Fitzgerald  Mary  Mrs.  r  Diamond  end  College 

Fitzgerald  Patrick,  barkpr.  r  North  nr  junc- 
tion ' 

Fitzgibbons  Thomas,  grocer,  r  East  sw  cor. 
Morton  av. 

Fitzgibbon  Thomas,  tobacconist,  r  W.  College 
av.  cor.  Park 

Fitzpatrick  John,  elk.  r  es  Lurton  s  Col- 
lege 


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487 


Fitzsimmons   O.  D.  pres.   Jacksonville    Nat. 

Bank,  r  913  Grove  end  Prospect 
Flack  Charles  E.  (Upham  &  Flack)  r  Van- 

dalia  rd. 

Fleishley  Conrad,  brewer,  r  North  end  Main 
Floberg  Christine,  ironer  Insane  Asylum 
Floberg  Mary,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Flowers  G.  W.  painter,  bds  Commercial  hotel 
Flynn  Patrick,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  cor.  Green 
Flynn  Thomas,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  cor.  Green 
Flynn  William,  r.  Lafayette  av.  cor.  Green 
Foley  John,  janitor,  r.  Caldwell  s  W.  R.R. 
Follansbee   S.    C.   engineer   Insane   Asylum 

Hospital,  r  es  S.  Main  opp  Hospital 
Foreman  A.  (Foreman  &  Sharp)  r  East  cor. 

Kentucky 
Foreman  &  Sharp  (A.  Foreman  and  E.  Sharp) 

groceries,  E.  State  nr  East 
Foreman  W.  W.  r.  450  E.  State 
Fortado  Frank,    r  Independence  av.  cor.  Illi- 
nois 
Fortado  J.  L.  marblecutter,  r  Independence 

av.  cor.  Illinois 

Fortney  Mary,  wid.  George,  r  322  N.  West 
Foster  A.  M.  farmer,  r  ss  E.  State  opp  Blind 

Asylum 

Foster  M.  R.  Mrs.  millinery,  cloaks  and  no- 
tions, ss  Square  cor.  Main,  r  306  W.  Col- 
lege av. 
Foster    W.    H.    traveling   agt.  r  College    e 

West 
Founce  Jacob,.carp.  r  ns.  Lafayette  av.  e  East 

Fowler Mrs.  r  ss  College  e  West 

Fox  Adelia  Mrs.  r  ns  Dunlap  w  Clay  av. 
Fox  Charles   H.  Col.  lawyer,  ws  Square  nr. 

Court,  r  es  Main  nr  College 
Fox  E.  farmer,  r  ss  Rout  e  C.&  A.C.RR. 
FOX  GEORGE  W.  es  Sandy  s  of  the 
Square,  manufacturer    and  jobber    in    all 
kinds  of  tin,  copper,  and  sheet  iron  ware  ; 
makes  a  specialty  of  tin  roofing  and  gut- 
tering.    Mr.    F.  is  also  connected  with  a 
dairy  on  Lincoln  av.  from  which  he  supplies 
families,   groceries,   hotels,    etc.,  with  the 
purest  milk  at  reasonable  rates 
Fox  Henry,  tinner,  r  C.  H.  Fox 
Fox  J.  M.  watches  and  jewelry,  ws  Square  nr 

State,  r  Main  beyond  creek 
Fox  Thomas,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Foy  Mary  Mrs.  r  Sheridan  e  Illinois  av. 
Frank  Emanuel,  lab.  r  W.  R.R.  w  Diamond 
Frank  Emanuel,  driver,  r  Walnut  e  Caldwell 
Frank  Jacob,  tailor,  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Frank  John,  r  W.  R.R.  e  Pine 


Franklin  Wm.  cook  Dunlap  house 

Franz  Henry,  janitor  111.   College,  r  College 

grounds 

Franz  Robert,  painter,  r  College  Hill 
Frazier   Robert,   teamster,   r  Lafayette  av.  w 

Diamond 
Frazier  Thomas,  teamster,  r  Lafayette  av.  w 

Diamond 

Freeman  A.  lab.  r  ws  Fayette  n  Morton  av. 
Freeman  E.  P.  Mrs.  r  S.  Main  se  cor.  Mor- 
ton av. 
Freeman  J.  W.  med.  student,  r  ws  S.  Main 

se  cor.  Morton  av. 
Frese  Henry,  cigars   and   tobacco,  es    Mau- 

vaisterre  s  Square 

Frost  Frank  N.  printer  Journal,  r  E.  State 
Frost  L.  A.  Dr.  asst.  supt.  Insane  Asylum 
Fry  Dewitt  C.  county  constable,  r   Fayette 

sw  cor.  Duncan 

Fry  J.  V.  farmer,  r  Hardin  av.  s  Chambers 
Fry  Susan  Mrs.  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Fuchs  William,  butcher,  r  ss  Wolcott  e  Clay 

av. 
Fuller  Charles   M.  yard-master,  r  North  sw 

cor.  Brown 
Fuller  H.  C.  saddlery,  es  Square  nr  Morgan, 

r  Morgan  cor.  Prairie 
Furgeson  Stokley,  printer,  bds.  H.  L.  Clay's 

GABELINE     WM.    clerk,   bds.    F.    M. 
c      • 
Springer  s 

Gaddis  J.  Mrs.  r  W.  College  av.  cor.  Dia- 
mond 

Gailey  Lizzie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Galbraith  A.  E.  Mrs.  r  ns  E.  State 

Gallagher  Terrance,  drayman,  r  Railroad  e 
Howe 

Galligher  William  Rev.  Pres.  minister,  r  823 
Grove 

Gambell  J.  T.  (Gambell  &  Carver)  r  State  ne 
cor.  Kosciusko 

Gambell  &  Carver  (J.  T.  Gambell  and  J.  C. 
Carver)  groceries,  flour,  feed,  etc.  W.  State 
nr  West 

Garden  Joseph  G.  stonecutter,  r  Indepen- 
dence av.  n  P.P.  &  J.R.R. 

Gardner  Seth,  elk.  r  ws  Main  nr  Morton  av. 

Gardner  S.  Miss,  teacher,  bds.  B.  R.  Rucker's 

Garfield  C.  D.  Mrs.  teacher,  bds.  Jno.  W. 
Goltra's 

Gasman  Charles,  lab.  r  P.P.&  J.R.R.  n  Wa- 
bash  av. 

Gass  Benjamin  F.  architect,  r  East  nw  cor. 
Washington 


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MORGAN  COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Gates  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  College  av.  e  Church 

Cause  John  B.  painter,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Frank- 
lin 

Gay  D.  lab.  r  es  Lurton  s  College 

Gebelein  William,  elk.  Loar  &  Grierson,  bds. 
S.  Main  nr  College  av. 

George  Albert  N.  fireman  Insane  Asylum 

Geraci  Antony,  barber,  r  Main  cor.  North 

Gerbing  William,  butcher,  r  West  s  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Getty  Leulla  J.  supervisor  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum 

Gibbons  Alice  Miss,  seamstress,  r  Mrs.  J. 
Gibbons' 

Gibbons  Julia  Mrs.  tailoress,  r  ns  E.  College 
av.  e  East 

Gibbons  Leslie,  teamster,  r  es  East  n  Dun- 
lap 

Gibbs  Edmond  A.  farmer,  r  ss  E.  College  av. 
e  Johnson 

Gibson  Geo.  B.  billiard  room,  Park  hotel 

Gibson  William,  whitewasher,  r  N.  Sandy  n 
R.R. 

Gill  J.  (J.  Gill  &  Co.)  r  ss  W.  State  w  Pros- 
pect 

Gill  J.  &  Co.  (J.  Gill  and  C.  C.  Phelps)  dry 
goods,  se  cor.  Square 

Gillette  Charles  P.  student  111.  College,  r  D. 
and  D.  Asylum 

Gillette  Harriet,  sec.  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

GILLETTE  PHILIP  G.  Dr. 
LL.D.  is  a  native  of  Madison  county, 
Indiana.  He  was  born  March  24, 
1833.  He  is  the  oldest  child  of  Rev. 
Samuel  T.  Gillette,  an  eminent  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  minister,  and  who  was  an 
officer,  in  his  early  life,  in  the  United 
States  navy,  being  the  first  midshipman  ap- 
pointed from  the  State  of  Indiana,  Dr. 
Gillette  received  his  early  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  State.  He 
entered  Asbury  University  at  Greencastle, 
Ind.,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  and  graduated  at 
the  age  of  nineteen.  He  was  a  teacher  in 
the  Indiana  State  Institution  for  the  edu- 
cation of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  till  1856, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  position,  which 
he  now  holds,  of  superintendent  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Institution  for  the  same  object. 
This  institution  is  undoubtedly  the  best  of 
its  kind  in  the  country,  and  for  its  present 
reputation  it  is  largely  indebted  to  Dr. 
Gillette.  He  is  ably  carrying  out  that  lib- 
eral system  which  the  people  of  Illinois, 


through  their  representatives,  have  fur- 
nished the  means  of  doing.  Dr.  Gillette 
was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  M.  Phipps, 
daughter  of  Isaac  N.  Phipps,  of  Indianap- 
olis, and  by  this  union  has  had  six  children, 
four  of  whom  are  still  living.  In  July, 
1871,  the  title  of  LL.D.  was  conferred  up- 
on Mr.  Gillette,  by  the  institution  in  which 
he  graduated.  Dr.  G.  has  been  an  efficient 
worker  in  the  Sabbath  School  cause  both 
at  home  and  abroad.  He  is  president  of 
the  U.  S.  Sunday  School  Association.  Dr. 
Gillette  and  his  wife  are  active  members  of 
the  M.  E.  church.  Politically,  he  is  a  re- 
publican. Few  men  have  done  more  in 
this  portion  of  the  State  to  elevate  the  spir- 
itual and  mental  condition  of  his  fellow 
men  than  Dr.  Gillette 

Gilliam  Alacia  Mrs.  r  602  E.  State 

Giiliam  Charles,  baggage-master,  r  602  E. 
State 

Gilliam  Geo.  elk.  r  602  E.  State 

Gilman  H.  A.  Dr.  asst.  supt.  Insane  Asylum 

Gilman  Polly  Mrs.  r  es  S.  Main  opp.  Insane 
Hospital 

Gilman  S.  A.  Mrs.  r  es  S.  Main  n  Michigan 
av. 

Giltner ,  carp,  r  ns  Grove  e  Diamond 

Gipson  John,  lab.  r  P.P.&  J.  R.R.  n  Wabash 
av. 

Givens  Calvin,  lab.  r  ss  Grove  w  West 

Givens  C.  lab.  r  ss  Grove  w  West 

Givens  J.  H.  lab.  r  es  East  n  Morton  av. 

Givens  H.  lab.  r  es  East  s  Chambers 

Givens  L.  Mrs.  r  ss  Grove  w  West 

Giving  Wm.  butcher,  r  West  s  Lafayette  av. 

Glasgow  M.  V.  B.  carp,  r  ns  E.  College  av.  e 
Clay  av. 

Gledhill  John,  asst.  engineer  Insane  Hospi- 
tal, r  ss  Michigan  av.  e  East 

Glenn  W.  V.  carp. 

Glover  Emerson,  notion  dealer,  r  Diamond 
cor.  W.  College 

Glover  John  A.  bkpr.  Simmons  &  Eames, 
r  W.  Grove 

Glover  L.  M.  Rev.  pastor  First  Presbyterian 
church,  r  Grove  sw  cor.  Westminster 

Goes  Julius,  elk.  bds.  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 

Goheen  Lycurgus,  ins.  agt.  7  Gallaher's  bl'  . 
bds.  ws  West  nr  North 

Goltra  C.  S.  ret.  r  ns  W.  State  w  Westmnster 

Coltra  John  W.  ret.  r  614  W.  College  av. 

Goltra  Judson  A.  (Goltra  &  Read)  r  610  W. 
College 


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489 


Goltra  M.  C.  farmer 

Goltra  &  Read  (J.  A.  Goltra  and  J.  V.  Read) 

hats,    caps,    furs,    and    furnishing   'goods 

Square  sw  cor.  Morgan 
Gomas  Amelia,  wid.  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 
Gomes  Alexander,  lab.   r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e 

East 

Gomes  Anthony,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Gomes  Ralphael,  lab.  r  Independence  av.  n 

P.P.&  T.R.R. 

Gonsalves  Frank,  bricklayer,  r  Independence 
av.  n  C.&  A.R.R. 

Gonsalves  Louisa  Mrs.  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 

Goodman  Benjamin  F.  harnessmkr.  r  Fayette 
nw  cor.  North 

Goodrick  A.  carp,  r  ns  North  e  Clay  av. 

Goodrick  E.  A.  elk.  bds.  335  E.  North 

Goodrick  James  M.  (J.  Goodrick  &  Son)r  ws 
East  nr  College 

Goodrick  J.  (J.  Goodrick  &  Son)  r  335  E. 
North 

GOODRICK  J.  &  SON  (Joel  and 
James  M.  Goodrick)  merchant  tailors  and 
dealers  in  ready-made  clothing,  gents'  fur- 
nishing goods,  hats  and  caps,  trunks,  and 
traveling  bags,  north  side  the  Public 
Square. 

Gordon  James  (Conlon  &  Co.)  r  Railroad  e 
Howe 

Gorham  Isaac,  lab.  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  Clay 
av. 

Gorham  James,  miller,  r  Wm.  Benson's 

Gorm  James,  porter,  r  ws.  State  nr  Square 

Gottnelp  Hank,  cigarmaker,  bds.  Southern 
hotel 

Gotthelp  Herman  G.  cigarmaker,  bds.  South- 
ern hotel 

Gougerty  Catherine,  wid.  Thomas,  r  ns  Wol- 
cott  e  Clay  av. 

Gough  John,  laundryman  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Gouveia  Ryman,  lab.  r.  es  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Graham  J.  W.  (Graham  &  Kirby)  r  ws  East 
s  College 

Grant  H.  D.  boarding  house,  es  East  s  North 

Grant  .  r  ss  Washington  w  East 

Grassly  A.  F.  (Crassly  &  Bro.)  r  ws  Clay  av. 
n  Morton  av. 

GRASSLY  C.  F.  219  w  State  w  Square, 
r  Clay  av.  s  Chambers,  dealer  in  staple 
and  fancy  groceries,  provisions,  crockery, 
etc.,  confectionery  of  all  kinds;  keeps  on 
hand  nothing  but  the  best  brands  of  flour, 
for  family  'use.  In  connection  with  the 


above  Mr.  G.  also  has  a  bakery,  which  is 
the  most  complete  in  the  city 

Grassly  C.  Louis  (Kastner  &  Grassly)  r  ws 
East  s  College 

Grassly  J.  A.  (Grassly  &  Bro.)  r  es  Clay  av. 

GRASSLY  &  BRO.  (A.  F.  and  J.  A. 
Grassly)  se  cor.  Square.  Groceries,  pro- 
visions, etc.,  and  dealers  in  all  kinds  of 
crockery  and  glassware.  This  firm  makes 
a  specialty  of  their  flour,  which  is  unsur- 
passed, for  family  use.  They  also  deal 
very  extensively  in  tea,  coffee,  and  spices. 
The  goods  purchased  from  this  firm  can 
always  be  relied  on  as  they  keep  nothing 
but  the  finest  grades 

Graves  George,  trimmer,  r  College  cor.  Clay 
av. 

Gray  Benjamin,  sewing  machine  agt.  se  cor. 
Square,  r  es  Main  n  Morton 

Gray  B.  B.  foreman,  r  ns  Court  w  Fulton 

Gray  Milo,  farmer,  r  Chapin  w  Main 

Gray  Sarah,  nurse  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Gray  S.  blacksmith,  bds.  W.  College  e  West 

Green  Harry,  painter,  r  ss  Marion  av.  w 
West 

Green  Harvey,  painter,  r  ws  East  s  College 

Green  Isaac,  lab.  r  Henry  e  C.&  A.R.R 

Green  Oliver  S.  trader,  r  ns  E.  State  e  Howe 

Green  Stephen,  farmer,  r  ns.  College  av.  w 
Westminster 

Green  Thomas,  laborer,  r  P.P.&J.R.R.  n 
Wabash  av. 

Green  W.  C.  freight  agt.  C.&  A.R.R.  r  es 
East  s  College 

Greenburg  G.  W.  harnessmkr.  r  S.  Main  nr 
Morton  av. 

Greenleaf  E.  S.  supt.  J.N.W.&S.E.R.R.  ns 
W.  State  nr  Square,  r  Reed  cor.  Church 

Gregoria  Jarden  Mrs.  r  ws  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Gregory  A.  R.  r-  ws  East  s  Kentucky 

Gregory  R.  M.  policeman,  r  es  N.  Main  s 
Walnut 

Grierson  John  C.  (Loar  &  Grierson)  r  es 
Howe  nr  State 

Griffin  John,  drayman,  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Griffin  M.  lab.  r  East  s  Morton  av. 

Griffin  Patrick,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 

Griffith  Agnes  Mrs.  r  W.  College  av.  cor. 
Prairie 

Gross  J.  H.  lab.  r  ns  E.  College  av.  e  East 

Grosvenor  Mason,  Prof.  Illinois  College,  r 
College  cor.  Prairie 

Groves  John,  clerk,  bds.  315  E.  State 


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Groves  Sarah,  chambermaid  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum 

Groves  Wm.  farmer,  r  ws  Hardin  av.  s  Col- 
lege av. 

Grubner  John,  carp,  r  es  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Gruber  John  H.  boots  and  shoes  ns  Square 
cor.  Main,  r  Jordan  cor.  Prairie 

Grunder  H.  teacher,  r  ss  E.  College  av.  e 
Johnson 

Gugerty  John,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 

Gunn  Alva,  farmer,  r  es^Vorhees  n  Independ- 
ence av. 

Gunn  Ann  E.  wid.  James  A.  r  es  Vorhees  n 
Independence  av. 

Gunn  B.  W.  grocer  es  S.  Main,  r  S.  Main  se 
cor.  Michigan  av. 

Gurney  Cornelius  sr.  cabinetmaker,  r  ns 
Franklin  e  East 

Gurney  Cornelius  jr.  carriage  trimmer,  r  ns 
Franklin  e  East 

Gurney  Edward,  furniture  finisher,  r  ns 
Franklin  e  East 

Guthrie  Milton,  teamster,  r  ws  N.  Main  nr 
North 

Guy  William  (Guy  &  Jones)  r  249  College 

TTACKETT  JOHN,  lab.  r  es   Fulton  n 

North 
Hackett  J.  H.  (Hackett  &  Jerald)  r  S.  Main 

se  cor.  Michigan  av. 
Hackett  Michael,  lab.  r  Howe  s  Centre 
Hackett  &  Jerald  (J.  H.  Hackett  and  N.  R. 

Jerald)  clothing,  furnishing,  etc.  ss  Square 

nr  Sandy 
Hackman    George,    teacher,    r    ns    Oak    e 

Main 
Hackman  John  F.  (Hackman  &  Shafer)  r  ss 

College  av.  nr  East 
Hackman  Mary,  wid.  William,  r  ns    Oak  e 

Main 

Hackman  Philip,  r  ns  Oak  e  Main 
Hackman  William  (Kackman    &  Hackman) 

r  es  Clay  av.  nr  Franklin 
Hackman  &  Shafer  (John  F.  Hackman  and 

John  J.  Shafer)  meat  market  S.  Main  opp 

P.O. 
Hadix  David,  farmer,  r  ss  E.  College  w  Clay 

av. 
Hagar  S.  D.  carriage  trimmer  es  N.  Sandy  nr 

Square,  r  Mauvaisterre  nr  College    . 
Hairgrove  F.  M.   farmer,  r   Illinois  av.  cor. 

Green 
Hairgrove  C.  carp,  r  E.  Morgan  se  cor.  East 


Halderty   Addie    Miss,    seamstress,  r   ns  E. 

Morgan  e  Mauvaisterre 

Hale  Gustavus,  bkpr.  r  Prairie  nw  cor.  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Hale  James  W.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Hale    Martin,  baggagemaster,  r  es  Yates  n 

North 

Haley  James,  clerk,  r  Lafayette  av.  e  East 
Haley  John,  sexton,  r  Lafayette  av.  e  East 
Hall  Charles  H.  elk,  r  Kosciusko  cor.  College 
Hall  David  H.  clerk  Scott  &  Lander's 
Hall  H.  H.  farmer,  r  602  W.  College  av. 
Hall  James,  clerk,  r  es  East  s  Superior  av. 
HALL    JOHN    W.    Manufacturer    of 

buggies,  carriages,  and  spring  wagons,  and 

dealer   in  agricultural  implements,    seeds, 

etc.  northwest  corner  College  av.  and  South 

Main  street 
Hall   Mary  J.    Mrs.   proprietress    Kentucky 

house  N.  Main  se  cor.  Washington 
Halle  Hermann,  cigarmkr.  bds.  Henry  Holle's 
Hallowell    Lizzie,   chambermaid  D.  and  D. 

Asylum 
Hallowell   Sarah,  chambermaid    D.    and  D. 

Asylum 

Halsted  M.  A.  physician  Prairie  se  cor.  Jordan 
Hambaugh  James  S.  elk.  Simmons  &  Eames, 

r  North  nr  Main 
Hamill  E.  H.  (Askew   &    Hamill)  r   58  E. 

Court 
Hamill  S.  S.  Prof.  Illinois  College,  r  1002  W. 

College  av. 

Hamilton  E.  ice  dealer,  r  830  E.  State 
Hamilton  George  F.  bkpr.  JacksonvilleT^at. 

Bank,  r  S.  Main  beyond  limits 
Hamilton  James,  engineer,  bds.  Metropolitan 

hotel 
Hamilton  Mary,  wid.  William,  r   ns  E.  State 

e  Howe 

Hamilton  Sarah  Mrs.  r  es  S.  West  s  College 
Hamilton  S.  H.  r  ss  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 
Hamilton    S.    H.  Mrs.  millinery    and    fancy 

goods  ss  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 
Hamilton  Wade,  lab.  r    ws  S.  Sandy  s  Col- 
lege 
Hamilton  W.  L.  conductor  P.P.&J.R.R.  r  ss 

E.  College  av.  e  Johnson 
Hammel  William,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois 
Hammill  Edward  Rev.  M.  E.  minister,  r  East 

sw  cor.  Bissell 
Hammond  A.  well  digger,  r   College  cor.  S. 

Main 
Hammond  A.  C.   Mrs.  dressmkr.  r    West  n 

North 


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Hammond  Henry,  lab.  r  ns  Grove  w  Church 
Hammond  Joseph,  painter,  r  Goltra   av.  s  of 

the  brook 
Hammond   Reuben,  farmer,  r   East  ne  cor. 

Franklin 

Hanners  William,  r  ws  Clay  s  College 
Happy    Charles,    painter,    r    Main    n   R.R- 

track 

Happy  James,  lab.  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  College 
Happy  John,  plasterer,  r  ss  E.  College  e  Clay 

av. 
Happy  Josephus,  sr.  painter,    r   E.  State  w 

Brown 
Happy   Josephus,   jr.  painter,  r  E.  State  w 

Brown 
Harding  E.  H.  painter,  bds.  ws  N.  Main  n 

R.R. 
Harley  Theodore,  butcher,  r  Franklin  wClay 

av. 

Harold  Adam,  shoemkr.  r  Fayette  n  Jordan 
Harre   Marilda   Mrs.  r  ns  W.  State  e  Kosci- 

usco 

Harrigan  H.  Mrs.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Harris   C.    B.    restaurant   ws   N.    Main    nr 

Square 
Harris  D.  H.  supt.  City  Schools,  r  W.  College 

av.  w.  Kosciusko 

Harris  Edward  G.  r  Jordan  nw  cor.  Church 
Harris  Judson,  elk.  bds.  E.  Metcalf  s 
Harris  Vincent,  lab.  r  ws  Clay  av.  n  Lafayette 

av. 

HARRIS  W.  P.  (Adgate   &   Harris)  r 
Franklin  bet.  Clay  av.  and  East;  was  born 
May  16,  1849  in  Greene  Co.,  Ohio.     Came 
to    this  county   in   August,   1871,  and  en- 
gaged  in   railroading,    remaining    in    this 
business  till  January  i,  1878,  when  he  en- 
tered into  co-partnership  with  Mr.  Adgate 
in  the  insurance  business 
Harrison  George  W.  r  ^College  nr  Sandy 
Harrison  Joseph,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Harrison  William,  furniture    ss    Square   cor. 

Main,  r  College  nr.  Sandy 
Harsha  W.  W.  Rev.  pastor  Pres.  church,  r  es 

S.  Westminster  s  College  av. 
Hart  D.  A.  painter,  r  W.R.R.  cor.  Brown 
Hart  J.  E.  shoemkr.  Illinois  av.  n.  State 
Hart  Matthew  farmer,  res  Prairie  n  Jordan 
Hartin  Betsey  Mrs.  r  ws  Goltra  av.  s  Cham- 
bers 
Hartley  William    H,  horse    dealer,  r   ns  E. 

College  e  C.  &  A.  R.R. 
Hartmann  Adolph,  cook  Dunlap  house 
Hartzell   George,  teacher,  bds.  324  S.  Main 


Harvey  James  L.  stone  mason,  r  ss  Lafayette 
av.  e  Prairie 

Harvey Mrs.  dressmaker  r  ns  E.  College 

av.  e  East 

Harvey  Theo.  butcher,  r  es  Hardin  av.  s  Col- 
lege 

Hastings  Charles  L.  elk.  abstract  office,  bds. 
J.  Hastings' 

Hastings  Gilbert,  elk.  bds.  H.  C.  Stewart's 

Hastings  Joel,  farmer,  r  W.  College  av.  e 
Westminster 

Hastings  Lambert,  farmer,  r  ss  W.  College 
e  Westminster 

Hastings  T.  A.  lab.  r  Sheridan  e  Illinois  av. 

Hatch  Frank  K.  watchmaker  ws  Square  nr 
Morgan,  bds.  North  cor.  Clay  av. 

Hatch  H.  Lee  Dr.  drugs  and  medicines  ws 
Square  cor.  Sandy,  bds.  Park  house 

Hatch  Johnson,  physician,  r  330  E.  North 

Hatfield  Lewis,  boots  and  .=hoes  ns  Square 
cor.  Sandy,  r  es  Diamond  nr  Morton  av. 

Hatfield  L.  H.  (Ketcham  &  Hatfield)  r  es 
Diamond  nr  Morton  av. 

Hathman  J.  W.  lab.  r  ss  Franklin  w  Clay  av. 

Hay  Abel  L.  foreman  gardener  D.  and  D. 
Asylum 

HAYDEN  ALFRED  (Russel  & 
Haydens)  r  W.  College  av.  nr  Park.  Was 
born  December  28,  1838,  in  Glocestershire, 
England;  came  to  this  country  in  1843  and 
located  at  Racine,  Wis.  Remaining  in 
the  State  about  nineteen  years,  he  moved 
to  Jacksonville  in  1862,  and  engaged  as  a 
clerk  in  a  .dry  goods  store  for  about  two 
years.  Then  entered  into  partnership  with 
his  brother  Charles  until  1871,  when  the 
firm  dissolved.  He  then  was  employed  as 
a  clerk  for  Russel  &  Hayden  until  1876, 
when  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  firm, 
which  was  then  changed  to  the  above 
style.  Was  married  October  30,  1867,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Richardson;  has  two  chil- 
dren living — Frank  A.  and  Mabel.  Wil- 
liam T.  died  in  1870,  aged  fifteen  months 

Hayden  Charles,  mer.  tailor  and  manager  es 
Square  nr  State 

Hayden  Edwin,  carriagemkr.  r  ss  E.  Morgan 
e  Mauvaisterre 

HAYDEN  GEORGE  (Russel  &  Hay- 
dens)  General  Merchants.  Was  born  in 
Gloucestershire,  England,  the  i8th  of  May, 
1836.  Came  to  this  country  in  the  Spring 
of  1843,  with  father,  mother,  six  brothers, 
and  two  sisters.  Settled  in  Wisconsin  until 


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the  Spring  of  1855;  moved  to  Jacksonville. 
Served  three  years  apprenticeship  with 
Wm.  Guy,  learning  the  carriage  and  wagon 
making  business.  Commenced  business 
for  himself  in  the  Spring  of  1858.  Con- 
tinued the  business  until  January,  1865, 
employing  ten  hands.  In  January,  1865, 
with  Wm.  H.  Ranson,  bought  out  A.  &  W. 
Russel,  general  merchants.  Continued  the 
business  under  the  name  of  Hayden  & 
Ranson  three  years,  when  Wm.  Russel 
bought  the  interest  of  Wm.  H.  Ranson. 
The  name  of  the  firm  was  changed  to 
Russel  &  Hayden  which  still  continue. 
Was  married  to  Elizabeth  Ranson  on  the 
25th  of  Nov.  1858.  Three  children  have 
been  born  to  them:  Nettie  Ann,  aged  16 
years,  Emma  Maria,  14  years,  and  Laura 
May,  aged  9  years 
Hayden  John,  teamster,  r  Sheridan  e  Illinois 

av. 
Hayden  John  A.  roofer   E.  State  nr  Square, 

bds.  Park  house 
Hayden   William,    teamster,    r   es  Fulton  n 

North 

Hayes  Barney,  hostler  Springer  &  Scott 
Hayes  John,  lab.  r  ws  Vorhees   n    Independ- 
ence av. 

Hawley  D.  E.  publisher  ws  Square  cor.  State 
Hawley  E.  F.  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Hawley  Harlow,   lab.  r  ws  West  n  Chambers 
Hedenberg  Fannie,  r  352  E.  State 
Hedenberg  Susan  Mrs.  r  352  E.  State 
Heimlich   D.  T.  (Strickling  &  Heimlich)   r 

East  sw  cor.  Franklin 

Heinl  Joseph,  conservatory  es  S.  Main  s  Col- 
lege av.  r  Greenwood  av.  cor.  Church 
Hellenthal  H.  (Hellenthal  &  McGaughran)  r 

ns  College  av.  nr  East 

HELLENTHAL  &  McGRAUGH- 
RAN  (M.  Hellenthal  and  M.  McGraugh- 
ran)  carriage  mnfrs.  Sandy  st.  north  side 
of  Square.  This  well  known  and  enter- 
prising firm  build  all  the  latest  and  lead- 
ing styles  of  carriages,  pony  phaetons, 
buggies,  spring  wagons,  and  make  a  spec- 
ialty of  Miller's  celebrated  Eureka  buggy, 
the  adjustable  features  of  which  are  war- 
ranted for  five  years,  it  can  be  converted 
into  an  open  buggy,  with  child's  seat ;  two- 
seated  open  wagon  ;  open  pleasure  and 
business  buggy  ;  a  closed  carriage  for 
stormy  weather ;  a  three-passenger  top 
buggy ;  four-passenger  top  buggy ;  an 


open  or  trotting  buggy,  and  as  a  top 
business  and  pleasure  buggy.  In  addition 
to  this  the  carriages  of  Messrs.  H.  &  Me. 
have  a  wide  reputation  for  style  and  work- 
manship. Mr.  H.  was  born  in  Copenhagen 
in  1831  ;  became  apprenticed  to  his  trade 
in  New  York  city,  and  came  west  in  1852  ; 
he  is  one  of  the  most  skillful  upholsterers 
in  the  State.  Mr.  McG.  was  born  in  Ire- 
land January,  1845  ;  became  apprenticed  to 
his  trade  in  America ;  he  proved  an  apt 
scholar,  and  in  a  short  time  became  a  very 
skillful  workman ;  for  a  number  of  years 
he  became  a  traveling  journeyman  in  the 
Western  States  ;  in  1865  became  associated 
in  carriage  manufacturing  with  Mr.  H. 

Hellerby  Carl,  elk.  r  Pearl  nr  Grove 

Henderson  Ambrose,  auction  ws  N.  Main  nr 
Square,  r  58  E.  College  av. 

Henderson  Amos,  r  es  N.  Main,  s  W.R.R. 

Henderson  B.  farmer,  r  Marion  cor.  Rockwell 

Henderson  George  W.  teamster,  r  ws  N.  Main 
n  Dunlap 

Henderson  John,  foreman  bakery  D.  and  D. 
Asylum 

Henderson  John,  night  hostler  P.P.&  J.R.R. 
r  ns  E.  College  av.  near  city  limits 

Henderson  John  T.  lab.  r  Clay  av.  s  Superior 

Henderson  Martha  J.  wid.  Silas,  r  ns  Dunlap 
e  Main 

Henderson  Oliver,  carp,  r  es  East  s  Morton  av. 

Henderson  William  P.  elk.  r  ns  State  nr  East 

Hendrickson  William,  elk.  r  North  se  cor. 
Brown 

Hennessey  Joseph,  lab.  r  es  Lurton  s  College 

Hennessy  Patrick,  lab.  r  ns  East  n  Dunlap 

Hennessey  William,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 

Henriques  Mary,  wid.  Tony,  r  C.&  A.R.R.  s 
Independence  av. 

Henriques  Moses,  lab.  r  C.&  A.R.R.  n  Inde- 
pendence 

Henry  C.  dentist  ne  cor.  Square,  r  es  Hardin 
av.  nr  Rout 

Henry  Edward,  teams,  bds.  College  nw  cor. 
Sandy 

Herold  A.  B.  shoemaker  M.  &  J.  Mitner,  r 
bet.  N.  Main  and  East  n  R.R.  track 

Hess  George,  blacksmith,  r  Court  nr  East 

Hess  Henry,  blacksmith,  r  ss  Court  nr  East 

Hewson  John,  r  Clay  av.  nw  cor.  Michigan  av. 

Herndon  P.  M.Rev.  M.  E.  minister,  r  es  East 
s  Kentucky 

Hicks  Isaac,  R.R.  employe,  r  College  av.  cor. 
Prairie 


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Hicks  Charles,  r  College  av.  cor.  Prairie 
Hicks  Sarah  Mrs.  r  College  av.  cor.  Prairie 
Hicks  William,  lab.  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Hiemlich  D.  T.  barber,  r  East  sw  cor.  Frank- 
lin 
Higbee   Charles,    blksmith,   bds    W.  R.R    e 

Brown 

Higbee  Mary  E.  milliner,  r  ss  E.  College,  e 
East 

Higler Mrs.  r  Goltra  av.  s  Chambers 

HIGGINS  HENRY  PROF.  County 
Superintendent  Public  Schools,  office  Court 
House,  r  ss  College  w  West.  Was 
born  May  7,  1836,  in  Knoxville,  111. ; 
came  to  this  county  in  January,  1853  ;  from 
this  date,  with  the  exception  of  two  winters 
he  taught  school  till  1873,  when  he  received 
the  nomination  and  was  elected  County 
Superintendent ;  so  well  did  he  qualify 
himself  for  this  position,  that  he  was  re- 
elected  for  another  term  in  1877.  Prof.  H. 
was  elected  as  president  of  the  State 
County  Superintendent's  Association  in 
1875,  and  secretary  of  the  same  in  1877 
Higgins  V.  E.  freight  agt.  r  Lafayette  av.  w 

Caldwell 

Higgs   William,  lab.  r  Vorhees   n.    Indepen- 
dence av. 

Hilfiker  Rudolph,  saddler,  r  E.  State 
Hill  John  F.  butcher,  r  S.  Main  opp  P.O. 
Hill  Mary,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Hillerby  B.  Mrs.  millinery  and  dressmaking  se 

cor.  Square,  r  Sandy  nr  College  av. 
Hillerby   George,    harness  and    saddlery,  ss. 

Morgan  nr  Sandy,  r  ws.  Sandy  s  College 
Hillerby  John  P.  elk.  r  Pearl  nr  Grove 
Hillerby  J.  R.  elk.  r  es.  Prairie  n  Anna 
Hills  George,  farmer,  r  North  w  West 
Hine  Frank  elk.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Elm 
HINRICHSEN     WILLIAM     H. 
deputy  sheriff"  Court  House,  r   Brown   se 
cor.  North.     Was  born  May  27th,  1850,  in 
Morgan  Co.    Mr.  H.  was  employed  as  sta- 
tion agent  for  the  T.W.&  W.R.R.  at  Alex- 
ander for   a   number  of   years ;    was  also 
justice  of  the  peace  at  the  same  place  from 
1871  to  1874,  when    he   came  to   Jackson- 
ville to  fill  his  present  position 
Hitt  Wm.    manager   'bus  line,   bds    Dunlap 

house 
Hobbs  Addie  R.  Miss,  teacher  music  111.  Inst. 

Blind,  r  S.  Main 

Hobbs  George  W.  boots  and  shoes  es  Square 
cor.  State,  r  North  e  East 


Hoblick  Marks,  carp,  r  Henry  cor.  Hardin  av. 

Hockenhull  John  sr.  druggist,  r  cor.  Pros- 
pect and  Grove 

Hockenhull  John  jr.  elk.  H.  K.  &  E.  Bank, 
r  ns  Grove  w  Prospect 

HOCKENHULL,  KING  &  ELLI- 
OTT (Robert  Hockenhull,  S.  R.  King,  E. 
R.  Elliott)  bankets  es  Square  nr  Court 

Hockenhull  Robert  (Hockenhull,  King  & 
Elliott)  and  (Hockenhull  &  Young)  r  Grove 
cor.  Westminster 

Hockenhull  &  Young  (Robert  Hockenhull 
and  J.  W.  Young,  druggists,  wall  paper, 
hardware,  etc.,  es  Square  nr  State 

Hocking  A.  H.  clerk  Southern  hotel 

Hocking  B.  proprietor  Southern  hotel,  ns 
College  av.  w  Sandy 

HOCKING  F.  G,  boot  and  shoemaker, 
ss  Square  nr  Sandy,  r  ss  Lafayette  w  Dia- 
mond. Came  to  this  county  in  1854,  and 
worked  at  his  trade  some  years ;  he  then 
opened  a  shop,  in  1868,  in  his  present  place, 
where,  by  strict  attention  to  the  wants  of 
his  patrons,  he  has  built  up  a  handsome 
trade.  Mr.  H.  makes  all  of  his  boots  and 
shoes  to  measure,  guarantees  a  perfect  fit, 
and  employs  nothing  but  the  best  material ; 
does  invisible  patching  and  repairing  of  all 
kinds,  and  sells  Lyons'  patent  heel  braces 

Hocking  Richard,  r  ns  Court  w  Church 

Hodge  W.  F.  mason,  r  es  Clay  s  Morton  av. 

Hodgkin  Birdie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Hoffman  Daniel,  cigarmaker,  r  rear  West  n 
North 

Hoffman  John,  ticket  agent,  r  es  Yates  n 
North 

Hofmann  John  G.  elk.  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  Cham- 
bers 

Hofmann  J.  E.  photographer,  es  Square  cor. 
State,  r  ws  Clay  av.  nr  Morton  av. 

Hoffman  Mrs.  r  rear  West  n  North 

Hogan  Patrick,  lab.  r  Walnut  e  Caldwell 

Hogan  S  trah,  wid.  Thomas,  r  Sheridan  e  C. 
&  A.R.R. 

Hohn  Bernard,  tailor,  r  ss  State  e  Square 

Holbrook  Thomas,  shoemaker,  r  ss  Jordan  w 
Church 

Holderby  Addie  Miss,  r  ns  Morgan  nr  East 

Holiday  Miles,  farmer,  r  Lafayette  av.  cor. 
Bedwell 

Holla  George,  blacksmith,  r  ws  East  n  Dun- 
lap 

Holle  Henry,  harnessmaker,  r  ns  E.  Col- 
lege av.  e  East 


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Holle  H.  cigarmaker,  bds.  College  av.  nr 
Clay  av. 

Holley  Charles,  gardener,  r  ws  Clay  av.  s 
College 

Holley  Edmond,  lab.  r  Clay  av.  nw  cor.  Su- 
perior av. 

Holly  Jeremiah,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  cor.  Il- 
linois av. 

Holly  William,  teamster,  N.  Main  cor. 
North 

Holm  Christian,  clerk,  r  Court  nr  Church 

Holmes  Ellen  Mrs.  r  Clay  av.  n  Morton  av. 

Holmes  N.  Mrs.  r  ss  Michigan  av.  w  Clay  av. 

Holzer  William,  barkpr.  bds.  W.  College  av. 

Hook  Marcus,  bkpr.  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.  r  ws 
Pine  s  North 

Hook  M.  V-  Mrs.  librarian  J.  F.  R.  R.  and 
library,  r  E.  State  cor.  Clay 

Hook  T.  J.  (T.  J.  Hook  &  Co.)  r  Grove  cor. 
Prospect 

Hook  T.  J.  &  Co.  (Thomas  J.  and  W.  S. 
Hook)  dry  goods,  ns  Square  nr  Main 

Hook  W.  S.  (M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.)  and  (T.  J. 
Hook  &  Co.)  r  ns  W.  State  nr  Pine 

Hoover  Henry,  clerk,  bds.  se  cor.  Square 

Hoover  M.  Mrs.  millinery,  ss.  Square  nr  Mau- 
vaisterre,  r  same 

Hoover  W.  H.  clerk,  r  ss  Square  nr  Mauvais- 
terre 

Hopper  Harry,  blhcksmith,  r  North  e  West 

Hopper  John  (Lambert  &  Hopper)  r  n  end 
Diamond 

Hopper  Richard,  attendant   Insane  Asylum 

Hoppy  Charles,  painter,  r  es  N.  Main  n  In- 
dependence av. 

Hotchkins  Mabel  Miss,  r  Morgan  nr  East 

Howard  Alexander,  r  Vorhees  ne  cor.  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Howe  Dan.  porter  Central  Illinois  and  Bank- 
ing Ass'n,  r  ws  Clay  av.  near  the  brook 

Howe  Daniel  W.  clerk,  r  ws  Clay  av.  nr  the 
brook 

Howell  Pierson,  tinner,  r  ss  E.  College  av.  w 
East 

Hoyt  J.  E.  boilermaker,  r  ns  Rout  nr  city 
limits 

Huckstep  J.  M.  dentist,  r  ss  Franklin  e  East 

Huftker  L.  Mrs.  r  Mound  av. 

Hughes  Frances  Mrs.  r  343  W.  Morgan 

Hull  Henry  R.  carpenter,  r  ne  cor.  Square 

Humphrey  B.  C.  Mrs.  r  E.  State  vv  Brown 

Humphrey  J.  W.  printer,  r  S.  Main  beyond 
limits 

Humphrey  M.  W.  carp,  r  W.  D.  Humphrey 


Humphrey  Thomas,  carp,  r  ss  Henry  e  Har- 
din  av. 

Humphrey  T.  B.  carp,  r  E.  State  w  Brown 

Humphrey  Walter,  photog.  r  College  av.  cor. 
Hardin  av. 

Humphrey  William,  merchant,  r  es  S.  Main 
sw  cor.  Chambers 

Humphrey  W.  D.  carp,  r  ss  E.  College  av.  w 
Hardin  av. 

Humphrey  W.  T.  carp,  r  Mauvaisterre  cor. 
Washington 

Humphrey  W.  T.  Mrs.  dressmaker,  r  Mau- 
vaisterre cor.  Washington 

Humphries  Henry,  gardener  Insane  Asylum 

Hunt  E.  W.  marble  dealer,  r.  336  Goltra  av. 

Hunt  Fanny,  wid.  Samuel,  r  Main  cor.  North 

HUNT  HENRY  W.  city  clerk,  and 
clerk  Board  of  Education,  r  Main  se  cor. 
North.  Was  born  Jan.  15,  1842,  in  this 
city;  at  the  age  of  12  years  he  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  in  the  Post  Office,  which 
position  he  filled  for  over  twenty  years; 
during  this  period  Mr.  H.  was  appointed 
to  fill  several  Government  positions.  U. 
S.  store  keeper,  Port  N.  O.;  also  asst. 
special  agent  U.  S.  treasury,  with  head- 
quarters at  Galveston,  Texas.  Was  nom- 
inated for  the  office  of  city  clerk,  and  elect- 
ed by  a  majority  of  over  600 

HUNT,  PARTRIDGE  &  CO. 
proprietors.  The  Boston  99  cent  store, 
Chambers  block,  West  State  street,  is  still 
in  existence,  and  continues  to  sell  staple 
and  fancy  goods  at  prices  that  defy  compe- 
tition. We  have  the  greatest  variety  of 
staple  and  fancy  goods  in  the  city,  which 
we  offer  at  prices  that  satisfy  all.  Call 
and  be  convinced.  A.  D.  Eldredge,  agt. 

Hunt  William  E.  bartender,  r.  ws.  Yates  n 
North 

Hunter  Susan  Mrs.  r  ws  East  s  College  av. 

Hunter  William  H.  tailor,  r  West  n  North 

Hunter  Wm.  boilermkr.  r  ns  Rout  e  C.&A. 
R.R. 

Huntley,  Evans  &  Co.  (W.  F.  Huntley,  John 

Evans  and  )  shoe  leather  findings, 

hides,  and  tallow,  etc.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Huntley  Frank,  com.  mer.  r  ss  College  e 
Church 

Huntley  William,  elk,  r  Main  nr 

Huntley  W.  F.  (Huntley,  Evans"  &  Co.)  r  ss 
College  nr  Church 

Huntoon  Geo.  A.  merchant  tailor  ns  W. 
State  nr  Square,  bds.  Dunlap  house 


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495 


Hurley  Con.  night  elk.  Dunlap  house 
Hurley  J.  W.  elk.  J.  N.  Jouett's 
Hurst  E.  Mrs.  r  ss  Richard  w  S.  Main 
Hurst  J.  S.  harnessmkr.  r  ss  Court  nr  East 
Hurst  Lena  Miss,  elk.  r  N.  Diamond 
Hurst  Sarah  P.  wid.  William,  r  ns  Court  e 

East 

Hutchings  Sarah,  wid.  r  College  av.  nr  East 
Hutchings    Sarah    Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  Mrs.  S. 

Mengel's 

Hutton  Arnold,  lab.  r  ss  Henry  e  C.&  A.R.R. 
Hynes  Margaret  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  e  Mau- 

vaisterre 

T  LES  JOHN,  shoemkr.  T.  Smith's 

ILLINOIS  COLLEGE  (See  history 
of  Jacksonville,  page  380) 

ILLINOIS  CONFERENCE  FE- 
MALE COLLEGE  E.  State  (See 
history,  page  388) 

ILLINOIS  COURIER  (tri-weekly  and 
weekly)  T.  D.  Price  &  Co.  pubs,  ns  W.  State 
nr  Square 

Illinois  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb, 
Dr.  Phillip  G.  Gillette  supt.  end  West  State 

ILLINOIS  INSTITUTION  FOR 
THE  EDUCATION  OF  THE 
BLIND,  Dr.  F.  W.  Phillips  supt. 

Illinois  Institution  for  the  Insane  Dr.  H.  F. 
Carroll  supt.  end  S.  Main 

Illinois  Conservatory  of  Music,  W.  D.  San- 
ders supt.  ws  Sandy  s  Square 

Illinois  &  Colorado  Mining  Co.  of  Jack- 
sonville, C.  Fisher,  pres.  B.  F.  Bergen, 
sec.  E.  W.  Bradley,  treas.  4  Savings  Bank 
bldg. 

Imboden  Peter,  ice,  r  ws  Fulton  n  North 

Imhoff  Frank,  com.  trav.  r  ws  East  s  Bissell 

INSANE  ASYLUM,  Dr.  H.  F.  Car- 
riel,  supt.  end  S.  Main 

Ingalls  W.  E.  (Ingalls  &  Co.)  r  West  nr 
North 

Ingalls  &  Co.  (W.  E.  Ingalls  and  J.  J.  Fear- 
son)  bakers  ns  State  nr  East 

Ireland  T.  C.  r<\O2  E.  State 

Ironmonger  John,  boot  and  shoemkr.  ws  N. 
Sandy  nr  Square,  r  E.  Court 

IRONMONGER  JOSEPH  J.  prop. 
Franklin  job  printing  office  ws  Square  cor. 
State,  r  ns  "Rout  e  C.&  A.R.R.  Came  to 
Jacksonville  in  1856,  and  for  some  time  at- 
tended school,  but  had  previously  been 
employed  in  the  printing  business,  in  the 


Evening  News  office,  St.  Louis;  he  then 
entered  the  Journal  office,  which  was  then 
owned  by  Paul  Selby.  After  remaining 
in  the  office  about  two  years,  he  left  the 
city;  returning  in  1864,  he  became  pro- 
prietor of  the  Journal  office,  and  soon 
after  established  the  present  daily  Jour- 
nal. Mr.  I.  has  the  honor  of  being  the  first 
to  introduce  the  steam  press,  and  has  since 
brought  six  other  printing  presses  into  the 
city.  In  1867  he  sold  his  interests  in  the 
Journal  office,  and  shortly  after  purchas- 
ed his  present  office,  and  has  since  built 
up  the  most  complete  book  and  job  print- 
ing office  in  Morgan  County,  and  by  far 
the  neatest  office  in  Central  Illinois 
Irving  Henry,  carp,  r  705  W.  College 

T  ACKSON  ALFRED,  lab.  r  Hardin    av. 
J      se    cor.  College 

Jackson  A.  W.  Rev.  Baptist  mininter,  r  Mar- 
ion av.  se  cor.  Rockwell 
Jackson  Edward,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Jackson  Henry,  policeman,  r  Read  w  Church 
Jackson  James,  r  Dr.  A.  V.  Wilhoit's 
Jackson  James,  lab.  r  ss  College  eC.&A.R.R. 
Jackson  Julia  Mrs.  r  ns  Grove  w  Church 
Jackson  May  Miss,  r  Lafayette  av.  nr  Sandy 
Jackson  R.  farmer  W.  College  cor.  West 
Jackson  Wm.  piano  tuner,  r  Church  sw  cor. 

Morton  av. 

JACKSONVILLE  BUSINESS 
COLLEGE   cor.    Morgan  and   Kosci- 
usko  G.  W.  Brown,    prin.    (See  history  of 
Jacksonville,  page  391) 
JACKSONVILLE    FEMALE 
ACADEMY,    Church   bet.   State  and 
College  av.     Prof.  E.  F.  Bullard  prin. 
Jacksonville  Free  Reading   Room   and    Li- 
brary    Association,    Mrs.    M.    V.   Hook, 
librarian,  ns  W.    State  nr  Square 
Jacksonville  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company, 

office  S.  Main  cor.  Anna 
Jacksonville  Hospital  E.  State 
JACKSONVILLE      JOURNAL, 
Simmons    &  Eames,  editors    and    proprs. 
Mather's  blk.  E.  State 

JACKSONVILLE  NATIONAL 
BANK,  O.  D.  Fitzsimmons,  pres.  John 
Robertson,  vice-pres.  B.  F.  Beesly,  cash,  ns 
Square  nr  Sarndy 

Jacksonville,  Northwestern  and  Southeastern, 
R.R.,  M.P.  Ayers,  pres.W.  S.  Hook,  sec.  and 
treas.  and  E.  S.  Geeenleaf,  supt.  Office 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


ns  W.  State  nr  Square,  depot,  Illinois  av. 

P.P.&J. 
Jacksonville  Railway  Co.  W.  S.  Hook,  pres. 

M.  Hook,  treas.   T.  J.   Hook,  sec.  B.  F. 

Sibert,  supt.  S.  Main  opp  Opera  house 
JACKSONVILLE  WOOLEN 

MILLS,  J.  Capps  &  Sons,  proprietors, 

Church   cor.    Lafayette   av.      (See   history 

manufactories  page  355.) 
Jacoby  Philip,  tailor,  ns  Square  nr  Main,  r 

Court  nr  Church 

Jacoby  Phillip,  jr.  tailor,  r  ns  Court  e  Church 
James  Emma,   wid.  Thomas,  r  ws  Fulton  n 

North 

James  M.  B.  carp,  r  es  Prairie  s  Anna 
James    William,    farmer,    r    Sandusky    cor. 

Elm 
Jameson  George  (Scott  &  Jameson)  r  Morton 

av.  cor.  Hardin  av. 

James  M.  D.  carp,  r  es  Prairie  s  Anna 
Jeffries  Charles,  printer,  r  ns  North  w  Pine 
Jensen  Matthais,  trader,  r  ws  Vorhees  n  In- 
dependence av. 
Jeneson  M.  E.  T.  J.  Mrs.  r  W.  College  cor. 

Prospect 
Jerald  N.  R.  (Hackett  &   Jerald)  r  East  ne 

cor.  Morton  av. 

Jessler  Sophia  Mrs.  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  East 
Jewett  John,  grocer,  r  North  se  cor.  Fulton 
Jewett  L.  Mrs.  r  Sandy  s  College 
Jewsbury  Thomas,  street  commissioner,  r  es 

Lurton  s  College 

Jewsbury  T.  N.  saddler,  r  East  nr  the  brook 
Joaquin  Anset,  shoemkr.  r  ss  College  av.  e 

East 

Joaquin  John,  feeder,  r  College  nr  Clay  av. 
Jones  C.  M.  printer,  r  Washington  nr  East 
Johnson  A.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  e  Hardin 

av. 

Johnson  Charles,  lab.  r  N.  Church  n  W.R.R. 
Johnson  Chas.  porter  Dunlap  house 
Johnson  C.  J.  teamster,  r  Bedwell  s  W.R.R. 
Johnson  C.  R.  painter,  r  West  cor.  North 
Johnson  Ellen,  wid.  Lawrence,  r  Fayette  sw 

cor.  Reed 

Johnson  Geo.  carp,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  College 
Johnson  Henry  R.  farmer,  r  Caldwell  sw  cor. 

North 

Johnson  Hugh,  lab.  bds.  Commercial  hotel 
Johnson  James  O.  r  North  cor.  West 
Johnson  J.  L.  elk.  bds.  Sta^e  cor.  Fayette 
Johnson  Julia  Miss,  r  North  cor.  West 
Johnson  Luther,  (Johnson  &  Co.)  r  Macomb, 

111. 


Johnson  R.  C.  (R.  C.  Johnson  &  Co.)  r  ns 
State  nr  Howe 

JOHNSON  B.  C.  &  CO.  (R.  C.  John- 
son, H.  O.  Cassell  and  J.  G.  Smedley)  ns 
Square  nr  Sandy,  general  insurance  agents, 
represent  only  first-class  companies.  Real 
estate,  loan  and  collecting  agency ;  sole 
agents  for  the  Lone  Star  Real  Estate  and 
Colonization  Co.  of  Texas 

Johnson  William,  plumber,  r  ss  Washington 
w  East 

Johnson  William  B.  elk.  r  ns  E.  State 

Johnson  William  G.  magistrate  r  ss  Rout  e 
C.&A.R  R. 

Johnson  Wyatt,  r  ns  Dunlap  w  Clay  av. 

Johnson  W.  B.  (Johnson  &  Son)  r  W.  State 
cor.  Fayette 

Johnson  W.  H.  (Johnson  &  Son)  r  State  cor. 
Fayette 

Johnson  &  Co.  (L.  Johnson  and  F.  Poffen- 
barger)  dry  goods,  boots  and  shoes,  and 
carpets,  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Johnson  &  Son  (W.  B.  Johnson  and  W.  H. 
Johnson)  furniture,  stoves,  and  tinware, 
es  Square  nr  Morgan 

Johnston  J.  P.  physician,  2  Gallaher's  bldg.  r 
ws  Clay  av.  nr.  Morton 

Johnston  Mary,  matron  Insane  Asylum 

Jones  A.  H.  grocer,  r  es  S.  Mam  s  College  av. 

Jones  C.  G.  (H.  K.  &  C.  G.  Jones)  r  517  W. 
College  av. 

Jones  C.  M.  printer,  bds.  John  Jones' 

Jones  Frank,  umbrellas,  r  ss  Court  nr  East 

Jones  Henry,  physician,  r  502  W.  College  av. 

Jones  Hiram  K.  (H.  K.  &  C.  G.  Jones)  r  501 
W.  College  av. 

JONES  H.  K.  &  C.  G.  physicians  and 
surgeons,  College  av.  cor.  Fayette 

Jones  John,  Agt.  r  es  E.  College  av.  e  Mau- 
vaisterre 

Jones  Julia  J.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Jordan  John  R.  r  es  West  nr  North 

JOUETT  J.  N.  ss  State  e  Square,  r  North 
cor.  Fulton,  dealer  in  groceries,  provisions, 
wooden  and  willow  ware,  confectionery  of 
all  kinds,  choice  brands  of  cigars,  etc.  The 
best  brands  of  flour  for  family  use  kept 
constantly  on  hand.  In  connection  with  the 
above,  Mr.  J.  has  dining  rooms,  where 
everything  the  market  affords  can  be  had 
at  prices  to  suit  the  times,  and  at  all  hours 
of  the  day 

Judge  Michael,  foreman,  bds.  ws  N.  Main  nr 
R.R. 


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Jumper  James,  collarmkr.  bds.  Mrs.  C.  Davis' 
Justice  Joseph,    bricklayer,    r    ss   College    e 

Church 
Justice  Maurice,  plasterer,  r  809  Church 

T/'ACKMAN  J.  C.   (Kackman   &   Hack- 

-*-*•     man)  r  es  East  nr  North 

Kackman  &  Hackman  (J.  C.  Kackman  and 
William  Hackman)  groceries,  se  cor. 
Square 

Kamm  G.  lab  r  ws  West  n  Chambers 

Kansas,  Missouri  and  Central  Illinois  Loan 
Agency,  W.  D.  Sanders,  actuary,  Sandy 
cor.  Morgan 

Kapp  Christina,  wid.  Jacob,  r  State  e  Square 

Karrigan  Michael,  bds.  Commercial  hotel 

Karshaw  Albert,  laborer,  r  ss  E.  College  e 
Clay  av. 

Kaspohl  F.  (G.  Tendrick,  Kaspohl  &  Reid) 
r  Pittsfield 

Kastner  Charles  (Kastner  &  Crassly)  r  ss 
North  nr  East 

KASTNER  &  GBASSLY  (Charles 
Kastner  and  C.  Louis  Crassly)  ss  State  e 
Square,  Marble  block,  manufacture  every- 
thing pertaining  to  a  first-class  bakery, 
making  a  specialty  of  wedding  cakes;  also 
dealers  in  family  groceries,  provisions,  and 
confectionery  of  all  kinds.  Keep  on  hand 
nothing  but  the  choice  brands  of  flour 

Kearney  Michael,  lab.  r  N.  West  n  R.R. 

Kearney  Michael,  jr.  clerk,  r  N.  West  n  R.R. 

Kearns  John,  watchman,  r  Lafayette  av.  w 
Fayette 

Keating  Daniel,  plasterer,  r  Railroad  e 
Howe 

Keating  Edward,  saloon,  Illinois  av.  sw  cor. 
North 

Keating  Michael,  machinist,  r  ns  Lafayette 
av.  e  Clay  av. 

Kee  Thomas,  lab.  r  ss  Henry  w  C.  &  A.R.R. 

Keeffe  James,  plumber,  r  ws  N.  Main  s  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Keeffe  Jeremiah,  lab.  r  ws  N.  Main  s  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Keely  John  J.  tailor,  r  N.  Main  nr  Square 

Keemer  E.  wagonmaker,  Sandy  cor.  College, 
r  S.  Main  cor.  College 

Keemer  Joseph,  painter,  r  S.  Main  cor.  Col- 
lege 

Keener  Frederick  (T.  &  F.  Keener)  Lafayette 
av.  nr  Sandy 

Keener  Thomas  (T.  &  F.  Keener)  Lafayette 
av.  nr  Sandy 


Keener  T.  &  F.  (Thomas  and  Frederick  Kee- 
ner) grain,  Lafayette  av.  nr  Sandy 
Keeny  Joseph,  cigarmkr.  r  506  E.  College 
Keho   Moses,  blacksmith,  Main  nr  North,  r 

Lafayette 
Keho  Thomas,  blacksmith,  r  es  Mauvaisterre 

n  Square 

Kehoe  Michael,  driver,  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Keilbach  Louis,  clerk,  r  College  nr  East 
Keiser  Charles  W.  retired,  r  ns  W.  State  e 

Church 

Kelley  P.  D.  tailor,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  College  av. 
Kelley  R.  W.  gasfitter,  bds.  Southern  hotel 
Kellogg  A.  H.  physician,  r  East  se  cor.  Col- 
lege av. 

Kellogg ,  lawyer,  r  ws  Diamond  s  Anna 

Kelly  John,  lab.  bds.  Commercial  hotel 
Kennedy  Edward,  lab.  r  West  s  Lafayette  av. 
Kennedy-Frank,  r  Mauvaisterre  n  North 
Kennedy  John,  engineer,  bds.  Metropolitan 

hotel 
Kennedy  Michael,  lab.  r  Chambers  e  S.  Main 

Kennedy Mrs.  r  ns  Wolcott  e  Clay  av. 

Kent  Lyde  Miss,  teacher,  r  W.  College  av.  w 

Prairie 

KENTUCKY   HOUSE,    Mrs.   Mary 
Jane  Hall,  proprietress,  N.  Main  cor.  Wash- 
ington street.     Transient  rates  $i  per  day, 
by  the  week  from  $4  to   $5.     This  house 
is  centrally  located,  being   convenient    to 
the  business  part  of  the   city.     It   is  also 
well  and  favorably  known  far  and  near 
Kerrick  J.  R.  saloon,  ws  Sandy  near  Square 
Kershaw  Albert,  bottling  works,  es  N.  San- 
dy, nr  Square,  r  College  nr  Hardin  av. 
Kershaw  Robert,  farmer,  r  es  Lurton  s  Col- 
lege 

Kershaw  T.  C.  elk.  r  n  end  Clay  av. 
Kessler  Jacob,   foreman,   r  Fayette  se   cor. 

Read 
Ketcham  I.  J.  (Ketcham  &  Hatfield)  r  ws  S. 

Diamond  nr  Morton  av. 

Ketcham  &  Hatfield  (I.  J.  Ketcham  and  L. 

H.  Hatfield)  lawyers,  ns  Square  cor.  Sandy 

Kettering  Mary,  wid.  Valentine,  r  North  nr 

Mauvaisterre 

Keyes  Henry,  tinner,  bds.  Kentucky  house 
Keyes  Peter,  lab.  bds.  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 
Keyes  Thomas,  tinner,  r  Morgan  nr  Clay  av 
Kibbe  Jarius,  r  ss  W.  College  av.  e  Park 
Kikel  Jacob,  farmer,  r  Myrtle    av.  n    Inde- 
pendence av. 

Kilin    Catherine  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  e 
East 


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Kilian  John,  r  ns  North  w  Fulton 

Kiloran  Michael,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  cor. 
Howe 

Kilpatrick  David,  barber,  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Kilpatrick  Susie  Mrs.  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Kincaid  Sarah  Miss,  r  S.  Main  cor.  College  av. 

King  De  Prates  Mrs.  r  Prairie  s  W.R.R 

King  Ed.  J.  treas.  and  asst.  supt.  Gas  co.  r  ws 
Church  s  Anna 

King  James,  stonecutter  r  Myrtle  av.  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

King  James  T.  merchant,  r  W.  College  av. 
cor.  West 

King  Jennie  Miss,  teacher,  r  326  Mauvaisterre 

King  John,  lab.  r  Prairie  s  W.R.R. 

King  Joseph  W.  ret.  r  ss  W.  State  w  Prairie 

King  J.  F.  dry  goods,  es  Square 

King  J.  O.  supt.  Gas  co.  r  College  av.  cor. 
Fayette 

King  J.  W.  (King  &  Stebbins)  r  ss  W.  State 
bet.  Prairie  and  Westminster 

KING  JOHN  W.  COL.  Born  in 
Westfield,  Mass.,  in  1835;  moved  to  Jack- 
sonville in  1839;  graduated  at  Augusta 
Seminary  in  1854;  entered  the  jewelry 
business  in  1855;  was  commissioned  first 
lieutenant  of  Union  Guards  in  the  month  of 
April  ,1860;  afterward  commanded  the  com- 
pany until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in 
1861.  Took  an  active  part  in  organizing 
and  drilling  the  Wide  Awakes  in  every  pre- 
cinct in  Morgan  Co.,  in  1860,  so  that  he 
had  a  battalion  of  250  well  drilled  men, 
and  the  knowledge  gained  from  those 
drills  laid  the  ground  work  that  fitted 
many  young  men  for  officers  in  the  late 
war.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he 
united  his  company  with  Captain  Adam's, 
and  so  formed  the  Hardin  Light  Guards. 
After  the  Gaards  were  attached  to  the 
Tenth  Illinois,  he  became  the  Captain  and 
remained  such  until  their  three  months' 
term  of  enlistment  had  expired.  He  was 
then  tendered  the  Lieutenant-Colonelcy  of 
the  Twenty-Ninth  Illinois,  but,  being 
urged  by  General  John  A.  McClernand  to 
accept  a  position  on  his  staff,  did  so;  but  ill 
health  soon  compelled  him  to  resign,  and, 
on  the  recovery  of  his  health,  he  organized 
another  company,  taking  it  to  Camp  But- 
ler, near  Springfield,  where  he  soon  organ- 
ized the  Sixty-Eighth  Illinois,  and  was 
elected  Colonel,  twenty-six  of  the  thirty 
officers  voting  for  him.  After  taking  the 


regiment  to  the  front,  the  Governor  saw  fit 
to  commission  another  man  as  Colonel,  and 
on  his  arrival  Captain  King  turned  over  the 
regiment  to  him  and  resigned.  Afterward 
Governor  Yates  sent  him  a  commission  of 
Colonel,  with  a  request  that  he  would  go 
with  him  and  inspect  the  Illinois  troops  in 
front  of  Vicksburg  and  elsewhere,  which  he 
accepted,  and  in  company  with  several 
prominent  Illinois  gentlemen,  they  made 
an  extended  and  general  inspection,  look- 
ing after  the  interests  and  needs  of  the 
brave  Illinois  soldiers,  attending  to  their 
necessities,  supplying  their  wants,  etc. 
Was  assistant  Provost-Marshal  of  Alexan- 
dria, Va.,  duiing  the  Summer  of  1862,  and 
took  the  prisoners  that  were  captured  in 
the  second  battle  of  Manassas  up  the  James 
River  to  within  nine  miles  of  Richmond, 
and  there  made  an  exchange  with  Colonel 
Robert  Quids,  the  rebel  commissioner  of 
exchange.  He  was  also  appointed  and 
served  as  Judge  Advocate  of  the  first  gen- 
eral court  martial  in  the  western  army,  in 
the  Summer  of  1861,  and  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  a  general  court  martial  held  in 
Alexandria,  Va.,  in  1862.  Was  married  in 
Alton,  in  1871,  to  the  youngest  daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  M.  G.  Atwood.  Is  a 
very  influential  and  respected  citizen,  and 
a  prominent  leader  in  the  Republican 
party 

King  J.  Will,  dentist,  r  es  Mauvaisterre  nr 
College 

King  Lucas,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

King  Lutie  Miss,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum, 
r  326  Mauvaisterre 

King  Molly  Miss,  teacher  r  326  Mauvaisterre 

King  Rachel  Mrs.  r  1179  S.  Main 

King  Reynolds,  H.  K.  &  E.  Bank,  r  Morton 
av.  se  cor.  Church 

King  S.  R.  (Hockenhull,  King  &  Elliott)  r 
Church  cor.  Morton  av. 

King  Tilley  D.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

KING  W.  H.  H.  physician  and  sur- 
geon, office  and  residence  ss  W.  State  sec- 
ond door  e  Dunlap  house 

King  W.  J.  hat  mnfr.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 

King  W.  M.  r  College  av.  cor.  Fayette 

King  &  Stebbins  (J.  W.  King  and  F.  H. 
Stebbins)  watches  and  jewelry  ss  Square  nr 
Sandy 

Kinman  Ann  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  College  av.  w 
West 


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Kintzlow  John,  teamster,  r  ns  Court  nr  Square 

KIKB  Y  EDWARD  P.  county  judge, 

lawyer,  and  abstract  maker  Court  House,  r 

W.  State 

Kirby  William  A.  soap  mnfr.  r  ss  Mound   av. 

e  Lincoln  av. 
Kirby  William  B.  cashier,  r  ss  State  w  Kos- 

ciusko 

Kirk  Edward,  barber,  r  501  College 
Kirk  John,  retired,  r  ns  E.  State  e  Howe 
Kirk  John,  employe  Dr.  H  J.  Jones 
Kislingbury  A.  J.  K.  Mrs.  r  ns  E.  State 
Kitner  Nathaniel,  carp,  r  ss  North  e  East 
Klaus 'C.  A.  tailor,  r  College  cor.  Clay  av. 
Klaus  Hugo  elk.  Ward  Brothers,   r  Clay  av. 

cor.  College 
Kloepfer  John  G.  barber  es  Square  cor.  State, 

r  Sharp  nr  Clay  av. 
Knight  C.  H.  physician  and  surgeon  D.  and 

D.  Asylum,  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  Morton  av. 
KNOLLENBERG     H.     H.     manu- 
facturer   of    the   well    known    Matchless, 
Daisy,  and  Helena  brands  of  cigars,  dealer 
in  tobacco,  pipes,  etc.  es  Square,  P.O.  box 
1632,  r  Main  cor.  Bissell 
Knollenberg  John  H.  elk.  r    Main  cor.  This- 
tle 
Knollenberg  John  R.  mer.  tailor  ss    Morgan 

nr  Sandy,  r  ns  Court  e  East 
Knowles  A.  stock  dealer,  r  Hardin  av.  nr  cor. 

Henry 
Knowles  James,  stock  dealer,  r  Henry  sw  cor. 

Hardin  av. 

Knowles  J.  B.  (Osborne  &  Knowles)  r   Har- 
din av.  s  E.  State 

Knowles  P.  stock  dealer,  r  A.  Knowles' 
Knowles  S.  S.  stock  dealer,  r  A.  Knowles' 
Knowles  T.  S.  stock  dealer,   r  Hardin  av.  s 

Chambers 

Knox  Helen,  wid.  W.  C.  r  ws  West  nr  North 
KOENIG  AUGUST,  dealer  in  all  kinds 
of  groceries,  wines,  liquors,  cigars,  tobacco, 
etc.,  No.  508  N.  Main  near  Wabash  R.R. 
Freight  Depot.  Mr.  K.  has  been  engaged 
in  the  above  line  of  business  nearly  twenty 
years,  thus  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  same,  which  enables  him  to  offer 
liberal  inducements  to  parties  desiring  to 
purchase  any  thing  in  his  line.  We  would 
invite  people  from  this  city  and  country  to 
give  Mr.  K.  a  call 
Konrad  Frederick,  drayman,  r  es  N.  Main  n 

Lafayette  av. 
Konrad  Peter,  lab.  r  es  N.  Main  n.  Lafayette 


Konrad   Jacob,    drayman,    r   es    N.  Main  n 

Lafayette  av. 

Krapps  Joseph,  teacher,  r  Lafayette  av.  e  Illi- 
nois av. 

Kreider  Emond,  miller,  r  ns  W.  State  w  West 
Kreiger  William,  weaver  r  59  N.  Main 
Kuechler  Oscar,  elk.  r  Franklin  nr  East 
Kuechler  Oscar  H.  elk.  r  Court  ne  cor.  Prairie 
Kuechler  Robert,  elk.  r  Clay  av.  nr  College 
Kuehne  J.  F.  cigarmkr.  r  506  E.  College 
Kurtz  Edward,  carpenter  J.  Fink 
Kurtz  Michael,  soap  manfr.   r  Washington  e 
East 

T    A  BOYTEAUX     EARNEST,    printer, 

T**  bds.  Park  house 

Lackman  Olce  Mrs.  r  S.  Lincoln  av. 

Lacy  S.  S.  Mrs.  r  Clay  av.  ne  cor.  Morton  av. 

Lahman  John,  farmer,   res  East  s   Superior 

av. 
Lamb    Martin  T.    Rev.   pastor   Bapt.   ch.  r 

Grove  se  cor.  Prairie 
Lamb  George,  farmer,  r  Walnut  w  Short 
Lambert  Edward,  (Lambert  &  Hopper)  r  Jor- 
dan nr  Fayette  and  Prairie 
Lambert  Edward  C.  r  ns  Jordan  w  Fayette 
Lambert  J.  M.  lab.  r  es  Sandy  n  R.R. 
Lambert  Richard,  farmer,  r  N.  Church  n  W. 

R.R. 
Lambert    Richard,   butcher,  r   Prairie  s  W. 

R.R. 
Lambert  &  Hopper,  (Edward  Lambert  and 

John  Hopper)    meat   market  ns   Court  w 

Square 

Lambourne  Thomas,  bkpr.  bds  State  nr  West- 
minster 

Lampert  J.  P.  cooper,  North  w  West 
Lancaster  William,    wool  assorter,    r  59  N. 

Main 
Landers  George  (Scott  &  Landers)  r  N.  Main 

ne  cor.  Independence  av. 
Lane  A.  H.  dentist  ws  Square  cor.  Morgan,  r 

ss  College  nr  Church 
Lane  H.  C.  r  ss  College  nr  Church 
Lane  J.  H.  r  Dr.  A.  H.  Lane 
Lanort  Geo.  lab.  r  ss  Chambers  w  Clay  av. 
Large  James,  lab.  r  College  cor.  Fayette 
Large    Stephen,    teamster,    r    es  Clay  av.  s 

Franklin 

Large  Thomas,  elk.  r  College  cor.  Fayette 
Larkin  Richard,  saloon  es  Mauvaisterre   nr 

North 
Larimore  S.  H.    farmer,  r  ns   Hardin  av.   s 

Chambers 


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Larrimore  P.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  State  opp   Blind 

Asylum 
Larrimore  Wm.  farmer,    r  ss   E.   State  opp 

Asylum  grounds 

Lary  Jerry,  blacksmith,  bds.  Mrs.  C.  Davis' 
Lathrop  J.  W.  trav.  agt.  r  ss  N.  College  av. 

ePark 

Lauerman  Jacob,  baker,  bds.  se  cor.  Square 
Lawler  Henry,  farmer,  r  ss  Morton  av.  e  C.& 

A.R.R. 

Lawson ,  Mrs.  r  es  Clay  av.  s  College 

Lawton  Hiram,  supt.  spinning  dept.  Capps' 

factory,  r  Kosciusko  cor.  Anna 
Lax  Edward  C.  grain  dealer,  r  Edgmon  cor. 

Diamond 
Laycock  Robert,  butcher,   r  Prairie  sw  cor. 

Lafayette  av. 
Layman  M.  T.  lawyer,  Savings  Bank  bldg.  r 

West  ne  cor.  College 
Laymiller   Henry,  shoemkr.  bds.  North  nw 

cor.  Main 

Leary  Patrick,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 
Leek  John  (Leek  &  Lightfoot)  r  es  East  s 

College  av, 

Leek  &  Lightfoot  (John  Leek  and  F.  Light- 
foot)  butchers  ss  State  nr  East 
Lee  M.  H.   seamstress,  r  es  Mauvaisterre  n 

Square 
Lee  Philip,   wagonmkr.  ss  North  nr  Sandy, 

r  Church 

Lee  Samuel,  lab.  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 
Lehman  B.  elk.  r  North  nr  Fayette 
Lehman  L.  (Lehman  &  Eppinger)  r  North  nr 

Fayette 
Lehman   &  Eppinger  (L.   Lehman  and  W. 

Eppinger)  clothing  w's  Square  nr  W.  State 
Lenington  Eliza,  wid.  George,  r  ws  N.  East 

n  Lafayette  av. 

Lentz  John,  painter,  bds.  Court  cor.  Fayette 
Leonard  George,  cabinetmkr.   Becker,  Rott- 

ger  &  Degan 

Leonert  Peter,  upholsterer  S.  Caf  ky 
Less  John,  stonecutter  R.  C.  Smith 
Letton  Caleb,  constable,  r   ss  E.  State   opp. 

Blind  Asylum 

Letton  James,  clerk,  r  E.  State  e  C,&  A.R.R. 
Leurig  Louis  (Leurig  &  Engel)  r  N.  Main  e 

railroad 
Leurig  &  Engel  (Louis   Leurig  and    Henry 

Engel)  saloon,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Lewis  Bell  Miss,  dressmaking,  r  205  E.  Col- 
lege av. 

Lewis   Charles   W.  'porter,  r   ns   Dunlap   w 
Clay  av. 


Lewis  Charles  B.  surveyor,  r  ns  North  e  Pine 
Lewis  F.  Fernandes,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freed- 

man 

Lewis  James,  r  ns  Dunlap  w  Clay  av. 
Lewis  Jane  Mrs.  r  ws  East  s  Bissell 
Lewis  John,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freedman 
Lewis  Sol,  yardman  Park  hotel 
Lewis  Wm.  tailor,  r  E.  Morgan  ne  cor.  East 
Lewis    William    T.  clerk,  bds.  Mauvaisterre 

nr  College 

Libby  M.  mason,  r  East  se  cor.  Michigan  av. 
Lightfoot  Fernando  (Leek  &  Lightfoot)  r  703 

East 
Lilly  Jno.  W.  machinist,  r  ns  College' nr  J. 

N.W.&S.W.R.R. 

Lindsay  John,  carp,  r  es  S.  Main  s  Morton  av. 
Lindsey  S.  D.  carp,  r  Main  cor.  Oak 
Lindsley  Elizabeth   J.  Miss,  teacher   Presby- 
terian Female  Academy 
Link  A.  G.  r  6n  W.  State 
Linzey  Mary  Miss,  r  ns  Court  w  Square 
Lippincott  Julian  P.  (Morrison,  Whitlock   & 

Lippincott)  r  W.  College  av.  on  hill 
Litton  Albert,  clerk,  r  West  n  North 
,  Litton  Charles,  painter,  r  West  n  North 
Litton  James,  painter,  r  West  n  North 
Litton  Sarah,  widow  Elijah,  r  West  n  North 
Livesey  T.  S.  sewing  machine  agt.  boards  es 

East  s  North 
Livingstone  Todden,  cooper,  r  Lafayette  av. 

cor.  Diamond 

Lloyd  N.  J.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  e  Johnson 
Loar  Erasmus,  carp,  r  620  E.  College  av. 
Loar  John  R.  (Loar  &  Grierson)  r  es  Main  nr 

Morton  av. 
Loar  &  Grierson  (John  R.  Loar  and  John  C. 

Grierson)  wholesale  and  retail   grocers,  ss 

Square,  Opera  house  blk. 
Lockhart  John,  teamstr.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Loftus  M.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Lomb  Henry,  restaurant  es  N.  Main  nr  Square 
Long  D.  K.  r  ss  E.  State  e  Johnson 
Long  Geo.  Mrs.  r  Hardin  av.  s.  Superior 
Long  Henry,  farmer,  r  ns  Rout  e  C.&  A.R.R. 
Long  John,  teacher,  r  E.  State  e  Johnson 
Lonregan  Maurice,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Pine 
Loomis  Charles  J.  asst.  clerk  Insane  Asylum 
Loomis  Geo.  N.  bds.  Dunlap  house 
Loomis   John,    teacher   Blind    Asylum,  r   S. 

Diamond  cor.  Galleher 
Loomis  John  G.  dept.  elk.  County  Clerk,  r  ss 

State  w  Prairie 

Loomis  Samuel,  law-student,  r  Diamond 
Lord  J.  O.  machinist,  r  ns  North  e  Brown 


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Lott  L.  G.  bus  agt.  r  N.  Main  nr  Square 
Lowder  Geo.  W.  painter,  r  E.  College  e  C.& 

A.R.R. 

Luby  John,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  Bedwell 
Lucas  C.  J.  (Lucas  &  Co.)  and  physician,  r  S. 

Main  nr  College  av. 
Lucas  C.  J.  &   Co.  (Dr.  C.  J.  Lucas   and   J. 

R.  Mendonse)   druggists,  ws    N.  Main   nr 

Square 

Ludlam  Jeremiah  J.  r  ss  North  e  Fulton 
Ludlam  J.  J.  jr.  nursery,  r  ss  North  e  Fulton 
Luke  Kate  Mrs.  r  ns  Morgan  nr  East 
Lumm  A.  carp,  r  ss  E.  North  w  East 
Lumm  Frank,  clerk,  r  North  e  East 
Lundregan  C.  lab.  r  ns  Clay   av.  s    Chambers 
Lynch  Thos.  lab.  ss  E.  College  \v  C.&  A.R.R. 
Lynn  George,  clerk,  bds.  North  e  East 
Lyon  Thos.  S.  r  Fayette  cor.  Anna 

JV/TC  AH  AN  JOHN  R.  insurance  agt.  r  ns 

x  Morgan  nr  East 

McAlister  O.  O.  carp,  r  W.  W.  McAlister 

McAlister  W.  W.  carp,  r  es.  Clay  av.  s  Su- 
perior 

McAlister  Samuel,  lab.  N.  Richards,  r  ws 
Fayette  s  Anna 

McAvitt  Arthur,  painter,  r  es  West  nr  Lafay- 
ette av. 

McBride  Elizabeth  Mrs.  r  600  E.  College  av. 

McBride  Henry,  sec.  boss  J.N.W.&S.E.R.R. 
bds.  Mrs.  E.  McBride's 

McBride  James,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 

McBride  James,  painter,  r  es  Lurton  s  Col- 
lege 

McBride  John  C.  clerk,  r  es  Hardin  av.  2  s 
College  av. 

McBride  Michael,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 

McBrogan  Henry,  wagonmaker,  r  Mauvais- 
terre  cor.  College  av. 

McCann  ,  farmer,  r  ss  Chambers  e 

C.&  A.R.R. 

McCartney  D.  Mrs.  r  College  av.  cor.  Prairie 

McCarty  J.  D.  carp,  r  ss  Hardin  av. 

McClain  Alice,  chambermaid  Park  hotel 

McClain  Calvin,  agt.  Wabash  R.R,  r  ns  W. 
State  w  West 

McClure  Henry  B.  lawyer  W.  College  av.cor. 
Prospect 

McClure  Walter,  baggagemasfer,  r  Lafayette 
av.  e  Illinois  av. 

McConnel  Edward,  lawyer  3  Chambers  blk. 
bds.  ns  State  nr  Prairie 

McConnell  J.  C.  prop,  green  house  S.  Church 
n  Morton,  r  West  s  Anna 


McConnel  Geo.  lawyer,  bds.  Chas.  Rockwell's 

McConnell  J.  T.  "storekeeper,"  r  ws  Church 
s  Edgmont 

McCool  J.  W.  (Paradice  &  McCool)  r  es  East 
nr  College 

McCormick  A.  R.  Mrs.  r  501  Diamond 

McCoy  Emma,  wid.  William,  r  ss  Washington 
w  East 

McCoy  Wm.  prop.  Transport  co.  r  Chambers 
ne  cor.  Hardin  av. 

McCracken  David,  painter,  r  Church  sw  cor. 
Anna 

McCracken  H.B.Mrs,  dressmaker,  r  Morton 
nw  cor.  Clay  av. 

McCreary  J.  S.  stock  dealer,  r  Hardin  av.  s 
Superior  av. 

McCullough  Francis,  blacksmith,  r  es  West 
n  Morton  av. 

McCullough  James  M.  salesman,  r  45  E.Court 

McCullough  John,  clerk,  r  ws  S.  Diamond  s 
Grove 

McCullough  Reuben  L.  clerk,  r  ns  Court  e 
East 

McCUJLLOUGH  W.  H.  Justice  of  the 
Peace  es  Square  cor.  East,  r  Court  e  East. 
Also  represents  the  following  insurance 
companies:  Continental  Fire,  N.Y.,  and 
Franklin  Fire,  St.  Louis,  also  the  Aetna 
Life,  of  Hartford,  and  Pacific  Mutual,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  Also  dealer  in  real  estate, 
makes  loans,  and  does  a  general  collecting 
business 

McCune  Edward,  printer,  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

McCurley  William,  teamster,  r  es  East  n 
Dunlap 

McCutchen  C.  A.  Mrs.  r  es  East  s  North 

McDONALD  A.  N".  insurance  agent 
and  notary  public  W.  State  w  Square,  r  409 
E.  State.  Was  born  in  Dundee,  Scotland, 
in  1823;  came  to  this  country  in  1835,  and 
went  to  farming  about  three  years,  then 
came  to  Jacksonville  and  opened  a  dry  goods 
store,  in  connection  with  which  he  repre- 
sented several  insurance  companies;  after 
remaining  in  the  dry  goods  business  ten 
years,  he  sold  out,  and  continued  in  the 
insurance  business,  locating  in  his  present 
office.  Mr.  McD.  is  the  oldest  insurance 
agent  in  the  city.  Was  married  to  Miss 
Julia  S.  March,  in  1854,  and  has  a  family  of 
three  boys  and  three  girls 

McDonald  Edward  L.  (Thomas  &  McDonald) 
r  State  cor.  Prairie 


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McDonald  Edward  M.  newsdealer,  r  409  E. 
State 

McDonald  E.  A.  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  State  w 
Church 

McDonald  Frank  M.  newsdealer,  r  409  E. 
State 

McDonald  Francis  I.  teller  Jacksonville  Nat. 
bank,  r  State  sw  cor.  Prairie 

McDonald  Henry,  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  Clay 
av. 

McDonald  James,  lab.  bds.  es  Mauvaisterre 
s  Square 

M  Donald  John,  lab.  r  es  N.  Main  n  Dunlap 

McDonald  John,  plumbing  W.  State  nr  West, 
r  ns  College  nr  Clay 

McDonald  John  jr.  clerk,  r  ns  College  nr  Clay 

MCDONALD  L.  A.  stationery,  news 
depot  and  notions  ns  W.  State  nr  Square, 
r  409  E.  State 

McDonnell  Andrew.wall  paper,  etc.,  r  E.State 
w  Brown 

McDOXXELL  HEXRY,  painter  and 
dealer  in  wall  paper,  Masonic  blk.  Mr.  M. 
has  been  established  in  business  in  the  city 
many  years;  he  has  built  up  an  excellent 
trade,  and  employs  constantly  a  number  of 
workmen;  he  has  executed  a  number  of 
exceptionally  fine  pieces  of  work,  which 
can  be  seen  in  many  of  the  churches  and 
public  buildings  in  the  city,  and  in  sur- 
rounding towns;  he  keeps  constantly  on 
hand  a  large  supply  of  painters'  materials, 
wall  paper,  etc.,  and  can  always  be  found 
ready  for  his  customers 

McDonnell  Henry  sr.  r  E.  Lafayette  av.  e 
East 

McDougal  William,  blacksmith,  r  ss  College 
e  East 

McDougal  Wm.  Mrs.  dressmaker,  r  330  E. 
College 

McEncroe  John,  plasterer,  r  'Goltra  av.  s 
Chambers 

McElroy  Anna  Mrs.  r  ws  S.  Main  s  Richard 

McEvers  Cisero,  carp,  r  ns  North  e  Pine 

McEvers  E.  Mrs.  r  ss  College  e  Church 

McEvers  William  E.  millwright,  r  ns  North 
e  Pine 

MiFARLAND  ANDREW,  M.  D. 
prop,  and  supt.  Oak  Lawn  Retreat  E. 
Morgan  av.  (See  history,  page  408) 

McFarland  Fletcher,  M.  D.  asst.  supt.  Oak 
Lawn  Retreat  E.  Morgan  av. 

McFarland  Harriet  N.  Miss,  Oak  Lawn  Re- 
treat 


McFarland  L.  S.  Miss,  Morgan  nr  East 
McFarlane  W.  K.  r  Clay  av.  se    cor.  Supe- 
rior av. 

McFay  Frank,  teamster,  bds.  es  East  n  Dun- 
lap 
McGaughran    M.  (Hallenthal    &    McGaugh- 

ran)  r  ws  Sandy  nr  North 
McGhee  F.  J.  (McGhee  &  Richardson)  bds. 

Clay  av.  s  Morton  av. 

McGhee  &  Richardson  (F.  J.  McGhee  and 
J.  W.  Richardson)  boots  and  shoes  es 
Square  nr  State 

McGinnis  A.  cooper,  r  915  S.  Main 
McGinnis  F.  M  Miss,  teacher  Blind  asylum, 

r  Mrs.  M.  Masters' 

McGinnis  W.  marblecutter,  r  915  S.  Main 
McGool  Wm.  wagonmkr.  r  es  East  s  College 
McGrath    James,    blksmth.    ss    Morgan    nr 

Sandy,  r  Lafayette  av.  nr  Depot 
McGrogan  Henry,  lab.  r  ns  Mauvaisterre  cor. 

College  av. 
McGrogan    Johanna,    washerwoman    Insane 

Asylum 

McHenry  Daniel,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 
McHenry  Martin,  roadmaster  C.&  A.R.R.  r 

ss  College  av.  e  R.R. 

McHenry  M.  lab.  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Franklin 
Mcllvain  James,  scourer,  r  W.R.R.  w  Bed- 
well 

McKavitt  Arthur,  painter,  r  West  n  North 
McKay  Fielding,  bds.  College  nw  cor.  Sandy 
McKay  J.  A.  carp,  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  Morton 

av. 

McKenna  James,  molder  Morgan  foundry 
McKim  Raish,  elk.  bds.  S.  Main  cor.  College 

av. 

McKinney  J.  A.  organs,  r  ws  Pine  s  Lafay- 
ette av. 

McKinney  S.  J.  student,  r  ws  Pine  s  Lafay- 
ette av. 
McKnight  George  S.  trav.  agt.  r  ns  Court  e 

Church 

McKnight  William,  elk.  Mason  &  Stout's 
McLaflin  D.  r  Vorhees  nr  Main 
McLaflin  Edward,   bartndr.   r  es  Vorhees  n 

Independence  av. 
McLaughlin  F.  C.    Mrs.   r  ws    Kosciusko  s 

Grove 

McLaughlin  John,  hostler,  r  North  e  Church 
McLaughlin  Julia,  cook  Pres.  Female  Asylum 
McLaughlin  Thos.  lab.  r  ss  E.  Morgan  e 

East 

McLean  Hugh,  bricklayer,  r  Centre  e  Illinois 
av. 


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503 


MCMILLAN  JAMES  T.  lawyer  and 

real  estate  dealer,  ws  Square,  over  Hatch's 
drug  store,  r  State  opp  Blind  Asylum.  Was 
born  Jan.  27,  1840,  in  Berlin,  Sangamon 
County;  came  to  Morgan  County  in  1853, 
and  to  Jacksonville  in  1860.  Graduated  at 
New  York  University  in  1864,  studied 
medicine  at  Albany  Medical  College,  and 
one  term  at  Michigan  University,  also 
studied  law  at  the  latter  place,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  at  the  bar;  he  then  came 
to  this  city 

McNamara  Daniel,  elk.  r  N.  Sandy  cor.  In- 
dependence av. 

McNamara  James,  prop.  Commercial  hotel, 
ws  Sandy  nr  Square 

McNamara  Michael,  teamster,  r  N.  Sandy 
cor.  Independence  av. 

McNamara  Thomas,  bds.  Commercial  hotel 

McPheron  Nettie,  artist,  r  ws  East  nr  Col- 
lege 

McPheron  W.  R.  operator,  r  ws  East  nr  Col- 
lege 

McPherson  Charles,  pressman  Journal,  r 
Morgan  cor.  Clay  av. 

McPherson  James,  tailor,  r  N.  Main  nr 
North 

McPherson  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  Clay  av. 

cor.  Morgan 

McSherry  Nicholas,  conductor,  r  Lafayette 
av.  e  Illinois  av. 

MacDonald  M.  A.  Mrs.  teacher  Illinois  fe- 
male college 

MacDonald  M.  E.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  334  Har- 
din  av. 

Mack  J.  H.  teacher,  r  es  Prairie  n  Anna 

Madden  Julia,  wid.  Edward,  r  N.  Main  cor. 
Independence  av. 

Magill  John  S.  manager  U.  S.  ex.  co.  es.  es 
N.  Main  nr  Square,  r  Main  ne  cor.  Supe- 
rior av. 

Magner  Thomas,  foreman,  r  N.  Main  n  R.R. 

Maguire  Thomas,  elk.  bds.  E.  State 

Maher  B.  Mrs.  r  ns.  E.  College  w  C.&  A. 
R.R. 

Maher  Patrick,  lab.  bds.  Commercial  hotel 

Mahlka  Michael,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 

Mahony  F.  P.  helper,  r  es  N.  Main  s  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Maier  George,    saloon    ss  State  e   Square 

Major  Harry,  elk.  r  Sheridan  e  C.&  A.R.Ri 

Major  Richard,  painter,  r  Sheridan  e  C.& 
A.R.R. 

Malenbrook  T.  employe  Geo.  Chambers 


Mallen  John    sr.  drayman,  r   ws  Clay   av.  s 

College 

Mallen  John,  paperhanger,  r  Clay  av.  nr  Col- 
lege 

Mallory  James,  lab.  r  N.  West  n  R.R. 
Malone  J.  W.   Rev.  pastor    M.  E.  (African) 

church,  r  es  Clay  av.  n  Brook 
Malone  Mary  Mrs.  r  Lafayette  av.  nr  West 

Malone  Mrs.  teacher,  r  ws   Church   n 

Anna 
Manes   Anthony,  lab.  r   ns  Lafayette  av.   e 

East 
Maney  James,  drayman,  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e 

Clay  av. 

Mangelson  Christopher,  r  ns  Court  w  West 
Manion  John,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 
Manion  John,  lab.  Lafayette  av.  cor.  Main 
Mann  Robert  H.  operator,  r  A.  W.  Cadman's 
Mans  S.  carp,  r  ss  E.  Morgan  e  East 
Mapes  M.  engineer  Scott  &  Lander's     . 
March  James  W.  clerk,  r  ss  College  nr  Clay 

av. 
Marcum  William  J.  gasfitter,  r  State  nw  cor. 

Sandusky 

Marcy   Charles  (Marcy  &  Bro.)  bds.  Dunlap 
'    house 

Marcy  Charles  F.  clerk,  bds.  S.  Main 
Marcy  Henry  S.  (Marcy  &  Bro.)  bds.  Dunlap 

house 
Marcy  &  Bro.  (Charles  and  Henry  S.  Marcy) 

boots  and  shoes  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
Marker  Jennie  Miss,  dressmaker,  r  ns  E.  Col- 
lege av.  e  Mauvaisterre 
Marker  — - — ,  r  ns  E.  College  av.  w  East 
Markoe  Emma,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Markoe  Frank,  elk.  bds.  ws  Prairie  nr  Anna 
Markoe  Hittie,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Marks  Henry  F.  carp,  r  P.P.&  J.R.R.  n  Wa- 

bash  av. 
Marsh  Arthur  T.  clerk,  r  Mauvaisterre  cor. 

Madison 

Marsh  C.  K.  clerk,  r  Mauvaisterre  cor.  Madi- 
son 

Marsh  Orrin,  r  North  n  West 
Marsh   John  N.    clerk  circuit  court    and  re- 
corder,   Court   House,  r  Mauvaisterre  cor. 
Madison 

Marshall  Charles,  carp,  r  es  Prairie  s  Anna 
Marshall  Jennie  Miss,  seamstress,  bds.  M.  M. 

Shreve's 

Marshall  Wm.  carp,  r  es  Prairie  s  Anna 
Marshall  Wm.  farmer,  r  502  E.  State 
Marthens  Louisa    Miss,  matron  Jacksonville 
hospital  E.  State 


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MORGAN  COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Martin  Albena,  wid.  Frank,  r  Pine  nw  cor. 
North 

Martin  Ann,  wid.  Paul,  r  Illinois  av.  s  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Martin  B.  E.  cigarmaker,  r  North  cor.  West 

Martin  Casper,  clerk,  r  North  cor.  West 

Martin  Eliza,  wid.  Ralph,  r  Lafayette  av.  se 
cor.  Brown 

Martin  E.  M.  Miss,  assistant  matron  Illinois 
inst.  blind 

Martin  Kasper,  clerk,  bds.  C.  F.  Brown's 

Martin  Malissa,  wid.  Nelson,  r  North  cor. 
West 

Martin  ,  Mrs.  r  es  Sharp  s  College 

Martin  Robert  V.  foreman,  r  S.  Lafayette  av. 
se  cor.  Brown 

Martin  Samuel,  r  ns  North  e  East 

Martin  Samuel,  ditcher,  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

Martin  Thomas,  hostler   N.  Main  cor.  North 

Mason  E.  (Mason  &  Stout)  r  Mauvaisterre 
cor.  Franklin 

Mason  Oliver,  watchmaker,  bds.  S.  Mauvais- 
terre cor.  Franklin 

Mason  Robert,  watchmaker,  r2  Conservatory 
block 

Mason  Thomas  (W.  L.  &  Thos.  Mason)  r  12 
Gallaher's  add. 

Mason  Timothy,  jeweler,  r  21  Gallaher's  add. 

Mason  William  L.  (W.  L.  &  Thos.  Mason)  r 
College  av.  se  cor.  West 

MASON  WM.  L.  &  THOS. 
jewelers  2  Conservatory  block.  These 
gentlemen  are  natives  of  England,  emi- 
grating to  this  country  at  an  early  age. 
Their  father,  Robt.  Mason,  with  his  family, 
came  to  America  in  1854,  and  for  four 
years  lived  in  New  York  city.  In  1858, 
he  came  to  Jacksonville,  where  he  worked 
at  his  trade  of  watchmaker  and  jeweler, 
with  Wm.  M.  Mayo,  remaining  in  his  em- 
ploy until  1863.  Here  Thomas  Mason 
began  learning  the  trade.  That  year  Mr. 
Mayo  sold  to  Woodward  &  Strong,  by 
whom  Mr.  Robert  Mason  was  employed, 
until  1865,  when  they  sold  to  Chatterton  & 
Morton,  who  soon  sold  to  Morton  &  Mc- 
Clain.  In  1865,  Mr.  Mason  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  a  small  room  in  the 
rear  of  the  present  Central  Savings  Bank 
building,  with  a  stock  of  goods  invoicing 
but  little  over  $200.  Not  long  after  he 
moved  to  Morgan  street,  a  few  doors  west 
of  his  present  location.  When  the  Con- 


servatory bldck  was  finished,  in  October, 
1872,  he  removed  to  the  room  now  occu- 
pied by  his  sons,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
They  purchased  the  business  in  October, 
1876,  which  has  since  been  conducted 
solely  by  them.  Wm.  L.  began  work  at 
the  trade  in  1861,  with  Day  &  Stebbins. 
He  afterward  went  to  England,  where  he 
spent  one  year  and  a  half  in  improving  and 
finishing  his  trade,  under  an  instructor. 
On  his  return,  he  was  two  years  in  charge 
of  one  of  Mr.  Mayo's  Chicago  stores. 
From  there  he  went  to  Denver,  where  he 
had  charge  of  a  bench  in  a  large  establish- 
ment over  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  came  to  Jacksonville.  Each  one 
of  these  gentlemen  has  had  a  thorough, 
practical  training  in  their  business,  enabling 
them  to  successfully  manage  any  part  of  it, 
and  constantly  increase  their  trade.  Their 
Regulator  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  west. 
Time  is  taken  from  observations  of  the  sun 
and  the  north  star,  wiih  an  improved  transit 
instrument,  similar  to  those  used  in  obser- 
vatories. Their  stock  of  goods  is  complete 
in  every  regard,  and  their  store  at  all 
limes  filled  with  a  full  stock  of  goods 
in  their  line 

Mason  &  Stout  (E.  Mason  and  J.  V.  D.  Stout) 
books  and  stationery  ss  Square,  Opera 
House  blk. 

Masters  Mary  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  e  East 
Mathers  John  Rev.  r  512  E.  State  N 
MATHERS  J.  TABOR,  grocer  and 
dealer  in  queensware,  glassware,  etc.  etc. 
Among  the  many  first-class  houses  in 
Jacksonville  the  above  firm  takes  a 
leading  position.  The  spirit  of  enter- 
pise  manifested  by  the  late  firm  of  Rut- 
ledge  &  Mathers,  and  now  being  con- 
tinued by  the  latter  gentleman,  is  worthy 
of  more  than  a  passing  notice.  The  erec- 
tion of  their  large  marble  front  building  on 
E.  State  St.,  two  years  ago,  shows  a  spirit 
of  en'erprise  that  the  wealthy  men  of  Jack- 
sonville would  do  well  to  follow,  from  the 
fact  that  not  only  would  it  be  a  benefit  to 
themselves  but  a  source  of  pride  to  the 
community.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  George 
Rutledge,  a  former  member,  retired  from 
the  firm,  and  since  that  time  the  business 
has  been  conducted  by  Mr.  Mathers,  and 
that  too  in  a  most  commendable  manner. 
He  carries  one  of  the  finest  stocks  of  goods 


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605 


in  the  city,  consisting  of  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  confectionery,  provisions,  China, 
glass,  queensware,  dry  goods,  boots  and 
shoes,  hats,  caps,  etc.  He  also  has  superior 
advantages  in  shipping  all  kinds  of  pro- 
duce, provisions,  etc.,  hence  farmers  always 
find  a  ready  market  at  his  establishment, 
and  the  benefit  of  the  highest  prices.  Thus, 
by  energy  and  fair  dealing,  aided  by  cour- 
teous and  experienced  clerks,  Messrs.  Saml. 
Brockman  and  George  Oilman,  who  have 
been  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Mathers  for 
years,  Mr.  Mathers  has  built  up  an  ex- 
tensive and  well  merited  business.  He 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  educated  in  Jack- 
sonville; at  twenty-five  married  Miss  An- 
nabel English,  of  Danville.  Mrs.  M.  passed 
off  the  stage  of  life  April  27,  1876 

Mathers  Wesley,  r  522  E.  State 

Mathers  William  D.  (Bronson,  Mathers  & 
Nellis)  r  ss  State  nr  Hardin  av. 

Matheson  Neil  (Matheson  &  Brennan)  ss 
Square  nr  Main 

MATHESON  &  BRENNAN 
(Neil  Matheson  and  Terance  Brennan) 
hardware,  stoves,  tinware,  and  roofing,  ss 
Square  nr  Main 

Mathews  James  R.  livery,  boarding,  and  sale 
stable  ns  Court  e  Square,  r  country 

Mathison  N.  merchant,  r  ws  East  s  Morgan 
av. 

Mathman  J.  L.  lab.  r  Prairie  n  Anna 

Matthews  B.  C.  farmer,  r  es  East  s  Superior 
av. 

Matthews  George  E.  plumber  andgasfitter  E. 
State  nr  Square,  r  Morgan  e  Square 

Matthews  James,  lab.  r  ws  Fayette  s  Richards 

Matthews  L.  painter,  r  ss  E. "College  e  Clay  av. 

Mauchman  George,  porter,  r  es  Clay  av.  nr 
3d  ward  school 

Mauzy  George  S.  printer,  r  333  N.  Sandy 

Mauzy  George  W.  brklyr.  r  333  N.  Sandy 

Mauzy  James  B.  printer,  r  333  N.  Sandy 

Mauzy  William  W.  bkpr.  r  333  N.  Sandy 

Maxfield  Edward,  elk.  r  Myrtle  av.  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Maxfield  Richard,  engineer,  r  Myrtle  av.  n 
Independence  av. 

Maxfield  Richard,  fireman  Insane  Asylum 

May  Charles,  lab.  r  Henry  e  C.  &  A.R.R. 

May  Charles,  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  w  Clay 
av. 

May  F.  H.  (May  &  Pohlmann)  r  N.  Main  s 
Independence 


May  Hugo,  barber,  r  es  N.  Main  n  Dunlap 
May  H.  E.  carp,  r  S.  West  n  Grove 
May Mrs.  weaver,  r  es  S.  West  s  Col- 
lege 
May  Otto,  barber  ws  Square   cor.  W.  State,  r 

N.  Main  nr  Independent 
May  &  Pohlmann  (F.  H.  May  and  W.  Pohl- 
mann) barbers  State  e  Square 
Mayer  E.  boots  and  shoes  ns  Square  nr  Sandy, 

r  East  cor.  College 
Mayer   Margaret,  wid.  Frederick,  r   Howe  s 

Lafayette  av. 
Mayers  Emanuel,  merchant,  r  East   sw  cor. 

College 

Mayor  H.  A.  barber,  bds.  ss  College  e  East 
Mayfield   G.  R.    tel.   opr.  r  ss  State  nr  R.R. 

track 
Mayfield  Milton,  stock  dealer,  r  ss  E.  State  e 

RR. 

Mayfield  Rufus,  teacher,  r  ss  Franklin  e  East 
Mayfield  Wellington,  mngr.  W.U.  Tel.  co.  r 

ss  State  nr  R.R.  track 
Meany  M.  H.  stonecutter,  r  Lafayette  av.  nr. 

Brown 
Medcalf  Charles   E.  painter,   r  College  cor. 

West 

Mede  Charles,  shoemkr.  S.  Main  opp  P.O. 
Medley  John,  teamster  Morgan  Foundry 
Medley  John  A.  r  W.R.R.  e  Brown 
Meehan  Maurice,  lab.  r  Sheridan  cor.  Illinois 

av. 

Meek  Andrew  H.  teacher,  r  eS.  East  n  North 
Melendy  Thomas  W.  r  Prairie  sw  cor.  Jordan 
Melton  J  W.  elk.  r  S.  Main  cor.  Richards 
Mendonsa  Joseph,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 
Mendonse  J.  R.  (C.  J.  Lucas  &  Co.)  r  ws  N. 

Main  nr  Square 
Mengel    Sarah     Mrs.  r  ns  E.  College  av.  w 

East 
Merrigon  John,  drayman,  r  ns  E.  College  av. 

e  East 

Merrill  L.  L.  elk.  r  E.  State 
Merriman  Anna,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Merriman  Mary,  ironer  Insane  Asylum 
Metcalf  E.  r  College  cor.  West 
Metcalf  Geo.  R.  carp,  r  ss  North  w  Brown 
Metcalf  M.  L.  elk.  r  North  se  cor.  Fulton 
Metcalf  Samuel    M.    (Metcalf  &    Fell)  r  S. 

Main  n  Morton  av. 
Metcalf  &    Fell   (S.   M.  Metcalf  and  T.  H. 

Fell)   dry  goods   and  millinery,  ss   Square 

cor.  Sandy  • 

METROPOLITAN  HOTEL,  Mrs. 

E.  Sweney,  proprietress.      At  the  junction 


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of  the    T.W.&  W.,  P.P.&  J.,   C.&  A.,  and 
J.N.W.&  S.E.    Railways.      First-class   ac- 
commodations, $2.00  per  day.      Dan.  Wil- 
liams, chief  elk.;  John  Carr,  night  elk. 
Meyzeek  John  E.  tailor,  r  S.  Main 

Michaels    Theodore,    r  es  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Mickey  Jennie,  watchwoman  Insane  Asylum 

Middleton.G.  F.  blacksmith,  es  N.  Sandy  nr 
Square,  r  West  sw  cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Middleton  L.  E.  Mrs.  r  West  cor.   Lafayette 
av. 

Milburn  Ann  Mrs.  r  E.  State 

Milburn   Nicholas,  oik.  Petersburg  Coal  Co. 
r  ns  E.  State  opp  111.  Female  College 

Milburn  N.  bookkeeper  Coal  Co.  r  E.  State 
w  Brown 

Miles    E.    Mrs.  milliner,  r  ns  College  av.  e 
West 

Miles  R.  W.  carp,  r  ns  W.  College  av  e  West 

Milhausen   Henry   W.  cutter,  r   ss  Court  e 
Square 

Milhausen  John  A.  tailor,  r  ss  Court  e  Square 

Miller  Benj.  carp,  r  419  S.  West 

Miller   Benjamin    J.  master   mechanic,  bds. 
Sandusky  cor.  Elm 

Miller  Catherine,  wid.  Louis,  r  ss   North  e 
East 

Miller  C.  D.  r  East  se  cor.  Superior  av. 

Miller  E.  T.  r  East  se  cor.  Superior  av. 

Miller  George  A.  saloon,  ss  Court  e  Square 

Miller  George  W.  gunsmith,   r  ns  Lafayette 
av.  e  Clay  av. 

Miller  H.  J.  (Murphy,  Miller  &  Devine)  r  es 
East  nr  Lafayette  av. 

Miller  Mathew,  elk.  r  N.  Main 

Miller  Thomas,  farmer,  r  ws  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Miller  William,  elk.  r  N.  Main 

Milligan    H.  W.  physician,  r  ws  Caldwell  n 
State 

Mills  M.  B.  Mrs.  r  517  Diamond 

Mimmack  William,  lab.  r  Duncan  w  Fayette 

Minch  Phillip,  lab.  r  Madison  e  East 

Minear  Solomon,  physician,  r  328  E.  State 

Mingel  Peter,  hostler  J.  R.  Mathews 

Mingle  Sarah  Mrs.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 

Minter  John  (M.  &  J.  Minter)  r  ws  Clay  av. 
nr.  College  av. 

Minter  L.  G.  lab.  r  ws  West  s  College 

Minter  Mathew  (M.  &  J.  Minter)  r  ss  College 
nr  East 

MINTER  M.  &  J.   N.  Main  n  Square 
mnfrs.  of  fine  boots,    shoes  and    slippers. 


The  amount  of  work  done  by  this  firm,  ex- 
ceeds that  of  any  other  similar  establish- 
ment in  the  city,  from  the  fact  that  they 
turn  out  only  first-class  work  from  the  best 
material.  Mr.  M.  Minter  has  had  an  ex- 
perience of  over  fifteen  years  in  this  branch 
of  trade,  which  fact  alone  is  sufficient  guar- 
antee for  the  truthfulness  of  the  above  as- 
sertion. Mr.  J.  M.  enlisted  in  the  ist  111. 
Light  Artillery,  Battery  F,  in  July,  62,  and 
served  until  mustered  out  at  the  closing  of 
the  war.  When  he  came  home  he  went  to 
farming  and  remained  at  that  till  August, 
1877,  when  the  above  firm  was  organized 

Minter Mrs.  r  rear  West  n  North 

Miseek ,  tailor,  bds.  Kenry  Valentine's 

Mitchell  Charles,  cook,  r  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Mitchell   Charles    W.    carp,  r  es  Clay  av.  s 

College 

Mitchell  E.  T.  carp,  r  Prairie  cor  Anna 
Mitchell  James,  asst.    engineer   fire    depart- 
ment, r  Brown  cor.  North 
Mitchell  James,  lab.  r  es  Mauvaisterre  s  Col- 
lege 

Mitchell  James,  lab.  r  ws  Fayette  n  Richards 
Mitchell  James  M.  dep.  sheriff,  r  ns  Rout 
Mitchell  L.  R.  teamster,  r  Edgmon  cor.  Dia- 
mond 

Mitchell  R.  B.  printer,  r  Court  nr  West 
Mitchell  William,  porter  Park  hotel 
Moeller  Earnest,  foreman  Ward  Brothers',  r 

N.  Diamond  s  Lafayette  av. 
Monellas  Sebastian,  lab.  r  W.R.  R.  e  Pine 
Monk  Geo.  carp,  r  es  S   Main  s  Morton  av. 
Montgomery  E.  elk.  r  College  e  Clay  av. 
Montgomery  Henry,  clerk,  r  412  College 
Montgomery  James,  carp,  r  412  E.  College 
Montgomery  J.  C.  engineer  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Montgomery  W.  H.  saddler,  r  W.  Court 
Moore  Belle,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Moore  Charles,  employe  Capps'  factory,  r  es 

Goltra  av.  n  Morton  av. 
Moore  Douglas,  lab.  r  ss  E.  Morgan  e  East 
MOORE  ENSLEY,  journalist,   r   W. 
State,  was  born  in  Springfield,  April   i6th, 
1846  ;    lived  ten  years  in  Perry,  Pike  Co., 
till  July,  1875,  when   he  came  to  Jackson- 
ville.      Was  graduated  from    Illinois   Col- 
lege in  1868,  employed  as  city  editor  upon 
the  Daily  Journals   1869,  and  as  assist- 
ant editor  of  the  Jacksonville  Independent 
in  1869-70.     In  1870,  formed  a  co-partner 
ship,  in  book-binding,  with  E.  Moeller,  un- 
der firm  name  of  Moeller  &  Moore,  and 


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dissolved  partnership  in   1871,  was  elected 
alderman  from  the  2d  Ward  of  the  city  of 
Jacksonville  in  1874,  was  married  Oct.  22d, 
1873,  to  Miss  Clara,  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  G.  T.  King,  D.D.,  of  Jerseyville,  111. 
Moore  M.  J.  grocer,  r  es  Prairie  s  Grove 
Moore  S.  r  North  ne  cor.  Mauvaisterre 
Moore  W.  H.  H.  Rev.   pastor   Brooklyn   M. 

E.  church,  r  Bissell  e  S.  Main 
Moore  W.  J.  (W.  J.  Moore  &  Co.)  r  es  Prai- 
rie s  Grove 

Moore  W.  J.  &  Co.  (W.  J.  Moore  and  ) 

groceries  and  provisions,    ss  W.   State  nr 
Square 

Moran  Patrick,  lab.  r  Sheridan  e  C.&  A.R.R. 
Moran  William,  painter,  r  Sheridan  e  C.&  A. 

R.R. 
Morgan  Brewery,  H.  Ricks,  Son  &  Co.  props. 

north  end  Main 
Morgan  Foundry,  Akers    &    Russell,   props. 

near  R.R.  junction 
Morgan  Mary,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Morgan  M.  E.  boots  and  shoes,  se  cor.  Square 
Moroney  C.  Mrs.  r    Hardin  av.  ne  cor.  Rout 
Morris   Jennie,   vvid.    John   B.   r  ns  Court  e 

East 

Morris  John  B.  student,  r  ns  Court  e  East 
Morris   William,  conductor,  bds.  Metropoli- 
tan hotel 

MORRISON    ISAAC   L.  (Morrison, 
Whitlock  &  Lippincott)  r  ss  Grove  nr  Dia- 
mond 
Morrison   James,  physician,  r  ws  Caldwell  s 

Lafayette  av. 

Morrison  James,  photographer,  r  e  end  Col- 
lege av. 
Morrison    John   G.    lawyer,  ws  Square  over 

Ayers'  Bank,  r  ss  Rout  e  C.&  A.  R.R. 
Morrison  Mattie  Miss,  teacher,  r  Mrs.  M.  J. 

Morrison 
Morrison  M.  J.  Mrs.  r  College  cor.   Koscius- 

ko 
Morrison  W.  R.  stock  dealer,  r  ss  E.  College 

av.  e  Johnson 

Morrison,  Whitlock  &  Lippincott  (I.  L.  Mor- 
rison, H.  G.  Whitlock  and  J.  P.  Lippincott) 
lawyers,  State  sw  cor.  West 
Morrissey  D.  lab.  r  Reid  &  Co.'s  brick  yard. 
Morrissey  Martin,  bds.  Court  nr  East 
Morse  Annie  Miss,  teacher  Deaf  and  Dumb 

Asylum,  r  W.  College  av.  w  Prairie 
MORSE   CHARLES    M.  r  815  W. 
State,  Division  Superintendent   Chicago  & 
Alton    R.  R.     Was   born    in    Wilton,  Me. 


July '21,  1820.  In  Wilton  he  held  the 
office  of  Town  Clerk  for  several  years, 
when  he  was  chosen  a  representative  in  the 
State  Legislature.  In  1850  he  entered  the 
Treasurer's  office  of  the  Main  Central  (then 
the  A.&  K.)  Railroad  Co.  and  was  con- 
nected with  that  corporation  for  over  fifteen 
years.  In  1866  he  became  Superintendent 
of  the  St.Louis,  Jacksonville  &  Chicago  R. 
R.,  and  in  1868,  when  that  line  was  leaded 
to  the  Chicago  &  Alton  R.  R.  Co.,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  position  he  now  holds, 
superintendent  of  a  Division,  embracing 
one  hundred  and  ninety  miles  of  railroad. 
As  a  railway  manager,  he  is  one  of  the 
most  successful  in  the  country 
Morse  Mary  A.  Miss,  teacher  Deaf  &  Dumb 

Asylum,  bds.  W.  College  w  Prairie 
Morse  William  G.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Morton  M.  E.  Mrs.  r  ss  College  e  Prairie 
Morton  S.  M.  Rev.  pastor  Westminster  Pres. 

church,  r  1051  W.  State 
Morton  William,  lab.  r  ns  Anna  e  Church 
Mosee  George,  lab.  r  ss  Richard  w  S.  Main 
Moseley  Frank,  clerk,  r  ss  Jordan  w  Fayette 
Moseley  M.  A.  Mrs.  millinery  and  hair  goods, 
3   Conservatory   blk.  r   ns  College   av.  nr 
West 

Moseley  T.  F.  supervisor  D.  &  D.  Asylum 
Moseley  T.  J.  r  ns  College  av.  nr  West 
Moss  W.  D.  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Motschmann  Geo.  carp,  r  es  S.  West  s  Grove 
Mount  Celina,  chambermaid  D.  &  D.  Asylum 
Mount  Elias,  mason,  r  904  S.  Main 
Mount  J.  B.  bkpr.  rgo4  S.  Main 
Mount  S.  fruit  stand,  r  ss  Morgan  e  East 
Moxley  Wm.  lab.  r  ss  Anna  e  Church 
Moy  Bridget,  wid.  Edward,  r  es  N.  Sandy  n 

railroad 

Moy  James,  r  es  N.  Sandy  n  railroad 
Munson  Ella,  ironer  Insane  Asylum 
Murphy  Albert,  lab.  r  N.  Sandy  n  railroad 
Murphy  Arthur,  lab.  r  es  S.  West  s  College 
Murphy  Hugh,  lab.  r  N.  Sandy  n  railroad 
Murphy  James,  carp,  r  es  Sharp  s  College 
Murphy  James,  plasterer,  bds  Illinois  av.  w. 

North 
Murphy  James  J.  (Murphy,  Miller  &  Devine) 

r  es  East  n  Lafayette  av. 
Murphy  Jeremiah,  drayman,  r  Centre  e  Illi- 
nois av. 

Murphy  John,  lab.  r  Howe  cor.  Centre 
MURPHY,     MILLER     &     DE- 
VINE  (James  J.  Murphy,    Henry  Miller, 


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and  David  J.  Devine)  successors  to  Nich- 
ols, Grierson  &  Loar,  dealers  in  stoves,  tin- 
ware, hot  air  furnaces,  roofing,  guttering, 
and  all  kinds  of  tin  and  copper  ware;  re- 
paring  done  with  neatness  and  dispatch, 
ws  Public  Square 

Murphy  Peter,  bds.  Commercial  hotel 
Murphy  Sarah,  widow   Homer,  r  N.  Sandy  n 

R.R. 
Murphy  William,  clerk  Crassly  &  Bro.  r  es 

Sharp  s  College 

Murray  George  B.  r  Prairie  s  Lafayette  av. 
Murray  James,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Murray  James,  lab.  r  ss  Franklin  e  Clay  av. 
Murray  Matthew,  lab.  Insane  Hospital,  r  ss 

E.  College  e  Mauvaisterre 
Myers  Annie,  wid.  Frank,  r  West  s  Lafayette 

av. 

Myers  Benjamin,  painter,  r  West  n  North 
Myers  George  E   clerk  Insane  Asylum 
MYERS    J.  H.   es   Square   nr  Court,  r 
North  cor.  Fulton,  manufacturer  and  deal- 
er in  all  kinds  of  cigars,  tobacco  and  smo- 
kers'   articles.     Mr.  M.    manufactures   the 
famous  Magnolia,  which  has  a  wide  reputa- 
tion; also  the  Bird,  and  several  other  stand- 
ard brands 

"VJ  AGLE  Frank,    laborer  r  es  N.  Main  n 
•^        Dunlap 

Nagle  Frederick,  carp,  r  es  N.  Main  n  Dun- 
lap 
Nance  Richard  A.    sewing   machines,   r   ws 

Diamond  n  North 

Naughton  Mary  Miss,  cook  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Needham  Ellen  Mrs.  r  Lafayette  av.  w  West 
Neely  J.  retired,  r  ns  W.  State  e  Church 
Neil  J.  C.  saddles  and   harness,   ss  Court   e 

Square,  r  East 

Neissen  F.  cutter,  bds.  Park  house 
Nelegar  Joseph,  keeper  Stock  Yards,  r  Henry 

e  C.  &  A.  R.R.    ' 
Nellis  George  L.  (Bronson,  Mathers  &  Nellis) 

r  ss  College  av.  nr  Clay  av. 
Nelson  Andrew,  porter  Insane  Asylum 
Nelson  E.  N.  supervisor  Insane  Asylum 
Nelson  Andrew  P.  lab.  r  Short  n  Walnut 
Nevius  H.  V.  D.,  DD.  pastor  Bates  church,  r 

ns  W.  State  e  Sandusky 
New  England  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  A. 

N.  McDonald,  agt.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Newhouse  James,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
New  York  Dining    Rooms,    M.    H.   Carroll, 

proprietor,  ws  Square  nr  Court 


Newman  W.  r  ss  E.  State  w  Johnson 
Nichols  S.    W.  (Clendenon  &  Nichols)  r  709 

W.  College 

Nimens  E.  S.  shoemaker,  r  E.  College  e  East 
Nimens  John  S.  shoemkr.  r  E.  College  e  East 
Noble  School  Furniture  Co.  A.  N.  McDon- 

ald, agt.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Noonan  Michael,  lab.  r  West  s  Lafayette  av. 
Norberry  Christine,  chambermaid  Insane  Asy- 

lum 

Norberry  Hilda,  waiter  Insane  Asylum 
Norris  Archibald,  teamster,  r  Kosci  sko  cor. 

Anna 

Norris  A.  Mrs.  r  Prairie  se  cor.  Anna 
Norris  A.  J.  night  watchman  Blind  Asylum, 

r  628  E.  State 

Norris  Francis  Mrs.  cook  Oak  Lawn  Retreat 
Norris  Lizzie  Miss,  clerk  R.  Bolinger,  r  ns 

Court  w  Square 

Norris  Mary  A.  r  Prairie  cor.  Anna 
Norris    Mattie    Miss,    attendant   Oak   Lawn 

Retreat 

North  Willus,  hostler  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Northwestern   Mutual  Life    Ins  Co.  of  Mil- 

waukee, C.  A.  Catlin,  agent,  ns  W.  State  i 

Ayers'  block 

Norton  James,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 
Nullis  Geo.  merchant,  1420  E.  College  av. 
Nunes   Joaquin,  lab.  r  Freedman    cor.  Dia- 

mond 
Nunes  John,  farmer,   r  ws  Voorhees  n  Inde- 

pendence av. 
Nunes  John,  lab.  r  Independence  av.  n  P.P. 

&J.  R.R. 
Nunes   John,   marblecutter,    r  Independence 

av.  n  P.P.  &  J.  R.R. 
Nunes  Joseph,   woodsawyer,   r  Freedman  w 

Diamond 

Nunis  Christian,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  W.R.R. 
Nutting  T.  D.  Prof.  Conservatory,  r  es  Clay 

av.  s  College 
Nye  -  ,    artist  (with  Clark)  bds.  E.  Met- 

calf's 


LAWN    RETREAT,    Dr. 

^^   Andrew  McFarland,  proprietor,  E.  Mor- 

gan av.     (See  history  page  408) 
Oakes  Royal,  farmer,  bds.  Mrs.  Turley's 
Ogden  Thomas,  lab.  r  ws  Prairie  s  Lafayette 

av. 
O'Brien  Charles,  teamster,   r  East  n  Michi- 

gan av. 
O'Connell  Annie  Miss,   milliner,   r  Main  nr 

Court 


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509 


O'Connell  John,  r  ws  N.  Main  nr.  Square 
O'Connell  Michael,  carp.  bds.  ws  N.  Main  n 

R.R. 
O'Connell  Richard,  prison  keeper,  r  ns  Court 

e  Square 

O'HALLORAN    J.    J.  REV.    pas- 
tor Church  of  our  Savior  (Catholic)  ns  State 
w  Brown,  r  Court  nw  cor.  Brown 
Ohler  B.  elk.  r  East  s  College  av. 
Oliver  C.  C.  bricklayer,  r  Independence  av. 

n  C.&  A.R.R. 
Oliver  W.   A.  salesman  J.  Capps  &  Son,  r 

Church  s  Lafayette  av. 

Oliverson  John,  sexton,  r  ns  Court  w  Fulton 
Olmsted   L    S.  engineer,   r   North  ne  cor, 

Brown 

Onellis  Joseph,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 
Onellis  Moses,  cigarmaker,  r  W.R.R.  w  Dia- 
mond 

Opper  Peter,  porter  111.  Female  College 
Opperman  Robt.  barber,  bds.  428  S.  Main 
OBEAB  WILLIAM  HON.  is  a  na- 
tive of  Frederick  County,  Virginia.  He 
was  born  Dec.  24,  1795  ;  his  father,  Ben- 
jamin Orear,  was  a  native  of  the  "  Old 
Dominion,"  and  was  born  in  1768,  and  in 
that  State  received  his  early  education. 
His  father  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  his 
grandfather  at  Bordeaux,  France,  the  latter 
being;  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Virginia. 
Mr.  Benjamin  Orear,  at  an  early  age,  was 
married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Irwin,  daughter 
of  William  Irwin,  who  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  though  at  an  early  age  he 
became  a  resident  and  citizen  of  Virginia. 
His  ancestors  were  Scotch.  To  Benjamin 
Orear  and  wife  was  born  a  family  of  ten 
children,  only  one  of  whom  is  now  living. 
William  Orear  is  the  eldest  child  of  that 
family.  A  few  years  after  his  marriage, 
Mr.  Orear  emigrated,  with  his  wife  and 
infant  son,  to  Clark  County,  Kentucky, 
and  after  a  time,  permanently  settled  near 
Boonsboro,  in  that  section  known  as  the 
"dark  and  bloody  ground"  where  for  along 
time,  Colonel  Daniel  Boone,  the  brave 
pioneer  settler,  struggled  for  existence 
against  the  Indians.  In  making  his  trip, 
Mr.  Orear  passed  down  the  Ohio  River, 
from  Pittsburg,  in  a  small  flatboat,  landing 
at  a  place  since  known  as  Limestone.  They 
being  early  settlers,  and  the  country  in  a 
wild  and  almost  primitive  state,  had  many 
hardships  and  inconveniences  to  endure. 
T 


Mr.  Orear  and  his  wife  emigrated  to  Mor- 
gan County,  Illinois,  about  1834  or  1835, 
and  came  to  the  house  of  their  son  William, 
who  had  previously  settled  in  the  county. 
Mrs.  Orear  died  in  1836,  at  the  house  of 
William  Orear,  and  her  husband  survived 
her  till  1862.  His  death  occurred  at  the 
residence  of  his  son,  George  Orear,  near 
Jacksonville.  Two  brothers  of  William 
Orear,  sr.,  grandfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  Daniel  and  Enoch  Orear,  were 
with  General  Roger  Clark,  in  his  western 
expedition  against  the  Indians,  in  the  ter- 
ritories of  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  and  Mis- 
souri, which  were  then  Spanish  possessions. 
After  the  trouble  with  the  Indians  had 
been  quelled,  they  returned  to  their  home 
in  Virginia.  The  mother  of  Wm.  Orear, 
jr.,  was  a  descendant  of  the  numerous  and 
influential  family  of  Chambers,  who  were 
among  the  early  pioneers  of  eastern  Penn- 
sylvania. Many  of  the  family  afterward 
settled  in  Kentucky.  Such  is  the  brief  his- 
tory of  the  lineal  descent  of  the  wife  and 
family  of  Benjamin  Orear.  Mr.  William 
Orear,  like  other  boys  of  that  day  who 
were  raised  on  a  farm  in  Kentucky,  had 
but  poor  facilities  for  obtaining  an  educa- 
tion ;  yet  by  assiduously  applying  his  spare 
time  from  labor,  he  was  enabled  to  acquire 
a  good  knowledge  of  mathematics  and  other 
branches,  and  during  life  he  has  been  an 
attentive  and  deep  thinker,  thereby  contin- 
ually adding  to  his  store  of  knowledge,  till 
we  find  him  a  gentleman  of  liberal  and  ex- 
tensive views  on  the  great  topics  of  the  day. 
Until  his  marriage,  Mr.  Orear's  time  was 
employed  in  teaching,  principally  in  Ken- 
tucky, but  two  or  three  years  in  Missouri. 
On  becoming  thirty  years  of  age,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maria  T.  Saw- 
yer, daughter  of  Daniel  Sawyer,  a  native 
of  New  York,  and  his  wife  of  Connecti- 
cut. Mr.  Sawyer  and  wife,  immediately 
after  their  marriage,  settled  in  North  Car- 
olina, in  what  is  familiarly  known  as  the 
"Jumper  Lumber  Regions,"  and  was  there 
engaged  in  shipping  lumber,  until  his  death; 
after  which,  the  family  moved  to  Peters- 
burg, Indiana,  and  there  Mr.  Orear  became 
acquainted  with  the  lady  whom  he  married, 
as  above  stated.  Mrs.  Orear  was  born  in 
North  Carolina,  August  16,  1805.  Her 
family  were  descended  from  the  old  PurU 


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tan  stock  of  the  New  England  colonies. 
They  were  married  on  the  i8th  of  March, 
1825,  and  on  the  I3th  of  April  following, 
Mr.  Orear  and  wife  settled  in  Morgan 
County,  Illinois,  for  a  short  time  obtaining 
shelter  in  a  cabin  of  one  of  the  old  settlers, 
until  he  could  build  one  for  himself.  He 
immediately  settled  on  some  land  which  he 
commenced  to  improve,  and  fenced  a  large 
farm,  and  two  or  three  years  after,  when 
the  land  was  brought  into  market,  he  pur- 
chased what  he  had  improved,  and  consid- 
erable other  land  beside.  He  early  be- 
came largely  interested  in  stock  growing 
and  dealing,  and  at  the  writing  of  this  he 
is  prominent  among  the  larger  landholders 
of  Morgan  County.  When  he  came  to 
Illinois  he  made  the  trip  on  horseback, 
from  Indiana,  bringing  his  young  bride  by 
the  same  mode  of  conveyance;  and  all  his 
wealth,  which  he  says  was  but  limited,  was 
contained  in  his  saddlebags.  But,  being 
young,  energetic,  and  full  of  determina- 
tion, these  seemingly  ad  verse  circumstances 
did  not  intimidate  him.  With  that  perse- 
verance, industry,  and  integrity,  so  char- 
acteristic of  the  old  settlers,  he  set  about 
to  acquire  property  and  a  position  in 
society,  and  he  has  achieved  a  success 
scarcely  second  to  any  in  Morgan  County. 
The  acquisition  of  his  large  property  is. 
under  the  blessing  of  Providence,  simply 
the  result  of  his  own  individual  and  un- 
aided exertions.  Mr.  Orear  is  a  large 
stockholder,  and  president  of  the  Jackson- 
ville National  Bank.  In  politics  he  early 
became  a  member  of  the  Whig  party,  and 
an  admirer  of  its  great  champion,  Henry 
Clay,  with  whom,  for  a  number  of  years,  he 
was  personally  acquainted,  having  been 
raised  in  close  proximity  to  the  home  of 
the  illustrious  statesman.  Mr.  Orear  was 
elected  from  Morgan  County,  to  a  seat  in 
the  Senate  of  Illinois,  as  the  nominee  of  the 
Whig  party,  and  during  that  term  Ste- 
phen A.  Douglas  was  a  member  of  the 
lower  house  as  representative  from  Mor- 
gan County.  Col.  John  J.  Harding  was 
also  a  member  of  that  legislature,  Morgan 
County  then  having  six  representatives. 
Abraham  Lincoln  was  also  a  member  dur- 
ing the  same  term.  There  were  three  ses- 
sions during  the  senatorial  term,  and  Mr. 
Orear  filled  the  position  with  honor  to  him- 


self and  satisfaction  to  his  constituents. 
Previous  to  being  elected  Senator  he  was 
twice  elected  Sheriff  of  Morgan  County. 
When  the  Whig  party  was  disorganized, 
and  the  Republican  party  formed,  he  was 
among  the  first  to  become  an  advocate  of 
its  principles  ;  and  during  the  great  rebel- 
lion he  was  earnest  and  active  in  support- 
ing the  government.  Mr.  Orear  is  a  firm 
and  enthusiastic  Republican.  His  first  vote 
was  given  for  John  Quincy  Adams,  since 
which  he  has  voted  at  every  presidential 
election.  He  always  voted  for  Henry  Clay 
whenever  he  was  a  candidate ;  he  also 
voted  for  Harrison,  Taylor,  Fremont,  and 
twice  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  twice  for 
U.  S.  Grant.  Mr.  Orear  served  in  the 
Black  Hawk  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orear 
had  a  family  of  three  children ;  their 
daughter,  Frances  Delia  Orear,  is  the  only 
one  now  living.  Mrs.  Orear  died  at  their 
residence,  July  22,  1830.  Her  husband  re- 
mained a  widower  till  Nov.  17,  1846,  when 
he  was  married  the  second  time,  to  Miss 
Lena  M.  Eades,  daughter  of  Horatio  H. 
Eades,  formerly  of  Bourbon  County,  Ken- 
tucky, though  at  the  time  of  their  marriage, 
the  parents  of  Miss  Eades  were  residing 
in  Morgan  County.  Their  original  ances- 
tors were  English.  Mr.  Orear  and  his  wife 
and  daugter  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a  prominent 
patron  and  trustee  of  the  Illinois  Female 
College.  Mrs.  Orear's  parents  settled  in 
Morgan  County  in  the  fall  of  1834.  Ser- 
geant Champ  (a  man  of  extraordinary  cool- 
ness and  decision  of  character),  who  was 
selected  by  General  Washington  to  perform 
the  difficult  task  of  the  capture  of  Benedict 
Arnold,  after  his  treason,  was  an  uncle  of 
the  mother  of  the  present  Mrs.  Orear, 
though  the  history  of  the  times  will  show 
that  the  adventure  was  an  unsuccessful  one, 
and  to  prevent  the  probable  capture  of  the 
brave  sergeant,  General  Washington  took 
him  out  of  the  ranks,  and  he  afterward  em- 
igrated to  Kentucky.  Of  such  patriotic 
blood  is  the  present  wife  of  the  subject  of 
this  brief  biography.  Mr.  Orear  needs  no 
eulogy  at  our  hind,  for  as  farmer,  banker, 
and  citizen,  he  is  well  known  to  the  people 
of  Morgan  County,  and  his  life  and  works 
speak  plainly  for  themselves.  In  him  we 
find  an  example  of  the  truly  self-made  man. 


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511 


Ornellas  John,  elk.  r  Pine  nr  T.W.R.R. 
Orsborne   John    N.   stock   dealer,    r  708    E. 

State 

Osborne  D.  W.  elk.  bds.  se  cor.  Square 
Osborne  D.  W.  jr.  salesman,  bds.  J.  T.  Os- 
borne 
Osborne  J.  H.  (Osborne    &   Knowles)    r  W. 

State  one  mile  beyond  limits 
Osborne  J.  T.  salesman,  r  es  East  n  Brook 
Osborne  R.  T.  stock  dealer,  r  1038  W.  State 
Osborne  S.  B.  elk.  r  ns  State  w  Prairie 
Osborne  &  Knowles  (J.  H.  Osborne   and  J. 
B.  Knowles)  carpets,  mattings,  oil  cloths, 
wall  paper,  etc.  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Osterholt  Harmon,  wagonmaker,   r  West  n 

North 
Osswald  John  C.   saloon,   es   N.   Sandy   nr 

Square,  r  ws  West  nr  North 
Ousley  Wm.  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  e  C.&  A.R.R 

pADGETT  T.  MISS,  teacher,  bds.  Mrs. 

McLaughlin's 

Page  Aaron,  lab.  r  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 
Palmer    Alexander   C.  (Palmer  &  Cox)  r  ns 

Court  nr  Church 
Palmer  Henry,  carp,  r  ws   East  n   Brooklyn 

chuich 

Palmer  H.  H.  (Palmer  &  Doan)  r  College  av. 
Palmer  James  H.  (J.  H.  Palmer  &  Co.)  r  ws 

Prospect  nr  Grove 
Palmer  J.  H.  &  Co.  (James  H.  Palmer  and 

A.  H.  Sturtevant)  furniture,  ws  Square  cor. 

Court 
Palmer  Ruth  M.  Mrs.  visitor's  attendant  D. 

and  D.  Asylum 
Palmer  &  Cox  (A.   C.  Palmer  and  J.  Cox) 

wines,  liquors,  and  cigar  mnfrs.  ns  W.  State 

nr  Square 
Palmer  &  Doan  (H.   H.  Palmer   and  F.  M. 

Doan)  insurance,  loan  and  real  estate  agts. 

ns  Square  nr  Main 
Paradice  Alfred,  r  308  W.  College 
Paradice  C.  W.   (Paradice   &    McCool)   r   ns 

College  nr  West 

Paradice  Frank,  printer,  r  308  W.  College 
Paradice  Kate  Miss,  milliner,  r  College  nr 

West 
Paradice  &  McCool  (C.  W.  Paradice   and  J. 

W.  McCool)  confectionery,  ns  W.  State  nr 

Square 
Pardue ,  night  watch  D.  and  D.  Asylum, 

r  Turner  Place 

Paris  Henry,  porter  Loar  &  Grierson,  r  Col- 
lege cor.  Prairie 


Park  Charles  A.  artist,  bds.  Dunlap  house 
PARK    HOTEL,    Capt.   Smith   (trade 
mark)  prop,  is  located  on  the  Public  Square. 
8000  commercial  men  were  entertained  at 
this  hotel  the  past  twelve  months 
Parker  D  lab.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Parker     Harriet,   chambermaid   D.   and    D. 

Asylum 

Parker  H.  C.  Mrs.  r  334  Hardin  av. 
Parker  Wm.  H.  shoemaker,  r  334  Hardin  av. 
Parks   Ann   Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  e  C.&  A. 

R.R. 

Parks  Unice,  supervisoress  Insane  Asylum 
Patridge  James,  barber' Watson  &  Starks* 
Patridge  Lucy  Mrs.  hairdresser,  r  ns  Court  w 

Square 

Patterson  C.  A.  barber,  r  West  cor.  Anna 
Patterson  Francis  Mrs.  r  515  S.  West 
Patterson  Henry,  lab.  r  515  S.  West 
Patterson  John  S.  blacksmith,  r  es  N.  Sandy 

nR.R. 
Patterson  J.  March  (Wadsworth  &  Patterson) 

r  E.  College  av.  w  Hardin  av. 
Patterson  L.  A.  elk.  r  es  East  s  College 
Patterson  M.  Mrs.  r  ns  Grove  e  Church 
Patterson  Wm.  lab.  r  515  S.  West 
Patterson  Wm.  elk.  r  Fayette  cor.  Grove 
Patterson  Wm.  Capt.  liniment  mnfr.  ns  W. 

Main  nr  Square 

Paxton  George  R.  elk.  r  North  ne  cor.  Fulton 
Pearson  Sarah  Mrs.  r  es  Prairie  s  Grove 
Pearson  W.  B.   bookbinder    ss    Morgan  nr 

Sandy,  r  es  Prairie  s  College 
Pearcy  Perry,  dept.  sheriff,  r  ss  E.  College  av. 

nr  city  limits 
Pechloeffel  Henry,    blksmth.    r   ns  Court  w 

West 

Peck  Eben,  florist  ss  W.  State,  r  S.  Prospect 
Peck  F.  ret.  r  ns  E.  State 
Pegram    Mary  A.    Miss,  preceptress  Illinois 

Female  College 

Peira  Joseph,  lab.  r  N.  Diamond  n  W.R.R. 
PENNSYLVANIA  HOUSE,  J.  S. 
Sierer  prop.,  Sandy  n  Square.  Transient 
rates  $1.00  per  day.  Mr.  S.  was  born  in 
Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  September  15,  1826, 
and  came  to  Jacksonville  December  16, 
1849;  was  elected  sheriff  of  Morgan  Co.  in 
the  Fall  of  1868;  was  married  July  23, 
1854,  to  Miss  Margaretta  Black,  also  of 
Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  where  she  was  born 
March  31,  1834.  Mr.  S.  has  only  recently 
opened  this  hotel,  which  was  formerly 
known  as  the  "  Commercial."  The  fathers 


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of   both    Mr.  and  Sierer   were    both  well 
known    hotel    men  East,    where    they  ac- 
quired a  knowledge  of  the  business 
Perry   Henry,  auctioneer,  r   Mauvaisterre  n 
North 

Perry ,  collr.  r  es  Hardin  av.  n  Henry 

Peters  Emanuel,  farmer,  r  rear  es  N.  Main  n 

Independence  av. 
Petersburg  Coal  Co.  office  E.  State  e  C.  &  A. 

R.R.  Preston  Spates,  agt. 
Peterson    Charles,    lab.    Insane  Hospital,  r 

Michigan  av.  e  East 

Peterson  N.  lab.  Reed  &  Co.'s  brick  yard 
Peterson  Robert,  lab. 
Petre  William,  carp.  bds.  B.  W.  Gunn's 
Petrie   Eliza  Miss,   physician,   r  Mrs.  M.  E. 

Morton's 

Pfolsgroff  Philip,  carp.  bds.  ws  Main  n  R.R. 
Pheifenburger  Ellen,  wid.  George,  r  N. 'West 

n  R.R. 

Phelan  Thomas,  elk.  bds.  West  cor.   Morgan 
Phelan  Thomas,  elk.  bds.  David  Cole's 
Phelps  C.  C.  (J.  Gill  &  Co.)  bds.  Dunlap  house 
Phillips  Aaron,  teamster,  r  es  N.  Main  n  In- 
dependence av. 

Phillips  A.  L.  Mrs.  r  ws  Yates  n  North 
Phillips  F.  W.  Dr.  supt  111.  Inst.  for  the  edu- 
cation of  the  blind 

Phillips  J.  A.  machinist  Morgan  Foundry 
Phillips    George,    med.     student,    r     Blind 

Asylum 

Phillips  Henry,  blacksmith,  r  ws  East  s  Ken- 
tucky 

Phillips  L.  J.  Mrs.  matron  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Phillips  William  M.  elk.  r  ns  Court  e  East 
Phillips  W.  S.  elk.  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Piepenbring  Charles,  grocer  N.  Main  ne  cor. 

Dunlap 

Pierce  John,  stonectr.  r  Caldwell  n  W.R.R. 
Piercy  William  P.  dep.    sheriff,  r  College  av. 

e  C.  &  A.R.R. 
Pierson  Jeremiah,    justice   of    the   peace  ns 

Square  nr  Main,  r  Court  nr  West 
Pires  Emanuel,  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 
Pitner  T.  J.  physician  209  W.  College  av. 
Pitta  George,  lab.  r  Pine  n  R.R. 
Platt  Alex,  mason,  r  Rout  cor.   Brooklyn  av. 
Platt  Wesley,  mason,  r  ss  East  end  Bissel 
Pleasant  Henry,  lab.  bds.  Nathan  Reed's 
Plower  John,   shoemkr.  r  ss   E.     Morgan    e 

East 

Plows  John  W.  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
PofTenbarger  F.  (Johnson  &  Co.)  r  Jordan  se 
cor.  Fayette 


Pohlmann  W.  (May  &  Pohlmann)  r  E.  Mor- 
gan nr  East 

Police  Department,  C.  O.  Sperry,  chief,  ns 
Court  e  Square 

Polland  R.  painter,  r  ws  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Porten  George  (G.  Porten  &  Co.)  r  324  E. 
College 

Porten  G.  &  Co.  (G.  Porten  and  )  mer. 

tailors  ws  Main  opp.  P.O. 

Post-Office,  D.  M.  Simmons,  P.  M.  es  S-Main 
s  Square 

Powers  Albert,  r  College  av.  nr  Clay  av. 

Powers  Bridget  Mrs.  r  Clay  av.  ne  cor.  Wol- 
cott 

Powers  James,  engineer,  r  Wolcott  se  cor. 
Clay  av. 

Powers  James,  lab.  r  Morton  av.  sw  cor.West 

Powers Mrs.  r  Bedwell  n  Lafayette   av. 

Powers  O.  ret.  r  1108  W.  State 

Powers ,  painter,  r  ns  E.  College  av.  e 

East 

Poznanski  J.  B.  Prof,  teacher  Music  Con- 
servatory, r  College  cor.  Kosciusko 

Pratt  Albert,  elk.  bds.  C.  McClain's 

Pratt  Ann  C.  wid.  Charles  H.  r  Church  nw 
cor.  North 

Pratt  George  C.  bkpr.  r  Church  nw  cor. 
North 

Pratt  Horace  M.  elk.  r  Sandusky  cor.  Elm 

Pratt  Lewis  H.  elk.  bds.  Sandusky  cor.  Elm 

Preira  Henry  Rev.  pastor  rst  Pres.  (Port.) 
church,  r  s  end  Prairie 

PRESBYTERIAN  FEMALE 
ACADEMY,  Church  bet.  State  and 
College  av.  Prof  E.  F.  Bullard,  prin.  (See 
History,  page  385) 

Preston  S.  plasterer,  bds.  A.  H.  Jones' 

Price  Charles,  watchmaker  J.  M.  Fox 

Price  Ed  S.  clerk,  r  State  cor.  Clay  av. 

Price  George  W.  lab.  r  N.  Sandy   n    railroad 

Price  M.  N.  (T.  D.  Price  &  Co.)  r  ns  College 
av.  w  Hardin 

Price  P.  B.  r  ns  E.  State 

Price  T.  D.  (T.  D:  Price  &  Co.)  r  Carrrolton 

PRICE  T.  D.  &  CO.  (T.  D.  Price,  H. 
L.  Clay,  G.  E.  Doying,  and  M.  N.  Price) 
job  printers,  book-binders,  and  pubs. 
Illinois  Courier,  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 

Price  Ward,  bkpr.  First  Nat.  bank,  r  State 
cor.  Clay  av. 

PRINCE  DAVID  DR.  prop.  Sani- 
tarium, ws  Sandy  s  Square,  r  State  cor. 
Fayette 


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513 


Prince  A.  E.  surgeon  and  oculist,  ws  Sandy 
s  Square 

Probst  Christian,  clerk,  r  es  Main  nr  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Ptaszyk  J.  R.  piano  tuner,  ws  Sandy  nr  Col- 
lege av. 

Punton  John,  apothecary  Insane  Asylum 

Pyatt  B.  (B.  Pyatt  &  Son)  r  ns  Court  nr 
Church 

PYATT  B.  &  SON,  wholesale  and  re- 
tail dealers  in  tobacco,  and  manufacturers 
of  fine  cigars;  Lady  Clare  brand  a  specialty; 
ws  Public  Square 

Pyatt  Douglas,  clerk,  r  ns  Court  nr  Church 

Pyatt  J.  C.  (B.  Pyatt  &  Son)  r  ns  North  nr 
Yates 

Pyatt  Richard  S.  cigar  mkr.  bds.  ns  Court  nr 
Church 

QUARLES  J.  T.  salesman,  r  ns  W.  Col- 
lege av.  cor.  West 

Quintal  Josepher,  wid.  Joseph,  r  Diamond  n. 
Freedman 

ID  ABBIT  MICHAEL,  teamster,  r  ns  La- 
fayette av.  e  Clay  av. 
Rabbit    Peter,  teamster,  r  ns    Lafayette  av.  e 

Clay  av. 

RAGAN  JOHN  M.  lawyer,  office  Court 
House,  r  S.  Main.     Commenced   to  study 
law   with   Judge    Kirby  in  1873,  and    was 
admitted  to  practice  Jan.  7,  1877 
Ragdale  Franklin,  carp,  r  es  East  s  Kentucky 
Ragsdale  Mary  D.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Rahe  J.  C.  r  es  Yates  n  North 
Ramsey  John  W.  horse  trader,  r  ws  N.  Main 

n  North 
Ramsey  Joseph,  music   teacher,  bds.  H.  C. 

Fuller's 
Rand   Charles,   boarding-house,    r    Mauvais- 

terre  cor.  Madison 
Randall  M.  C.  Mrs.  r  511  Diamond 
Randerson  John,  lab.  r  ns  E.College  e  Clay  av. 
Randolph  Moses,  barber,  bds.  S.  McAllister's 
Ransdell  Eli  C.  carp,  r  W.  College  av.  e  West 
Ransford  David,  lab.  r  ns  Dunlap  w  Clay  av. 
Ransom  James,  farmer,  r  ns  Jordan  e  Fayette 
Rapp  Charles,  harnessmkr.  r  29  S.  East 
Rapp  John,  employe  111.  Inst.  Blind 
RAPP    MICHAEL,    harness    maker, 
Morgan  se  cor.  Square,  Plait's  blk.  r  29  S. 
East.     Was  the  son  of  Michael  and  Susan 
Rapp,  natives  of   Pennsylvania,  where  the 
subject  of  this   sketch  was  born,  Feb.  22, 


1815.  At  an  early  age  he  became  appren- 
ticed to  the  trade  of  harness  maker.  At 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  possessed  of  an 
adventurous  disposition,  he  wended  his 
way  to  Illinois,  and  settled  in  Jacksonville, 
and  entered  into  a  co-partnership  with  M. 
Stacy  for  the  manufacture  of  saddles  and 
harness.  About  this  time  in  his  business 
venture  Mr.  R.  would  willingly  have  re- 
turned to  his  native  place,  but  was  com- 
pelled to  remain  on  account  of  his  capital 
being  down  to  zero.  For  seven  years  Mr. 
Stacy  remained  a  member  of  the  firm,  and 
then  retired  from  active  business.  For 
nearly  thirty-eight  years  Mr.  R.  has  been  a 
successful  business  man  and  an  upright 
citizen  of  J.,  who  has  witnessed  many  im- 
portant changes  since  his  arrival,  and  who 
in  early  days  formed  a  cordial  friendship 
for  Abraham  Lincoln,  Stephen  A  Douglas, 
and  others.  At  one  time  in  his  business 
career,  Mr.  R.  transferred  the  business  to 
the  hands  of  his  son,  who  entered  the  army, 
and  there  contracted  sickness  which  resulted 
in  his  death 

Rapp  M.  D.  harnessmkr.  r  29  S.  East 

Rapp  Thomas  H.  bkpr.  r  29  S.  East 

Rataichak  Anton,  yardman,  r  ns  College  w 
West 

Ratekin  Wm.  justice  of  the  peace,  r  es  Har- 
din  av.  n  Henry 

Rathwell  E.  D.  jailor,  r  County  Jail 

Rawlings  Isaac,  clothing,  ws  Square  nr  State, 
bds.  State  cor  Prairie 

Rawlings  Daniel  W.  clerk,  r  College  above 
Prairie 

Rawlings  R.  D.  mer.  r  ns  W.  State  w  Prairie 

Raybuck  John  F.  teacher,  r  es  N.  Main  n 
Dunlap 

Rayburn  James,  barber,  ns  Court  w  Square,  r 
Church  cor.  Grove 

Raymond  James,  barber,  r  ns  W.  Grove  w. 
Church 

Raynor  Wm.  r  ws  Hardin  n  Chambers 

Read  A.  lab.  bds.  Nathan  Reed's 

Read  Frank,  teacher,  r  es  Sandusky  n   State 

Read  J.  V.  (Goltra  &  Read)  r  S.  Main  beyond 
limits 

REID  NEWTON  W.  brickmaker,  r 
S.  Main;  born  in  Morgan  County,  Aug.  8, 
1848.  His  father  Geo.  W.,  came  from 
Kentucky,  to  this  State,  and  in  1840; 
married  "  Martha  E.  Williams,"  the  chil- 
dren by  this  marriage  were:  W.  T.  Reid, 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


now  Supt.  of  Schools,  in  San  Francisco; 
John  E.  Reid,  in  business  in  Orange, 
California.  N.  W.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  and  Geo.  W.  Reid,  lawyer,  in 
Orange,  California;  these  young  men  all 
received  a  liberal  education,  and  on  the 
attainment  of  their  majority,  began  busi- 
ness, each  for  himself.  Newton  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  cattle  shipping,  for 
a  number  of  years.  Married  Feb.  2,  1875, 
to  Miss  Louise,  daughter  of  Thos.  Mc- 
Connell,  of  Bushnell;  she  died  June  27, 
1867.  Mr.  Reid,  in  1877,  formed  a  co- 
partnership with  Messrs.  Tendick  &  Kes- 
pohl,  in  the  manufacturing  of  brick;  dur- 
ing the  first  year  they  made  two  and  a 
half  million  brick,  for  which  they  found 
ready  sale;  the  firm  still  continues.  Mr. 
R.  resides  with  his  mother;  his  father 
died  in  1850 

Read  V.  Mrs.  r  es  S.  Main  n  Bissell 

Rearick  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  State  e  Kosciusko 

Recorder's  office  J.  N.  Marsh,  Court  House 

Rector  James,  attendant  Insane  Hospital,  r 
Michigan  av.  e  East 

Redmond  Daniel,  carp,  r  ns  Lafayette  av. 
e  Clay  av. 

Redmond  Dennis,  elk.  r  Lafayette  av.  nr 
Clay  av. 

Redmond  Dennis,  lab.  r  Sheridan  e  Illinois 
av. 

Redmond  James,  carp,  r  ns  Lafayette  av. 
e  Clay  av. 

Redmond  James  D.  tinsmith  r  ns  Lafayette 
av.  e  Clay  av. 

Redmond  John,  elk.  r  E.  Lafayette  av. 

Redmond  Martin,  bricklayer,  r  ns  Lafayette 
av.  e  Clay  av. 

Reed  Albert,  farmer,  r  ss  W.  Morgan  w 
West 

Reed  Franklin,  prof.  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Reed  Nathan,  lab  r  ws  Goltra  av.  s  Cham- 
bers 

Rees  Edwin,  physician,  r  ss  Rout  e  C.£  A. 
R.R. 

Reese  Maria,  wid.  Sidney,  r  Court  ne  cor. 
East 

Refine  Tony,  r  ss  Lafayette  av.  w.  Diamond 

Refine  Tony  D.  baker,  boards  Diamond  s 
Freedman 

Regan  Edward,  peddler,  r  Clay  av.  n  W. 
R.R. 

Reichman  Charles,  physician  220   W.  Court 

Reid  Enoch  S.  farmer,  r  Church  cor  North 


Reid  George,  farmer,  r  Church  cor.  North 

Reid  James,  r  Church  cor.   North 

Reid  John  B.  A.  farmer,  r  ns  North  w  Dia- 
mond 

Reid  N.  W.  (G.  Tendick,  Kespohl  &  Reid) 
r.  S.  Main  nr  Asylum 

Reid  Richard  W.  lawyer,  ns  Square  nr 
Sandy,  r  North  ne  cor.  Church 

Reid  Sarah  E.  Miss,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Frank- 
lin 

Reid  Stephen  H.  justice  of  the  peace,  ns 
Square  nr  Sandy,  r  North  ne  cor.  Church 

Reidy  Michael,  ws  East  n  Dunlap 

Reighmann  Frederick,  binder  Ward  Broth- 
ers 

Reilly  James,  lab.  r  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 

Reilly  James  W.  janitor,  bds.  ss  North  nr 
Sandy 

Reinbach  Louis,  r  ss  Morgan  e  Square 

Reiner  George  (H.  Ricks,  Son  &  Co.)  r  n 
end  Main 

Reinhard  E.  L.  elk.  bds.  es  Clay  av. 

Reinhart  August  Rev.  r  ns  Court  e  Church 

Renton  Mary  Mrs.  r  ns  E.  Morgan  e  East 

Reuter  -Daniel,  cigarmaker,  r  Broadway  nr 
Lafayette  av. 

Reuter  Fred,  cigarmaker,  r  Broadway  nr  La- 
fayette av. 

Reynolds  Charles  B.  prof.  111.  College,  bds. 
Chas.  Rockwell's 

REYNOLDS  RALPH,  retired  farm- 
er. A  prominent  citizen  of  Jacksonville; 
was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  four  chil- 
dren. Parents  of  Mr.  Reynolds  were 
Ralph  and  Sarah,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Rody;  they  were  natives  of  England, 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
near  Liverpool  in  1821.  Receiving  a 
liberal  education  he  became  apprenticed  to 
a  wagon  maker.  While  quite  young  his 
mother  died,  and  in  1833  he  accompanied 
his  father  to  America;  from  New  Orleans, on 
arrival,  the  little  party  of  emigrants,  father 
daughter,  and  two  sons,  took  passage  up 
the  Mississippi,  and  located  in  Morgan 
County,  near  Jacksonville,  where  farm 
property  was  purchased.  Mr.  R.  died 
shortly  after  arrival  in  Morgan  County,  at 
Jacksonville.  Ralph,  the  honored  gentle- 
man of  whom  we  here  make  mention,  was 
in  his  sixteenth  year  on  arrival  of  the  family 
in  America.  Working  at  above  mentioned 
trade  a  short  time  he  moved  to  Iowa  before 
attaining  his  majority  and  became  a  miner. 


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515 


Crossing  the  plains  for  California  in  1849,  ' 
he  became  a  successful  dealer  in  gold  dust. 
In  this  trip  he  was  accompanied  by  his  ; 
wife  and  two  children.  Remaining  six 
years  in  the  Golden  State  he  returned  to 
England.  The  year  1861  found  him  again 
bon  voyage  for  America.  Taking  up  his 
residence  in  Morgan  County,  where  he 
became  the  owner  of  a  magnificent  farm 
property,  also  the  owner  of  one  of  the 
finest  residences  in  Jacksonville.  A  more 
live,  energetic  man  than  Ralph  Reynolds 
it  would  be  a  hard  matter  to  find.  Mrs. 
Reynolds  was  born  in  England  in  1826. 
The  daughter  of  Thomas  C.  Rout.  The 
marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reynolds  was 
blessed  with  nine  children,  eight  are  living: 
Thos.  C.,  Ralph  B.,  Richard  C.,  Charles, 
Sarah  J.,  Frances  A.,  Elizabeth  E.,  and 
Mary  E. 

Reynolds  W.  R.  physician  and  surgeon  ne 
cor.  Square 

Rhoads  Rosanna,  wid.  Joshua,  r  Prairie  sw 
cor.  Reed 

Rice  Henry,  carp,  r  es  Hardin  av.  s  Ken- 
tucky 

Rice  Julius  lab.  r  Mauvaisterrenr  North 
•A      Rice  W.  D.  shoemaker,  r  Hardin  av. 

Richards  Jacob,  teamster,  r  ss  Morgan  nr 
West 

Richards  M.  Mrs.  r  East  ne  cor.  Kentucky 

Richards  W.  H.  elk.  r  North  cor.  West 

Richardson  B.  B.  Mrs.  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Frank- 
lin 

Richardson  J.  W.  (McGhee  &  Richardson) 
bds.  Clay  av.  s  Morton  av. 

RICHARDSON  WILLIAM,  517 
W.  State  Street,  Jacksonville.  Born  in 
Scarborough,  Yorkshire,  England,  April 
13, 1814.  He  was  the  sixth  child  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Richardson,  of  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
lanp;  emigrated  to  this  country  with  his 
father  and  family  of  five  children  (his 
brother,  Vincent,  coming  the  year  before) 
in  1831,  and  arrived  in  Morgan  County, 
Oct.  22d,  of  that  year,  and  settled  where 
his  son  Peter  D.,  now  resides.  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson's father  bought  and  entered  land 
enough  to  make  one  section  (640  acres) 
besides  his  timber  land;  his  father  died 
May  12,  1856,  and  his  mother  died  Nov. 
6,  1862,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  Under 
Mr.  Richardson's  able  and  industrious  man- 
agement, this  wild,  prairie  land  has  become 


a  beautifully  improved  and  fertile  farm. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his 
early  education  in  England.  Married  in 
the  Spring  of  1841,  to  Anne,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  Rawlings,  of  Morgan 
County — formerly  from  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land— born  May  3,  1819;  the  fruits  of  this 
union  has  been  ten  children,  eight  of 
whom  are  still  living :  Mary  Jane,  resid- 
ing with  her  parents,  Elizabeth,  now  Mrs. 
Hayden,  of  the  firm  of  Russell  &  Hay- 
den,  Jacksonville.  Rachel,  now  Mrs. 
Isaac  Lazenby,  of  Morgan  County;  Peter 
D.,  living  on  the  old  homestead,  Naples 
road;  Emma,  wife  of  Henry  Oaks,  Bluff 
City,  Scott  County;  Harriet  Ann,  now  Mrs. 
James  Ranson,  Morgan  County;  Eliza,  now 
Mrs.  Thomas  Ford,  Greene  County;  Sarah 
Ellen,  resides  with  her  parents;  Anne  and 
Clara  are  deceased.  Mr.  Richardson  was 
formerly  a  Whig,  but  is  now  a  firm  Republi- 
can, and  sustained  the  flag  of  the  Union 
by  a  good  home  influence,  during  the  late 
rebellion.  He  is  an  upright,  Christian 
man,  and  his  house  has  ever  been  open  to 
the  pioneer  preacher,  of  the  Meth.  Epis. 
church,  many  of  whom  remember  him  with 
a  lively  interest;  through  his  influence  was 
founded  two  M.  E.  churches,  one  of  which 
is  now  used  as  a  school-house.  Mr.  R.  has 
been  a  director  of  the  Jacksonville  National 
Bank,  since  its  first  organization  in  1870 
Richmond  Jennie  C.  elk.  r  es  Main  nr  Ken- 
tucky 

Richmond  W.  elk.  bds.  W.  Cully's 
Richmond  W.  R.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Ricks  Henry   (H.  Ricks,  Son  &  Co.)  r    north 

end  Main 
Ricks  Henry  jr.  (H.  Ricks,  Son  &  Co.)  r  north 

end  Main 

RICKS  H.  SON  &  CO.  (Henry 
Ricks  sr.,  Henry  Ricks  jr.,  and  George 
Reiner)  manufacturers  of  lager  beer,  and 
dealers  in  hops,  barley  and  malt;  end  North 
Main,  near  city  limits.  All  orders  promptly 
filled 
Ricks  John  Mrs.  saloon  ss  W.  State  nr  Square, 

r  Court  cor.  West 

Rider  William  H.  clerk,  r  W.  College  av. 
Rife  J.  W.  carp,  r  ws  S.  Main  s  College 
Rife  Samuel,  jeweler  Dayton  &  Russell,  r  S. 

Main 

Rigs  Kate,  waiter  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Riley  Daniel,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Riley  James  W.  janitor  Court  House 

Ring  J.  M.  pumpmaker  State  nw  cor.  East,  r 
es  Clay  av.  n  Morton  av. 

Rippon  Geo.  carp,  r  es  S.  Main  s  Morton  av. 

Rockwell  Charles,  ret.  r  ns  W.  State  w 
Prairie 

Rockwell  Eliza  A.  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Rockwell  Frances,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Rockwell  William,  hardware  and  druggist  ns 
Square  nr  Main 

Robb  J.  Flem,  clerk,  bds.  Dunlap  house 

Roberts  Elizabeth,  wid.  Thomas,  r  West  cor. 
Lafayette  av. 

Roberts  Katy  Miss,  r  West  cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Roberts  Robert,  carp,  r  es  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Roberts  Theo.  cook,  r  ws  Clay  av.  n  Brook 

Robertson  B.  Mrs.  r  514  S.  West 

Robertson  John,  vice-pres.  Jacksonville  Nat. 
bank,  r  Lafayette  av.  n  Caldwell 

Robertson  John  J.  r  ns  W.  State  e  Church 

ROBINSON  FRANK,  livery,  sale, 
board,  and  feed  stables,  Old  Mansion  house 
barn,  North  Main  cor.  North  street.  Keeps 
constantly  on  hand  double  and  single  rigs. 
t  Horses  bought  and  sold  on  commission, 
and  boarded  and  properly  cared  for,  at  rea- 
sonable rates.  Best  quality  of  hay  for  sale 
by  the  ton  or  load 

Robinson  John,  farmer,  r  ss  Lafayette  av.  w 
Caldwell 

Robinson  Thomas,  hostler  N.  Main  cor.North 

Robinson  WiLiam,  lab.  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

Robinson  William  D.  bricklayer,  r  ws  N. 
M  in  n  Independence  av. 

ROCKWELL  WILLIAM, 
ns  Square  nr  Main.  General  dealer  in 
drugs,  paints,  oils,  glass,  hardware,  cutlery, 
nails,  axes,  spades,  etc.  Prescriptions 
carefully  compounded.  Garden  imple- 
ments of  all  kinds,  a  large  assortment  kept 
constantly  on  hand.  Mr.  R.  is  the  exclu- 
sive agent  here  for  U.S.  Tea  Company's 
teas,  and  H.W.  John's  asbestos  material 

Rodgers  John,  grocer  es  Mauvaisterre  n 
Square 

Rodgers  J.  B.  harnessmaker,  r  W.R.R.  w  Dia- 
mond 

Rodgers  William,  harnessmaker,  r  Morgan 
e  Square 

Rodinghammer  J.  cigarmaker,  r  Diamond 
end  College 

Rodrigues  Joseph,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  e  Pine 


Rodrigues  Emanuel,  lab.  r  Independence  aV. 

nC.&A.R.R. 
Rodrigues  Joseph  jr.  marblecutter,  r  W.R.R. 

e  Pine 
Roedersheimer  Jacob,  cigarmaker,  bds.  Main 

nr  North 
Roemerman  W.  H.  (W.  H.  Roemerman  &  Co.) 

r  Fayette  cor.  Adams 
Roemerman  W.  H.  &  Co.  (W.  H.  Roemerman 

and )  cigars  and  tobacco  S.  Main,  P.O. 

block 
Rogers   James   L.  engineer,  r  ns  Rout  near 

city  limits 

Rogers  Jesse  B.  harnessmaker  W.  S.  Snyder 
Rogers  Wm.  O.  harnessmaker,  r  ns  E.  Mor- 
gan w  Mauvaisterre 

Roland  L.  Mrs.  r   W.  College   av.  cor.  Dia- 
mond 
Rollmann    Louis   J.   gunsmith,  bds.    Lum's 

restaurant 

Romerman  Lou  Mrs.  r  322  N.  West 
Roney  Ella,  chambermaid  Insane  Asylum 
Rose  Emanuel,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 
Ross  C.  E.  insurance  agt.  r  es  Prairie  n  Anna 
Ross  L.  B.  mason,  r  Clay  av.  s  Morton  av. 
Ross  William  J.  r  Lafayette  av.  e  Sandusky 
Ross  William  N.  r  Lafayette  av.  e  Sandusky 
Rothwell  A.  H.  turnkey  jail,  bds.  Main  cor. 

College 

Rottger  J.  (Becker,  Rottger  &  Degen)  r  Col- 
lege av.  e  R.R.  track 
Rountree    Thomas,  barber  ws  N.  Main   nr 

Square,  r  Church  nr  Brook 
Roundtree  Thomas,  barber,  r  ss  Anna  w  West 
Rourke  Michael,  shoemaker,  r  West  n  R.R. 
Routt  Ann    Mrs.  r   ss.  E.    State  opp    Blind 

Asylum 

Routt  Charles  L.  farmer,  r  Mrs.  Ann  Routt's 
Rowe  David,  miner,  r  Railroad  cor.  Howe 
Rowe  David  E.  r  Railroad  cor.  Howe 
Rowe  John  C.  r  Railroad  cor.  Howe 
Rowe  P.  lab.  r  Reid  &  Go's  brick  yard 
Rowland   Lowe   Mrs.  r  College   av.  se  cor. 

Diamond 

Rucker  E.  R.  restaurant,  ss  Square   nr   Mau- 
vaisterre, r  ws  Main  nr  Morton  av. 
Rucker  Wm.  agt.  r  es  Goltra  av.  n  Morton 

av. 

Ruick  Lizzie,  laundress  Pres.  Female  Acad- 
emy 

Rule  Aaron,  carp,  r  ns  Anna  e  Church 
Rull  Wm.  carp,  r  es  Prairie  s  Anna 
Runkle  Fred,  butcher,  r  ws  Clay  av.   s  Col- 
lege 


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517 


Runkel  Edward,  elk.  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  College 

Runkel  Robert,  butcher,  r  Clay  av.  s  College 

Russel  Andrew,  salesman,  r  Mound  av.  w 
Park 

Russel  A.  jr.  bookkeeper  Jack.  Nat.  Bank,  r 
College  av.  cor.  Prospect 

Russel  George  S.  (J.  S.  &  G.  S.  Russel)  r 
826  W.  College  av. 

Russel  John  S.  (J.  S.  &  G.  S.  Russel)  r  Park 
cor.  Mound  av. 

RUSSEL  J.  S.  &  G.  S.  dealers  in 
lumber,  lath,  doors,  sash,  blinds,  etc.  No. 
512  N.  Main  nrW.R.R.  This  firm  is  one 
of  the  oldest  lumber  houses  in  the  State, 
having  been  established  and  doing  business 
at  this  stand  since  1852.  They  are  the 
leading  merchants  in  the  lumber  business 
in  this  section 

RUSSEL  WM.  At  times  it  is  a  difficult 
task  to  follow,  step  by  step,  the  successive 
stages  of  life  of  those  who  have  taken  a 
leading  position  in  life.  The  Russels  are 
of  Scotch  origin,  all  comfortably  situated 
in  life.  Andrew  and  Agnes  Russel,  pa- 
rents of  Wm.  Russel, were  natives  of  Roth- 
say,  Scotland,  where  William  was  born  and 
grew  up  on  the  old  homestead.  In  1833 
the  Russels  stepped  on  board  a  sailing  ves- 
sel bound  for  America.  By  way  of  Spring- 
field, 111.,  they  made  their  way  into  Morgan 
Co.  Andrew  Russel  entered  a  large  tract  of 
land  and  became  a  very  successful  farmer. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  received  a  classi- 
cal education  in  Scotland  ;  at  twenty-eight 
he  married  Miss  Emily  Gallaher,  daughter 
of  Wm.  Gallaher,  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
who  moved  to  Illinois  in  its  early  settle- 
ment. Mr.  Russel  was  in  very  comfortable 
circumstances  compared  to  many  that  first 
made  a  home  in  the  west.  No  man  is  bet- 
ter known  in  the  early  days  of  Jacksonville. 
First  opening  the  largest  store  for  the  sale 
of  China  ware,  boots,  shoes,  hardware, 
groceries,  etc.,  strictly  honorable  in  all 
business  transactions,  he  went  steadily  for- 
ward to  a  successful  career.  A  number  of 
years  ago  he  built  the  store  he  now  occu- 
pies on  the  west  side  of  the  Square,  and 
made  a  purchase  of  a  large  business  house. 
The  Russel  estate  comprises  over  5,000 
acres  of  land  ;  in  addition  to  a  part  of  this 
Wiliiam  owns  a  great  deal  of  city  property. 
This  family  was  among  the  nobility  of 
Scotland. 


RUSSEL  &  HAYDEXS  (William 
Russel,  George  and  Alfred  Hayden)  dry 
goods,  groceries,  boots  and  shoes,  and  im- 
porters and  sole  agents  for  the  United 
States  for  Edwinson  C.  Green's  breech  and 
muzzle-loading  guns,  manufactured  at  Chel- 
tenham, Eng.  This  make  of  guns  are  unsur- 
passed in  material,  workmanship,  durabili- 
ty and  shooting  qualities  ;  they  have  won 
for  themselves  a  world  wide  reputation, 
having  shown  their  superiority  wherever 
tested.  At  the  international  gun  trial  in 
New  York,  in  1873,  they  stood  first,  sec- 
ond and  third  ;  at  the  field  trial,  London, 
England,  in  1875,  they  made  the  highest 
aggregate  score ;  also  making  the  best  sin  • 
gle  shot  over  all  the  competitors  ;  beating 
sixty-two  out  of  sixty-eight  of  the  best  ma- 
kers in  Great  Britain.  They  are  offered  to 
the  sportsmen  of  America,  with  the  assur- 
ance that  there  is  none  better  made,  and  at 
prices  within  the  reach  of  the  masses  of 
sportsmen. 

Russell  Andrew,  r  ss  Mound  av.  w  Park 
Russell  Annie,  waiter  Insane  Asylum 
Russell  Colridge,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Russell  C.  H.  (Dayton  &  Russell)  bds.  Dim- 
lap  house 

Russell  E.  Miss,  r  Mound  av.  sw  cor.  Park 
Russell  John  W.  (Akers  &  Russell)  r  College 

av.  w  Hardin  av. 

Russell  Robert)  r  ws  Caldwell  opp.  North 
RUSSELL  R.  D.  (Dummer,  Brown  & 

Russell)  bds.  ss  State  e  East 
Russen  Jesse,  lab.  r  ws  Mauvaisterre  s  Col- 
lege 
Rustemeier  Joseph,  tailor,  r  College  nr  R.R. 

track 

Rutherford  Alice,  laundress  D.  and  D.  Asy- 
lum 
Rutherford  James  A.  teacher,   r   Dr.  W.  W. 

Harsha's 

Rutherford  Mary,  cook  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Rutherford  Nancy,  cook  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Rutledge  E.  land  agt.  Saving  Bank  blk.  r  es 

Fayette  s  Anna 
Rutledge   Geo.    merchant,  bds.   Mrs.  M.   A. 

Rutledge's 
Rutledge  James,  elk.  r  College  av.  nr  Clay 

av. 
Rutledge  Mary  A.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  av.  e 

Clay  av. 

Rutledge  N.  Rev.  M.  E.  minister,  r  Mrs.  M. 
A.  Rutledge 


018 


MORGAN  COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


RUTTLEDGE  WM.  L.  REV.  r  S. 

Main  cor.  College,  minister  M.  E.  church. 
Mr.  R.  is  now  preacher  in  charge  of  sever- 
al congregations,  and  has  his  time  actively 
engaged  in  his  work.  He  is  one  of  the 
pioneeer  ministers  of  Illinois,  possesses  an 
accurate  and  reliable  memory  concerning 
it,  and  looks  with  pleasure  on  the  improve- 
ments made  since  his  first  arrival  in  the 
west. 

Ryan  Michael,  lab.  r  Green  cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Ryan  Thomas,  lab.  r  es  Vorhees  n  Indepen- 
dence av. 

Ryan  William,  lab.  r  Railroad  e  Howe 

Rynearson  Benj.  F.  trader,  r  W.R.R.  cor. 
Brown 

CAGE  J.  M.  lab.  bds.  W.  D.  Anderson's 

Sage  Theodore,  wagon-maker,  r  W.  College 
e  West 

Salby  Joseph  M.  restaurant,  E.  State  nr 
Square,  r  Diamond  nr  Prairie 

Saldana  John,  lab.  r  es  N.  Main  n  Indepen- 
dence av. 

Salz  William,  yardman,  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

Sanders  A.  Mrs.  r  John  C.  Neil 

Sanders  Fenton,  cigar-maker,  bds.  N.  Main 
nr  North 

SANDERS  W.  D.  PROF.  supt. 
Athenaeum  and  Conservatory  of  Music,  r 
1029  W.  State 

Sanderson  Abbie  Miss,  r  Morgan  cor.  East 

Sanderson  Cyrus,  elk.  r  Morgan  cor.  East 

Sanderson  C.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  ns  Morgan 
cor.  East 

Sanderson  David,  ret.  r  W.  College  av.  w 
Prairie 

Sanderson  J.  R.  r  Morgan  cor.  East 

Sanford  E.  M.  lawyer  ns  Square  nr  Main,  r 
Clay  av.  cor.  Superior 

Sanford  L.  lab.  r  ss  Chambers  e  S.  Main 

Sanford  Richard,  carp,  r  es  S.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Sanitarium,  Dr.  David  Prince,  propr.  ws 
Sandy  s  Square 

Sargent  W.  H.  stock  dealer,  r  Lafayerre  av. 
nr  Sandy 

Savage  T.  Mrs.  r  W.  College  av.  cor.  West- 
minster 

Sawyer  C.  K.  dentist  ns  Court  w  Square,  r 
ws  Church  nr  Richard 

Sawyer  Frances  waiter  D.  and  D.  Asylum 


Sawyer  Maria,  matron  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Sawyer  Martha,  wid.  George,  r  ws  Fulton  n 
North 

Scanlon  Charles,  carp,  r  es  S.  Main,  n  Col- 
lege 

Schafer  John,  butcher,  r  Madison  e  West 

Schafer  John,  butcher,  r  ws  East  s  College  av. 

Schanning  John,  watchman  Insane  Asylum 

Schaub  G.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  ss  e  College  e 
Mauvaisterre 

Schelkop  Mathew,  blacksmth.  r  ns  North  nr 
East 

Schermerhorn  Charles,  grocer,  and  soda  water 
mnfr.  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy,  r  Kosciusko  sw 
cor.  Grove 

Schermerhorn  W.  W.  elk.  r  Kosciusko  sw  cor. 
Grove 

Schmalz  F.  F.  groceries  and  confectionery  ns 
Square  cor.  Main,  r  es  N.  Main  nr  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Schmalz  W.  Mrs.  r  es  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Schmidt  August,  saloon  ne  cor.  Square,  r  E. 
College  cor.  Clay  av. 

Schofield  D.  C.  Mrs.  boarding  N.  Main  nr 
North 

Schofield  Sarah  Miss,  nurse  Sanitarium 

Scholes  Jonathan,  wagonmkr.  r  West  sw  cor. 
College 

Schoonover  David,  sr.  (Schoonover  &  Burns) 
r  S.  Main 

Schoonover  David,  jr.  city  marshal,  r  S.  Main 
sw  cor.  Franklin 

Schoonover  James  (Schoonover  &  Burns)  r 
S.  Main  cor.  Franklin 

Schoonover  James  P.  miller,  r  ws  East  s 
Chambers 

SCHOONOVER  &  BURNS,  pro- 
prietors Union  Mills  and  dealers  in  flour, 
meal,  chop-feed,  bran,  and  general  mill 
stuff.  All  orders  promptly  attended  to. 
S.  Main  nr  the  brook 

Schulenberg  Henry,  brewer,  r  rear  West  n 
North 

Schulenberg  Henry,  driver,  r  north  end  Main 

Schuler  John,  baker,  r   A.nna  w  Sandy 

Schureman  George  B.  br  ckmason,  r  North  se 
cor.  Yates 

Scores  Clara,  wid.  Jacob,  r  Pine  n  Freedman 

Scott  Charles,  lab.  r  College  av.  cor.  S.  Main 

Scott  Edward  (Scott  &  Landers)  pres.  First 
Nat.  Bank,  r  711  S.  Main 

Scott  James  (Scott  &  Jameson)  r  ss  North  e 
Church 


JACKSONVILLE. 


519 


Scott    M.  J.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  ns  E.  College 

cor.  Clay  av. 
Scott  S.    (Springer  &  Scott)  bds.  Main  cor. 

North 

Scott  Thomas,  trader,  r  710  S.  Main 
Scott  &  Jameson  (James  Scott  and    George 

Jameson)  blacksmiths,  wagonmkrs.  Sandy 

cor.  North 
Scott  &  Landers  (Edward  Scott  and  George 

Landers)  proprs.  Morgan  Mills  depot  12  N. 

Main 

Scotter  George,  hostler,  r  es  N.  Main  n  In- 
dependence av. 
Sebastian  Joseph,   lab.  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e 

Clay  av. 

Seeberger  L.  elk.  bds.  College   av.  nr.  Sandy 
Seegar  D.  C.  lab.  r  Anna  cor.  West 
Seegar  Sarah  Mrs.  r  Anna  cor.  West 
Seeley  Cora,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Seffler  Gottleib,  brewer,  r  north  end  Main 
Seiber  Edward  R.  gunsmith,  r  es  N.  Main  n 

Dunlap 

Selby  John,  r  North  w  West 
Sell  Mattie  Mrs.  r  es  Clay  av.  s  College 
Semple  F.  A.  elk.  Virden  Coal   Co.   r  ss  W. 

College  av.  w  Hardin  av. 
Semple   Louisa,    wid.  Steele,  r  ns  E.  State  e 

Howe 

Seth  William,  weaver,  bds.  W.R.R.  e  Brown 
Seyferth  John,  employe  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Seymour  Isaac,  lab.  r  ss  Anna  e  Church 
Shafer  John  J.  (Hackman  &  Shafer)  rS.  Main 

opp.  P.O. 
Shanahan  Patrick,    farmer,    r    Walnut   cor. 

Caldwell 

Shanehan  John,  lab.  r  Howe  cor.  Centre 
Shanz  J.  lab.  r  George  Brooks' 
Sharp  E.  (Foreman    &   Sharp)   r   Main   cor. 

Brown 

Sharp  Marion,  carp,  r  es  Hardin  av.  n  Henry 
Sharp    Nimrod,  farmer,  r  Hardin  av.  s  Su- 
perior 

Sharp  Robert,  lab.  r  E.  State  w  Brown 
Sharpe  Joseph  K.  salesman,   r  Lafayette  av. 

cor.  Finley 
Shaub  John,  carp,  r  ns  Court  e  East 

Shelkop ,  blksmth.  r  ns  North  e  East 

Shepherd  R.  D.  marble  dealer  ss   E.  State,  r 

ns  E.  State 
Sheriff's  Office,  Irvin   Dunlap,  sheriff,  Court 

House 

Sherk  Kate  Mrs.  r  ws  Brown  n  North 
Sherk  Kate  Mrs.  r  ns  Court  e  East 
Sherwood  Julia  Mrs.  r  ns  Grove  w  West 


Shields  James,  lab.  r  Howe  s  Centre 

Shields  John,  bricklayer,  r  Howe  s  Centre 

Shields  John,  engineer,  bds.  Metropolitan 
hotel 

Shinn  Frank  T.  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Shirk  Kate,  r  ns  Court  e  Square 

Shively  James,  lab.  r  es  Mauvaisterre  n  Square 

Shook  Jose  h,  carp,  r  ns  Court  e  East 

Shore  Charles,  r  Caldwell  n  Lafayette  av. 

Short  G.  W.  r  College  av.  w  Prairie 

Short  Lottie  D.  Miss,  teacher  111.  Female 
College 

Short  Sarah  B.  Mrs.  matron  111.  Female  Col- 
lege 

SHORT  W.  F.  REV.  Pres.  111. 
Female  College 

Shradar  Geo.  farmer,  r  ws  Hardin  av.  s  Col- 
lege 

Shreve  M.  M.  carp,  r  es  Church  n  Morton  av. 

Shreve  Walter,  elk.  r  s  Church  nr  Morton  av. 

SIEBER  E.  R.  ss  Court  e  Square,  gun- 
smith and  dealer  in  guns,  pistols,  and  am- 
munition. Mr.  Sieber  is  well  known  to  the 
sporting  fraternity,  and,  to  supply  the  de- 
mand, he  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  fine 
stock  of  the  different  kinds  of  muzzle  and 
breech-loading  shotguns,  double  and  sin- 
gle, also  a  fine  assortment  of  the  latest  im- 
proved rifles  and  revolvers.  Mr.  S.  can 
accommodate  the  trade  with  every  thing  in 
his  line,  and  is  now  prepared  for  making 
choke  boards  on  breech  and  muzzle-load- 
ing guns,  for  close  and  strong  shooting. 

Sibert  Benjamin  F.  supt.  City  Ry.  Co.  r  es 
Main  s  Vandalia 

Sibley  George,  farmer,,  r  ss  College  e  Clay 
av. 

Sidebotham  S.  Benj.  florist,  r  ws  Church  n 
Grove 

Sieber  E.  R.  gunsmith,  ss  Court  e  Square,  r  N. 
Main 

Sigler  J.  D.  Rev.  pastor  Soule  Chapel,  r  1040 
East 

Silva  John,  lab.  r  Illinois  av.  e  East 

Silva  Frank,  lab.  r  Illinois  av.  s  Independence 
av. 

Simmons  B.  bricklayer,  bds.  Mrs.  C.  Davis' 

Simmons  B.  W.  (Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.)  r 
College  av.  nr.  Hardin  av. 

SIMMON'S  D.  M.  post-master,  P.O.  es 
Main  s  Square,  r  ss  College  av.  e  Hardin 
av. 

Simmons  Mary  C.  Miss,  del.  elk.  P.O.  r  ss  Col- 
lege av.  e  Hardin  av. 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Simmons    M.    F.  (Simmons   &   Eames)  r  S. 

Main  beyond  limits 
Simmons  O.  C.  dis.  elk.  P.O.  bds.  ss  College 

av.  e  Hardin  av. 

SIMMONS  &  EAMES   (M.  F.  Sim- 
mons and  C.  M.  Eames)  editors  and  proprs. 
Jacksonville    Journal,    Mather's   blk.    E. 
State 
Simms  Alice  M.  Miss,  music  teacher,   r  436 

E.  College 
Simms  Charles,  elk.  r  E.  College  nr  Hardin 

av. 

Simms  C.  H.  r  724  West 
Simms  Edward  C.  restaurant  ss  W.  State  nr 

Square,  r  East 

Simms  W.  N.  farmer,  r  436  College 
Sing  C.  laundry,  r  Sandy  e  Square 
Singer  Lizzie,  seamstress  Insane  Asylum 
Simpson   L.  B.   Miss,   teacher,  r   Morgan  nr 

East 
Simpson   Wm.    engineer,  bds.    Metropolitan 

hotel 

Sleeter  Mary  Miss,  cook  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Sleight  W.  H.  tel.  opr.  bds.  Dunlap  house 
Smart  Geo.  lab.  r  ss  E.  Morgan  e  East 
Smedley  H.  farmer,  rws  Clayav.  n  Michigan 
Smedley  John  G  (R.  C.  Johnson  &  Co.)  and 

constable,  r  940  Clay  av. 
Smiley  Henry,  farmer,  r  N.  Main  cor.  Dunlap 
Smith  Anderson,  lab.  r  ws  Gokra  av.  s  Cham- 
bers 

Smith  August,  r  ss  E.  College  e  Clay  av. 
Smith    August,   lab.    r  Myrtle  av.    n    Inde- 
pendence av. 

Smith  A.  plumber  A.  C.  Thomson's 
Smith  A.  P.  farmer,  r  E.  State  w  Brown 
Smith  B.  W.  (H.  L.  &  B.  W.  Smith)  r  Grove 
Smith  B.  W.  (Smith  &  Son)  r  ws    Kosciusko 

s  Grove 

SMITH  CAP.  (trade   mark)  proprietor 
Park    hotel,    located    on    Public    Square, 
Jacksonville,    Illinois.       Eight    thousand 
commercial  men  were   entertained   at  this 
hotel  the  past  twelve  months 
Smith  C.  Miss,  r  Hardin  av.  s  Superior 
Smith  C.  S  farmer,  r  E.  State  w  Brown 
Smith  David,  tile  and  brick  maker,  r    Robt. 

Smith's 
Smith  D.  B.  (D.  B.  &  H.  B.   Smith)  r  Grove 

cor.  Park 

Smith  D.  B.  Mrs.  r  Grove  se  cor.  Park 
Smith  D.  B.  &  H.  B.  (David  B.  and  Hugh  B. 
Smith)  pianos  and  music  ns  State  w  Square 
Smith  E.  plumber,  bds.  A.  C.  Thompson's 


Smith  E.  Mrs.  r  es  Sharp  s  College      ' 

Smith  E.  Mrs.  r  567  Diamond 

Smith  Fernandes,  r  Myrtle  av.  n  Independ- 
ence av. 

Smith  George,  weaver,  r  Bedwell  n  Lafayette 
av. 

SMITH  GEORGE  W.  lawyer  8 
Gallaher's  block,  r  North  nr  Mauvaisterre 

Smith  Gertie,  clerk,  r  Pine  nr  North 

Smith  Hugh  B.(D.  B.  &  H.  B.  Smith)  r  Grove 
cor.  Park 

Smith  H.  L.  (H.  L.  &  B.  W.  Smith)  r  Kosci- 
usko  nr  Grove 

Smith  H.  L.  &  B.  W.  stoves  and  hardware 
ns  Square  nr  Sandy 

Smith  James,  farmer,  r  east  end  State 

Smith  James,  weaver,  r  Bedwell  n  Lafayette 
av. 

Smith  James  Theo.  bricklayer,  r  324  S.  Main 

Smith  John,  musician,  r  West 

Smith  John,  tailor,  bds.  Mrs.  C.  Davis's 

Smith  John  X.  tailor,  bds.  Morgan  nr  Square 

Smith  Joseph,  r  Pine  n  W.R.R. 

Smith  J.  Mrs.  r  Myrtle  av.  n  Independence 
av. 

Smith  J.B.  Prof.  111.  Female  College,  r  Myrtle 
av.  n  Independence  av. 

Smith  J.  C.  carp,  r  es  Vorhees  n  Independ- 
ence av. 

Smith  J.  H.  harnessmaker,  r  506  E.  C  liege 

Smith  Kate  Murdock  Mrs.  teacher  music 
111.  Female  College 

Smith  Louis  C.  clerk  Ward  Brothers,  bds. 
S.  Main 

Smith  Mary  Miss,  r  ns  Lafayette  av.  e  East 

Smith  Mary  A.  Mrs.  r  324  S.  Main 

Smith  Minnie  Miss,  cook  111.  Female  College 

Smith  Olive  I.  Mrs.  r  ws  Pine  s  Lafayette  av. 

Smith  Peter,  firmer,  bds.  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 

Smith  Phoebe,  wid.  Andrew,  r  West  s  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Smith  Riley,  r  ns  Court  w  West 

Smith  Robert  sr.  tile  and  brickmaker,  r  es 
Hardin  av.  s  Superior 

Smith  Robert  jr.,  tilemkr.  r  Robt.  Smith's  sr. 

Smith  Roswell  J.  farmer,  r  es  Church  n  Mor- 
gan av. 

Smith  R.  C.  marble  works  ns  State  e  Square, 
r  Clay  av.  s  Superior  av. 

Smith  Susan,  wid.  John,  r  ns  Court  w  West 

Smith  Talma,  boots  and  shoes  ss  W.  State  nr 
Square,  r  West  nr  College 

Smith  Theo.  com.  traveler,  r  es  Church  n 
Morton  av. 


JACKSONVILLE. 


521 


Smith  Thos.  lab.  r  es  Lurton  s  College 

Smith  T.  Rice,  tel.  opr.  r  ws  Church  s  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Smith  Vick  (Smith  &  Thompson)  r  East  n 
Michigan  av. 

Smith  William,  carp.  Insane  Asylum 

Smith  William  M.  lab.  r  N.  West  n  R.R. 

Smith  W.  H.  clerk,  r  ws  Hardin  av.  s  College 

Smith  &  Thompson,  bakers  S.  East  n 
Michigan  av. 

Snider  J.  sawyer,  r  Lincoln  av.  s  Mound  av. 

Snyder  W.  S.  harness  and  saddle  mnfr.  ss 
State  e.  Square,  r  ss  College  av.  nr  Hardin 
av. 

Soby  William,  confectionery  and  fruits  ss 
Square  nr  Main,  r  ns  Court  nr  Clay  av. 

South  Mary  Mrs.  r  Dr.  A.  H.  Kellogg's 

SOUTHERN  HOTEL,  B.  Hocking, 
proprietor,  A.  H.  Hocking,  chief  clerk,  ns 
College  av.  w  Sandy.  This  hotel  has  been 
entirely  re-modeled  by  its  present  pro- 
prietor, and  is  centrally  located,  being  but 
a  square  from  the  street  cars;  it  affords  the 
traveler  every  convenience,  nice,  large  airy 
sleeping  apartments,  splendid  sample  rooms 
for  the  display  of  his  goods.  The  table  is 
supplied  with  every  luxury  in  season,  and 
prices  to  suit  the  times.  It  is  pre-eminently 
the  commercial  traveler's  home 

Sparks  Lemuel,  lab.  r  Diamond  cor.  Freed- 
man 

Sparry  Charles,  harnessmkr.  r  E.  College  av. 
sw  Clay  av. 

Spates  P.  coal  dealer,  r  ss  E.  State  w  C.&  A. 
R.R. 

Spaulding  Paul.  lab.  r  Lincoln  av.  s  Mound 
av. 

Spellman  N.  W.  com.  trav.  r  ns  W.  College 
av.  e  Westminster 

Spencer  David,  lab.  r  es  East  s  Morton  av. 

Spencer  Thomas,  lab.  r  Clay  av.  nw  cor  Dun- 
lap 

Spencer  Wm.  plasterer,  r  East  s  Superior  av. 

Spencer  Wm.  S.  plasterer,  r  Wm.  Spencer's 

Sperry  Charles  O.  chief  police  department, 
ns  Court  e  Square,  r  College  av.  cor.  Lur- 
ton 

Sperry  Harry,  elk.  r  College  av.  cor.  Jordan 

Sperry  J.  W.  dental  student  r  ss  College  nr 
Hardin  av. 

Spine  Lawrence,  carp,  r  Diamond  n  Freed- 
man 

Spires  J.  B.  elk.  Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.  r 
Pine  nr  Lafayette  av. 


Sprague  Joshua,  r  306  W.  College  av. 
Sprague    Mary  A.  V.  S.    Miss,    preceptress, 

Pres.  Female  Academy 
Springer  F.  M.  (Springer  &  Scott)  r  Main  nr 

College  av. 
Springer    John   T.    lawyer,    r  ns  Jordan  w 

Fayette 

Springer  John,  blacksmith,  r  Main  nr  Col- 
lege av. 
Springer  &  Scott  (F.  M.    Springer    and    S. 

Scott)  livery  stable  Main  cor.  North 
Spurgin  A.  R.  Mrs.  r  520  Hardin  av. 
Stack  John,  employe  Frank  Stewart's 
Stacy  James  D.  jr.  R,R.  mail  service,  r  ns  E. 

College  av.  w  Hardin  av. 
Stacy  Joanna  Miss,  teacher,  r  Matthew  Stacy's 
Stacy   Margaret    Miss,    milliner,  r   Matthew 

Stacy's 

Stacy  Matthew,  r  es  Clay  av.  s  Morton  av. 
Stacy  M.  A.  Miss,  milliner,  ns  State  e  Square 
Stacy  Thos.   P.  constable,  r  es   Hardin  av.  s 

Morton  av. 

Stagg  J.  M.  carp,  r  ws  Fayette  s  Anna 
Stanford  Preston,  fireman,  r  N.  West   n  R.R. 
Stanley  Frank,  molder  Morgan  Foundry 
Stark  J.  H.  farmer  Insane  Asylum 
Starks   George,  bill    poster,  r    Fayette    cor. 

Morton  av. 

Starks  George  W  (Watson  &  Starks)  r  Fay- 
ette nr.  Morton  av. 
Starr  Nettie,  mender  Insane  Asylum 
Starr  Omar,  painter,  r  W.R.R.  e  East 
STEBB1NS  FRANCIS  H.  (King  & 
Stebbins)    jewelers,    south     side     of     the 
Square.     Was  born   in    North    Hampton, 
Massachusetts,     July     17,      1825;    moved 
to     Jacksonville,     Nov.      II,     1865;    was 
married  Oct.  29,   1872,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
A.  Wright,  daughter   of    Basil  Wright,  of 
Carlinville,    Illinois;    she     was    born     in 
Jacksonville,  Oct.  20,  1845 
Stearns  M.    F.    Mrs.    teacher,  Pres.  Female 

Academy 

Steele  J.  G.  (Wood  &  Steele)  r  se  cor.  Square 
Stephenson  J.  T.  r  ns  Court  e  Square 
Stephenson  J.  T.  Mrs.  milliner,  ns  Court  e 

Square 

Stettler  W.  M.  tailor,  bds.  40  North 
Stevenson  Benjamin  F.  r  Pine  sw  cor.  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Stevenson  Chas.  L.  elk.  r  B.  W.  Gunn's 
Stevenson  Elliott,  r  W.  College  av.  e  West- 
minster 
Stevenson  Flemming  Mrs.  r  ns  W.  State 

f 


522 


MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Stevenson  Polly,  wid.  Leonard,  r  Railroad  e 
Howe 

Stevenson  William,  farmer,  r  1115  Mound 
av. 

Stewart  A.  W.  trav.  agt.  Wadsworth  &  Pat- 
terson, r  E.  College  av.  w  Hardin  av. 

Stewart  C.  'E.  elk.  r  ws  Sandy  n  Square 

Stewart  Frank,  carp,  r  es  S.  Church  n  Col- 
lege av. 

Stewart  H.  C.  physician  r  es  East  s  College 

Stewart  Jennie  Mrs.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 

Stewart  John,  lab.  r  ss  Anna  w  West 

Stewart  John,  wood  chopper,  r  Sheridan  e 
C.&  A.  R.R. 

Stewart  John  W.  teamster,  r  ns  Lafayette  av. 
e  Clay  av. 

Stewart  Levi,  peddler,  r  Sheridan  e  Illinois  av. 

Stewart  Levi,  lab.  Morgan  Foundry 

Stewart  M.  Mrs.  millinery  and  fancy  goods 
ws  Sandy  n  Square 

Slice  Mattie  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  College  w  Clay  av. 

Stone  Wm.  lab.  r  Reid  &  Co.'s  brick  yard 

Slonevall  Elizabeth,  wid.  r  es  Mauvaisterre  n 
Square 

Storrs  H.  E.  Prof.  111.  College,  r  es  Prospect 
bet.  College  av.  and  Grove 

Stout  C.  W.  bkpr.  r  North  cor.  West 

Stout  J.  V.  D.  (Mason  &  Stout)  r  es  Clay  av. 
nr  school  house 

Strawn  Gates,  r  W.  College  av.  cor.  Church 

Strawn  Mary  J.  wid.  Jacob,  r  ws  Fayette  n 
Jordan 

Strickling  H.  F.  (Strickling  &  Heimlich)  r  ss 
North  w  West 

Strickling  &  Heimlich  (H.  F.  Strickling  and 
D.  T.  Heimlich)  barbers  es  Main  s  Square 

Stringam  John  M.  elk.  r  North  w  West 

Stringam  L.  C.  plasterer,  r  ws  West  n  Cham- 
bers 

Stringam  Philip  r  ns  North  e  Pine 

Stringam  S.  F.  plasterer,  r  ws  West  n  Cham- 
bers 

Stringam  W.  E.  expressman,  r  L.  C.  String- 
am's 

Strucken  George,  lab.  r  Prairie  n  W.R.R. 

Stryker  Henry,  sr.  r  College  av.  cor.  Kosci- 
usko 

STRYKER  HENRY,  JR.  (Stryker 
&  Bellatti)  master  in  chancery  for  Morgan 
Co.,  attorney  at  law,  and  general  collecting 
office;  r  College  av.  cor.  Prospect 

STRYKER  &  BELLATTI  (Henry 
Stryker,  jr.  and  J.  A.  Belatti)  lawyers  ns 
Square  e  Sandy 


Stull  John,  carp,  r  E.  College  av.  sw  cor. 
Hardin  av. 

Sturtevant  A.  H.  (J.  H.  Palmer  &  Co.)  r  Col- 
lege Hill 

Sturtevant  J.  M.  Rev.  Pres.  111.  College,  r 
Park  cor.  Grove 

Suhy  Wm,  tailor,  r  East  cor.  College  av. 

Sullivan  John,  lab.  r  Morton  av.  w  West 

Sullivan  Mary  Miss,  weaver,  r  Mrs.  L.  Mo- 
roney's 

Sunderland  James,  weaver,  r  Fayette  n  La- 
fayette av. 

Sutton  Henry  A,  elk.  r  S.4Main  nr  Richard- 
son 

Sutton  John,  physician,  r  Stephen  Sutton's 

Sutton  S.  real  estate  ss  S.  Main  nr  Square,  r 
Main  nr  Richardson 

Swain  Henry,  carp,  r  ns  Grove 

Swales  David  E.  printer  D.  and  D.  Asylum, 
r  E.  College  av.  sw  cor.  Johnson 

Swales  George  W.  printer,  r  ns  North  e  East 

Swales  James,  printer,  r  ns  Dunlap  e  Main 

Swales  James  M.  printer,  r  ss  North  e  East 

Swapshire  Isaac,  lab.  r  N.  Sandy  n  R.R. 

Swar  Henry,  lab.  r  ns  North  e    Mauvaisterre 

Sweeney  Daniel,  lab.  r  es  East  n  Morton  av. 

Sweeney  Hannah  Mrs.  r  es  East  n  Morton 
av. 

Sweeney  Miles,  lab.  r  Clay  av.  sw  cor.  Cham- 
bers 

Swiler  John  W.  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum,  r 
Hardin  av.  n  Chambers 

Sybald  Alex,  painter,  r  State  nr  East 

Sybrant  George,  elk.  r  ss  College  nr  West 

BRAGGART    IDA    MRS.    laundress    111. 

Female- College 

Tallqvist  Andrew,  carp,  r  Prairie  s  W.R.R. 
Tandy  S.  M.  Mrs.  r  916  E.  State 
Tanner   Edward    Rev.   Prof.    111.   College,  r 

Mound  av.  cor.  Asylum 
Tarzwell   Wm.    boarding  house  ss  Court  nr 

East 

Taylor  Anderson,  mason,  r  es  Vorhees  n  In- 
dependence av. 
Taylor  A.  J.  carriage  painter,  r  ss  College  av. 

nr  Clay 
Taylor  A.  S.  solicitor  R.    Balinger,    bds.  W. 

State  e  East 
Taylor  Ebon  T.  elk.  r  ns  College  av.  e  Hardin 

av. 

Taylor  F.  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  e  Hardin  av. 
TAYLOR    FRANK  C.  5  Gallaher's 

bldg. 


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TAYLOR  GEORGE,  retired  farmer, 
r  ss  College  w  Lurton;  son  of  Henry  A.  and 
§  Frances  Taylor,  natives  of  Virginia  and 
Kentucky  respectively.  George  was  born 
on  his  father's  farm,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky., 
July  20,  1805;  remained  on  the  farm  until 
twenty-four  years  of  age;  received  a  sub- 
scription school  education.  George  Taylor, 
although  ranked  among  the  wealthy  prom- 
inent men  of  this  county,  found  it  impossi- 
ble to  receive  a  liberal  schooling,  but  is 
possessed  of  great  natural  ability.  In  1832 
he  moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  bringing  his 
wife  and  two  children;  maiden  name  of 
wife,  Polly  E.  Tucker.  He  located  nine 
miles  southeast  of  Jacksonville;  first  pur- 
chased ninety-five  and  one-half  facres.  In 
his  judgment  Illinois  was  destined  to  be- 
come a  leading  State,  and  Mr.  Taylor  in- 
vested largely  in  land,  and  at  one  time 
owned  some  1300  acres.  He  had  no  better 
chances  for  a  fortune  than  many  boys  of  to- 
day, but  always  realized  the  fact  that  time 
is  money 
Taylor  George  (Taylor  &  Sons)  r  Vorhees  nr 

Independence  av. 
Taylor  John,  farmer,   r  ss  E.  College  av.  e 

East 

Taylor  John  S.  tinsmith,  r  Main  nr  Vorhees 
Taylor  Joseph  M.  lumber,  r  Church  s   North 
Taylor  R.  R.  tel.  opr.  bds.  es  East,  s  North 
Taylor  Samuel,  baggage  master,  r  ss  E.  Col- 
lege av.  e  R.R. 

TAYLOR  SPENCER  (S.  Taylor  & 
Sons)  r  .  N.  Main  nr.  Independence  av. 
Was  born  November  4, 1820,  in  Lexington, 
Ky.  Came  to  Jacksonville  in  the  Fall  of 
1829;  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hilli- 
gass  March  9,  1842.  She  was  born  in  the 
State  of  New  York  Dec.  28,  1820.  They 
have  ten  children  living,  namely:  Mary  E. 
born  Jan.  25.  1845,  Wm.  S.  born  Feb.  5, 
1847,  George  W.  born  July  29,  1849,  An- 
derson  F.  born  Oct.  24,  1851,  John  S.  born 
March  26,  1854,  Martin  A.  born  March  I, 
1856,  Leslie  H.  born  1858,  Lewis  H.  born 
Oct.  23,  1859,  and  Charles  L.  born  Feb.  10, 
1862 
TAYLOR  T.  G.  lawyer,  5  Gallaher's 

bldg.  r  ns  Court  nr  West 
Taylor  William  (Taylor  &  Sons)  r  N.  Main 

nr  Independence  av. 

TAYLOR  &  SONS  (Spencer,  George, 
and  William  Taylor)  dealers  in  lime,  sand, 


cement,  plaster,  hair,  and  fine  lake  salt,  sw 
cor.  Sandy  and  Lafayette  av. 

Tefl't  James  R.  porter  Park  hotel 

Tefft  Walker  S.  prof.  D.  and  p.  Asylum 

Tefft  William,  lab.  r  Lafayette  av.  e  East 

Temple  W.  S.  traveling  agt.  r  Prairie  se  cor. 
Anna 

Tendick  D.  paperhanger,  r  es  West  n  Mor- 
ton av. 

Tendick  G.  (G.  &  W.  Tendick)  and  (G. 
Tendick,  Kaspohl  &  Reid)  r  S.  Main 

Tendick  G.  tailor,  r  Clay  nr  N  Brook 

Tendick  G.  Kaspohl  &  Reid  (G.  Tendick,  F. 
Kaspohl,  and  N.  W.  Reid)  brickmnfrs.  ws 
Square,  cor.  State  Savings  Bank 

TENDICK  G.  &  W.  ws  State  opp  the 
P.O.  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes. 
This  firm  have  been  in  their  present  local- 
ity over  twenty  years;  they  make  all  their 
goods  from  the  best  material,  to  measure, 
thereby  insuring  a  perfect  fit,  which  is 
always  guaranteed 

Tendick  Henry,  lab.  r  ws  Diamond  s  Edg- 
mon 

Tendick  Henry,  tinner,  r  S.  Main 

Tendick  John,  shoemkr.  r  Diamond  n  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Tendick  Peter,  elk.  Welch  &  Dod,  r  S.  Main 
cor.  College 

Tendick  William  (G.  &  W.  Tendick)  r  al  I 
bet.  Morgan  and  College  av. 

Terry  James  M.  r  234  W.  State 

Terry  Silas,  jobbing  shop  and  planing  mill, 
Court  cor.  West,  r  West  cor.  State 

Tfft  Orson,  teamster,  r  ns  E.  College  e  C.&A. 
R.R. 

Thomas  Benjamin,  blacksmith,  r  Morgan  nr 
State 

Thomas  William  (Thomas  &  McDonald)  r  ns 
College  av.  nr  Church 

Thomas  Wm.  painter,  r  ss  E  College  e  East 

Thomas  William  D.  r  Prospect  s  College  av. 

Thomas  &  McDonald  (William  Thomas  and 
Edward  L.  McDonald)  lawyers,  W.  State, 
Ayer's  blk. 

THOMPSON  S.  H.  contractor  and 
builder,  and  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Jackson- 
ville, r  ws  Church  n  North  ;  was  born  in 
Morris  County,  N.  J.  April  4,  1832  ;  came 
to  Morgan  County  March  I,  1850,  and  has 
followed  the  above  business  since  that  time  ; 
was  elected  to  the  City  Council  in  1875; 
married  Miss  Harriet  M.  Schuremann  in 
Feb.  1857 ;  she  was  born  in  Essex  County, 


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MORGAN  COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


N.  J.  August  21,  1838.     They  have  three 

children    living,    Nettie   M.   born   Oct.  3, 

1861;    Ida   C.   born    Sept.   21,   1863,   and 

Albert  H.  bo«n  Nov.  30,  1865 
Thorn  Geo.  carp,  r  Goltra  av.  sw  cor.  Morton 

av. 
Thornborrow  John,  wool  buyer,  r  ws  Church 

s  Anna 
Thornborrow  Stephen,  carp  r  es  West  end 

Grove 
Thornhill  Mary  J.  wid.  Thomas  H.  r  Oak  ne 

cor.  N.  Main 

Thompson  Albert,  jeweler,  J.  M.  Fox 
Thompson  A.  C.  plumber  and  gasfitter,  es  S. 

Main  s.  College,  r  es  Clay  av. 
Thompson  Beulah  Miss,  attendant  Jackson- 
ville Hospital 
Thompson  Chas.  razor  and  saw  sharpener,  r 

510  S.  West 

Thompson  Henry,  builder,  r  Church  n  North 
Thompson  Howard,  proprietor  sale  and  feed 

stable,  r  nsW.  State  e  Sandusky 
Thompson  H.  B.  (H.  B.  Thompson  &  Co.)  r 

W.  State  w  Prairie 
Thompson  H.  B.  &  Co.  (H.  B.  Thompson  and 

)  boots  and  shoes,  ws  Square  nr  State 

Thompson    H.    T.  (Smith   &   Thompson)  r 

East  n.  Michigan  av. 
Thompson  Joseph,  elk.  r  North 
Thompson  Nellie  Miss,  attendant  Jackson- 

ville  Hospital 
Thompson    Owen   P.  lawyer,  Savings   Bank 

bldg.  bds.  ns  State  nr  Prairie 
Thompson  William,  fish,  r  es  Brown  n  North 
Tiemayer  Henry  lab.  r  rear  West  n  North 
Tiff  James  R.  watchman,  rws  Fulton  n  North 
Tiff  William,  farmer,  r  ws  Fulton  n  North 
Tiffany  L.  C.  dealer  Singer  sewing  machines, 

ns  W.  State  nr  Squate,  bds.  Duniap  house 
Tilford  Nancy  Mrs.  r  ws  Fayette  s  Anna 
Tilton  Peter,  traveling  agt.  r  ns  W.  State  w 

Kosciusko 
Tingle  Henry,  lab.  r  Goltra  av.  se  cor.  Morton 

av. 

Tingley  W.  lab.  r  ws  Clay  av  s  Chambers 
Tipton  A.  W.  physician    and   electrician,  ss 

Square  nr  Sandy,  r  46  S.  Main 
Tivenau  John,  bds.  es  Mauvaisterre  nr  North 
Tivenau  Owen,  barkpr.  bds.  es  Mauvaisterre 

nr  North 
Tivenau    Thomas,  bds.   es   Mauvaisterre   nr 

North 
Tobin  Mary  Ann,  wid.  Maurice,  r  Centre  e 

Illinois  av. 


Tolman  Harman,  hack  driver,  r  ws  Fayette  s 

Richards 

Tomlin  E.  Mrs.  r  1003  S.  Main 
Tomlin  Rinda  C.  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Tomlinson    E.  clerk,  r  College  av.  cor.  West 
Tomlinson   J.  clothing,  hats   and   caps,  and 
mer.  tailor,  ns  Square  cor.  Main,  r  College 
av.  and  West 

Topen  Mrs.  r  es  Sharp  s  College 

Toussaint  Charles,  upholstr.  es  N.  Main  nr 

Square,  r  ns  Lafayette  e  East 
Toussaint  Theodore,  shoemkr.  es  N.  Main  nr 

Square,  r  ns  Lafayette  e  East 
Towers    William,  wool  assorter,  r  Fayette  n 

Lafayette  av. 

Towning  John,  marble  polisher,  r  ss  E.  Mor- 
gan e  East 
Trabue  John,  gen.  ins.  agt.  sw  cor.  Square,  r 

ns  W.  College  w  Prospect 
Trainor  James,  cook  Duniap  house 
Trask  Cornelia,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Trautz  August,  butcher,  r  ns  North  e  East 
Treahey  Dennis,  lab.  r  Centre  e  Illinois  av. 
Tremblett  G.  H.  deliveryman  U.S.Ex.Co.bds. 

Park  house 
Trotter  W.  D.  R.  Rev.  M.E.  minister,  r  ss  E. 

State  w  Johnson 

Troy  John,  harness  mkr.  r  322  N.  West 
Troy  Thomas,  lab.  r  W  R.R.  e  Caldwell 
Tuman  Joseph,  farmer,  r  Sandy  s  College 
Turley  M.  M.  Mrs.  r  ss    W.  State   e  West- 
minster 
Turner  F.  C.  law  student,  r   ns  College  av. 

opp.  College 

Turner  J.  B.  r  Turner  place  w  College  av. 
Tuttle  Lemuel,  dairyman,  Oak  Lawn  Retreat 

T  T  LMER  CHARLES  H.  cook,  r  ws  Vor- 
hees  n  Independence  av. 

Ulrich  Nicholas,  cook,  r  ns  Court  w  West 

United  States  Express  Co.  es  N.  Main  nr 
Square 

Updegraff  A.  M.  carp,  r  East  se  cor.  Franklin 

Updegraff  John  C.  hostler,  r  Lafayette  av. 
cor.  Illinois  av. 

UPHAM  B.  B.  (Upham  &  Flack)  and 
County  Clerk,  office  Court  House,  r  Col- 
lege nw  cor.  Kosciusko 

UPHAM  &  FLACK  (B.  R.  Upham 
and  C.  E.  Flack),  general  insurance  agents, 
W.  State,  Savings  Bank  bldg.,  represent  the 
following  well-known  companies:  Fire- 
man's Fund,  San  Francisco;  Franklin  Fire. 
Philadelphia ;  German  American,  New 


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York ;  Hartford  Fire,  Hartford,  Conn.; 
Home  Ins.  Co.,  New  York;  Insurance  of 
North  America,  Philadelphia;  Pennsylva- 
nia Fire  Ins.  Co.,  Philadelphia ;  Phenix 
Fire,  New  York;  Royal  Ins.  Co.  Liverpool; 
Underwriters'  Agency,  New  York,  and  New 
York  Life  Ins.  Co.,  New  York 
Upperman  Robt.  barber,  r  ws  East  s  College 

A  7AIL  C.  H.  mason,  r  Morgan  nr  East 
Vail  R.  H.  lather,  r  Morgan  nr  East 

Vail  R.  W.  Mrs.  r  Morgan  nr  East 

Valentine  Henry,  lab.  r  ns  Grove  w  West 

Vance  Benjamin  F.  farmer,  r  ws  Pine  n  North 

Vance  Martha  J.  wid.  Samuel,  r  ws  Pine  n 
North 

Van  Glenn  William,  carp,  r  Dunlap 

Van  Houten  John  I.  carp,  r  ns  Court  e  East 

Van  Houten  Mortimer,  carp,  rns  Court  e  East 

Vannest  Theodore,  tinner,  r  Grove  sw  cor. 
West  • 

Van  Os  Johannes,  baker  Insane  Asylum 

Vantuyl  Charlotte  S.  wid.  Otto,  r  Fayette  sw 
cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Van  Winkle  Julia  Miss,  teacher,  r  Wm.  Van 
Winkle 

Van  Winkle  William  M.  confectionery,  ws  W. 
State  nr  Square,  r  es  East  nr  College 

VAXZANT  G.  W.  successor  to  Melton 
&  Vanzant,  es  Square  cor.  State,  r  ws  East 
s  of  the  Brook.  Dealer  in  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  provisions,  etc.;  china,  glass  and 
queensware,  woodea  and  willow-ware, 
lamps,  chandeliers!  etc.;  teas,  coffees  and 
spices.  Keeps  on  hand  for  family  use  the 
choicest  brands  of  flour  in  the  market 

Van  Zant  William,  police,  r  es  Hardin  av.  s 
Morton 

Vasconcellas  A.  P.  grocer,  State  sw  cor. 
East 

Vasconcellas  Daniel,  lab.  r  Independence  av. 
n  P.P.&  J.R.R 

Vasconcellas  Daniel  M.  polisher,  r  Diamond 
s  Freedman 

Vasconcellas  Emanuel,  teamster,  r  Diamond 
s  W.R.R. 

Vasconcellas  Frank,  cigarmkr.  r  Diamond  cor. 
Lafayette  av. 

Vasconcellas  Joaquin,  teamster,  r  ns  E.  Col- 
lege av.  e  East 

Vasconcellas  John,  r  Diamond  cor.  Lafay- 
ette av. 

Vasconcellas   Joseph,  lab.  r   Walnut    w  Dia- 
mond 
U 


Vasconcellas  Joseph,  lab.  r  Independence  av. 

n  P.P.&  J.R.R. 

Vasconcellas   J.  C.  gardener,   r    Diamond  n 
Lafayette  av. 

Vasconcellas  Mary,  wid.  Joaquin,  r  Diamond 
cor.  Lafayette  av. 

Vasconcellas  Mary,  wid  John,  r  Pine  nw  cor. 
North 

Vasconcellas  William,  driver,   r   Diamond  s 
W.R.R. 

Vaughan  R.  S.  drayman,  r  North  w  West 

Vaughan  Wm.  lab.  r  ws  West  n  Chambers 

Vearia  Joseph,  lab.  r  rear  es  N.  Main  n  Inde- 
pendence 

Vearia  J.  A.  carp,  r  rear  es  N.  Main   n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Veitch  Silas,  carp,  r  Church  sw  cor.  Read 

Veitch  Wm.  elk.  r  Church  sw  cor.  Read 

VEITCH   W.    E.  cash  Cent.  111.  Bank- 
ing and  Sav.  Association,  r  407   N.  Church 

Vickery  Edward,  elk.  r   College   cor.  Clay 
av. 

Vickery  Geo.  elk.  r  ss  E.  College  e  Clay  av. 

Vickery  John  A.  elk.  Park  hotel 

Vieiria  Alfred,  painter,  r  es  Vorhees  n  Inde- 
pendence av. 

Vieiria    Anthony,    molder,  r  Illinois    av.    e 
East 

Vieiria  A.  J.  painter,    r    Freedman    w    Dia- 
mond 

Vieiria    Francisco,  lab.  r  Freedman    e  Cald- 
well 

Vieiria  Gregory,  r  W.R.R.  w  Diamond 

Vieiria  James,  carp,  r  es  Vorhees  n  Indepen- 
dence av 

Vieiria  James,  lab.  r  Freedman  w  Diamond 

Vieiria  John,  fireman,  r  Illinois  s  Indepen- 
dence av. 

Vieiria  John,  lab.  r  Chapin  w  Church 

Vieiria  John,  lab.   r  Myrtle  av.  n   Indepen- 
dence av. 

Vieiria  John  M.  lab.  r  W.R.R.  e  Pine 

Vieiria   Joseph,  farmer,   r  C.&  A.R.R.  s  In- 
dependence av. 

Vieiria  Joseph,  lab.  r  W.R.R.  e  Pine 

Vieiria  Joseph,  policeman,  r  W.R.R.  w   Dia- 
•  mond 

Vieiria  Joshua,  lab.  r  Diamond  n  Freedman 

Vieiria  Nicholas,   r    Myrtle  av.  n    Indepen- 
dence av. 

Vieiria  Nicholas  T.  carp,  r  es  Vorhees  n  In- 
dependence av. 

Vieiria  Pertnelia,  wid.  r  Diamond  n  Freed- 
man 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Vigus  Mary  S.  Mrs.  teacher  111.  Female  Col- 
lege 

Vincent  Joseph,  lab.  r  Diamond  s  Freedman 

Vineyard  Alana,  wid.  John,  r  Clay  av.  n 
Walcott 

Virden  Coal  Co.  office  E.  College  av.  w  C.& 
A.R.R.  E.  S.  Greenleaf,  agt. 

Vogel  Martin,  wagon-maker,  es  N.  Sandy  nr 
Square,  r  N.  Main  nr  Dunlap 

Von Tesmar  Otto,  taxidermist,  r  es  Mauvais- 
terre  n  Square 

Vorhees  Jane  Mrs.  r  E.  College  sw  cor.  East 

Vorhees  Stephen,  r  es  N.  Main  n  Indepen- 
dence av. 

VXTADDELL  THOMAS  L.  carp,    r  Jor- 
dan ne  cor.  Fayette 
Wadsworth  A.  C.  (Wads worth  &  Patterson) 

r  ss  Grove  nr  Prospect 

Wadsworth  &   Patterson  (A.  C.  Wadsworth 
and    J.    March   Patterson)   hardware   and 
iron  merchants,  ss  Square  nr  Main 
Wagner  George,  barber,  r  Anna  w  West 
Wagner  James,  lab.  r  Fayette  cor.  Richards 
Wagner  Josaphine,  hairdresser,  es  Square  nr 

Morgan 

Wahle  Richard,  dye  works,  ns  State  nr  East 
Wainright  William  (Wainnght  &  Brennan) 
Wainright  &  Brennan  (W.  Wainright  and  J. 
W.  Brennan)  stoves  and  tinware,  ws  State 
s  Square 
Wait  Selah,   prof.  D.  and  D.  Asylum,   r  es 

Sandusky  n  State 

WAKE  FIELD  GEORGE,  ns  W. 
State,  Ayer's  blk.  machinist,  gun  and 
locksmith,  bell-hanger  and  saw-filer,  dealer 
in  guns,  revolvers,  and  fire  arms  of  all  kinds, 
of  the  best  manufacture  ;  ammunition, 
cartridges,  etc.,  kept  constantly  on  hand. 
Special  attention  given  to  repairing  sewing 
machines,  clocks,  umbrellas  and  parasols, 
shears,  scissors  and  razors  ground.  All 
kinds  of  musical  instruments,  furniture,  ba- 
by wagons,  washing  machines,  and  wring- 
ers, repaired.  All  work  warranted 
Walber  George,  cigarmaker,  r  ss  E.  College  e 

Mauvaisterre 

Walcutt  E.  water  com.  r  ns  W.  College  av. 
Walker  C.  P.  painter,   r   ns   W.  Morgan  w 

West 

Walker  F.  C.  carp,  r  West  s  Lafayette  av. 
Walker  James,  carp,  r  ws  Church  w  Grove 
Walker  L.  C.  Mrs.  r  ss  W.  Morgan  w  West 
Walker  Samuel,  grocer,  ns  Anna  w  West 


Walker  S.  T.  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum, 
ss  W.  Morgan  w  West 

Wallace  I.  P.  (I.  P.  Wallace  &  Co.)  bds.  Dun- 
lap  house 

Wallace  I.  P.  &  Co.  grain  dealers,  office  E. 
State  e  C.&  A.R.R. 

Wallace  James,  fireman  D.  and  D.  Asylum 

Walling  Lena,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Walmsley  James,  spinner,  r  Duncan  e  Prairie 

Walmsley  John,  spinner,  r  Duncan  e  Prairie 

Walsh  Mary,  wid.  Michael,  r  Centre  e  Illi- 
nois av. 

Walsh  Michael  H.  grocery  and  saloon,  es 
Square  cor.  Court,  and  saloon  and  restau- 
rant Junction  depot 

Walter  Xavier.  tailor,  r  ns  Court  e  East 

Walton  Reuben,  blacksmith,  ns  Morgan  w 
Square,  r  College  ne  cor.  Mauvaisterre 

Ward  Albert  J.  (Ward  Brothers)  r  es  Main  2 
n  Kentucky 

Ward  Charles  H.  bookkeeper  Ward  Bros, 
bds.  W.  State  opp.  Dunlap  house 

WARD  BROTHERS  (John  N.  and 
Albert  J.  Ward)  booksellers,  stationers, 
printers,  bookbinders,  etc.  This  well- 
known  firm  occupy  the  large  store,  22xioo 
ft.  three  stories  high,  on  the  south  side  of 
the  Square,  No.  I  Marble  block,  using  the 
first  floor  as  a  salesroom,  and  the  second 
and  third  stories  for  the  printing  and  book- 
binding departments.  They  keep  con- 
stantly on  hand  every  variety  of  books, 
periodicals,  and  newspapers,  as  well  as  a 
fine  assortment  of  pictures,  frames,  baby 
carriages,  and  fancy  goods.  This  firm 
makes  a  specialty  of  bookbinding,  and  are 
prepared  to  execute  all  orders  with  despatch 
They  also  manufacture  blank  books,  shoe 
and  shelf  boxes  of  every  description,  and 
execute  bank  and  county  work  with  or 
without  printed  headings,  or  special  rulings 

Ward  E.  D.  saddler,  r  ws  Clay  av.  s  Cham- 
bers 

Ward  Frank,  r  es  Goltra  av.  n  Franklin 

Ward  James,  sec.  boss,  r  P.P.&  J.R.R.  n  Wa- 
bash  av. 

Ward  James  H.  cigarmaker,  bds.  Southern 
hotel 

Ward  John  N.  (Ward  Brothers)  r  Jordan  nw 
cor.  Prairie 

Ward  William  C.  dairyman,  r  Walnut  cor. 
Caldwell 

Warner  Ellen  Mrs.  dressmaker,  r  ws  West 
n  Court 


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Watkinson  John    W.  clerk,  r   Grove  sw  cor. 

Diamond 

Watkinson  J.  Mrs.  r  Grove  cor.  Diamond 
Watson  F.  R.    (Watson   &    Starks)  r  College 

cor.  Fayette 

Watson  Wesley,  r  Mauvaisterre  cor.  North 
Watson  &  Starks  (F.  R.  Watson  and  G.  W. 

Starks)  barbers  es  Square  cor.  State 
Walters  Garrett,  lab.  r  Pine  n  Lafayette  av. 
Watts  Celia  Mrs.  r  ws  N.  Main  n  R.R. 
Weaver  Joseph,  lab.  r  ss  E.  College  e  C.&  A. 

R.R. 
Weber  C.  A.  clothing   ne  cor.  Square,  bds. 

Southern  hotel 

Weber  Herman,  employe  J.  O.  King's 
Webb  Emma,  cashier  R.  D.  Durfee  &  Son's, 

r  Sandy  nr  College 
Webb  John,    wagonmaker,  r  Sandy  nr  gas 

house 
Weil  Edward  (Weil  &  Bro.)  r  College  av.  nr 

Sandy 
Weil  Leopold   (Weil  &  Bro.)  r   S.   Main  nr 

Brook 

Weil  &  Bro.  (Edward  and  Leopold  Weil) 
clothing  and  merchant  tailors  ws  Square  nr 
Morgan 

Weishaar  George,  lab.  Insane  Asylum 
Welch  Mary  Mrs.  r  ns  College  av.  e  East 
Welch   T.  V.  (Welch  &  Dod)  r   College  cor. 

Lurton  av. 
Welch  &  Dod  (T.  V.  Welch  and  J.  M.  Dod) 

druggists  ss  Square,  Opera  House  block 
Welden  A.  teamster,  r   ns-CIay  av.  n  Michi- 
gan av. 

Weller  Jesse,  r  ws  Church  s  Edgmont 
Wells  Joseph,  mason,  r  es    East    s   Superior 

av. 
Welsh  Edward,  shoemaker,  bds.  Illinois  av. 

w  North 
Welsh    Hannah,    wid.    Michael,  r   Centre  e 

Illinois  av. 

Welsh  John,  clerk,  bds.  Illinois  av.  w  North 
Welsh  M.  H.  restaurant  and   saloon  Illinois 

av.  w  North 
Welta  Mary  A.  Miss,  attendant  Jacksonville 

Hospital 
Werthwein  Charles,  butcher,  bds.  ns.  Court  e 

East 

West  Sallie  Miss,  janitress  111.  Female  College 
West  Timothy  H.  sexton  Jacksonville  Ceme- 
tery, r  es  Hardin  av.  s  College  av. 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.  W.  Mayfield, 

manager,  ns  W.  State,  Ayers's  block 
Westgate  Ella,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 


Westhall  James,  painter,  r  E.  Morgan  sw  cor. 

East 

Westhof  James,  painter,  r  East  cor.  Morgan 
Wharton  J.  B.  insurance  agt.  r  es  Clay  av.  s 

Franklin 

Wheeler  C.  M.  printer,  bds.  John  Dew's 
Whipp    Kate   Mrs.    dressmaker,    bds.   John 

Jones's 

Whitcomb  George,  lab.  r  West   cor.  Lafay- 
ette av. 
Whitcomb  George  H.  warehouseman,  r  West 

cor.  Lafayette  av. 
White  David,  carpet  weaver,  r   ss  Lafayette 

av.  w  Diamond 
White  Graham    L.  teamster,  r   ss  Dunlap  e 

Main 

White  James,  engineer,  r  ws  East  n  Dunlap 
White  J.  C.  tailor  ws  Square  nr  State,  r  Prai- 
rie n  Anna 

White  J.  G.  Rev.  r  ss  North  w  Fulton 
White  Perry,  lab.  r  ns  E.  College  w  Lurton 
White  Thos.  salesman,  r  Grove  cor.  Diamond 
White  T.  clerk,  bds.  College  av.  cor.  West 
White  William,  lab.  r  ns  E.  College  w  Lurton 
White  William,  printer  Insane  Asylum 
Whitehead  James,  bakery  ns  Court  w  Square, 

r  es  Main  nr  College 
Whitehurst    Eva  Miss,  cook,    r  Mrs.    J.    G. 

Whitehurst 
Whitehurst  J.  G.  Mrs.  nurse,  r  ns  E.  College 

av.  e  East 

WHITLOCK  HERBERT  G.  (Mor- 
rison, Whitlock  &  Lippincott)  r  ss   State 
cor.  Hardin  av. 
Whitlock  Ira,  r  C.  Hairgrove's 
Whitney  Alma,  wid.    Preston,  r  ws  East  nr 
College  av. 

Whitney Mrs,  r  ws  East  s  Morgan  av. 

Whittaker  Hannah,  cook  Insane  Asylum 
Whittaker  Thomas,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 
Whittlesey  F.   C.  teacher  Jacksonville  Bus. 

College,  r  ss  W.  College  av. 
Whittlesey  M.  K.  Rev.  Cong.  min.  r  W  Col- 
lege av.  w  West 

Whitworth  Thomas,  finisher  r  West  n  North 
Wickliffe     Charles,   brakeman,    r    Prairie    n 

Lafayette  av. 

WIDENHAM  J.  C.  dentist,  Galla- 
her's  Block,  rooms  3  and  6.  Dr.  W.  was 
born  April  7th,  1852.  in  Peoria,  Illinois, 
where  he  resided  until  he  attained  his  ma- 
jority. He  began  the  study  of  dentistry  in 
1868;  completed  his  education  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  1870;  prac- 


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ticed  in  his  native  city  until  1874,  when  he 
removed  to  Jacksonville  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  that  city  ;  he 
has  been  closely  attentive  to  his  business, 
and  has  established  an  extensive  practice  ; 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  local  and  State 
Dental  Society ;  his  office  is  supplied  with 
all  the  necessary  appliances  known  to  the 
profession  ;  the  operating  rooms  are  sep- 
arated from  the  reception  rooms,  and  every 
convenience  is  offered  to  those  desiring  his 
professional  services ;  especial  attention  is 
given  to  the  preservation  of  the  natural 
teeth  and  their  filling ;  his  plate  work  in- 
cludes artificial  teeth  made  on  any  base  : 
mineral,  whalebone,  celuloid,  gold,  or  sil- 
ver. Those  in  want  of  good  work,  neatly 
and  accurately  executed,  will  do  well  to 
call  and  see  Dr.  Widenham.  Wm.  Wid- 
enham  and  Charlotte  Henrietta  Benden, 
the  parents  of  Dr.  Widenham,  were  mar- 
ried in  St.  Martin's  church,  on  the  corner 
of  St.  Martin's  lane  and  Temple  Bar,  Lon- 
don, England,  in  December,  1836 ;  they 
came  to  this  country  in  1838,  and  set- 
tled in  Peoria,  III.  Dr.  Widenham's  father 
was  born  in  Ireland,  Jan.  1st,  1809 ;  his 
mother  in  England  in  1819;  his  father 
went  to  England  at  the  age  of  13  years, 
and  was  raised  there  ;  he  was  a  watch- 
maker ;  he  and  his  brother  had  quite  an 
extensive  establishment  in  London  ;  many 
of  the  watches  manufactured  by  said  firm 
were  sold  in  New  York,  where  they  had  an 
agency  years  before  he  came  to  this  country. 
The  family  are  descendants  from  Widen- 
ham Castle,  18  miles  from  Cork,  Ireland. 
The  old  castle  is  still  standing.  They  have 
had  ten  children,  of  whom  the  following 
only  are  living :  John  C.  Widenham,  den- 
tist, in  Jacksonville ;  Wm.  W.  jr.,  carpet 
store,  Peoria,  111. ;  Miss  Lizzie  W.,  Peoria, 
111.,  and  Margaret  W.  (now  Mrs.  James  M. 
Hadley)  of  Peoria,  111. 
Widmayer  C.  (Wiegand  &  Widmayer)  r  ns 

Court  e  East 

Wiegand  George,  sr.  r  ss  North  e  East 
Wiegand   L.    (Wiegand  &   Widmayer)  r   ss 

North  e  East 

Wiegand  &  Widmayer  (L.  Wiegand  and  C. 
Widmayer)  butchers  and  packers  ss  W. 
State  nr  Square 

Wight  A.  C.  Mrs.  r  1179  S.  Main 
Willard  J.  P.  physician,  r  336  E.  State 


Willerton  William,  carp,  r  ws  Prairie  n  Jor- 
dan 

Wilhoit  A.  V.  physician,  r  Hardin  av.  nw  cor. 
Chambers 

WILLIAMS  DAN",  chief  elk.  Metro- 
politan hotel 

Williams  David,  carp,  r  es  Diamond  s  Grove 

Williams  E.  C.  Mrs.  r  Church  sw  cor.  Ma- 
rion av. 

Williams  Harvey,  r  W.  College  e  West 

Williams  John,  waiter,  r  ns  North  e  Mauvais- 
terre 

Williams  J.  C.  elk.  r  ss  North  w  Fulton 

Williams  Joseph,  attendant  Insane  Asylum 

Williams  John  C.  elk.  r  ss  North  e  East 

Williamson  J.  B.  (Williamson  &  Bro.)  r 
Church  cor.  Anna 

Williamson  J.  H.  (Williamson  &  Bro.)  r  ns 
College  nr  West 

Williamson  &  Bro.  (J.  H.  and  J.  B.  William- 
son) groceries,  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 

Willis  C.  elk.  r  es  West  n  Morton  av. 

Wills  John,  engineer  water  wks.  r  es  Hardin 
av.  n  Superior  av. 

Wilson  Charles,  runner,  bds.  Commercial 
hotel 

Wilson  Ed  J.  cash,  r  Jordan  and  Fayette 

Wilson  Edward,  elk.  r  Jordan  nw  cor  Fayette 

Wilson  Hugh,  carp,  r  Hardin  av.  ne  cor. 
Chambers 

Wilson  Wm.  painter,  r  E.  College  se  cor. 
Mauvaisterre 

Wilson  Wm.  H.  lab.  r  ws  Prospect  s  State 

Wilson  Winnie  Miss,  waiter  111.  Female  Col- 
lege 

Wimmerstedt  A.  E.  Prof,  music  teacher,  r 
Hardin  av.  sw  cor.  College 

Wimmerstedt  Marion  Phillips  Mrs.  teacher 
music  111.  Female  College,  r  ns  College  cor. 
Clay  av. 

Winchester  James,  supt.  r  es  Caldwell  n 
North 

Wing  E.  D.  physician  and  surgeon  ns  East 
nr  College  av. 

Winter  A.  E.  elk.  r  North  nr  Clay  av. 

Winterbottom  Jesse,  blacksmith,  r  Anna  nr 
West 

Wintler  Jacob,  lab.  r  ss  Chambers  e  C.&  A. 
R.R 

Wiswall  H.  C.  farmer,  r  ss  Mound  av.  nr 
Asylum 

Wiswall  S.  Mrs.  r  861  W.  State 

Wiswell  D.  farmer,  r  ws  S.  Main  s  College 
av. 


JACKSONVILLE. 


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WOLCOTT  ELIZUB,  superinten- 
dent waterworks,  office  at  city  offices,  res- 
idence 700  W.  College  av.;  was  born  in 
East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  Aug.  7,  1817; 
came  to  Jacksonville  in  the  Fall  of  1830; 
was  connected  with  the  Wabash  railroad 
for  some  ten  years,  occupying  the  position 
of  roadmaster;  he  has  been  a  member  of 
both  the  City  Council  and  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, of  this  city;  was  secretary  of  the  first 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners,  and  Super- 
intendent of  construction  of  the  works;  was 
married  July  15,  1846,  to  Miss  Martha  L. 
Dwight,  of  Westmoreland,  New  Hamp- 
shire; they  have  two  daughters,  living;  and 
two  sons  deceased 

Wood  Abram,  carp,  r  ss  College  cor.  Church 
Wood  B.  F.  (Wood  &  Steele)  r  ss  Square  nr 

Main 
Wood  Charles,  peanut  vender,  r  Church  cor. 

Anna 

Wood  Frances,  teacher  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Wood  Geo.  E.  Rev.  Pres.  min.  r  344  W.  Col- 
lege av. 

Wood  H.  H.  bkpr.  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Co.  r  Col- 
lege av.  cor.  Church 
Wood  John  H.  prof.  D.  and  D.  Asylum 
Wood  Mary  D.  wid.  Jonathan,  r  ss  Jordan,  e 

Prairie 

Wood  M.  L.  real  estate  and  loan  agent  ws 
Square  over  Ayer's  bank,  r  North  se  cor. 
Church 

Wood  N.  N.  Mrs.  r  ss  W.  State  w  Prospect 
Wood  Samuel,  wagonmkr.  r  331  College 
Wood  William  D.  elk.  r  ss  Jordan  e  Prairie 
Wood  &  Steele  (B.  F.  Wood  and  J.  G.  Steele) 
restaurant  and  confectionery  ss  Square  nr 
Main 

Woodard  Mary  E.  Mrs.  r  College  cor.  Prairie 
Woodcock  Charles,  pumpmkr.  r  ns  Lafayette 

av.  e  Clay  av. 
Woodcock  Sarah,  wid.  James,  r  ns  Lafayette 

av.  e  Clay  av. 
Woodhall  William,  farmer,  r  N.  Diamond  n 

Walnut 

Woodman  Edward,  r  es  W.  State  w  Fayette 
Woods  A.  C.  (Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.)  r  427 

Mauvaisterre 

Woods  Ellen  Miss,  teacher  111.  Inst.  Blind 
Woods  John,  mason,  r  es  West  n  Morton  av. 
Woods  M.  M.  Mrs.  r  ss  E.  State  w  John- 
son 

Woods  Samuel,  woodworker,  r  ss  College  nr 
Church 


Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.  (A.  C.  Woods,  B.  W. 
Simmons  and  J.  W.  Crabtree)  dry  goods, 
boots  and  shoes,  groceries,  etc.  ss  E.  State 
e  Square 

Woods  Wm.  Mckin,  r  Mrs.  M.  Woods' 

Woodworth  I.  J.  prin.  Jacksonville  Bus.  Col- 
lege, r  College  cor.  Lujton 

WOOSTEB  DAVID,  carriage  paint- 
ing es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square,  r  Main  cor. 
Brooklyn;  Mr.  W.  is  a  thoroughly  compe- 
tent artist,  with  an  experience  of  twenty- 
five  years;  he  paints  omnibusses,  carriages, 
buggies,  spring  wagons,  etc.,  does  his  work 
at  reasonable  rates,  all  work  warranted, 
and  orders  solicited  and  promptly  attended 
to 

Worrell  William,  dairyman,  r  Walnut  w  Short 

Worthen  A.  C.  Mrs.  seamstress,  r  E.  College 
sw  cor.  East 

Worthen  Elvira  C.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  r  College 
e  Church 

Wright  Emma  Miss,  r  ss  Morgan  nr  West 

Wright  L.  S.  Miss,  teacher,  bds.  W.  H. 
Rider's 

Wright  Sarah,  wid.  William,  r  ss  Morgan  nr 
West 

Wright  W.  C.  stock  dealer,  r  Brooklyn  av. 
cor.  Chambers 

WRIGHT  WILLIAM  H.  County 
Treasurer  and  Assessor,  office.  Court 
House,  boards  Park  house;  was  born  in 
Morgan  County,  Dec.  20,  1834;  his  father's 
name  was  James  Wright,  a  Virginian  by 
birth;  his  mother's  maiden  name  was  Sallie 
Head,  and  was  a  native  of  Kentucky. 
They  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  this 
county;  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  ten 
years  of  his  early  life  iu  California,  and  re- 
turned to  this  county  in  the  Fall  of  1863; 
soon  after  going  South  in  the  government 
service;  returning  again  in  the  Fall  of  1864, 
and  engaged  in  teaching  school,  in  the  east- 
ern 'part  of  the  county,  at  which  he  con- 
tinued five  years.  In  1871  he  was  elected 
County  Treasurer,  and  re-elected  in  1873, 
1875,  and  1877,  which  position  he  now 
holds 

Wyatt  J.  H.  transfer  agt.  U.  S.  ex.  co.  boards 
Metropolitan 

Wyatt  Wm.  carp,  r  812  Grove 

Wyatt  William  S.  (Wyatt  &  Ziegler)  r  802  S. 
Diamond  • 

Wyatt  &  Ziegler  (W.  S.  Wyatt  and  Uriah 
Ziegler)  stairbuilders  es  Sandy  s  Square 


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Wyman   C.    F.   (C.    F.  Wyman  &  Co.)  r  es 

Square  nr  State 
Wyman  C.  F.  &  Co.  (C.  F.  Wyman  and  B.  E. 

Chesney)  china,  glass,  and  queensware  es 

Square  nr  State 
Wynn  James,  (Wynn  &  Burke)  r  ws  N. 

Main  nr  Square 
Wynn  &  Burke  (James  Wynn  and  Thomas 

Burke)  saloon  ws  N.  Main  nr  Square 

ABATES    ABNER,  real   est.    ns  State    e 
•*•       Square,  r  State  nr  Hardin  av. 
Yates    Henry,    money   order   elk.  P.O.  r  E. 

State  w  Brown 

Yates  R.  Mrs.  r  ns  E.  State  w  Brown 
York  Alfred,  brickmkr.  r  ws  Pine  s  Lafayette 

av. 
York  A.  E.  teamster,  r  Pine  s  Lafayette  av. 


Young  James,  lab.  ns  Grove  w  West 
Young    John,    farmer,  r  Diamond    se    cor. 

Grove 
Young  J.  W.  (Hockenhull   &   Young)  r  W. 

State  nr.  Fayette 
Young  Ladies'  Athenaeum  Prof.  W.  D.  San- 

ders, supt.  ws  Sandy  s  Square 
Young  Robt.  lab.  r  ns  Grove  w  West 
Young  William,  molder,  r  W.R.  R.  e  Brown 
Young  Wm.  M.  bricklayer,  r  Michigan  av.  sw 

cor.  East 


" 


ACHARIAS  H.  D.  lab.  r  Independence 


av.  n  C.&  A.R.R. 
Ziegler  Uriah,  (Wyatt  &  Ziegler)  r  S.  East 
Zolinsky   Sigmund,    tailor,   r    es    Fayette   n 
North 


JACKSONVILLE    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


Abstracts  of  Title. 

Kirby  Edward  P.  Court  House 

Attorneys  at  Law. 

(See  Lawyers.) 

Auctioneers. 

Ellicock  W.  ns  Square  nr  Main 

Henderson  Ambrose,  ws  N.  Main  nr  Square 

Agricultural  Implements. 

Broadwell  W.  H.  230  and  232  S.  Main 
FAIRBANK  D.  W.  ns  State  nr  West 

Bakers  and  Confectioners. 
GRASSLY  C.  F.  219  W.  State 
Ingalls  &  Co.  ns  State  nr  East 
KASTNER  &  GRASSLY,  E.  State 

e  Square 

Smith  &  Thompson,  East  n  Michigan  av. 
Whitehead  James,  ns  Court  w  Square 

Banks  and  Bankers. 

AYERS  M.  P.  &  CO.  ws  Square  nr 
W.  State 

CENTRAL  ILLINOIS  BANK- 
ING AND  SAVINGS  ASSO- 
CIATION, W.  E.  Veitch,  cashier,  ws 
Square  cor.  State 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,  E. 
Scott,  president;  F.  G.  Farrell,  cashier;  sw 
cor.  Square 

HOCKENHULL,  KING  & 
ELLIOTT,  es  Square  nr  Court 


JACKSONVILLE     NATIONAL 
BANK,  ns  Square  nr  Sandy 

Barbers  and  Hair  Dressers. 

Fink  Peter,  sw  cor.  Square 

May  Otto,  ws  Square  cor.  W.  State 

May  &  Pohlmann,  State  e  Square 

Kloepfer  J.  G.  es  Square  cor.  State 

Rayburn  James,  ns  Court  w  Square 

Rountree  Thomas,  ss  Square    nr  Main,  and 

Sandy  n  Square 

Strickling  &  Heimlich,  es  Main  s  Square 
Wagner  Josaphen,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Watson  &  Starks,  es  Square  cor.  State 

Blacksmiths. 

Kehe  Moses,  Main  nr  North 
McGrath  James,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 
Middleton  G.  F.  es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 
Scott  &  Jameson,  Sandy  cor.  North 

Books  and  Stationers. 
CATLIN     &     CO.     ss    Square,  Opera 

House  block 

Mason  &  Stout,  ss  Square,  Opera  House  blk. 
WARD    BROTHERS,    ss  Square,  i 

Marble  block 

Bookbinders. 

Pearson  W.  B.  ss  Morgan  nr.  Sandy 
WARD   BROTHERS,  ss  Square 


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Boots  and  Shoes. 

Barcroft  William,  es  Mauvaisterre  s  Square 
Buhre  Anton,  ne  cor.  Square 
Catherwood  R.  H.  es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 
COBBS  W.  A.  ns  E.  State  nr  Square 
Dobyns  &  Co.  ns  Square  nr  Main 
Gruber  John  H.  ns  Square  cor.  Main 
Hart  J.  E.  Illinois  av.  n  State 
Hatfield  Lewis,  ns  Square  cor.  Sandy 
Hobbs  George  W.  es  Square  cor.  State 
Hocking  F.  G.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
Ironmonger  John,  ns  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 
Johnson  &  Co.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
Marcy  &  Bro.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
Mayer  E.  ns  Square  nr  Sandy 
McGhee  &  Richardson,  es  Square  nr  State 
MISTER  M.    &   J.    es   N.    Main    nr 

Square 

Morgan  M.  C.  se  cor.  Square 
Smith  Talma,  ss  W.  State  nr  Square 
Tendick  G.  &  W.,  S.  Main  opp.  P.O.       ' 
Thompson  H.  B.  &  Co.  ws  Square  nr  State 
Toussaint  Theo.  es  N.  Main  nr  Square 
Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.  ss  E.  State  e  Square 

Bottlers. 

Kershaw  A.  es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 
Schermerhorn  Charles,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 

Brewers. 

BTCKS  H.  &  SON,  end  N.  Main  nr  city 
limits 

Brick  Manufacturers. 

Conlon  &  Co.  e  end  R.R. 
Tendick  G.,  Kaspohl  &  Reid,  ws  Square  cor. 
State,  Savings  Bank 

Broom  Manufacturer. 

Bowen  J.  T.  es  Sandy  n  North 

Carpenters. 

Buckingham  &  Bro.  es  Mauvaisterre  s  Square 

Fink  John,  State  nw  cor.  East 

JACKSON  THOMAS  L.  carpenter, 
builder,  and  contractor,  S.  Main,  sixty  rods 
south  of  St.  R.R.  terminus.  Estimates 
given  and  jobbing  promptly  attended  to 

Carpets. 

(See  also  Dry  Goods.) 

Osborne  &  Knowles,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 

Carriage  Manufacturers. 
HALL,  J.  W.  ns  College  av.  bet.   Main 

and  Sandy 
HELLENTHALL     &      McGAU- 

GHRAN,  ws  Sandy  n  Square 
Vogel  Martin  es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 


Carriage  Trimmer. 

Hagar  S.  D.  es  N.  Sandy  nr  Square 

China,  Glass,  and  Queensware. 

(See  also  Grocers.) 
'Wyman  C.  F.  &  Co.  es  Square  nr  State 

Cigars  and  Tobacco. 

Adams  D.  J.  ss  W.  State  Gallaher's  blk. 
Davenport  &  Cox,  ws  Square  cor.  Court 
Frese  Henry,  es  Mauvaisterre  se  Square 
KNOLLENBERG  HENRY  H.  es 

Square  nr  State 

MYERS  J.  H.  es  Square  nr  State 
Palmer  &  Cox,  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
PYATT  B.  &  SON,  ws  Square  nr 

Court 
Roemerman  W.  H.  &  Co.  S.  Main  P.O.  blk. 

Clothing. 
DRESBACH   W.    O.    &    CO.    ns 

Square  nr  Main 
GOODRICH  J.  &  SON,    ns  Square 

nr  Main 

Hackett  &  Jerald,  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
Lehman  &  Eppinger,  ws  Square  nr  W.  State 
Rawlings  Isaac,  ws  Square  nr  State 
Tomlinson  J.  ns  Square  cor.  Main 
Weil  &  Bro.  ws  Square  nr  Morgan 

Coal. 
Smith  D.  B.  agt.  Virden  Coal  Co.  ns  State  w 

Square 

Commission  Merchants. 
Barr  S.  O.  &  Bro.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Ellicock  W.  ns  Square  nr  Main 

Confectioners. 

Paradice  &  McCool,  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 

Schmalz  F.  F.  ns  Square  cor.  Main 

Soby  William,  ss  Square  nr  Main 

Van    Winkle   William   L.    ws   W.   State   nr 

Square 
Wood  &  Steele,  ss  Square  nr  Main 

Coopers. 

Lampert  J.  P.  North  w  State 

Dentists. 

Black  G.  V.  ss  E.  State  e  East 

Cady  Clark  S.  ss  Square  nr  S.  Main 

Duncan  E,  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Henry  C.  ne  cor.  Square 

Lane  A.  H.  ws  Square 

Sawyer  C.  K.  ns  Court  w  Square 

WIDENHAM  J.  C.  5  Gallaher's  blk. 

Dressmakers. 

Anderson  Mary  E.  Miss,  ne  cor.  Square 
Campbell  A.  E.  Mrs.  2  Platt's  block  se  cor» 
Square 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Druggists. 

Allcott  W.  A.  es  Square  nr  Court 
BROWN  P.  L.  S.  Main  next  to  P.O. 
Carter  John,  ws  Square  cor.  State 
Hatch  H.  Lee,  ws  Square  nr  Morgan 
Hockenhull  &  Young,  es  Square  nr  State 
Lucas  C.  J.  &  Co.  ws  N.  Main  nr  Square 

ROCKWELL  WILLIAM,  ns  Square 
nr  Main 

Dry  Goods. 

Durfee  R.  D.  &  Son,  ws  Square  nr  State 
Gill  J.  &  Co.  se  cor.  Square 
Hook  T.  J.  &  Go.  ns  Square  nr  Main 
Johnson  &  Co.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 
King  J.  T.  es  Square 
Mathers  J.  Tabor,  ns  State  e  Square 
Metcalf  &  Fell,  ss  Square  cor.  Sandy 
RUSSEL    &    HAYDENS,     general 
merchants,  west  side  of  the  Square,  Jack- 
sonville, 111.     They  occupy  two  stores;  deal 
in  dry  goods,  groceries,  carpets,  boots  and 
shoes,   and  general    merchandise.      They 
are  also  sole  importers  and  agents    for  the 
United    States    for   Edwinson   C.    Green's 
celebrated  Breech  and  Muzzle-loading  Guns, 
manufactured    at    Cheltenham,     England. 
This  make  of  guns  stands  second  to  none 
where  they  are    known;  the    demand    for 
them  is  steadily  increasing,  having  sold  to 
sportsmen  about  150  of  these  guns  in  the 
past  year,  to  all  parts  of  the  country;  for 
material  workmanship  and  shooting  quali- 
ties  they   are   unsurpassed,    having  stood 
first,  second  and  third  at  the   New  York 
Gun  Trial,  in  1873,  und  made  the  highest 
aggregate  score  at  the  London  Field  Trials, 
in  1875 

Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.  ss  E.  State  e  Square 
Dyers. 

Anhalt  George,  ns  State  e  Square 
Wahle  Richard,  ns  State  nr  East 

Flour  Mills. 
SCHOONOVER    &    BURNS,     S. 

Main  nr  the  Brook 

Scott  &  Landers,  12  N.  Main 

Fruit  Farm  and  Nursery. 

BALDWIN  ISAAC,  fruit  farm  and 
nursery,  N.  Main  nr  Morgan  Mills,  P.O. 
box  334,  Jacksonville.  This  nursery  has 
an  established  reputation  of  twenty  years 
for  furnishing  the  best  of  stock  true  to 
name.  The  assortment  of  varieties  is  as 
large  as  that  of  any  nursery  in  the  State. 
Catalogues  free  on  application  as  above 


Furniture. 

Becker,  Rottger   &   Degen,    ws    S.  Main    nr 

Square 

Branson  William,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Harrison  William,  ss  Square  cor  Main 
Johnson  &  Son,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Palmer  J.  H.  &  Co.  ws  Square  nr  Court 

Grain  Dealers. 

Keener  T.  &  F.  Lafayette  av.  nr  Sandy 

Grocers. 

Allen  W.  ws  S.  Main  opp  P.O. 
Bourke  W.  A.  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 
BROWN  C.  F.  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Brune  H.  L.  es  Square  nr  State 
Chambers  &  Bro.  ns  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 
CLARK  &  DRIFFIELD,  ns  Square 

nr  Sandy 

Corrington  J.  W.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Eilerts  John,  N.  Main  cor.  Dunlap 
Ferreira  Frank,  Lafayette  av.  eC.&A.R.R. 
Foreman  &  Sharp,  E.  State  nr  East 
Gambell  &  Carver,  W.  State  nr  West 
GRASSLY  C.  F.  219  W.  State 
GRASSLY  &  BRO.  se  cor.  Square 
JOUETT  J.  N.  ss  State  e  Square 
Kackman  &  Hackman,  se  cor.  Square- 
KASTNER  &  GRASSLY,  E.  State 

nr  Square 
KOENIG  AUGUST,  N.  Main  nr  W. 

R.R. 

Loar  &  Grierson,  ss  Square.Opera  House  blk. 
MATHERS    J.    TABOR,   dealer  in 
dry   goods,    groceries,    china    and  queens- 
ware,  E.  State  es  Square 
Moore  W.  J.  &  Co.  ss  W.  State  nr  Square 
Piepenbring  Charles,  N.  Main  ne  cor.  Dun- 
lap 

Rogers  John,  es  Mauvaisterre  n  Square 
Schermerhorn  Charles,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 
Schmalz  F.  F.  ns  Square  cor  Main 
VAN    ZANT    G.    W.    es   Square    cor. 

State 

Vasconcellas  A.  P.  State  sw  cor.  East 
Walker  Samuel,  ns  Anna  n  West 
Walsh  Michael  H.  es  Square  cor.  Court 
Williamson  &  Bro.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Woods,  Simmons  &  Co.  ss  E.  State  e  Square 

Gunsmith. 

SIEBER  E.  R.  ss  Court  e  Square 
Hardware. 

Carter  John,  ws  Square  cor.  State 
ROCKWELL  WILLIAM,  ns  Square 

nr  Main 
Wadsworth  &  Patterson,  ss  Square  nr_Main 


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Hats,  Caps  and  Furs. 

Goltra  &  Read,  ws  Square  sw  cor.  Morgan 

Horses. 

LANDRETH  JAMES  M.  importer 
and  breeder  of  French  Percheron-Norman 
horses,  P.O.  box  1373,  Jacksonville,  Mor- 
gan Co.  Makes  a  specialty  of  importing 
direct  from  France  pure  breed  Percheron 
stallions.  My  long  experience  in  the  busi- 
ness, and  intimate  knowledge  of  the  French 
language,  and  of  this  valuable  breed  of 
horses,  gives  me  superior  advantages  in 
procuring  first-class  animals.  I  am  also 
prepared  to  import  horses  on  commission. 
This  stock  is  especially  adapted  for  farm 
and  draft  purposes,  active  and  enduring, 
weighing  from  i,6ooto  1,900  pounds.  Par- 
ticulars cheerfully  furnished  on  application 
to  above 

Hotels. 

DUNLAP  HOUSE,  ss  State  e  Church 
Commercial   Hotel,  J.  McNamara,  prop,  ws 

Sandy  nr  Square 
Kentucky    House,  Mrs.  Mary   J.  Hall,  prop. 

N.  Main  se  cor.  Washington 
PARK  HOTEL,  Alex.  Smith,  prop,  ns 

Square  cor.  Main 
PENNSYLVANIA   HOTEL,  I.  S. 

Sierer,  prop.  Sandy  n  Public  Square 
SOUTHERN  HOTEL,   B.  Hocking, 

prop,  ns  College  w  Sandy 

Insurance  Agents. 

ADGATE     &     HARRIS,    se    cor. 

Square 

Bancroft  J.  H.  ns  Square  cor.  Sandy 
Catlin  C.  A.  ns  W.  State,  I  Ayer's  blk 
Goheen  L.  7  Gallaher's  blk 
JOHNSON  R.  C.  &  CO.  ns   Square 

nr  Sandy 
McCULLOUGH  W.  H.  es  Square  cor. 

State 

MCDONALD  A.  N.  ns  w.  state  nr 

Square 

Trabue  John,  sw  cor.  Square 

UPHAM  &  FLACK,  ws  State,  Sav- 
ings Bank  bldg. 

Palmer  &  Doan,  ns  Square  nr  Main 

Iron  Foundry. 

Morgan  Foundry,  Akers  &  Russell,  props,  nr 
R.R.  junction 

Iron  Merchant. 

Wadsworth  &  Patterson,  ss  Square  nr   Main 


Justices  of  the  Peace, 

McCullough  W.  H.  es  Square  cor.  State 
Pierson  Jeremiah,  ns  Square  nr  Main 
Reid  Stephen  H.  ns  Square  nr  Sandy 

Laundry. 
Buck  H.  Mrs.  es.  Sandy  e  Square 

Lawyers. 

Barnes  William  H.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Berdan  James,  ns  Square  nr  Main 
BROWN  JAMES  N.  State's  Attorney, 

Court  house 

Cassell  H.  O.  ns.  Square  nr  Sandy 
CRAWLEY  WILLIAM  A.  8   Gal- 
laher's block 

DEATON  AUGUSTUS,  Court  house 
De  LEUW    OSCAR   A.  4   Gallaher's 

block 

Dod  George  J.  7  Gallaher's  blk. 
DUMMER,    BROWN     &    RUS- 
SELL, ss  State  w  West 
Epler  &  Gallon,  3  Chambers'  blk. 
Fox  Charles  H.  Col.  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Ketcham  &  Hatfield,  ns  Square  cor.  Sandy 
KIRBY  EDWARD  P.  Court  house 
Layman  M.  T.  Savings  Bank  bldg. 
McConnel  Edward,  3  Chambers'  blk. 

MCMILLAN  JAMES  T.  ws  square 

nr  State 
MORRISON,      WHITLOCK     & 

LIPPINCOTT,  State  sw  cor.  West 
Morrison  Jno.  G.  ws  Square  over  Ayer's  bank 
RAGAN  JOHN  M.  Court  house 
Reid  Richard  W.  ns  Square  nr  Sandy 
Sanford  E.  M.  ns.  Square  nr  Main 
Smith  George  W.  8  Gallaher's  blk. 
STRYKER     &     BELLATTI,    ns 

Square  nr  Sandy 

TAYLOR  T.  G.  5  Gallaher's  blk. 
Thomas  &  McDonald,  W.  State,  Ayer's  blk. 
Thompson  Owen  P.  Savings  Bank  bldg. 

Leather  and  Findings. 

Huntley,  Evans  &  Co.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Lime,  Cement,  Etc. 

TAYLOR   S.  &  SON,  Sandy  sw   cor. 
Lafayette  av. 

Livery  Stables. 

Mathews  James  R.  ns  Court  e  Square 
ROBINSON    FRANK,  N.  Main  nw 

cor.  North 
Springer  &  Scott,  Main  cor.  North 

Lumber  Dealers. 

Chambers  John  I.  Lafayette  av.  ne  cor.  Main 

RUSSEL   J.    S.   &  G.    S.    512    N. 

Main 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Machinists. 
WAKEFIELD  GEORGE,   ns  W. 

Main  nr  Square 

Marble  Workers. 

Ervin  Alexander,  ss  Morgan  e  Square 
Smith  R.  C.  ns  State  e  Square 
Meat  Markets. 

CANNON"  T.  &  J.  ns  State  e  Square 
Hackman  &  Shafer,  S.  Main  opp  P.O. 
Lambert  &  Hopper,  ns  Court  w  Square 
Leek  &  Lightfoot,  ss  State  nr  East 
Wiegand  &  Widmayer,  ss  W.  State  nr.  Square 

Milliners  and  Millinery. 

Foster  M.  R.  es  Square  cor.  Main 
Hamilton  S.  H.  Mrs.  ss.  Square  nr  Mauvais- 

terre 

Hillerby  B.  Mrs.  se  cor.  Square 
Hoover  M.  Mrs.  ss  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 
Metcalf  &  Fell,  ss  Square  cor.  Sandy 
Moseley  M.  A.  Mrs.  3  Conservatory  blk. 
Stacy  M.  A.  Miss,  ns  State  e  Square 
Stephenson  J.  T.  Mrs.  ns  Court  e  Square 
Stewart  M.  Mrs.  ns  Sandy  n  Square 

Mining. 

Illinois  &  Colorado  Mining  Co.  of  Jackson- 
ville, 4  Savings  Bank  bldg. 

Music,  Pianos,  Etc. 

Barrows  C.  S.  I  Conservatory  blk. 
Barrows  &  Brown,  I  Conservatory  blk. 
Smith  D.  B.  &  H.  B.  ns.  State  w  Square 

News  Depots. 

BROWN  P.  JL.  P.O.  bldg. 
Mason  &  Stout,  Opera  House  blk.  ss  Square 

MCDONALD  L.  A.  ns  w.  state  nr 

Square 
WARD    BROTHERS,   ss  Square  e 

Sandy 

Newspapers. 
ILLINOIS  COURIER,  T.  D.  Price 

&  Co.  pubs.  ns.  W  State  nr  Square 
JACKSONVILLE      JOURNAL, 

Simmons   &  Eames,    editors    and   proprs. 

Mather's  blk.  E.  State 

Notions. 
HUNT,  PARTRIDGE  &  CO.  W. 

State  nr  West 

Oak  Lawn  Retreat. 
McFARLAND  ANDREW,  M.  D. 

proprietor  Oak  Lawn  Retreat,  E.  Morgan 
av.     (See  history  page  408.) 

Oculists. 
PRINCE  A.  E.  ws  Sandy  s  Square 


Painters. 

Baldwin  W.  A.  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 

MCDONNELL  HENRY,  ss  w.  state 

Gallaher's  block  / 

WOOSTER  DAVID,  es  N.  Sandy  nr 
Square 

Photographers. 

CADMAN  A.  W.  es  Main  s  Square 

CLARK  GEORGE  W.  artist  and 
photographer,  new  ground  floor  studio,  op- 
posite the  Court  House.  Clark's  crayon 
portraits  are  unsurpassed 

CLENDENON  &  NICHOLS,  es 
Square  nr  State 

Hofmann  J.  E.  es  Square  cor.  State 
Physicians. 

Askew  J.  R.  ns  Court  e  Yates 

Askew  &  Hamill,  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

BROWN  P.  L.  S.  Main  next  to  P.O. 

Dougherty  J.  A.  se  cor.  Square 

Fisher  C.  ws  Square 

Halsted  M.  A.  Prairie  se  cor.  Jordan 

Johnston  J.  P.  2  Gallaher's  bldg. 

Jones  Henry,  502  College  av. 

JONES  H.  K.  &  C.  G.  501  W. 
College  av. 

Kellogg  A.  H.  East  se  cor.  College  av. 

KING  W.   H.  H.  W.  State  w  West 

Lucas  C.  J.  es  S.  Main  nr  College  av. 

PRINCE  A.  E.  ws  Sandy  s  Square 

PRINCE  DAVID,  ws  Sandy  s  Square 

Rees  Edwin,  Rout  e  C.&  A.R.R. 

Reynolds  W.  R.  ne  cor.  Square 

Tipton  A.  W.  ss  Square  nr  Sandy 

Wilhoit  A.  V.  Hardin  av.  nw  cor.  Chambers 

Willard  J.  P.  336  E.  State 

Wing  E.  D.  ws  East  s  Morgan  av. 

Planing  Mills. 

Terry  Silas,  West  cor.  Court 

Plumbing  and  Gasfittintj. 

Matthews  George  E.,  E.  State  nr  Square 
McDonald  John,  W.  State  nr  West 
Thompson  A.  C.  es  Main  s  College 

Printers,  Book  and  Job. 

IRONMONGER  J.  J.  ws  Square 
cor.  State 

PRICE  T.  D.  &  CO.  ns  W.  State  in- 
Square 

SIMMONS  &  EAMES,  Mather's  blk. 
E.  State 

WARD  BROTHERS,  ss  Square,  i 
Marble  blk. 


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Pump  Manufacturer. 

Ring  J.  M.  State  nw  cor.  East 

Railroads. 
Jacksonville,    Northwestern    &  Southeastern 

R.R.,  E.  S.  Green  leaf,  supt.  ns  W.  State  nr 

Square 

Real  Estate. 

Bergen  B.  F.  Savings  Bank  bldg. 
Palmer  &  Doan,  ns  Square  nr  Main 
McMILLAN  JAMES  T.    ws  Square 

nr  State 

Sutton  S.,  S.  Main  nr  Square 
Wood  M.  L.  ws  Square,  over  Ayer's  Bank 
Yates  Abner,  ns  State  nr  Square 

Restaurants. 

Carroll  M.  H.  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Harris  C.  B.  ws  N.  Main  nr  Square 
JOUETT  J.  N".  ss  State  e  Square 
Lomb  Henry,  es  N.  Main  nr  Square 
Rucker  E.  R.  ss  Square  nr  Mauvaisterre 
Salby  J.  M.,  E.  State  e  Square 
Simms  Edward  C.  ss  W.  State  nr  Square 
Walsh  Michael,  Junction  depot 
Wood  &  Steele,  ss  Square  nr  Main 

Roofers. 

Clement  Irving,  W.  State  nr  West 
Harden  John  A.,  E.  Main  nr  Square 

Saddlery  and  Harness. 
Fuller  H.  C.  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
Hillerby  George,  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 
Neil  J.  C.  ss  Court  e  Square 
BAPP    MICHAEL,    se    cor.  Square, 

Platt's  blk. 

Snyder  W.  S.  ss  State  e  Square 
School  Furniture. 

NOBLE  SCHOOL  FURNITURE 
CO.  A.  N.  McDonald,  agt.  ns  W.  State  nr 

Square 

Seed  Stores. 

CRAIG  G.  S.  grower  of  Craig's  justly 
celebrated  "  Yellow  flint  seed  corn,"  origi- 
nated by  his  father  ten  years  ago.  The 
grain  is  deeper  and  the  cob  smaller  than 
that  of  any  other  variety  of  corn,  and  con- 
sequently will  weigh  more  pounds  to  the 
bushel  than  any  other  corn  grown.  Send 
ten  cents  for  sample  of  corn  and  circular, 
giving  full  information 

FAIRBANK  D.  W.  ns  State  nr  West 
Sewing  Machines. 

BOLINGER  R.   ss  Morgan  e  Square 

Gray  B.  se  cor.  Square 

Singer  Sewing  Machines,  L.  C.  Tiffany,  ns 
W.  State  nr  Square 


Stair  Builder. 

Wyatt  &  Ziegler,  es  Sandy  s  Square 

Stoves  and  Tinware. 

Johnson  &  Son,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 
MATHESON    &    BRENNAN,    ss 

Square  nr  Main 
MURPHY,      MILLER     & 

DEVINE,  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Smith  H.  L.  &  B.  W.  ns  Square  nr  Sandy 
Stephenson  J.   T.  Mrs.   ns    Square  nr  Mau- 
vaisterre 
Wainright  &  Brennan,  ws  State  s  Square 

Tailors,  Merchant. 

Brill  Benjamin,  es  Square  nr  State 
BUCKTHORPE  R.  ss  State  e  Square 
DotyD.  C.  ws  Square  nr  State 
Huntoon  G.  H.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 
Knollenberg  John  R.  ss  Morgan  nr  Sandy 
Porter  G.  &  Co.  ws  Main  opp  P.O. 
Tomlinson  J.  ns  Square  cor.  Main 
White  J.  C.  ws  Square  nr  State 

Telegraph  Companies. 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.,Wm.  Mayfield, 
mangr.  ns  W.  State,  Ayers'  blk. 

Tinsmith. 
FOX  GEO.  W.  es  Sandy  e  Square 

Undertakers. 

Anderson  S.  T.  &  Son,  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Branson  William,  es  Square  nr  Morgan 

Upholsterers. 

Cafky  S.  ns  State  nr  Square 

Toussaint  Charles,  es  N.  Main  nr  Square 

Wagon  Makers. 

HALL    JOHN   W.  Main  cor.  College 
Lee  Philip,  ss  North  nr  Sandy 
Walton  Reuben,  ns  Morgan  w  Square 

Watches  and  Jewelry. 

Bauman  Joseph,  es  Square  nr  State 
DAYTON  &  RUSSELL,  ws  Square 

nr  Morgan 

Fox  J.  M.  ws  Square  nr  State 
Hatch  F.  K.  ws  Square  nr  Morgan 
KING  &  STEBBINS,  wholesale  and 
retail  dealers  in  watches,  clocks,  and  jew- 
elry, silver   and   silver-plated   ware,  south 
side  of  the  Square 

MASON  WM.  L.  &  THOS.  jew- 
elers, Conservatory  block,  manufacturers 
of  plain  gold  rings,  society  pins,  and 
badges,  class  bracelets,  and  rings,  cane 
heads,  and  ferrules,  etc.,  etc.  Watch 
cleaning,  jewelry  repairing,  and  work  of  all 
kinds  a  specialty.  Call  and  see  them 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Wall  Paper. 

Benson  William,  es  Main  s  Square 

MCDONNELL  HENRY,  ss  w.  state, 

Gallaher's  blk. 
Osborne  &  Knowles,  es  Square   cor.  Morgan 

Wines  and  Liquors. 
Davenport  &  Cox,  ws  Square  nr  Court 
Palmer  &  Cox.  ns  W.  State  nr  Square 


Woolen  Mills. 

JACKSONVILLE  WOOLEN 
MILLS,  J.  Capps  &  Sons,  props.  Church 
cor.  Lafayette  av.  (See  History  Manufac- 
turers page  355.) 


TOWN    13    NORTH    RANGE   8  WEST. 


A  DDISON  HENRY  C.  carp.  Waverly 

*^  Addison  John  G.  Waverly 

Alabaugh  Jacob,  farm  hand,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Waverly 

Alexander  James,  farmer,  Waverly 

Allbee  Enoch,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly 

Allen  Jesse,  miller,  Waverly 

Allen  Louis,  grocer,  Waverly 

ALLIS  S.  G.  M.  farmer  and  stock-rais- 
er, Sees.  26  and  27.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch,  a  prominent  farmer  in  Morgan  Co., 
was  the  second  child  by  the  second  mar- 
riage of  Abel  Allis  to  Lucretia  Mansfield; 
he  was  born  in  Georgia,  Vt.;  during  his 
fifth  year  his  father  died,  he  was  then,  so  to 
speak,  thrown  literally  upon  his  own  re- 
sources for  five  years,  in  which  he  served 
as  an  apprentice  to  a  tanner  and  currier, 
and  became  journeyman  workman.  In  his 
thirtieth  year  he  married  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, Miss  Chapin  ;  in  1837  he  moved  to 
Illinois,  coming  by  way  of  Terra  Haute, 
Ind.,  to  Springfield,  111.,  thence  to  Morgan 
Co.,  and  settled  on  the  farm  property  he 
now  owns,  which  he  purchased  for  $7  per 
acre.  Paying  a  large  interest  on  the  land, 
he  was  compelled  to  work  early  and  late 
to  make  the  farm  products  go  toward  the 
payment.  During  our  late  war  he  stood 
steadfastly  by  the  Union  when  human  life 
was  an  exceedingly  cheap  commodity. 
Mr.  Allis  was  formerly  the  possessor  of  400 
acres  of  well  improved  land.  He  now 
owns  280.  A  man  of  prosperity,  whose 
liberality  is  well  known,  he  stands  high,  as 
does  also  his  estimable  wife,  in  the  esti- 
mation of  all  who  know  them,  for  their 
many  good  qualities.  The  following  chil- 
dren blessed  this  union  :  Mansfield, 
Caroline,  Frederick  W.,  Louisa  and 
Anna.  For  many  years  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Allis  have  been  childless,  but  their 
kind  hearts  and  disposition  have  been 
the  cause  of  sharing  their  comfortable 
home  with  little  ones  who  were  left  at 
a  tender  age  to  battle  with  the  world.  For 
a  great  many  years  Mr.  Allis  and  wife  have 
been  members  of  the  Episcopal  church. 


Anderson  Wm.  renter,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Franklin 
Anderson  Thomas,  wagon-maker,  Waverly 
Armstrong    Clayton,    farmer,    Sec.    16,    P.O. 

Waverly 

Armstrong  Rebecca,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Waverly 
Arnet  George,  harness-maker,  Waverly 
ARNETT  JAMES  W.,  J.  P.  office  on 
Pearl  st;  was  born  in  Waverly,  Morgan  Co., 
Oct.  20,  1847  ;  moved  to  Texas  in  the  Fall 
of  1859,  and  returned  to  this  State  in  the 
Fall  of  1860  ;  learned  the  harness-making 
trade  with  Mr.  H.  C.  Wood,  commencing 
in  the  year  1866;  was  married  Feb.  14, 
1870,  to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Wood,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Wheetly  Wood,  who  was  a  native  of 
England.  Mrs.  Arnett  was  born  in  Macou- 
pin  Co.,  111.,  June  8,  1845  ',  have  three  chil- 
dren, two  daughters — Annie  and  Elizabeth, 
and  one  son — Peter  C.;  removed  to  Texas 
in  1873,  returning  to  this  State  again  in 
1874 ;  as  the  result  of  a  serious  spell  of 
sickness  he  became  a  cripple  ;  in  1875  he 
engaged  in  the  harness  business  in  the 
town  of  Waverly  ;  in  1876  he  moved  to 
Jacksonville,  and  in  the  following  year  re- 
turned to  Waverly  ;  in  Nov.,  1877,  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  immediately  commenced  the  study  of 
law;  in  April,  1878,  he  was  elected  city 
attorney.  Mr.  A.  is  a  young  man  of  fair 
education  and  endowed  with  considerable 
natural  ability,  and  bids  fair  to  become  a 
good  lawyer  and  a  useful  and  influential 
citizen. 

ARNETT  MRS.  MELINDA,  rel- 
ict of  P.  C.  Arnett,  was  born  in  Robinson 
Co.,  Tenn.,  March  30.  1823;  a  daughter  of 
James  and  Fanny  Deatherage ;  they  were 
natives  of  North  Carolina ;  there  married, 
and  shortly  after  removed  to  Kentucky, 
where  they  settled  down  to  a  quiet  farm 
life.  In  1829  they  made  their  way  into 
the  interior  of  Illinois,  locating  near  the 
present  farm  residence  of  Mrs.  Arnett. 
Here  the  head  of  the  family  entered  land 
from  the  government,  but  shortly  after  re- 
moved to  Missouri,  but  subsequently  re- 
turned to  Morgan  Co.,  where  they  passed 


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the  remainder  of  life.  During  his  pioneer 
days  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Peter 
Cartwright  and  others,  noted  in  the  annals 
of  this  county.  The  marriage  referred  to 
above  was  blessed  with  five  children : 
George  W.,  Wm.,  Lucinda,  Melinda,  and 
Coleman.  Melinda  married  P.  C.  Arnett 
in  1838,  a  Tennessean  by  birth,  born  in 
Overton  Co.  in  1820.  In  1831  his  parents 
moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  where  young 
Arnett  afterward  became  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  the  county  for  thirty-two  years. 
His  health  was  quite  poor,  but  even  under 
affliction  was  noted  for  his  energy  and  per- 
severance. For  some  years  he  was  the 
owner  and  proprietor  of  a  grist  mill  at 
Waverly,  and  also  became  the  owner  of  an 
extensive  brickyard.  He  died  June  5, 1875. 
His  wife,  who  had  been  his  companion 
through  youth  and  middle  age,  now  resides 
on  the  old  homestead,  now  a  well-cultivat- 
ed tract  of  land,  over  which  she  was  wont 
to  roam  and  gather  the  wild  flowers  that 
grew  in  abundance  everywhere.  The 
marriage  was  blessed  with  six  children — 
three  living — Fanny,  who  married  James 
Farrow ;  James  W.,  who  married  Sarah 
Woods ;  and  George  H.,  who  married 
Mattie  Branom.  For  thirty-five  years  the 
husband  of  Mrs.  A.  held  the  position  of 
magistrate,  and  but  two  appeals  were  ever 
taken  from  his  court. 
Arnett  F.  C  Mrs.  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 
Arnett  Wm.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Arnold  Wm.  farmer,  Waverly 
Ashbaugh  Alvin  D.  farmer,  Waverly 
Ashbaugh  Charles,  farmer,  Waverly 
Asbaugh  John  G.  speculator,  Waverly 
Ashbaugh  Sallie  Miss,  Waverly 
Ashbaugh  Wm.  F.  teamster,  Waverly 
ATTERBURY  ALBERT  H.  farm- 
er and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Franklin. 
Mr.  A.  was  born  in  Monroe  Co.,  Mo.,  Feb. 
1846 ;  his  father,  Ashford  Atterbury,  was 
born  in  South  Carolina,  and  from  there 
moved  to  Kentucky  ;  he  there  married 
Miss  Sarah  Miers  ;  they  moved  to  Missouri 
in  1828,  becoming  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers of  that  State,  where  it  would  be  no 
uncommon  occurrence  to  go  twenty-five 
miles  to  a  blacksmith  shop.  The  old  folks 
passed  the  remainder  of  life  in  Missouri. 
This  union  was  blessed  with  nine  children, 
four  of  whom  are  living  :  John  M.,  who 


married  Eliza  Snidow,  a  native  of  Missouri; 
James  F.,  who  married  first  Miss  Williams 
of  Howard  Co.  Mo.,  and  on  her  decease  af- 
terward married  Mrs.  Burton  ;  D.  F.  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  McAllister  of  Morgan 
Co.;  Albert  H.  grew  to  man's  estate  in 
Missouri,  receiving  the  usual  log-cabin  ed- 
ucation. Ten  years  ago  Mr.  Atterbury 
became  a  resident  of  this  county  ;  in  1872 
he  married  Miss  Jennie  Smith,  a  daughter 
of  Samuel  Smith,  a  native  of  Morgan  Co., 
and  whose  parents  were  among  the  first  to 
set  foot  in  old  Morgan.  Three  children  : 
Martha  E.,  born  July  15,  1872  ;  Samuel 
A.,  born  April  13,  1874 ;  Ozias  K.,  born 
June  13,  1876.  Brothers  of  Mr.  Atterbury 
not  living :  Francis  M.,  died  March  7,  1865; 
Robert  P.,  died  Jan.  19,  1864. 

Austin  Chas.  E.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Austin  Eli,  Waverly 

Austin  Elijah,  Waverly 

Austin  William,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. Waverly 

Agard  Sanford,  carp,  Waverly 

"DAHAM  DANIEL,  blacksmith,  Waverly 
•*-'  Bailey  Henry  A.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Wav- 
erly 
BANK  OF  WAVERLY  (THE),  T. 

E.  Curtis,  pres;  W.  W.  Brown,  cash. 

Barclay  Smith,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly. 

Barclay  William,  farmer,  Waverly 

Barrett  Jefferson  E.  Waverly 

Batty  Edward,  lumber,  Waverly 

Batty  Edwin,  lumber,  Waverly 

Beckhold  Andy,  renter  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Waverly 

Bedville  Nancy,  wid.  Robert,  Waverly 

BERRY  COLUMBUS,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Berry  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  some  14 
miles  from  the  city  of  Jacksonville,  in  1851. 
Morgan  County  has  been  his  home,  with 
the  exception  of  ten  years  spent  in  Macon 
County.  This  sketch  would  be  incomplete 
were  we  to  omit  to  mention  the  parents  of 
Columbus.  His  father  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky, in  1805;  in  early  manhood  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  Lower.  Some  forty- 
five  years  ago  they  became  residents  of 
Morgan  Co.,  where  the  head  of  the  family 
afterward  became  prominent  in  the  affairs 
of  the  county,  turning  his  attention  to  rail- 
road matters  and  farming.  Both  husband 
wife  died  in  1872.  Columbus  is  the  owner 
of  forty  acres,  situated  in  Township  13,  R.  8 


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Berry   Richard,  farmer  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Waverly 
Berryman  Susan  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
Bird  David,  renter  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly 

BLAIR  E.  K.,  D.  D.  S.  dentist  ws 
Square, Waverly.  Is  a  graduate  of  the  Mis- 
souri Dental  College,  and  is  thoroughly 
prepared  to  practice  in  all  branches  of  his 
profession 

Blakeney  John  C.  tailor,  Waverly 

BOHRER  W.  Gr.  farmer  and  stock, 
raiser,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Bohrer 
was  born  on  the  old  homestead  of  his 
parents,  April  2,  1835.  When  old  enough 
he  attended  a  district  school,  also  attended 
a  graded  school  in  Decatur,  Macon  Co. 
Returning  from  Decatur  to  Morgan  Co., 
he  became  a  school-teacher.  When  the 
war  of  the  rebellion  came  on,  he  enlisted 
in  the  lOist  Illinois  Infantry,  for  three 
years'  service.  Incapacitated  from  active 
field  duties  through  exposure  and  hardship 
incident  to  army  life,  he  remained  but  nine 
months,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged 
and  returned  to  Morgan  Co.  It  should 
have  been  previously  mentioned  that  he 
married  prior  to  the  rebellion  Miss  Susan 
A.  Keplinger,  a  daughter  of  John  Kep- 
linger.  Has  one  child,  Fannie  M.  His 
wife  died  Sept.  8,  1 860.  On  his  return 
from  the  army,  he  married  Miss  Lucy  A. 
Allyn,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Allyn; 
three  children  :  Floddie  Lee,  Luther  R., 
Oscar  A.'  Mr.  Bohrer  owns  371  acres,  and 
takes  a  leading  position  as  a  farmer 

Boyd  F.  M.  farmer,  Waverly 

Boynton  Horace  R.  asst.  cash.  The  Bank  of 
Waverly,  Waverly 

BRADLEY  G.  W.  physician  and  sur- 
geon, Waverly.  Is  a  son  of  R.  D.  Bradley, 
of  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  where  he  was  born, 
June  25.  1838.  Was  educated  at  the  Ma- 
sonic College,  Lexington,  Mo.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Louisville  Medical  College. 
He  went  to  Texas  in  the  Spring  of  1861, 
where  he  was  married  to  Miss  R.  A.  Death- 
erage,  at  the  residence  of  Wm.  Maddox, 
June  16,  1863.  She  was  born  in  Waverly, 
Sept.  5,  1839,  and  is  a  daughter  of  J.  G. 
Deatherage,  of  this  neighborhood.  The 
Doctor  came  to  Waverly  in  1866.  They 
have  two  children,  namely:  Milton  Mad- 
dox, born  March  24,  1864,  and  George 
Richard,  born  Nov.  1869 


BRANOM  A.  J.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly.   Mr.  Branom  was  born 
in  Tennessee,    August,    1830.     His  father 
Richard   Branom,  was  a  native  of  Stokes 
Co.,  North  Carolina,  and  was  a  soldier  dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812.     He  was  married  in 
Virginia,  where   he  afterward   removed,  to 
Miss  Ella  Lawrence,  a  native  of  Maryland. 
By  this  marriage  four  children:  James  W., 
Mary  Ann,  John,  and  A.J.  In  1852,  the  fam- 
ily moved  to  Bond  Co.,  111.,  where  the  old 
folks  remained  but  a  short  time,  when  they 
removed  to  Kentucky.    A.  J.,who  heads  this 
sketch,  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mar- 
tha Arnett,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Lorenzo 
Arnett.     By  this  marriage  twelve  children, 
eleven  of  whom  are  living:  Jas.  W.,  Sarah 
C.,  Martha  M.,  John  D.,  Andrew  J.,  Mary 
E.,  Alice,  Charles  H.,  Newton  A.,  Minnie 
Belle,    and    Hattie  Benton. 
Bradway  James,  blksmth.  Waverly 
Bradway  James  W.  Waverly 
Bradway  Joseph  L.  tinsmith,  Waverly 
Brian  Elizabeth  Mrs.  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly 
Brown  Albert,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Brown  Albert  C.  physician,  Waverly 
Brown  Benjamin,  farmer,  P.  O.  Waverly 
Brown   Casandre,  wid.  Williamson,  Waverly 
Brown  David  B.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Brown  Martha  A.  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Waverly 
Brown  Mary,  wid.  Isaac,  Waverly 
Brown  Sylvester  S.  druggist,  Waverly 
Brown  William  W.  cash.  The    Bank  of  Wav- 
erly, Waverly 

Browning  Joseph,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Bryan  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.  O.  Waverly 
Bryant  Charles,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Bryant  Larkin,  farmer,  See.  8,  P.O.  Waverly 
Buchanan  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wav- 
erly 

BUCK  JOSEPH  M.  livery,  feed,  and 
sale    stables,    State    street,  Waverly,   111. 
(Successor  to  C.  M.  Scott,  deceased.)    Was 
born  Nov.  20,  1850;    nntil  recently  was  en- 
gaged in   farming,    in    Macoupin  County. 
Keeps  constantly  on  hand  double  and  single 
rigs.     Horses  boarded  and  cared  for  on  rea- 
sonable terms 
Buck  William,  Waverly 
Bullock  John,  renter  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Waverly 
Bundy  John,  mail  carrier,  Waverly 
BURCH     BENJAMIN,    farmer  and 
stock   raiser   Sec.  5,  P.O.    Franklin.     Mr. 
Burch  was  born  in    Pike  Co.  111.  January, 


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1833,  where  he  remained  up  to  his  twenty- 
fourth  year,  when  his  parents  removed  to 
Morgan  County,  having  first  settled  there 
in  1826.  John  W.  Burch,  the  father  of 
Benjamin,  was  born  in  Georgia,  and  raised 
in  Kentucky;  he  there  married  Miss  Mar- 
garet Lappington.  A  tanner  by  trade,  Mr. 
Burch  entered  the  employ  of  J.  C.  Cald- 
well,  on  his  arrival  in  Morgan  County;  he 
was,  however,  as  elsewhere  stated,  a  resi- 
dent of  Pike  County;  prior  to  this  he  was 
the  proprietor  of  a  tannery.  Removing  to 
the  State  of  Georgia,  he  there  started  a 
tannery,  which  proved  successful;  he  died 
in  Hamburgh,  Georgia;  his  wife  died  many 
years  previous  to  his  demise.  Ten  children 
blessed  this  union;  eight  are  living.  Benja- 
min, the  oldest  child,  with  little  exception, 
has  passed  his  life  in  Morgan  County.  In 
May,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  I,  Fourteenth 
111.  Infantry;  battles  Vicksburg,  Shiloh, 
Natchez,  Moon  Station,  and  others;  was 
promoted  orderly  sergeant  for  meritorious 
conduct;  taken  prisoner  by  the  rebels,  he 
was  incarcerated  at  Andersonville;  he  re- 
mained many  months,  suffering  innumer- 
ble  hardships;  honorably  discharged  from 
the  army,  he  returned  to  Morgan  County, 
in  1866.  He  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Jones,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Jones;  seven 
children,  six  living:  Antoinette,  Beulah, 
Eulah,  Ellalee,  Ellsworth,  and  Howard 
Shelby. 

BURNS  HARVEY  M.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Burns  was  the  second  child  of  Wm.  and 
Martha  Burns,  who  were  natives  of  South 
Carolina,  and  who  removed  to  Georgia  in 
an  early  day,  where  young  Burns  was  born, 
in  1845.  During  his  early  infancy  his 
parents  removed  to  South  Carolina,  where 
Harvey  grew  to  manhood.  When  the  war 
came  on  he  enlisted  in  the  Second  Carolina 
Cavalry,  remaining  in  the  service  sixteen 
months;  he  became  a  participant  in  many 
battles.  Returning  to  South  Carolina  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  he  remained  but  a 
short  time,  when  he  came  to  Illinois, 
settling  in  Morgan  County,  where  he  first 
worked  by  the  month  for  farmers;  in  1872, 
he  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Hart,  a  daughter 
of  Henry  P.  and  Catherine  Hart,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Major;  three  children: 
Thos.  W.  born  Dec.  1872,  Merta  Bella 


born  1874,  Melcina  born  1876.  Mr.  Burns 
owns  a  comfortable  property,  consisting  of 
114  acres,  on  which  he  resides  at  the  pres- 
ent writing 

/^AHILL  Edmond,  saloon,  Waverly. 
—  Cahill  Edmund,  farmer,  Waverly 

CALDWELL.  J.  C.  deceased,  a  lead- 
ing farmer  and  an  early  settler  in  Morgan 
County,  was  born  in  Butler  County,  Ken- 
tucky, May,  1807;  he  was  the  third  child 
of  Geo.  and  Rhoda  Caldwell,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Bishop;  growing  up  on  a  farm 
in  his  boyhood,  he  became  employed  in  a 
tannery,  for  an  uncle;  serving  an  appren- 
ticeship, he  eventually  became  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  works,  and  continuing  in 
this  capacity  three  years;  he  then,  date 

1827,  set  out  in  a  covered    wagon,  loaded 
with   leather,  by  way   of   speculation,  for 
Illinois,  locating  during  the  autumn  of  that 
year  in  Morgan  County,  near  the   present 
farm  residence  of  Mrs.  C.;    starting  a  tan- 
nery, having    brought  machinery  for   that 
purpose,  for   many  years  he  supplied  the 
country  for  miles   around  with  oak-tanned 
leather;  this  was  in  all  probability  the  first 
tannery  started  in  the  State  or  county;  in 

1828,  Mr.  C.  married   Miss  Louisa  Rogers, 
a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Rogers,  who 
is  well  remembered  for  his  many  excellent 
traits  of  character,  and   who  preached  the 
first  sermon  in  Tp.  13 — 8;    the  tannery  re- 
ferred   to  proved  a  source  of  revenue,  and 
Mr.  Caldwell  there  procured  a  first  start  in 
life,  afterward  becoming  a  farmer;    he  first 
bought    from  the   government  an    8o-acre 
tract  of  land;  from  this  came   an  estate  of 
nearly  a  thousand   acres,  now  the  property 
of  Mrs.  C.     Mr.  Caldwell  was  well  known 
for  his  generosity;    an  honored  citizen  of 
this  county  while   he  lived   among  us,  he 
now  sleeps  in  an  honored  grave.     H  is  wife,  a 
lady  of  intelligence   and    refinement,  was 
born  near  Georgia,  Kentucky,  Aov.  1811, 
and  became  a  resident  of  this  county  in 
1826;    seven  children,  five  living:  Geo.  W. 
born  in  1830,  married   at  24,  Miss  Frances 
Cloud,  daughter  of  Newton    Cloud;    John 
A.,  unmarried,  resides   on  the   old  home- 
stead; David  H.,  now  a  icsident  of  Kansas, 
married  Margaret  White,  of  Bloomington, 
where   he   received  a   classical  education, 
and  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 


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is  now  a  prominent  attorney;  Leander  A., 
married  Minerva  J.  Woods;  Mary,  un- 
married, a  lady  of  superior  attainments, 
resides  at  home 

Caldwell  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.Waverly 
Campbell     Joseph,    farmer,     Sec.    13,    P.O. 

Waverly 
Carpenter     David,    farmer,    Sec.    IO,    P.O. 

Waverly 

Carpenter  Milton,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Carr  Alexander,  farmer,  Waverly 
Carr  William,  farmer,  Waverly 
Carroll  John  F.  printer,  Waverly 
Carter  Byron  L.  dry  goods,  Waverly 
Carter  Hannah,  wid.  Orrin,  Waverly 
Carroll  John  W.  carpenter,  Waverly 
Caruthers  Allen,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.Waverly 
Caruthers  John,  farmer  Sec.  13,  P.O.Waverly 
Gary  Lydia,  wid.  George,  Waverly 
Challen   J.    H.   agt.   J.N.W.&S.E.R.R.  and 

pump  mnfr.  Waverly 
Challen  Sallie  J.  dressmaker,  Waverly 
Chance  Eziekel,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.Waverly 
Church    Benjamin    F."  lightning    rod   agent, 

Waverly 

Church  Charles  E.  elk.  Waverly 
Church  Charles  H.  elk.  Waverly 
Clapp  C.  W.  Rev.  past.  Cong,  church,  Waverly 
Clapp  Benjamin,  carp.  Waverly 
Clark  Charles,  engineer,  Waverly 
Clark  C.  W.  engineer,  Waverly 
Clark  Sarah,  wid.  David,  Waverly 
Clark  Wm.  farmer  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waverly 
Clark  Wm.  R.  farmer,  Waverly. 
Cloud  Newton,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Coard  Frank  M.  grocer,  Waverly 
Coe  Asahel,  retired,  Waverly 
COE    I.     H.    farmer   and    stock    raiser, 
Waverly.     The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the 
seventh    child   of  Ashael  and   Maria  Coe, 
natives  of  Torrington,  Conn.     Ashael  Coe 
was    born  in  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,   1799, 
removing  to  Illinois  in  1839,  ar>d  locating 
inMorgan  Co.,  near  Waverly.    He  married, 
June  2,  1830,  Miss  Maria  Wetmore,  who 
was   born  in  Torrington,  Con.i.,  May   14, 
1805.      This  marriage   was   blessed    with 
eight  children,  five  of  whom  participated 
in  the  late  war  of   the  rebellion.       Israel 
was  born   in  Morgan   Co.   August,    1847, 
and  received  a  liberal    education  at   Wa- 
verly; owns  thirty  acres  of  land 
Coe  William,  Waverly 
Cole  Frank,  miller,  Waverly 
V 


Conley  Isaac,  retired,  Waverly 

Conner  John,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Connolly  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Connor  Geo.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 

Coons  James  P.  ins.  agt.  Waverly 

Cooper  A.  C.  grocer,  Waverly 

Cooper  Henry  C.  grocer,  Waverly 

Cox    William,    H.    agricultural    implements, 

Waverly 

Cowan  Orlando,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Cowan  Robert,  renter,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Franklin 
Grain  John  A.  (Grain  &  Manson)  Waverly 
Grain    &    Manson,  dry   goods  and    bankers, 

Waverly 

Cratty  Wm.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Crawford  Melinda  Mrs.  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Waverly 
CRISWELL  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  is  the  son  of  George  and 
Jane  Criswell,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Meredith.  About  1830,  George  Criswell 
moved  from  Alabama  to  Morgan  Co.,  set- 
tling in  Young  Blood  Prairie,  where  John 
was  born,  in  1844.  When  old  enough  he 
attended  a  subscription  school,  his  first 
teacher  being  Miss  Julia  Snow,  now  the 
wife  of  E.  M.  Rees.  This  school-house, 
built  of  logs,  was  provided  with  a  door 
which  swung  on  wooden  hinges;  in  one 
end  a  fire-place.  In  this  primitive  dwell- 
ing John  received  his  instructions  in  the 
rudiments  of  knowledge,  sitting  on  rude 
slab  seats,  and  at  intervals  eyeing  the 
door  wistfully  through  which  he  would  glide 
with  a  rush,  at  recess.  On  leaving  the 
school-room  he  settled  down  to  farm  life. 
When  the  war  came  on  he  enlisted  in 
Rodger's  Battery,  Co.  K.,  at  Jacksonville, 
in  1863,  for  three  years'  service;  principally 
engaged  on  scouting  expeditions.  He  re- 
mained until  the  close  of  the  rebellion. 
In  1870  he  married  Miss  Hannah  Hall,  a 
daughter  of  the  well  known  Russell  Hall, 
a  pioneer  of  this  county.  This  union 
was  blessed  with  two  children,  Edgar  born 
1871,  and  Clara,  born  1874.  Mr.  Criswell 
owns  a  well  improved  farm,  comprising  six- 
ty-eight acres 

Curby  Spencer,  carp.  Waverly 
Cunningham  Cicero,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Cunningham  David,  lab.  Waverly 
CURTISS  AUGUSTINE  A.  farmer, 
Waverly;  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Litchfield 
Co.  Conn.,  April  3,  1817;  was  married  to 


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Miss  Huldah  Tanner  July  20, 1848.  They 
had  one  child,  Laura,  who  .married  Mr. 
W.  W.  Brown,  of  Waverly.  She  died 
January  20,  1870.  Homer  Curtiss,  the 
father  of  A.  A.,  is  living  with  his  son;  was 
born  in  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  May  20, 
1787.  He  came  to  Morgan  Co.  in  the 
Spring  of  1837,  and  settled  on  the  farm 
where  they  now  reside.  He  married  Miss 
Charry  Everitt  October  25,  1810.  She  died 
October  30,  1876.  The  old  gentleman  is 
still  very  active  and  does  his  share  of  the 
farm  work 

Curtiss  I.  H.  farmer,   Waverly 

CURTIS  HOMER,  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  Morgan  »Co.,  and  one  of  the  oldest 
residents  now  living  in  State  or  county; 
was  born  in  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  May  20, 
1787.  During  his  early  life  he  followed 
agricultural  pursuits,  and  teaching  school 
during  the  winter.  One  of  his  pupils,  with 
whom  he  formed  a  cordial  friendship,  Mr. 
Sturtevant,  afterward  became  president  of 
the  Illinois  College,  situated  at  Jackson- 
ville. Mr.  C.  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Charry  Everitt  October  25,  1810. 
Children  born  of  this  marriage:  Ora  M. 
born  August  15,  1811,  wife  of  Martin  B. 
Strong;  Theodore  E.  whose  portrait  appears 
in  this  work,  born  May  28,  1813;  Augus- 
tine A.  April  3,  1817;  Frederick  H.  March, 
1825,  and  Lodema  October  7,  1822,  wife 
of  James  R.  Godfrey,  of  Madison  Co. 
During  the  Spring  of  1837  Homer  Curtis 
left  Connecticut,  where  so"  many  years  of 
his  life  were  spent,  and  accompanied  by 
his  family,  moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  and 
located  on  the  farm  property  he  now  owns, 
consisting  then  and  now  of  200  acres. 
For  upwards  of  forty  years  Mr.  Curtis  has 
been  in  our  midst,  and  none  stand  higher 
in  the  estimation  of  the  people  of  this 
county  who  know  him,  for  his  strict  in- 
tegrity. In  the  Autumn  of  1876,  Mrs.  C. 
was  laid  at  rest.  There  thus  passed  away 
one  of  those  noble  women  whom  none 
know  but  delight  to  honor,  and  whose 
death  was  deeply  deplored.  Mrs.  C.  was 
born  in  Connecticut,  in  1789. 

CURTIS  T.  JB.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  12,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  above  named 
gentleman  was  the  second  child  of  Homer 
and  Charry  Curtis.  Homer  Curtis,  who  is  now 
in  his  93d  year,  and  who  is  an  honored 


citizen  of  this  county, was  born  in  Litchfield 
County,  Connecticut,  and  there  married 
Miss  Charry  Everitt.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Litchfield  County, 
Connecticut,  May,  1813;  there  he  received 
his  education  and  followed  farming;  in 
1835,  Mr.  C.  made  a  visit  to  Morgan 
County,  Illinois,  and  well  pleased  at  the 
flattering  prospects  on  the  broad  prairies  of 
the  West,  he  there  determined  to  locate; 
returning  to  the  East,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Laura  Sackett,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Justus  and  Polly  Sackett;  in  1837 
Mr.  Curtis  again  wended  his  way  to  Illi- 
nois, locating  in  Morgan  County,  where  he 
entered  forty  acres  of  land,  and  purchased 
one  hundred  and  twenty;  his  possessions, 
at  that  time,  were  limited,  but  he  gained 
slowly,  year  by  year,  and  by  judicious  in- 
vestments and  rare  judgment,  he  is  to- 
day one  of  our  most  substantial  farmers; 
and  has  arrived  at  his  present  prosperous 
condition  through  indomitable  will;  owning 
some  four  hundred  acres  in  the  vicinity  of 
Waverly.  Mr.  Curtis  now  lives  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  his  early  labor;  the  first  wife  of 
Mr.  C.  died  in  1867,  the  following  year  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Augusta  L. 
Tupper,  a  daughter  of  Martyn  Tupper,  a 
native  of  Connecticut.  For  a  period  of 
four  years  Mr.  Curtis  conducted  a  success- 
ful business  at  Waverly,  firm  name,  Rose, 
Curtis  &  Co.;  this  honorable  firm  were  well 
known  to  the  citizens  of  this  county; 
although  now  retired  from  active  labor, 
and  living  on  his  farm  property,  the  energy 
that  marked  his  youth,  is  still  a  distinguish- 
ing trait  of  his  character.  Mr.  Curtis  is 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Waverly 

Curven  Arthur,  repairer,  Waverly 

Gushing  John,  farmer,  Waverly 


D 


AVIDSON  T.  J.  carp.  Waverly 


DAVENPORT  MADISON,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  27;  P.O.  Waverly; 
was  born  in  Casey  County,  Kentucky,  Nov. 
i,  1842;  parents  of  Madison  were  William 
and  Rebecca,  who  were  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  Delaware,  respectively;  receiv- 
ing as  liberal  an  education  as  time  and 
circumstances  permitted,  living  in  the 
South  where  union  and  dis-union  were 
equally  divided,  then  in  his  eighteenth  year, 


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543 


he  was  compelled  alternately  to  enter  the 
Northern  and  Southern  armies;  in  1863  he 
made  his  way  over  the  northern  lines  into 
Illinois,  settling  in  Morgan  County.  On 
May  12,  1866,  he  married  Miss  Nancy  Cox, 
a  daughter  of  Corydon  and  Mary;  five  chil- 
dren :  Wm.  W.,  born  Oct.  27,  1866;  Lee  M., 
born  Aug.  6,  1868;  Laure  E.,  born  Oct.  20, 
1869;  Carrie  B.,  born  July  24,  1872;  Ida 
M.,  born  Feb.  17,  1874.  Mrs.  Davenport 
was  born  June  2,  1849 
Dealer  Allen,  renter,  P.O  Waverly 
DEATHERAGE  ACHILLES, 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly. Mr.  Deatherage,  who  is  one  of  the 
original  pioneers  of  old  Morgan,  was  the 
youngest  of  a  family  of  eight  children;  he 
was  born  in  Stokes  County,  North  Caro- 
lina, Feb.  8,  1799;  hig  earlier  years  he  pas- 
sed in  North  Carolina;  from  this  State  his 
parents  made  their  way  into  Kentucky, 
where  the  subject  of  this  notice  received  all 
the  education  that  he  ever  got — three 
months  schooling;  in  those  days  but  few 
were  advanced  in  the  pathway  of  know- 
ledge to  a  greater  extent  than  Mr.  D.,  in  his 
twenty-fifth  year.  In  1826,  hearing  of  the 
fertility  of  Illinois,  set  out  in  the  well- 
known  prairie-schooner,  and  located  on 
the  south  fork  of  the  Mauvaisterre;  during 
the  autumn  he  raised  a  crop;  in  1827,  he 
moved  to  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from 
where  he  now  lives;  in  1828  he  married 
Miss  Melinda  Rogers,  daughter  of  Wm. 
Rogers,  a  native  of  Kentucky.  At  this 
early  date  wild  game  abounded;  bruin  could 
often  be  seen  taking  his  morning's  walk, 
while  the  stealthy  tread  of  the  panther  was 
often  heard  outside  the  frontiersman's 
log  cabin;  when  the  deep  snow  of  1831,  fell, 
he  found  it  incumbent  upon  him,  to  gather 
corn,  the  snow,  at  times,  in  a  moist  condi- 
tion would  compel  him  to  wade  waist- 
deep.  When  Black  Hawk  made  war  on 
the  whites,  he  took  an  active  part;  when 
General  Gaines  and  Black  Hawk  met  for 
a  consultation,  Mr.  D.  had  a  full  view  of 
the  famous  Indian  chief;  crippled  by  his 
horse  falling  upon  him,  during  this  upris- 
ing, the  incidents  transpiring  during  this 
war,  are  vividly  impressed  on  his  memory; 
during  the  sudden  change  in  the  weather, 
in  1836,  he  was  the  keeper  of  an  inn,  and 
relates  that  the  stage  coach,  filled  with 


passengers,  and  driven  by  James  White,  of 
this  county,  arrived  at  his  house,  none  of 
whom  had  wholly  escaped  the  biting  north 
wind.  The  pioneer,  even  in  his  most  san- 
guine moments,  never  realized  the  great 
improvements  soon  to  become  manifest  in 
the  State,  and  witnessed  for  the  first  time, 
with  astonishment,  the  rapidly  running  lo- 
comotive, which  gave  place  to  the  slowly 
moving  ox  team.  Mr.  D.,  from  whom  this 
sketch  is  obtained,  lives  on  his  farm  of  200 
acres,  and  is  an  honored  citizen  of  this 
county;  children:  Winston,  who  married 
Eliza  Watkins;  Fannie,  who  married  Rev. 
Robert  Halliday;  Newton,  who  married 
Druesilla  Birch;  and  Charles  R.,  who  mar- 
ried Eliza  Austin 

Deatherage  Bathsheba,  wid.  George,  Waverly 

Deatherage  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  10;  P.O. 
Waverly 

Deatheraye  Coleman,  farmer,  Sec.  9;  born 
Aug.  10,  1875;  one  of  the  oldest  pioneers 
of  this  county 

Deatherage  Edna  Mrs.  Waverly 

Deatherage  Erastus,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  13,  P.  O.  Waverly 

Deatherage  George,  teamster,  Waverly 

Deatherage  James,  elk.  Waverly 

Deatherage  James,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Waverly 

Deatherage  John  A.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Deatherage  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
Waverly 

Deatherage  Kellis,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 

Deatherage  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 
Waverly 

DEATHERAGE  WILLIAM,  far- 
mer and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly. 
The  above-named  gentleman,  now  upward 
of  eighty  years  of  age,  and  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Morgan  County,  was  a  son  of 
George  and  Millie  Deatherage,  who  were 
natives  of  Virginia,  who  afterward  remo.ved 
to  North  Carolina,  where  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born,  as  near  as  can  be 
ascertained,  in  1796.  While  still  young, 
his  parents  moved  to  Kentucky,  and  there 
William  grew  to  manhood.  In  1826,  when 
but  few  save  the  hunter  or  trapper  made 
their  way  westward,  William  Deatheridge, 
then  in  the  flush  of  early  manhood,  set  out 
for  Illinois,  and  making  his  way  into  fhe 
interior,  settled  on  Apple  Creek.  At  this 
early  stage  of  the  county's  progress  Jack- 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


sonville  contained  but  little;  and  to  use  Mr. 
Deatheradge's  own  language,  the  groceries, 
provisions  and  dry  goods  that  the  village 
contained  could  easily  be  transported  in  a 
common  lumber  wagon.  Returning  to  the 
straight  line  of  our  narrative,  we  find  that 
Mr.  D.  settled  on  Apple  Creek,  where  he 
entered  -land  from  the  government.  Some 
years  from  the  date  of  his  arrival,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  L.  S.  Rogers,  a  native  of  Virginia. 
He  now  settled  down  to  the  hard  task  of 
breaking  prairie,  raised  small  grain,  and 
fattened  cattle  and  hogs  for  the  market, 
which  brought  but  little  for  the  labor  ex- 
pended. He  lived  year  after  year  a  con- 
tented life,  his  neighbors  sociable  and 
friendly,  though  living  miles  away;  when 
the  day's  work  drew  to  a  close,  and  the 
hard  work  of  the  farm  was  over,  the  humble 
yet  neat  home  was  always  an  attractive 
spot  for  the  bread-winner.  As  the  country 
became  settled  up,  his  children  attended 
the  district  schools,  which  had  given  place 
to  the  frontiersman's  cabin.  A  successful 
farmer  and  an  upright  citizen,  after  a  long 
life,  marked  by  many  privations,  he  lives 
in  retirement  on  his  farm  property,  where 
so  many  years  of  his  life  have  been  spent. 
Six  children;  five  living:  Panoran,  Georgi- 
ana,  Mary  E.,  Elvira  L.,  and  Melinda  F. 
Mr.'D.was  the  second  Postmaster  on  Apple 
Creek 

Deatherage  William  W.  brickyard,  Waverly 
Defrates  Manuel,  renter,  Sec.  17,  P.O. Waverly 
Dennis  Ansil  R.  grocer,  Waverly 
Dennis  Gabriel,  farmer,  Waverly 
Dennis  G.  H.  farmer,  Waverly 
Dennis  James  H.  clerk,  Waverly 
Dennis  Reuben,  wagonmkr.  Waverly 
Dennis  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.Waverly 
Dennis  Thomas  G.  wagonmkr.  Waverly 
Dennis  William  M.  wagonmkr.  Waverly 
Dennison  Samuel  J.  teamster,  Waverly 
Dewier  William,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dikes  Wm.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dodd  E.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dodd  Jefferson,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dodd  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dodd  Newton,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dohrs  Chris,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dougherty  Harvey,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dougherty  Kane,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Downs  Hardin,  teamster,  Waverly 
Downs  William,  farmer,  Waverly 


Drew  Warner  W.  carp.  Waverly 

Dunavan  W.  grocer,  Waverly 

DUNCAN  J.  C.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  24,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  D.  was  born 
in  North  Carolina,  May,  1840.  His  par- 
ents, moving  to  Virginia,  he  there  remained 
until  he  attained  his  fourteenth  year,  when 
he  went  to  Missouri,  where  his  mother 
died.  The  father,  not  altogether  pleased 
with  the  prospect  in  Misssouri,  removed  to 
Virginia.  Of  a  restless,  stirring  disposition, 
however,  prior  to  the  rebellion  he  made  his 
way  to  Illinois,  where  he  lived  in  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  Morgan,  Sangamon  and 
Macoupin.  J.  C.,  who  heads  this  sketch, 
married  Mrs.  Arminda  J.  Allis,  relict  of 
Richard  Allis,  and  a  daughter  of  Andrew  J. 
Stice,  an  old  pioneer  of  this  county.  Mrs. 
Duncan  died  April  27,  1878,  leaving  to  the 
care  of  her  husband  five  children:  Clara  A., 
Ira  J.,  Irwin  L.,  Minnie  A.,  and  Chas.  W. 


GEORGE  C.  clerk  J..N.W.& 
-'  S.E.R.R.  Waverly 
Eddings  Mary  E.  Mrs.  dressmkr.  Waverly 
Edwards  Francis,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Edwards  Jendon,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Edwards  Martin,  wagonmkr.  Waverly 
EDWARDS    RICHARD    M.    car- 
riage and   wagonmkr.  and  general   black- 
smith,   Elm  St.,    Waverly.     Was   born   in 
Mt.  Vernon.   Jefferson   Co.,    111.,  Feb.    n, 
1844;  moved   from   there  to  Alton,  111.,  in 
1848,  and  came   to    Morgan  Co.  in  1856. 
Settled   in  Waverly  in   October,  1876,  and 
engaged  in  the  above  business.     Was  mar- 
ried Dec.  31,  1867,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Brown. 
She  was  born  in  Macoupin  Co.,  111.,  May  I, 
1839.     They   have   three   children   living. 
namely:  Daisy  Dean,  born  June   22,  1872; 
Mary    Blanche,    born  April   23,  1874;  tne 
other   child,  a  girl,  born  the  morning  this 
was   written.     Mr.    E.   professed    religion 
Dec.  18,  1866;  was  baptized  by  the  Rev. 
W.  P.  Hart;  a  life-long  Democrat 
Edgemon    Samuel,    farmer,    Sec.    27,    P.O. 

Waverly 

ELDREDGE  L,.  R.  Waverly,  dealer  in 
fancy  goods,  pictures,  brackets,  jewelry, 
toys,  etc. 

Epling  Floyd,  carp.  Waverly 
Evans  James  W.  farmer,  Waverly 
EVERETT  R.    F.    farmer   and   stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Waverly.    Mr.  Everett 


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545 


was  the  second  son  of  Gamaliel  and  Nancy 
Everett.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Sharon, 
Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.  Born  in  1795,  he 
married  in  Connecticut  Miss  Nancy  Wood. 
Going  back  to  the  years  that  have  passed, 
we  find  that  his  father  was  among  the  first 
to  find  a  home  in  Connecticut;  and  what  is 
somewhat  remarkable,  the  property  in  pos- 
session of  the  grandfather  for  over  a  cen- 
tury, is  still  retained  by  a  later  generation. 
The  mother  of  Mr.  E.  is  still  living,  up- 
ward of  eighty  years  of  age.  His  father 
departed  this  life  many  years  ago.  *The 
subject  of  this  notice  remained  in  Connecti- 
cut until  he  had  attained  his  thirty-eighth 
year.  He  married,  in  1851,  Miss  Ellen  H. 
Curtis,  a  daughter  of  Erastus  and  Harriet, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Tanner.  During 
the  Spring  of  1860,  Mr.  E.  moved  to  Illi- 
nois, settling  on  the  farm  property  now 
owned  by  R.  C.  Curtis.  Renting  two  years, 
he  then  purchased  the  property  he  now  owns 
consisting  of  200  acres,  formerly  220.  This 
fine  property  was  originally  purchased  in 
small  tracts.  Mr.  E.  is  one  of  our  live, 
energetic  men,  who  keeps  pace  with  the 
public  improvements  of  the  day.  The  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Everett  to  Miss  Curtis  was 
blessed  with  two  children,  Erastus  C.,  born 
May  5,  1853;  Adeline,  born  1855 
Everett  E.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Waverly 

BANNING  GEORGE  B.  farmer,  Waverly 
Farrow  C.  H.  lab.  Waverly 

Farrow  Fanny  R.  wid.  James,  Waverly 

Fenn  Joshua  S.  bookseller,  Waverly 

Finley  John,  lab.  Waverly 

Finn  William,  lab.  Waverly 

Fishback  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Fisher  Henry,  farmer.  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly 

Fleming  Grant,  elk.  Waverly 

Fletcher  W.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Waverly 

Flinn  Thomas,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 

Flowers  Joseph,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 

Fogg  Noah,  carpenter,  Waverly 

Follis  Anderson,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 

Follis  Levi,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Waverly 

Ford  Gilman,  painter,  Waverly 

Ford  Henry,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 

Ford  J.  M.  painter,  Waverly 

Ford  Louis,  lab.  Waverly 

Funk  H.  T.  farm  hand,  P.O  Waverly 


/^IBSON  DAVID  E.  retired,  Waverly 
^"^  Gilbert  Louise  Mrs.  Waverly 
Gilpin  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waverly 
Gilpin  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly 
GIVENS  ROBERT,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Waverly;  fifth  child 
of  W.  T.  and  Lydia  Givens,  natives  of 
Tennessee  and  Kentucky  respectively;  Rob- 
ert was  born  on  the  old  homestead  of  his 
parents,  in  the  bounds  of  Morgan  County, 
March,  1840;  he  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion, attending  school  principally  during 
the  winter  season;  he  qualified  himself  for 
the  position  of  teacher,  although  he  has 
from  boyhood  devoted  his  attention  to 
farming;  December,  1861,  he  married  Miss 
Josephine  Armstrong,  a  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Rebecca  Armstrong.  Shortly  after  Mr. 
G.  became  a  teacher;  this  proved  irksome 
to  one  of  his  temperament,  and  was  aban- 
doned; Mr.  G.  is  a  gentleman  of  culture 
and  judgment,  and  makes  the  farm  a  suc- 
cess, owning  160  acres;  on  this  was  lately 
erected  a  handsome  frame  dwelling;  this 
marriage  was  blessed  with  one  child,  born 
October,  1862,  in  Morgan  Co. 
Givens  W.  T.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  8, 

P.O.  Waverly 

Givens  W.  T.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Gleasner  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

GOLDSMITH  JOHN  H.  printer, 
Waverly,  111;  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  111., 
Feb.  27  1839;  was  a  member  of  the  I4th 
Illinois  Infantry  during  the  war,  and  upon 
the  consolidation  of  that  regiment  with  the 
I5th  Illinois  Infantry,  became  Sergeant- 
Major  of  the  two,  known  as  the  "  Veteran 
Battalion  I4th  and  I5th"  Illinois  Infantry; 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Ackworth,  Ga.,  Oct. 
4,  1864,  and  confined  in  Andersonville 
prison  until  March  28,  1865;  at  the  close  of 
the  war  worked  in  Springfield,  111.,  as  a 
compositor  in  the  Journal  office;  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Nannie  B.  Morris,  in  Waver- 
ly, 111.,  Nov.  7,  1871;  removed  to  Waverly 
in  May,  1872,  and  started  the  Waverly 
Times,  which  lived  but  a  few  months;  one 
son,  J.  Berther  M.,  born  December  I3th, 

1875 

Gooch  William,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Goocher  John,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly 


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Goodel  T.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Waverly 
Goodpasture   W.   W.   farmer,  Sec.  30,    P.O. 

Waverly 

Gorman  Harrison,  farmer,  Waverly 
Gottschall  Wm.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Grankey  Chas.  W.  farm  hand,  P,O.  Waverly 
Grankey  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Grankey  John,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Waverly 
Grankey  Nancy  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
Graves  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Waverly 
Graves  William  H.  farmer,  Waverly 
Green  Catherine,  wid.  Oliver,  Waverly 
Groves  Geo.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Groves  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly 
Gudzwiller  Francis  J.  carpenter,  Waverly 
Gustin  M.  C.  plasterer,  Waverly 
Gustin  William  M.  carpenter,  Waverly 

TT  AIRGBOVE  JOSEPH  X.  far- 
mer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Haisley  John,  harnessmaker,  Waverly 

Haley  B.  W.  C.  schoolteacher,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Halpin  Patrick,  blacksmith,  Waverly 

HAM  GEORGE  A.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly;  the  gentle- 
man who  heads  this  sketch  was  the  oldest 
son  of  Martin  and  Mary  A.  Ham,  natives 
of  Kentucky  and  j  Illinois  respectively; 
Martin  Ham  was  a  farmer  in  Kentucky, 
and  there  passed  the  best  years  of  his  life; 
in  1834  he  made  a  visit  to  Morgan  County, 
and  not  liking  the  prospect  returned  to 
Kentucky,  where  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  days;  in  1870  George  A.  became  a 
resident  of  this  county,  and  the  same  year 
he  united  his  fortunes  with  Miss  Martha  E. 
Rowland,  a  daughter  of  Alexander  Row- 
land; he  had  by  this  marriage  four  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  living,  Wm.  O.  and 
Nettie  L.;  in  1861  Mr.  Ham  enlisted  in  a 
Kentucky  regiment  known  as  the  I34th, 
serving  nine  months;  he  was  honorably 
discharged  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  re- 
turned to  Kentucky;  Mr.  Ham  owns  40 
acres  of  well  improved  land 

Hamilton  James,  renter,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Hanley  George  W.  grocer,  Waverly 

Hardman  J.  S.  retired,  Waverly 

Hardman  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 


HARFORD  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly,  who  has  wit- 
nessed vast  changes  in  the  growing  We^t, 
is  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Morgan 
Co.;  the  oldest  child  of  Daniel  and  Sophia 
Harford,  natives  of  Virginia  and  Ohio. 
Daniel  Harford  married  Miss  Sophia  Curry 
in  Ohio,  in  1829  ;  he  emigrated  to  Illinois, 
accompanied  by  his  wife  and  two  children, 
and  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Frank- 
lin; one  year  later  he  removed  to  Macou- 
pin  Co.,  where  he  lived  twenty  years  in 
succession,  and  where  he  now  resides.  It 
is  said  that  Mr.  H.  was  one  of  the  best  pro- 
ducers of  Indian  corn  in  this  section  of  the 
country.  Twenty-three  years  ago  his  wife 
died,  leaving  to  her  husband's  care  six 
children  :  Steven,  Mary,  Elias,  Caroline, 
George,  and  John,  who  heads  this,  and 
of  whom  it  will  be  well  to  append  a  short 
sketch  :  he  was  born  in  Ohio,  May  27, 1827; 
he  attended  a  subscription  school,  where 
the  studies  were  confined  principally  to  a 
Webster's  spelling  book  ;  he  married  July 
24,  1849,  Migs  Harriet  Landreth,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Landreth.  Mr.  H. 
was  enrolled  as  a  volunteer  during  the  war 
with  Mexico,  but  the  company  he  joined 
never  entered  upon  active  service.  On  the 
breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  he  enlisted  in 
Co.  H.  I22d  111.  Inft.  for  three  years'  ser- 
vice ;  in  1862  in  the  following  battles : 
Nashville,  Blakely,  and  Parker's  Cross 
Roads ;  honorably  discharged  on  the  close 
of  the  war,  he  returned  to  Morgan  Co. 
This  marriage  was  blessed  with  six  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  living — Mary  Jane 
and  Harriet  S. 

Harmon  A.  S.  machinist,  Waverly 

Harney  Alonzo,  tinner,  Waverly 

HARNEY  A.  A.  farmer  and  stock  rais- 
er, Sec.  20,  P.O.  Waverly,  son  of  James 
and  Martha  Harney,  natives  of  Kentucky 
and  Illinois  respectively.  For  a  number  of 
years  Mr.  Harney  was  a  clerk  in  the  South- 
ern States  ;  by  trade  a  tinner,  which  he  fol- 
lowed successfully  for  some  years  in  Waver- 
ly, in  Morgan  Co.  He  married  Miss  Julia 
Ashbaugh,  a  daughter  of  J.  G.  Ashbaugh, 
whose  father  was  one  of  the  old  line  pioneers 
of  this  county.  The  marriage  of  A.  A. 
Harney  to  Miss  Ashbaugh  was  blessed  with 
one  child — Mattie  B.  born  April  10,  1876. 
As  James  Harney  was  well  and  favorably 


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known  in  this  county,  we  append  a  short 
sketch  of  his  life :  he  was  by  trade  a  black- 
smith, working  at  this  vocation  many  years; 
it  is  thought  that  he  took  part  in  the  Black- 
hawk  war.  In  the  early  history  of  the 
county  he  secured  land  from  the  govern- 
ment by  means  of  the  organization  of  a 
party  known  as  the  Phalany.  During  the 
late  war  of  the  rebellion  he  took  an  active 
part,  and  died  at  Arkansas  Post  a  brave 
soldier.  He  found  a  last  resting  place  on 
southern  soil.  There  were  but  two  chil- 
dren of  whom  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is 
the  youngest 

Harris  Judson,  elk.  Waverly 

HARRIS  WM.  P.  farmer,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly, son  of  Charles  and  Sarah  Harris, 
born  May  7,  1807,  in  Green  Co.,  Ky.;  when 
fourteen  years  old  his  father  died  ;  he  con- 
tinued to  live  with  his  mother,  assisting  in 
the  maintenance  of  the  family  until  his 
marriage,  which  occurred  Aug.  10,  1827,  to 
Miss  Melinda,  daughter  of  John  and  Patsy 
(Fanem)  Miller.  His  mother  died  at  the 
old  home  place  in  Green  Co.,  Ky.,  in  1851. 
Mr.  Harris  continued  to  live  in  Kentucky 
two  years  after  his  marriage,  he  then  moved 
to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  date  1829.  Stopping 
at  Shurtleffs  Stand,  near  where  is  now 
Waverly,  he  purchased  provisions  which 
depleted  his  purse  to  a  surprising  degree 
as  he  then  had  but  a  quarter  of  a  dollar, 
one  horse,  a  wagon,  and  a  few  articles  of 
furniture.  This  was  an  early  day  in  the 
history  of  Morgan  Co.;  but  a  few  short 
years  before,  the  North  American  Indians 
were  as  the  leaves  of  the  forest,  whose  ech- 
oing footsteps  had  scarcely  died  away,  be- 
fore the  onward  sweep  of  the  white  man. 
Mr.  Harris  first  stopped  four  miles  south 
of  Jacksonville  ;  he  next  moved  to  Macou- 
pin  County,  locating  six  miles  southwest  of 
what  is  now  Scottville,  where  he  remained 
fourteen  years  and  made  his  first  purchase 
of  land  in  Illinois,  a  tract  of  200  acres.  In 
1849  he  sold  this  and  moved  to  the  head  of 
Indian  Creek,  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  lived 
three  years  ;  while  here  his  wife,  who  had 
been  the  companion  of  his  youth,  died, 
May  5,  1851  Soon  after  the  decease  of 
his  wife  Mr.  H.  settled  in  Sangamon  Co., 
Saomi  township,  and  purchased  400  acres 
of  land,  and  afterward  became  the  owner  of 
1,100  acres,  a  magnificent  property.  There 


stands  near  Waverly  a  handsome  dwelling 
house,  owned  by  Mr.  Harris,  a  monument 
of  his  early  industry.  Few  men,  from  such 
a  humble  beginning,  have  succeeded  as 
well  in  life  as  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and 
none  who  have  evinced  more  pluck  and  en- 
durance, and  whose  many  good  traits  of 
character  will  long  be  remembered.  Mr. 
H.  is  of  Welsh  origin  ;  his  grandfather  was 
born  in  Wales;  coming  to  Virginia  before 
the  American  revolution,  in  which  he  took 
an  active  part.  On  the  close  of  the  war  he 
continued  to  live  in  Virginia ;  he  had  three 
sons — Robert,  John,  and  Charles,  who  was 
the  father  of  Wm.;  moved  from  Virginia  to 
Kentucky,  where  he  died;  he  raised  a  fam- 
ily of  seven  children,  viz:  Mrs.  Hester 
(Samuel)  Curry,  Mrs.  Sarah  (John)  Close, 
Mrs.  Polly  (Smith)  Warfield,  Mrs.  (Jacob) 
Beer,  Elizabeth,  Mrs.  Nancy  (David)  Vic- 
tor, and  Wm.  P.  His  children  by  first 
marriage  :  Sarah  C.,  wife  of  James  Arnold  ; 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Wm  Colbert  ;  Nancy, 
wife  of  Dr.  McVey  ;  Charles  ;  Martha,  wife 
of  Enoch  Gilpen;  Wm.  H.;  Thos.  J  and 
Enoch  T.;  two  children  died  in  early  in- 
fancy 

Harris  W.  H.  H.  elk.  Waverly 
Hart  George,  renter,  Sec.  10,  P.O.    Waverly 
Hart  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  Jacob,  farmer,  Waverly 
Hart  James,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  James  M.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  Leonard,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  Walter,  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  Wm.  farmer,  Waverly 
Hazzard  Mrs.  Waverly  • 

Henderson  Buck,  P.O.  Waverly 
Henderson  John,  farmer,  Waverly 
Herschler  Christian,  barber,  Waverly 
Hewes    M.    A.   Rev.    pastor    M.    E.  church, 

Waverly 

HILTON  AMANDA  MRS.  widow 
of  George  O.  Hilton;  was  born  in  Morgan 
County,  in  1835;  in  1860,  Mrs.  H.  whose 
maiden  name  was  Dennis,  was  married  to 
Geo.  O.  Hilton,  who  was  born  in  Morgan 
County  in  1835.  Mr.  H.  was  a  farmer,  up 
to  the  year  1868;  when  he  determined  to 
enter  upon  the  ministry,  and  accordingly 
by  Conference  he  was  appointed  a  cir- 
cuit preacher;  called  upon  to  preside 
over  a  congregation  in  Montana,  he 


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left   his   home   in  Illinois,  and   in  six  short 
weeks,  from  the  time  he  left,  was  killed  by 
the   falling  of  a  tree;  an    earnest  Christian 
worker,    his    death   was   deeply   deplored, 
even  by  the  rough  men  of  Montana,  who 
had   known    so    little   of  him.     Since  the 
death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Hilton  resides 
on  her  farm  property,  in  close  proximity  to 
where   her   father   settled,    when    Morgan 
County  knew  but  little  improvements;  there 
are  five  children,  Wm.  W.,  Jas.  L.,   Thos. 
H.,  Mary  E.,  and  Oscar  S. 
Hilyard  Joseph,  farmer,  Waverly 
Hines  Isaac,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hobson  M.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hodge  Jas.  M.  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hodgerson   Geo.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

HOLMES  GEORGE,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly;  the 
gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch,was  born 
in  Knox  County,  Tennessee,  April  7,  1829; 
his  father,  George  Holmes,  was  a  native  of 
North  Carolina;  but  little  can  be  learned 
of  his  early  history;  he  married  in  North 
Carolina,  Miss  Elizabeth  Bird,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Bird.  George,  sr.,  moved  to 
Knox  County,  Tennessee, where  he  follow- 
ed farming,  and  where  his  wife  died;  dur- 
ing the  sixteenth  year  of  the  subject  of  this 
notice,  date  1850.  The  head  of  the  family 
died  in  Overton  County,  Tennessee,  in 
1866.  The  subject  of  this  biography  grew 
up  in  Tennessee,  there  received  his  educa- 
tion, and  married  in  his  twenty-fourth  year, 
1852,  Miss  Minerva  Taylor,  a  daughter  of 
Simeon  A.  Taylor,  a  native  of  Tennessee; 
the  following  year  found  them  en  route  for 
Illinois;  they  settled  in  Morgan  County, 
and  first  rented  farm  property;  when  the 
war  of  the  rebellion  came  on,  George  en- 
listed in  the  Thirteenth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
Company  G,  remaining  in  service  three 
years;  he  participated  in  many  engage- 
ments; honorably  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war;  he  returned  to  Morgan  County, 
where  he  has  since  resided;  owning  forty 
acres  of  land;  eleven  children;  John,  born 
March  21,  1853,  married  Miss  Amelia 
Large;  Lucinda  Jane,  born  Aug.  15,  1854, 
married  John  Lines,  and  now  resides  in 
Virden,  Macoupin  County;  George  S.  born 
Jan.  23,  1858,  died  in  1861;  Laura  A.  born 
Oct.  4,  1859;  Aaron  Z.  born  May  4,  1861; 


Minerva,  born  Nov.  19,  1865;  Edward,  born 
June  14,  1868;  Mary  Ida,  born  Dec.  30, 
1869;  James  F.  born  Feb.  20,  1871;  child 
of  John  Holmes,  who  is  the  oldest  son  of 
George  Holmes;  Nancy  A.  born  Feb.  7, 
1877 

Holmes  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Holmes  Fredrick,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Hubbard  Jas.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

HUBBARD  THOS.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly;  Mr.  Hub- 
bard  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Ken- 
tucky, Sept.  27,  1815;  his  father,  John 
Hubbard,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky;  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  He  married,  in 
Kentucky,  Miss  Elizabeth  Parks,  and  dur- 
ing the  Autumn  of  1831,  they  set  out  for 
Illinois,  and  on  arrival,  located  in  Greene 
County;  Thos.  Hubbard,  who  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Illinois,  married  in  his 
twenty-first  year,  in  Greene  County,  Miss 
Sarah  Morrow,  a  daughter  of  Allen  Mor- 
row, a  native  of  North  Carolina;  for  a  short 
time  Mr.  Hubbard  lived  in  Greene  County, 
and  then  moved  to  Mason  County,  where 
he  followed  farming  twelve  years;  return- 
ing to  Greene  County,  he  purchased  an 
interest  in  a  grist  mill.  In  1856,  he  became 
a  resident  of  Morgan  County,  where  he 
now  resides,  on  his  farm  property,  com- 
prising 86^  acres;  having  the  confidence 
of  the  people,  Mr.  H.  has  held  numerous 
offices,  as  Assessor,  etc.,  etc.  This  mar- 
riage was  blessed  with  nine  children,  only 
three  of  whom  are  living:  Sarah  A.,  Thos. 
M.,  and  Jas.  H.,  who  reside  on  the  old 
homestead. 

Hubbard  Thomas  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly 

Hurtt  Charles,  lab.  Waverly 

Hurtt  Henry,  farmer  Waverly 

Hutchison  Bros.  &  Co.  millers,  Waverly 

Hutchison  David  B.  miller,  Waverly 

Hutchison  James  E.  elk.  Waverly 
Hutchison  John  M.  miller,  Waverly 
Hutchison  William  A.  druggist,  Waverly 

JACKSON  ELISHA,  farmer,  Waverly 
Jackson  George  H.  foreman,  Waverly 
Javins  Samuel,  retired,  Waverly 
Johnson  Allen,  lab.  Waverly 


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Jolly  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly 

Jones  Alexander,  renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Jones  Elah,  farmer,  Sec.  u,  P.O.  Waverly 

Jones  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Jones  Lucy,  wid.  Titus,  Waverly 

JONES  ROBERT  A.  representative 
farmer  of  Morgan  County,  was  born  in 
Morgan  County,  Tenn.,  in  1818;  his  father, 
Waitman  Jones,  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  Virginia,  in  1797;  tracing  this 
family  farther,  Robert  A.,  the  grandfather, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1748,  of  a  wealthy 
and  distinguished  family;  he  acquired  a 
liberal  education,  and  became  one  among 
the  noted  scholars  of  England;  he  then 
married  an  English  lady,  who  died  in  Eng- 
land, and  whose  name  is  unknown;  by  this 
marriage  two  children:  Edward  and  Phoebe; 
to  better  his  fortunes  he  crossed  the  Atlan- 
tic, years  before  steamboats  were  seen  on 
the  broad  waters;  settling  in  Franklin 
County,  Virginia,  he  there  married  Miss 
Susan  Richards,  by  whom  he  had  eight 

'  children,  six  of  whom  grew  to  maturity; 
names:  Edward,  Phoebe,  Reuben,  Eliza- 
beth, Waitman,  and  Susan;  Robert  A. 
Jones  died  in  Virginia,  after  a  long  and 
busy  life;  Waitman,  the  father  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  notice,  grew  up  in  Virginia  and 
Tennessee,  where  he  married  Miss  Esther 
Stewart;  by  this  marriage  twelve  children: 
Robert,  Mary,  Brice,  Susannah,  Reuben, 
Edward,  Elah,  Phoebe.  Elizabeth,  Esther 
Jane,  Hannah  A.  and  Winny  C.;  Mr.  Jones 
settled  some  five  miles  from  Waverly,  in 
Morgan  County,  in  1828;  he  had  on  arrival 
but  $9.50  in  money,  and  a  pony;  his  family 
small,  but  each  strove  and  worked  for  a 
better  condition  of  affairs;  in  Morgan 
county  the  old  folks  passed  the  remainder 
of  their  lives,  where  they  were  living  wit- 
nesses of  the  stirring  scenes  of  western  life. 
Robert,  who  heads  this  sketch,  grew  up  on 
the  homestead,  and  when  old  enough  at- 
tended a  subscription  school;  his  present 
liberal  education  was  derived  by  his  own 
indomitable  will,  long  after  his  schooling 
ended;  Mr.  Jones  married,  in  Macoupin 
County,  Miss  Letitia  Ann  England;  by 
this  marriage  fourteen  children:  Catherine 
M.,  Elah,  Minerva,  Martha  Ann,  John, 
Lucinda,  Elizabeth,  Esther  J.,  Susannah, 
Mary  M.,  Waitman  A.,  Jas.  P.,  Wm.  D., 


and  Samuel  E.,  ten  of  whom  are  living; 
Mr.  Jones,  like  many  men  of  enterprise, 
commenced  life  with  but  little  save  a 
rugged  will;  his  first  tax  receipt  was  for 
37  cents,  a  vast  difference  compared  to  his 
present  prosperous  condition,  owning  600 
acres  of  valuable  land,  and  Waverly  prop- 
erty, and  takes  a  front  rank  as  a  farmer  and 
citizen  of  this  county 
Jones  Timothy,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Jones  Watemon,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 

Waverly 

Jones  W.  A.  foreman,  Waverly 
Jones  Wm.  D.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Waverly 
Jones  William  R.  teamster,  Waverly 
Jossi  Louis,  painter,  Waverly 

T/"ELLER  GEO.  M.  school  teacher,  P.O. 
""  Waverly 

Kellogg  George  M.  grocer,  Waverly 
Kemper  Casper,  restaurant,  Waverly 
Kennedy  Catherine,  wid.  William,  Waverly 
KENNEDY  M.  S.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  above 
named  gentleman,  who  is  widely  known 
for  his  enterprise  and  liberality,  was  the 
youngest  of  a  family  of  thirteen  children, 
and  was  born  in  East  Tennessee,  October, 
1824;  in  1831,  the  family  moved  to  Indiana, 
settling  on  timbered  land  obtained  from 
the  government;  five  years  after  his  arrival 
the  father  died;  Mrs. Kennedy,  left  an  estate 
of  160  acres,  disposed  of  this,  and  during 
the  Autumn  of  1839,  moved  to  Morgan 
County,  Illinois,  where  land  was  rented  of 
Governor  Duncan;  on  this  estate  was  raised 
their  first  crop  in  Illinois;  the  following 
year  they  moved  to  the  farm  of  Captain 
John  Wiatt,  and  remained  some  three 
years;  the  subject  of  this  sketch  grew  up 
among  the  pioneer  boys  of  his  day;  in 
Indiana  he  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion, which  was  afterward  brought  to  com- 
pletion in  Illinois;  in  his  twenty-fourth 
year,  1849,  he  married  Miss  Mary  A.  Bur- 
nett, a  daughter  of  Jas.  H.;  Mrs.  Kennedy 
died  in  1852;  two  children:  Mary  Ann, 
deceased,  and  Sophronia,  now  the  wife  of 
Geo.  Evans;  in  April,  1853,  Mr.  Kennedy 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  Rohrer;  by  this 
marriage  four  children,  three  living:  Wm. 
L.,  John,  and  Edward  R.;  for  four  years 
Mr.  K.  was  a  merchant  in  Waverly,  where 
he  built  up  a  reputation  for  honesty  and 


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integrity;  during  the  war  he  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  faithfully,  and  became  quite  popular; 
on  retirement  from  office  he  turned  his  at- 
tention to  buying  and  shipping  stock;  sus- 
taining a  heavy  loss  in  the  shipping  of 
hogs,  he  in  consequence,  many  years  ago, 
abandoned  this,  with  the  exception  of 
shipping  stock  grazed  on  his  farm,  com- 
prising 500  acres,  on  which  he  erected, 
some  years  ago,  a  large  and  spacious  brick 
residence;  fourteen  years  ago  Mr.  K.  was 
elected  township  treasurer,  which  office  he 
yet  fills  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  people; 
for  several  years  he  served  as  one  of  the 
board  of  trustees  at  Waverly;  one  year 
served  as  president  of  the  board;  for  the 
past  five  years  as  assessor  in  the  district 
where  he  lives 

Kent  Enoch,  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Keplinger  Fannie,  wid.  Thomas,  Waverly 
KEPL.INGER  FRANK,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Waverly.  The 
subject  of  this  biography  was  the  oldest  son 
of  John  E.  Keplinger,  who  was  born  in 
Tennessee,  near  Jonesboro,  June  18,  1818; 
when  John  E.  was  six  years 'of  age  his 
parents  emigrated  to  Illinois,  and  located 
on  the  Mauvaisterre;  this,  as  near  as  can  be 
ascertained,  was  in  1824;  growing  to  man- 
hood on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  he 
acquired  a  vigor  that  laid  the  foundation  of 
his  future  success  in  life;  his  education  was 
received  in  a  log  cabin;  he  married,  in  1843, 
Miss  Loretta  Harris,  a  daughter  of  Wm. 
Harris;  this  marriage  was  blessed  with  seven 
children,  five  living;  Frank,  who  heads  this 
sketch,  was  born  Jan.  15,  1844,  in  Morgan 
County;  received  his  preliminary  education 
at  district  schools,  which  was  afterward 
completed  at  Bloomington  high  school; 
during  the  late  war  he  enlisted  in  Co.  B, 
Tenth  Illinois  Infantry,  at  Jacksonville;  he 
was  then  in  his  twentieth  year;  became 
engaged  in  battles  fought  by  Sherman  dur- 
ing his  march  to  the  sea;  honorably  dis- 
charged July  18,  1865,  he  returned  to  Mor- 
gan County,  where  he  married,  Jan.  15, 
1868,  Miss  Rachel  Holliday,  a  daughter  of 
Wm.  Holliday,  a  physician,  and  Mariah, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Bachelor;  two 
children:  Hattie  M.,  and  Benjamin 
Keplinger  John  E.  grocer,  Waverly 
Keplinger  J.  Wesley,  Waverly 


KIMBER  ALONZO  L.  physician 
and  surgeon,  office  ws  Square,  r  on  his 
farm  on  the  east  side  of  the  city  Waver- 
ly, 111.;  was  born  in  Cadiz,  Harrison  Co., 
Ohio,  Nov.  10,  1825;  was  educated  at  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  at  Delaware, 
Ohio;  came  to  Illinois  in  the  Fall  of  1854; 
graduated  at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chi- 
cago, in  the  Spring  of  1857;  located  for 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  Prairie  City, 
McDonough  Co.,  111.,  and  in  the  Spring  of 
1859  removed  to  this  place,  where  he  has 
remained 

Kingdon  John,  butcher,  Waverly 
Knapp  Susan,  wid.  George,  Waverly 

T    ACY  WILLIAM  K.  carp.  Waverly 

Lambert  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Waverly 

L.ANDRETH  J.  O.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  sub- 
ject was  the  seventh  child  of  a  family  of 
eleven  children;  his  father,  Jonathan  Lan- 
dreth,  who  has  lived  in  Macoupin  .Co. 
since  1833,  was  born  in  Virginia,  1800;  on' 
his  emigration  to  Illinois,  in  1821,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Thompson  in  Union  Co. 
J.  O.  Landreth  is  worthy  of  more  than  a 
passing  notice;  he  was  born  in  Virginia,  in 
1832;  one  year  later,  as  elsewhere  stated, 
his  parents  moved  to  Macoupin  Co.;  close 
to  the  neighborhood  where  he  now  lives 
were  passed  the  early  years  of  young  Lan- 
dreth; in  1856  he  married  Miss  Martha  A. 
Yowell,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Emily 
Yowell,  natives  of  Kentucky,  who  moved 
to  Illinois  in  1851;  by  this  marriage  five 
children:  Luella,  born  1857,  Ora,  born  1859, 
Olivia,  born  1862,  James  A.  born  1864, 
Noah  W.  H.  born  1873;  after  his  marriage 
Mr.  Landreth  attended  a  course  of  medical 
lectures  at  Chicago,  and  has  practiced  to 
such  an  extent  as  do  not  conflict  with  his 
farm  duties  the  profession  of  a  physician. 
In  1873  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace. 
For  many  years  Mr.  Landreth  has  fol- 
lowed farming;  owns  eighty  acres.  It  should 
be  stated  that  Mr.  L.  attended  the  lec- 
tures heretofore  mentioned  at  Rush  Col- 
lege in  1864,  and  has  been  a  hard  working 
student  in  his  profession 

Lankton  Chauncey  W.  miller,  Waverly 

Lankton  Jule  C.  grocer,  Waverly 

Landrith  Mary  Miss,  Waverly 


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Large  Adam,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly 
Large  Alexander,  renter,  Sec.    32,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Large  Peter,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly 
Large  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly 
LAWS  JOHN  P.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Laws 
was  born  in  Scott  Co.,  111.,  July,  1844;  his 
parents,  Stephen  and  Sarah,  were  early  resi- 
dents of  Morgan  Co.,  afterward  removing  to 
Scott  Co.,  where  the  elder  Laws  followed  for 
many  years  the  calling  of  a  cooper;  in  this 
county  young  Laws  passed  the  earlier  years 
of  his  life;  at  twenty-three  he  married  Miss 
Margaret  E.  Crisman,  a  daughter  of  E.  M. 
Crisman,  the  noted  stock  dealer  of  Scott 
Co.  It  should  have  been  previously  stated 
that  in  his  eighteenth  year  Mr.  L.  enlisted 
in  the  war  for  the  Union,  in  Co.  F.,  I2gth 
111.  Inf.,  sharing  the  hardships  of  Sher- 
man's Atlanta  campaign;  he  became  en- 
gaged in  the  battles  of  Kenesaw  Mountain, 
Resaca,  Dallas,  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Buz- 
zard Roost,  Atlanta,  Burnt  Hickory,  etc.; 
promoted  corporal;  on  the  close  of  the  war 
he  was  honorably  discharged  and  returned 
to  Scott  Co.,  where  he  married;  two  years 
later,  he  removed  to  old  Morgan,  where  he 
owns  an  estate  of  eighty  acres;  by  this 
marriage  three  children  ;  only  one  living: 
John  Elmer,  born  Dec.  I,  1877;  Sallie  L.  and 
Edgar  S.  deceased 

Lawson  George  M.  wagon  maker,  Waverly 
LEAK  THOMAS,  farmer  and  stock 
ra'iser,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Waverly;  youngest 
child  of  George  and  Jane  Leak.  George 
Leak  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  and 
there  married  Miss  Jane  Hiles;  six  chil- 
dren were  born  of  this  marriage:  Wil- 
liam, John,  George,  Thomas,  Alice,  and 
Fanny.  During  the  Spring  of  1851,  the 
family  stepped  on  board  a  sailing  vessel 
bound  for  America,  landmg  in  New  York 
City;  there  they  remained  during  the  sum- 
mer, and  during  the  autumn  of  that  year 
moved  to  Illinois  and  settled  on  the  Mau- 
vaisterre.  For  some  two  years  George  Leak 
worked  for  Judge  Wood,  and  then  rented 
the  land  now  owned  by  Daniel  Sevier, 
where  he  died;  his  wife  survived  him  many 
years,  being  laid  at  rest  in  1876.  Thomas, 
whose  name  stands  at  the  top  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England, 
Sept.  II,  1835;  when  the  family  arrived  in 


Morgan    Co.  he  had  attained  his  sixteenth 
year;  he  married,  at  twenty-one,  Miss  Mary 
Jane  Jones,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Har- 
riet Jones;  by  this   marriage   six  children, 
three   of    whom    are    living:     George  D., 
James,   and  Josephine;    Martha,     Harriet, 
John  deceased.     Since  his  arrival  in  Mor- 
gan Co.,  Mr.  Leak  has  followed  farming, 
owning  seventy  acres 
Leak  Wm.  dry  goods,  Waverly 
Leigh  E.   F.  elk.  Waverly 
Lindsey  Wm.  plasterer,  Wavevly 
Lobb  J.   B.  farm  hand;  P.O.  Waverly 
Lombard  Gilbert,  constable,  Waverly 
Lombard  Joseph,  wagon  maker,  Waverly 
Long  Geo.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Franklin 
Loving  Geo.   W.  farmer,  Sec.    22,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Luther  Charles,  farmer,  Waverly 
Luttrell  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.Waverly 
Luttrell  Thomas  J.  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Luttrell  Sarah,  wid.  •  Hiram,  Waverly 
Lynch  Charles,   renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly 
Lynch  James,  lab.  Waverly 
Lyons  James,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Waverly 

1X/TACK  IREN,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
***  Waverly 

Mader  Christopher,  barber,  Waverly 

Maher  Wm.  lab.   Waverly 

MANSON  JAMES  W.  of  the  firm 
Grain  &  Hanson,  dry  goods'  merchants 
and  bankers,  ws  Square,  Waverly  111.;  was 
born  June  2,  1826,  in  Frederick X^o.,  Mary- 
land; came  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  in  the 
Spring  of  1838,  with  his  father,  Jonathan 
Manson;  was  married  Sept.  6,  1849,  to 
Miss  Ruth  Hamilton,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  C.  Hamilton;  she  died  May  5,  1853; 
was  married  June  17,  1856,  to  Miss  Abbie 
A.  Thompson,  daughter  of  Oswald  Thomp- 
son, of  Cass  Co.;  she  was  born  Sept.  19, 
1838,  in  Cass  Co.;  have  five  children  liv- 
ing by  his  last  wife,  namely:  Clara  I. ,  born 
March  28,  1857,  Wm.  O.  born  Oct.  9, 1858, 
Emma  born  May  5,  1864,  Frankie  and 
Nellie  born  May  10,  1871 

Manson  Mary  A.  wid.  J.  Waverly 

Manson  William  O  cash.  Crain  &  Manson, 
Waverly 

MARSHALL  WM.  H.  grocer,  Pearl 
St.,  Waverly,  111.;  was  born  in  Jacksonville, 
Morgan  Co.,  March  19,  1857;  moved  to 


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Carlinville,  Macoupin  Co.,    111.,    with   his 
parents  in  1864,  where  his  father  died  on 
the    22d    day    of     February,    1874 ;     his 
mother  married   the  second  time  to  Daniel 
Dulls,    Esq.,    Coroner   of    Macoupin  Co.  ; 
Mr.    M.  received  his  education  at  Black- 
burn University  at   Carlinville,    where  he 
has   resided    since    1864   until  September, 
1877,  when  he  moved  to  Jacksonville,  and 
in  April,  1878,    he  came    to  Waverly  and 
embarked  in  the  grocery  business 
Martin  Henry,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Wavirly 
Martin  Michael,  Waverly 
Maupin  Elijah,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Mayfield   Ellison,    renter,  Sec,  10,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

McCasland  Charles  D,  stock-dealer,  Waverly 
McCracken  John,  farmer,  Waverly 
McDevitt  John,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
McGlolti.i  James,  renter,  P.O.  Waveriy 
McKee  Robert,  Waverly 
McMahan    Isiah,  farmer,   Sec.  36,   P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

McMahan  John  D.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 
McMahan   J.    S.    farm    hand,    Sec.  15,  P.O. 

Waverly 

McVey  George  R.  farmer,  Waverly 
McVEY  R.  E.  physician  and  surgeon 
west  side  Square,  Waverly,  was  born  in 
Madison  County,  111.,  Nov.  19,  1828  ;  in 
1852  was  married  to  Margaret  J.  Hutchi- 
son, of  Waverly,  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  who 
died  of  bilious  fever  the  following  June ; 
was  married  again  Dec.  28,  1854,  to  Miss 
Nancy  Harris,  of  Sangamon  Co.,  Ill,  when 
they  moved  tD  Girard,  Macoupin  Co.. 
where  he  was  connected  with  a  steam  flour- 
ing mill.  Here  the  first  child,  Mary  M. 
was  born  Jan.  n,  1856,  and  died  Feb.  10 
the  same  year.  In  the  Spring  of  1857 
moved  to  Nilwood,  111.,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  pursuits  and  in  the 
study  of  medicine,  and  there  the  second 
child,  Virginia  A.  was  born  Aug.  5,  1857, 
and  died  Sept.  20, 1858.  In  1859,  removed 
to  Waverly,  where  he  still  resides,  and  con- 
tinued the  study  of  medicine ;  graduated 
at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  111.,  in 
1861  Since  his  residence  in  Waverly  four 
children  have  been  born :  the  oldest  of 
whom,  Carrie  was  born  Nov.  23,  1861  ;  the 
next,  William  Edley,  June  30,  1864,  and  the 
youngest  who  are  twins,  Nellie  and  Nan- 


nie, Sept.  3,  1874.  Dr.  McVey  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Morgan  County  Medical  Society, 
Illinois  State  Medical  Society,  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  Dr.  Mc- 
Vey is  engaged  in  general  practice,  and 
makes  nervous  diseases  a  specialty,  and  is 
now  prepared  to  treat  all  forms  of  nervous 
trouble  hy  the  most  recent  appliances  in 
the  way  of  electricity  and  electric  baths  ; 
and  is  also  prepared  for  the  treatment  of 
diseases  by  electro  surgeory. 
Meacham  C.  F.  auctioneer,  Waverly 
MEACHAM  E.  D.  farmer  and  slock- 
raiser,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Meacham  was 
born  in  North  Carolina,  Feb.  4,  1805. 
When  but  a  year  old  his  parents  moved  to 
Kentucky,  and  settled  on  farm  property; 
in  1830  the  Meacham  family  emigrated  to 
Illinois,  and  settled  in  Sangamon  Co.,  as 
their  names  appear  in  the  historical  portion 
of  this  volume.  We  here  append^a  bio- 
graphical sketch  of  E.  D.  Meacham,  whose 
name  stands  at  the  top.  He  married 
in  Kentucky  Mrs.  Nancy  Cavanah  in 
1825  ;  in  Sangamon  Co.  Mr.  M.  farmed  it 
for  many  years,  where  his  first  wife  died  ; 
six  children  were  born  of  this  marriage : 
Martha,  W.  E.  (whose  biographical  sketch 
appears  elsewhere)  ;  Margaret,  deceased, 
C.  F.,  who  transacts  the  business  of  a  horse 
farrier  at  Waverly  ;  Adeline  W.  and  Lucin- 
da.  Nov.  12,  1854,  Mr.  Meacham  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  Mc- 
Cormick ;  nine  children  born  of  this  mar- 
riage, all  of  whom  are  living  •  E.  D.  jr.,  Isa- 
bel, Henry  C.,  Annis,  Ella,  George  G.  Jos. 
H.,  Abraham  L.,  and  Katy.  In  1854,  Mr. 
M.  moved  to  Waverly,  where  he  became  a 
merchant  until  the  close  of  the  war.  In 
1856  he  purchased  part  of  the  property  he 
now  owns.  Mr.  M.  is  one  of  our  mo-t 
public  spirited  citizens. 
Meacham  Edon,  farmer,  Waverly 
Meacham  Edward,  farmer,  Wavarly 
Meacham  Henry,  pi  inter,  Waverly 
MEACHAM  JOHN  W.  lawyer,  nota- 
ry public,  and  general  collecting  agent, 
Waverly 

MEACHAM  M.  M.  publisher  and  pro- 
prietor Morgan  County  Journal,  Pearl  si. 
Meacham  Robert  P.  town  clerk,  Waverly 
Meacham  R.  P.  Waverly 
Meacham  William  D.  carp.  Waverly 
Meacham  W.  E.  farmer,  W'averly 


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MEACHAM  WILLIS  E.  Farmer 
and  stock-raiser.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  a  native  of  Christian  Co.,  Ken- 
tucky; he  was  born  October,  1828  ;  second 
child  of  E.  D.  and  Nancy  Meacham  ;  when 
but  three  years  of  age  his  parents  moved  to 
Sangamon  Co.,  111.  Willis  became  a 
resident  of  Morgan  Co  in  1858,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  trade  for  some  four 
years.  He  married  in  Sangamon  Co.  Miss 
Rachel  Hudson,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Margaret  Hudson,  natives  of  Virginia ;  by 
this  marriage  three  children  were  born, 
two  of  whom  are  now  living ;  Adeline,  born 
1857  ;  Ellen,  born  1859 ;  died  in  early  in- 
fancy, Margaret,  born  May,  1862.  When 
the  war  of  the  rebellion  came  on  Mr. 
Meacham  was  elected  First  Lieutenant,  Co. 
G,  One  Hundred  and  First  111.  Inf.,  leav- 
ing for  the  front  ;  on  arriving  at  Holly 
Springs  he  was  elected  Captain,  a  position 
in  which  he  won  the  esteem  of  the  soldiers 
and  was  well  qualified  to  fill.  Battles 
participated  in :  Dallas,  Resaca,  Peach- 
tree  Creek,  Mission  Ridge,  etc.  He  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Robertsville,  S.  C., 
February,  1865  ;  he  returned  to  Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  has  since  followed  farming  ; 
one  of  our  most  substantial  citizens.  For 
many  years  he  was  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  before  the  present  city  admin- 
istration of  Waverly,  and  at  the  last  April 
election  was  elected  to  serve  as  alderman. 
Mr.  Meacham  owns  80  acres  of  land,  part 
of  which  lies  in  the  city  limits,  a  valuable 
property. 

Meacham  W.  L.  T.  clothing,  Waverly 
Meacham  W.  T.  elk.  Waverly 
Miller  Charles,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Miller  J.  H.  S.  farmer  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly 
Miller  Permelia,  wid.  Ebenezer,  Waverly 
Miller  Sarah  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
Miner  B.  G.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly 
Miner  Elisha,  retired,  Waverly 
Minor  William,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Waverly 
Mefford  F.  M.  farmer.  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Waverly 
Merritt  William  H.  engineer,  Waverly 
Merwin  I.  N.  restaurant,  Waverly 
Merritt  William  H.  engineer.  Waverly 
MICHENER  WILSON,  commission 
merchant, Waverly,  was  born  in  Chester  Co., 
Pa.,  March  23,  1812  ;  came  to  Morgan  Co. 
May  i,  1835,  and  settled  in  Jacksonville, 
and  engaged  in  the  business  of  chair-ma- 


king. The  first  cane-seat  chairs  made  in 
Morgan  Co.  were  made  by  Mr.  Michener. 
He  sold  them  to  Col.  Jas.  Dunlap,  of  Jack- 
sonville ;  left  Jacksonville  in  1848,  and 
went  to  different  places,  and  in  the  Spring 
of  1857  engaged  in  farming,  and  continued 
at  it  until  1869,  when  he  moved  to  Waverly 
Township.  Mr.  Michener  is  now  living 
with  his  fourth  wife,  formerly  Mrs.  Eliza 
Jane  Sevier,  whom  he  married  Oct.,  1871  ; 
has  four  children  living;  Mary  E.  Lanuma, 
Thomas  S.  and  Catherine  J.;  belongs  to 
the  Christian  Church,  and  is  a  life-long 
democrat. 

MILLER  CHARLES,  was  born  in 
Morgan  Co.,  Dec.,  1853,  and  married,  in 
his  2oth  year,  Miss  Arcissa  Ashbaugh, 
daughter  of  Christopher  and  Elizabeth, 
who  were  among  the  first  to  settle  in 
Morgan  Co.  By  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Miller  to  Miss  Ashbaugh,  two  children, 
Albert,  born  Oct.,  1875,  and  Sadie,  born 
Jan.  1878.  Mr.  Miller  owns  80  acres. 

MILLER  JOHN  M.  deceased,  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  many  years  in  Morgan  Co., 
and  who  is  well  remembered  by  early  res- 
idents ;  was  born  near  Albany,  N.Y.,  in 
1828  ;  on  the  farm  of  his  father  were  spent 
his  youthful  days,  arriving  at  manhood,  he 
made  his  way  to  Illinois,  and  located  in 
the  vicinity  of  Waverly,  where  he  em- 
barked in  the  marble  business,  that  of  tomb 
stones.  A  man  of  enterprise,  he  attended 
to  his  own  sales,  his  business  calling  him  into 
many  different  counties,  where  he  formed  the 
acquaintance  of  men  who  were  afterwards 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  State.  In 
this  business,  he  made  a  start  in  life,  where 
many  would  have  failed  ;  in  1858,  he  re- 
tired from  this  business  to  his  farm,  situated 
south  of  Waverly,  where  he  displayed  his 
usual  energy,  purchasing  farm  property 
from  time  to  time.  On  his  decease,  which 
occurred  in  1870,  he  left  an  estate  of  230 
acres.  The  wife,  who  helped  very  much 
toward  the  prosperity  of  her  husband,  still 
survives  him,  living  on  the  old  homestead  ; 
there  are  four  children,  William,  Edward, 
John,  and  Charles. 

MINER  G.  A.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Miner  was 
born  in  Morgan  Co.,  March  n,  1839,  only 
child  of  James  and  Delilah,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Corey ;  natives  of  New  York 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


State,  they  removed  to  Morgan  Co.  when  it 
was  in  a  primitive  state,  and  lived  the  life 
of  the  pioneer,  and  formed  the  acquaint- 
ance of  such  men  as  Newton  Cloud,  W. 
T.  Givens,  and  others  well  known  in  the 
annals  of  this  county.  When  the  subject  of 
our  notice  was  quite  small,  his  father  died, 
his  mother  afterwards  marrying  Norman 
Ward,  and  on  his  decease  married  Lemuel 
P.  Curry,  and  now  resides  in  Bureau  Co., 
Til.  George  grew  to  manhood  in  Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  m  rried  Miss  Elizabeth  Den- 
nis, daughter  of  Jas.  M.  Dennis.  Eleven 
children,  nine  living:  Edward  E.,  Thos.  M., 
Albert  F.,  Sarah  L.,  Emma  J.,  Ida  B., 
Erne  M  ,  Minnie  B.,  and  Daisy.  Mr.  Miner 
owns  6 1  acres 

Moffett  John  B.  painter,  Waverly 
MORGAN  COUNTY  JOURNAL, 

M.  M.  Meacham,  publisher,  Waverly 
Morehouse  Ephraim,  farmer,   Sec.   27,    P.O. 

Waverly 

Morris  Douglas,  farmer,  Waverly 
Morris  Edw.  lab.  Waverly 
Morris  Martha  E.  wid.  Jonathan,  Waverly 
Morris  Richard,  farmer,  Waverly 
Morris  William,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Morris  William,  watchman,  Wa'verly 
Moseley  Manuel,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Moulton  Samuel,  farmer,  Waverly 
Mulch  Fred,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Waverly 
Murray  George,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Murray  Mary  Mrs.  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 
Myers  Jacob  C.  Waverly 

XT  ARR  HENRY,  wagonmkr.  Waverly 
*•  ^  Neece  J.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. Waverly 
NEECE  M.  C.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  33,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  Greene  Co.,  111., 
Sept,  18,  1833,  son  of  Robert  and  Peninah 
Neece,  natives  of  Tenn.,  and  among  the 
first  settlers  of  111.  Mr.  Neece  grew  up  in 
Greene  Co.,  111.,  but  for  many  years  has  been 
a  resident  of  Morgan  Co.,  111.  During  the 
war  he  became  a  speculator  in  provisions, 
breadstuff's,  etc.,  etc.  He  married  in  his 
twenty- first  year  Mrs.  Ann  Svvinden,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Swinden. 
Five  children,  three  living  :  Mary  E.,  Sarah 
E..  and  Edward  N.  Mr.  Neece  owns 
some  \vo  hundred  acres,  and  is  a  live  ener- 
getic man ;  he  is  a  credit  to  the  vocation 
which  he  has  followed  for  so  many  years 


Neece  Peninah  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
NEVINS  T.  V.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  23,  P.O.  Waverly ;  oldest  son  now 
living  of  John  and  Edith  Nevins,  who  set- 
tled in  Morgan  Co.  prior  to  the  deep  snow  ; 
first,  on  their  arrival  in  Illinois,  they  set- 
tled at  Chapman  Point,  Macoupin  Co. 
John  Nevins  was  born  in  Tenn.,  1804,  and 
married  in  1825  to  Miss  Edith  Gerhardt,  a 
native  of  Virginia.  Ten  children  born  of 
this  marriage,  seven  of  whom  are  living. 
T.  V.  Nevins,  as  previously  mentioned, 
being  the  oldest  ;  he  was  born  on  the  old 
homestead  Jan.  14,  1831,  receiving  his  edu- 
cation in  a  log  cabin,  where  everything  was 
of  the  plainest  description,  and  where  the 
principal  studies  were  the  Webster's  spelling 
book  and  New  Testament ;  married  in  his 
twenty-first  year.  Nov.  1852,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Sims,  relict  of  Robert  Sims,  and  daughter  of 
Wm.  Campbell.  Mrs.  Nevins  married  Robert 
Sims  Nov.  21,  1844;  by  this  marriage,  two 
children,  Wm.  A.,  who  married  Harriet 
Allen,  and  John  J.,  who  married  Miss  Mat- 
tie  Alderson.  Mrs.  Nevins,  who  gives  this 
narrative,  relates  that  in  the  earliest  settle- 
ment of  this  county,  the  people  were  sociable 
and  friendly,  and  did  a  wedding  occur,  the 
pioneer,  accompanied  by  his  family,  joined 
in  the  festivities  of  the  occasion.  Mr. 
Nevins,  for  many  years,  a  resident  of  Mor- 
gan Co.,  now  owns  land  in  Mo.,  where  with 
his  family  he  will  shortly  become  a  perma- 
nent resident.  Two  children,  Alexander, 
born  Aug.  23,  1855,  Clara  A.,  born  March 
20,  1863 

/^\RMISTON  JOSEPH,  carp.  Waverly 
^•^   Osbourn    Lewis    G.    boots    and   shoes, 
Waverly 

CALMER  N,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.Waverly 
*     Parker    D.   W.   farmer,    Sec.    32,    P.O. 

Waverly 

Parkins  William,  butcher,  Waverly 
Parkins  William,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
PARROTT  JAMES  B.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Parrott  was  born  in  Christian  Co.,  Ky.,  near 
Hopkinsville,  July  I,  1822  ;  the  seventh 
child  of  Tyre  and  Nancy  Parrott,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Shrock.  The  father  of 
James  was  born  in  Virginia  (probably  born 
in  1787).  Moving  to  Kentucky  in  an  early 
day  he  married  the  lady  mentioned  above, 


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and  lived   there  many  years.      During  the 
Autumn  of  1825  he  emigrated  to   Illinois, 
settling  on  Indian  Creek,  where  he  stopped 
in  a  cabin  built  by  'Squire  Page.     Remain- 
ing in  this  dwelling  during  the  winter,  the 
following  spring  he  built  a  similar  structure, 
into  which  he  moved  his  family.     An  in- 
dustrious man,  generous  to  a  fault,  he  nev- 
er became  wealthy;    he  died  in   1852,  an 
estimable  citizen.     His  loss  was  deeply  de- 
plored by  all  who  knew  him  ;  his  wife  died 
in     1832.      James,    who  heads   this  sketch 
grew  up  in  Illinois,  and  inherited  from  his 
father  that  energy  that  marks  his  business 
transactions  to-day.      His   education  was 
derived  in  a  log  cabin,  common  in  those 
early  days.     In  1843  he  married  Miss  Jane 
Sims,  a  daughter  of  Wm.  Sims,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  this  county;  with  Mr.Parrott, 
in  early  days,  money  was  generally  an  un- 
known quantity  ;    for  many  years  he  saw 
but  few  comforts,  but  in  time,  as  improve- 
ments swept  over  the  country,  he  began  to 
accumulate   property    amounting    to   four 
handred  acres  ;  now  owns  220  acres.     By 
this  marriage  four  children,  two  of  whom 
are  living  :  Mary  Jane,  who  married  J.  W. 
Wrightsman,  and  John   W.,  who   married 
Miss  Rilda  Edwards 
Peck  J.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Waverly 
Peet  C.  M.  tinner,  Waverly 
Peet  Jane  H.  wid.  Martin,  Waverly 
Pete  Curtis  E.  farmer,  Sec.  IO,  P.O.  Waverly 
Pete  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Waverly 
Pete  John,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Waverly 
Petree  Granville,  renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 
Petree   Henry  S.  farm   hand,  Sec.   31,   P.O. 

Franklin 

Phelan  Daniel,  grocer,  Waverly 
Pinkerton  Wm.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Prawl  George,  plowmaker,  Waverly 
Prawl  Peterson,  plow  mnfr.  Waverly 
Price  Louis,  lab.  Waverly 
Proctor  George,  wood  dealer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Pugh  B.  G.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Waverly 

T)  ANTZ  FRANK,  stoves,  Waverly 
4-*-  Rawley  Wm.  F.  farmer,  Waverly 
Rawson  J.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waverly 
Rawson  Stanton,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 
Ray  Newton,  broom-maker,  Waverly 


RAY  E.  T.  farmer,  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
8,  P.O.  Waverly  ;  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Wayne  Co.,  Va.,  in  1845. 
Benj.  Ray,  father  of  E.  T.  Ray,  was  born 
in  Virginia  about  1800  ;  there  married  Miss 
Melcina  Garrett,  by  whom  he  had  seven 
children  :  Benjamin,  William,  Albert,  Lo- 
rena,  Theodore,  Mellville,  Celeste,  and  E. 
T.,  who  resided  in  Virginia  during  his  boy- 
hood. In  his  seventeenth  year  in  1861  he 
enlisted  in  Co.  I,  gth  Virginia  Inft.,  Union 
troops.  Twenty  days  from  the  date  of  en- 
listment, he  was  captured  among  others  be- 
longing to  the  regiment,  and  sent  to  Libby 
prison,  where  he  remained  a  prisoner  some 
three  months  ;  he  then  returned  home  on 
parole,  afterward  transferred  to  Columbus, 
Ohio,  he  was  there  honorably  discharged 
November,  1862.  From  Ohio  he  made  his 
way  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  where  he  united 
in  marriage  the  same  year  to  Miss  Sarah 
Ray,  a  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  Ray. 
By  this  marriage,  two  children  :  Lillie  M. 
born  Jan.  27,  1863  ,  Trueit  O.,  born  July 
12,  1875 

Ray  Trueit,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Ray  William  E.  farmer,  Waverly 
Ray  W.  A.    farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Reed  John,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Reed  John  C.  builder,  Waverly 
Reynolds  Andrew,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Reynolds  Joseph,  Waverly 
Richardson  Calvin,  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Richardson  Frank,  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Richardson  James  F.  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Rigg  Thomas  B.  woodsawyer,  Waverly 
Riggin  Sarah,  wid.  Alfred,  Waverly 
Riley  Marlow,  teamster,  Waverly 
Roach  Albert,  farmer,  Waverly 
Roach  A.  R.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Waverly 
ROACH  JAMES  T.  butcher,  Waverly, 
111.,  was  born  in  Madison  Co.,  111.,  March 
2,  1827.     He  came  to  Morgan  Co.  with  his 
father,  John  D.  Roach,  in  the  Fall  of  1831, 
remaining  only  two  years,  when  they  moved 
to  St.  Clair  Co.     They  returned  to  Morgan 
Co.  in  June,   1841,   where  he  has  resided 
ever   since ;    was    married  to    Miss  Susan 
Draper,  Dec.  15,  1855  ;    she  was  born  in 
Greene  Co.,  111.,  Aug.  15,  1837,  and  raised 
in  Waverly.      They  have  seven  children  : 
namely  :    John  T.,  Stephen   E.,  Margaret 
A.,    James    A.,    Mary   J,    Isaac    F.,    and 
Charles  A. 


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Roach  E.  B.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 

Roach  Joseph  R.  miller,  Waverly 

Roach  Joseph  R.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Rodgers  James  A.  carp.  Waverly 

Rodgers  Thomas,  carp.  Waverly 

Rogers  John  B.  lawyer,  Waverly 

Rogers  Joseph,  retired  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Waverly 

ROHBER  AL.BERT,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser  and  Vice  Pres.  of  the  Bank  of 
Waverly,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Waverly,  oldest  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Roher,  whose  names 
are  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work  ;  Al- 
bert, who  has  passed  all  of  his  life  in  Morgan 
Co.,  and  who  is  one  of  our  most  substan- 
tial farmers,  deserves  more  than  a  passing 
notice  ;  inheriting  an  energetic  disposition, 
he  early  started  forward  in  a  successful 
career.  In  his  25th  year,  in  1855,  he  united 
his  fortune  to  Miss  Jane  C.  Knowles,  the 
daughter  of  Burton  Knowles,  of  Menard 
Co. ;  he  was  then  the  owner  of  120  acres, 
on  which  he  bent  all  of  his  energies  to 
bring  to  a  proper  cultivation,  how  well  he 
succeeded,  the  present  day  shows  clearly, 
for  the  small  acreage  referred  to  became 
an  estate  of  nearly  1,000  acres,  a  magni- 
ficent property  on  which  he  erected  one 
of  the  finest  farm  residences  in  Morgan 
Co.,  a  fitting  tribute  to  a  life  of  energy  and 
enterprise.  Three  children,  two  of  whom 
are  living  :  Newton  B.  and  Mary  E. 

Roher  Chas.  A.  farmer.  P.O.  Waverly 

ROHRER  G.  W.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  above 
named  gentleman  who  has  passed  nearly 
half  a  century  in  the  bounds  of  Morgan 
Co.,  comes  of  a  numerous  and  respectable 
family ;  his  father,  Jacob  Rohrer,  who 
helped  very  materially  toward  the  progress 
of  this  county,  was  born  in  Hagerstown, 
Md.,  in  1798  ;  in  an  early  day  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Virginia,  and  after- 
ward removed  to  Kentucky,  where  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Artimissa  Patterson.  In  1826, 
Jacob  R.,  then  a  young  man  and  possessed 
of  energy  and  a  vigorous  constitution,  set 
out  for  Illinois,  and  settled  on  arrival  near 
Apple  Creek,  near  which  is  now  situated 
the  city  of  Waverly ;  entering  the  same 
from  the  government,  he  became  in  due 
process  of  time  a  successful  farmer,  due  in 
a  great  measure  to  his  remarkable  energy  ; 


he  died  in  1870,  leaving  an  estate  of  200 
acres ;  his  wife  survived  him  some  three 
years,  and  on  her  decease  was  laid  at  rest 
near  Waverly.  Geo.  W.,  who  is  the  only 
one  now  living  in  Morgan  Co.,  was  born  in 
Morgan  Co.  Oct.  28,  1830,  and  passed  his 
boyhood  among  such  associates  as  the 
Clouds,  Deatherages,  and  others  ;  he  re- 
ceived his  education  in  a  subscription  school 
of  the  usual  log  cabin  order.  In  his  22d 
year  he  married  Miss  Emily  Sharp,  a 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Cloie  Sharp,  natives 
of  Tennessee.  The  pioneer  days  of  Mr. 
R.  were  not  devoid  of  interest ;  times  were 
indeed  hard,  commodities  being  frequently 
exchanged  by  barter,  but  he  enjoyed  those 
early  days  which  developed  an  energy 
which  is  still  unabated.  Mr.  R.  now  re- 
sides on  his  farm,  comprising  78  acres.  By 
this  marriage  ten  children,  nine  of  whom 
are  living :  William,  Jacob,  Newton,  Ira, 
Flora,  Lydia,  Hollie  B.,  Emma,  and  Carrie 
Rohrer  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly 
Rohrer  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Ross  Helen  P.  wid.  George,  Waverly 
Root  Chauncey,  elk.  Waverly 
Root  Edward  N.  agt.  Waverly 
Root  Edward,  saw  mill,  Waverly 
Rosson  Richard,  lab.  Waverly 
Rude  Maria,  wid.  Samuel,  Waverly 
Rude  William  D.  teamster,  Waverly 
Russell  Henry,  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Waverly 
Rutherford  J.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Waverly 
RYNDERS  ANDREW,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  18,    P.O.    Waverly.     Mr. 
Rynders  is  one   of  the  oldest  inhabitants 
and  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  now  living 
in  Morgan  Co.,  a  man  of  extraordinary  en- 
ergy, he  is  worthy  of  more  than  a  passing 
notice  ;  he  was  born  in  Saratoga  Co.  New 
York,  Jan.  15,  1798,  the  seventh  of  a  family 
of  thirteen  children  ;  he   passed  his  early 
years  in  New  York  State,  and  married  in 
his  24th  year  Miss  Sarah  Miner,  a  daughter 
of  Amos    Miner,    an  ingenious  mechanic, 
who  afterward  removed  to  Illinois,  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  life.     The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  apprenticed  to  the 
trade  of  a  millwright ;  became  a   superior 
workman,  and   contracted    mill  work  to  a 
considerable  extent  in  different  parts  of  the 
State,     This  making  it  necessary  for  him  to 
be   frequently  absent   from  home,  he    set- 


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tied  down  to  the  quiet  life  of  a  farmer.  In 
1835  he  concluded  to  better  his  fortune  by 
directing  his  footsteps  westward  ;  after  days 
and  weeks  spent  in  travel,  he  settled  with 
his  family  in  the  vicinity  of  Waverly, 
where  he  entered  a  tract  of  land  from  the 
government,  and  moved  into  a  log  cabin 
built  some  years  previous ;  at  Little  York 
he  worked  on  the  steam  grist  and  saw  mill 
that  was  in  process  of  erection  by  the 
Miner  family.  Mr.  R.  relates  thatColeman 
Deatherage  put  up  a  horse  mill  near  Appa- 
love,  and  Thos.  Ross  and  Eziekel  Springer 
constructed  a  saw  mill,  for  which  Mr. 
Rynders  took  charge  as  millwright.  During 
those  early  days  Mr.  Rynders  was  a  warm 
advocate  of  the  extension  of  education. 
His  memory  is  remarkable,  even  now,  when 
he  has  long  since  passed  the  age  commonly 
allotted  to  man  ;  he  still  makes  a  hand  in 
the  harvest  field  ;  a  hard  worker  all  his 
life,  he  now  finds  no  time  for  idleness. 
Going  back  a  little  into  the  early  history 
of  this  family,  we  find  that  the  first  wife  of 
Mr.  Rynders  died  about  1846.  There 
were  eleven  children  born  of  this  marriage, 
three  of  whom  were  living  on  the  decease 
of  Mrs.  R.:  Wm.,  Andrew,  and  Ruth. 
About  1847  Mr.  R.  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Sevier ;  by  this  marriage  one 
child,  Sarah  E.,  deceased.  Mrs.  R.  depart- 
ing this  life  about  the  year  1850,  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Arena 
Beasely,  by  whom  he  had  eight  children, 
four  living :  Andrew,  William,  Douglas, 
and  Isiah  ;  in  1864  this  lady  was  laid  at  rest 
in  the  Jones  Cemetery.  Mr.  R.  afterward 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Arena  Arnot, 
who  died  Jan.  15,  1873.  June  19,  1873, 
he  married  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Alabaugh,  who 
was  born  in  Greene  County.  During  his 
long  and  successful  life  Mr.  R.  has  accumu- 
lated a  fine  farm  property,  which  he  still 
conducts  at  his  advanced  age  successfully 
Rynders  William,  broom  maker,  Waverly 

Q  ACKETT  LOUISA,  wid.  Ebenezer,  Wa- 

verly 

Sackett  Norman,  farmer,  Waverly 
Samples  Rebecca  R.  Mrs.  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Samples  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

W 


Samples   Washington,    farmer,  Sec.   20,  P.O. 

Waverly 
Samples     Washington    jr.    farmer,    Sec.    36, 

P.O.  Waverly 

Sands  Henry  A.  farmer,  Sec.  27,    P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Scott  Frank,  farmer  P.O.  Waverly 
SCOTT    GEORGE,    farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  16,   P.O.  Waverly.     Mr.    Scott 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  August  23,  1852; 
his    father,  Z.   P.    Scott,  was   a    native  of 
Kentucky;  his  mother  was   born  in  North 
Carolina;  they  removed  to   Morgan  Co.  in 
an   early  period,  where  the  subject  of  our 
notice  grew  up  on  the  farm;  educated  in  the 
district  schools  of  the  period;   in  his  twen- 
tieth   year    he    married    Miss   Georgiana 
Deatherage,  a  daughter  of  Wm.    Deather- 
age, of  this  county;  by  this  marriage  two 
children:     Cora    F.    born    August,     1874, 
Minnie  E.  born  April  15,  1878 
Scott  Mary,  wid.  Harrison,  Waverly 
Scott  Nancy  E.  wid.  Charles  M.  Waverly 
Scott  Zelia,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Scribner  L.  B.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Schy  Conrad,  shoemaker,  Waverly 
Seaton  William,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Selvey  John,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Sevier  Daniel,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
SEVIER     J.     D.    farmer    and    school 
teacher,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Franklin.     The  above 
gentleman  is  the  fourth  child  of  Annanias 
and   C.   S.    Sevier,   natives  of  Tennessee, 
who   emigrated  to  the    West  as  early   as 
1830,  locating  on  the  same  property  he  has 
brought  to  its  present  improved  condition. 
A  gentleman   of  ability  as   a   farmer,  his 
name  (will    be   found    elsewhere    in    this 
volume.     By   this   marriage   thirteen  chil- 
dren, nine  of  whom  are  living.     J.  D.,  who 
heads  this  sketch,  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
old  homestead,  and   received  his   prelimi- 
nary education    in   district    schools,  which 
was   afterward  completed   in   the  Waverly 
high   school;  in  his  twenty-third  year,  he 
married  Miss  Lizzie  Lee  Clayton,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Phoebe  Clayton, natives  of 
Kentucky,  and  who  were  among  the  first  to 
settle  in  Morgan  Co.     During  the  past  five 
years    Mr.  S.  has   devoted  his  time  to  the 
duties  of  the  school-room,  during  the  winter 
season,  his  farm  requiring  his  attention  dur- 
ing the  summer;  two  children:  Edith  S.  born 
Dec.  22,  1875,  Ralph,  born  Sept.  18,  1877 


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SEYMOUR  HENRY,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Waverly. 
Mr.  Seymour  was  born  in  Morgan  Co. 
in  1838;  his  early  life  spent  in  the 
usual  manner  of  the  farmer  boy;  he  at- 
tended the  usual  subscription  school,  where 
he  received  his  preliminary  education  in  a 
Webster's  spelling  book,  his  higher  classical 
course  of  study  being  a  Smith's  arithmetic; 
arriving  at  manhood  he  united  his  fortunes 
to  Miss  Amanda  M.  Burch;  by  this  mar- 
riage five  children:  Effie,  Addie,  Anna, 
John  W.  and  Minnie  E.  Mr.  S.  now  lives 
on  his  farm,  comprising  145  acres.  For 
seven  years  he  was  township  trustee. 
Courteous  to  all,  he  makes  many  friends. 
SEYMOUR  JARRETT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly;  the  above 
named  gentleman  comes  of  a  numerous  and 
respectable  family,  whose  sketches  will  be 
found  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  Jarrett  was 
born  in  Morgan  Co.  April,  1832,  the  fifth 
child  of  John  and  Sarah  Seymour.  Grow- 
ing to  manhood  among  the  hardy  back- 
woodsmen, he  necessarily,  in  a  measure, 
inherited  their  enterprise  and  hearty  ways; 
in  youth  he  wended  his  way  to  the  log 
cabin  where  school  was  kept,  and  there 
dived  deep  into  the  mysteries  of  Webster's 
spelling  book  or  the  New  Testament,  and 
many  interesting  incidents  are  remembered 
by  him  of  those  merry  days.  In  1854  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Hannah  Sturgis;  by  this  mar- 
riage four  children,  two  of  whom  are  living, 
Henry  and  Wilburn.  In  August,  1861,  Mrs. 
Seymour  died,  and  was  laid  at  rest  in 
Providence  Cemetery.  In  1863  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Emeline  McCurley,  daughter  of 
Eziekel  McCurley;  five  children:  Charles, 
Elizabeth,  Julia,  Minnie,  and  Thomas 
Sharp  Edward,  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Sharp  John  E.  blacksmith,  Waverly 
Sharp  Samuel,  painter,  Waverly 
Shores  Gideon,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Short  John,  farmer,  Sec.2g,  P.O.  Waverly 
Sidwell  George,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
SIMS  AUSTIN",  a  resident  of  Morgan 
Co.  for  over  half  a  century,  was  born  in 
South  Carolina  Sept.  6,  1790.  His  father, 
also  named  Austin,  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  and  there  married  Miss  Nancy 
Farmer;  of  twelve  children  born  of  this 
marriage,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
the  third  child;  in  his  ninth  year  his  par- 


ents moved  to  Kentucky,  where  he  mar- 
ried, in  1810,  Miss  Jennie  Nevins,  a  na- 
tive of  Kentucky,  and  a  daughter  of  Robert 
Nevins;  in  1817,  accompanied  by  his  wife 
and  two  children,  he  made  his  way  to  Mad- 
ison Co.,  111.,  where  he  remained  a  resident 
ten  years,  when  he  moved  to  Morgan  Co., 
then  in  its  infancy,  and  where  the  pioneer 
worked  hard  for  the  absolute  necessities  of 
life.  The  first  wife  of  Mr.  S.  died  in  Mor- 
gan Co.  Oct.  22,  1851;  by  this  marriage  six 
children  grown  to  maturity:  Silas,  Eliza- 
beth, John,  Robert,.  Joel  H.,  and  Mary. 
March  6,  1853  Mr.  S.  was  married  to  Miss 
Patsy  Anderson,  who  has  resided  in  Mor- 
gan Co.  fifty-two  years.  We  here  append 
a  short  biography  of  Robert  Sims,  fourth 
child  of  Austin,  who  is  well  remembered 
by  the  citizens  of  this  county  for  his  many 
good  qualities  of  mind  and  heart;  born  in 
Madison  Co.,  111.,  in  1823,  he  grew  up  in 
Morgan  Co.,  where  his  parents  moved  in 
1827;  he  there  united  his  fortunes  to  Miss 
Amanda  Campbell,  a  daughter  of  Wm. 
Campbell;  by  this  marriage  two  children: 
William,  born  in  1848  (married  Miss  Har- 
riet R.  Allen,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  B.  Al- 
len, of  Macoupin  Co.;  three  children,  Rob- 
ert and  Edward,  living),  John  J.,  a  patron 
of  this  work,  was  born  April  22,  1850,  and 
married,  in  1872,  Miss  Martha  Alderson; 
two  children,  Albert  and  Henry.  Austin 
Sims,  whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  is  a  liv- 
ing witness  of  the  vast  changes  made  in 
Illinois,  has  spent  fifty-six  years  of  his  life 
in  the  ministry,  and  is  widely  known  for  his 
many  Christian  virtues.  Robert  Sims  died 
Jan.  15,  1851 

Sitton  James,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Slattery  Mary,  wid.  John,  Waverly 
Slattery  John,  farmer,  Waverly 
Slaven  George  W.   farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Smedley  Thomas  B.  grocer,  Waverly 
SMETTERS  M.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Smet- 
ters  was  the  second  child  of  Daniel 
and  Maria  Smetters,  natives  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; he  was  born  in  Fairfield  Co.,  Ohio, 
during  the  early  settlement  of  that  State, 
where  they  remained  for  many  years;  in  1843 
the  family  settled  in  Morgan  Co.  where 
they  remained  seven  years,  and  then  moved 
to  Sangamon  Co.,  settling  at  Island  Grove; 


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one  year  later  he  moved  to  Lick  Creek, 
where  he  died  in  1862;  here  also  were 
passed  the  last  days  of  his  wife,  who 
died  in  1872.  Michael,  who  heads  this 
sketch  and  who  became  prominent  as  a 
farmer,  in  Lavini  township,  Sangamon  Co., 
like  many  of  our  enterprising  western  men, 
commenced  life  with  but  few  advantages. 
The  first  money  he  saved  as  a  farm  laborer, 
at  nine  dollars  per  month;  he  thus  spent 
about  three  years,  then  renting  four  years, 
at  the  end  of  that  time  he  made  a  purchase 
of  eighty  acres;  here  he  made  his  home  un- 
til his  removal  to  Morgan  Co.,  the  farm 
property  bought  in  Sangamon  Co.  consist- 
ing of  240  acres  of  valuable  land.  In  clos- 
ing this  brief  sketch,  we  can  say  of  Mr.  S. 
personally,  that,  as  an  honest  man,  he 
stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  many 
friends.  March  7,  1867,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Nancy  A.,  daughter  of 
John  and  Jane  (Lockridge)  McCormick,  by 
whom  he  has  three  children:  John  L.  born 
July  16,  1870;  Samuel  T.  born  Sept.  12, 
1872;  and  Noah  M.  born  1877.  Mrs.  S.  is 
a  lady  of  refinement  and  liberally  educated, 
and  for  twelve  years  prior  to  marriage 
taught  school,  for  many  years  near  Wa- 
verly;  the  ancestry  of  Mrs.  Smetters  were 
McCormicks;  her  grandfather,  James 
McCormick,  was  a  gunsmith  during  the 
Revolution,  and  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Kentucky;  Mr.  Smetters  is  the  owner  of  a 
handsome  residence  near  Waverly,  where 
he  now  lives 

Smith  James,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Waverly 
South  Isaiah,  farmer,  Waverly 
South  James,  farmer,  Waverly 
Sperry  Alfred,  Waverly 
Sperry  Charles  L.  farmer,  Waverly 
Sperry  Edward,  painter,  Waverly 
Sperry  James,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
SPRAGUE    J.  B.  physician   and  sur- 
geon, Waverly;    special    attention  paid  to 
the  cure  of  chronic  diseases 
Staples  Emily,  wid.  William,  Waverly 
Staples  George  W.  miller,  Waverly 
Staples  Katy,  Waverly 
Staples  Sarah,  wid.  Roland,  Waverly 
STICK     ANDREW    J.     farmer    and 
school  teacher;    the   subject  of  this  sketch 
is  the  oldest  son  of  James  P.  and  Nancy  H. 
Slice,  whose  maiden  name  was  Conlee,  the 
daughter    of    Isaac    Conlee,    one  of    the 


pioneer  ministers  of  this  county;  James  P. 
Slice,  the  father  of  Andrew,  was  born 
Nov.  10,  1826,  in  Morgan  Counly,  near 
Jacksonville,  when  il  contained  but  a  few 
cabins;  he  married  in  this  county,  about 
1848;  Andrew,  who  heads  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  Morgan  County,  May  23,  1852;  lie 
received  a  liberal  education;  in  his  twenly- 
ihird  year  he  married  Miss  Elizabelh  J. 
Wood,  a  daughler  of  David  Wood,  and  ihe 
granddaughler  of  Hon.  Samuel  J.  Wood; 
for  several  years  Mr.  Stice  during  ihe 
winler  has  been  employed  as  teacher  of 
districl  schools;  during  the  summer  follows 
farming;  two  children:  Bertha  E.,  born 
August  8,  1876;  Alberl  C.,  born  Jan. 
25,  1877 

STICE  J.  PERRY,  farmer  and  slock 
raiser,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly;  Ihe  subjecl 
of  this  skelch  was  born  in  Morgan  Counly 
Dec.  15,  1830;  fourth  child  of  Andrew  and 
Nancy  Slice,  natives  of  Illinois,  who  re- 
moved from  Jersey  County  to  Morgan 
County,  in  1828,  where  ihe  head  of  ihe 
family  enlered  land  from  ihe  government, 
near  Jacksonville,  and  located  on  the  farm 
now  owned  by  J.  H.  Miller;  the  old  people 
passed  ihe  remainder  of  iheir  lives  in  Mor- 
gan Counly;  Andrew  died  Jan.  31,  1855; 
Nancy,  his  wife,  died  October  31,  1860; 
J.  Perry,  who  heads  this  skelch,  and  who 
has  grown  from  boyhood  to  manhood  in 
Morgan  County,  received  his  education  in 
subscriplion  schools,  wending  his  way  lo  a 
rude,  low  roofed  cabin,  after  altending  a 
higher  branch  of  sludies  in  Waverly. 
Having  the  confidence  of  the  community  in 
which  he  lives,  he  has  held  numerous 
offices;  in  1852,  he  married  Miss  E.  J. 
Reynolds,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Reynolds; 
eight  children,  five  are  living:  Charles  A., 
born  May  9,  1858,  Emma,  born  June  3, 
1852,  George  W.,  born  Jan.  16,  1864,  Ida 
B.,  born  Feb.  6,  1870,  James  O.,  born  Aug. 
27,  1872 

Stice  A.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.i  Waverly 
STICE  W.  B.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  21,  P.O.  Waverly;  born  in  Morgan 
County,  April  16,  1838;  his  father,  Andrew 
Slice,  was  born  in  Kenlucky,  May  26,1803; 
he  married  in  his  nineleenlh  year,  in  Ken- 
lucky,  Miss  Nancy  Armstrong;  in  an  early 
day  he  moved  to  Illinois,  and  settled  in  the 
vicinity  of  Jacksonville,  on  government 


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land;  with  little  capital,  but  possessed  of 
energy  and  ambition,  he  soon  founded  a 
home;  he  became  a  successful  farmer,  and 
is  well  remembered  by  the  citizens  of  this 
county  for  his  many  noble  traits  of  charac- 
ter; he  died  about  1858,  and  laid  to  rest 
amid  the  scenes  of  his  pioneer  days.  W.  B. 
Slice,  from  whom  this  sketch  is  obtained, 
grew  up  in  Morgan  County,  where  he  re- 
ceived a  liberal  education,  and  married, 
in  his  twenty-first  year,  Miss  Sarah  Jane 
Smith,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Mahala 
Smith,who  were  early  settlers  in  this  county; 
by  this  marriage  seven  children,  six  living: 
Wm.  E.,  Sylvester,  James  A.,  George  A., 
Jessie  L.,  Ada  A;  Arthur,  deceased 

Stratton  Nathan  J.  grain,  Waverly 

Sturgis  John,  farmer,  Waverly 

HTALKINGTON     ELIZABETH    MRS. 
-*•     P.O.  Waverly 

Talkington   John,  farmer,  Sec.  32,"P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Talkington  Joseph,  farmer,  Waverly 
Talkington  Mary,  wid.  Ashael,  Waverly 
Talkington  Prentice,  farmer,  Waverly 
Taylor  Benjamin  W.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
TAYLOR  JAMES  H.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Waverly;  Mr. 
Taylor  was  born  in  Kentucky,  Jan.  10, 
1833;  when  but  six  years  of  age  his  parents 
moved  to  Illinois,  and  located  in  Macoupin 
County,  where  James  grew  up  with  vigorous 
constitution  and  native  energy;  the  little 
education  he  received  in  early  youth,  was 
obtained  by  means  of  subscription;  his 
first  teacher  was  R.  J.  Hanshaw,  a  Virginian 
by  birth,  who  moved  with  the  parents  of 
James  to  Illinois;  in  his  twenty-second 
year,  in  1855,  Mr.  Taylor  married  Rebecca 
T.  Dennis,  a  daughter  of  Jas.  M.  and  Sarah; 
from  boyhood  to  manhood  James  Taylor 
has  followed  successfully  the  pursuits  of 
agriculture;  by  this  marriage  eight  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom"  are  living:  Geo.  P., 
Laura  E.,  Thos.  N.,  Sarah  E.,  Rumsey  S., 
Mary  C.,  and  Stella 
Taylor  John  C.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
THAYER  G.  H.  furniture  dealer,  south 
side  Square,  Waverly;  was  born  in  Am- 
herst,  Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1825;  removed  to 
Waverly  with  the  family,  April,  1846;  is  a 
graduate  of  Illinois  College,  class  '49;  was 
received  into  partnership  with  his  father, 


Mr.  Asahel  Thayer,  who  had  established 
himself  in  the  furniture  trade  several  years 
before,  and  with  whom  he  continued  until 
Jan.  i,  1877,  when  he  became  sole  pro- 
prietor, and  in  which  business  he  is  still 
engaged,  at  the  old  stand,  south  side  of  the 
Square.  His  father,  Mr.  Asahel  Thayer, 
was  born  in  Amherst,  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1790; 
removed  to  Chatham,  Sangamon  County, 
this  State,  May,.  1839;  in  the  Spring  of 
1846,  he  removed  to  Waverly;  he  saw  its 
inhabitants,  and  those  of  the  surrounding 
country,  going  to  Jacksonville,  Springfield, 
and  Carlinville,  to  do  their  trading,  and 
the  great  advantage  that  would  accrue  to 
Waverly  if  the  people  could  have  sufficient 
inducements  to  patronize  their  own  town. 
He  accordingly  opened,  in  the  spring  of 
that  year,  the  then  largest  stock  of  goods  in 
the  place,  and  by  his  own  untiring  energy 
and  superior  business  qualifications,  with 
the  aid  of  other  merchants,  most  of  whom 
he  induced  to  come  in,  he  had  the  satisfac- 
tion, in  a  very  few  years,  of  seeing  his 
anticipations  realized  in  its  becoming  a 
central  point  of  trade,  and  increasing  to 
three  or  four  times  its  former  size;  he  was 
one  of  Waverly's  most  respected  citizens, 
and  for  nearly  sixty-three  years  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity;  he  continued  to 
reside  in  Waverly  until  September,  1877, 
when  he  removed  with  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Fannie  Crooker,  to  Taylorville,  Christian 
County,  where  he  died,  Oct.  27,  1877,  at 
the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  G.  W. 
Crooker,  Esq.  His  body  was  brought  to 
Waverly  Oct.  3Oth,  and  the  funeral  services 
were  held  in  the  Congregational  church,  of 
which  he  had  been  a  member  for  more 
than  thirty  years,  and  a  professor  of  religion 
more  than'  sixty-three.  His  remains  were 
borne  thence  to  the  East  cemetery,  where 
they  rest  beside  those  of  his  wife  and 
daughter  Helen. 

Thompson    B.  L.  renter,    Sec.  32,    P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Thompson  Geo.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. Waverly 
Tietger  Henry  J.  shoemaker,  Waverly 
Todd  Wylie,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Toole  John,  lab.  Waverly 
Turnbull  David,   machinist   and   general  re- 
pairer, Waverly 

Turnbull  William,  police  magistrate,  Waverly 
Turner  A.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly 


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Turner  C.  C.  lawyer,  Waverly 

Turner  Evan,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Turner  George  B.  farmer,  Sec.  IO,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Turner  Geo.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Turner  H.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  IO,  P.O.  Waverly 

Turner  James,  miller,  Waverly 

Turner  John   renter,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Waverly 

Turner  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

TURNER  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Waverly;  was  born  in  Law- 
rence County,  Illinois,  Jan.  I,  1819;  has 
resided  in  Waverly  since  1849;  was  married 
to  Miss  Harriet  B.  Massie;  she  was  born 
March  18,  1822,  in  Scott  County,  Ken- 
tucky. They  have  four  children:  Alice  A. 
born  July  8,  1844;  Clara  B.  born  Aug.  20, 
1845;  Albert  L.  July  30,  1847;  and  Ida  M. 
born  Feb.  10,  1855 

Turner  W.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 

Turner  Wm.  D.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

TURNEY  ASA,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  13,  P.O.  Waverly;  the  above  named 
gentleman  was  born  in  Wayne  County, 
Illinois,  Jan.  13,  1835;  his  father  Isiah 
Turney,  was  a  native  of  Wayne  County, 
Kentucky,  born  Dec.  15,  1800;  he  remained 
in  Kentucky  up  to  his  nineteenth  year;  after 
which  he  moved  to  Wayne  County,  Illinois, 
where  he  married  Miss  Judah  Lee,  a 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Nancy  Lee; 
maiden  name,  Lee;  a  distant  relative  of  the 
late  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  and  a  descen- 
dent  of  the  Lees  who  took  Jan  active  part 
in  the  Continental  war.  Tsiah  Turney,  a 
farmer  during  his  life,  possessed  of  great 
ambition,  achieved  success  in  this  voca- 
tion; in  1860  he  was  elec'ed  to  the  State 
Legislature  in  Morgan  County;  he  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  in  Scottsville, 
Macoupin  County;  died  May  3,1876;  an  esti- 
mable citizen,  his  death  was  universally 
regretted  by  his  many  friends;  liberally 
educated  during  the  early  years  of  his  life, 
he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  ill  health, 
however,  compelled  him  to  relinquish  the 
profession,  which  was  the  dream  of  his 
younger  days.  His  wife  was  born  in  South 
Carolina,  Sept.  25,  1803;  when  two  years 
old,  her  parents  moved  to  Carthage,  where 


the  family  opened  the  first  tavern;  from 
Tennessee  the  family  moved  to  Kentucky, 
from  which  State  Mrs.  Turney  accompan- 
ied a  family  to  Wayne  County,  Illinois, 
and  married  Mr.  Turney,  her  husband,  in 
White  County,  Illinois,  July  1820;  by  this 
marriage  eleven  children:  Eliza  Ann,  de- 
ceased; Wm.  F.,  Greene,  deceased;  Ellen, 
Harriet  Jane,  Moses,  deceased;  Asa,  Dru- 
cilla,  deceased;  America,  Thomas  Benton, 
Hortense  Ann;  Asa',  grew  to  maturity  in 
the  counties  of  Macoupin  and  Morgan. 
March  7,  1861,  he  was  united  fti  marriage 
to  Miss  Nancy  E.  Hall,  the  daughter  of 
Aaron  and  Nancy  Hall;  one  child:  Nancy, 
born  in  Sangamon  County,  Se  it,  n,  1864 

A /"ANCIL  A.  B.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  6,  Macoupin  County,  P.O.  Vancil's 
Point,  Macoupin  County.  Mr.  Vancil 
was  the  fourth  child  of  Gideon  and  Tarraba 
Vancil;  he  was  born  in  Sangamon  County, 
Illinois,  in  1828;  where  his  parents  moved 
about  1826,  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of 
Auburn,  where  they  remained  for  a  number 
of  years;  and  made  their  way  to  the  State 
of  Texas,  but  subsequently  returned  to  Illi- 
nois; of  a  somewhat  restless  disposition,  he 
eventually  became  a  resident  of  Missouri, 
where  he  now  lives,  with  his  children;  his 
wife  having  died  on  their  return  trip  from 
Texas;  eleven  children;  seven  of  whom  are 
living:  Mary  Jane,  Clarinda,  James,  Hugh- 
ston,  Sarah  Ann,  Frank,  and  A.  B.,  the  only 
one  now  living  in  this  State,  grew  up  in 
Sangamon  County,  and  married  in  Macou- 
pin, in  1853,  Miss  Lizzie  Scott,  a  daughter 
of  John  Scott;  two  children:  Arthur  L.,  born 
in  1853,  J.  A.,  born  1858.  Mr.  V.  owns 
120  acres  of  well  improved  land,  in  Macou- 
pin County 

VANCIL  ADAM  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch,  a  life  long  resident  of  this 
State,  and  County,  was  born  in  Union 
County,  Illinois,  in  1814;  there  are  but  few 
now  living,  who  have  made  a  home  in  this 
State  for  the  period  of  time  that  Mr.  Vancil 
has  been  among  us.  The  father  of  Adam 
Vancil  was  bora  in  Virginia,  about  1790;  in 
early  manhood  he  left  the  old  homestead 
and  located  in  Union  County,  Illinois, 
where  he  married  Miss  Katty  Putmaster,  a 
native  of  Virginia;  when  Mr.  Vancil  ar 


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rived  in  the  State,  he  had  but  little  save  his 
trusty  rifle,  wherewith  to  commence  the 
battle  of  life;  no  grist  or  horse  mills  being 
in  use  for  several  years,  it  became  neces- 
sary for  him  to  pound  small  grain,  for 
breakfast  or  dinner,  in  a  rough  mortar. 
Moving  to  Morgan  County,  in  1827,  he 
entered  land  from  the  government,  and 
became,  in  his  younger  days,  a  successful 
farmer;  the  remains  of  himself  and  wife 
now  rest  in  Morgan  County.  Adam,  at 
time  of  his  father's  settlement  in  the 
county,  was  in  his  I3th  year;  when  Black 
Hawk  made  war  on  the  settlers,  in  1832, 
although  a  youth,  he  determined  to  become 
among  the  few  to  protect  the  border,  from 
the  incursions  of  the  red  man;  in  1834  he 
married  Miss  Margaret  McCoulIough,  a 
native  of  North  Carolina;  for  some  years 
he  rented  property,  until  such  a  time  as  he 
became  able  to  buy;  in  1846  Mrs.  Vancil 
died,  leaving  six  children;  John,  Franklin, 
and  Elizabeth,  living;  January,  1848,  Mr. 
Vancil  married  Mrs.  Rhoda  Ray,  relict  of 
Lewis  Ray,  and  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Lawrence.  Mrs.Vancil  was  born 
in  North  Carolina,  in  1809;  by  this  mar- 
riage, three  children,  one  living,  George, 
who  resides  in  California;  Mr.  Vancil, 
although  not  a  large  land  owner,  has  for 
its  size,  one  of  the  best  managed  farms  in 
the  State 

VANCIL  EDMUND  C.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Vancil's  Point. 
Mr.  Vancil  takes  a  leading  position  among 
the  wealthy  men  of  Macoupin  County;  he 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  May  8,  1798;  the 
early  history  of  this  family,  is  somewhat 
obscure;  his  father  Tobias  Vancil,  was  of 
German  parentage;  who  married  in  Vir- 
ginia Miss  Nancy  Jack;  they  moved  from 
Virginia  to  Kentucky,  where  the  head  of 
the  family  departed  this  life  as  early  as 
1816.  Young  Vancil,  who  was  of  a  daring 
disposition,  set  out  for  the  boundless 
prairies  of  Illinois;  reaching  the  Ohio,  he 
floated  down  the  river,  on  a  flatboat,  reach- 
ing Golconda,  Illinois;  from  this  point  he 
made  his  way  into  Union  County,  where  he 
erected  a  cabin,  and  entered  land  from 
the  government,  and  for  some  time  worked 
as  a  deck  hand,  on  keelboats,  on  the  river, 
so  common  on  che  Western  waters  in  an 
early  day.  In  his  twenty-fifth  year, Mr. Van- 


cil married  Miss  Mary  Byers,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Byers,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  who  moved  to  North  Caro- 
lina, and  afterwards  to  Kentucky,  where 
Mrs.  Vancil  was  born.  For  ten  years  Mr. 
Vancil  became  the  successful  proprietor  of 
a  distillery  in  Macoupin  County;  erecting 
the  buildings,  he  also  made  the  barrels;  a 
natural  mechanic,  everything  he  undertook 
was  successfully  accomplished,  and  that  in 
a  superior  manner.  In  1827  he  moved  to 
Sangamon  County,  and  during  the  Spring 
of  1828,  moved  on  to  the  property  he  now 
owns;  in  many  respects  Mr.  Vancil  is  a  re- 
markable man;  above  the  average  in  ability, 
possessed  of  rare  judgment,  his  life  has 
been  a  succession  of  brilliant  successes; 
during  his  pioneer  days  he  manufactured 
his  own  boots  and  shoes,  built  his  own 
wagons,  etc. ;  in  1848  he  erected  the  sub- 
stantial dwelling,  where  now  lives,  which, 
at  the  time  it  was  built,  was  perhaps,  the 
finest  farm  residence  of  Macoupin  County; 
in  1852  he  built  a  steam  saw-mill,  which  he 
run  successfully  many  years;  and  which 
proved  a  paying  investment;  during  this 
time  he  invented  a  plow  for  breaking  pur- 
poses, a  great  improvement  over  those  for- 
merly in  use,  and  many  are  in  use  at  the 
present  day;  he  also  constructed  a  flatboat, 
in  a  very  workmanlike  manner,  which 
made  his  name  widely  known  as  a  superior 
workman.  Mr.  Vancil  is  to-day  a  repre- 
sentative type  of  the  early  pioneer;  coming 
to  the  county,  poor  as  the  poorest,  he  has 
worked  his  way  upward  to  a  proud  posi- 
tion in  life;  owning  at  onetime,  some  1,500 
acres,  in  Macoupin  County;  owning  now 
some  6,000  acres  in  the  States  of  Califor- 
nia and  Illinois;  he  is  now  living  with  his 
wife,  a  true  type  of  the  Western  woman,  on 
the  farm,  where  he  worked  during  the  days 
of  his  early  manhood;  this  marriage  was 
blessed  with  six  children:  Emeline,  who 
married  C.  Moffet;  Imri  B.  who  married 
Eliza  Rice;  Mordecai,  who  married  in  Cal- 
ifornia, where  he  now  lives;  Wm.  L.  who 
married  Miss  Lucy  Seaton.  This  sketch 
would  be  incomplete  were  we  to  omit  to 
mention  one  of  the  older  daughters  of  Mr. 
V.;  Amanda,  a  remarkable  woman,  indeed, 
noted  for  wealth,  rare  executive  abilities, 
and  superior  education,  and  well  remem- 
bered by  the  citizens  of  Macoupin  Coun 


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563 


Vancil  Frank,  renter,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly 
Van  Hise  Catherine,  wid.  Edmund,  Waverly 
Van  Hise  John  J.  farmer,  Waverly 
VANWINKLE      ALEXANDER, 

farmer  and  schoolteacher,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Waverly.  Mr.  V.  was  born  in  Morgan 
County,  in  1831  ;  his  father,  Ransom  Van- 
winkle,  was  born  in  Kentucky,  about  1796; 
he  married  in  Kentucky,  Miss  Margaret 
Brooks,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky. During  the  Autumn  of  1829  the  fam- 
ily moved  to  Illinois,  and  located  on  Apple 
Creek,  Morgan  County,  and  settling  on  the 
unbroken  prairie,  prepared  to  cultivate  the 
soil;  here  were  spent  the  last  days  of  the  old 
folks;  this  marriage  was  blessed  with  nine 
children:  Hiram  J.,  who  married ,  Miss 
Mary  Vanmeter,  he  died  in  1864;  Thomas 
J.,  who  married  Orpha  Bourland;  Roxcil, 
lana,  who  married  Monroe  Mayfield;  Sarah 
Jane,  married  a  Mr.  Reed,  of  Missouri; 
James  N.,  who  married  in  California;  Mar- 
tinette  who  died  in  1858,  unmarried;  Ath- 
erton,  who  married  Miss  Nellie  Luttrell; 
John  H.,  who  married  Miss  Lizzie  Gib- 
son, and  Alexander,  who  heads  this  sketch- 
married  Miss  Henrietta  Keplinger,  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  Keplinger;  three  chil- 
dren: Mary  H.,  born  Feb.,  1864,  Homer 
A.  and  Horace  U.,  twins,  born  Dec.  II, 
1865;  Horace  departed  this*  life  Dec.  30, 
1865;  Mr.  Vanwinkle  for  many  years  of 
his  life  was  a  schoolteacher;  in  1870  Mrs. 
Vanwinkle  departed  this  life;  in  1852,  Mr. 
V.  accompanied  an  expedition  en  route  for 
the  gold  fields  of  California,  where  he 
remained  for  six  years,  engaged  as  a  miner 
and  stock  raiser,  returning  to  Morgan 
County  in  1858;  in  1861  he  entered  the 
the  army  enlisting  in  Co.  B,  roth  111.  In- 
fantry, and  remained  encamped  at  Cairo 
until  the  expiration  of  service;  he  then  re- 
enlisted,  in  Aug.,  1861,  in  the  32d  111.  In- 
fantry; up  to  Feb.,  of  this  year,  the  regiment 
was  stationed  at  Camp  Butler,  where  Mr. 
V.  was  appointed  Sergeant-Major  of  the 
regiment;  at  Shiloh  Mr.  V.  was  severely 
wounded,  which  disabled  him  for  many 
months;  promoted  Adjutant  of  the  regi- 
ment, he  served  in  that  capacity  until  his 
resignation,  which  occurred  in  1864;  after 
the  war  he  returned  to  Morgan  County, 
but  shortly  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  he 
he  became  a  merchant;  returning  to  this 


county  irt  1871,  he  devoted  his  time  prin- 
cipally to  the  school-room,  and  owns  farm 
property  of  160  acres 

Van  Winkle  F.  O.  clerk,  Waverly 

Van  Winkle  Thomas  J.,  postmaster,  Waverly 

Vaughn  Mary,  P.O.  Waverly 

Vertrees  Samuel,  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Vieira  Emanuel  M.,  lab.  Waverly 

Victor  Nancy  Mrs.  Waverly 

VXTADDELL  HIRAM,  blacksmith,  Wa- 
VV    verly 

Walker  Nicholas  R.  engineer,  Waverly 
Watson  Adelaide  C.  wid.  Henry,  Waverly 
Watson  Alfred,  capt.  Waverly 
Watson  Horatio  G.  farmer,  Waverly 
WATSON    THEODORE,     retired, 
Waverly;   was   born    August    27,    1814,  in 
Hartford  County,  Conn.,  settled  in  Waverly 
in  1839;  was  married  to  Miss  Sophia  Clapp 
in  the  year  1840;  she  died  Nov.  24,  1854; 
married  again  in  the  fall  of  1855,  to  Mrs. 
Abbie  Clawson;  politics  rep;  religion  Epis- 
copalian 

WATERS  WM.  C.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  3,  Macoupin  Co.,  P.O.  Waverly; 
Mr.  Waters,  now  a  resident  of  Macoupin 
Co.,  but  cotemporary  with  the  early  settle- 
ments of  Morgan,  was  born  in  Casey  Co., 
Kentucky,  March  6,  1825;  the  oldest  son 
of  Zachariah  and  Elizabeth,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Canaday;  during  the  autumn  of 
this  year  Zachariah  determined  to  locate 
in  the  West,  where  the  buffalo  still  re- 
mained comparatively  undisturbed,  and  the 
North  American  Indians  were  a  numer- 
ous people;  after  weeks  of  travel,  he  set- 
tled in  Morgan  Co.,  Illinois,  on  the  Mau- 
vaisterre,  where  now  stands  the  residence 
of  Judge  Woods;  here  was  spent  the  youth- 
ful days  of  young  Waters,  where  he  re- 
ceived a  subscription  schooling,  consisting  of 
a  course  of  reading,  writing,  and  arithme- 
tic; to  illustrate  the  simplicity  of  construc- 
tion of  these  schools,  we  will  here  narrate  a 
few  facts;  entering  the  schoolroom,  the 
scholars  seated  themselves  on  rude  wooden 
benches,  while  the  teacher,  a  dignified  man, 
moved  around  like  a  fire-marshal  on  dress 
parade;  the  shutters,  a  novelty  in  their 
way,  were  manufactured  fijom  clapboards, 
and  swung  to  and  fro  on  wooden  hinges; 
the  teacher's  desk  was  an  ancient  affair, 


MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


made  of  slabs,  and  would  look  out  of  place 
in  our  modern  school- rooms;  in  1845  Mr. 
Waters  married  Miss  Keziah  Brulton,  a 
daughter  of  Wm.  and  Rebecca  Brulton 
natives  of  Kentucky;  the  capital  of  Mr.  W. 
at  this  time  was  small,  but  he  set  resolutely 
to  work  fo  clear  away  the  timber;  two 
years  later  he  moved  to  Macoupin,  where 
he  has  since  resided,  owning  a  tract  of  272 
acres,  and  among  the  most  successful  farm- 
ers of  that  county;  in  1853  Mrs.  Waters 
died;  two  children,  born  of  this  marriage, 
are  not  living;  in  1854  he  married  Miss 
Martha  Moore;  seven  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living:  Zillford  C.,  Wm.  D., 
Mary  F.,  Palmer  and  Wealthy;  Mrs. 
Waters  died  in  1864;  June  13,  1866,  mar- 
ried Miss  Eliza  Devenport,  daughter  of 
Wm.  Devenport;  by  this  marriage  one 
child,  not  living 
Watts  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  32,  P.O  Wa- 

verly 

Watts  Richard,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Weatherby  Benjamin,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Weatherby  W.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

WEATHERFORD  JONAS,  far- 
mer and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waver- 
ly; the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Franklin,  Morgan  Co.,  July  3,  1844,  second 
child  of  John  and  Melinda  Weatherford, 
natives  of  Kentucky,  who  settled  in  Illinois 
when  railroads  were  scarcely  known  in  the 
West,  and  steamboats  seldom  seen  on  the 
western  waters.  The  father  of  Jonas 
was  unmarried  when  he  arrived  in  Morgan 
County,  but  shortly  after  his  settlement  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Melinda 
McDonald  ;  starting  in  to  the  hard  work 
that  became  a  matter  of  necessity,  he  toiled 
early  and  late,  while  the  years  rolled  rapid- 
ly onward,  and  his  family  grew  up  around 
him;  removing  to  Missouri  and  remaining 
four  years,  the  head  of  the  family  then 
moved  to  Sangamon  County,  where  himself 
and  wife  now  live;  Jonas  passed  the  great- 
er portion  of  his  life  in  Morgan  County;  at 
18  he  entered  the  service  of  Uncle  Sam, 
Co.  H,  loist  Illinois  Infantry,  for  three 
years'  service;  in  some  of  the  more  noted 
engagements  of  the  war;  his  arm  was  bad- 
ly shattered  by  a  minnie  ball  at  Dallas, 
Ga.,  which  incapacitated  him  from  service 
for  some  time;  after  the  war  closed,  Mr. 


W.  returned  to  Morgan  County,  where  he 
has  since  followed  farming;  on  the  I3th  of 
September,  1868,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Louisa  Wright,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Jane  Wright,  whose  biogra- 
phy will  be  found  elsewhere;  two  children 
blessed  this  union,  Ernest  and  Edward; 
Mr.  W.  now  rasides  on  his  farm  property, 
comprising  40  acres 

WELLER  SAMUEL,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Weller  was  born  in  Logan  Co.,  Ky.,  Aug. 
26,  1821.  Educated  in  district  schools,  at 
16  he  became  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of 
a  tailor  ;  serving  his  time,  he  became  a 
journeyman,  and  the  proprietor  of  an  estab- 
lishment for  the  transaction  of  general  tail- 
oring business.  In  1845  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  A.  Lyndsey,  a  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Jane  Lyndsey,  natives  of  Kentucky. 
In  1852  Mr.  Weller  settled  in  Morgan  Co., 
111.,  in  the  vicinity  of  Waverly,  where  he 
has  resided  since  his  removal  to  the  county, 
renting  property  the  first  few  years.  In  a 
few  years  he  became  the  owner  of  sixty-four 
acres  near  the  city  of  Waverly.  The  mar- 
riage was  blessed  with  eleven  children, 
nine  living:  Samuel,  born  1847;  Elizabeth, 
born  Nov.  4,  1848;  Joseph  M.,  Sept.  4,1850; 
James  T.,  June  29,  1853;  John  H.,  April 
10,  1855;  William  F.,  May  24,  1857;  Mil- 
tie,  Aug.  10,  1860;  George  E.,  April  13, 
1862;  Clara  A.  July  13,  1864 
Weller  Henry,  farm  hand,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Wav- 
erly 

Wells  Alexander,  tinner,  Waverly 
Wemple  Edward,  banker,  Waverly 
Wemple  F.  H.  banker,  Waverly 
Wheeler  Robert  N.  lab.  Waverly 
White  Andrew  J.  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
White   James,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Waverly 
White  John,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
WHITLOCK  ALEXANDER,  far- 
mer and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Franklin, 
The  above-named  gentleman  was  born  in 
Washington    Co.,    Tenn.,    in     1840.      His 
father,  Johnson  Whitlock,  was  a  also  a  na- 
tive  of  Tennessee,  who   married    in    1839 
Miss  Rebecca  Wheeler,  a  daughter  of  Jessie 
J.  and  Charity  Wheeler,  by  whom  he  had 
nine   children :  Amasa,    who   died   in   the 
army;  John,    who   married    Miss    Martha 
Woods;  Elizabeth,  who  married  Chamber- 
lain   Belk;  Minerva,  who   married    George 


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Bonds;  Mary,  who  married  James  Manly; 
Eveline,  unmarried;  George,  who   married 
Sylvanus  Taylor,  and  Orletha,  who  married 
Willis   Burch.     Alexander,   in    his  twelfth 
year,    1852,    accompanied    his    parents   to    j 
Illinois,  and  located  on   arrival  near  Wav- 
erly,  where  he   attended    during   his  early 
years  a  district  school.     June   15,  1865,  he 
was  married    to    Miss    Mary   C.  Bowyer,  a 
daughter   of  James    E.  Bowyer.     By    this 
marriage  six  children:  William  T.,  George 
B.,  Freddie  E.  (not  living),  James  O.,  Jessie 
M.,  and  Wealthy.     In  Xi86i,  Mr.  Wheeler 
enlisted  in  Co.  I.,  I4th   111.  Infantry.     On 
account  of  general  disability,  at  the  end  of 
three   months'    service,  he   was    honorably 
discharged,  but  on  regaining  hi<  health,  he 
re-enlisted   in  Co.  G.,  loist    Regt.  111.  In- 
fantry, on  Sept.  2,  1862.     A  participant  in 
one  marine   engagement.     Honorably  dis- 
charged in   1863,  he   returned    to    Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  now  follows  farming 
Whitlock  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Waverly 
Whitlock  Johnson,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Whitlock  William,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Wiatt  Henry  P.  renter,  Sec.  21,  P.O.Waverly 
Wilder  George,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Wilder  Matilda,  wid.  Berry,  Waverly 
Wilder  Richard,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Wilder  Robert,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Williams  George,  farmer,  Waverly 
Williams  Henry,  lab.  Waverly 
Williams  John,  farmer,  Waverly 
Williams  John,  sr.  farmer,  Waverly 
Wolfkill  D.  S.  watchmkr.  Waverly 
Wood  H.  C.  harnessmkr.  Waverly 
Wood  James,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 


Woodman  John  F.  dry  goods,  Waverly 
WOODS  WM.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Franklin  ;  son  of  Sterling  and  Elizabeth. 
As  early  as  1828,  they  removed  from  Ken- 
tucky to  Illinois,  settling  in  Morgan  Co., 
where  Wm.  C.  was  born  in  1831.  The 
country  was  then  new,  and  the  emigrant 
frequently  went  fifteen  miles  to  horse- 
mill.  At  times  a  numerous  party  would 
meet  at  these  mills,  where  they  would  re- 
main all  night,  parching  corn,  cracking 
jokes,  and  having  a  good  time  generally, 
for  they  were  a  whole  -  souled,  sociable 
people.  Wm.  attended  a  log  school  house, 
the  furniture  of  this  school  was  of  the 
rudest  kind,  some  benches  being  in  use 
and  awkwardly  constructed,  and  the  first 
teacher  was  Joel  Heddington.  Dec.  28, 
1859,  Mr.  Woods  was  married  to  Celestine 
Boulware,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Nancy, 
pioneers  of  Morgan  Co.  Eight  children 
blessed  this  union  :  Minerva,  wife  of  Lean- 
der  A.  Colwell,  Robert,  James  P.,  Mary, 
Clara,  George,  Nora,  and  Margaret.  Mr. 
Woods  owns  160  acres  of  well  improved 
land-:,  is  a  good  farmer  and  successful 
trader.  The  father,  in  1849,  moved  to  Ma- 
coupin  Co.,  where  he  now  resides,  who,  in 
his  younger  days,  was  a  very  sterling,  ener- 
getic man 
Wynne  Thomas,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 


Y 


OUNG  GEO.  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 


,L  JOHN  C.  harnessmkr.  Waverly 
Zoll  William,  lab.  Waverly 


WAVERLY   BUSINESS   CARDS. 


THE    BANK    OF     WAVERLY, 

State  st.  Waverly.  A  co-partnership  exist- 
ting  between  Theodore  E.  Curtiss,  Agustine 
A.  Curtiss,  Albert  Rohrer,  Wm.  W.  Brown, 
and  Horace  R.  Boynton,  doing  business 
under  the  firm  name  and  style  of  "The 
Bank  of  Waverly,"  organized  March,  1872. 
Transact  a  general  banking  business,  buy 
and  sell  exchange,  etc.,  interest  paid  on 
time  deposits  by  special  arrangement. 
Special  attention  given  to  collections.  T. 


E.  Curtiss,  president,  Albert  Rohrer,  vice- 
president,  W.  W.  Brown,  cashier,  H.  R. 
Boynton,  ass't  cashier 

ARNETT  J.  W.  lawyer  and  justice  of 
the  peace,  office,  Pearl  st.  Waverly 

BLAIR  E.  K.   D.D.S    dentist,  Waverly. 
BRADLEY  G.  W.  physician,  Waverly 

BUCK  JOSEPH  M.  livery,  feed  and 

sale  stable,  Waverly 


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CHAIN  &  MANSON,  dry  goods,  Wa- 
verly 

EDWARDS  RICHARD  M.  carriage 
and  wagon  makers,  Waverly 

ELDREDGE  L.  B.  dealer  in  fancy 
goods,  pictures,  brackets,  jewelry,  toys,  etc. 
Waverly 

HARRIS  WM.  P  &  SON,  full  line  of 
fine  family  groceries,  Waverly 

KIMBER  ALONZO  L.  physician. 
Waverly 

MARSHALL  WILLIAM  H.  gro- 
cer,  Waverly 


MICHENER  WILSON,  commission 
merchant,  Waverly 

MORGAN  COUNTY  JOURNAL, 

(weekly)  Pearl  st.  Waverly 

McVEY   R.  E.   physician  and  surgeon, 
ws  Square,  Waverly 

ROACH  JAMES  T.  butcher,  Waverly 
SPRAGUE  J.  B.  physician,  WavwN 

THAYER  G.  H.  furniture  dealer,  Wa- 
verly 


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A   NDERTON    BIRD,    farm  hand,  P.O. 

**•     Franklin 

Anderton  Margaret,  P.O.  Franklin 

Anderson  Thos.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Anderson  William,  renter,  Sec.  36,  P.O. 
Franklin 

Austie  Elizabeth,  farmer,  Sec.  37,  P.O.  Scott- 
ville,  Macoupin  Co. 

Austie  John  W.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Scottville,  Macoupin  Co. 

AUSTLN"  JOHN",  deceased,  during  his 
life  was  well  and  favorably  known  to  the 
residents  of  this  county ;  he  was  born  in 
1837,  on  the  homestead  property  of  his  par- 
ents in  Morgan  Co.  The  head  of  the  fam- 
ily, Eli  Austin,  who  is  still  living,  was  a 
farmer  and  blacksmith  ;  when  old  enough 
John  attended  a  district  school  during  the 
winter,  the  summer  finding  him  busily  em- 
ployed on  the  farm  ;  in  1857  he  married 
Miss  Martha  Criswell,  daughter  of  George 
Criswell  of  this  county  ;  four  children  :  Su- 
san M.,  Ida  L.,  Cora  E.  and  Evalena.  On 
the  2gth  day  of  January,  1868,  Mr.  Austin 
died  and  was  interred  in  the  Seymour  cem- 
etery ;  a  useful^  citizen,  his  death  was  re- 
gretted by  all  who  knew  him  ;  he  left  a 
property  of  160  acres,  on  which  his  widow, 
Martha  H.  Austin,  now  resides. 

T3ECKET  J.  J.  renter,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

BEBBYMAN  WM.  A.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  33,  T.  13,  R.  9,  P.O. 
Scottville,  Macoupin  Co.,  111.,  was  born  in 
Barren  Co.,  Ky.,  Dec.  16,  1828  ;  working 
for  his  father  on  a  tobacco  plantation, 
where  they  would  produce  as  much  as 
twelve  hhds.  of  tobacco,  averaging  2,200 
Ibs.  in  one  season.  Mr.  Berryman  did  not 
receive  any  education,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years  he  left  home  and  started 
alone  for  the  lead  mines  of  Galena,  111., 
but  on  account  of  lameness  in  his  horse 
he  stopped  in  Morgan  Co.  and  engaged  in 
driving  stock  to  St.  Louis,  until  the  fol- 
lowing spring,  when  he  hired  to  work  for 


Jacob  Van  Note  on  a  farm  at  fifteen  dol- 
lars per  month.  Mr.  Berryman  received 
one  hundred  and  ten  dollars  in  gold  for  a 
one  hundred  dollar  bill,  at  Waverly,  caused 
by  St.  Louis  brokers  trying  to  break  the 
Missouri  State  bank.  In  June,  1853,  ne 
married  Mrs.  Hannah  Nail,  relict  of  Rus- 
sell Nail ;  five  children — three  still  living  : 
Levi  O.,  Sarah  Isabel,  and  Henry.  Mr. 
Berryman  owns  300  acres  of  land,  having 
250  acres  in  cultivation.  His  farm  is  one 
of  the  finest,  if  not  the  finest  in  Hart's 
Prairie,  which  takes  its  name  from  Solo- 
mon Hart,  who  settled  there  more  than  fif- 
ty years  ago. 

Boyer  Jacob,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
BBEWEB  H.  D.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Franklin.  His  father, 
Jessie  H.,  was  a  farmer  during  the  greater 
portion  of  his  life  ;  who  married  Miss  Nan- 
cy Grisman.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
was  born  in  Christian  Co.,  Ky.,  June  2, 
1818  ;  having  the  hard  work  of  the  farm  to 
attend  to,  he  never  received  but  six  weeks' 
schooling  ;  in  his  fourteenth  year  he  be- 
came apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  copper- 
smith ;  this  not  being  conducive  to  health, 
he  learned  the  trade  of  tinner.  Realizing 
the  importance  of  an  education,  he  applied 
himself  at  night  learning  to  read,  write  and 
cypher.  In  his  twenty-seventh  year  he 
married  Miss  Mary  Steel;  in  1851  he  came 
to  Waverly,  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  run  a 
tinshop  for  Boyington  &  Challon  ;  from 
Waverly  he  removed  to  Franklin,  where  he 
kept,  for  many  years,  a  hardware  and  tin 
shop  ;  in  1853,  first  bought  land,  now  owns 
128  acres  ;  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom 
are  living 

BBITTENSTINE  FBEDBICK, 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.?,  P.O.  Young- 
blood,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  .was  born 
in  Sweden,  June  15,  1827  ;  his  father  was, 
by  trade,  a  shoemaker,  died  in  the 
early  infancy  of  Fredrick,  as  did  also  his 
mother.  He  early  became  apprenticed  to 
the  trade  of  a  silk-weaver,  and  in  after 
years  turned  his  attention  to  farming.  In 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


1848  he  crossed  the  broad  waters  of  the  At- 
lantic for  the  shores  of  America.  In  those 
days  as  sailing  vessels  were  a  slow  means 
of  navigation,  the  voyage  was  prolonged 
for  some  four  months.  Arriving  in  New 
Orleans,  from  there  he  made  his  way  to  St. 
Louis,  thence  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  settling 
on  Indian  Creek ;  he  followed  agricultural 
pursuits;  he  married  in  1849,  Miss  Eliza 
Newman  ;  by  this  mariage  eight  children, 
five  of  whom  are  living :  John,  born  1850  ; 
Ann,  born  February,  1859  ;  Joseph  B.,born 
1860;  Frederick,  born  1863  ;  Nancy,  born 
1867.  In  connection  with  farming  Mr. 
Brittenstine  is  doing  a  general  blacksmith- 
ing  business,  and  is  ready  and  willing  at 
all  times  to  do  good  work  at  low  rates,  res- 
pectfully soliciting  the  patronage  of  his 
many  friends  and  the  farming  community 
generally.  He  can  be  found  at  the  little 
blacksmith  shop  around  the  corner  near  his 
residence 

Britenstine  Wm.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
BROWN  EZEKIEL,  farmer,  P.O. 
Franklin.  Mr.  Brown  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  Nov.  1838,  where  his  father,  John 
Brown,  settled  as  early  as  1827,  when  but 
few  houses  of  any  kind  were  erected  in  the 
county  ;  settling  in  the  vicinity  of  Franklin, 
he  rented  the  property  now  owned  by  Jas. 
Rawlings,  where  he  has  lived  since  his  ar- 
rival in  the  State,  and  no  doubt  the  many 
important  changes  that  have  crept  over  the 
West,  seem  a  matter  of  surprise  to  one  who 
lived  in  a  day  when  a  horse  could  carry 
double  ;  far  different  from  to-day,  when  it 
sometimes  takes  a  large  carriage  for  a  small 
young  man.  The  wife  of  John  died  many 
years  ago.  Ezekiel  was  the  sixth  child  ; 
liberally  educated,  in  1862  he  entered  the 
army,  enlisting  in  Co.  G,  7ist  111.  Inf.  for 
three  months,  remaining  five ;  honorably 
discharged.  He  then  enlisted  in  Co.  E, 
58tli  111.  Inf.  for  one  year,  and  became  en- 
gaged in  the  siege  of  Mobile,  etc.,  etc.; 
honorably  discharged  April,  1865.  Autumn 
of  1873  Mr.  Brown  was  elected  constable 
Bryant  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Wa- 

verly 

Bryant  Charles,  renter,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Waverly 
Bryant  Guthrie,  farmer,    Sec.  36,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

BRYANT  DR.  J.  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly.     Dr.  Bryant, 


who  is  cotemporary  with  the  early  settle- 
ment of  this  county,  was  the  eldest  child 
of  William  W.  and  Isabel  Bryant,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Rankin.  William  Bry- 
ant was  a  native  of  Virginia,  by  trade  a 
mechanic,  who  married  the  lady  mentioned 
in  Tennessee,  .where  he  removed  in  an  early 
day.  His  skill  in  mechanics  was  somewhat 
remarkable,  and  it  is  related  of  him  that 
very  few,  if  any,  excelled  him  as  a  mechanic. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  on  the 
23d  of  December,  1828.  Six  years  later, 
the  family  set  out  for  Illinois,  and  settled 
in  what  was  then  the  old  fashioned  village 
of  Jacksonville,  where  he  afterward  died. 
His  wife  survived  him  some  five  years. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  Dr.  Bryant 
worked  by  the  month  for  neighboring  far- 
mers. During  the  Mexican  war,  he  became 
enrolled  as  a  volunteer  in  Co.  D.,  1st  Regt. 
Remaining  one  year  in  the  service,  and  on 
the  field  during  the  engagement  of  Buena 
Vista.  Honorably  discharged  before  the 
close  of  the  war,  he  returned  to  Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  began  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  in  time  became  a  practicing  physician. 
He  married  in  1860  Miss  Sarah  Huckstep, 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  Huckstep,  an  old 
resiJent  of  this  county.  In  1874  Mrs.  Bry- 
ant departed  this  life,  leaving  to  her  hus- 
band's care  eight  children  :  Charles  C.. 
Steven  G.,  Martha  E.,  James  O.,  Thomas 
E.,  Kate  L.,  Jessie  and  Adian  Irving^.  On 
the  loth  of  August,  1876,  Dr.  Bryant  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Susan  Wilder,  relict  of  Franklin 
Wilder.  To  use  a  common  phrase,  Mr. 
Bryant  has  seen  many  of  the  ups  and  downs 
of  life;  at  one  time  a  merchant,  and  at  an- 
other the  proprietor  of  a  grist-mill.  Of 
late  years  his  time  has  been  occupied  tilling 
the  soil 

BUCHANAN  WILLIAM,  farmer 
and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Waverly. 
Mr.  Buchanan  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead of  his  parents,  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Buchanan,  July,  1844 

BULL  SOLOMON,  farm  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Franklin 

BURCH  JOHN  B.  farmer  and  stock - 
raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Franklin.  In  tracing 
the  genealogy  of  families  in  this  county,  as 
but  few  items  have  been  preserved  in  writ- 
ing, information  in  rel.ition  to  families  is 
mostly  taken  from  memory.  Shelby  Burch, 


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father  of  John  B.,  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky; but  little  is  known  of  his  early  life. 
At  an  early  date  he  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Illinois,  locating  in  the  vicinity  of 
Franklin,  where  he  afterward  married  Miss 
Sarah  Wyatt,  daughter  of  John  Wyatt  and 
sister  to  Col.  W.  J.  Wyatt.  By  this  mar- 
riage two  children:  Mary,  who  married  H. 
C. Woods,  now  resides  in  Virden,  Macoupin 
Co.,  111.,  and  John  B.  Mr.  Burch  died 
while  in  early  manhood  Aug.  26,  1846. 
Mrs.  Burch  afterward  married  Francis  M. 
Scott,  and  now  resides  in  Franklin.  Oct. 
I,  1868,  John  married 'Miss  Helen  Rice, 
daughter  of  W.  W.  Rice,  of  Waverly.  One 
child,  Freddie,  born  June  13,  1873;  owns  a 
farm  comprising  150  acres;  for  seven  years 
has  been  township  assessor,  which  office  he 
now  holds 

Burk  Austin,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Burk  John,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Burnett  C.  R.  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
BURNETT  ROL.AND,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Burnett  was  born  April  30,  1835.  On  the 
old  homestead  of  his  father,  Isham  Burnett, 
surrounded  by  the  influences  of  pioneer 
life,  he  grew  to  manhood,  attending  the 
subscription  schools  in  the  winter  season, 
and  during  the  summer  his  time  was  em- 
ployed on  the  farm,  from  the  time  he  could 
handle  the  ax  or  hold  the  plow.  During 
the  war  he  became  a  contractor,  supplying 
the  boys  in  blue  with  clothing  and  provis- 
ions; for  four  years  he  followed  the  move- 
ments of  the  army.  At  its  close,  owing  to 
a  general  credit  system,  with  pockets  de- 
pleted, he  returned  to  Morgan  Co.,  and 
settled  down  to  the  pursuits  that  he  had 
been  accustomed  to  from  boyhood.  Pur- 
chasing an  estate  of  160  acres,  as  years 
rolled  by  he  added  to  this,  and  now  owns 
farm  property  comprising  320  acres.  Sept. 
12,  1877,  he  married  Miss  Louetta  Hamil- 
ton, daughter  of  H.  C.  and  Rosella  Ham- 
ilton 

CAIN    MARTHA    A.   farming,    Sec.    13, 
P.O.  Franklin 

Cain  Robt.  farm  hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Franklin 

CALHOUN      ABRAHAM,    farmer 

and   stock-raiser,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin. 

Mr.  Calhoun  was  born  in    Green  Co.,  Ky., 

February,  1846.     His  parents  were  natives 


of  Kentucky,  and  there  followed  farming. 
The  ancestry  of  this  family  were  among  the 
first  settlers  of  Kentucky.  In  1851,  the 
Calhoun  family  emigrated  to  Illinois,  when 
the  comforts  of  the  Eastern  States  could  be 
procured  in  the  West.  The  family  settled 
near  Scottville  Macoupin  Co.,  where  Mrs., 
Calhoun  now  lives.  One  year  after  his 
arrival,  Mr.  Calhoun  died,  and  was  laid  at 
rest  in  Greene  Co.  Mrs.  C.  afterward  mar- 
ried John  McCollum,  of  Macoupin  Co., 
where  Abraham  grew  to  maturity,  and  mar- 
ried Sarah  E.  Turner,  of  Greene  Co.  Four 
children  blessed  this  union :  David  T., 
Theresa  M.,  James  T.,  and  Julia  J.  Mr. 
Calhoun  owns  88  '/£  acres  of  land;  a  man  of 
enterprise,  which  is  the  farmer's  success 
Carrick  John,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
CHAMBERS  MOSES,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Scottville,  Ma- 
coupin Co.  Fifth  child  of  John  and  Nancy 
Chambers,  natives  of  North  Carolina,  who 
moved  westward  to  Illinois  in  1838,  and 
located  on  rented  property  in  Morgan  Co., 
west  of  Franklin.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1850.  Growing  to  man- 
hood, he  received  a  common-school  educa- 
tion. Unlike  the  boys  of  to-day,  he  had 
but  few  advantages  wherewith  to  com- 
mence the  battle  of  life.  Mr.  Chambers 
owns  forty  acres  of  land 

Cline  Lyman,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Franklin 
Cline  Owen,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Collins  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Franklin 
Covey  John,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Franklin 
COVEY  ROBERT  (deceased),  was  a 
farmer  and  stock-raiser  in  Morgan  Co.; 
was  born  near  Knoxville,  Tenn.  From 
boyhood  to  manhood  the  hard  work  of  the 
farm  fell  to  his  lot.  In  his  early  manhood, 
he  married  Miss  Dodd,  a  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Dodd,  who  came  in  an  early  day  to  Illi- 
nois. In  1836,  when  people  from  all  parts 
of  the  country  began  to  move  westward, 
Robert  Covey  gathered  together  his  per- 
sonal effects,  and  made  a  trip  to  Illinois  by 
wagon,  and  settled  on  the  south  fork  of 
the  Mauvaisterre,  where  himself  and  wife 
passed  the  remainder  of  their  days.  Rob- 
ert, junior,  from  whom  this  sketch  was 
obtained,  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Oct.  n, 
1838.  Educated  in  district  schools,  at  22 
he  married  Miss  Lucinda  Dalton,  of  Morgan 
Co.;  by  this  marriage  five  children:  Nancy 


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P.,  Mary  Ann,  Laura  E.,  Vina  and  Lew- 
ella.  March  9,  1870,  Mrs.  Covey  departed 
this  life,  and  the  same  year  Mr.  C.  married 
Miss  Mary  Jane  Talkington,  daughter  of 
William;  by  this  marriage  four  children: 
Electa  E.,  Sarah  Abigail,  Clarissa  and  Eve- 
line, all  born  in  Morgan  Co.  Mr.  Covey 
owns  101  acres 

COVEY  WILLIAM,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr.  Covey 
was  born  in  Knox  Co.,  Tenn.,  March  5, 
1836.  Himself  and  twin-brother,  L.  Sam- 
uel, accompanied  their  parents  to  Illinois 
during  the  Autumn  of  1836,  settling  on  the 
Mauvaisterre,  in  Morgan  Co.,  where  the 
family  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Judge 
L.  Samuel  Wood,  Dr.  Moore,  and  others. 
About  1839 — the  exact  date  cannot  be 
ascertained  —  Robert  Covey,  the  father  of 
William,  died,  leaving  to  the  care  of  his  wife 
a  large  family.  William,  thus  deprived  of  a 
parent,  to  help  toward  the  maintenance  of 
the  family,  became  employed  on  a  farm.  Feb. 
7,  1860,  married  Miss  Nancy  Seymour,  a 
daughter  of  Richardson  and  Mary  Ann 
Seymour.  On  the  2d  of  August,  1862,  Mr. 
Covey  enlisted  in  the  loist  111.  Infantry 
Co.  H.,  for  three  years'  service;  was  a  wit- 
ness of  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  with  Sher- 
man on  his  march  to  the  sea,  and  endured 
many  hardships.  Honorably  discharged  at 
Camp  Butler,  111.,  June,  1865 

COX  JOH^f,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  18,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Mr.  C.  was 
born  in  Morgan  Co.  March  I,  1838  ;  fourth 
child  of  Harris  and  Nancy  Cox,  natives  of 
Virginia  and  Kentucky  respectively,  who 
became  residents  of  Madisonville,  Ind., 
where  they  were  married,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  Boone  Co.,  there  following  farm- 
ing four  years,  and  then  made  their  way  to 
Illinois,  locating  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1834, 
entering  an  80  acre  tract;  a  purchase  of  160 
acres  was  made ;  on  the  land  entered  he 
built  a  log  cabin.  His  children  born  in  this 
county :  Julia  A.,  Sarah  J.,  Robert  B., 
and  John  H.  In  1844  Mrs.  C.  died.  Mr. 
C.  afterward  marrying  Mary  Sims,  daughter 
of  Wm.  Sims.  By  this  marriage  eleven 
children,  eight  are  living.  Some  fourteen 
years  ago  Mr.  C.  died ;  he  left  an  estate  of 
240  acres  ;  a  man  of  strict  integrity ;  his 
death  was  regretted  by  all  who  knew  him. 
The  gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch  re- 


ceived his  education  in  subscription  schools. 
In  his  25th  year  he  married  Mary  Frances 
Boyer,  daughter  of  Wm.  J.  Boyer,  ofSanga- 
mon  Co.  Five  children  blessed  this  union: 
Wm.  H.,  born  Nov.  17,  1868;  Geo.  B.,  Oct. 
14,  1870;  Charley,  Oct.  17,  1872;  David  N. 
Oct.  5,  1874^  Nancy  B.,  March  30,  1876. 
Mr.  C.  owns  105  acres;  an  energetic,  hon- 
orable man,  he  is  quite  comfortably  situ- 
ated in  life.  For  the  past  four  years  he  has 
held  the  position  of  constable,  discharging 
his  duties  to  the  satisfaction  of  law  abiding 
citizens.  Mr.  C.  has  in  his  possession  an 
interesting  relic  of  by-gone  days  that  was 
probably  in  use  during  the  Revolutionry 
War,  that  has  descended  down  to  the 
present  generation,  a  valuable  souvenir  of 
early  days 
Cox  William,  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  7, 

P.O.  Youngblood 

Culberson  George,  blacksmith,  P.O.  Waverly 
Culverson  Jas.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
CULVERSON  WILLIAM,  farmer 
and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Franklin. 
Mr.  C.  was  born  in  the  State  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, and  there  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer.  Removing  to  Illinois  as  early  as 
1840.  and  settled  on  the  Mauvaisterre,  in 
the  vicinity  of  Judge  Wood's  residence. 
For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Culverson  was 
a  resident  of  Greene  Co.;  of  late  years  a 
resident  of  Morgan  Co.,  his  time  has  been 
devoted  to  agriculture.  Since  his  settle- 
ment Mr.  C.  has  had  a  varied  experience, 
and  has  lived  to  see  the  county  grow  from 
a  wilderness  of  prairie  to  its  present  pros- 
perity 

Ty\LTON    BAXTER,    farmer,    Sec.    22, 

U   P.O.  Franklin 

I>ALTON  CLAYBURN ,  a  farmer  in 
the  bounds  of  Morgan  Co.  for  nearly  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ;  was  born  in  Rock- 
inghamCo.,  North  Carolina,  July  17,  1807  ; 
in  early  infancy  his  parents  removed  to 
Kentucky,  and  there  engaged  in  farming. 
In  his  2 1st  year  Clayburn  Dalton  married 
Miss  Pamelia  Haynes,  daughter  of  William 
Haynes,  and  a  sister  of  Green  Haynes, 
Esq.  In  1829,  in  company  with  William 
Haynes,  he  traversed  the  broad  prairies  for 
Illinois,  and  on  arrival  settled  in  Cass  Co., 
where  he  rented  land,  and  the  following  year 
he  removed  to  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  set- 


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tied  on  the  estate  now  owned  by  John 
Dalton;  he  built  a  log  cabin  on  this  prop- 
erty, and  formed  the  acquaintance  of  such 
men  as  Martin  Read  and  others.  His  land 
heavily  timbered,  he  toiled  indefatigably 
for  many  a  year;  at  the  age  of  60  he  died. 
To  John,  with  whom  the  latter  years  of  his 
life  were  passed,  he  willed  his  property;  his 
wife  still  survives,  living  on  the  farm,  where 
she  has  been  a  living  witness  of  many  vast 
changes  tending  to  the  general  improve- 
ment of  the  county.  John  was  born  in  Mor- 
gan Co.  March  27,  1835.  Growing  to  man- 
hood, he  obtained  a  liberal  education  for  the 
times.  Owning  200  acres  of  land  well  im- 
proved, part  of  the  homestead  property,  he 
lives  in  very  comfortable  circumstances 
Dalton  Green,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O  Young- 
blood 

Dalton  James,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dalton  Parmelia,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dannell  Reason,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Davis    Monterey,    farm  hand,    P.O.  Young- 
blood 

DEAR  TWYDELL,  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Franklin.  He  was  the 
youngest  of  a  family  of  five  children  ;  his 
father  was  a  native  of  England,  who  there 
married  Miss  Mary  Dudhop.  In  merry 
England  he  followed  farming.  In  1845, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  he  crossed  the  At- 
lantic for  America  ;  from  New  York  city 
he  came  direct  to  Morgan  Co.,  settling  four 
miles  from  the  present  city  of  Jacksonville, 
purchasing  210  acres,  he  became  a  suc- 
cessful farmer;  in  1858  he  departed  this 
life,  leaving  to  the  care  of  his  wife  five 
children :  Marie,  Anna,  Mary,  Euphemia, 
and  Twydell,  who  heads  this  sketch, 
who  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.  Sept.  27, 
1852  ;  at  21  he  married  Miss  Mary  Sey- 
mour, a  daughter  of  Robert  Seymour;  by 
this  marriage  three  children :  Ida,  born 
April,  1873  ;  Hattie  E.,  born  Feb.  17, 187"$; 
Docia,  born  Feb.  17,  1877 
Deatherage  Phillip  M.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 

Franklin 
Deatherage     William,    farmer    and     school 

teacher,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Waverly 
Dennis  John  H.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dennis  Levi,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dennis  William,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
DENNIS  WILLIAM  P.   farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Franklin.     Mr. 


Dennis  was  born  in  the  State  of  Tennessee, 
where  the  head  of  the  family  followed  farm- 
ing. When  William  had  attained  the  age 
of  16  years  his  parents,  to  better  their  own 
fortune  and  to  give  their  children  a  better 
start  in  life,  emigrated  to  Illinois  in  the 
Autumn  of  1849,  coming  through  in  the 
homely  rough  wagon,  and  locating  first  in 
Morgan  Co.,  in  the  edge  of  Waverly  pre- 
cinct, where  they  have  been  permanent 
residents.  Wm.  P.  was  a  hard  worker  in  his 
youth  -  he  remains  so  to-day — and  therein 
lies  the  secret  of  his  success  in  life  ;  obtain- 
ing his  education  in  district  schools.  At  22 
he  married  Miss  Eliza  Vannot,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Vannot.  The  children  are  named 
Mary,  Newton  J.,  Thomas,  Albert,  Clement, 
Ella,  Myrtie,  Roy,  and  Alma.  Mr.  D. 
owns  "]2l/2  acres 
Dugger  Hewer,  renter,  P.O.  Youngblood 

P*  DWARDS  AUSTIN,  farmer,  P.O.  Scott- 

•~   ville,  Macoupin  Co. 

Edwards  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Scott- 

ville,  Macoupin  Co. 
Edwards   Francis  M.   farmer.    Sec.    31,  P.O. 

Youngblood 
Edwards    Hardin,    farmer    and  stock-raiser, 

Sec.  20,  P.O.  Franklin 
Edwards  Wm.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Scott  - 

ville,  Macoupin  Co. 
Edwards  Zacharia,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Scott- 

ville,  Macoupin  Co. 
England  E.  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
England  Wm.  H.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Evans  David,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Evrett  Z.  B.  renter,  P.O.  Youngblood 

•BANNING  GEORGE,  farm  hand,  P.O, 

Scottville,  Macoupin  Co. 

Fanning  Henry,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Youngblood 

FANNING  JOHN  B.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Youngblood, 
oldest  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  Fanning, 
the  grandfather  of  John,  it  may  be  well  to 
state  here,  set  out  for  the  far  west  as  early 
as  1825,  making  the  trip  in  a  two-wheeled 
cart,  similar  in  construction  to  those  now 
used  in  cities.  Robert,  father  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  in  early  youth  left  Ten- 
nessee, traveling  the  entire  distance  on 
foot;  he  located/in  Morgan  Co.  near  Jack- 
sonville, stopping  but  a  short  time,  he  made 


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his  way  to  Arkansas  ;  he  did  not  remain 
long,  however,  until  he  again  came  to  Mor- 
gan Co.  where  he  purchased  150  acres  of 
land ;  he  married  Miss  Mary  McCurley. 
daughter  of  Joseph  McCurley,  a  native  of 
Alabama,  in  1836.  Eight  children  ;  five 
are  now  living :  Sarah  J.,  William  T., 
Mary  E.,  Robert,  and  John  B.  He  became 
the  owner  of  420  acres  of  land,  working  at 
first  by  the  month  for  small  wages,  by  en- 
ergy he  succeeded  well  in  life.  He  died  in 
1876.  Mrs.  F.  still  survives.  John  B.  at- 
tended to  the  farm  duties  from  the  time  he 
was  old  enough.  He  first  attended  school 
when  they  were  taught  by  subscription  ; 
when  twenty  years  of  age  he  manied  Miss 
Amelia  Jane  Tribble,  daughter  of  William 
and  Martha  Tribble  ;  twelve  children  ;  ten 
living  :  Robert  T.,  Mary  E.,  Andrew,  Nan- 
cy C.,  Joseph  S.,  Richard  A.,  Sarah,  Thos. 
J.  and  Laura  A.  (twins),  and  Harvey  M. 
Mr.  Fanning  owns  seventy-three  acres  ;  for 
four  years  has  held  the  position  of  consta- 
ble 

Fanning  Robert,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P. 
O.  Murrayville 

FANNING  ROBERT  D.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sees.  22  and  23,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin. Mr.  F.  was  born  in  what  is  now 
termed  Youngblood  Prairie,  Morgan  Co., 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in 
subscription  schools,  and  afterward  com- 
pleted in  the  district  schools,  when  they 
began  to  play  an  important  part  in  the  ed- 
ucation of  the  youth.  Shortly  before  at- 
taining his  majority,  Mr.  Fanning  came 
into  possession  of  land — the  estate  of  Jacob 
Fanning,  his  father,  who  died  during  his 
early  childhood  days.  At  twenty-two  he 
was  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimony  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Nail,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth.  By  this  marriage  four  chil- 
dren :  Andrew  J.,  born  1861 ;  Cora,  born 
1863 ;  Edgar,  born  1868  ;  Oliver,  born 
1873  ;  Andrew  died  Sept.  4,  1862.  Mr. 
Fanning  owns  sixty-three  acres  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  old  home  property 

FANNING-  W.  T.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Youngblood.  William 
was  the  fourth  child  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Fanning,  natives  of  Tennessee  and  Ala- 
bama. Robert  F.  who  settled  in  this  coun- 
ty prior  to  the  deep  snow,  was  born  about 
the  year  1816  ;  of  his  early  life  but  little  is 


known  ;  he  was  raised  a  farmer  boy,  and 
received  a  common  school  education  ;  when 
thirteen  years  of  age  his  parents  emigrated 
to  Illinois,  nearly  the  entire  distance  being 
walked,  as  the  slow-moving  wagon  must  at 
times  been  monotonous.  Remaining  but  a 
short  time  in.Illinois  after  his  arrival,  Rob- 
ert Fanning  removed  to  Arkansas  ;  a  some- 
what noted  shot,  a  great  portion  of  his 
time  was  spent  in  pursuit  of  the  deer,  do- 
ing his  first  work  by  the  month  no  doubt ; 
the  little  money  thus  received  was  a  source 
of  pride  and  gratifaction,  for  it  was  gener- 
ally of  an  unknown  quality.  He  married 
in  his  eighteenth  year,  Miss  Mary  McCurley. 
To  illustrate  the  thrifty  habits  of  this  youth- 
ful couple,  it  may  be  stated  that  as  children 
grew  up  around  them,  the  wife  and  mother 
wove  and  spun  the  garments  for  their  wear; 
•  the  husband,  after  a  hard  day's  work  on 
the  farm,  fashioned  boots  and  shoes  for  the 
children.  Robert  became  a  successful  far- 
mer by  energy  and  judgment  ;  he  departed 
this  life  Sept.  18,  1877,  and  as  an  upright 
citizen  this  short  sketch  is  of  interest  to  the 
many  western  people  who  knew  him  in 
life.  W.  T.  Fanning  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  August,  1843  ;  he  received  a  liberal 
education,  and  at  eighteen  married  Miss 
Rebecca  Brown,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  ;  becoming  heir  to  part  of  the  old 
homestead  property.  Mr.  F.  is  the  owner 
of  105  acres  ;  born  and  bred  to  farm  life,  he 
understands  every  detail  of  the  duties  in- 
cumbent upon  it.  Eight  children  ;  six  liv- 
ing :  George  W.,  Charles  E.,  Francis  S., 
Thomas,  Laura  B.,  and  Robert  S. 
Ferguson  Wm.  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 

(~*  ALLAHER  PATRICK,  farmer,  Sec.  12, 

^-J      P.O.  Franklin 

GIBSON  JOHN  M.  REV.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Franklin,  was 
born  in  Rutherford  Co.,  Tenn.,  Feb.  3, 
1821  ;  attended  subscription  school  in  win- 
ter and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  in 
summer.  In  1830,  his  father,  James  Gib- 
son, in  company  with  others,  left  Tennes- 
see to  try  and  better  their  fortunes  in  a  new 
country,  traveling  in  wagons  drawn  by  ox- 
en ;  after  four  weeks  of  hardships  and  bad 
weather,  they  landed  in  Morgan  Co.,  where 
the  elder  Gibson  entered  320  acres  of  land, 
in  what  is  called  Youngblood  Prairie  ;  here 


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Mr.  Gibson  worked  hard,  and  studied 
harder  for  a  number  of  years,  entering  in 
the  mean  time,  155  acres  of  land,  which  he 
improved  as  much  as  possible,  and  on  the 
l6th  day  of  March,  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth 
Davidson.  In  1860  Mr.  Gibson  was  li- 
censed as  a  preacher,  of  the  M.  E.  church  ; 
in  1863,  sold  his  farm  in  Youngblood, 
purchased  232  acres  in  Sec.  3,  T.  13,  R.  9, 
and  has  been  engaged  in  raising  stock  and 
fanning  to  the  present  day.  Ten  children, 
nine  of  whom  are  still  living:  Lizzie,  who 
married  John  H.  Van  Winkle ;  George, 
who  married  Savinia  Carlile  ;  Hannah,  who 
married  Dr.  S.  D.  Carlile,  and  James,  Al- 

trt,  Delia,   Mary  E.,  Richard,  and  Julia, 
11   living   with   their   parents.     Mr.  Gib- 
aun's  mother,  a  lady  eighty   years   of  age, 
lives  with  him,  and  is  as  hale  and  hearty  as 
most  women  of  sixty 
Gray  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Gray    Nathaniel,   farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Grider  J.  M.  farmer,  P.O.  Youngblood 
Gunnels  Maria  Miss,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Franklin 
Gunnels    Mary    Mrs.    farming,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 

Franklin 

Gunnels  Rufus,  farm  hand,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

TTAM  MONROE,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Wa-' 
**      verly 

Harrington  Rose  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
Hart  David,  farmer,  P.O.  Scottville,  Macou- 

pin  Co. 

Hart  John,  farmer,   Sec.  34,  P.O.  Franklin 
Hart  W.  J.  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Helems  Juhn,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Youngblood 
HENRY   DAVID,    farmer   and    stock 
raiser,  Sees.   8  and   17,   P.O.  Youngblood. 
The    grandfather   of    the   subject   of    our 
notice   settled   in    the   bounds   of  Morgan 
Co.   as   early   as    1832  ;   he  married    Miss 
Elizabeth  Alexander,  by  this  marriage  ten 
children,  of  whom  Greenup  Henry,  father 
of  David,  was   the  oldest ;  he  was  born  in 
Bourbon  County,   Ky.,  July  25,  1808.     In 
Morgan    Co.  he   entered    a  tract  of  land, 
shortly  after  his  arrival  ;  he  married,  in  his 
twenty-first  year,  Miss  Elnora  Prathea,  in 
Kentucky  ;  by  this  marriage,  ten  children, 
five  of  whom  are  living  now  :  John,  Mary, 
Ann,  David,  and  Robert.    David  was  born 
X 


in  Morgan  Co.,  Nov,  6,  1840  ;  when  twenty- 
one,  he  entered  the  service  of  Uncle  Sam, 
enlisting  in  Co.  F,  toist  111.  Infantry,  at 
Jacksonville,  for  three  years  service  ;  with 
this  regiment  during  a  portion  of  the 
war  ;  he  was  subsequently  transferred  to 
the  Army  of  the  Cumberland;  in  the  battles 
of  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Dallas,  and  many 
others.  He  was  honorably  discharged  at 
Springfield,  111.,  and,  returned  to  Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  his 
twenty-fifth  year,  he  married  Miss  Marga- 
ret McCurley,  a  daughter  of  Ezekiel  Mc- 
Curley.  Five  children  :  Everett,  born  Sept. 
27,  1867,  Thomas,  Aug.  12,  1869,  Paton, 
Nov.  15,  1872,  Gussie,  April  15,  1874,  Car- 
rie, Oct.  2,  1877.  Mr.  Henry  owns  177 
acres  of  land,  on  which  he  has  made  ex- 
tensive improvements 

HENRY  GEORGE,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Youngblood,  second 
child  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Henry. 
Parents  of  Richard,  to  better  their  for- 
tunes, came  west  when  he  was  but  two 
years  of  age,  shortly  before  the  deep  fall 
of  snow,  through  which  the  family  suf- 
fered the  following  winter;  in  Morgan 
Co.  their  life  was  characterized  by  hard- 
ships for  a  number  of  years.  During  the 
winter  of  1872  Mrs.  H.  departed  this  life; 
Mr.  Henry  still  survives,  living  in  Ma- 
coupin  Co.  George  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  in  Dec.,  1852,  and  received  a  district 
school  education.  Growing  to  manhood, 
his  time  became  employed  on  the  farm;  at 
20  he  married  Miss  Susan  McCurley, 
daughter  of  Ezekiel  McCurley,  one  of 
the  early  residents  of  this  county.  Owning 
100  acres  of  land  Mr.  Henry  follows  the  oc- 
cupation he  has  followed  from  boyhood 

HENRY  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Mr. 
Henry  was  the  fourth  child  of  a  family  of 
thirteen  children;  his  father,  Elijah  Henry, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  county,  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  near  Flat  Rock,  about 
the  year  1821;  when  nine  years  old  his  pa- 
rents moved  to  Illinois,  on  hearing  many 
glowing  accounts  of  its  fertility,  locating 
in  the  southern  portion  of  Morgan  Co.; 
with  no  capital  to  speak  of  he  encountered 
many  hardships ;  leaving  a  comfortable 
home  in  the  South,  the  rough  life  in  the 
West  was  not  altogether  pleasant;  he  raised 


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a  family  of  nine  children  of  whom  the 
father  of  James  was  the  fifth  child;  he  re- 
ceived a  district  school  education  and  fol- 
lowed in  after  years,  successfully,  the  occu- 
pation of  farmer,  now  comfortably  situated 
in  life,  he  resides  with  his  wife  in  Murray- 
ville  Precinct.  James  was  born  on  the  old 
homestead,  Jan.  i,  1847;  at  19  he  married 
Miss  Melinda  Fanning,  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Mary  Fanning,  natives  of  Ala- 
bama, and  who  became  early  residents  of 
Illinois;  four  children,  Albert,  Elijah,  Rob- 
ert and  Julia 

Henry  Wm.,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Youngblood 

Hester  James,  renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

Hester  Wm.,  renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

HILL  ISAAC,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  30,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Tracing  back 
the  genealogy  of  this  family  we  find  that 
Richard  Hill,  the  father  of  Isaac,  was  born 
April  I2th,  1799,  as  near  as  can  be  ascer- 
tained, in  Virginia.  But  little  is  known  of 
his  early  life;  when  quite  young  he  re- 
moved to  Kentucky  where  he  found  em- 
ployment as  a  farmer  and  relieved  the  mo- 
notony of  life  by  hunting  the  game  that 
abounded  in  the  forests  of  Kentucky.  In 
1815,  when  14  years  of  age,  his  parents  de- 
termined to  explore  the  great  Northwest 
Territory,  and  accordingly  set  out  in  a  one- 
horse,  two-wheeled  cart.  They  settled  in 
what  is  now  known  as  Hamilton.  Illinois. 
Few  had  arrived  at  this  date,  when  the 
mighty  buffalo  roamed  at  will  and  the  red 
man  traversed  the  forests;  in  the  then  wilds 
of  Illinois  Mr.  H.  farmed  it  and  acquired 
a  proficiency  in  the  use  of  the  rifle  that  ex- 
tended over  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
West;  he  married  Miss  Mary  Ann  Webb,  a 
daughter  of  Lazarus  and  Nancy  Webb; 
he  was  among  the  first  in  his  neighborhood 
to  enter  land  from  the  Government.  By 
his  first  marriage  three  children,  of  whom 
Isaac  is  the  only  survivor;  his  second  wife, 
Mrs.  Frances  Nichols,  who  was  born  in 
Tennessee;  by  this  union  five  children,  all 
living:  James,  Geo.  W.,  Mary  Ann,  Robert 
and  Richard  H.  Mr.  H.-died  in  1838,  at  a 
time  when  Illinois  had  begun  to  witness 
many  improvements.  His  first  wife  had 
died  ten  years  previously;  his  second  wife 
still  survives,  living  in  Fayette  Co.,  111. 


Mac- 

;.s 

Ocr. 


Referring  to  the  history  of  him  who  heads 
this  sketch,  he  was  born  in  Hamilton  Co., 
Illinois;  he  became  a  resident  of  Morgan 
Co.  in  1840.  The  war  with  Mexico  coming 
on,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  First  Regt.  111. 
Vol.,  for  one  year's  service,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Capt.  W.  J.  Wyatt;  on  the  field  of 
the  battle  of  Buena  Vista,  after  one  year's 
service,  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Ca- 
margo,  Mexico,  and  returned  to  Morgan  Co., 
January,  1847.  Two  years  later  he  married 
Miss  Sarah  Ann  Daugherty;  Mrs.  H.  'vas 
born  in  Morgan  Co.,  April  2oth,  1831. 
For  twenty  years  Mr.  Hill  has  been  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  discharging  the  duties 
appertaining  to  the  office  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  all.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
was  blest  with  the  following  children: 
R.,  born  Oct.  23,  1853;  Nancy  M.,  Ocr* 
26,  1855,  died  Sept.  22,  1858;  William  L., 
born  Dec.  26,  1857,  died  Jan.  17,  1864;  Sa- 
rah E.,  born  May  15,  1860;  Martha  A., 
born  June  23,  1862;  George  M.,  born  Sept. 
4,  1864;  Isaac  M.,  born  Feb.  3,  1867,  died 
March  13,  1868;  Charles  R.,  born  Jan.  19, 
1869;  Minnie  B.,  born  June  28,  1871;  Til- 
den  C.,  Nov.  29,  1876.  Mr.  Hill  owns 
204  acres  on  which  he  erected,  some  ten 
years  ago,  a  handsome  dwelling.  Two  of 
his  children,  John  R.,  and  Margaret  now 
reside  in  Christian  Co.,  I1J. 

Hursi  Anson,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Scottville  Ma- 
coupin  Co. 

Hurst  Newton,  renter,  P.O.  Youngblood 

JOHNSON  HIRAM,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Franklin 

JONES  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  above 
named  gentleman  is  the  third  child  of 
Reuben  and  Nancy  Jones,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Armstrong.  Reuben  Jones  was 
a  native  of  Tennessee,  his  wife  was  born  in 
Kentucky.  James,  who  heads  this  sketch, 
from  the  early  days  of  childhood  to  the  ma- 
turer  ears  of  manhood,  has  been  a  resident 
of  this  county  and  his  occupation  that  of  a 
farmer;  on  attending  school  the  first  teacher 
he  remembers  was  James  Trible  who  was 
among  the  first  to  settle  in  Morgan  Co. 
In  1871  Mr.  Jones  was  married  to  Miss  Mi- 
nerva S.  Cox,  of  Kentucky.  By  this  mar- 
riage three  children:  John  R.,  born  in  1872, 
Gallic  W.,  1874,  Ida  May,  1877 


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Jones  Davis,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Jones   John    T.,  farm   hand,    Sec.    21,    P.O. 
Franklin 

T/'ANE    ADELINE  Mrs.,    farming,    P.O. 
"•   Waverly 

Kelly  Wm.,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

Kingley  Wm.,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

L.AXKFORD  CHAMPLAIN,  far- 
mer and  stock  raiser,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr. 
Lankford  was  b;>rn  in  Tennessee,  March, 
1822,  where  his  father  was  engaged  in 
farming,  and  where  Champlain  grew  to 
man's  estate,  acquiring  an  education  in  a 
subscription  school;  at  twenty-five  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Nancy  Ann  Jones,  daughter  of 
Edward  Jones,  a  native  of  Virginia;  pur- 
chasing a  small  farm,  he  worked  very 
diligently  for  many  years;  in  1856,  owing 
to  the  reports  of  the  fertility  of  Illinois,  he 
set  his  face  toward  the  west;  in  due  time 
he  arrived  in  Morgan  County,  settling  in 
what  is  commonly  called  Mud  Prairie, 
where  he  first  rented,  until  he  became 
enabled  to  buy;  in  1862,  his  wife  departed 
this  life,  the  remains  being  interred  in  the 
Jones  cemetery;  on  the  decease  of  his  wife 
Mr.  Lankford  was  left  with  a  family  of  five 
children;  owning  a  farm  of  170  acres,  per- 
haps no  man  in  the  county  worked  more 
than  he  to  bring  land  to  a  proper  state  of 
cultivation;  the  success  achieved  is  due  to 
his  individual  efforts;  five  children:  Wm. 
E.,  Amanda,  Hillery  C.,  Reuben,  and 
Harriet  Ann 

Long  Elias,  farmer,  Sec.  16.  P.O.  Franklin 
Long  Jacob  E.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Luttrell  John,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
LYNCH  MICHAEL,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Franklin;  Michael  was 
the  youngest  of  a  family  of  six  children; 
his  parents,  Patrick  and  Mary,  were  natives 
of  County  Galway,  Ireland,  where  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  about 
the  year  1822 ;  when  old  enough  he 
came  in  for  his  share  of  the  duties  apper- 
taining to  the  farm;  in  the  year  1854,  while 
still  a  young  man,  he  left  Erin's  green  isle 
for  America;  arriving  in  New  York  city, 
he  made  his  way  to  Massachusetts,  but  re- 


mained but  six  months;  thence  to  Illinois 
settling  in  Morgan  County,  where,  for  the 
first  few  years,  he  worked  by  the  month; 
in  1861,  he  married  Mrs.  Mary  Stapleton, 
relict  of  John  Stapleton;  by  first  marriage 
of  Mrs.  L.  two  children:  Margaret  and 
Bridget;  Mr.  Lynch  is  the  owner  of  150 
acres  of  well  improved  land;  commencing 
life  with  no  capital,  he  has  made  a  success- 
ful farmer 

|\ /I  ANN  A.  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
-1-*-*-  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Franklin;  in  the  year  1820, 
when  the  attention  of  the  people  of  the 
Southern  and  Eastern  States  was  attracted 
to  the  fertile  prairies  of  the  West,  John  and 
Elsie,  parents  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
set  out  from  Ohio  to  Indiana,  their  goods 
packed  in  an  ox  cart;  the  little  party  of 
emigrants  made  their  way  over  the  track- 
less waste  of  prairie,  coming  in  contact 
with  but  few  cabins  on  the  way;  they 
settled  near  Terre  Haute,  a  small  place, 
where  but  one  white  man  resided;  keeping 
a  small  store,  he  supplied  the  early  settler 
with  the  necessaries  of  life.  The  cabin 
entered  was  built  by  the  head  of  the  family, 
a  rude  affair,  constructed  of  poles;  here  he 
lived  for  many  years,  his  companions  the 
backwoodsman  or  daring  adventurer;  the 
wagon  heownedwas  manufactured  by  him- 
self, the  wheels  being  cut  from  a  fallen 
tree,  holes  being  bored  through  the  center, 
a  reach  attached  to  this,  and  the  whole 
surmounted  by  a  rude  box.  Various  inter- 
esting items  could  be  told  of  the  early  life 
of  Mr.  M.  did  space  permit.  His  marriage 
was  blessed  with  twelve  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living;  the  oldest,  whose  name 
appears  at  the  head  of  this  sketch,  waS  born 
in  Sullivan  County,  Indiana,  in  1819;  when 
but  a  lad  of  sixteen,  in  company  with  a 
Mr.  Harney,  he  set  out  for  Illinois,  where 
he  settled  in  Franklin,  Morgan  County;  it 
then  contained  but  two  frame  buildings. 
At  the  end  of  eight  years,  during  which 
lime  he  worked  at  his  trade  of  cooper,  his 
parents  also  became  residents  of  Illinois, 
where  they  passed  the  remainder  of  life. 
In  1846,  A.  H.  Mann  married  Miss  Nancy 
Covey,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Ann  Covey, 
natives  of  Tennessee,  where  Mrs.  Mann 
was  born,  in  1826.  Three  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living:  Mary  married  Green 


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Dalton,  and  John,  who  married  Rebecca 
Dalton;  Mr.  M.  owns  75  acres  of  land, 
well  improved,  owing  to  indefatigable 
energy 

Malone  John,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 

Mansfield  Milden,  farmer.  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

McCann  Ancil,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
19,  P.O.  Waverly 

McCUBLEY  EZEKIEL,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser.  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Mr. 
McCurley,  who,  for  half  a  century,  has 
been  a  living  witness  of  the  vast  improve- 
ments that  have  taken  place  in  Morgan 
County,  was  the  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Rebecca  McCurley,  who  removed  from 
Alabama  to  Morgan  County,  during  the 
Autumn  of  1828,  and  settled  in  what  is 
now  called  Youngblood  prairie;  a  hard 
worker,  a  true  type  of  the  western  pioneer, 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  in 
Morgan  County,  dying  the  winter  of 
1843;  his  wife,  who  had  shared  with  her 
husband  many  years  of  prosperity  and 
hardship,  survived  him  some  fifteen  years. 
Ezekiel,  whose  name  appears  at  the  top  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Kentucky,  March, 
1808;  relating  to  the  writer  scenes  of  long 
ago,  Mr.  McC.  states  that  four  miles  from 
where  he  lived  in  those  days,  when  wheat 
bread  was  a  rarity,  was  a  horse  mill,  where 
he  would  patiently  await  his,  turn  to  have 
his  grist  ground;  in  his  twentieth  year  he 
married  Miss  Jane  Criswell,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  Criswell;  some  three  years  later 
Mr.  McC.  entered  land  from  the  govern- 
ment; having  no  capital,  he  was  compelled 
to  borrow  money  at  30  per  cent,  interest; 
corn  then  brought  but  8  and  10  cents  per 
bushel,  wheat  30  cents,  and  other  things  in 
proportion;  the  crops  worth  so  little,  how- 
ever, grew  abundantly,  and  with  little 
effort  compared  with  the  present  day; 
eleven  children  born  of  this  marriage, 
seven  living:  Samuel,  of  whom  mention  is 
made  elsewhere,  and  William,  who  married 
Miss  Sabitha  Davis,  of  Morgan  County,  in 
1856,  has  always  been  a  resident  of  this 
county;  born  April  17,  1838;  he  was  edu- 
cated in  subscription  schools,  and  has 
raised  ten  children,  seven  living:  Aman- 
da J.,  Alice,  Lewella,  John  H.,  Ezekiel  H., 
Mary  E.,  and  Ruby  E.  Mr.  M.  owns  920 
acres  of  land.  Beside  Samuel  and  Wil- 


liam, Julia  Ann,  who  married  John  C. 
Speres;  Etneline,  who  married  Jarrett 
Seymour;  Margaret,  who  married  David 
Henry;  Susan,  who  married  Geo.  Henry, 
and  Elizabeth,  unmarried 
McCurley  James  P.,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  19,  P.O*.  Youngblood 
McCUBLEY  SAMUEL,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Youngblood,  son 
of  Ezekiel  McCurley  and  Jane  Criswell, 
natives  of  Tennessee,  was  born  Sept.  3, 
1829,  in  the  Seymour  settlement,  this 
county.  The  McCurleys  are  contemporary 
settlers  of  13-9,  with  the  Seymours  and 
Wyatts,  their  pioneer  days  dating  back  to 
1827;  at  the  age  of  nine  little  Sam  first 
made  his  debut  as  a  scholar  in  the  "log 
school  house; "  not  a  free  school,  but  a  "pay 
school."  The  furniture  of  the  school  con- 
sisted of  two  slabs  of  wood,  and  to  allow 
the  light  into  its  precincts,  the  door  had  to 
be  left  open;  hence  Sam's  education  has 
none  of  the  classics,  nor  does  he  aspire 
to  the  prominence  of  a  Virgil.  Having 
endured  the  hardships  incident  to  a  boy 
born  in  the  primitive  days  of  our  history,  at 
the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Seymour,  daughter  of  James  P. 
Seymour;  the  ceremony  was  performed  by 
Rev.  William  Evans,  a  minister  of  the  M.E. 
Church;  had  by  this  union  Susan,  born 
Oct.  15,  1855;  James  B.,  born  Nov.  22, 
1856;  in  six  days  after  the  birth  of  the  last 
named  child,  Mrs.  McCurley  passed  from 
earth  to  heaven.  Mr.  McCurley  was  mar- 
ried again  April  17,  1858;  has  had  by  this 
marriage  Nancy  J.,  born  May  20,  1859; 
Lavinia  A.,  Feb.  6,  1862  ;  Mary  E.  born 
Dec.  16,  1863,  and  died  Feb.  23,  1869; 
George,  born  Feb.  22,  1866,  died  Nov. 
7,  1866;  Julia  A.,  Aug.  21,  1867;  Mary 
C.,  Oct.  12,  1869;  William  E.,  Nov.  26, 
!873;  Agnes,  Sept.  9,  1876.  These  good 
parents  are  devoted  Christians,  and  are 
zealous  members  of  the  Baptist  church; 
love  their  God  and  their  fellow-man;  own 
a  fine  farm  of  130  acres  of  good  land,  and 
are  universally  respected 
McFALiLiS  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Youngblood,  oldest  son 
of  Brunell  and  Jane  McFalls,  natives  of 
Morgan  County,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  in  1851;  for  five  years  he 
hired  out  by  the  month  for  neighboring 


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farmers;  unlike  most  young  men,  he  saved 
what  he  earned,  and  now,  although  quite 
young,  owns  80  acres  of  land;  very  few  at 
his  age  have  succeeded  as  well  in  life;  in 
1874,  he  married  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  McCur- 
ley,  daughter  of  Hardin  Edwards,  and  relict 
of  Jas.  F.  McCurley;  by  this  marriage  one 
child,  Jane,  born  Sept.  1876;  by  her  first 
marriage  Mrs.  McF.  had  three  children: 
Ettie,  Ida,  and  Willie,  the  only  one  living 

McKauk  Frank,  renter,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

McNeeley  James,  farmer,  Sec.  30  P.O.  Scott- 
ville,  Macoupin  County 

McNeeley  William,  renter;  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Youngblood 

Miller  Reuben,  farmer.  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Scott- 
ville,  Macoupin  County 

Mitchell  Joseph,  renter,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Morris  A.  J.  renter,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

Morris  E.  T.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Youngblood 

MORRIS  J.  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Waverly;  the  oldest  of 
a  family  of  seven  children;  he  was  born  in 
Maryland,  June  4,  1842;  in  early  infancy 
his  father  died,  and  thus  thrown  on  his 
own  resources,  at  the  age  of  twelve,  he  re- 
moved to  the  State  of  Delaware,  where  he 
worked  for  farmers,  until  the  breaking  out 
of  the  rebellion,  then  in  his  eighteenth  year, 
he  enlisted,  in  Co.  A,  First  Delaware  Cav- 
alry, and  also  served  eight  months  in  the 
Infantry  service;  for  three  years  he  followed 
the  fortunes  of  war;  during  which  time  he 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Antietam, 
Wilderness,  Coal  Harbor.Bombardment  of 
Petersburgh,  and  many  others;  honorably 
discharged;  he  returned  to  Delaware,  and 
became  employed  on  the  Phil.,  Wil.  & 
Bait.  R.  R.;  in  1868  he  became  a  resident 
of  Scott  County,  where  he  married  Miss 
Lizzie  Haskell,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Haskill;  they  were  married  in  September, 
1872.  Lately  have  taken  up  their  abode 
in  old  Morgan;  three  children:  Bertrand, 
Bertha,  and  Vincent 

Much  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Mulk  Mary  Mrs.  fanning,  Sec.  19  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Myers  Jacob,  renter;  P.O.  Youngblood 


XT  ALL    ELIZABETH     MRS.    farming, 
-^      Sec.   22,   P.O.  Franklin 
Nail  Harrison,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Nail  John  T,  farmer,   Sec.  22,  P.O.    Frank- 
lin 
Neighbert    Samuel,   farm   hand,  P.O.  Scott- 

ville,  Macoupin  County 

Newman  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

pETREE  FRANCIS,  Sec.   i,   P.O. 

-*•  Franklin;  retired  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 
A  native  of  North  Carolina;  was  born  Feb. 
2,  1792.  In  1802  the  family  moved  to 
Kentucky,  where  Mr.  Petree  grew  to  man- 
hood; formed  the  acquaintance  of  and  mar- 
ried Sallie  Luttrell,  a  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Nancy  Luttrell,  in  1811.  He  longed 
for  a  home  in  the  far  West,  and  finally 
concluded  to  make  an  attempt  at  reaching 
the  coveted  spot.  Accordingly,  not  being 
able  to  purchase  the  necessary  wagon,  he 
placed  his  wife  and  two  children  on  one 
horse,  his  son  John  on  another,  himself 
being  on  foot,  and  driving  three  cows,  the 
little  family  started.  After  three  weeks 
of  privations  and  hardship,  they  landed  in 
Madison  County,  Illinois;  two  years  after 
he  moved  to  Morgan  County,  and  entered 
200  acres  of  land  on  Mauvaisterre  Creek; 
Mr  Petree  drove  hogs  to  St.  Louis,  and 
sold  them  for  $1.50  per  hundred;  the 
money  to  pay  for  his  land.  Some  years 
after  settling  in  Morgan  County,  Mr. 
Petree  became  afflicted  with  cancer;  he 
tried  all  the  physicians  within  his  reach, 
but  all  united  in  pronouncing  him  incur- 
able; hearing  of  a  man  in  Alabama,  who 
was  "  endowed  with  power  to  heal,"  he 
bid  his  family  and  friends  farewell,  not 
thinking  he  would  ever  return,  and  was 
hauled  the  entire  distance  in  a  wagon,  not 
being  able  to  get  up  when  down.  In 
three  weeks  after  arriving  in  Alabama,  he 
was  able  to  walk  around,  and  improved  so 
rapidly  that  he  was  soon  pronounced  well. 
Nine  children;  only  two  of  whom  are  now 
living:  John,  who  lives  in  Morgan  County, 
and  Sarah,  who  married  James  Cox,  of 
Mauvaisterre.  In  1845  Mrs  Petree  de- 
parted this  life;  in  the  same  year  Mr.  Petree 
married  Tabitha,  relict  of  Thomas  Luttrell; 
this  union  proved  of  long  duration;  Mrs. 
Petree  living  till  Oct.  1873 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIBECTOKY. 


TO  ADFORD  CHARLES,  farmer,  Sec.  20. 
1V  P.O.  Youngblood 
Radford  William,  renter,  P.O.  Youngblood 
Ray  Sarah,  farming,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Waverly 
JREAD  JAS.  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 
Sec.  12,  P.O.  Franklin;  son  of  John  and 
Susan  Read;  natives  of  Butler  County, 
Kentucky,  where  Jas.  was  born  May  13, 
1846;  the  father  of  James  was  a  black- 
smith, a  superior  workman,  who  on  hearing 
the  many  glowing  accounts  of  the  far  West, 
set  out  for  Illinois,  locating  in  Franklin. 
At  the  age  of  seven,  young  Read  attended 
school;  his  teacher  John  Rinnaker;  in  1864 
he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
Fifth  Illinois  Infantry,  under  the  command 
of  Colonel  Lackey,  of  Macon  County;  on 
being  honorably  discharged,  at  Camp  But- 
ler, at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  returned  to 
Morgan  County,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  farming.  In  1858  Mr.  Read 
married  Miss  Martha  A.  Brewer,  a  daugh- 
ter of  H.  D.  Brewer;  by  this  marriage  five 
children,  f  ur  living:  Fred  E.  born  Jan.  23, 
1870;  Alice  M.  Feb.  12,  1871;  Walter  S. 
July  9,  1875 ;  Fanny,  Oct.  26,  1877 
Rees  John  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 

17,  P.O.  Franklin 
Reeves  A.  B.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  24, 

P.O.  Waverly 

Reeves  John  W.  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 
Rice    Washington,    renter,      Sec.    29,    P.O. 

Franklin 

Roberts  Geo.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin 
ROBERTS  JAMES  A.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin.  The 
gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch,  was  born 
in  Washington  County,  Tennessee,  Dec. 
30,  1819;  when  but  II  years  of  age,  his 
parents,  William  and  Eve,  crossed  the 
broad  prairies  by  wagons,  and  settled  in 
Morgan  County  in  1833;  at  this  time  game 
of  every  kind  abounded;  horse-mills  being 
used  to  grind  the  grist,  the  flour  was  bolted 
by  hand.  William,  the  father  of  James, 
was  born  near  Savannah,  in  South  Caro- 
lina, in  1797;  he  became  a  farmer  and  man- 
ufacturer of  boots  and  shoes;  and  displayed 
a  great  talent  for  preaching  the  gospel;  he 
married  Miss  Eve  Rubel,  by  whom  he  had 
twelve  children;  of  whom  James  was  the 
fifth  child;  above  the  average,  displaying 
great  ability  as  a  business  man,  he  entered 


deeply  into  trade,  and  like  a  good  many 
men,  met  with  reverses;  he  died  in  1869; 
after  a  useful  life.  Mrs.  William  Roberts 
is  now  in  her  eighty-sixth  year,  and  still  re- 
sides on  the  old  homestead.  James  grew 
up  to  manhood  in  Morgan  County;  in  1841 
he  married  Miss  Sarah  Seymour,  daughter 
of  James  P.  Seymour,  a  native  of  North 
Carolina;  twelve  children  were  born  to 
them,  ten  of  which  are  living:  Malvina, 
John,  James  H.,  Martin,  Lydia,  George, 
Susan,  Peter,  Julia  and  Louis.  Mr. 
Roberts  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  One  Hundred 
and  First  Infantry,  for  a  three  years  ser- 
vice; until  the  close  of  the  war.  A  part  of 
the  company  was  captured  at  Holly  Springs; 
at  that  time  Mr.  Roberts  was  transferred  to 
the  Marine  Corps;  afterwards  rejoining  his 
company,  and  became  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Vicksburg,  Lookout  Mountain;  Mis- 
sion Ridge,  Dallas,  Resaca,  and  others;  he 
served  six  months  as  company  cook,  and 
afterwards  filled  the  office  of  Sergeant. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged,  at  Springfield,  Illinois, 
and  returned  to  Morgan  County;  a  success- 
ful farmer,  he  lives  in  affluent  circum- 
stances; a  generous  man,  who  helps  vigor- 
ously to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  County; 
he  owns  345  acres  of  valuable  land;  the  first 
house  he  purchased  cost  the  enormous  price 
of  ten  dollars,  a  log  cabin,  roughly  con- 
structed; which  in  time  gave  place  to  a 
handsome  family  residence 
Roberts  James  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P. 

O.  Franklin 

Roberts  John,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Franklin 
ROBERTS  JOHN  W.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr. 
Roberts  was  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  twelve 
children;  his  father,  James  A,  Roberts, 
whose  name  will  be  found  in  the  general 
history  of  this  volume,  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Morgan  Co.  John,  who  heads 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.  in 
1843;  the  following  year  the  family  removed 
to  the  Lone  Star  State  of  Texas,  but  after  a 
short  residence  returned  to  Morgan  Co., 
where  they  have  since  resided,  devoting 
their  time  to  farming.  When  quite  small, 
young  R.  attended  a  subscription  school, 
taught  in  a  log  cabin,  where  the  scholars 
were  seated  on  benches  made  of  split 
puncheon;  on  leaving  the  school-room,  he 


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turned  his  attention  to  the  vocation  that  he 
had  been  accustomed  to  when  a  boy.  Jan. 
3,  1877,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Sarah  Whitlock,  a  daughter  of  Luther 
Whitlock.  Mr.  Roberts  owns  eighty  acres 
of  land,  well  improved;  having  the  confi- 
dence of  the  community  in  which  he  lives, 
for  several  years  he  held  the  office  of  con- 
stable; lately  his  term  of  service  expired. 

Roberts  Martin  L.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  22,  P.O.  Franklin 

Roberts  Wilson,  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Robinson  James,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 

Rouland  Alexander,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.Wa- 
verly 

Rouland  C.  L.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
25,  P.O.  Waverly 

Rouland  William,  farmer,  .Sec.  36,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Routt  William  R.farmhand,  P.O.Youngblood 

CAMPLES  ANDREW,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Waverly. 
Mr.  S.  was  born  in  Kentucky,  in  1798; 
David,  his  father,  a  farmer  by  occupation, 
and  a  native  of  Kentucky,  there  married 
Miss  Mary  Townsend;  by  this  marriage 
eight  children;  three  are  now  living:  An- 
drew, Washington,  and  Aaron.  David  was 
among  the  first  to  enter  Illinois,  arriving  in 
1808,  and  settling  in  Madison  Co.  where 
the  youthful  days  of  Andrew  were  spent, 
his  companions  in  play  frequently  the  un- 
tutored Indian  boys;  in  1815  he  served  as  a 
soldier;  honorably  discharged,  he  returned 
to  his  home;  in  1824,  in  company  with 
Jacob  Boyer,  he  made  his  way  to  Morgan 
Co.,  111.,  settling  on  the  South  Fork  of  the 
Mauvaisterre;  the  country  but  thinly  popu- 
lated, Mr.  S.  found  the  chances  for  hard 
work  exceedingly  good.  Mr.  Samples  had 
married  in  Madison  Co.  Miss  Nancy  Wood, 
a  sister  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Wood,  of  this 
county.  By  his  industry  there  soon  rose 
up  a  log  cabin  as  a  beginning;  the  years 
going  quickly  by  soon  drove  to  the  farther 
west  the  emigrant  wagon,  and  in  course  of 
time  the  cabin,  through  which  the  snow 
drifted  at  will,  gave  place  to  a  more  sub- 
stantial dwelling.  The  first  wife  of  Mr.  S. 
died  shortly  after  his  arrival  in  the  county, 
leaving  eight  children;  in  1855  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Buchanan;  by  the  second  mar- 


riage two  children;  Mr.  Samples  has  owned 
considerable  property;  now  owns  forty 
acres 

SANSON  HENRY,  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Sanson 
is  a  native  of  Lincolnshire,  England;  born 
May  18,  1822;  in  merry  England  his  father 
tilled  the  soil,  and  on  the  farm  Henry  be- 
came employed  when  old  enough;  in  his 
twenty-fifth  year  he  married  Miss  Amy 
Fountain.  During  the  year  1851  he  left 
the  old  country  for  the  new,  landing  in 
New  York,  after  a  long  voyage;  and  from 
there  he  shortly  afterward  made  his  way  to 
Albany,  Cayuga  Co.,  and  there  followed  the 
occupation  in  which  so  many  years  of  his 
young  life  were  spent;  moving  westward  to 
Morgan  Co.  he  first  worked  for  Jacob 
Strawn,  renting  property  for  a  number  of 
years  from  this  man,  then  and  afterward 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  county  and 
State;  it  is  highly  probable  from  that 
source  sprang  considerable  of  the  knowl- 
edge he  now  has  of  farming;  purchasing 
part  of  the  farm  property  where  he  now 
lives,  in  1865;  he  afterward  added  to  this, 
owning  at  one  time  335  acres;  he  now  has 
under  cultivation  219;  well  and  favorably 
known  to  the  citizens  of  this  county  as  a 
man  of  generous  impulses,  who  keeps  pace 
with  the  improvements  of  the  country. 
Ten  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sanson,  seven  of  whom  are  living:  Fred- 
erick H.,  Rachel,  Ellen,  Charles,  Fanny, 
Horace,  and  Jacob  S. 

SARGEANT  WILLIAM,  deceased, 
was  born  Jan.  I  1801;  his  birth-place  is 
rather  obscure;  his  parents  were,  however, 
natives  of  North  Carolina,  and  it  is  quite 
probable  William  was  also  born  there. 
Removing  from  North  Carolina  to  the  State 
of  Kentucky,  he  there  formed  the  ac- 
quaintance of  Christiana  Rodgers,  whom  he 
afterward  married,  while  still  in  the  flush 
of  early  manhood;  while  a  resident  of  Ken- 
tucky he  followed  farming;  in  an  early  day 
he  left  the  sunny  home  in  the  South  for 
the  boundless  prairies  of  the  West;  on  his 
arrival  in  Illinois,  about  the  year  1830,  he 
first  settled  in  Pike  Co.  where  he  remained 
a  number  of  years,  and  where  his  first  wife 
died;  by  this  marriage  ten  children,  nine 
living:  William,  Ann  M.,  Elizabeth,  Ellen, 
Caroline,  Elmira,  Hannah,  Christiana,  and 


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John.  In  1850  Mr.  Sargeant  was  united  in  ] 
marriage  to  Mrs.  Kesiah  Seymour,  relict  of 
Gramson  Seymour.  Mrs.  Sargeant  was  a 
daughter  of  William  Roberts,  and  a  sister 
of  the  Hon.  Peter  Roberts,  of  this  county. 
Mr.  Sargeant  became  the  owner  of  farm 
property,  and  departed  this  life  March  29, 
1868;  a  useful  citizen,  his  death  was  re- 
gretted by  a  large  circle  of  friends;  to  the 
care  of  a  devoted  wife  he  left  five  children: 
Miranda,  Juliette,  Laura  A.,  Katey,  and 
Andrew  B.  Mrs.  Sargeant,  from  .whom 
this  sketch  is  obtained,  resides  on  her  prop- 
erty, comprising  fifty-eight  acres  of  valua- 
ble land 

Sayre  Ephraim,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Schneider  George,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O. Young- 
blood 

Schneider  Henry,  renter,  Sec.  20.  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

Sevier  A.  D.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  24, 
P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Abraham,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  10,  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Baker,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Franklin 

SEYMOUR  BIRD,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Franklin,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  the  seventh  child  of 
Bird  and  Sallie  Seymour,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Austin  ;  he  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.  in  the  Autumn  of  1849,  receiving  his 
education  in  district  schools  ;  at  twenty  he 
married  Miss  Matilda  Reese,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Nancy,  who  were  cotemporary 
with  the  early  settlers  of  old  Morgan.  The 
marriage  of  Mr.  S.  to  Miss  Reese  was 
blessed  with  two  children  :  Edith,  born 
Dec.  1872  ;  Leonard,  born  June  6,  1875 ; 
early  developing  a  surprising  energy,  Mr.  S. 
at  an  early  age  set  resolutely  to  work  to 
provide  a  home  ;  but  twenty-nine  years  of 
age,  he  now  owns  no  acres  of  land,  brought 
to  a  high  state  of  cultivation  ;  he  bids  fair 
to  succeed  well  in  life,  possessing  the  many 
qualities  that  eventually  lead  to  success 

Seymour  Charles  O.  farm  hand,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Franklin 

Seymour  Edward  D.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  9,  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Elizabeth  Mrs.  farming,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 
Franklin 

Seymour  Henry  E.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 


SEYMOUR  GEORGE  W.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Franklin,  sev- 
enth child  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Seymour, 
natives  of  North  Carolina,  who  removed 
to  Illinois  in  1829,  settling  in  Morgan  Co. 
on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Robeit  Sey- 
mour. Here  George  was  born  in  the  year 
1836  ;  receiving  the  usual  district  school 
education  ;  his  first  teacher  was  Miss  Cyn- 
thia Hobson.  When  the  rebellion  came 
on  he  enlisted  in  1862  in  Co.  H,  roist  111. 
Inf.  for  three  years  service,  taking  the  po- 
sition of  second  sergeant,  but  afterward 
served  in  the  capacity  of  first  sergeant, 
remaining  two  years  and  ten  months;  serv- 
ing in  the  Atlanta  campaign,  he  became 
engaged  in  the  battles  of  Mission  Ridge, 
Resaca,  Dallas,  Peachtree  Creek,  and  oth- 
er hotly  contested  battles.  On  the  close 
of  the  war,  June,  1865,  he  was  honorably 
discharged  at  Springfield.  Since  the  close 
of  the  war  he  has  followed  farming ;  he 
married  in  his  twenty-second  year,  Anna 
Seymour,  a  daughter  of  Bird  Seymour, 
recently  deceased.  Seven  children :  Lillie 
M.,  John  W.,  Alva  F.,  George  N.f  Henry 
L.,  Dolly,  and  Robert  Seatie  deceased 

SEYMOUR  ISOM,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  P.O.  Franklin,  oldest  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Seymour.  The  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  native  of  South 
Carolina  ;  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Morgan  Co.;  this  union  was  blessed  with 
one  child,  not  now  living.  Mrs.  S.  also 
died  many  years  ago,  and  was  laid  at  rest 
in  the  Criswell  cemetery.  Some  months 
after,  Mr.  S.  married  Miss  Martha  Seymour, 
a  sister  of  his  former  wife  ;  by  this  marriage 
six  children,  all  living.  Isom,  who  heads 
this  sketch,  was  educated  in  district  schools. 
At  twenty  he  married  Miss  Mary  R.  Dun- 
can, daughter  of  John  and  Adeline  Duncan. 
By  this  marriage,  four  children,  three  of 
whom  are  now  living:  Edith  E.,  Edna  M., 
and  Margaret 

SEYMOUR  JACKSON,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Franklin,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  one  of  our 
most  substantial  farmers,  was  the  oldest  son 
of  John  and  Sarah  Seymour,  who  were  na- 
tives of  Person  Co.,  North  Carolina,  where 
young  Seymour  was  born,  Dec.  9,  1822. 
Seven  years  later  the  family  emigrated  to 
Illinois,  locating  in  Morgan  Co.  It  being 


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too  late  to  make  a  crop,  the  head  of  the 
family,  who  was  of  a  stirring  disposition, 
worked  that  winter  in  the  timber,  and  the 
following  year  bought  an  improved  claim 
on  what  is  now  known  as  Sec.  3,  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Providence.  That  year  he  raised 
an  average  crop  ;  during  the  winter  of  1831, 
so  well  remembered  by  the  older  inhabi- 
tants of  this  county,  the  little  stock  he 
owned  were  fed  by  means  of  hand  sleds 
drawn  over  the  crust  formed  on  the  snow- 
This  remarkable  depth  of  snow  is  well  re- 
membered by  Jackson  Seymour,  and  the 
important  events  transpiring  five  years  later, 
known  as  the  sudden  change  in  the  weath- 
er. This  epoch  in  the  county's  history  as 
related  by  him,  came  up  very  suddenly ; 
himself  and  another  boy  who  were  playing 
in  an  old  shed  at  the  farm  when  the  cold 
wave  came  over,  were  enabled  to  reach  the 
house  inside  of  half  an  hour  by  gliding  over 
the  ice  formed  in  that  period  of  time.  As 
related  in  the  general  history  of  this  volume, 
a  drizzling  rain  had  set  in, the  weather, quite 
mild,  had  rendered  the  snow  slushy,  a  con- 
dition of  affairs  that  caused  the  water  and 
snow  to  congeal  rapidly.  Like  all  men  of 
enterprise  John  Seymour  accumulated  a 
considerable  estate;  a  man  of  whom  it  may 
be  truthfully  said,  his  word  was  always  as 
good  as  his  bond,  made  him  prominent  and 
respected  among  the  generous  people  with 
whom  he  associated.  A  distinguishing 
trait  in  his  character  was  honesty  of  pur- 
pose, and  zeal  and  energy  that  overcame 
every  discouragement.  He  died  in  1854, 
leaving  a  large  estate  and  considerable  per- 
sonal property.  Mrs.  Seymour,  a  true  type 
of  a  western  woman,  died  many  years  ago, 
and  in  death  found  a  last  resting  place  by 
the  side  of  her  husband.  Jackson  Seymour, 
in  his  twenty-fourth  year,  married  Miss 
Martha  Ann  Dalton,  a  daughter  of  Isom 
Dalton,  who  is  well  remembered  in  the  ear- 
ly settlement  of  this  county  ;  from  a  small 
beginning  Mr.  S.  went  rapidly  forward  to  a 
successful  career ;  he  now  owns  some 
521  acres — a  fine  property,  and  where  every 
thing  is  systematically  and  orderly  arranged. 
The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  S.  was  blessed 
with  one  child,  dying  in  early  infancy.  In 
1848  Mrs.  Seymour  died  and  was  laid  at 
rest  in  the  Criswell  cemetery.  The  follow- 
ing year  Mr.  Seymour  was  united  in  mar- 


riage to  Miss  Elizabeth  Dalton,  a  sister  of 
his  first  wife  ;  by  this  marriage  six  children: 
Isom,  John  W.,  Mary  E.,  Millie  A.,  Ed- 
ward F.  and  Julia  K.,  all  born  in  Morgan 
Co. 

SEYMOUR  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Franklin,  second  child 
of  Richardson  and  Mary  Ann  Seymour. 
Ric.iardson  was  among  the  early  residents 
of  this  county,  a  native  of  North  Carolina  ; 
he  was  among  the  first  to  seek  a  home  in 
the  West,  becoming  a  cotemporary  with 
the  early  settlers  of  Illinois,  locating  in 
Morgan  Co.,  where  all  of  his  children  were 
born.  John,  who  heads  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  1845  ;  his  daily  life — the  every-day 
life  of  the  farmer ;  when  old  enough  he 
attended  to  the  duties  of  the  farm,  attend- 
ing school  during  the  winter  season.  At 
the  youthful  age  of  sixteen,  when  other 
boys  were  employed  in  the  school  room, 
possessed  of  the  spirit  of  '76,  he  enlisted  in 
1862  in  Co.  H,  xoist  111.  Inf.  for  three 
years'  service,  remaining  two  years  and  ten 
months,  engaged  in  battles  :  Resaca,  Dal- 
las, Peachtree  Creek,  and  many  other 
smaller  engagements.  In  June,  1864,  he 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Butler, 
Springfield,  111.  Since  the  close  of  the  war 
he  has  followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer. 
In  his  twentieth  year  he  married  Miss 
Frances  Weatherford,  a  daughter  of  James 
H.  and  Mary  Ann  Weatherford,  natives  of 
Tennessee  and  North  Carolina.  Six  chil- 
dren ;  five  living:  Barton,  born  Feb.  17, 
1867  ;  Nancy  E.,  born  Nov.,  1869  ;  Moses, 
born  Oct.,  1871  ;  Mary  C.,  born  Feb.  22, 
1873,  and  an  infant  child.  Mr.  Seymour 
owns  126  acres  of  well  improved  land,  and 
is  one  of  Morgan  Co.'s  most  enterprising 
citizens  ;  holds  office  of  school  director 

SEYMOUR  J.  P.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  22,  T.  13,  R.  9,  P.O.  Franklin. 
His  father,  Wm.  Seymour,  deceased,  was  a 
native  of  Person  Co.,  North  Carolina  ;  em- 
igrated to  Illinois  in  the  Spring  of  1831, 
arriving  in  Morgan  Co.  with  one  horse 
and  five  dollars  in  money,  and  a  family  to 
support.  He  erected  a  small  log  cabin  and 
cleared  a  few  acres  of  land,  but  before  he 
had  made  sufficient  money  to  enter  the 
land,  a  Mr.  Huey  "  entered  him  out."  He 
then  entered  eighty  acres  in  Sec*  22,  T.  13, 
R.  9,  and  owned  at  the  time  of  his  death 


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319  acres.  His  second  son,  Samuel,  was 
named  as  executor  of  his  last  will  and  tes- 
tament. J.  P.  Seymour  was  married  to 
Miss  Melissa  McNeely,  Nov.  27,  1851 ;  six 
children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living  :  Ev- 
aline,  who  married  Jacob  Boyer ;  Sarah  M., 
Emma  C.,  Charles  O.',  and  Wallace  E.;  Mr- 
Seymour  has  adopted  J.  W.  McNeely,  his 
wife's  nephew.  He  owns  eighty  acres  of 
fine  farming  land,  and  is  known,  as  are  all 
the  Seymours,  for  charity  and  benevolence; 
has  been  chosen  supervisor  and  school  di- 
rector a  number  of  times,  always  giving 
satisfaction  ;  enlisted  Aug.  12,  1862,  in  Co. 
H,  lOist  111.  Inf.,  as  a  private,  following 
the  fortunes  of  the  regiment  in  all  engage- 
ments and  marches,  and  was  mustered  out 
on  the  i8th  day  of  June,,  1865,  after  which 
he  returned  to  Morgan  Co.  and  entered  on 
the  duties  of  farming,  which  he  has  followed 
up  to  the  present  day 

Seymour  John  W.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  ii.  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Morris,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Richardson,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  16,  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Robert,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
3,  P.O.  Franklin 

Seymour  Sarah  Mrs.  wid.  Bird,  Sec.  11,  P.O. 
Franklin 

SEYMOUR  SAMUEL,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec,  g,  P.O.  Franklin.  John 
Seymour,  grandfather  of  Samuel,  was 
born  in  Person  Co.,  North  Carolina,  Oct. 
n,  1772;  he  married  in  his  2ist  year  Miss 
Agnes  Pullan,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen 
children,  of  whom  the  father  of  Samuel 
was  the  fifth  child;  he  was  born  in  North 
Carolina  April  i8th,  1802;  he  married  in 
1824.  Miss  Elizabeth  Blackwell,  a  daughter 
of  Samuel  Blackwell;  1831  found  the  fam- 
ily en  route  for  the  west;  they  settled  in 
Morgan  Co. y  Illinois,  in  what  is  known  as 
Hart's  Prairie;  he  became  a  successful 
farmer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  decease, 
which  occurred  in  1872,  he  left  an  estate 
of  390  acres  in  one  of  the  most  fertile 
townships  of  Morgan.  Mrs.  S.,  a  noble 
type  of  a  pioneer  wife,  died  in  1838.  By 
this  marriage  five  children:  John  P.,  Sam- 
uel, Abraham,  William  and  Elizabeth. 
Samuel  was  born  in  Sullivan  Co.,  Tennes- 
see, April  28th,  1831;  receiving  a  liberal 
education  for  the  times,  at  23  he  married 


Miss  Catherine  Rees,  a  daughter  of  John 
H.  Rees.  Children  living:  Wm.  S.,  born 
in  1858;  Catherine,  born  in  1863;  Nancy 
E.,  1867;  Samuel  B.,  1872.  Mr.  S.  owns 
200  acres  choice  land  and  is  a  substantial 
citizen  of  this  county.  His  first  wife  having 
died  in  1842  he  married  Miss  Delilah  Rees; 
one  child,  Mary,  deceased.  Mrs.  S.  died 
in  1857;  in  1860  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Mrs.  Nancy  Rees. 

Seymour  Wm.,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
II,  P.O.  Franklin 

SMITH  JOHN  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sees.  9  and  10,  P.O.  Franklin;  his 
father,  John  Smith,  married  Miss  Hannah 
Wilson,  in  Scarborough,  England,  and  em- 
igrated to  America  in  1848;  from  New  Or- 
leans he  made  his  way  to  Morgan  Co. 
where  he  first  rented  land  of  James  Ward; 
in  1851  Mr.  Smith  died  and  was  laid  at 
rest  near  St.  Clair.  At  18  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  entered  the  Whipple  Academy, 
of  Jacksonville.  The  following  year  he 
became  a  school  teacher  which  he  has  suc- 
cessfully followed  up  to  the  present  time 
in  the  winter  season,  working  his  farm  in 
the  summer,  owning  115  acres.  Sept.  21, 
1876,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Kep- 
linger,  daughter  of  Samuel  Keplinger;  one 
child,  Gracie,  born  April  14,  1878. 

Smith  John  T.,  renter,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Scott- 
ville,  Macoupin  Co. 

Smith  Wm.,   renter,   P.O.  Franklin 

SPIRES  JAMES  S.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Franklin.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  the  fourth  child  of  Wil- 
liam and  Elsie  Spires,  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  there  followed  farming;  about 
1830,  hearing  of  the  many  advantages  of 
the  west,  Mr.  S.  determined  to  try  the  prai- 
ries of  Illinois;-on  arrival  in  the  State  he 
settled  in  what  is  now  13-9,  on  the  farm 
now  owned  by  W.  T.  Spires;  like  all  set- 
tlers he  commenced  life  with  but  little,  but 
his  wants  were  few  and  easily  satisfied; 
living  in  his  log  cabin  he  worked  hard  for 
the  necessaries  of  life;  money  was  a  rar- 
ity, goods  being  frequently  obtained  by 
barter.  Some  twelve  years  after  his  set- 
tlement the  husband  died  leaving  to  the 
care  of  his  wife  twelve  children  :  Wm. 
B.,  who  died  in  California;  John  C.,  Sarah 
E.,  and  James  S.,  who  married  Martha  H. 
Reed,  a  daughter  of  Martin  Reed;  by  this 


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marriage,  four  children:  James  Wm., 
Francis  M.,  Florence  C.,  and  Sarah  M;  Mr. 
S.  owns  160  acres  of  land;  a  generous  man 
of  a  kindly  disposition,  he  is  well  thought 
of  by  all 

Spires  Jas  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Franklin 
Spires  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
SPIRES  JOHX  C.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Mr.  S. 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  November,  1830. 
The  father  of  John  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  this  county;  we  here  append  a 
short  sketch  of  his  life:  He  was  born  in 
Kentucky;  there  he  followed  farming,  mar- 
rying in  Kentucky  Miss  Elsie  Smith.  As 
near  as  can  now  be  ascertained,  he  set  out 
from  the  famous  State  of  "  Old  Kentuck," 
for  the  Far  West,  in  1826,  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  one  child, William  B.,  who,  on 
attaining  his  majority,  went  to  California, 
where  he  afterward  died.  The  family,  on 
arrival  in  Morgan  Co.,  located  on  the  prop- 
erty now  owned  by  W.  T.  Spires.  Erect- 
ing a  cabin,  the  head  of  the  family  prepared 
to  do  battle  with  the  stubborn  prairie.  Like 
nearly  all  emigrants,  he  first  entered  land; 
afterward  he  became  enabled  to  buy.  He 
•  died  in  1845,  and  left  an  estate  of  160 
acres.  His  wife  died  in  the  Spring  of  the 
year  1841.  He  married  again,  but  died 
shortly  after,  as  before  stated.  The  chil- 
dren thus  le't,  remained  together  several 
years.  John  C.  was  educated  in  district 
schools  and,  grew  to  manhood.  In  1853, 
he  concluded  to  follow  the  gold-hunters 
to  the  Pacific  slope.  In  a  good  stout  wagon, 
drawn  by  three  yoke  of  oxen,  he  made  the 
usual  long  trip,  starting  in  March.  He  did 
not  reach  the  coast  until  August  of  the 
same  year.  For  seven  years  he  roughed  it 
in  the  mines  of  California,  and  then  con- 
cluded to  return  to  the  scenes  of  his  youth- 
ful days,  and  settled  down  to  a  quiet  farm 
life  January,  1861.  He  married  Julia  A. 
McCurley,  a  daughter  of  Ezekiel  McCurley. 
By  this  marriage  six  children,  five  living: 
William  F.,  Amanda  J.,  Susan  M.,  James 
A.,  and  Nellie;  Maggie  (deceased).  Mr.  S., 
by  the  exercise  of  economy  and  judgment, 
owns  227  acres;  a  public-spirited  man,  lib- 
eral toward  public  improvements,  he  has 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  commu- 
nity in  which  he  lives 
Spires  S.  S.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 


SPIRES  W.  T.  Sr.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Youngblood.  Was 
born  in  Lincoln  Co.,  Ky.,  Dec.  26,  1822. 
John  Spires,  father  of  the  gentleman  whose 
name  heads  this  sketch,  moved  from  Ken- 
tucky, and  landed  in  Morgan  Co.  Novem- 
ber, 1831,  where  he  settled  in  Sec.  33, 
Town.  14,  R.  9.  Mr.  Spires  worked  for 
his  father  through  the  summer,  and  at- 
tended subscription  school  in  winter,  until 
he  was  21  years  of  age,  when  he  concluded 
to  farm  for  himself;  accordingly,  he  mar- 
ried Margaret  R.,  daughter  of  Martin  and 
Sallie  Reed.  Mr.  Spires  lived  on  his  fath- 
er's farm  for  three  years  then  moved  to  a 
farm  belonging  to  Martin  Reed,  situated  in 
Youngblood  Prairie.  Here  he  lived  three 
years,  and  finally  purchased  a  small  farm, 
which  he  paid  for  by  working  hard,  not 
alone  on  his  own  land,  but  when  the  time 
could  be  spared  from  it,  working  for  his 
neighbors  at  fifty  cents  per  day,  or  splitting 
rails  at  forty-five  cents  per  hundred.  Mr. 
Spires  now  owns  433  acres  of  land  He 
has  been  assisted  no  little  in  his  struggle 
for  a  home  by  one  of  the  best  and  most 
energetic  wives  in  the  county.  Eleven  chil- 
dren have  blessed  Mr.  Spires'  union  with 
Miss  Reed,  ten  of  whom  are  still  living: 
John,  who  married  Miss  MaryNeece;  Wil- 
liam T.,  who  married  Maria  Deere;  Sarah 
M.,  who  married  Abraham  Seymour;  Mar- 
tha H.,who  married  James  P.  Story;  Mary, 
who  married  I.  Whitlock;  Margaret,  who 
married  Marion  Cline,  now  living  in  Ohio; 
Julia,  who  married  Stephen  A.  D.  Whit- 
lock;  Emma,  who  married  John  C.  Smith, 
of  Greene  Co.;  and  Marinda  and  Matilda, 
twins,  born  Feb.  14,  1865,  who  still  live  at 
home 

Stewart  Brice,  farn.er,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly 
STURGIS  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  P.O.  Franklin.  The  gentleman  who 
heads  this  sketch  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.. 
on  the  old  homestead  of  his  parents,  in 
1842.  John  and  Nancy  Sturgis  were  na- 
tives of  North  Carolina,  and  emigrated 
from  there  in  an  early  day  to  Morgan  Co.; 
settling  in  this  township,  they  built  a  log 
cabin,  still  in  existence,  but  removed  from 
its  original  resting  place;  living  here  for 
many  a  year,  where  their  meal  for  break- 
fast or  dinner  would  be  pounded  in  a  mor- 
tar or  else  ground  at  a  horse-mill,  the  old 


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folks  are  now  comfortably  situated  in  life, 
and  reside  in  Waverly.  The  subject  of  this 
notice  grew  to  manhood  in  Morgan  Co., 
and  received  a  common  school  education; 
in  his  twentieth  year  he  married  Miss 
Abigail  Chambers,  daughter  of  John  and 
Nancy,  old  residents  of  this  county,  and  na- 
tives of  Virginia  or  North  Carolina.  Mr. 
Sturgis  owns  sixty  acres  in  this  township 
Svvaney  William,  renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Young- 
blood 

^THOMPSON     WILLIAM,    renter,    P.O 

Waverly 
Turner  William,  renter,   P.O.  Franklin 

WANNORMAN  JAMES,  farm  hand,  P.O. 
Scottville 

VAN  WINKLE  JOHN  H.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  2,  T.  13,  R.  9,  P.O. 
Franklin,  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.  Aug.  8, 
1844.  His  father,  Ransom  VanWinkle, 
was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  emigrated  to 
Illinois  in  an  early  day,  and  settled  in 
Morgan  Co.,  Sec.  3,  T.  13,  R.  9.  In  mov- 
ing from  Kentucky  to  Illinois,  Mr.  Van- 
Winkle  used  oxen  for  his  teams,  and  bring- 
ing a  horse  or  two  for  riding  animals,  as 
the  wagons  did  not  afford  room  for  all  the 
goods  and  the  family  too.  Two  children 
were  placed  in  baskets  and  strapped  on  a 
horse,  looking  like  a  peddler's  pack-horse. 
John  H.  VanWinkle  enlisted,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  in  Co.  H.  32d  111.  Vol.,  and  par- 
ticipated in  all  the  engagements,  com- 
mencing at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  then 
the  campaign  from  Vicksburg  to  Meridian, 
also  Sherman's  grand  march  from  "  Atlanta 
to  the  sea."  After  being  mustered  out, 
June  15,  1865,  he  returned  to  Morgan  Co. 
In  1866,  Oct.  18.  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  J.  M.  Gibson.  Five  children, 
four  of  whom  are  still  living:  George, 
Charles,  Bertie  and  Helen.  Mr.  Van- 
Wi'nkle  owns  a  small  farm  of  sixty-one 
acres  on  which  he  now  lives;  he  has  been 
chosen  school  director  two  terms  in  succes- 
sion on  account  of  his  good  judgment  and 
known  business  qualifications 

\;\fEATHERFOm>  JAMES  H. 

deceased,  a  farmer  in  the  bounds  of 
Morgan  Co.  during  life;  was  born  in  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  Feb.  16,  1820;  two  years  later 
his  parents  moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  and 


located  on  the  property  now  owned  by 
George  Criswell ;  for  some  time,  until  he  re- 
raised a  crop,  he  lived  a  camp  life;  no 
sooner  was  the  crop  gathered,  however, 
than  a  log  cabin  reared  its  front  on  the 
prairie,  and  it  is  quite  probable  the  family 
lived  in  this  dwelling  many  a  year.  Mr. 
W.  was  a  well  educated  man  and  possessed 
of  great  force  of  character,  a  prominent 
man;  in  his  day  he  held  numerous  offices, 
and  subsequently  he  became  a  colonel  in 
the  Mexican  war;  his  oldest  son,  James, 
who  heads  this  sketch,  also  went  to  the 
scene  of  warfare  at  the  same  time,  in  the 
capacity  of  first  lieutenant;  both  father 
and  son  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Buena 
Vista.  After  the  war  they  were  honorably 
discharged  and  returned  to  Morgan  Co. 
where  James  died  shortly  after;  his  father 
removing  to  Texas,  did  not  long  survive 
him.  Mrs.  Weatherford,  from  whom  this 
sketch  is  obtained,  is  now  residing  on  her 
farm  property,  a  lady  of  culture;  she  was 
born  in  North  Carolina,  Person  Co.,  and 
married  her  husband  in  1840;  by  this  mar- 
riage three  children,  only  one  now  living, 
Elizabeth,  who*  married  John  Seymour 
Wheeler  Green,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Scoit- 

ville,  Macoupin  Co. 

Wheeler  Henry,  renter,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Scott- 
ville. Macoupin  Co. 
White  Andrew,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
White  Hiram,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly 
While  Tampa  Mrs.  P.O.  Waverly 
WILLIAMS  BARNETT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O,  Youngblood.  The 
above  affable  gentleman  was  the  sixth  child 
of  Reese  and  Nancy  C.  Williams,  natives- 
of  Virginia,  who  removed  to  Kentucky  in 
an  early  day,  settling  in  Shelby  County, 
where  Mrs.  Williams  passed  off  the  stage 
of  life,  leaving  to  her  husband's  care  nine 
children;  Barnett  was  born  in  1831;  three 
years  later  the  Williams  family  set  out  for 
Illinois,  and  first  located  in  Sangamon 
County,  Old  Berlin,  shortly  after  moving  to 
Morgan  County,  where  the  old  people 
lived  many  years,  and  where  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  married  Miss  Lucinda  Van 
Winkle,  a  daughter  of  Abner  Van  Winkle; 
by  this  union  three  children:  Lillie  B., 
born  June  15,  1856;  Mary  E.,  born  June 
13,  1858;  Adelia,  born  April  3,  1862;  Mrs. 
Williams  died  Jan.  n,  1863,  and  the  fol- 


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lowing  year  Mr.  W.  united  his  fortunes  to 
Miss  Julia  M.  Pogue,  who  died  Jan.  19, 
1876;  on  the  22d  of  February,  1878,  Mr. 
W.  was  married  to  Miss  Ann  Wilkinson, 
a  daughter  of  John  Wilkinson,  who  is  well 
remembered  by  the  early  pioneers  of  this 
county;  at  the  present  time  Mr.  Williams 
resides  on  his  farm  property;  a  courteous 
gentleman,  he  has  many  friends 

WOOD  JAS.  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr.  Wood 
was  born  in  Jacksonville,  Aug.  2,  1840, 
second  child  of  Wheatly  and  Elizabeth 
Wood;  the  father  of  James  was  a  native  of 
England,  born  near  Sykehouse,  July  22, 
1798;  the  subject  of  this  notice  passed 
many  years  of  his  life  on  the  homestead 
property,  and  received  a  moderate  educa- 
tion, in  a  log  cabin  in  the  boundary  of 
Macoupin  County;  in  July,  1874,  Mr. 
Wood  was  married  to  Nancy  E.  Hart, 
daughter  of  John  and  Martha  Hart,  who 
were  among  the  first  to  settle  in  Illinois; 
two  children  blessed  this  union:  Lewana, 
born  May  29,  1875;  Mary  F..  born  Feb.  17, 
1877;  Mr.  Wood  is  the  owner  of  220  acres 
of  land,  that  will  compare  favorably  with 
any  in  the  West 

WOOD  JOHN"  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Waverly;  third  child 
of  Wheatly  and  Elizabeth  Wood,  and  was 
born  in  1842;  the  head  of  the  family,  an 
Englishman  by  birth,  crossed  the  ocean  in 
1838,  coming  direct  to  Morgan  County,  and 
settling  in  Jacksonville,  and  there  married 
his  wife,  a  native  of  Georgia,  and  whose 
maiden  name  was  Lincoln;  Wheatly  Wood 
was  for  a  number  of  years  a  farmer  in 
Macoupin  and  Morgan  Counties,  and  also 
became  proprietor  of  a  brick  yard  in  Jack- 
sonville; he  died  in  1873,  leaving  an  estate 
of  200  acres,  acquired  by  great  industry; 
there  are  four  children  living:  Martha  Ann, 
who  married,  first  John  H.  Dennis,  who 
departed  this  life,  Mrs.  Dennis  afterward 
marrying  Reuben  Jones;  Jas.  W.,  who 
married  Elizabeth  Hart;  Sarah,  who  mar- 
ried Jas.  Arnold;  and  John  W.,  who  heads 
this  sketch,  married  Miss  Mary  Hughes; 
by  this  marriage  three  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living,  Eugene  and  Harriet;  in 
1862,  when  the  loist  Regiment  was  organ- 
ized, Mr.  Wood  became  enrolled  as  a 
volunteer  in  Co.  H,  for  three  years'  service, 


or  during  the  war,  and  took  an  active  part 
in  numerous  battles;  on  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  honorably  discharged,  and  re- 
turned to  this  county,  where  he  has  since 
resided;  owns  67  acres 
Wood  Mary  D.  Mrs.  Sec.  IQ,  P.O.  Waverly 
WOOTON  ALFRED,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Franklin;  parents 
of  Alfred  were  John  and  Ann  Wooton, 
natives  of  Hastings,  Sussex,  England;  John 
the  father,  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  who  lived 
in  very  comfortable  circumstances,  and  who 
gave  his  children  the  advantages  of  a  good 
education;  Alfred,  possessed  of  energy  and 
daring,  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen,  ship- 
ped on  board  a  merchant  vessel,  bound  for 
Central  America  and  the  West  Indies;  for 
eight  years  he  sailed  the  waters  of  the  broad 
Atlantic;  on  leaving  the  vocation  he  had 
followed  so  many  years,  he  proceeded  to 
Canada,  thence  to  England ;  the  year 
1868  found  him  en  route  for  America,  on 
board  the  steamship  Colorado;  landing  in 
New  York,  he  from  there  made  his  way  to 
Morgan  County,  where  he  first  became  em- 
ployed by  the  month,  for  Mrs.  Jacob 
Strawn,  there  he  formed  the  acquaintance 
and  married  Miss  Ruth  A.  Wilburn,  a 
daughter  of  John  Wilburn,  a  native  of  Eng- 
land; three  children,  John,  Albert,  and 
Jacob  S.;  Mr.  Wooton  owns  forty  acres  in 
township  13,  range  9 

WRIGHT  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Wright  is  the  descendent  of  a  numerous 
family,  who  have  helped  in  a  great  measure 
toward  the  improvement  and  public  inter- 
ests of  this  county;  Thomas  was  the  eighth 
child  of  Jas.  and  Frances  Wright;  of 
Jas.  but  little  is  known,  he  was  born  in 
Virginia,  where  he  was  overseer  of  a 
plantation;  in  Virginia  he  formed  the 
acquaintance  of  Miss  Frances  Finney,  they 
were  married  soon  after  the  close  of  the 
Revolutionary  war;  in  this  struggle  for  the 
independence  of  the  colonies,  Jas.  Wright 
shouldered  the  old  flint-lock  musket,  one 
of  the  seventy-five  chosen  and  known  as 
the  forlorn  hope,  he  fought  bravely  at  the 
storming  of  Stony  Point, and  endured  many 
privations  at  Valley  Forge;  an  intimate 
friend  of  Generals  Washington  and  Lafay- 
ette, he  served  under  their  command,  shar- 
ing the  hardships  of  the  soldiers;  after  the 


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close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Virginia, 
and  in  middle  life  moved  to  Kentucky, 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born, 
in  the  year  1806;  in  the  beginning  of  1829, 
his  attention  was  attracted  to  the  West,  and 
accordingly  in  company  with  the  old  folks 
he  made  his  way  into  Waverly  precinct, 
this  county;  in  1834  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Jane  D.  Burch,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Ann  D.  Burch,  natives  of  Virginia; 
settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives;  the 
place  where  he  settled  being  heavily  tim- 
bered, he  realized  the  extremely  difficult 
task  it  would  be  to  fell  the  monarchsof  the 
forest,  and  thereby  get  a  sufficiency  of  land 
under  cultivation;  one  trait  in  the  char- 
acter of  this  family  may  here  be  noticed:  of 
a  kindly  sympathetic  nature,  their  thoughts 
often  turned  toward  that  Supreme  Being 
from  whom  their  prosperity  emanated.  Dur- 
ing the  Black  Hawk  war  of  1832,  Mr. 
Wright  was  unanimously  elected  by  the 
soldiers  of  his  company  second  lieutenant, 
by  Governor  Reynolds  he  received  his  ap- 
pointment, serving  seventy  days,  until  the 
treaty  of  peace  was  declared.  An  intimate 
friend  of  Colonel  Richard  Johnson,  whom 
he  described  as  a  thick  set  man,  black-eyed, 
and  rather  fierce  appearing,  he  inspired  a 
feeling  of  awe  among  the  Indians;  but  lit- 
tle more  remains  to  be  told;  in  time  he  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  nice  property,  what  is 
somewhat  remarkable;  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  was  blessed  with  seven  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  living,  Lydia  Frances, 
who  married  John  Groves,  of  Missouri; 
Jas.  B.,  who  married  Lizzie  Oyer;  Mary 
E.,  who.  married  Robert  Seymour;  W. 
C.,  who  married  Miss  Mary  Minnick; 
Amanda  L.,  who  married  Jonas  Weather- 
ford;  Sarah  Jane,  who  married  Wm.  Al- 
bright, of  Missouri;  John  W.  S.  unmarried; 
Thos.  Wright  owns  160  acres  of  land  in 
this  township;  now  well  advanced  in  years 


he  still  possesses  great  energy  and  of  a 
nature  inclined  to  liberality 
WRIGHT  WM.  farmer  and  stock  rais- 
er, Sec.  12,  P.O.  Franklin,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  the  youngest  of  a  family 
of  twelve  children.  His  father,  James 
Wright,  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  served 
seven  years  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the 
revolution ;  married  Miss  Frances  Finnic, 
of  Virginia.  As  early  as  1800  the  family 
made  their  way  over  the  Cumberland  moun- 
tains to  Scott  Co.,  Ky.,  where  William  was 
born,  June  5,  1808.  In  1829,  when  but 
few  emigrant  trains  could  be  seen  taking 
up  their  line  of  march  westward,  James 
Wright  sought  the  fertile  prairies  of  Illi- 
nois, settling  on  the  farm  property  now 
owned  by  William.  Building  a  cabin,  he 
set  about  the  difficult  task  of  subduing  the 
stubborn  prairie.  In  Morgan  Co.  the  old 
people  passed  the  remainder  of  their  days- 
At  twenty-three  William  married  Miss  El- 
la Burch,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Burch. 
When  the  Black  Hawk  war  broke  out,  Mr. 
Wright  became  an  active  participant  until 
the  treaty  was  declared.  Understanding 
fully  the  duties  of  farming,  in  a  few  years 
he  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in  Macoupin 
and  Morgan  Counties.  Like  many  another 
ambitious  man,  his  pathway  was  bese%  with 
difficulties  ;  at  seventy  years  he  owns  some 
fifty-seven  acres,  but  is  content,  and  still 
works  with  unabated  energy.  This  union 
was  blessed  with  thirteen  children  •  James 
B.,  born  Dec.  4,  1831,  died  Oct.  4,  1832; 
Amanda  J.,  bom  Sept.  n,  1833  ;  John  C.; 
born  April  20,  1836;  Margaret  A.,  March 
3,  1838;  Melvina  F.,  .March  15,  1840, 
Mary  E.,  March  4,  1842  ;  George  W.  S., 
Jan.  i,  1844  ;  Eliza  A.,  Jan.  10,  1846  ;  New- 
ton C  ,  Nov.  4,  1847  ;  Edwin  R.  and  Edgar 
B.,  twins,  Dec.  2,  1849  ;  Charles  M.,  Feb. 
22,  1852  ;  Henry  A.,  April  7,  1854 


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A  LBRIDGE  WILLIAM,  merchant,  Mur- 
"^^     rayville 
Alexander    Mrs.   farmer,   Sec.  13,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 

Anderson   John,    farmer,  Sec.  2,    P.O.  Mur- 
ray ville 

TDARBER   JOHN,   farmer.   Sec.  27   P.O. 

Murrayville 
Baxter  Tames,  farmer.  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 

Beadles  J.  B.  merchant,  Murrayville 
Beadles  T.  G.  merchant,  Murrayville 
Blakeman  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 
Blakeman  -  ,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 
Boruff  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.   Murray- 

ville 
Bracewill  John,  retired,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 

Brisendine  Green  B.  carp.  Murrayville 
Brisendine  P.  S.  carp.  Murrayville 
Bull  Madison,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 
Burnett  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 

Butt  James,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Butts  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.   Murray- 

ville 


/^ 


D.  Merchant,  Murrayville 


CALKINS  FRANK  E.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  Lyman 
and  Rhody  Calkins  ;  father  a  native  of 
Wheatland  Co.,  N.  Y.;  mother,  of  Oakland 
Co.,  Mich.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  Dec.  3,  1855,  in  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.; 
his  early  education  commenced  at  a  very 
remote  period  of  his  juvenile  years,  from 
the  knee  of  a  New  England  school  maam, 
Miss  Ellen  Cook,  in  the  district  schools  ;  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  finished  his 
course  of  studies  at  Milford  Union  High 
School,  Milford,  Mich.,  and  immediately 
thereafter  left  his  native  State  to  visit  the 
scene  of  the  great  conflagration  —  Chicago  ; 


this  was  in  1872  ;  while  in  the  city  of  the 
"  Baptism  of  Fire,"  Frank  enjoyed  the  hos- 
pitality of  his  Uncle  Aaron  Phelps,  a 
wealthy  dairyman  of  the  "  Lake  City,"  and 
in  February,  1873,  moved  and  cast  his  for- 
tunes with  our  people,  by  going  into  hard 
work  on  the  farm  of  W.  P.  Craig.  In  1876 
was  united  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Sarah  E. 
Smith,  daughter  of  W.  T.  and  Lucinda 
Smith,  natives  of  Tennessee,  on  Feb.  22, 
R.  W.  Allen,  of  Unity  Pres.  Church  tieing 
the  indissoluble  knot ;  has  had  by  this 
union,  Emma  H.  born  Jan.  25,  1877. 
These  good  parents  are  zealous  Christians, 
their  lives  being  for  many  years  identified 
with  "  Unity  Presbyterian  Church;  is  a  good 
farmer,  a  courteous  gentleman,  and  univer- 
sally respected 

CANHAM  SHADE  (deceased),  son  of 
John  and  Phebe  Canham,  natives  of  near 
Som,  Cambridgeshire,  England,  was  born 
April  3,  1837,  at  the  above  place ;  emi- 
grated to  the  new  world  in  company  with 
his  mother,  and  ten  other  children,  in  1855, 
and  at  once  joined  the  father  and  husband 
on  the  farm  of  William  Richardson,  west 
of  Jacksonville,  and  shortly  after  set  int  • 
work  on  the  farm  of  J.  R.  Megginson, 
south  of  Jacksonville,  and  worked  there 
nearly  five  years  ;  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Pierson,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Betsy  Pierson,  on  Aug.  25,  1858  ; 
there  were  born  to  this  union  :  Benjamin 
T.  born  May  14,  1860 ;  Phebe  B.  Dec.  30, 
1861  ;  Henry  J.  B.  Nov.  22,  1863,  died 
March  22,  1864 ;  Sarah  Alice,  April  14, 
1865;  William  T.  Aug.  30,  1867;  Job 
Shade,  Sept.  18,  1869  ;  Charles  E.  Nov.  6, 
1873  ;  George  L.  April  24,  1877.  After 
marriage,  rented  a  farm  of  Sam  Killam, 
then  on  the  Colonel  Dunlap  farm  at  three 
different  periods,  thence  to  the  Charles 
Rawlings  farm ;  stayed  there  one  year, 
moved  then  to  the  city,  and  followed  the 
life  of  a  bussman.  Subsequently  moved  to 
Sangamon  Co.  and  rented  a  farm  for  five 
years,  and  on  the  expiration  of  the  term 
returned  to  Morgan  Co.,  settling  on  the 


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Joel  Mitchell  farm  in  Sec.  30,  thence  to  the 
Sanford  farm  in  1877,  where  the  fell  de- 
stroyer— consumption,  called  him  to  the 
Spirit  world  Sept.  5,  1877.  The  relict  of 
Mr.  Canham,  with  the  heavy  responsibility 
of  caring  for  seven  orphan  children,  meets 
her  fate  with  Christian  resignation,  and 
puts  her  trust  in  that  God  that  "  tempers 
the  winds  to  the  shorn  lamb." 

Cartismere  Joseph,  Murrayville 

COVINGTO1V  MARY  A.  wid.  Ben- 
jamin H.,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville, born  26th  July,  1831,  in  Somerset- 
shire, England,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Anne  Mason,  natives  of  the  above  place. 
Her  father  was  by  trade  a  brick  mason.  In 
the  early  years  of  her  girlhood  commenced 
to  lay  the  foundation  of  a  sound  education 
from  the  knee  of  Miss  Anne  Jordan,  a 
preacheress,  at  the  immature  age  of  five 
years  ;  was  carried  to  school  by  her  parents 
and  teacher.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
she  finished  her  education  at  the  Albert 
High  School,  Concord,  this  county.  The 
noted  Brigham  Young  was  at  that  time  a 
classmate  ;  subsequently  entered  the  strug- 
gle of  life  as  a  school  teacher.  On  March  n, 
1852,  was  married  to  Benjamin  Henderson 
Covington,  by.  Rev.  Clark,  Presbyterian 
minister  ;  has  had  by  this  marriage  eight 
children:  William  T.  born  Dec.  12,  1852; 
Elizabeth  E.  Nov.  15,  1854 ;  Elvus  E. 
March  n,  1856;  Jesse  J.  Jan.  17,  1858; 
Hannah  A.  Dec.  25,  1859;  Charlie,  Jan. 
7,  1861  ;  Kate  A.  June  24,  1862  ;  Tve  N. 
March  9,  1867.  William  T.,  Elizabeth  E. 
and  Charlie,  have  long  since  put  on  im- 
mortality, and  are  shining  angels  on  the 
other  shore  ;  but  the  death  of  her  children 
did  not  fill  her  cup  of  tribulation,  until  the 
sad  demise  of  her  husband,  which  occurred 
May  15,  1865.  Since  that  sad  epoch  in 
her  history,  she  has,  like  a  noble  women, 
met  with  fortitude  the  responsibilities  of 
farmer  and  business  manager  ;  owns  a  neat 
farm  of  eighty-eight  acres,  worth  $5,000 

Crouse  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Crouse  George,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Crouse  James,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Crouse  Thomas  G.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Murrayville 


Crowley   Michael,  farm  hand,    Sec.    3,    P.O. 

Murrayville 
Cunningham  Alexander,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 

Murrayville 

TRAVIS  WILLIAM,  carp.  Murrayville 

^^^  Day  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

DAY  SAMUEL  V.  farmer  and  renter, 
Sec.  33,  P.O.  Manchester,  Scott  Co.,  son  of 
James  D.  and  Marguerette  Day,  natives 
of  Virginia,  was  born  Dec.  13,  1856,  in 
Scott  Co.,  this  State,  and  moved  wilh  his 
parents  to  Sec.  32,  in  1861.  At  the  age  of  six 
years  he  first  viewed  the  abode  of  learning 
— the  district  school;  having  gained  a  good 
common  school  education,  ceased  his  inter- 
course with  books  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years  to  bestow  his  young  affections  on  the 
idol  of  his  life,  and  was  joined  in  wed- 
lock to  Miss  Eliza  A.  Waters,  daughter  of 
Charles  Waters,  the  ceremony  'aking  place 
Dec.  2,  1877,  the  Rev.  M.  C.  Davenport, 
of  the  M.  E.  Church,  officiated.  Mr.  Day 
is  a  young  farmer  of  sterling  worth,  with  a 
bright  future  before  him 

Duncan  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

TANNING  ABRAHAM,  farmer,  Sec.  26, 
P.O.  Murrayville 

Fanning  Cyrus,  miller,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Fanning  Ephraim,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

FANXIXG  JAMES,  Sr.  farmer  and 
-lock  raiser,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Youngblood. 
Nothing  has  proved  so  perplexing  to  the 
reader  of  American  history,  as  a  want  in 
the  chronology  of  the  descent  of  her  peo- 
ple, and  it  is  our  mission,  as  a  faithful  bi- 
ographer, to  fill  this  void  with  a  part  of  the 
history  of  her  people  in  this  local  work. 
The  family  of  which  we  write  are  of  the 
purest  Milesian  descent,  being  of  the  race 
of  I R.  of  the  Hermonian  line,  and  settled 
in  Ireland  more  than  2,000  years  ago. 
Joseph  Fanning,  grandfather  of  James,  was 
born  in  Virginia.  His  parents'  history  is 
so  obscure  that  it  would  be  idle  to  go  back 
any  further  in  the  line  of  descent  here  in 
America ;  was  by  trade  a  blacksmith, 
moved  at  an  early  day  to  Tennessee,  final- 
ly settling  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1825  ;  after  a 


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589 


few  years  residence,  having  improved  what 
is  now  the  Henry  Rawling  estate,  sold  out 
and  moved  with  his  family,  (viz :  John, 
Robert,  George,  Joseph,  Abraham,  Jacob, 
Delila,  Mary,  Sampson,  David,  Andrew, 
(first  wife's  children);  of  the  second,  were: 
Nathan,  William,  Archibald,  Louise,  and 
one  other  girl,  name  not  known,)  to  Ar- 
kansas. The  father  of  Mr.  Fanning  was 
born  in  Wirth  Co.,  Va.,  and  moved  with 
his  father  to  Tennessee,  about  the  year 
1820,  in  company  with  his  brothers,  George 
and  Joseph ;  moved  in  a  covered  wagon 
over  the  wild  and  barren  waste  of  prairie, 
settling  in  Madison  Co.,  this  State  ;  thence 
moved  with  his  brother,  and  settled  on 
"  Indian  Creek,"  Morgan  Co.;  lived  there  a 
short  time,  and  returned  to  Giles  Co.,Tenn.; 
was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Galloway  ;  the 
children  to  this  union  were :  Martha  C., 
Joseph,  Mary,  Ruth,  Abraham,  James, 
John,  Sarah,  Barbara  Anne,  and  Sampson. 
After  marriage,  remained  in  Tennessee  a 
few  years,  then  moved  with  his  family,  in  a 
one-horse,  two-wheel  cart ;  a  yoke  of  oxen 
did  the  pulling ;  one  of  those  faithful 
beasts  was  almost  useless,  as  it  was  lame 
from  a  bad  knee,  when  he  landed  on 
Ha'  t's  prairie;  his  whole  capital  would  not 
foot  up  one  dollar,  but,  had  a  bright  intel- 
lect and  an  indomitable  will,  that  helped 
him  win  his  way  through  the  harassing 
days  of  the  early  settlement  of  the  then 
new  State  on  the  confines  of  civilization  ; 
improved  a  farm  now  owned  by  John 
Spires  ;  next  located  on  a  farm  fourteen 
miles  south  of  Jacksonville ;  sold  out, 
bought  150  acres  in  Sec.  1 8,  a  log  house 
soon  loomed  up,  that  was  afterward  the 
hospitable  stopping  place  for  the  care-worn 
preacher,  and  belated  hunter ;  lived  there 
continuously,  except  one  year  and  six 
months  ;  died  Oct.  20,  1859,  aged  62  years. 
His  honored  relict  still  lives  to  recount 
many  incidents  of  the  age  of  prairie  wolves, 
and  lives  with  her  children.  Mr.  Fanning, 
during  his  lifetime,  was  a  blacksmith,  had 
not  a  word  of  learning,  owned  more  than 
1,500  acres  of  land,  and  gave  to  each  child 
a  quarter  section  of  land  at  their  marriage. 
The  subject  of  this  biography  was  born 
Nov.  18,  1829,  in  Morgan  Co.;  during 
youth  was  a  very  active  scholar,  attending 
the  subscription  schools  six  months  out  of 
Y 


each  year,  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old, 
and  when  the  weather  was  too  wet  to  go  to 
school,  helped  his  father  in  the  forge  ;  was 
married  Aug.  8,  1850,  to  Miss  Mary  Anne 
Hill,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Frances 
Hill,  by  'Squire  George  Wright.  They 
have  had  fourteen  children  :  George  W., 
John  R.,  Mary  J.,  Sarah  A.,  Nancy  M., 
Lucinda  C.,  Robert  Lee,  James  W.,  Isaac 
S.  and  Ida  L.  (twins),  Margaret  M., Cynthia 
A.,  Clarinda  F.  and  Charles  E.  Of  this 
large  family  Mary  J.,  Isaac  S.  and  Ida  L. 
died  when  very  young  ;  John  R.  Was  killed 
while  attending  at  a  sorghum  mill.  Mr. 
Fanning  is  a  devoted  Democrat,  and  repre- 
sents his  people  at  the  county  conventions; 
has  been  a  school  director,  and  supervisor 
of  roads ,  is  a  mighty  hunter,  even  as 
"Nimrod  before  the  Lord,"  and  in  conjunc- 
tion with  Dan  Vertrees  and  Rike  Rimbey, 
have  killed,  since  1865,  more  than  fifty 
wolves  ;  at  one  time  killed  so  many  that 
there  was  not  money  enough  in  Greene  Co. 
to  pay  up  ;  and  is  universally  liked  by  all 
shades  of  opinion 

FANNING  SAMPSON  (deceased),far- 
mer,  Sec.  8;  son  of  Joseph  Fanning,  native 
of  Virginia  ;  moved  many  years  ago  to  the 
State  of  Tennessee.  The  geneaology  of 
this  old  pioneer  family  points  with  satisfac- 
tion to  the  chivalrous  Celtic  race  of  Ire- 
land, the  grandsires  emigrating  to  the 
Western  hemisphere  when  the  country  was 
under  the  control  of  British  rule.  During 
the  American  Revolution,  the  father  of  our 
subject  often  gave  news  to  the  Colonial 
army  under  Washington,  of  the  where- 
abouts of  the  skulking  lories.  The  family 
was  very  large.  In  1821,  Sampson  Fan- 
ning moved,  with  his  brothers,  in  a  covered 
wagon,  and  by  the  regular  overland  route  ; 
settling  on  a  tract  of  land  in  Madison  Co., 
and  soon  erected  the  pioneer's  palatial 
domicile  —  a  hewn  log  house  —  and  in 
1823,  moved  to  Morgan  Co  ,  settling  in  T. 
14,  R.  9.  He  left  home  without  his  fath- 
er's consent ;  he  was  then  living  in  Ala- 
bama, and  was  only  fifteen  years  old.  Mr. 
Fanning  was  born  in  Virginia,  about  the 
year  1808,  and  followed  the  fortunes  of  his 
father's  life  to  the  date  of  his  marriage. 
The  first  present  offered  him  was  a  hatchet. 
His  education  was  neglected,  hence  he  was 
not  gifted  with  the  knowledge  of  books, 


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but  had  in  lieu,  a  bright,  well  balanced 
brain-power,  that  made  him  equal  to  the 
emergency  of  after  events.  For  many 
years  he  employed  his  life  and  energies  in 
working  on  the  farm,  as  a  farm  hand,  until 
1825,  when  his  father  and  the  balance  of 
the  family  moved  from  the  "  Sunny  South  " 
and  cast  their  lot  with  the  few  inhabitants 
scattered  over  the  wild  and  sparsely  settled 
prairies  of  Illinois.  The  father,  Joseph 
Fanning,  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  in  T.  13, 
now  well  known  as  "  Fanning's  Point." 
The  worthy  deceased  of  whom  we  write, 
was  married  to  Miss  Althea  Criswell ;  they 
have  had  eleven  children  :  their  first  child 
was  a  daughter,  who  died  in  infancy ; 
George  W.,  Patience  C.,  Anna,  William 
F.,  Mary  E.,  Matilda  J.,  Margaret  R.,  An- 
drew J.,  Sarah  A.,  and  Caroline  —  of  these 
children,  George  married  Miss  Whitlock; 
Anna,  George  Criswell ;  W.  F.,  Miss  Nan- 
cy Morland ;  Margaret,  Charles  Reaugh  ; 
Patience  C.,  Thomas  Severe ;  Matilda, 
George  W.  Spencer,  and  Mary,  Uriah 
Phillips.  After  marriage  settled  on  Sec.  8, 
on  "  Pepper  Hill,"  and  for  nearly  forty 
years  followed  the  pursuits  of  an  hoi.est 
farmer,  and  died  in  1875  ;  his  wife'  sur- 
vives him,  to  relate  the  incidents  of  their 
wedded  life  in  the  log  cabin.  During  the 
war,  George  W.  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  loist 
Regiment  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
was,  on  muster  into  the  service,  elected 
Captain ;  the  regiment  having  been  or- 
dered to  the  "  seat  of  war,"  this  noble 
Morgan  County  legion  proceded  with  dis- 
patch to  the  Sunny  South,  and  ere  the 
boys  had  forgotten  home  and  fireside,  or 
were  inured  to  war's  alarms,  eight  compa- 
nies were  captured  at  Holly  Springs,  Mis- 
sissippi. Prior  to  this  reverse,  Captain 
Fanning  had  contracted  the  plague  of  the 
army,  chronic  diarrhoea,  which  disease  in- 
capacitated him  for  duty.  He  was  honor- 
ably discharged  from  the  service.  In  the 
Spring  of  1863,  he  entered  the  mercantile 
business  in  Murrayville,  having  a  large  in- 
terest in  a  flouring  mill;  he  continued  in 
this  business  until  1867,  when  he  was 
elected  treasurer  and  assessor  of  Morgan 
County  ;  on  the  expiration  of  his  first  term 
he  was  re-elected  by  a  handsome  majority  ; 
in  1872  connected  his  interests  with  Mr. 
Paradice,  and  bought  the  Sentinel,  and 


for  many  years,  by  his  sagacious  judgment 
did  much  to  build  up  the  shattered  for- 
tunes of  the  Democratic  party.  Captain 
Fanning  is  universally  beloved  by  all  par- 
ties, creeds,  and  conditions,  being  a  liberal 
thinker,  and  an  urbane  gentleman,  who 
respects  the  wishes  of  high  and  low  alike. 

Fanning  James,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Fanning  James  T.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Fanning  John  R.  renter,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Fanning  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Fanning  J.  K.  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Fanning  W.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Fisher  James  N.  renter.  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Fisher  J.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Ford  John,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Murrayville 

S~*  ALLOWAY  JORDAN,  farmer,  Sec.  6, 

^-J  P.O.  Murrayville 

Gu.nn  A.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Gunn  Bergen,  renter,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

GUNN  JESSE  C.  farmer  and  stock  rais- 
er, Sec.  29,  P.O.  Murrayville,  son  of 
James  and  Hursley  Gunn,  natives  of  South 
Carolina  and  Virginia,  being  descendants 
of  the  old  stock  of  F.F.V.'s.  The  father 
of  our  subject  settled  in  Jacksonville  in 
June,  1830,  a  period  anterior  to  the  "  deep 
snow."  Jesse  was  at  this  time  a  young  lad 
of  much  promise,  and  with  the  aid  of  his 
brothers  Aleck,  William,  and  Abasha, 
erected  on  Sec.  29,  a  pioneer's  palace  —  a 
log  cabin  —  and  like  the  early  pioneers, 
pressed  on,  braving  the  trials  and  vicissi- 
tudes of  a  young  frontiersman's  life.  Jesse 
was  born  in  Dixon  Co.,  Tenn.,  July  15, 1825, 
and  when  he  was  in  his  fifth  year,  traveled 
on  foot  for  four  weeks,  a  feat  that  the  boy 
of  to-day  would  not  venture.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-two,  married  Miss  Mary  A. 
Fisher,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Nancy 
Fisher  ;  the  nuptials  were  celebrated  5th 
of  August,  1847,  by  'Squire  George  Wright. 
There  were  born  to  this  union,  Mary  J., 
October  15,  1848,  died  October  5,  1851; 
Nancy  U.,  November  10,  1849.  The  sad 
death  of  Mrs.  G.  occurred  October  7, 


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1851  ;  having  lived  a  season  of  sorrow, 
married  again  March  30,  1852,  to  Miss 
Hannah  I.  Reaugh,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Elizabeth  Reaugh  ;  the  ceremony  was 
performed  by  Rev.  Thomas  Spellman,  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  ;  has  had  by  this 
marriage,  Elizabeth  J.,  born  April  2,  1853  ; 
Charles  W.,  April  28,  1854;  James  A., 
February  20,  1856  ;  William  A.,  April  20, 
1857,  died  Octobei  16,  1857;  John  W., 
May  8,  1858 ;  Margaret  E.,  March  9,  1861  ; 
Mary  J.,  May  26,  1862,  died  August  8, 
1862,  and  Benjamin  J.  C.,  February  14, 
1865.  During  the  conflict  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, he,  loving  his  country  better  than  home 
or  fireside,  enlisted  March  6,  1865,  in  Co. 
E,  $Sth  Regiment  Illinois  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  followed  the  fortunes  of  that 
veteran  organization  until  the  culmination 
of  the  civil  conflict ;  was  mustered  out  of 
service  March  5,  1866,  at  Montgomery, 
Ala.,  since  which  time  has  devoted  his 
time  to  the  improvement  of  his  neat  far  i1  ; 
is  a  good  citizen,  a  faithful  Christian,  hav 
ing  identified  his  life  with  the  M.  E. 
Church,  at  the  young  age  of  about  seven 
years  ;  owns  property  worth  $10,000. 
Gunn  John  T.,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

TT  ALEY  RICHARD,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P. 
O.  Murray ville 

Haley  Richard  N.  farm  hand,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Hawks  J.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Hennessy  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  3,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Henry  Charles,  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Henry  C.  C.  farmer.  Sec.  I,  P.tX  Murray- 
ville 

Henry  Elijah,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Henry  William  T.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Henry  W.  D.  merchant,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

HESS  WILLIAM  H.  farmer,  P.O. 
Murrayville,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  Hess, 
lineal  descendent  of  the  great  re/ormer, 
was  born  in  Pittsfield,  this  State,  April  13, 
1852 ;  at  the  age  of  nine  years  commenced 
the  development  of  his  young  intellect  at  the 
district  school ;  at  the  end  of  three  years 


study,  his  life  as  a  student  ceased.  This  little 
"  Sucker  "  being  cast  on  the  waters  of  a 
friendless  world,  his  young  heart  did  not 
quail,  but  with  a  determination  to  fight  the 
battle  of  life  with  a  determination  to  con- 
quer. Sought  and  married  Miss  Mary  E. 
J.  Gray,  on  the  2d  January,  1873,  the  Rev. 
Geo.  W.  Clark  officiating;  had  by  this 
union,  William  H.  S.,  born  October  21, 
1873,  Sarah  B.,  born  August  3Oth,  1875, 
died  October  4,  1875 ;  by  the  death  of  his 
first  love,  his  life  was  clouded,  which  sad 
event  occurred  June  3,  1876;  was  married 
again  April  2,  1877,  to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Cas- 
tleberry,  daughter  of  Paul  and  Mary  P.  Cas- 
tleberry;  the  Rev.  W.  Riggs  officiated; 
has  had  by  this  union,  Mary  A.,  born  Jan- 
uary 20,  1878.  These  good  parents  are 
zealous  Christians,  and  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church 

Hobaker  David,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Hooley  Richard,  farm  hand,  Sec.  3,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Hopper  Mrs.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Howerton  Wyatt,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

HUGHES  ALLEN  B.  retired  farmer. 
Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murrayville,  was  born  near 
Jacksonville,  111.,  Jan.  30,  1832.  Mr. 
Hughes  is  the  oldest  son  of  John  A.  Hughes 
and  Elizabeth  Webb,  who  was  born  and 
raised  in  White  Co.  Southern  Illinois.  The 
father  of  Allen  B.  emigrated  to  Clermont 
Co.,  Ohio  ;  after  a  residence  of  nine  years 
in  Ohio  removed  with  his  wife  and  four 
children  to  White  Co.  111.;  this  was  in  1821, 
at  an  epoch  in  the  State's  history  when  it 
required  an  iron  constitution  and  an  in- 
domitable will  to  surmount  the  harrassing 
life  incident  to  the  early  settlement  of  the 
Prairie  State.  Mr.  Hughes  moved  to  Sec- 
tion Sixteen  (now  Jacksonville)  and  rented 
a  farm  for  two  years;  his  capital  would 
not  amount  to  $25,  but  had  in  lieu  of 
money  a  bright  intellect  and  an  energy  that 
made  troubles  sink  into  dark  obscurity. 
There  was  at  the  time  we  write  of  but  one 
cabin  in  the  little  frontier  town — Jackson- 
ville— owned  by  "  old  man  "  Rearick,  which 
cabin  was  utilized  as  home  and  store-room. 
Mr.  Hughes  has  now  in  his  possession  a 
buckskin  pocket  book  that  is  more  than 


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half  a  century  old,  and  is  a  relic  of  the 
long  ago.  Moved  south  of  Jacksonville 
and  bought  160  acres  of  land,  and  the  boys 
soon  had  a  hewn  log  cabin  constructed,  and 
the  family  were  now  happy.  "  Johnnie 
cake,"  baked  on  clapboards,  was  the  bill 
of  fare ;  truly  those  were  strange  and 
stormy  days.  The  family  of  Mr.  Hughes 
were  contemporary  settlers  with  the  Rear- 
icks,  'Squire  Holliday,  and  Point  Brown. 
"  Old  Daddy "  Hale  was  the  regular  cir- 
cuit rider,  and  it  was  at  Mr.  Hughes'  house 
the  people  met  to  hear  the  preaching ;  this 
routine  of  church  continued  for  fifteen 
years,  when  a  log  house  was  constructed, 
which  was  utilized  for  church  and  school 
purposes;  the  benches  were  of  slabs  with 
pins  for  legs ;  it  was  in  this  rude  college 
that  Allen  studied  Webster's  First  Reader. 
"  Uncle"  Johnnie  Hughes  was  on  April 
1 7th,  last  past,  75  years  old,  and  hale  and 
hearty.  Allen  B.,  the  gentleman  of  this 
sketch,  was  married  Oct.  27,  1853,  to  Miss 
Eveline  M.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy 
Ash,  by  Rev.  Caleb  Baldwin,  of  the  M.  E. 
Church.  Two  children  were  born  to  this 
union  :  Sarah  Ann  and  Mary  Louise  (twins), 
born  Feb.  15,  1856;  Sarah  A.  died  Aug. 
1856.  Mary  L.  married  Robert  E.  Rim- 
berg,  and  they  are  living  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Sec.  8.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  are 
old  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church 

Hull  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Hull  Thomas  L.  fanner,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

TT'AHLE  ADAM,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Kahl  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Keemer  E.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Kehle  Adam,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

KELLEHER  WILLIAM  J.  farm 
hand.  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Woodson.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  in  the  Empire 
State,  March  17,  1856,  and  came  with  his 
parents  to  Naples,  this  State,  during  the 
years  of  infancy,  and,  whilst  here,  his  sister, 
Mary  Jane  was  born  May  16,  1862.  The 
history  of  the  parents  of  these  two  orphans 
is  in  deep  obscurity,  the  only  thing  known 
of  them  is,  that  they  emigrated  from  Ireland 


about  the  year  of  the  "  famine,"  1847.  Mary 
Jane  was  adopted  by  the  Sisters  of  Mercy  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  William  J.  was  adopted 
by  a  farmer  named  Walsh.  William  having 
attained  his  majority,  has  struck  out  man- 
fully to  win  his  way  to  a  freeman's  inde- 
pendence, and  Nancy  Jane  was  married  a 
few  years  ago  to  a  young  farmer,  and  she 
is  now  Mrs.  Jennie  Clerihan,  with  a  beauti- 
ful child,  Stella,  to  cheer  and  make  glad 
the  young  mother's  heart 

Kennedy  William,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Kensler  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Knolly  John,  retired  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

T  UMSDEN  WILLIAM  G.  retired 
farmer,  Sec.  17.  P.O.  Murrayville,  The 
genealogy  of  the  Lumsden  family  is  of  the 
purest  Anglo-Saxon,  the  ancestry  coming 
from  the  mother  country  at  a  period  coeval 
with  the  settlement  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 
The  parents  of  Mr.  Lumsden  were  born  in 
Virginia,  and  in  1818  moved  to  the  then 
frontier  State  of  Kentucky,  and  his  business 
was  that  of  a  brick  mason.  After  settling 
at  their  new  home  he  gave  up  the  trowel 
to  engage  in  farming.  The  demise  of  Mr. 
Lumsden  is  somewhat  obscure,  but  thought 
to  be  in  1824 ;  the  mother  survived  her 
husband,  and  died  in  1856.  The  subject 
of  this  biography  not  relishing  the  odium 
of  being  "  a  hewer  of  wood  and  a  drawer 
of  water,"  in  the  State  of  human  slavery, 
conceived  the  idea  of  going  to  the  land  of 
the  setting  sun,  and,  in  company  with  Eli- 
jah Hollens,  packed  their  household  goods 
in  a  covered  wagon,  making  the  trip  over- 
land, enjoying  in  their  journey  the  sport 
of  killing  all  kinds  of  game;  on  his  arrival 
he  found  that  he  was  able  to  count  and  foot 
up  his  whole  capital  to  $20 ;  owned  two 
work  nags  and  a  sucking  colt ;  rented  a 
piece  of  land  for  two  years,  then  bought  a 
small  tract  in  Sec.  7  ;  improved  it;  sold  it, 
and  rented  for  four  years  ;  about  the  year 
1840  purchased  three  parcels  of  land  of  Van 
Eaton}  viz :  40,  80  and  20  acres,  the  deeds 
were  executed  in  1842,  all  laying  in  Sec.  17, 
where  he  now  resides.  At  the  time  of 
settling  on  their  presen  t  home  the  residence 
had  none  of  the  civilized  pretensions  of  to- 


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day  ;  the  house  was  a  double  log  with  a  clap- 
board roof.  He  was  married  Sept.  I,  1831, 
to  Miss  Lucy  Keeling,  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund and  Nancy  Keeling,  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia, then  residing  in  Kentucky.  They  have 
been  blessed  with  nine  children,  all  living : 
Susan  E.,  born  June  18,  1832;  James  W., 
Feb.  20,  1835  ;  Martha  A.,  July  19,  1836  ; 
Francis  Marion,  Dec.  10,  1837;  John  T., 
April  16,  1839;  Mary  J.,  Nov.  21,  1840; 
Edmund  W.,  June  14,  1842  ;  Nancy  Fran- 
ces, Sept.  28,  1843;  Lucy  Angeline,  Oct. 
26,  1846.  Susan  married  John  Bracewell, 
and  lives  in  Iowa  ;  James  married  Mary  S. 
Bradley,  and  lives  in  Morgan,  and  owns 
real  estate  in  Macoupin  Co.;  Martha  mar- 
ried Thomas  Widdup,  and  lives  in  Iowa  ; 
Marion  married  Rebecca  A.  Wyatt,  and 
lives  on  the  old  homestead ;  John  married 
Elizabeth  Ayre,  and  lives  in  Champaign 
Co.;  Edmund  married  Parthenia  Ayre,  and 
lives  at  Moftticello,  and  does  a  good  business 
in  the  butcher  trade ;  Nancy  F.  married 
Howarth  Ayre,  and  resides  in  England  ; 
L.  Angeline  married  Nicholas  T.  Watson, 
whose  death  occurred  recently  near  Oswego, 
Kas.,  and  his  devoted  widow  lives  with  her 
parents.  Mr.  Lumsden  was  born  Sept.  23, 
1806,  and  Mrs.  Lumsden  Oct.  n,  1803. 
Mr.  L.  has  lived  through  the  conflicts  of  a 
pioneer  life;  is  well  respected  by  all.  John 
enlisted  in  Co.  G,  First  Mo.  Cav.,  in  1861, 
and  followed  the  fortunes  of  that  veteran 
command,  participating  in  the  death  strug- 
gle at  Pea  Ridge,  Ark.,  and  in  many  other 
engagements  ;  was  discharged  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  in  1864 

ALONEY  PATRICK,  farmer,  Sec.  36, 
P.O.  Murrayville 

Manus  Sallie  Mrs.  Murrayville 

Mason  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

McCaslin  John,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

McDonald  William,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

McEvers  C.  N.  merchant,  Murrayville 

Meader  M.  E.  Mrs.  Murrayville 

Million  Charles  A.  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Million  Elijah  F.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 


Million  James  W.  renter,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 
Mitchell  Joel,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 
Mondonsa  Manuel,  tie  maker,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 

Murrayville 
Mortemer  Richard,  farm  hand,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 

Murrayville 
Mundy  Reuben  E.  renter,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 

Murray  John,  butcher,  Murrayville 
Murray  W.  S.  &  S.   F.  merchants,   Murray- 

ville 

Mutch  -  ,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Myers   Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 
Myers  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mur- 

rayville 

1\T  1C  HOLS  GEORGE  W.  farmer.  Sec.  7, 
•^    P.O.  Murrayville 

Norris  John  S.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 


THOMAS,  farmer 
^^  and  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Murrayville. 
The  genealogy  of  Mr.  O'Connell's  ancestry 
may  be  traced  back  to  the  posterity  of  Eogan 
Mor,  eldest  son  of  Oilliol,  of  the  line  of 
Heber,  whose  ancient  patrimony  lay  in  the 
territory  of  the  County  Limerick,  Ireland, 
and  more  recently  to  be  found  represented 
in  the  County  of  Kerry,  the  home  of  the 
deceased  Daniel  O'Connell,  the  prince  of 
orators.  Mr.  O'Connell  was  born  in  West- 
chester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  25,  1849,  and  is 
the  son  of  James  and  Anne  O'Connell. 
natives  of  New  York  State.  Attended  the 
district  school  until  he  was  twelve  years 
old  ;  at  this  age  learned  the  trade  of  a  hat- 
ter. and  continued  that  business  for  five 
years.  He  cast  his  lot  with  the  people  of 
Morgan  Co.  April  13,  1867,  working  as  a 
farm  hand;  was  married  March  14,  1872, 
to  Miss  Ellen  Stowell,  daughter  of  Acscel 
and  Mary  Stowell,  by  Rev.  B.  B.  Hamil- 
ton, at  Whitehall,  Greene  Co.;  have  had 
two  children  :  Annie,  born  Dec.  12,  1872  ; 
Mary,  born  Dec.  12,  1876;  thus  a  double 
birthday  occurs  each  year,  a  thing  rarely 
met  with  in  the  record  of  births  in  the 
same  family.  Mr.  O'Connell  is  an  indus- 
trious gentleman,  Is  neither  narrow-minded 
nor  illiberal,  and  is  ever  ready  to  aid  all 
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Osborn  James  C.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O  Mur- 

rayville 
Owens  Munroe,  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 

OARKER  HENRY,  bootmaker,  Murray- 
ville 

T3  ANNELL    CYNTHIA    MRS.   farmer, 

**•  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Ravelan  Alvin,  renter,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Ray  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Ray   James,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Murrayville 

REA  BEXJAMIN,  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Murrayville.  The  an- 
nals of  Ireland  contain  no  more  princely 
name  than  that  which  stands  at  the  head 
of  this  history.  Samuel  Rea,  grandfather 
of  Mr.  Rea,  was  a  native  of  the  province  of 
Ulster,  Ireland ;  at  his  death  resided  in 
the  County  Longford,  Ireland;  lived  more 
than  man's  allotted  time,  and  died  very 
old.  Adam  Rea,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
a  native  of  the  County  Longford ;  in  his 
youth  served  in  the  Irish  militia  force  ;  was 
at  the  battle  of  Ballin-a-Muck ;  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Jane  Guy,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Frank  Guy;  the  children  to  this  union 
were  Ellen,  Frances,  and  Samuel.  The 
sable  cloak  of  death  took  the  wife  and 
mother  to  a  better  land  about  the  year 

1815.  He  married  again,  about  the   year 

1816,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Caldwell,  daughter 
of  James  Caldwell ;  the  fruits  of  this  union 
were  :    Benjamin,  died  in  infancy ;  Mary, 
Benjamin,   Jane,   James,   and    Eliza.      Of 
these,  Mary  married  James  Caldwell,  Eliza 
married  Robert  Caldweil.     In  the  Winter 
of  1849,  Mr.  Rea,  with  his  wife,  daughter 
Jane,  and  two   sons   James   and   Samuel, 
left  their  lovely  Isle  of  the  Sea  to  cast  their 
fortunes  with   the  people  of  the  Western 
hemisphere  ;  landed  at   New  Orleans,  and 
came  by   boat  to  Cairo,  this    State  ;  when 
the  little  family  of  emigrants  reached  Cairo, 
the  little  river  town  was  a  prey  to  cholera. 
A  few  days  sufficed  to  have  their  names 
recorded  among  the  victims  to  this  terrible 
epidemic ;  the   husband  and  wife  died  at 
the  same  moment,  and  were,  by  request, 
both  deposited  in  the  same  casket.     A  fel- 
low attache  of  the  family,  John  Daley,  sur- 
vived to  carry  tidings  of  the  sad  story  of 


their  death.  The  gentleman  whose  name 
heads  this  sketch,  was  born  in  County  Ros- 
common,  Ireland,  July  9,  1819,  and  worked 
for  twenty-nine  years  steadily  on  his  fath- 
er's farm ;  was  married  June  8,  1848,  to 
Miss  Jane  mCuttle,  daugher  of  Mr.  John 
Cuttle  ;  there  were  born  to  this  marriage, 
Mary  J.,  born  Sept.  17,  1849,  died  March 
13,  1850;  James  A.,  born  Jan.  6,  1851; 
Benjamin  C.,  born  July  20,  1853;  Eliza  J., 
born  Oct.  27,  1855  ;  John  T.,  born  Aug. 
20,  1858,  died  in  infancy ;  John  W.,  born 
March  17,  1860;  Thomas  E.,  born  June 
20,  1863.  On  the  28th  of  June,  1848,  left 
his  native  land  to  be  a  freeman  in  the  land 
of  Columbus  ;  landed  at  New  Orleans  Aug 
18,  1848;  the  trip  to  Illinois  was  made  by 
boat,  landing  at  Beardstown,  thence  by 
wagon  to  Springfield.  Sept.  21,  1849,  moved 
to  Jacksonville ;  lived  there  five  years ; 
thence  to  Greasy  Prairie,  and  became  an 
agriculturist  by  purchasing  170  acres  of 
land  from  Smith  Bellows,  and  others  ;  afier 
doing  much  hard  work  making  improve- 
ments, sold  out  ;  in  1864  bought  the  eld 
Jimmy  Nelson  farm  of  260  acres,  near 
Murrayville  ;  here  he  had  to  do  much  work 
in  renovating  the  old  dilapidated  build- 
ings, relics  of  fogyism  ;  having  accumulated 
enough  funds,  purchased  of  George  Feath- 
erkile  80  acres  more  of  land.  Mr.  Rea  re- 
placed the  old  log  cabin  with  a  large,  com- 
modious dwelling,  which  improvement  has 
"greatly  enhanced  the  appearance  of  his  large 
farm ;  here  the  homestead  is  located,  and 
occupied  by  the  family.  Mr.  Rea's  whole 
capital,  when  he  landed  in  Springfield,  was 
twenty-five  cents  !  Reader,  copy  his  life 
and  learn  of  his  ways,  and  be  prosperous. 
Mr.  Rea  is  a  steadfast  Republican,  a  rare 
thing  in  the  Irish  race.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rea 
are  zealous  members  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  The  longevity  of  Mrs.  Rea's  fam- 
ily is  such  that  we  cheerfully  record  it ; 
her  great-grandmother  died  at  the  age  of 
in  years,  and  her  grandmother  lived  to 
be  103  years  old 

Reaugh  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville. 

Reaugh  Phebe,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Rimbey   Charles    E.   farmer,    Sec.   19,    P.O. 
Murrayville 

Rimbey  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Murray 
ville 


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RIMBEY  MARY  A.  MRS.  farmer, 
Sec.  21,  P.O.  Murrayville,  widow  of  Em- 
manuel Rimbey,  son  of  Uriah  and  Mary 
Rimbey,  natives  of  Carroll  Co..  Md.,  who 
moved  and  settled  here  in  1827.  Mrs.  R. 
is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Ver- 
trees,  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  and  were 
contemporary  settlers  with  the  Gunns, 
Wrights,  and  Storys,  which  is  proof  suffi- 
cient of  their  being  the  hardy  emigrants 
whose  names  shall  ever  adorn  the  scroll  of 
fame,  as  the  men  and  women  whose  heroic 
endurance  and  fortitude  done  so  much  to 
build  up  the  great  Northwest.  Mrs.  R. 
was  born  in  Hardin  Co.,  Ky.,  Jan.  22, 
1824  ;  in  her  fifth  year,  moved  with  her 
parents  to  near  Winchester  (then  Morgan,) 
and  in  a  few  years  thereafter  moved  to 
Morgan  ;  at  the  early  age  of  six,  went  to 
the  pay  school  in  the  old  log  school ;  her 
first  instructor  was  Mr.  Pemberton  ;  one 
day  in  company  with  her  mother,  going  to 
hear  a  circuit  preacher  preach,  a  formida- 
ble grizzly  stood  in  their  pathway,  but  her 
courage  did  not  fail  her,  and  with  swift 
strides  soon  carried  the  news  to  her  father, 
who  soon  brought  in  bruin's  inanimate 
carcass  to  attest  the  credibility  of  killing 
the  last  bear.  On  Oct.  19, 1844,  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Emmanuel  Rimbey,  by 
"  Old  Dad  "  Redmond,  a  local  preacher  of 
the  Baptist  Church.  The  fruits  of  this 
union  are  :  Charles  H.'born  Aug.  28, 1845; 
Margaret,  Jan.  20,  1848  ;  U.  Hardin,  May 
24,  1850;  M.  Ellen,  Nov.  20,  1852;  Mar- 
tha L.  June  3,  1855  ;  S.  Mahala,  Dec.  24, 
1857;  Jesse  H.  Dec.  20,  1860  ;  Thomas  J. 
April  14,  1863  ;  George  W.  Nov.  28,  1865; 
Norah,  Oct.  8,  1870,  died  Dec.  4,  1871. 
The  sad  demise  of  Mr.  R.  occurred  Aug. 
14,  1871,  since  which  sad  event  she  has 
bravely  met  the  grave  responsibilities  of 
the  business  of  the  farm.  The  following 
children  are  married  :  Margaret  to  H.  D. 
Radley,  Jan.  2,  1861  ;  Charles  H.  to  Cyn- 
thia A.  Smith,  March«2o,  1872  ;  Martha  L. 
to  James  L.  Sink,  Oct.  15,  1874;  U.  Har- 
din is  a  successful  telegraph  operator. 
Own  eighty  acres,  worth  $7,000 

Rimbey  Uriah,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Roberts  George,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 


Robinson  John  C.  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Robinson  W.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Rodgers  Nicholas,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

ROSE  WTLLIAM,  farmer  and  super- 
intendent, P.O.  Murrayville,  was  born  in 
Dalton,  Lancashire,  England,  Dec.  2, 1836; 
parents  names  were  John  Rose  and  Eliza- 
beth Riley.  During  the  early  years  of 
boyhood,  received  a  good  education  at  a 
"  Free  Grammar  "  School  in  his  district, 
but  his  parents  being  of  moderate  means, 
was  a  bar  to  his  further  progress  in  the 
higher  branches  of  education,  having  to 
lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  wants  of  his 
father's  business.  In  1859,  left  his  native 
land  to  cast  his  fortunes  with  the  people  of 
the  new  world,  landing  first  in  Canada,  and 
it  was  there  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Thompson,  on  Dec.  25,  1861,  at  Harring- 
ton ;  has  had  by  this  union  :  John,  born 
Jan.  12,  1863  ;  Robert,  born  Nov.  23, 1864; 
William,  born  Oct.  7,  1865  ;  Elizabeth  E. 
born  Nov.  15,  1867  ;  Christina,  born  Jan. 
19,  1870;  Mary,  born  Nov.  13,  1872  ;  Mar- 
garet, born  Feb.  23,  1875,  and  Kate,  born 
Jan.  19,  1878.  Of  this  large  family  all  are 
living.  Tn  1869,  by  the  solicitation  of  his 
employer,  Mr.  Andrew  Russel,  lumber  mer- 
chant, Jacksonville,  moved  here,  and  at 
once  assumed  the  responsibilities  of  the 
"  Russel  estate,"  which  position  he  still 
holds,  with  profit  to  his  master,  and  honor 
to  himself. 

Rousey  Francis,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

CAMPLES  JOHN  A.  farm  hand,  Sec.  25, 
Murrayville 

Seavere  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

SHARP  JONATHAN,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Scottsville. 
There  is  perhaps  but  few  names  in  the  an- 
nals of  American  history  of  greater  excel- 
lence, than  the  gentleman's  name  at  the 
head  of  this  life  sketch.  George  Sharp, 
grandfather  of  our  patron,  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania at  a  period  anterior  to  our  dis- 
memberment with  the  mother  country — 
England  ;  being  imbued  with  a  love  for 


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freedom,  enlisted  in  the  Continental  army, 
and  was  severely  wounded  ;  on  the  conclu- 
sion of  peace,  moved  himself,  and  family 
of  eleven  children,  to  Tennessee ;  the  ar- 
duous and  harassing  journey  was  made 
overland,  and  their  household  trappings 
were  stowed  away  in  a  covered  wagon  ;  the 
wagon  bed  was  made  and  constructed  after 
the  model  of  a  "  mud  boat,"  hence  it  was 
often  used  on  the  trip  to  cross  swollen 
streams.  Having  lived  a  few  years  near  the 
heritage  of  "Old  Hickory"  Jackson,  moved 
and  settled  on  "  Snake  Creek,"  near  Scott- 
ville,  Macoupin  Co.;  died  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-five  years.  The  father  of 
our  subject,  Henry  Sharp,  accompanied  his 
father  through  the  shifting  scenes  of  his 
eventful  life,  as  related  above.  The  date 
of  their  settlement,  1828,  classes  the  Sharps 
as  a  name  in  the  list  of  the  pioneers,  whose 
heroism  helped  to  carve  out  of  a  conglom- 
merated  mass  of  uncivilized  territory,  one 
of  the  finest  States  in  the  American  union. 
He  died  in  1863,  aged  sixty-three  years ; 
his  devoted  wife  still  lives  to  recount  to  the 
"  young  settlers,"  many  reminiscences  of 
the  ages  past,  is  sixty-five  years  old,  and 
very  hearty,  and  lives  at  Jacksonville.  Mr. 
Sharp  was  born  in  Macoupin  Co.,  Nov.  14, 
1842  ;  in  his  young  days  had  a  good  dispo- 
sition to  be,  at  his  majority,  a  pedagogue, 
but  cruel  fate  willed  it  otherwise,  but  yet, 
he  is  a  close  student  of  many  works  on 
both  ancient  and  modern  history ;  was 
married  to  Miss  Sarah  Elizabeth  Bater, 
daughter  of  Christopher  Bater,  by  Rev. 
James  A.  Morland.  Their  children  in  the 
order  of  birth,  are  :  Freddie  Elmer,  born 
April  4,  1872,  died  Aug.  4,  1876;  Rose 
Ella  Jane,  born  Jan.  30,  1874 ;  Thomas 
Andrew,  born  Feb.  18,  1878.  In  1877,  Mr. 
Sharp  was  elected  to  the  office  of  precinct 
constable,  receiving  the  unanimous  vote  of 
the  precinct ;  Mr.  Sharp  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  and  respected  by  his  co-re- 
ligionists, owns  a  good  farm  of  100  acres  of 
good  land,  worth  $6,000 

Sharp  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Sheplar  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

SHEPLAR  NICHOLAS,  minister  of 
the  gospel,  P.O.  Murrayville.  There 
are  perhaps,  but  few  pursuits  in  life  more 


perplexing  to  the  man  of  literary  work, 
than  the  work  of  writing  up  individual  his- 
tory, as  he  has  in  the  language  of  Manfred, 
"  to  enter  into  a  scrutinizing  research  of 
man's  descent,  diving  to  the  caves  of  death, 
#  #  -jf  #  From  withered  bones,  and 
skulls,  and  heap'd  up  dust."  The  grand- 
father of  our  subject  was  born  in  Moore- 
field  County,  Virginia,  and  served  in  Dun- 
more's  army;  moved  from  his  native  State, 
Virginia,  at  a  very  early  day,  settling  in 
Hardin  County,  Kentucky;  his  death  is 
mere  conjecture,  hence  we  are  unable  to 
state  any  date.  Benjamin,  father  of  our 
subject,  was  born  in  Hardin  County,  Ken- 
tucky, June  8,  1797;  during  youth  got  a 
moderate  knowlege  of  Webster,  from  the 
"pay  school;"  was  married  Oct.  16,  1827, 
to  Miss  Maria  Featherkile,  and  in  1828 
removed  to  Sec.  13,  his  present  home,  and 
has  lived  there  continuously  for  forty-seven 
years;  eleven  children  were  born  to  this 
union:  George,  Nicholas,  James,  Daniel  J. 
John,  Richard,  Rose  Anne,  Martha  Anne, 
Minerva,  Mary  C.  and  Martha;  of  these, 
Minerva,  Mary  C.,  John  and  Martha  Anne, 
are  dead;  settled  on  each  of  his  children 
a  fortune  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
of  land,  well  improved,  and  are  among  the 
first  members  of  the  regular  Baptist  church; 
having  in  conjunction  with  Rev.  Thornton 
Shepherd  (deceased)  organized  the  first 
Baptist  Church,  on  "  Little  Sandy  Creek." 
The  subject  of  this  biography  was  born 
April  14,  1833,  on  Sec.  13,  and  received  a 
liberal  education,  and  remembers  many 
interesting  reminiscences  of  the  pioneer 
age  of  the  county;  during  his  time,  in  going 
to  school,  the  quaint  old  schoolmaster  used 
to  make  them  study  their  lessons  aloud; 
this  was  a  relic  of  the  antediluvian  age  of 
the  world.  The  school  house  had  for  win- 
dows, a  log  cut  out,  with  the  door  swinging 
on  wooden  hinges,  and  split  logs  for  seats. 
Venison,  wild  turkey,  and  pork  were  the 
meats  used,  wifh  johnnie-cake;  this  bill  of 
fare  was  changed  whenever  the  preacher 
came  around,  a-  there  was  always  kept  in 
reserve  some  wheaten  flour,  hence  the  peo- 
ple got  to  eat  biscuits  about  four  times  a 
year.  Nicholas,  through  his  own  good 
exertions,  acquired  much  knowlege,  which 
has  made  him  able  to  enter  the  field  as  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel;  was  married  Jan. 


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18,  1859,  to  Miss  Mary  Coffman,  native  ot 
Virginia,  by  the  Rev.  Thornton  Shepherd; 
have  had  five  children:  William,  John, 
Mary  C.,  Laura,  and  Emily,  of  those,  Wil- 
liam and  Laura  are  dead.  Mr.  Sheplar  is 
one  of  our  most  enterprising  citizens;  owns 
a  small  farm,  and  in  company  with  his 
brother  James,  is  doing  a  good  business  in 
a  "  grist  mill,"  for  the  accommodation  of 
his  neighborhood;  his  ministry  commenced 
many  years  ago  in  Macon  County,  and  is 
esteemed  by  all 

Shepley  Sydney,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Shotwell  C.  C.  school  teacher,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Sink  John  V.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

SLAUGHTER  SILAS  G.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  P.O.  Murrayville.  Son  of 
John  W.  and  Elizabeth  Slaughter,  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Jefferson 
County,  Kentucky,  Aug.  9,  1828;  his  life 
has  been  identified  with  the  interests  of  his 
native  soil  until  1849,  when  he  moved  and 
settled  here;  during  his  early  years  his 
chances  to  secure  the  benefits  of  a  sound 
education  were  meagre,  and  the  whole 
number  of  days  spent  at  school  did  not 
amount  to  six  months.  Little  Silas'  tutor 
was  a  bright  genius  of  the  Emerald  Isle — 
Christopher  McNamara;  this  astute  peda- 
gogue had  it  as  the  fundamental  law  of  his 
school,  that  the  little  "buckskins"  c  uld 
fight  out  their  quarrels  in  the  school  room, 
any  time  only  "  during  time  of  books;"  this 
would  in  this  age,  be  barbarism.  Was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Reaugh, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Q.  Reaugh  and  Phoebe 
Taylor,  of  Kentucky.  Has  had  by  this 
union  two  children:  John  Samuel  (de- 
ceased) born  April  3,  1857;  Charles  A., 
born  Feb.  21,  1859.  At  the  time  the  Mor- 
gan County  Regiment  (One  Hundred  and 
First)was  raised, enlisted  in  Co.  F — Captain 
Tanning's  company,  and  followed  the  for- 
tunes of  that  brave  organization  in  the 
camp,  and  field,  participating  in  the  bat- 
tles of  "  Rocky  Face,"  Dallas,  Altoona, 
Marietta,  Big  Shanty,  Peach  Tree  Creek, 
and  the  inve  tment  of  Atlanta;  here  his 
services  ceased,  by  reason  of  sickness,  and 
was  sent  thence  to  the  general  hospital,  at 
Quincy,  Illinois;  was  discharged  June  6, 


1865,  by  reason  of  general  disability;  re- 
turning to  the  shades  of  civil  life,  has 
since  directed  his  attention  to  the  building 
up  of  his  business;  is  a  faithful  Christian; 
the  family  belonging  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church;  owns  one  hundred  acres  of  land, 
worth  $5,000 

Smith  J.  C.  merchant,  Murrayville 

Sooy  Albert,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

SOOY  CHARLES  E.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Murrayville.  Son 
of  David  Sooy  and  Catherine  Reaugh; 
during  the  early  years  of  his  youth,  at- 
tended the  district  school,  his  first  teacher 
was  Miss  Maggie  Rannells,  prosecuted  his 
studies  with  zeal,  passing  from  the  district 
school,  finishing  his  education  at  the  Nor- 
mal High  School,  Bloomington,  Illinois; 
having  acquired  the  elements  of  a  good 
education,  he  soon  struck  out  on  his  "  own 
hook."  was  married  Nov.  3,  1875,  to  Miss 
Sarah  A.  Anderson,  daugter  of  James  W. 
and  Mary  Anderson,  Rev.  W.  P.  Hart 
officiating;  as  first  fruits  of  this  union, 
Maria  C.,  was  born  Nov.  30,  1876.  The 
subject  of  these  lines  has  lived  continu- 
ously in  the  same  neighborhood  since 
infancy;  at  an  early  age  united  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  is  a  re- 
spected member,  a  good  citizen,  a  kind 
father,  and  an  indulgent  husband 

Sooy  David,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

SOOY  HAMILTON,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Murrayville.  Son  of 
Samuel  and  Susan  Sooy,  natives  of  New 
Jersey;  emigrated  to  Warren  County,  Ohio, 
in  1832;  here  the  family  stayed  until  1840, 
then  moved  and  settled  on  Sec.  2,  Morgan 
County;  Hamilton  did  not  accompany  his 
father  and  David,  but  followed  them  two 
years  later;  during  their  residence  in  War- 
ren County,  the  wife  and  mother  died,  aged 
36;  and  subsequently,  the  father's  demise 
occurred  fifteen  days  after  his  settling  on 
Sec.  2;  was  buried  in  the  Anderson  grave- 
yard; aged  66;  Hamilton  Sooy  was  born 
Sept.  II,  1830,  in  New  Jersey,  and  endured 
the  vicissitudes  and  privations  that  was  the 
pioneer's  reward  in  the  days  gone  by ; 
having  joined  his  father  and  brother  Da- 
vid, in  1842,  turned  his  whole  attention  to 
building  up  the  ancient  landmarks  of  the 


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early  civilization — a  rude  log  cabin;  Mr.  S. 
says  he  very  distinctly  remembers  when  the 
country  averaged  only  about  two  houses  to 
the  section  of  land,  and  that  prairie  fires 
were  a  plague  to  the  frontiersman;  that  to 
help  put  out  the  prairie  flames  was  a  her- 
culean task,  as  they  were  terrible  in  their 
fiery  flight.  The  education  of  little  Ham- 
ilton commenced  at  the  age  of  six  years; 
his  first  teacher  was  Miss  Ruth  Anne 
Gauze;  the  next  term  of  six  months  was 
under  the  rod  of  one  of  the  sterner  sex;  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years,  gave  up  the 
school  room  to  give  his  whole  attention  to 
enhancing  the  new  home  in  the  West; 
on  March  12, 1855,  married  Miss  Margaret 
Frances  Reaugh,  daughter  of  Samuel  Q. 
and  Phoebe  Reaugh,  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Newell,  of  "Unity"  Presbyterian  Church; 
the  children  born  to  this  marriage  are: 
Charles  Granville,  Dec.  31,  1855;  Martha 
A,,  Feb.  25,  1857;  Mary  S.,  March  14, 
1859  died  March  26,  1862;  Clara  I.,  born 
March  20,  1861;  W.  Thomas,  May  21, 
1863;  John  D.,  Aug.  28,  1865;  George  O., 
Aug.  6,  1867;  Clarinda  E.,  Aug.  16,  1870; 
Samuel  F.,  March  23,  1873;  Martha  A. 
married  John  W.  Fanning;  tor  many  years 
served  the  people  as  road  supervisor,  and 
school  director;  susequently,  in  1872,  was 
elected  on  the  Board  of  Road  Commission- 
ers, and  served  honorably  until  succeeded 
by  his  successor;  in  1871,  identified  him- 
self with  Unity  Presbyterian  Church;  his 
wife  has  belonged  to  same  church  since  her 
early  girlhood;  owns  one  hundred  and  six- 
teen acres  of  land,  and  is  universally  re- 
spected 

SORRELLS  JOHN  MONROE, 
Sec.  7,  P.O.  Murrayville,  son  of  Peter 
and  Sarah  Sorrells;  the  grandfather  of 
the  gentleman  whose  life  we  write,  settled 
here  long  before  the  deep  snow;  a  sketch 
of  his  eventful  life  will  appear  elsewhere  in 
tKis  work.  Mr.  Sorrells  was  born  Nov.  29, 
1856,  in  Greene  County,  this  State;  in  youth 
attended  the  district  school,  and  gained  a 
decent  knowlege  of  Webster;  was  married 
at  the  age  of  twenty,  to  Miss  Sarah  S.  Bris- 
endine,  daughter  of  Green  and  Sarah  H. 
Brisendine,  on  Nov.  30,  1876,  by  the  Rev. 
Charles  N.  McEvers;  one  child  blesses  the 
union,  Arthur  Dewey,  born  Dec.  19,  1877; 
since  Mr.  Sorrells  has  assumed  the  respon- 


sibilities of  the  husband  and  father,  has  met 
the  requirements  of  life  with  a  determina- 
tion to  win  his  way  to  fortune;  is  a  young 
man  of  sterling  worth  and  beloved  by  all 

SPENCER  BENJAMIN  F.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  31.  P.O.  Murrayville. 
Son  of  William  S.  and  Berthinia  Spen- 
cer, natives  of  Indiana;  emigrated  to  Mor- 
gan County  at  a  time  when  the  county  was 
sparcely  settled;  were  contemporary  settlers 
with  the  Gunns,  Wrights,  and  Fannings, 
of  "  Pepper  hill,"  and  at  the  time  the  "  old 
court  house "  was  built  at  Jacksonville, 
Uncle  Billy  sawed  the  lumber  that  went 
into  its  construction,  with  a  whipsaw. 
Benjamin  F.  was  born  on  Sec.  31,  Feb.  21, 
1845;  when  eight  years  old  commenced  to 
attend  the  district  school,  which  institution 
during  the  progress  of  time,  became  a 
modernized  frame  building;  having  at- 
tended school  until  eighteen  years  old, 
when  the  responsibilities  of  his  father's 
home  required  Frank's  helping  hand;  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Payton,  daugter 
of  James  and  Thankful  Payton,  Sept.  14, 
1864,  by  the  Rev.  Alick  Gunn,  of  Zion  M. 
E.  Church;  Mrs.  Spencer  was  born  in  War- 
saw, Hancock  County,  Illinois,  Feb.  4, 
1846';  the  fruits  of  their  marriage  were; 
Linzeta  C.,  born  Feb.  I,  1866;  John  H., 
Nov.  I,  1867;  Thankful  J.  Feb.  24,  1870; 
William  F.  Feb.  17,  1872;  Berthinia  A., 
Feb.  16,  1874;  Isaiah,  May  28,  1876.  Dur- 
ing the  civil  war,  enlisted  in  September. 
1862,  in  Co.  I,  (Captain  Lightfoot)  One 
Hundred  and  First  Regiment,  Illinois  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  followed  the  fortunes 
of  that  veteran  regiment,  in  field  and 
camp,  to  Holly  Springs,  Mississippi;  hav- 
ing contracted  a  camp  fever,  was  sent  back 
to  Benton  Barracks,  Missouri,  for  treat- 
ment, and  was  honorably  discharged  in 
June,  1863,  for  "  disability;"  returning  to 
the  avocation  of  civil  life,  has  done  much 
to  build  up  society;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spencer 
are  good  members  of  Zion  Church,  and  are 
respected  by  all 

SPENCER  GEORGE  W.  farmer. 
Sec.  7.  P.O.  Murrayville,  Son  of  W.  S. 
Spencer,  native  of  Indiana;  the  father  of 
the  gentleman  at  the  head  of  this  biography, 
settled  in  Morgan  County  at  a  very  remote 
period,  and  was  a  contemporary  settler 
with  the  Rearicks,  'Squire  Holliday,  and 


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Wrights;  he  sawed  the  lumber  that  was 
used  in  the  construction  of  the  "old  court 
house,"  with  a  "  whip  saw;"  has  lived  to  see 
much  of  the  early  life  of  the  long  ago,  prior 
to  the  "  deep  snow,"  and  is  now  a  retired 
farmer,  and  resides  in  Murrayville,  this 
county.  The  gentleman  whose  history  we 
are  engaged  in  writing  up,  was  born  in 
Morgan  County,  March  9,  1844;  Geo.  W.'s 
father  was  a  farmer,  and  this  accustomed 
him  to  the  toil  and  labor  on  the  farm,  he 
had  much  taste  for  books,  and  during  the 
winter  months,  applied  his  thoughts  to  the 
gaining  of  a  good  English  education;  when 
the  nation's  life  was  in  jeopardy, threatened 
as  it  was  by  rebel  hordes, George  like  a  true 
American  citizen,  rushed  to  its  rescue,  by 
enlisting  March  23,  1865,  in  Co.  E,  58th 
Regiment,  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
followed  the  weal  and  woe  of  that  veteran 
regiment  to  the  end  of  the  war;  was  dis- 
charged at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  March  23, 
1866;  attended  for  two  terms  the  Murray- 
ville High  School,  under  Mr.  Charles  Fish, 
thus  finishing  his  studies;  was  married  Dec. 
10,  1867,  to  Miss  Matilda  Jane  Fanning, 
daughter  of  Sampson  Fanning,  by  Rev.  A. 
S.  Gunn;  have  had  by  this  union,  two  chil- 
dren: Lyman  Lurton,  and  Murtey  Lee; 
Mr.  Spencer  being  endowed  with  much 
go-a-headiveness,  has  been  re-elected  to  the 
office  of  constable  for  four  consecutive 
terms,  and  is  a  prince  among  the  boys. 
SPENCER  MAJOR,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Manchester, 
Scott  County.  Son  of  Elisha  and  Naiicy 
Spencer,  natives  of  North  Carolina.  In 
1822,  moved  from  the  "  Sunny  South  "  to 
Lawrence  County,  this  State;  in  1826, 
moved  to  Martin's  prairie,  Greene  County; 
in  1838,  settled  on  a  quarter  section  in 
section  31;  their  first  domicile  was  of  lo^s, 
and  the  furniture  was  made  out  of  clap- 
boards and  slabs;  Major  was  born  in  Law- 
rence County,  June  22,  1824,  and  endured 
in  his  early  boyhood  the  hardships  incident 
to  the  early  days  of  the  long  ago;  when 
seven  years  old,  went  to  school  to  a  worthy 
gentleman  named  John  Burton;  as  educa- 
tion was  not  a  prerequisite  to  getting  land, 
little  Major  had  to  turn  his  attention  to  the 
work  of  helping  to  reclaim  the  home  in  the 
western  wilds;  on  Feb.  20,  1844,  married 
Miss  Nancy  J.  Duncan,  daughter  of  Greenup 


and  Tomison  Duncan,  'Squire  Ned  Wyatt 
pronouncing  them  of  "one  flesh;"  the 
children  to  this  marriage  are:  Lucy  A., 
born  Jan.  5,  1845,  died  Aug.  29,  1845; 
Elizabeth  T.,  born  Sept.  9,  1846;  Sarah  J., 
March  I,  1849;  Henry  M.,  Oct.  3,  1850; 
infant  son  horn  and  died  May  29,  1852; 
Major  L.,  April  18,  1854;  Greenup,  March 
17,  1856;  Maria  O.,  Julv  27,  1858;  Philip 
F.,  June  22,  1860;  Elizabeth  married  Louis 
Herron,  Sarah  J.  married  Carroll  Gilmore, 
Henry  M.  Virginia  Barnett,  and  M.  L. 
to  Mary  Moore;  is  a  zealous  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church;  owns  144  acres  of 
good  land,  worth  $7,000 

Steel  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Still  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  B.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Story  George,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Murray- 
vil!e 

Story  John  E.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  John  I.  renter,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  Josephus,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  J.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  Porter,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Story  Riley,  farmer, Sec.  27,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Story  W.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Strang  C.  F.  merchant,  P.O.  Murrayville 

Summers  Martin,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Murrayville 

-TANKASLERY      PARMELIA 

MRS.  farmer,  Sec.  30;  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Sarah  McCuen,  natives  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; the  lady  whose  good  name  heads 
this  sketch  was  bom  November  8,  1821; 
when  only  six  months  old,  had  to  endure 
the  rigors  of  a  long  journey;  her  parents 
at  that  time  moved  and  settled  near*Tiffin, 
Ohio;  her  father  purchased  on  his  arrival 
in  Ohio  a  good  tract  of  land,  improved  it, 
and  remained  there  nineteen  years;  Mr. 
McCuen  had  long  conceived  a  desire  to  see 
the  famous  Prairie  State,  but  death  came 
too  soon,  and  blasted  the  bright  hopes  of 
the  little  family;  his  demise  occurred  in 
1838;  he  was,  during  life,  a  blacksmith  and 
farmer;  the  mother  lived  but  two  years 


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later,  and  was  interred  in  the  same  burial 
ground.  The  subject  of  this  biography  is 
the  seventeenth  child  out  of  a  family  of 
twenty-one  children !  there  were  eleven 
girls  and  ten  boys;  of  this  interesting  family 
sixteen  lived  to  be  married  and  raise  large 
families;  the  youngest  child  —  a  girl  —  was 
in  her  fiftieth  year  when  her  mother  died; 
two  were  school  teachers,  viz:  James  and 
John;  after  the  death  of  the  parents  the 
family  scattered,  Parmelia  moving  to  Lib- 
erty township;  lived  there  three  years; 
was  married  March  16,  1843,  to  Mr.Tankas- 
lery;  they  have  been  blessed  with  many 
children,  viz:  Thursey  Anne,  Sarah  E., 
George  W.,  Robert  H.,  Mary  Joanna, 
Martha  E.,  Alvira,  Charles  F.,  Jeremiah, 
Margaret,  Phoebe  E,  and  George  E. ; 
Thursey  Anne  married  James  Kinney,  and 
died  Aug.  5, 1859;  Charles  and  Robert  died 
some  years  ago;  in  1868,  moved  to  Carroll- 
ton,  Greene  County;  from  thereto  Jackson- 
ville, and  while  a  resident  of  that  city  the 
husband  and  father  passed  away  to  his 
God,  which  sad  event  occurred  March  9, 
1869;  after  the  demise  of  her  husband,  in 
1872  moved  to  Sec.  30;  George  W.  enlisted 
in  the  25th  Regt.  O.V.  I.,  and  served  three 
years;  Mrs.  Tankaslery  had  in  the  Union 
army  twenty-eight  nephews,one  son.and  two 
brothers,  and  cousins — their  name  is  legion; 
at  the  death  of  her  parents  there  were  one 
hundred  and  three  grandchildren,  twenty- 
five  great-grandchildren;  Mrs.  Tankaslery 
has  now  living,  direct  from  her  own  family, 
sixteen  grandchildren,  and  one  great- 
grandchild; is  a  strict  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church 

Tendick  John,  bootmaker,  Murrayville 

Tissington  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Tissington  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Tunnell  Joseph  F.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Turner  John,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

WERTREES  DANIEL,  H.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville; son  of  John  Vertrees  and  Nancy  Hay- 
craft,  natives  of  Hardin  County,  Ky,;  was 
burn  May  6,  1821,  and  moved  with  his  pa- 
rents, settling  on  Little  Sandy  Creek.Greene 


County.  At  this  time  there  were  but  two 
log  huts  in  the  little  western  town  of  Jack- 
sonville; this  was  anterior  to  the  "deep 
snow."  Little  Dan,  "  Old  Punkin,"  (the 
horse),  and  the  old  dog  "Tige,"  did  the 
bus  ness  of  going  to  mill.  At  this  early 
day  of  the  county's  history,  deer  were  as 
plentiful  as  any  other  game  of  the  western 
forest.  It  was  in  the  memorable  year  of 
1827  that  our  subject,  with  his  father  and 
"big  brothers,"  killed  the  last  "grizzly" 
that  roamed  through  our  prairies,  and  was 
a  terror  to  the  few  hardy  pioneers  ;  this 
remarkable  incident  occurred  on  Coal 
Creek.  Daniel  first  imbibed  the  truths  of 
education  under  a  Mr.  Fitzgerald,  a  good 
old  Irish  gentleman,  and  a  fist-fight  in  the 
school  room  was  no  uncommon  occurrence. 
Having  met  the  woman  whom  God  de- 
signed should  be  his  guide  through  life, 
was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  M.  Herron, 
daughter  of  .Simeon  Herron  and  Phcehe 
Birdsell,  contemporary  settlers  with  the 
Wyatts,  Wrights  and  Gunns.  This  mar- 
riage was  celebrated  April  6,  1848,  'Squire 
Geo.  Wright  tieing  the  indissoluble  knot, 
and  during  the  same  year  Dan  paid  the 
marriage  fee  to  the  'Squire  by  breaking 
prairie  for  him  ;  has  had  by  this  union 
twelve  children,  viz  :  Mary  J.,  born  May  8, 
1849;  Charles  T..  born  Nov.  10,  1850; 
James  L.,  Feb.  15.  1852;  Samuel  H.,  Dec. 
i,  1853;  Emerine,  Sept.  I,  1855;  Melissa 
M.,  Feb.  7,  1857  ;  John  E.,  Dec.  26,  1858  ; 
Emily,  Jan,  24,  1861  ;  Cornelia,  Jan.  23, 
1864;  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  Sept.  15,  1868; 
Walter,  May  8,  1870.  It  is  very  remarka- 
ble that  the  oldest  celebrates  its  birth  in 
May,  and  the  youngest  also.  James  L., 
Emerine  and  Mattie  E.,  have  long  since 
passed  to  the  realms  of  bliss  to  await  the 
coming  of  their  parents  who  both  lead  a 
life  of  rectitude  and  right,  are  members  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  and  are  universally  be- 
loved by  all  who  know  them  ;  owns  146 
acres  of  land  worth  $7,000. 

•\1TALSH    RICHARD,    farmer,    Sec.   12, 

*  *       P.O.  Murrayville 

Waters  John,  renter,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Watkins  Roe,  carp.  Sec.  1,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Wells  William,  blacksmith,  Murrayville 
Westrope   James    L.    renter,  Sec.    27,    P.O. 
Murrayville 


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Westrope    Richard,    farmer,    Sec.    28,    P.O. 

Murrayville 

WHALEN  HENRY  H.  blacksmith, 
P.O.    Murrayville.       The    father    of     Mr. 
Whalen    was  born  at  New  River,  Va.,  h'is 
occupation   was   that  of    blacksmith    and 
farming;  during  the  stormy  days  of  Jack- 
son's war  in  1814,  he  enlisted,  but  did  not 
go  to  the  scene  of  conflict ;  he  died  in  War- 
ren  Co.,  Kentucky,    aged  66   years;    the 
mother   died   more    than   thirty-five  years 
ago   at    the   above  place.     The  subject  of 
this  notice  was  born  Dec.  9, 1814,  in  War- 
ren Co.,  Kentucky.     His   attendance   and 
study  of   Webster  would   not   make   him 
rank  as  a  linguist,  but  was  endowed  by  his 
Creator  with  a  well  balanced  intellect,  hence 
his  success   in   life.     He   cast  his  fortunes 
with  Miss  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Jones, 
the  marriage  occurred  in  March,  1834.    In 
1836  he  moved   with   his  family  to  Miller 
Co.,  Missouri,  and  there  farmed.     In  1844, 
moved  and  identified  his  fortunes  with  the 
people  of  Scott   Co.,    this   State,   settling 
near  Glasgow,  and   it    was   here    that    Mr. 
Whalen's  enterprising  genius  cropped  out, 
by   purchasing    a    blacksmith    outfit   and 
opening    up  a  "  village  smithy."     Having 
never  served    an    apprenticeship    in    the 
forge,  Henry  was  often    perplexed   in  his 
new  line  of  business,  but,  by  close  applica- 
tion    and     keen     observations     in    other 
shops,  was  soon  a  master  of  his  trade.     In 
1854,    moved  and   settled    in    Winchester, 
Scott  Co. ;  lived  there  sixteen  months.     In 
1856  moved   and  bought  a  small  farm  of 
forty  acres  in  Sec.   18,  Morgan   Co.;  when 
the   town   of    Murrayville   was    laid    out, 
moved  and  built   the    third  residence   in 
that  little  hamlet,  and  before  many  moons 
erected  a  blacksmith   shop  ;  the  work  was 
done  by  R.  T.  Seavers.     Mr.  Whalen  was 
the  first  to  break  the  monotony  of  life  by 
the  cheerful  ring  from  his  anvil.     In  a  few 
years  he  added  a  paint  and   wagon   shop, 
with  a  spacious  hall   for  public  meetings, 
and  the  first  Masonic  meeting  was  organ- 
ized in  that  hall.     By  his  first  marriage  ha 
had  six  children  ;  all  died  in  their  juvenile 
years  except  America  Jane,  who  lived  until 
her   majority,   and   died  of  typhus   fever 
was  married  second  time   in  1855  to  Mrs 
Minerva   Buck.      Mr.    Whalen  is   an   old 
time  Whig,  and  an  uncompromising   Re- 


publican ;   a   good    citizen,   and    well    re- 
spected by  a  large  circle  of  friends 
Whitlock  Isaiah,  farmer.  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Whitlock  James,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Whitlock  Luther,  farmei,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

WHITLOCK  S.  school  teacher,  Sec.  7, 
P.O.  Murrayville.  There  is  perhaps  but  few 
names  connected  with  the  history  of  the  set- 
tlement of  this  county  better  known  than 
Thos.  Whitlock,  the  father  of  the  gen- 
,.Jtleman  at  the  head  of  this  history,  who 
was  a  contemporary  settler  with  the  Shep- 
herds, Storys,  and  Wrights  as  early  as 
1823,  nearly  a  year  prior  to  the  loca- 
tion of  now  the  "Athens  of  the  West." 
During  his  early  years,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  had  the  advantage  of  acquiring  a 
good  practical  education  ;  when  arrived  at 
the  age  of  man's  estate,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Polly  Anne  Kennedy, 
daughter  of  William  Kennedy,  the  first 
schoolmaster  known  here  to  the  western 
wilds;  they  have  a  nice  family  of  interest- 
ing children.  Mr.  Whitlock  has  success- 
fully taught  many  terms  as  a  worthy  school 
teacher,  receiving  the  highest  salary  ;  is  an 
erudite  scholar  and  a  practical  demon- 
strator of  the  profession  of  inculcating  the 
young  mind  with  that  knowledge  which  is 
a  pre-requisite  to  a  good  citizen  and  a  gen- 
tleman. Mrs.  Whitlock  is  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
and  from  girlhood  to  the  present,  has  been 
a  devout  Christian,  and  was  often  caressed 
by  the  fatherly  hand  of  good  old  Peter 
Cartwright 

Whitlock  Taylor,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Whitlock  William,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 

Whitlock  Z.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

WILLIAMS  ELIAS,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Murrayville,  son 
of  Josiah  and  Sarah  A.  Williams,  natives 
of  Kentucky.  The  father  of  Elias  emi- 
grated to  Indiana  in  1820,  thence  moved 
and  cast  his  lot  with  the  early  settlers  of 
Illinois  in  1822,  hence  was  one  of  the  few 
whose  life  is  a  part  of  the  history  of  the 
early  settlement  of  the  Northwest,  and  died 


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Oct.  14,  1864,  aged  56  years.  Elias  was 
born  March  16,  1836,  in  Sec.  25,  T.  15,  R. 
12,  Scott  Co.,  111. ;  when  in  his  sixth  year 
first  visited  the  log  school  house,  then 
under  the  management  of  a  good  old 
Yankee.  In  the  Winter  of  1853-4  attended 
Jacksonville  Western  District  School,  then 
under  the  argus  eye  of  that  genius  of 
learning,  Hon.  Newton  Bateman  ;  in 
1855-6  placed  his  growing  faculties  under 
the  training  of  Prof.  Turner,  in  Illinois 
College;  having  thus  gained  a  good  English 
education,  turned  his  energies  to  the  work 
on  his  father's  estate.  In  1857,  moved  t^ 
Iowa;  continued  westward  in  company 
with  his  uncle  to  Kansas,  taking  with  them 
a  load  of  flour,  and  soon  returned  to  the 
homestead  ;  during  the  fall  of  his  return 
made  rails,  and  accompanied  his  brother- 
in-law,  Rev.  P.  N.  Minear,  in  the  work  of 
camp  meetings.  In  1859,  in  company  with 
John  Isom  and  William  Campbell,  visited 
McDonough  Co.  Dec.  2ist  was  married 
to  Miss  Anne  J.  Bane,  daughter  of  George 
and  Mary  Bane  ;  lived  in  McDonough  Co. 
until  the  Spring  of  1861 ;  moved  and  set- 
tled on  the  "  old  Shepherd  "  farm,  south  of 
Jacksonville.  After  the  death  of  his  father, 


at  Merritt,  Scott,  Mr.  W.  sold  out  and 
moved  on  his  father's  estate  ;  here  he  was 
prostrated  with  typhoid  fever,  and  for  three 
months  his  life  was  in  jeopardy.  In  1867 
he  joined  interests  with  his  brother-in-law, 
P.  N.  Minear,  and  bought  out  the  shares 
of  the  heirs  ;  in  1870  bought  and  shipped 
cattle  and  grain,  which  business  soon  left 
him  penniless ;  the  crisis  coming  on  him 
in  1875,  gave  up  farming  in  '76,  and  moved 
to  Merritt,  thence  to  Kansas,  and  took  up 
a  claim  of  160  acres ;  but  just  then  a  dis- 
patch summoned  him  to  the  death-bed  of 
his  wife,  which  occurred  April  21,  1876, 
leaving  to  his  care  six  children  :  George  B., 
born  Sept.  24,  1860;  Charles  H.,  Dec.  4, 
1862;  Henry  C.,  July  15,  1866;  Rosalie, 
Oct.  9,  1868;  Lillie  M.,  July  5, 1871;  Mary 
G.,  Aug.  13,  1873.  After  the  death  of  his 
wife,  his  aged  mother  looked  and  cared 
for  her  little  grandchildren.  Now  his 
sister-in-law,  Rhoda  J.  Bane,  is  doing  the 
good  part  of  mother  and  aunt.  Mr.  W.  is 
a  good  farmer,  and  has  no  enemies. 
Wilson  Ben,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Wilson  Jane,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Murrayville 
Wright  Andrew,  renter,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 


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A XGELO  ROBERT  H.  farmer, 
•*•*•  Sec.  I,  P.O.  .Murrayville.  Son  of  James 
Angelo,  a  native  of  New  Jersey  ;  he  was 
born  in  1768,  and  was  married  twice  ;  first 
wife  was  Miss  Mary  Hulins  ;  about  the 
year  1810,  moved  to  Crawford  Co.,  Pa.; 
here  his  wife  died  ;  her  death  is  thought  to 
have  occurred  about  the  year  1815  ;  married 
again  about  the  year  1817,  to  Miss  Lucy 
MacDowell ;  the  children  born  to  this  mar- 
riage were  Samuel  W.,  David  R.,  Robert 
H.  and  William  H.  (twins),  Andrew  J., 
Thomas  J.,  and  Daniel  F.  In  March,  1832, 
Mr.  Angelo  packed  his  little  goods  in  a 
covered  wagon,  and  by  persistent  efforts 
gained,  after  a  weary  journey,  the  land  in- 
habited by  the  deer,  elk,  and  some  griz- 
zlys,  settling  in  Buckhorn  prairie,  Mor- 
gan Co.;  there  entered  some  government 
land,  building  his  own  cabin ;  soon  the 
smoke  from  the  emigrant's  cabin  was 
wafted  on  the  breeze,  giving  hope  to  the 
weary  traveler  that  he  was  in  proximity  to 
a  settlement.  Of  the  children  living,  Sam. 
uel  married  Rhoda  Burwell,  David  married 
Mary  Masters,  William  married  Sarah 
Northcote,  second  wife  was  Charlotte 
French ;  Andrew  J.  died  in  1845,  Thomas 
J.  married  Elizabeth  Hoover,  second  wife 
Mary  Marker  ;  Daniel  died  in  1854  ;  Rob- 
ert H.  was  born  in  Crawford  Co.,  Pa.,  June 
25,  1821,  and  followed  the  shifting  scenes 
of  his  parents'  life,  and  was  married,  Feb. 
9,  1843,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Bruton,  daughter 
of  William  Bruton  ;  have  had  six  children, 
Lucy  A.,  William  J.,  Hester  Anne  (died  in 
1848),  Dempsey  S.,  Emily  Clementine,  and 
Mary  Jane.  Mr.  Angelo's  life  has  been  that 
of  the  rolling  stone  ;  after  his  marriage, 
lived  in  Macoupin  Co.;  then  returned  to 
Morgan  Co.;  in  1849  moved  his  family  to 
the  "  Lone  Star "  State,  and  returned  to 
old  Morgan  in  1850,  living  after  his  return  in 
Buckhorn  Prairie  and  Lynnville  ;  spending 
five  years  on  the  James  Strawn  farm,  pur- 
chased a  prairie  farm  in  Buckhorn  ;  im- 
proved it  ;  after  a  residence  on  it  of  twelve 


years,  sold  out,  and  purchased  another  in 
the  same  neighborhood ;  lived  on  it  two 
years  ;  sold  out,  and  rented  a  farm  from 
James  Strawn  ;  thence  to  the  George  Graff 
farm  ;  thence  back  to  his  first  love,  Buck- 
horn Prairie,  and  rented  the  Isaac  Ham- 
mill  farm  ;  after  a  residence  of  one  year, 
moved  to  Youngblood  Prairie  ;  a  residence 
of  one  year  at  the  latter  place  was  suffi- 
cient, hence  he  moved  to  the  Andy  Wil- 
liams farm,  near  Murrayville,  and  there 
tilled  the  soil  for  three  years ;  from  there 
he  moved  and  sojourned  with  the  people  of 
Scott  Co.,  renting  the  Shores  property;  one 
year  sufficed  ;  moved  back  to  Morgan,  set- 
tling on  Sec.  I,  where  he  now  resides.  Mr. 
Angelo,  while  a  resident  of  Buckhorn  Prai- 
rie, served  as  school  director  for  two  terms, 
and  as  supervisor  of  roads  two  terms,  and 
now,  in  the  autumn  of  his  life,  is  well 
thought  of  by  his  friends  and  neighbors 

T3IRDSELL  CLARK  (deceased),  the 
head  of  this  biography,  was  born  in  the 
State  of  New  York.  In  1828,  he  conceived 
the  brilliant  idea  of  moving  westward ; 
being  from  boyhood  a  lover  of  adventure, 
and  by  occupation  a  boatman,  he  was  in- 
ured to  the  cold  and  storm  of  our  latitude  ; 
his  settlement  here  makes  him  one  of  the 
early  pioneers,  as  he  cast  his  lot  with  the 
people  of  Morgan  Co.  prior  to  the  "deep 
snow ; "  there  were  but  few  cabins  then  in 
Jacksonville,  and  as  few  families,  Rearicks, 
'Squire  Holliday,  Dady  Wright,  and  a  few 
others,  lived  close  to  Jacksonville  ;  removed 
and  settled  near  Winchester,  Scott  Co.;  was 
married  Feb.  10,  1826,  to  Miss  Wealthy 
Herron,  by  Mr.  Hatcher,  J.  P.;  the  children 
born  to  this  marriage  were :  Lewis,  born 
Sept.  5,  1827  ;  Rufus,  born  March  28, 1830; 
Sarah,  born  Sept.  25,  1832  ;  John,  born 
Nov.  I,  1833  ;  William,  born  Sept.  6, 1835  ; 
Ruth,  born  Nov.  6, 1837  ;  Winnie,  born  — , 
1840;  Simon,  born  Dec.  30,  1843;  James 
K.  P.,  born  Dec.  6,  1845  ;  Clark,  born  Feb. 
19,  1848;  Wealthy,  March  18,  1850;  Cyn- 


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thia   E.,  born  March   3,   1853,  and    Mary 
Anne,  born  Feb.  6,  1855.     Winnie  died  in 
infancy;  Cynthia  died  Feb.   18,  1854;  Si- 
mon enlisted  in  the  33d  Regt.  111.  Inf'y,  and 
participated  in   all  the  movements  of  his 
regiment ;  was  wounded   at  Fort  Donald- 
son, and  died  of  his  wound  June  I,  1862. 
James  and  John  enlisted  in  the  roist  Regt. 
111.    Vols.  ;    James,    while    on    duty,    was 
stricken  with  measles,  which  incapacitated 
him  for  duty  ;  was  discharged  by  reason  of 
disability,    and  died   June   I,   1863 ;  John 
participated  in  all  the  conflicts  of  his  regi- 
ment, and  was  wounded  in  the  ear  at  Look- 
out   Mountain,  Tenn.;  now   lives   in    Cal- 
loway  Co.,  Mo.     William  enlisted  in  the 
6ist  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and  his  clear  record 
marked  him   as   ^brave  soldier ;  partici- 
pated in  many  bSdJfes ;  he  re-enlisted   in 
1864  for   still    anomer   three   years ;  took 
brain  fever,  and  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Ruth   married  George    Morning,   lives    in 
McDonough   Co.,    111. ;    Wealthy   married 
James  Buck,  Sarah  married  Andrew  Brown, 
Clark   married   Jane    Buck,  and   all  three 
families  reside  at  Roadhouse,  Greene.  Co.; 
Mary  married  Robert  Kitner,  and  lives  in 
Indiana  ;  Lewis  married   Sallie  A.  Smith, 
second  wife  Mary  C.  Armstong.     The  wife 
of  this  old  pioneer  died  Feb.  n,  1875,  and 
her  respected  husband  soon  joined  her  on 
the  other  shore ;  he  died   March  25,  1875. 
Rufus  Birdsell  was  born    March  28,  1830; 
for  years  worked  on  his  father's  farm  ;  was 
marrie  :  in  December,  1822,  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth White,  daughter  of  Micajah  and  Mary 
L.  White,  by  'Squire  Heaton  ;  they   have 
had  nine  children  :  James  A.,  born  Aug.  17, 
1854,  died  in  infancy;  William,  born   Feb. 
3,  1856  ;  Margaret  A.,  born  April  i,  1858  ; 
Ruth  Jane,   born  Aug.  7,  1860;  Wealthy, 
born  Oct.  18,  1862  ;  Rennie,  born  Dec.  18, 
1864;  Calvin,  born  March  7,  1866;  infant 
daughter,  born  in   February,  1869,  died  in 
infancy  ;  George  H.,  born  Oct.  7,  1872.  Mr. 
Birdsell,  loving  the  honor  of  his  flag  better 
than  home  or  hearthstone,  enlisted  in   the 
ggth  Regt.  111.  Vols.  Infy,  and  participated 
in  the  many  hard  struggles  of  this  veteran 
command,  and  was  severely  wounded  May 
24,   1863,  in    that   terrible  assault   on    the 
rebel  works  before  Vicksburg.     Gen.  Ben- 
ton's  brigade  consisted  of  the  ggth  and  33d 
111.  Infy,  and  the  8th  and  i8th  Regts.  Ind. 


Vols.,  and  in  that  charge  the  brigade  lost 
700  men  killed  and  wounded.     Rufus  was 
carried  from  the  battle-field  and  sent  to  the 
hospital   at    Memphis,  Tenn. ;  in   August, 
same  year,  was  sent  to  Alexander  Barracks, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  was  there  organized  into 
the  8sth  Co.  2d   Batt.  Invalid  Corps  ;  sent 
thence  to  Scranton,  Pa.;  there  did  provost 
duty   for  nearly    eighteen  months  ;  thence 
to  Philadelphia,   Pa.,  and   was    there  dis- 
charged, July  5,  1865.     Since  his  return  to 
civil  life,  made  one  change — to  Hooper  Co., 
Mo.;  lived  there  four  years,  returned,  and 
settled  down  at  his  present  residence.    Mr. 
Mrs.  Birdsell    are    good  members  of  the 
United  Baptist  Church 
Block  C.  H.  clerk,  Murrayville 
Brisindine  G.  B.  carpenter,  Murrayville 
Brisindine  P.  S.  carpenter,  Murrayville 
Brubaker  M.  Wesley,   teacher,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 

Murrayville 

Burch  James  W.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P  O.  Murray- 
ville 
Bush  J.  G.  farmer,  Sec.  i,  P.O.  Murrayville 

/BARNEY   ANDREW,  R.R.  boss,  Mur- 

^^   rayville 

Chapman  Lafayette,  Murrayville 

CHAPMAN  WILLIAM  D.  Sec.  36, 
P.O.  Manchester,  Scott  Co.  This  gentle- 
man is  the  son  of  Robert  Chapman,  a  na- 
tive of  Norfolk,  England,  and  was  born  at 
the  above  place  Jan.  14,  1848  ;  when  very 
young  commenced  to  accustom  his  life  to 
the  pursuits  of  an  agriculturist  ;  he  never 
attended  school  while  at  home  ;  during  his 
life  he  worked  out  among  neighboring  far- 
mers, and  applied  his  mind  to  gather  up 
some  of  the  simple  rudiments  of  an  Eng- 
lish education  ;  ten  months  would,  how- 
ever, be  more  time  than  William  ever  at- 
tended to  the  study  of  the  English  reader, 
but  Mr.  Chapman,  appreciating  the  need  of 
gaining  a  good  knowledge  of  the  common 
branches  of  English,  has  by  diligence 
and  the  study  of  good  books,  acquired  a 
liberal  knowledge  of  history,  mathematics, 
and  penmanship.  When  in  his  nineteenth 
year,  visited  the  great  metropolis,  London, 
and  resided  there  more  than  four  years. 
His  young  manhood  craved  for  a  wider 
field  ;  emigrated  from  the  land  of  his  birth 
July  31,  1870;  took  shipping  from  Lon- 
don ;  after  a  merry  voyage,  landed  at  New 


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York  City,  Aug.  21,  1870;  moved  immedi- 
ately to  Haverstraw,  on  the  Hudson  River, 
and  there  tarried  but  six  weeks  ;  from  there 
moved  to  Illinois,  and  cast  his  lot  with  the 
people  of  Greene  Co.,  and  worked  on  the 
farm  of  Mr.  Tunison,  south  of  Whitehall  J 
moved  thence  to  another  farm  of  the  same 
party,  south  of  Manchester,  Scott  Co.;  re- 
sidtd  there  three  years;  having  tired  of 
renting,  bought  a  good  farm  of  Mr.  Blaker, 
of  Sangamon  Co.,  where  he  now  resides; 
was  married  Oct.  14,  1872,  to  Miss  Hannah 
Mitchell,  daughter  of  William  Mitchell,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Hyde,  at  Carrollton,  111.;  have 
had  by  this  union,  Walter  Joseph,  born 
Oct.  18,  1874,  and  Robert  William,  born 
May  15,  1877.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chapman  are 
generous  and  genial  people,  and  enjoy  the 
friendship  of  a  host  of  friends 
Cooley  S.  farm  hand,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Murray- 

ville 

Criswell  R.  R.  farmer,  Murrayville 
Crowley  Mike,  farm  hand,  Murrayville 


E.  W.  Murrayville 


DOBSON  S.  F.  and  WILLIAM, 

farmers  and  stock  raisers,  P.O.  Manches- 
ter, Scott  Co.,  sons  of  George  Dobson,  na- 
tive of  Yorkshire,  England.  Samuel  F. 
was  born  near  Scarborough,  England, 
March  24,  1846,  and  during  their  early 
boyhood  received  a  practical  education  on 
the  farm  ;  their  education  in  the  rudiments 
of  the  English  branches  was  gathered  at  a 
pay  school,  but  as  mental  culture  was  of  no 
consequence  to  the  successful  English 
farmer,  a  knowledge  in  the  primary  de- 
partment of  learning  was  sufficient  for  the 
wants  of  life,  hence  the  young  Dobsons 
learned  to  be  model  farmers.  In  1855, 
their  parents  emigrated  from  old  England, 
bringing  with  them  their  children  :  S.  F., 
William,  Sarah,  and  John,  landing  at  New 
York  City,  thence  by  rail  to  Morgan  Co., 
settling  in  Lynnville.  After  a  residence 
there  of  one  year,  moved  to  Robert  Wad- 
dell's  farm  in  Scott  Co.,  thence  to  the  W. 
Jones  farm  ;  lived  there  three  years  ;  shift- 
ed his  bark  again,  anchoring  on  the  Mc- 
Cracken  farm,  and  cultivated  the  soil  for 
seven  years  ;  having  had  enough  of  the  per- 
plexities attendant  to  a  renter's  life,  John, 
William,  and  Samuel  purchased  a  tract  of 


360  acres  of  good  land,  from  James  Chil- 
ton,  in  Sees.  23  and  26 ;  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  this  farm  lays  adjoining  in 
Scott  County.  After  a  partnership  of  five 
years,  made  a  division  of  the  land,  S.  F. 
taking  120  acres  in  Sec.  26  ;  soon  a  hand- 
some cottage  was  erected,  and  John  built 
a  fine  residence  on  Sec.  27,  Scott  Co.  By 
the  combined  energy  of  those  brothers, 
they  have  cleared  and  brought  into  culti- 
vation, eighty  acres  of  forest  land  Samuel 
was  married  twice  ;  his  first  marriage  was 
celebrated  April  2,  1872,  to  Miss  Mary 
Frances  Allen,  by  Rev.  George  W.  Stevens; 
have  had  born  to  this  union  :  James  Al- 
fred, born  Feb.  22,  1873  ;  Perry  A.  born 
Oct.  10,  1874.  Mrs.  Dobson's  demise  oc- 
curred Oct.  16,  1875.  Married  again  Oct. 
14,  1876,  to  Florence  Ellen  Allen,,  by  Rev. 
Joel  Goodrich,  of  Jacksonville.  Have  had 
one  child:  Eddie,  born  Aug.  18,  1877. 
William  Dobson's  life  is  a  duplicate  of 
Samuel's  up  to  Feb.  15,  1865,  when  he  en- 
listed in  Co.  H,  I2gth  Regiment,  I.  V.  I., 
followed  and  endured  the  hardships  of  his 
regiment,  and  was  transferred  to  Co.  B, 
i6th  Reg.,  111.  Vet.  Vols.;  was  discharged 
at  Camp  Butler,  111.,  in  June,  1865;  was 
married  Dec.  5,  1867,  to  Miss  Lucinda 
Adeline  Billings,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Nancy  Billings,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Teller.  They 
have  had  born  to  this  marriage,  four  chil- 
dren :  Jared,  born  Oct.  21,  1868  ;  Myrtle, 
born  June  14,  1870;  Bernice,  born  Aug.  21, 
1873  ;  Cyphas,  born  May  20,  1876.  Both 
families  are  identified  with  the  member- 
ship of  the  United  Baptist  Church,  and 
well  and  favorably  known 

"C*  LLIS  JAMES  M.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O- 

•^•^      Murrayville 

/DARNER  JAMES,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
^-^      Murrayville 

Gibson  Charlotte,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 
Gunn  A.  J.  fanner,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Murrayville 


H 


ORTON   F.  M.  farmer,  Murrayville 


HOWARD  WILEY,  farmer  and 
renter,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Manchester,  Scott  Co. 
son  of  Martin  Howard.  This  old  pioneer 
was  born  in  East  Tennessee  in  1811,  and 
was  married  to  Miss  Denisa  Cook,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Jacob  Cook,  also  a  native  of  East 
Tennessee.  Mr.  Howard,  in  1835,  in 
company  with  his  father,  Aleck  Howard, 
settled  near  Lynnville,  this  county;  nothing 
occurred  to  mar  the  serenity  of  the  jour- 
ney, except  a  little  accident  that  befel  little 
Miriman,  who  was  then  in  infancy  :  he  fell 
out  of  the  wagon  and  destroyed  the  sight 
of  one  eye.  Mr.  Howard,  father  of  Wiley, 
died  in  1837;  his  widow  still  survives  him, 
and  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  John  Smith.  The 
gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch, 
was  born  in  Scott  Co.,  and  attended,  dur- 
ing his  early  years,  to  gaining  a  knowledge 
of  Webster,  at  Hart's  school  house  ;  was 
married  twice  ;  his  first  marriage  was  on 
Jan,  16,  1861,  to  Miss  Caroline  Lawson, 
daughter  of  Severe  Lawson,  by  Mr.  Tan- 
koley,  J.P.  Three  children  were  born  to 
this  union  :  Martin  S.,  Merinda  Jane,  and 
Charlotte  A.;  the  last  named  died  Nov.  18, 
1862.  After  his  marriage,  moved  to  the 
David  Ralston  farm,  thence  to  Manches- 
ter, thence  southeast  of  Manchester  to  the 
'Squire  Heaton  farm,  lived  there  two  years, 
thence  east  of  Hart's  school  house,  and 
here  the  sable  cloak  of  death  wrapped  the 
wife  and  mother  in  its  unwelcome  folds  ; 
she  died  March  n,  1866.  Was  married 
again  Nov.  i,  1866,  to  Mrs.  Phoebe  Anne 
Brown,  daughter  of  Maston  Semmons ; 
have  had  four  children :  Caroline,  David 
S.,  Newton  J.,  and  Terry  ;  little  David  has 
been  called  home  to  heaven.  After  his 
second  marriage,  lived  on  the  Richard 
Wilson  estate,  then  sojourned  for  a  while 
in  Scott  County,  rented  the  Mason  and 
Kiker  farm  one  year  each.  Mrs.  Howard 
is  a  consistent  member  of  the  United  Bap- 
tist Church,  and  both  are  well  respected 
Hughes  John  F.  farmer,  Murrayville 
Hull  Thomas,  farmer,  Murrayville 
JACKSON  GEO.  W.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Manchester. 
The  father  of  the  subject  of  this  notice, 
Hiram  Jackson,  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  was  born  in  1804,  and  emigrated 
to  Indiana,  settling  in  Putnam  County, 
and  after  many  years  of  harassing  ups  and 
downs,  was  married  in  1826,  to  Miss  Nancy 
Malcolm,  the  children  born  to  this  marriage 
were:  Samuel  A.,  Mary  A.,  Silas,  George 
W.,  Nancy  J.,  Diana,  Phebe,  Matilda, 
Hiram,  William  H.  and  Jehu.  Samuel 


left  his  family  in  1854,  and  went  to  St. 
Louis,  since  that  time  his  life  is  a  blank 
to  his  friends  and  relations;  Mary  died  in 
1840,  Matilda  and  Hiram  died  of  measles 
and  whooping  cou^h,  in  1842;  Jehu  en- 
listed at  Jacksonville,  March  9,  1865,  to 
serve  in  the  loist  Regiment, Illinois  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  died  of  pneumonia  at 
Camp  Butler,  this  State,  March  29,  1865; 
William  died  March  9,  1875;  the  father 
died  Nov.  9,  1875,  aged  71;  the  mother 
died  Sept.  29,  1864,  aged  67.  About  the 
year  1835,  Mr.  Jackson  made  the  trip  over- 
land to  Missouri  Crossing,  at  Alton,  here, 
while  in  the  act  of  boarding  the  flatboat, 
the  cable  rope  broke,  precipatating  the 
team  and  wagon  into  the  river,  little 
George  narrowly  escaped  drowning;  having 
gained  the  shore,  continued  their  journey, 
settling  in  Barry  County,  Missouri,  entered 
some  government  land,  built  a  log  cabin, 
made  some  improvements,  sold  out,  and 
moved  to  Illinois,  crossing  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  settling  in  St.  Clair  County;  this 
was  in  1838,  lived  there  five  years,  pulled 
stakes  and  moved  to  Washington  County, 
entered  a  claim  on  160  acres  of  land, erected 
a  neat  frame  dwelling,  the  first  of  the  kind 
in  the  neighborhood;  improved  the  whole 
tract,  in  1849  sold  out  and  moved  to  Texas, 
and  there  bought  a  farm  of  900  acres  of 
land,  lived  there  but  two  years,  and  again 
cast  his  fortunes  with  the  people  of  Illi- 
nois, settling  in  Scott  County,  and  there 
purchased  a  small  farm  of  40  acres;  sold 
this,  and  again  moved  to  Macoupin  County, 
and  there  farmed,  until  by  the  affliction  of 
sore  eyes,  he  had  to  give  up  work  altogether, 
and  lived  afterward  until  his  death,  with 
his  children  The  gentleman  at  the  head 
of  this  sketch  was  born  Oct.  19,  1831,  in 
Indiana,  followed  the  changes  of  his  father's 
life  as  recorded  above;  was  married  twice, 
his  first  marriage  was  Aug.  22,  1849,  to 
Miss  Matilda  J.  Davis,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Col- 
lins, in  Washington  County,  the  children 
to  this  union  were:  Martha  Ellen,  William 
R.  James  H.,  Silas  J.,  Sarah  A.,  Mary 
Alendar,  and  Nancy  Isabelle;  the  wife  and 
mother  died  Sept.  19,  1863;  married  again, 
Aug.  3,  1865,  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Radford, 
at  the  home  of  Dr.  Gillett,  in  the  city  of 
Jacksonville;  have  had  seven  children  to 
this  union:  Charles  W.,  Mary  M.  .Clarasca, 


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Odelia,  George  L.,  Samuel  K.,  Minnie  M., 
and  Otis  A.;  Mr.  Jackson  was  elected  con- 
stable in  1860,  and  served  four  years;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jackson  are  faithful  members  of 
the  United  Baptist  Church 
JOHNSON  HENRY  L.  retired 
farmer  and  minister  of  the  gospel,  Sec.  n, 
P.O.  Murrayville.  The  genealogy  of  this 
good  old  name  points  with  pride  to  the 
descent  of  "  Albion's "  noblest  families  to 
rare  Ben  Jonson,  in  later  years  corrupted 
by  the  addition  of  the  letter  "h."  The 
grandfather,  Ben  Johnson,  settled  here 
prior  to  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  member 
of  Washington's  army,  from  the  inception 
of  the  rebellion  to  its  final  close,  and  died 
at  a  great  age ;  his  ashes  repose  in  the  earth 
of  Old  Virginia.  The  father,  Benjamin, 
was  a  native  of  Augusta  Co.,  Virginia ; 
when  he  was  24  years  old  emigrated  from 
the  Old  Dominion  State  and  settled  in  Ken- 
tucky ;  was  married  in  1819  to  Miss  Mary 
Boyd,  daughter  of  John  H.  Boyd;  children 
born  to  this  marriage  in  Virginia  were : 
Henry  L.,  C.  Perry,  and  Andrew  J.  In  1830, 
to  satisfy  a  long  cherished  desire  to  see  the 
new  State,  then  on  the  confines  of  civiliza- 
tion, made  the  journey  overland,  and  in  a 
large  covered  wagon,  after  a  most  harassing 
journey  landed  in  Morgan  Co.  Oct.  2,  1830 ; 
the  outfit  of  the  little  band  of  emigrants 
was  very  limited,  the  "  deep  snow  "  setting 
in  soon  after  their  landing,  made  their 
situation  deplorable  ;  settled  in  Buckhorn 
Prairie,  and  entered  eighty  acres  of  land 
at  $1.25  per  acre;  built  an  additon  to  the 
log  cabin  ;  when  his  means  became  better 
purchased  one  hundred  acres  more  land 
and  improved  it;  soon  after  bought  of  W. 
Busbey  eighty  acres  more.  After  settling 
in  Illinois,  three  more  children  were  born, 
viz. :  Benjamin  F.,  Jonas  M.,  and  John 
D.  He  was  during  life  a  minister  of 
the  gospel,  and  preached  for  the  people 
of  the  United  Baptist  Church ;  died 
March  14,  1861,  aged  69  years,  his  de- 
voted wife  survived  him  many  years ;  she 
died  July  4,  1872,  aged  77.  The  gentle- 
man whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of 
this  biography  was  born  in  Kentucky  July 
6,  1820.  and  followed  the  fortunes  of  his 
father's  life,  as  above  i elated,  had  a  hard 
road  to  hoe  in  his  early  days.  Studied 
Webster  under  the  shadow  of  the  log 


school  house,  this  was  only  in  "  spells,"  but 
being  a  lover  of  knowledge,  prosecuted  his 
studies  under  the  care  of  his  parents,  gained 
a  liberal  knowledge  of  the  simple  rudi- 
ments of  an  English  education.  Was  mar- 
ried twice ;  first  union  was  Oct.  14,  1840, 
to  Miss  Nancy  H.  Haney,  by  'Squire  Mich- 
ner.  An  interesting  episode  occurred  which 
we  relate  as  told  us ;  the  good  man  of 
peace  and  law  never  tied  a  hymenial  knot 
before,  hence  he  was  much  agitated  how 
to  begin  ;  the  parties  were  pronounced  of 
one  flesh,  after  three  exciting  trials,  much 
to  the  relief  of  the  contracting  parties  ; 
have  had  nine  children :  Zachariah  T., 
James  K.  P.,  Benjamin  F.,  John  P.,  Henry 
J.,  Alden  J.,  Mary  J.,  Frances  A.,  William 
E.;  of  these  children  the  following  have 
gone  to  their  God  :  James  K.  P.,  Zach.  T., 
Benj.  F.,  and  William  E.  Married  again 
Aug.  25,  1868,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Law- 
son,  by  Rev.  William  Johnson  ;  they  have 
had  three  children :  Ida  Belle,  Laura  E. 
and  Clara  Alma.  Ida  died  in  infancy. 
Mr.  Johnson  was  ordained  a  minister  of 
the  United  Baptist  Church  March  I,  1850, 
but  from  boyhood  took  an  active  part  in 
the  work  of  reclaiming  his  fellow  creature 
from  the  broad  road  to  endless  ruin  ;  now 
attends  and  preaches  to  four  appointments, 
"  Little  Sandy  "  Baptist  Church  ;  Murray- 
ville, Morgan  Co. ;  Glasgow,  Scott  Co.,  and 
Wilmington,  Greene  Co. ;  is  respected  by 
all  classes  for  his  liberal  principles 
Johnson  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

T/"  ENNEDY  WILLIAM,  teacher,  Murray- 
**   ville 

Kitner  James  F.  carpenter,  Murrayville 
Kitner  Thomas,  miller,  Murrayville 
KOYNE  ANTHONY,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Murrayville.  The 
annals  of  Irish  history  contains  no  more 
worthy  name  on  her  pages  than  the  gentle- 
man's name  that  heads  this  biography  ;  his 
father,  Patrick  Koyne,  was  a  native  of 
County  Galway,  Ireland.  Mr.  Anthony 
Koyne  was  born  in  County  Galway,  Ire- 
land, March  17,  1832,  and  attended  the 
National  School  until  his  young  spirit 
craved  for  a  new  field;  in  1846  emigrated 
to  the  New  World,  landing  after  a  rough 
voyage,  in  Boston,  Mass.  Whilst  a  resi- 


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dent  of  the  "  City  of  the  Hub,"  met  and 
was  wedded  to  a  lady  of  much  intelligence, 
Miss  Bridget  Kelly,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Michael  Kelly ;  the  indissoluble  bond  was 
celebrated  at  Roxbury  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  July  4,  1850,  by  Rev.  Father 
Lynch.  The  responsibilities  from  this 
union  were  nine  children,  an  infant  son  died 
in  infancy:  Mary,  born  May  28,  1844  ; 
George  M.,  born  Dec.  n,  1846;  Agnes 
Anne,  born  March  25,  1859 ;  Rebecca, 
born  Feb.  2,  1862;  William,  born  June  13, 
1864;  Abbie  J.,  March  15,  1868;  John, 
born  Aug.  15, 1870;  Charles  H.,  born  Aug. 
9,  1873.  After  Mr.  Koyne's  marriage,  and 
wishing  to  become  a  resident  of  the  West, 
in  1851  moved  and  cast  his  fortunes  with 
the  people  of  Connorsville,  Ind. ;  there  at- 
tended to  an  engine  and  other  machinery 
in  a  large  pork  house.  In  1854,  wishing  to 
become  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  rented  a  large 
farm  of  Dr.  Helium ;  for  eleven  years  he 
applied  his  energies  to  the  labor  on  the 
farm.  Mr.  Koyne  came  to  Morgan  Co. 
during  the  stormy  days  of  the  war,  and  at 
once  moved  his  family  and  settled  south  of 
Jacksonville,  bought  a  tract  of  eighty  acres 
of  land ;  a  rude  log  cabin  was  the  only 
shelter  for  the  little  family.  Mr.  Koyne 
inheriting  the  courage  of  his  race,  went  to 
work  with  a  will,  and  soon  had  the  barren 
waste  in  a  good  state  of  cultivation.  He 
has  bought  at  various  times  small  lots  of 
land,  until  now  he  owns  a  beautiful  farm  of 
177  acres  of  rich  land,  a  part  of  which  pro- 
duced more  than  100  bushels  of  corn  per 
acre  for  many  years.  In  1877  Mr.  Koyne 
had  erected  a  large  two-story  residence  at 
a  large  expense,  with  all  the  improvements 
that  money  could  provide ;  is  a  devoted 
Catholic,  loving  the  memory  and  traditions 
of  Ireland  and  her  greatness 

TV/TASTERS  ROBERT  L.  farmer 
and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville.  The  descent  of  the  Masters  family 
dates  back  many  centuries,  and  its  origin  is 
Anglo-Saxon.  The  grandsires  came  from 
the  mother  country  during  the  early  settle- 
ment of  Virginia,  and  afterward  settled  in 
Tennessee,  from  which  State  the  father  of 
Mr.  Masters  removed  at  an  early  day,  set- 
tling in  the  south  part  of  Illinois ;  came 
here  in  1830,  when  the  smoke  from  the  lone 


log  cabin  was  a  godsend  to  the  hardy  emi- 
grant whose  life  was  inured  to  the  terrible 
and  harassing  dangers  to  be  met  with  at 
the  time  of  which  we  write ;  the  trip  was 
made  in  a  covered  wagon,  and  overland. 
Having  entered  on  some  government  land, 
their  first  residence  was  a  rough  hewn  log 
house,  and  in  this  Robert  L.  often  amused 
himself,  as  a  frame  building  soon  supplanted 
the  primitive  architecture  of  the  long  ago- 
Mr.  Masters'  capital  was  very  small,  and 
would  not  foot  up  $100,  but  was  blessed 
with  an  energy  to  "win  gold  and  wear  it. 
Robert  L.  was  born  March  20,  1854  ;  in 
youth  had  a  great  desire  to  enrich  his  mind 
with  the  study  of  books,  and  many  a  time 
"  Bob  "  would  become  so  engrossed  in  the 
study  of  ancient  Greek  history  that  the 
midnight  hour  would  find  him  reading  by 
the  dim  light  of  a  flickering  taper.  He 
attended  Illinois  College  during  the  years 
1870  and  1871,  and  was  just  about  to  don  the 
worthy  "freshman's"  cap  when  business  at 
home  interposed  her  objection,  hence  did 
not  secure  the  coveted  parchment.  Was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  H.  Beadles,  daughter 
of  Thomas  G.  and  Ellen  P.  Beadles,  at 
Mexico,  Mo.,  Aug.  13,  1874,  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  G.  Gouch,  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 
Continued  their  wedding  tour,  visiting  the 
"  Gem  City,"  thence  to  their  present  home. 
One  little  cherub  blesses  their  wedded  life, 
William  Thomas,  born  June  26,  1877.  Mr. 
Masters  owns  a  fine  estate  of  about  300 
acres,  with  all  the  improvements  that  good 
taste  could  devise ;  does  a  large  business  in 
the  cattle  trade,  and  is  a  prince  of  a  good 
fellow 

MARTIN  WILLIAM  H.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Murrayville. 
The  father  and  mother  of  the  gentleman  at 
the  head  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Ten- 
nessee, and  removed  to  Illinois  more  than 
fifty  years  ago ;  the  trip  was  made  by  the 
overland  route,  and  in  a  covered  wagon ; 
settling  in  Greene  County,  soon  a  log  cabin 
was  constructed  out  of  rough-hewn  logs; 
as  the  country  filled  up,  the  settlers,  as  a 
mark  of  esteem,  called  the  settlement  after 
'Squire  Martin,  hence,  "  Martin's  Prairie." 
Our  subject  was  born  October  9,  1851,  in 
Greene  County,  studied  Webster  and  the 
other  simple  rudiments  common  to  the  dis- 
trict school,  until  his  majority  ;  was  united 


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in  wedlock  to  Miss  Mary  Neal,  daughter 
of  John  T.  Neal,  on  July  25,  1872,  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.Stubblefield,  of  the  M.E.  Church  ; 
after  their  marriage  moved,  and  purchased 
a  good  improved  farm  in  Sec.  24,  where  he 
now  resides ;  they  have  had  three  children 
to  bless  their  union :  Bertha,  born  May  16, 
1873,  died  October,  1874,  Norse,  born  May 

13.  1875,  and  Pearly,  born  September,  1876, 
died  February,  1877.     Mr.  Martin's  father 
and  mother  are  now  the  only  surviving  old 
settlers  of  North  Greene  County,  and  often 
relate  the  incidents  of  the  log  rollings  of 
half  a  century  ago,  and  of  living  on  "  John- 
nie cake." 

McClung  Willis,  justice  of  the  peace,  Mur- 

rayville 

McNeal  David,  Murrayville 
MELLOR  WILLIAM,    farmer,   Sec. 

14,  P.O.   Murrayville,  son  of  George  Mel- 
lor,    native    of    Lancashire,    England ;    in 
1855,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  no- 
tice, with  his  wife  and  one  boy,  William, 
emigrated  from  the  land  of  "  Merrie  Eng- 
land," landing,  after  a  perilous  voyage  on  a 
sailing  vessel,  at  New  York  City,    thence 
by   railroad  to  Greene  County,  where  the 

'  little  family  changed  their  life  from  factory 
operatives  to  a  more  independent  life,  that 
of  farming.  Mr.  George  Mellor's  occupa- 
tion in  Lancashire,  was  that  of  an  "  over- 
looker "  in  a  cotton  factory.  After  a  resi- 
dence in  Greene  County  of  one  year,  moved, 
and  identified  their  interests  with  the  peo- 
ple of  Morgan  County,  settling  in  Sec.  14, 
purchased  land,  and  at  once  turned  their 
attention  to  its  improvement.  The  gentle- 
man whose  name  star.ds  at  the  head  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  Lancashire,  England  ; 
during  the  early  years  of  his  life  was  a  cot- 
ton weaver  ;  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
this  great  republic,  and  became  one  of  her 
citizens;  was  married  July  igth,  1860,  to 
Miss  Adeline  Thompson,  daughter  of  Hon. 
John  Thompson,  by  Rev.  Allen  Murray  ; 
the  fruits  of  this  union  were  nine  children  : 
George,  born  June  8,  1861,  Louisa  Anne, 
born  March  25,  1863,  died  August  3,  1864; 
John,  born  October  5,  1865,  Robert,  born 
November  25,  1867,  Alice  Melinda,  born 
December  2,  1868,  died  September  30, 
1869;  Elizabeth,  born  March  27th,  1871, 
Emma,  born  April  3,  1873,  William,  born 
f  April  5,  1875,  and  Mary,  born  August  3, 


1877  ;  after  his  marriage  moved  near  the 
home  of  his  wife,  in  Greene  County,  lived 
there  until  1878,  when  he  purchased  a  neat 
little  farm,  where  he  now  resides,  and  is  an 
economical,  industrious  citizen.  The  fath- 
er of  Mrs.  Mellor,  during  his  honored  life, 
occupied  every  office  of  trust  in  the  gift  of 
Greene  County,  died  May  8,  1866,  aged  72 
years,  was  one  of  the  first  who  settled  in 
Greene  County  more  than  half  a  century 
ago 

MORLAND  JAMES  A.  farmer  and 
minister  of  the  Gospel,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Youngblood.  According  to  authentic  rec- 
ords, the  genealogy  of  the  Morlands  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  the  grandsire  of 
Mr.  Morland  was  a  native  of  Pennsylva- 
nia ;  he  moved,  at  a  remote  period  of  our 
history,  to  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  there 
repose  his  mortal  remains  in  the  silent 
grave.  The  father  of  the  gentleman  whose 
history  we  write,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  moved,  with  his  parents,  to  Ohio,  shar- 
ing the  hardships  incident  to  the  early  set- 
tlement of  the  Northwestern  States ;  he 
died  in  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  aged  42 
years.  The  good  wife  and  mother  sur- 
vived her  husband  a  good  many  years,  and 
at  her  death,  was  77  years  old  ;  her  maiden 
name  was  Emily  Armstrong,  daughter  of 
James  Armstrong,  of  Quaker  antecedents. 
Our  subject  was  born  in  Columbiana  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  August  28,  1817  ;  in  his  early 
youth  went  to  the  rude  log  school  house, 
and  for  a  limited  period  applied  his  facul- 
ties to  the  study  of  the  "United  States" 
spelling-book ;  arriving  at  his  majority, 
was  wedded  to  Miss  Nancy  Vanmeter, 
daughter  of  Jesse  Vanmeter,  J.  P.,  on  Sep- 
tember 5,  1838,  by  the  bride's  father;  they 
have  had  two  children  :  Mary  Anne,  and 
and  an  infant  daughter  died  in  infancy  ; 
Mary  Anne  married  Samuel  McCurley.  In 
1839,  in  company  with  James  McNeely, 
packed  their  little  goods  in  a  covered  wag- 
on, and  moved  to  the  rich  prairies  of  Illi- 
nois ;  settling  in  Wayne  County,  lived  there 
seven  years ;  during  his  residence  in  Wayne 
County,  his  cherished  wife  died ;  her  de- 
mise occurred  in  1840;  during  her  life  she 
was  a  kind  wife  and  mother,  and  a  zealous 
Christian  woman,  being  long  a  member  of 
the  Christian  Church ;  was  married  again 
November  7,  1840,  to  Mrs.  Mary  Anne 


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Green,  daughter  of  Robert  M.  Petty,  by 
Rev.  Isaac  Whittaker.  The  father  of  Mrs. 
Morland,  Mr.  Robert  M.  Petty,  through- 
out the  years  of  his  life,  was  an  honored 
.Schoolmaster.  Mr.  Morland's  health  fail- 
ing, was  ordered  by  his  physician  to  return 
to  his  native  State,  which  he  did  in  1847, 
and  in  1848  was  elected  constable  of  Co- 
lumbiana  County,  Ohio  ;  was  re-elected 
four  times ;  having  regained  his  health,  in 
1853,  moved  back  to  the  Prairie  State,  set- 
tling in  Hart's  Prairie ;  lived  there  a  short 
time,  when  he  moved,  and  rented  a  farm  on 
Apple  Creek,  of  Dr.  John  Caldwell ;  cul- 
tivated that  farm  two  years,  at  the  end  of 
that  time  bought  a  tract  of  80  acres  of  land 
in  Sec.  30,  where  he  now  resides  ;  their  first 
house  on  this  land  was  a  rough  log  cabin, 
with  a  clapboard  roof  and  puncheon  floor ; 
as  his  means  became  better,  he  bought 
small  tracts  of  land,  until  now  his  worldly 
domain  embraces  a  fine  farm  of  477  acres 
of  land,  with  all  the  neat  improvements  of 
our  modern  times.  Mr.  Morland,  feeling 
the  need  of  education,  applied  his  faculties 
to  the  study  of  both  modern  and  ancient 
history,  and  has,  in  the  years  of  his  life, 
made  a  successful  digest  of  the  books  of 
the  Bible ;  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the 
United  Baptist  Church  in  "  Youngblood  " 
December  22,  1860  ;  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  magistrate  in  1873,  by  an  over- 
whelming majority,  and  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  1877,  when  he  resigned  and 
rented  his  farm,  and  moved  to  Scottville, 
Macoupin  County,  and  there  bought  some 
good  town  property.  "  Uncle  Jimmy " 
being  well  respected  in  his  new  home,  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  magistrate,  but  hav- 
ing exchanged  his  town  property  for  a 
farm  of  120  acres  in  Morgan  County,  did 
not  qualify  ;  returned  to  the  old  homestead 
in  the  Spring  of  1878,  and  commenced 
anew  the  life  of  a  farmer ;  served  as  su- 
pervisor of  roads  one  year,  and  as  school 
director  six  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morland 
are  philanthropists  on  broad  principles, 
and  respected  by  all  who  know  them. 
Morris  P.  M.  farmer,  Murrayville 

AJEAL    JOHN    TERRY,    farmer 
and    stock    raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville.   His  parents  were  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky; in  the  Spring  of  1829,  packed  their 


goods  in  a  covered  wagon,  and  made  the 
trip  overland,  and  after  a  journey  of  nearly 
three  weeks,  having  suffered  many  hard- 
ships on  the  route,  landed  and  settled  on  a 
small  tract  of  land,  two  miles  east  of  Man- 
chester (then  Morgan  County), Scott  County. 
Sold  out  the  little  claim,  and  moved  back 
to  "  Old  Kentucky;"  having  lived  there 
one  year,  returned  and  entered  a  new  tract 
of  land;  a  substantial  log  cabin  soon 
loomed  up  on  the  western  confines  of  civi- 
lization, attesting  the  enterprise  of  the 
new  emigrants;  by  steady  toil  and  judicious 
economy,  a  bright  and  pleasant  home 
crowned  his  labors;  having  lived  to  see  the 
white  man  displace  the  red  man,  died  Nov. 
9,  1873,  aged  80  years;  three  children  sur- 
vive him:  James,  Squire  C.,  and  John 
Terry.  The  mother  died  in  February, 
1843,  aged  38  years.  The  gentleman 
whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  was  born 
Jan.  I,  1828,  and  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  then 
hired  for  one  year  to  Mr.  Lemmons,  at  the 
then  good  wages  of  $120  per  annum;  this 
was  his  starting  point  in  life,  which  after- 
ward ripened  into  success  in  life;  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Caroline  Lemmons,  July  4,' 
1850;  they  have  been  blessed  with  a  very 
interest' ng  family  of  nine  children:  Mary 
E.,  born  Dec.  17,  1852;  Sarah  J.,  Aug.  2, 
1856;  George  Milton,  July  23, 1859;  Martha 
E.,  Oct.  13,  1862;  Emma  H.,  Sept.  23, 
1865;  Anna  Lula,  July  5,  1868;  Rose  E., 
Jan.  2,  1870;  Belle,  Dec.  15,  1873;  Edith 
C.,  Oct.  21,  1877;  Mary  E.,  married 
William  H.  Martin,  whose  biography  ap- 
pears elsewhere  in  this  work.  In  1873 
Mr.  Neal  severed  his  interests  with  the 
good  people  of  Scott  County,  moved,  and 
located  in  Morgan  County,  on  Sec.  24; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neal  are  devoted  Christians, 
and  fear  God  rather  than  man,  and  are 
well  esteemed  by  all 

pAGE  JOSEPH  P.  farmer,  Sec.  25, 

•*•  P.O.  Manchester,  Scott  County.  Son 
of  Robert  Page,  native  of  Virginia;  the 
father  of  our  subject  moved  during  a  very 
early  period  to  old  Kentucky;  was  there 
united  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Mary  Park,  the 
children  to  this  union  were:  Frances,  Ruth 
D.,  Joseph  P.,  William  J.  Aeneas  T.:  the- 
wife  and  mother  of  these  children,  died 


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about  the  year  1843;  was  married  to  sec- 
ond wife,  Miss  Rebecca  Dean;  they  have 
had  three  children:  John  W.,  Henry  Clay, 
and  Robeit  C.;  in  1847  conceived  the  idea 
of  emigrating  to  a  new  field  of  labor; 
packed  his  goods  in  a  four-horse  wagon, 
and  started  for  Illinois;  being  destined  to 
suffer  mishaps,  whilst  crossing  the  river  at 
Shawneetown,  the  tire  of  his  wagon  was 
lost  in  the  muddy  stream,  got  the  neces- 
sary repairs  made,  and  continued  the  jour- 
ney; at  length  settled  in  Scott  County, 
rented  a  farm  from  Robert  Marshall, 
moved  thence  to  Lynnville,Morgan  County, 
journeyed  here  two  years,  again  tried  farm 
life,  for  two  years  east  of  Lynnville;  then 
bought  a  farm  of  80  acres  in  Scott  County, 
40  acres  from  Alfred  Thompson,  and  40 
acres  from  W.  Batty,  lived  there  two  years, 
sold  out,  and  returned  to  the  life  of  a 
renter;  thence  in  1859,  moved  to  Camden 
County,  Missouri,  and  rented  a  tract  of  80 
acres  of  land,  improved  it,  but  being  a  solid 
Republican.and  the  war  being  inaugurated, 
his  life  was  in  jeopardy,  hence,  moved 
himself  and  family  back  to  S.cott  County 
again,  followed  renting  until  1865,  when 
he  purchased  a  small  farm  in  Greene  County 
and  died  April  9,  1877;  he  was  born  July 
4,  1804;  his  wife  still  survives  him.  The 
gentleman  at  the  head  of  this  biography, 
was  born  Jan.  i,  1831,  in  Munroe  County, 
Kentucky,  followed  the  changes  of  life, 
and  shared  the  hardships  of  his  father,  as 
to'd  in  the  preceding  lines;  was  married 
Jan.  2,  1851,  to  Miss  Martha  L.  Pogue,  in 
Scott  County;  they  have  had  six  children: 
William  R.,  John  T.,  George  H.,  James 
A.  Jo-eph  P.  and  Ennis  C.;  Mrs.  Page  pas- 
sed away  to  glory,  Jan.  27,  1862;  was 
married  again,  Aug.  5,  1872,  have  had  one 
child,  Mary  Jane;  in  the  dark  days  of  our 
country's  history,  when  rebels  assailed  our 
flag,  Mr.  Page  volunteered  his  life  on  the 
altar  of  his  birthright,  enlisted  Aug.  1872, 
in  Co.  F,  loist  Regiment,  Illinois  Volun- 
teers, and  followed  the  fortunes  of  his 
regiment  in  camp  and  field,  as  will  be  seen 
elsewhere  in  this  work,  and  finally,  had 
the  proud  satisfaction  to  see  the  nation 
saved,  and  his  flag  wave  triumphantly  over 
a  nation  freed  from  the  trammels  of  slavery; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Page  are  good  members  of  the 
United  Baptist  Church,  and  well  respected 


OEAVERS  RICHARD, 

*^  Sheahan  Michael,  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Murrayville 

Smith  John  C.  merchant,  Murrayville 

Sorrells  Harvey,  Murrayville 

SUMMERS  JAMES  W.  renter,  P.O. 
Murrayville.  The  father  and  mother  of 
the  gentleman  whose  biography  we  write, 
were  natives  of  Shelby  County,  Kentucky, 
occupation — a  sturdy  farmer;  his  father 
died  Dec.  20,  1874,  aged  64  years;  his 
mother  died  May  17,  1871,  aged  52  years. 
The  subject  of  these  lines,  was  born  Sept. 
12,  1840,  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky;  his 
education  was  prosecuted  in  the  public 
schools,  by  spells,  until  he  was  in  his  four- 
teenth year,  when  the  work  on  his  father's 
farm  called  for  his  undivided  attention;  in 
1859  removed  with  his  parents,  to  north  of 
Jacksonville,  on  the  farm  of  Levi  Conover; 
the  trip  from  Kentucky  was  made  over- 
land, and  in  a  covered  wagon,  and  occu- 
pied 27  days.  When  one  section  of  the 
United  States  fired  on  the  flag  at  Fort 
Summter,  and  courageous  hearts  were 
needed  to  keep  the  Union  trom  going  to 
wreck,  the  subject  of  our  sketch  enlisted 
September,  1861,  in  Co.  H,  58th  Regiment, 
Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  for  three  years, 
or  during  the  war,  and  rendezvoused  with 
his  regiment  at  Camp  Douglas,  Chicago, 
receiving  their  necessary  outfit;  proceeded 
to  the  field  of  Mars;  was  engaged  in  the 
battles  and  engagements  of  Fort  Donald- 
son, Fort  Henry,  Pittsburg  Landing,  Siege 
of  Corinth,  Battle  of  Corinth;  the  losses  of 
the  regiment  in  the  above  battles,  reduced 
the  regiment's  strength  to  a  skeleton, 
hence  it  WAS  ordered  to  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, to  recruit;  on  joining  their  comrades 
at  the  front,  participated  with  Sherman,  in 
his  campaign  to  Merideri,  Mississippi, 
thence  joined  the  fortunes  of  Banks'  army, 
at  the  mouth  of  Red  River,  participating 
in  the  fights  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Goldwater, 
Yellow  Bayou,  routing  Forrest  at  Tupolo, 
thence  against  General  Joe  Shelby,  at  Old 
Town,  and  in  turn  meeting  General  Price's 
hordes  at  Independence,  Missouri;  in  1864 
was  transfered  to  the  army  under  Gen- 
eral Thomas,  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and 
followed  its  fortunes  through  the  terrible 
carnage  of  battle  at  Franklin,  and  finally 
to  Chickasaw.where  Hood  and  the  Confed- 


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acy  went  to  pieces.  The  term  of  this  old 
veteran  regiment  having  expired,  Mr.  Sum- 
mers was  mustered  out  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
Feb.  27,1865;  this  noble  "boy  in  blue" 
received  a  non  com  missioned  officer's  parch- 
ment soon  after  his  enlistment,  and  served 
through  the  grades  of  corporal,  sergeant, 
and  orderly  sergeant,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  with  the  rank  of  second 
lieutenant,  he  having  been  recommended 
for  that  position  by  the  officers  of  the  regi- 
ment for  meritorious  conduct;  was  married 
Feb.  7,  1871,  to  Miss  Hattie,  daughter  of 
J.  B.  Shearer,  by  the  Rev.  William  Garri- 
son; have  had  three  children:  Ive  Eugene, 
Cynthia  Anne,  Luzella  and  Oreasus  Theo- 
dore; Mr.  Summers  is  as  good  a  citizen  as 
he  was  a  soldier,  and  esteemed  by  his  old 
comrades 

Steele.  James,  Murrayville 

Steele  John,  farmer,  Murrayville 

^THOMPSON      PRESTON     B. 

farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  2,  P.O, 
Murrayville.  This  gentleman's  father, 
John  Thompson,  was  a  native  of  the  "Old 
Dominion."  By  consulting  some  historical 
dates  of  the  early  settlement  of  America, 
we  are  pleased  to  be  able  to  say  that  the 
Thompsons  immigrated  from  the  mother 
country  about  the  year  1700,  and  settled  in 
Virginia.  The  ancestry  were  Scotch-Irish, 
a  line  of  blood  relation  that  gave  to  the 
father  of  our  subject  the  keen  sagacity  of 
the  Scotchman,  and  the  impulsive,  hospita- 
ble, courageous  character  of  the  Irishman. 
Mr.  Thompson  was  born  in  1792  ;  when 
he  was  twenty-one  years  old,  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Bandy,  and  soon  after,  in  com- 
pany with  his  cousin,  John  Thompson, 
packed  their  goods  in  a  one-horse,  two- 
wheel  cart,  and  left  the  home  of  his  father 
in  Kentucky,  moving  overland  toward  the 
setting  sun.  After  a  weary  travel  of  several 
weeks,  settled  in  Greene  County,  thisStale; 
this  was  in  1813.  The  country  was  but 
sparsely  settled,  the  houses  were  distant 
from  four  to  ten  miles,  wolves  and  deer 
ran  to  and  fro  through  the  open  forest,  the 
enemy  of  the  white  settler,  the  hostile  In- 
dian, had  their  wigwams  spread  all  over 
the  State.  Mr.  Thompson  has  often  re- 
lated to  his  family  and  neighbors  that  his 


whole  capital,  when  he  planted  his  stake 
in  Greene  County,  was  his  "old  woman," 
an  ax,  and  fifty  cents  !  entered  some  gov- 
ernment land,  built  a  log  cabin  and 
moulded  the  first  brick  that  was  ever  used 
in  Greene  County.  The  Indians  becoming 
war-like,  young  Thompson  collected  the 
neighboring  settlements  together,  and 
swooped  down  on  their  wigwams,  clearing 
them  ,from  the  county  and  the  adjoining 
counties  ;  was  commissioned  a  Captain  in 
the  Black  Hawk  war,  and  followed  the  for- 
tunes of  that  pioneer  war  to  its  close  ;  his 
whole  life  was  mixed  up  with  triumphs  and 
dangers  ;  he  held  the  office  of  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and 
served  honestly  and  judiciously  as  County 
Commissioner  for  seventeen  years,  a  proof 
of  his  sterling  character,  and  when  death 
summoned  his  spirit  from  its  tabernacle  of 
clay,  left  property,  unincumbered,  to  the 
amount  of  $20,000  ;  for  nearly  forty  years, 
never  bought  anything  on  credit;  died  in 
1865,  aged  73  years.  His  wife  survived 
him  but  a  few  years  and  died  at  the  home 
of  her  son  Peter,  in  Vernon  County,  Mo. 
The  gentleman  whose  name  stands  at  the 
head  of  this  history,  was  born  in  Greene 
County,  this  State,  March  3  1833  ;  during 
the  years  of  his  youth  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  until  the  breaking  out  of  the 
rebellion  in  the  South,  when  he  enlisted  in 
Co.  I,  6ist  Regt.  111.  Infantry  ;  served 
through  the  several  grades  of  Sergeant  of 
his  Company,  participated  in  the  battles  of 
Corinth,  Shiloh,  and  Britton's  Lane  ;  this 
last  battle  was  against  Forrest ;  after  the 
battle  pursued  the  rebel  forces  to  near 
luka,  Miss.;  gave  up  the  chase  and 
marched  to  Bolivar,  Tenn.,  where  Mr. 
Thompson  was  discharged  witn  the  rank  of 
Orderly  Sergeant  ;  was  married  in  March, 
1865,  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Whewell,  daughter  of 
James  Seddon,  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Johnson. 
They  have  had  five  children,  Peter  Edwin, 
John  Warren,  Laura  Belle,  Sarah  S.,  and 
Mary  Ellen.  Mrs.  Thompson's  children 
by  her  former  husband  were :  Robert  H., 
Richard  H.,  and  Thomas  A.  Mr.  Thom- 
son is  a  devoted  Democrat  and  his  counsel 
is  much  sought  for  by  his  party 


V 


ERTRUS  C.   M.  physician,  Murrayville 


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ADE  ISAAC  R.  farmer,  Sec.  14, 
P.O.  Murrayville.  The  parents  of  our 
subject  were  Isaac  Wade  and  Miss  Hannah 
Goucher,  natives  of  Milledgeville,  Ga.; 
father  born  in  1776,  and  married  in  i8i2at 
their  native  town ;  durii  g  and  after  their 
marriage  three  children  were  born  in  Geor- 
gia, Sallie,  Aiken  B  ,  and  Stephen.  In 
1818  he  started  in  a  covered  wagon  with 
his  family,  crossing  Waldron's  Ridge  and 
settled  in  the  Seguatchie  Valley,  Tenn.; 
There  were  born  there  Arty,  Dollie  and 
Isaac.  The  valley  abounded  with  plenty 
of  game,  hence  for  a  time  the  family  were 
contented  and  happy.  After  a  residence 
of  five  years,  fearing  for  the  safety  of  his 
little  family,  folded  his  tent  in  a  wagon  and 
silently  stole  away,  crossing  the  Cumber- 
land Mountains.settlingin  Overton  County, 
same  State;  here  he  engaged  in  a  new  line 
of  business,  bought  a  distillery,  and  iron 
forge;  there  were  born  here  two  children: 
Abraham  and  Ascisca;  he  had  long  thought 
of  making  his  future  home  on  the  prairies 
of  Illinois,  hence  he  packed  up  his  worldly 
treasure  in  a  covered  wagon;  by  the  aid  of 
one  horse  and  two  oxen,  the  little  band  of 
pioneers  reached  Illinois,  and  camped  on 
"Big  Sandy,"  south  of  Jacksonville,  April 
12,  1829,  renting  a  farm  from  old  John 
Whitlock;  while  living  here  the  entire  fam- 
ily were  prostrated  with  sickness;  it  was 
in  that  cabin  that  one  more  child  was  born, 
Polly;  moved  to  Jacksonville,  and  there 
Hannah  was  born,  which  was  the  seventh 
birth  in  the.  western  hamlet;  while  a  resi- 
dent of  the  little  town,  drove  a  dray  for  five 
years;  the  cholera  made  it  necessary  for 
Mr.  Wade  to  move  his  family  to  a  more 
congenial  place  of  habitation;  moved  to 
the  Jacob  Redding  farm;  in  the  Fall  of 
1836,  received  a  fracture  of  the  skull,  by 
being  thrown  from  his  horse,  this  mishap 
impaired  his  mind,  and  afterwards  caused 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1858,  aged 
82  years:  had  none  of  the  responsibilities 
of  the  family  to  rest  upon  him;  the  mother 
died  Feb.  14,  1838;  Mr.  Isaac  R.  Wade 
was  born  in  Tennessee,  Jan,  27,  1823,  and 
during  his  early  life,  shared  the  hardships 
and  vicissitudes  incident  to  a  boy's  life, 
born  at  a  time  when  each  home  was  a  se- 
questered hermitage;  his  first  labor  on  his 
"own  hook"  was  for  Montgomery  Pitner, 


receiving  for  one  year's  work  $120;  worked 
for  Mr.  Pitner  until  he  was  married,  Jan. 
23,  1842,  to  Miss  Susan  Waddcll,  daughter 
of  Armstead  Waddell,  by  Rev.  Johnnie 
Green;  she  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  visit- 
ing in  Morgan  County,  her  parents  were 
then  residents  of  Pike  County,  Illinois;  the 
children  to  this  union  were:  James,  Abra- 
ham, Jennie,  Dollie,  and  John — twins, 
Frederick  A.  and  Anne  Onella — twins;  the 
wife  and  mother  died  March  17,  1855;  he 
was  married  the  second  time,  Aug.  23, 
1855,  to  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Grumpier,  by  Rev. 
W.  Evans;  by  this  marriage  have  had  two 
children:  Alice,  and  Mary  Susan;  after  a 
wedded  life  of  17  years,  Mr.  Wade  was 
again  visited  by  death,  taking  from  him  his 
second  companion,  which  took  place  July 
15,  1871;  following  the  precepts  of  the 
Bible,  that  it  is  not  good  for  man  to  be 
alone,  married  again,  April  9,  1874,  to 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Kingsley,  daughter  of 
William  Sharp,  one  of  the  oldest  Metho- 
dist preachers  in  the  Northwest,  who  was 
sent  in  1840,  by  the  Ohio  Conference  as  a 
missionary  minister,  to  Illinois;  was  a  co- 
temporary  minister  with  "  old  Peter  Cart- 
wright;"  after  a  long  life  as  a  minister  of 
the  gospel,  died  Sept.  28,  1 868.  Mr. 
Wade,  although  not  required  to  render  any 
service  to  his  country,  having  passed  the 
age  of  fifty,  volunteered  Aug.  21,  1862,  to 
serve  in  Co.  I,  lOist  Regiment,  Illinois 
Volunteers,  and  before  muster  in  was 
transferred  to  Co  F,  same  regiment,  and 
followed  the  hardships  of  that  command,  as 
will  be  related  in  another  part  of  this  work, 
to  the  taking  of  Atlanta,  Georgia;  here  he 
met  with  a  dislocation  of  the  hip;  was  sent 
to  Nashville,  Tennessee,  for  treatment,  re- 
ceived a  furlough  to  his  home,  in  1865, 
and  was  discharged  at  Springfield,  Illinois, 
June  27,  1865;  Mr.  Wade  is  a  near  relative 
of  the  late  deceased  Ben  Wade,  of  Ohio,  of 
free  soil  notoriety;  is  a  good  Republican, 
and  loves  his  country  first,  last,  and  all  the 
time 

Ward  Martin,  farmer,  Sec.   14,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Wells  William,  farmer,  Murrayville 
Wheeler  Joseph,  miller,  Murrayville 
WILD    SAMUEL,    farmer   and   stock 
raiser,    Sec.    14,    P.O.    Murrayville.      The 
family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member, 


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were  of  a  noble  family  of  Britons,  and 
were  for  many  generations  natives  of  Lan- 
cashire, England;  the  gentleman  at  the 
head  of  this  sketch,  is  the  son  of  John  Wild; 
the  father  died  in  Lancashire,  when  Mr. 
Wild  was  very  young,  hence  he  had  to 
strike  out  on  his  "own  hook,"  and  make 
the  acquaintance  of  a  cold  world,  by  work- 
ing in  a  cotton  factory;  followed  this  occu- 
pation for  many  years,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  leaving  old  England,  was  an  over- 
looker; after  a  very  stormy  voyage,  landed 
at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, Jan  26,  1848, 
moved  thence  to  Chester,  Pennsylvania, 
and  there  found  employment  as  boss  in  a 
cotton  factory,  stayed  there  seven  years, 
then  struck  for  the  prairies  of  Illinois, 
landed  at  Jacksonville,  in  April,  1855,  and 
for  fifteen  years  was  a  good  citizen  of  the 
"  young  Athens,"  worked  at  various  em- 
ployments, such  as  house-moving,  sinking 


wells,  and  at  times  doing  odd  jobs  of 
carpenter  work;  met  the  lady  who  was  to 
be  his  bosom  companion,  and  was  married 
in  the  Fall  of  1857,  to  Mrs.  Mary  Clay, 
daughter  of  James  Taylor,  at  Naples,  by 
'Squire  Keener;  have  had  five  children: 
John,  Emma,  Samuel,  Sarah,  and  Anna, 
the  last  named  child,  died  in  infancy;  in 
1871  became  an  agriculturist,  purchased  a 
neat  farm  of  80  acres  of  fertile  land,  from 
Phillip  Day,  and  during  the  years  since  he 
became  a  farmer,  he  has  improved  the  lit- 
tle farm,  until  it  is  a  model  home,  having 
many  adornments,  such  as  money  and  good 
taste  could  devise,  is  a  good  citizen,  enjoys 
many  friends  and  no  enemies 
Wyatt  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  12 
Wyatt  E.  W.  jr.  farmer,  Murrayville 
Wyatt  James  L.  farmer.  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mur- 
rayville 
Wyatt  M.  V.  farmer,  Sec.  I 


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A  DAMS  JAS.  fanner,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Wa- 

*"!     verly 

ADAMS  LITTLETON,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly.  The 
gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch  was  born 
in  Rowan  County,  North  Carolina,  as  near 
as  can  be  ascertained,  in  1818;  when  quite 
small  his  parents  moved  to  Kentucky 
where  the  head  of  the  family  purchased 
200  acres  of  land;  for  sixteen  years  John 
Adams  remained  in  that  State,  and  then 
moved  to  Illinois,  crossing  the  river  at 
Ford's  Ferry,  and  shortly  after  settled  in 
Morgan  County,  nine  miles  west  of  Jack- 
sonville; he  rented  land  here  until  he 
was  able  to  buy;  these  early  years  spent  on 
the  farm,  subduing  the  stubborn  prairie,  are 
vividly  impressed  on  the  memory  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  in  i853,John  Adams  died; 
his  pioneer  wife  survived  him  many  years, 
departing  <his  life  in  1864;  but  one  of  the 
children  reside  in  Morgan  County,  Littleton 
Adams,  who  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Cris- 
mond,  in  1848;  he  was  then  the  owner  of  a 
small  piece  of  land;  having  the  natural 
skill  of  a  farmer  he  became  very  successful, 
and  now  owns  a  tract  of  over  700  acres  of 
land,  rising  to  his  present  position  through 
will  and  energy;  Mr.  Adams  raised  a 
family  of  nine  children:  Bertha,  Mary, 
James,  Nancy,  Ida  Lena,  Lee,  Freddie, 
Lucinda,  and  Georgiana 

Anderson  Christian,  renter,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Waverly 

BAPTIST     DANIEL,    farmer,   Sec.    32, 

P.O.  Waverly 

Baptist  Samuel,  renter,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Baxter  Henry,  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O. Waverly 
Bechold  Andrew,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Beggerly  Thos.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Belk    Chamberlain,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 
Bergschneider  Anton,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  4,  P.O.  New  Berlin,  Sangamon  Co. 
BERGSCHNEIDER  HENRY  B. 
farmer   and   stock  raiser,  Sec.  4.     Mr.  B. 


was  born  in  Prussia,  Sept.  19,  1833;  on  the 
farm  of  his  father  were  passed  the  days  of 
his  youth;  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  left 
the  scenes  of  his  young  days,  and  emigrated 
to  America;  he  first  landed  in  New  Or- 
leans, thence  to  Morgan  County,  where  he 
worked  first  by  the  month;  Feb.  19,  1860, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Magda- 
lena  Reichley;  first  purchased  80  acres  of 
land  at  Sulphur  Springs;  for  the  past  seven- 
teen years  Mr.  Bergschneider  has  resided 
in  township  14-8,  and  during  that  time, 
having  the  confidence  of  the  people,  has 
held  the  office  of  highway  commissioner, 
etc.;  eight  children,  seven  living:  Elizabeth, 
Joseph,  Henry,  Theodore,  Mary,  Stephen, 
and  Magdalena;  Mr.  B.  owns  243  acres  of 
well  improved  land,  and  takes  a  leading 
position  as  a  farmer 

Bergschneider  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 
New  Berlin,  Sangamon  Co. 

BONDS  JOHN  R.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Franklin.  The  parents 
of  Mr.  Bonds  were  natives  of  Tennessee, 
where  John  was  born,  on  Oct.  10,  1848;  the 
head  of  the  family  was  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber regions  of  Tennessee  for  many  years; 
when  John  was  yet  a  child  he  moved  to 
Kentucky;  four  years  from  tha:  time  found 
the  family  en  route  for  the  Western  State  of 
Illinois,  in  a  two-horse  covered  wagon;  this 
wa^  in  1858,  when  the  tide  of  emigration 
was  great;  they  settled  in  the  v'cinity  of 
Franklin,  Morgan  County,  where  Mr. 
Bonds  sr.  turned  his  attention  to  agricul- 
tural pursuits,  which  he  has  followed  from 
the  date  of  his  settlement;  himself  and 
wife  are  still  living,  now  well  along  in 
years,  but  still  hearty  and  vigorous;  they 
taised  a  family  of  six  children;  Frank  and 
James  responded  to  Uncle  Sam's  call  for 
volunteers,  and  entered  the  army,  falling 
victims  to  camp  fever;  Ira  married  Jane 
Smith;  Mary  C.  married  Eli  N.  Goddard, 
and  on  his  death  married  Duane  Nicholas; 
George,  who  married  Miss  Minerva  Whit- 
lock,  and  John,  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch,  who  united  his  fortunes  to  Miss 


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Mary  Briggs;  in  1872,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Mrs.  Temperance  Wheeler, 
daughter  of  Chancy  Wheeler,  an  old  resi- 
dent of  Morgan  County,  and  native  of 
Indiana 

BOULWARE  GEO.  N.  farmer  and 
s'ock  raiser.  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Franklin;  Mr. 
Boulware  was  the  seventh  child  of  Philip  P. 
and  Nancy  Boulware,  wh  se  maiden  name 
was  Wyatt;  his  father  was  a  native  of 
South  Carolina,  his  mother  was  born  in 
Kentucky;  they  became  residents  of  the 
State  of  Missouri,  and  from  there  wended 
their  way  to  Illinois,  in  the  year  1828;  the 
trip  was  made  by  wagon,  drawn  by  an  ox 
team,  Mrs.  B.  riding  the  entire  distance  on 
horseback;  on  arrival  they  settled  on  farm 
property  in  the  vicinity  of  Franklin,  the 
land  now  owned  by  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  in  many  respects  Philip  P.  was  a 
remarkable  man,  possessed  of  strong 
energy  and  great  force  of  character;  during 
the  War  of  1812  he  became  engaged  as  a 
scout  and  ranger,  distinguishing  himself  in 
that  capacity,  and  remaining  in  the  service 
one  year;  many  incidents  of  his  early  career 
could  be  related  of  Mr.  Boulware,  did 
space  permit;  in  a  rude  log  ca'  in  he  pro- 
cured his  first  start  in  life,  enduring  many 
hardships;  in  order  to  show  the  privation 
endured  by  the  early  setller,  it  may  be  well 
to  state  here  that  the  logs  entering  into  the 
construction  of  the  cabin  were  sawed  by 
Mr.  B.  with  a  whip-saw,  on  the  homestead; 
George,  who  heads  this  sketch,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-five  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Parmelia  A.  Wright, 
daughter  of  Jas.  and  Sarah  Wright; 
George  had  a  fair  start  in  life  from  his 
father;  he  was  deeded  a  small  farm,  which 
decided 'his  future  success;  by  dint  of  hard 
work  and  skillful  management  he  now 
owns  220  acres  of  valua'>le  property;  six 
children  blessed  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
B.,  four  of  whom  are  living:  May  R., 
Sallie  W.,  George  P.,  and  Maggie  O. 

Brown  Charles  W.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Franklin 

Brown  Ross,  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 

BURNETT  GEORGE,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Burnett  was  born  in  Morgan  County  in 
1831;  during  the  winter  season  he  attended 
school  in  a  log  cabin,  where  the  scholars 


were  instructed  in  arithmetic,  geography, 
and  spelling;  Joel  Heddington  was  the 
first  teacher  that  Mr.  Burnett  remembers; 
at  twenty-seven  he  married  Miss  Mary  J. 
McCormick,  a  daughter  of  John  McCor- 
mick;  at  this  time  Mr.  Burnett  owned  an 
estate  of  160  acres;  by  shrewd  manage- 
ment he  now  owns  an  estate  of  406  acres; 
there  are  six  children  living:  Marshall, 
born  March  5,  1859;  Everett,  born  Sept. 
14,  1860;  Oscar,  born  Feb  17,  1862;  Fred- 
erick, born  May,  1863;  John,  born  Dec.  I, 
1865;  Emma,  born  April  2,  1867;  Anna, 
deceased 

BURNETT  ISHAM,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Franklin.  In  recount- 
ing the  early  experiences  of  the  pioneers 
who  hewed  their  way  through  to  the  far 
West,  may  well  be  mentioned,  cotemporary 
with  the  early  settlers,  the  gentleman  who 
stands  at  the  head  of  this  page.  He  was 
the  oldest  son  of  Rolland  and  Polly  Bur- 
nett, natives  of  Virginia,  who  settled  in 
Kentucky  in  an  early  day.  In  Virginia 
Rolland  Burnett  was  a  planter,  at  one  time 
quite  wealthy  ;  on  arriving  in  Kentucky  he 
became  a  farmer  and  trader  ;  on  the  home- 
stead two  of  his  children  were  born,  Isham 
and  Richard ;  Isham,  at  nineteen,  mar- 
ried Miss  Lucinda  Van  Winkle  ;  in  his  25th 
year,  date  July  14,  1831,  in  company  with 
James  B.,  a  brother,  Jason  Van  Winkle,  and 
others  he  followed  the  trail  of  the  old  pio- 
neers, westward  ;  at  the  end  of  twenty-seven 
days  travel,  he  located  in  Morgan  County. 
Following  the  fortunes  of  Mr.  Burnett,  we 
find  that  he  etitereda  tract  of  182  acres  ;  the 
first  year  he  built  a  log  cabin  of  the  usual 
description,  where  one  window  graced  the 
rude  dwelling  place;  taking  it  all  in  ali,  it 
was  a  fair  sample  of  settlers'  early  habita- 
tion ;  the  prospect  was  rather  discouraging, 
and  many  turned  backward  to  the  comfort- 
able homes  in  the  South  and  East  ;  at  times 
it  became  a  difficult  matter  to  keep  from 
freezing;  on  awakening  in  the  morning,  it 
often  became  necessary  to  clear  away  the 
snow  that  had  gathered  on  the  bed ;  as  the 
bed  usually  lay  on  the  floor,  the  covering 
frequently  beame  frozen  to  the  puncheon. 
Never,  perhaps,  was  game  more  abundant; 
as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach  was  a  broad 
expanse  of  prairie,  over  which  bounded  the 
deer  and  other  wild  animals.  During  the 


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winter  of  the  deep  snow,  small  parties 
would  start  out  in  pursuit  of  them,  which, 
on  breaking  through  the  crust,  would  fall 
easy  victims  to  the  hunter.  Despite 
the  hardships  incident  to  pioneer  life, 
the  people  enjoyed  themselves  fully ; 
their  wants  were  few,  and  easily  satisfied  ; 
their  kindness  of  heart  and  generosity  un- 
bounded. Money  was  an  unknown  com- 
modity, generally  speaking ;  coon-skins 
were  frequently  bartered  in  trade,  and  often 
fell  to  the  lot  of  the  pioneer  minister,  who 
often  wanted  for  the  necessaries  of  life. 
From  the  small  acreage  came  an  estate  of 
over  a  thousand  acres,  acquired  by  an  in- 
dustry and  perseverance  that  would  have 
discouraged  ninety-nine  persons  in  a  hun- 
dred. Witnessing  the  growth  of  the  coun- 
ty year  by  year,  few  have  contributed  more 
to  its  present  prosperity ;  during  his  early 
settlement  he  came  in  contact  with  such 
early  settlers  as  James  Langley,  Joel  Gil- 
ledand,  J.  T.  Holmes,  Newton  Cloud, 
Judge  Samuel  Wood,  and  others,  now 
prominent  in  the  offices  of  the  county.  Mr- 
Burnett  raised  a  family  of  nine  children  ; 
there  are  now  living  :  Moses,  James,  George, 
Joseph,  Micajah,  Rolland,  and  Charity. 
Having  lost  his  first  wife  he  was  married 
the  second  time  on  January  27, 1866,  to  Mrs. 
Patrick,  whose  husband  had  died  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  leaving  to  her 
care  two  children  —  one  now  living,  Sarah. 
%_who  married  James  G.  England 
Burnett  Isham,  farmer  and  stock  raiser.  Sec. 

32,  P.O.  Franklin 

Burnett  James,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Franklin 
Burnett  Jesse,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
BURNETT  JOSEPH,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly.  The 
gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch  was  born 
in  Morgan  County,  on  the  gth  of  July,  1838  ; 
he  received  the  usual  education  of  the  pio- 
neer boy,  in  an  old  log  cabin,  long  since 
gone  to  decay ;  here  he  perused  the  few 
simple  studies  that  started  the  boys  on  the 
pathway  of  knowledge.  When  the  nation 
witnessed  the  downfall  of  Fort  Sumter,  Mr. 
Burnet  enlisted  in  Company  I,  I4th  Illinois 
Infantry,  for  three  years  service;  mustered 
at  Jacksonville;  became  a  participant  in 
the  battle  of  Shiloh.  and  also  many  other 
smaller  engagements  of  the  war ;  at  the  ex- 
piration of  twelve  months  he  was  honor- 


ably discharged ;  returning  to  Morgan 
County,  he  then  turned  his  attention  to 
farming.  In  1863,  he  married  Miss  Jennie 
Massie ;  two  children,  Lillie  and  Willie; 
in  1876  Mrs.  Burnet  passed  off  the  stage  of 
life  ;  on  5th  April,  1867,  he  married  Miss 
Ellen  Hamilton,  daughter  of  James  Ham- 
ilton ;  one  child,  Elsie ;  Mr.  Burnet  owns 
160  acres  land,  formerly  owned  240. 

BURNETT  MICAJAH,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waverly.  To 
trace  the  successive  improvements  of  a 
county,  to  follow  the  fortunes  of  hundreds 
in  a  biographical  sketch,  is  at  times  a  per- 
plexing task.  Mr.  Burnett  was  born  in  Mor- 
gan Co.,  on  the  old  homestead  of  his  father, 
Isham  Burnett.  On  this  farm  he  performed 
a  great  deal  of  hard  work  ;  he  received  his 
education  at  district  school.  When  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  were  flung  to  the  breeze,  and 
the  call  came  for  troops,  at  the  early  age  of 
nineteen  Mr.  Burnett  enlisted  at  Jackson- 
sonville,  in  1861,  in  the  first  regiment  or- 
ganized, being  the  I4th  111.  Vols.,  Co.  I. 
mustered  into  the  service  at  Jacksonville  ; 
shortly  afterward  went  to  the  front ;  took 
an  active  part  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Henry, 
Pittsburg  Landing,  Vicksburg,  Wahachee, 
and  some  smaller  engagements  ;  honorably 
discharged  at  Huntsville,  Ala. ;  mustered 
out  at  Springfield,  111.;  returned  to  Mor- 
gan Co.  Shortly  after  married  Miss  Sarah 
M.  Marston,  daughter  of  Jefferson  Marston, 
an  early  settler  of  Morgan  Co.;  four  chil- 
dren, Isham  S.,  Ida  L.,  Felix  E.,  and  Edith 
D.  Mr.  Burnett  owns  an  estate  of  70  acres 
of  well-improved  land 

BURNETT  MOSES,  fanner  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Waverly.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  is  the  ninth  child  of  Isham 
Burnett,  whose  name  is  elsewhere  recorded. 
He  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Nov.  25,  1838, 
on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  passed 
many  years  of  his  life.  Those  born  amid 
the  surroundings  of  pioneer  life  necessarily 
imbibe  that  spirit  of  independence  peculiar 
to  the  western  pioneer.  In  the  stirring 
scenes  of  early  life  he  formed  the  acquaint- 
ance of  some  of  the  most  energetic  western 
people,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  the 
associations  thus  formed  led  10  success. 
During  the  Spring  of  1864  he  married  Miss 
Mathilda  Drew  ;  seven  children — six  now 
living :  Charles  L.,  Lee,  Lena,  Laura, 


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Lulu,  and  an  infant  child.  In  1861,  Mr. 
Burnett  enlisted  in  the  I4th  Regt.  Ill.Vols.; 
In  the  Spring  of  1862,  on  account  of  ill 
health,  was  honorably  discharged,  and  re- 
turned to  Morgan  Co.;  is  now  living  on  his 
farm  comprising  70  acres 
BURNETT  RICHARD  B.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly. 
Fifty  years  ago  but  few  improvements  were 
manifest  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  Among 
the  early  settlers  came  Roland  Burnett,  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  who  raised  a  family  of 
nine  children.  Richard  B.,  whose  name 
heads  this  sketch.when  old  enough,  attended 
the  subscription  schools  when  the  duties  of 
the  farm  would  permit.  He  was  endowed 
with  a  strong,  energetic  disposition  that 
made  the  quiet  home  life  irksome  to  the 
young  man,  and  accordingly,  at  the  early 
age  of  nineteen.his  thoughts  turned  from  the 
scenes  of  his  youth,  and  with  a  light  heart 
and  lighter  pockets,  in  the  Winter  of  1848, 
he  set  out  for  Missouri.  On  his  arrival,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming ;  the  same 
year  he  married  Miss  Polly  Brammer.  For 
years  he  remained  in  Missouri,  and  then, 
accompanied  by  his  family,  he  set  out  for 
Illinois,  where  he  remained  five  years ; 
moving  back  to  Missouri,  he  remained  ten 
years ;  once  again  he  moved  to  Illinois, 
settling  in  the  vicinity  of  Waverly,  Morgan 
Co.  He  purchased  120  acres,  and  at  one 
time  owned  280  acres  ;  five  children  living  : 
Lucy,  Nancy,  Lucinda,  Lizzie,  Isham,  and 
Martha 

/CARPENTER  JAMES  F.  farmer 
^•^  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Waverly- 
Was  born  in  Wayne  Co.,  Ky.,  July  14, 
1829.  His  father  was  engaged  in  farming, 
and  in  1839  concluded  to  try  his  fortunes  .in 
the  West ;  reaching  the  Ohio,  they  crossed  it 
in  a  horse-boat,  a  craft  something  over  100 
feet  in  length,  constructed  very  much  like 
the  ferry-boats  of  to-day,  the  piincipal  dif- 
ference being  the  modern  boat  propelled 
by  steam  were  then  driven  by  mules,  who 
kept  the  paddles  in  motion  by  means  of 
machinery.  The  family  settled  in  Gallatin 
Co.,  111.,  where  William  Carpenter,  the 
head  of  the  family,  shortly  afterward  died. 
James  F.  was  then  but  eleven  years  old, 
but  at  this  early  age  he  had  to  perform  the 
the  hard  labor  of  the  farm,  the  snpport  of 


the  family  devolving  principally  upon  him. 
For  twelve  years  he  hired  out  to  neighbor- 
ing farmers ;  he  has  worked  for  five  dollars 
per  month  many  a  day,  and  split  rails  at 
twenty-five  cents  per  day,  and  at  night 
carded  wool  for  his  mother  to  spin.  At 
twenty-seven  years  of  age,  James  united 
his  fortunes  with  Lucy  A.  Wright,  who 
died  about  one  year  afterward,  leaving  one 
child,  which  died  in  early  infancy.  In 
1859  he  married  Ann  E.  Florence  ;  three 
children  blessed  this  union :  Mary  Ann, 
James  M.,  and  Martha;  none  of  the  chil- 
dren are  now  living.  During  the  Spring  of 
1864,  Mrs.  Carpenter  died  ;  the  following 
year  he  married  Miss  Nancy  E.  Elliot ;  five 
children,  four  living :  James  A.,  John  W., 
Charles  E.,  and  Lewis  H. 
Carroll  Edward,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Carroll  James,  renter.  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Franklin 
Carrigan  James,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Carrigan  Patrick,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Chambers  James,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
COCKIN  GEORGE,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Alexander.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  about  1815.  The  head  of  the 
family,  by  trade,  was  a  shipcarpenter.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-six,  George  crossed  the 
ocean  for  the  shores  of  America  ;  he  landed 
in  New  Orleans,  from  which  place  he  made 
his  way  into  Morgan  Co.,  settling  in  the 
vicinity  of  Jacksonville,  hiring  out  the  first 
year.  On  the  expiration  of  this  time, 
he  engaged  in  farming  on  his  own 
account  ;  about  the  year  1858,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Harriet 
Clayborough,  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Cockin  now  owns  200  acres  of 
choice  land,  and  as  a  farmer  is  a  success. 
Seven  children  blessed  this  union :  Sarah, 
Mary,  William,  George,  John,  Emma,  and 
Thomas 
Collins  Homer  C.  farm  hand,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

Waverly 

Copley  Napoleon,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Wav- 
erly 

CORBETT  DENNIS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Alexander.  Mr. 
Corbett  was  born  in  the  County  of  Limer- 
ick, Ireland,  March  2,  1829.  In  the  above 
county  young  Corbett  passed  many  years 
of  his  life,  and  received  a  very  liberal  edu- 
cation ;  at  the  age  of  twenty  he  bid  fare- 


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well  to  Erin's  Green  Isle ;  during  the  Win- 
ter of  1850  he  sailed  for  America,  on  board 
the  Otomoco,  arriving  in  New  Orleans 
after  a  voyage  of  seven  weeks.  From  there 
he  made  his  way  to  St.  Louis ;  shortly  after 
he  moved  to  Scott  Co.,  111.,  where  he  first 
worked  by  the  month.  He  married,  about 
1857,  Miss  Sarah  Marley,  a  daughter  of 
Patrick  Marley,  a  native  of  Donnegal,  Ire- 
land ;  in  1866  he  made  a  purchase  of  80 
acres  of  land,  the  property  he  now  owns. 
During  the  war,  he  contributed  liberally  of 
his  means.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Corbett  was  blessed  with  five  children, 
four  living  :  Catherine,  Mary  Ann,  Patrick, 
and  Sarah.  For  several  years  Mr.  Corbett 
was  a  resident  of  Logan  Co. 

Cox  Samuel,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  28, 
P.O.  Waverly 

Crabtree  John  C.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Franklin 

Cummings  James,  farm   hand,  P.O.  Franklin 

CUNNINGHAM  WILLIAM  D. 
Sec.  30,  P.O.  Franklin.  Looking  far  back 
in  the  past  to  those  who  were  born  in  the 
county,  or  who  first  sought  a  home  on  the 
prairies  of  Illinois,  seems  but  a  short  time ; 
a  little  over  half  a  century  ago  the  red  man 
held  possession  of  the  land  now  settled  by 
schools  and  churches.  As  early  as  1826, 
Peyton  Cunningham  set  out  for  the  unde- 
veloped West,  in  a  covered  wagon  drawn 
by  the  usual  slow  ox-team.  He  was  born 
in  Virginia  ;  his  wife  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  and  they  were  married  in  the 
eastern  part  of  this  State ;  settled  in  Mor- 
gan Co.,  in  the  vicinity  of  Jacksonville  ; 
buying  an  unimproved  claim,  the  head  of 
the  family  set  about  making  a  home  in  tl  e 
sparsely-settled  prairie ;  here  they  roughed 
it  in  common  with  their  neighbors.  In  the 
Spring  of  1859,  he  passed  off  the  stage  of 
life,  and  left  a  family  of  three  children : 
Diana,  W.  D.,  and  J.  H.  The  wife,  a  true 
specimen  of  the  pioneer  woman,  has  passed 
three-quarters  of  a  century  in  Illinois ;  is 
now  a  resident  of  Decatur,  aged  eighty- 
four  years  ;  her  general  health  is  still  very 
good,  and  her  memory  is  comparatively 
unimpaired.  W.  D.  Cunningham,  pos- 
sessed of  the  spirit  of  enterprise,  has  gotten 
together  a  fine  estate 

IpvARLEY     BENJAMIN,     renter,     P.O. 
^~^   Franklin 


Deakman  Casper,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Dewell  James,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 
Donahue  Wm.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dougherty    Harvey,    farm    hand,   P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Dueer  Wm.  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.  O.  Alexander 
Dunham  Hiram,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dyke  Edward,  renter,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Waverly 

T^ADOR  WILLIAM,  farmer  and 
"^^  stock  raiser,  Franklin,  Illinois.  Born  in 
Cass  County,  Illinois,  May,  1848,  where  his 
parents  moved  to  that  year ;  a  year  later 
they  settled  on  the  Mauvaisterre,  in  Mor- 
gan County ;  in  1868,  Mr.  Eador  married 
Miss  Lizzie  Scott,  daughter  of  F.  M.  Scott; 
one  child,  Edith  M.,  born  October  22, 
1869  ;  at  this  writing  resides  on  his  farm 
in  the  vicinity  of  Franklin 
EDMONDSON  ROBERT  (de- 
ceased) was  born  in  County  Tyrone,  Ire- 
land, in  1809 ;  his  father  by  occupation  a 
farmer,  who  died  in  the  early  infancy  of 
Robert ;  like  most  of  the  Irish  people 
in  the  neighborhood,  it  is  probable  the  land 
he  worked  was  held  by  lease  ;  to  his 
family' he  left  but  little  property  ;  when  old 
enough,  the  care  of  a  widowed  mother  de- 
volved upon  Robert,  jr. ;  the  mother  dying 
in  his  early  youth,  he  now  had  no  other  ties 
to  bind  him  to  the  beautiful  Isle  of  the 
Sea,  and  accordingly,  in  the  Spring  of  1833, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  having  united  his 
fortunes  to  Miss  Margaret  Allen,  he  emi- 
grated to  America ;  in  New  York  City 
and  New  Jersey  he  lived  about  twenty 
years ;  in  New  Jersey  all  of  his  chil- 
dren were  born ;  in  1853,  he  left  the 
Eastern  States,  where  he  had  passed 
many  years  of  his  life  as  a  business  man, 
and  traveled  westward,  and  settled  in  Mor- 
gan County,  on  farm  property ;  in  time 
came  an  estate  of  150  acres  in  the  vicinity 
of  Jacksonville  ;  in  1865,  his  wife,  in 
whose  society  he  passed  many  happy  years, 
died  ;  five  years  later  the  aged  husband 
also  passed  away,  leaving  a  family  of  eight 
children  :  William,  who  married  Miss  Ann 
Blake;  Amanda,  who  married  John  Mc- 
Kean,  who  died  in  the  aimy;  John,  who 
married  Miss  Padgett;  Robert  jr.,  who  still 
lives  in  single  blessedness;  Matilda,  who 
married  Judge  Henderson  of  Winchester 


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Scott  County;  Henry,  who  married  Nancy 
Baltimore;  Sandyman,  who  married  Miss 
Nancy  Wright,  and  Joseph,  who  married 
Miss  Sarah  Dalrymple 

EVANS  GABRIEL,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Franklin  ;  Mr.  Evans 
was  the  oldest  of  four  children  ;  the  father, 
Wm.  H.  Evans,  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Thomas ;  on  the  homestead  of  his  father, 
Gabriel  was  born,  April  30,  1817  ;  in  early 
youth  he  attended  a  subscription  school, 
where  the  lessons  were  taught  in  a  log 
cabin  ;  the  furniture,  as  described  by  Mr. 
Evans,  consisted  of  rude  wooden  benches 
that  required  considerable  agility  on  the 
part  of  the  scholars  to  sit  upright  on  them  ; 
logs  were  taken  out  the  entire  length  of  the 
building,  admitting  plenty  of  light,  and 
making  ventilation  abundant  ;  at  the  early 
age  of  fifteen,  his  mother  moved  to  an  ad- 
joining county  ;  he  remembers  many  scenes 
of  his  early  youth  ;  for  seven  years  he  was 
employed  on  a  farm,  his  sole  pay  being  his 
board  and  six  dollars  in  money ;  at  twen- 
ty-two married  Miss  Elizabeth  Kirby ; 
for  two  years  he  rented  property  in 
Kentucky,  and  then  moved  to  Ohio ; 
worked  his  first  month  for  thirteen  dollars 
a  month,  then  for  several  years  he  rented 
property,  and  then  set  out  for  Illinois  in  a 
covered  wagon  ;  after  a  month's  travel,  he 
settled  four  miles  south  of  Franklin,  Mor- 
gan County,  and  wintered  in  a  log  cabin 
belonging  to  Sam  Warner ;  the  following 
spring  he  rented  a  farm  of  80  a.cres,  of 
Mrs.  Governor  Duncan,  remaining  two 
years  ;  he  then  rented  property  of  William 
Stevenson  ;  two  years  he  rented  of  Wis- 
dom Wilburn  ;  in  the  Autumn  of  1850,  he 
moved  on  to  the  property  he  purchased 
shortly  after  his  arrival,  from  Dr.  Moore ; 
he  bought  an  old  log  house  and  moved  it 
from  Mauvaisterre  on  to  his  farm  ;  for  five 
years  he  lived  in  this  cabin,  and  then  came 
frame  houses.  Mr.  Evans  being  a  very 
energetic  man,  became  the  owner  of  an  es- 
tate comprising  480  acres,  brought  to  a 
high  state  of  cultivation.  There  are  ten 
children,  five  living  —  James  William, 
Sarah  M.,  Virginia  M.,  George  W.  and 
Mary 

Evans  George  W.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  7,  P.O.  Franklin 


CHARLES,  renter,  Sec.  17, 

P.O.  Franklin 

FEOBE  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Franklin.  The  gentle- 
man who  heads  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Limerick  County,  Ireland,  as  near  as  can 
be  ascertained,  in  1846  ;  in  early  infancy 
his  father  died,  and  his  mother,  left  to  the 
care  of  a '  growing  family,  concluded  to 
emigrate  from  the  Old  World  to  the  New, 
crossing  the  broad  Atlantic  in  a  sailing 
vessel,  bound  for  the  southern  port  of  New 
Orleans ;  shortly  after  arrival,  Mrs.  F., 
attacked  with  yellow  fever,  succumbed  to 
that  fatal  disease,  finding  a  last  resting- 
place  in  Southern  soil ;  the  oldest  of  the 
children  was  John,  then  in  his  twentieth 
year,  took  charge  of  the  family  of  seven 
children  ;  at  St.  Louis,  his  means  limited, 
he  was  compelled  to  transfer  the  children 
to  an  orphan  asylum  ;  James,  the  younger, 
remained  two  years,  and  then  entered  the 
employ  of  Patrick  Crotick,  of  Missouri,  two 
years,  and  then  moved  to  Bunker  Hill, 
Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  where  he  first 
worked  for  John  Kane,  five  years ;  for 
neighboring  farmers  he  worked  by  the 
month,  until  he  married,  in  1876,  Mrs.  Jane 
Feore,  relict  of  Martin  Feore,  his  brother  ; 
parents  of  Mrs.  F.  were  Michael  and  Cath- 
erine Kane,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  after- 
ward removed  to  America,  first  settling  in 
the  city  of  New  Orleans,  where  Mrs.  Feore 
was  born,  in  1850.  The  estate  comprises 
160  acres  of  valuable  land. 

FERGUSON  MARION,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Waverly.  But 
little  over  half  a  century  ago,  the  war- 
whoop  of  the  Indian  resounded  over  the 
prairies  of  Illinois,  where  we  now  see  im- 
proved farms  ;  through  the  tall  prairie 
grass  roamed  the  mighty  buffalo,  undis- 
turbed by  the  deadly  rifle ;  everywhere 
nature's  wilderness,  unbroken  by  the  tread 
of  the  white  man,  save  the  daring  hunter 
or  trapper  who  fled  from  the  encroach- 
ments of  civilization.  In  1830,  accompa- 
nied by  his  wife  and  children,  Mr.  Fergu- 
son, father  of  Marion,  set  out  for  Illinois 
in  a  covered  wagon,  drawn  by  one  yoke  of 
oxen  ;  locating  in  Morgan  County,  he  pur- 
chased land  from  speculators  near  what  is 
now  the  village  of  Woodson  ;  having  no 
capital  he  was  unable  to  meet  his  payments, 


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and  accordingly  rented  property  of  Jacob 
Strawn,  for  22  years  ;  he  married  Miss  Su- 
sanna Sandusky,  of  Kentucky  :  they  have  9 
children:  William,  Emeline,  Wallace,  Nancy, 
Jemima,  Champion,  Anthony,  Hannah,  and 
Marion,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  was 
born  in  Morgan  County,  1841  ;  he  was 
educated  at  a  subscription  school  ;  in  his 
twentieth  year  he  married  Julia  A.  Angelo, 
daughter  ot  David  R.  Angelo  ;  on  Septem- 
ber 2,  1862,  he  responded  to  the  call  for 
troops,  enlisting  in  Company  D,  loist  Il- 
linois Regiment,  at  Jacksonville  ;  engaged 
in  battles  at  Vicksburg,  Missionary  Ridge, 
Resaca,  Dallas,  and  Peachtree  Creek,  and 
through  Sherman's  Atlanta  campaign ; 
mustered  out  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, at  the  close  of  the  war  ;  there  are  six 
children  living :  Winnie,  Walter,  Harden 
H.,  Alice,  Hattie,  and  Mary 
Flamm  Joseph,  fanner  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 

8,  P.O.  Alexander 

FLEMING  CHARLES  E.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly ; 
was  born  in  Cass  County,  Illinois,  March 

9,  1851 ;  at  the  age  of  three  years  his  pa- 
rents  moved   to    Morgan  County,  settling 
near  Waverly  ;  Charles  received  a  liberal 
education,  sitting  on  a  rude  wooden  bench 
in  a  log  cabin,  where  the  cracks  between 
the  logs  gave  the  necessary  light,  and  ven- 
tilation was  abundant  ;  in   1872  he  united 
his  fortunes  to  Miss  Lucy  Teel,  daughter 
of  James  and  Valeria  Teel ;  two  children 
blessed  this  union  :  Ernest,  born  October 
6,  1873,  and  Leonard.  February  17,  1876 

FLEMING  ROBERT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
Fleming,  one  of  the  early  residents  of 
Morgan  County,  was  born  in  Pickaway 
County,  Ohio,  November,  1824.  In  the 
Spring  of  1838,  the  family  transferring  their 
hou-ehold  effects  on  a  flatboat,  the  little 
party  floated  down  the  Ohio  River,  and 
located  at  Golconda,  Illinois;  there  resided 
five  years,  receiving  part  of  his  education; 
at  the  end  of  this  time  the  family  plunged 
farther  into  the  interior  of  the  State;  they 
resided  at  Alton  one  year;  thence  to  Exeter, 
where  he  resided  fifteen  years;  there  he 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  S.  A. 
Crabtree,  daughter  of  John  Crabtree;  they 
were  married  January,  1847;  remained  in 
A  2 


Exeter  three  years;  after  this,  then  moved 
to  Cass  County,  six  miles  east  of  Beards- 
town;  there  followed  the  occupation  of 
farmer;  formerly  Mr.  Fleming  was  a 
cooper;  in  1855.  he  located  on  the  farm 
which  he  now  owns;  this  appears  to  be  his 
true  vocation,  for  he  became  a  very  suc- 
cessful farmer;  at  one  time  he  owned  280 
acres;  now  owns  240,  on  which  he  erected 
an  elegant  residence;  they  had  ten  chil- 
dren, nine  of  whom  are  now  living:  Wil- 
liam C.,  Charles  E.,  Granville,  John  S., 
James,  Nettie  M.,  Ettie,  AlmaE.,  Luannice; 
Clarissa  C.,  deceased 

FLEMING  "WM.  C.  school  teacher 
and  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Waverly.  Oldest 
son  of  Robert  and  S.  A.  Fleming,  born  in 
Exeter,  Illinois,  July  17,  1848;  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  Cass  County,  where  the 
family  afterward  moved,  he  received  his 
preliminary  education,  which  was  after- 
ward completed  in  Morgan  County;  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  became  a  teacher, 
which  vocation  he  has  since  followed 
successfully;  April  3,  1872,  he  married 
Miss  Sarah  F.  Morris,  a  daughter  of  Jas. 
and  Nancy  Morris;  two  children:  Robert 
L.,  born  July,  1874,  Clara  M.,  April,  1876 

/^ALLAHAR  DANIEL,  farmer,  Sec.  17, 

*-*     P.O.  Franklin 

Gaul  Patrick,  renter,  P.O.  Alexander 

Gavin  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.        P.O.  Franklin 

Gorham  John,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Griffin  Alonzo,  farmer,  Section  19,  P.O. 
Franklin 

GRAY  WILLIAM,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Franklin.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  notice  was  born  in  Cavan 
County,  Ireland,  May,  1829;  eighth  child 
of  Robert  and  Jane  Gray;  on  the  little 
farm,  situated  in  one  of  the  best  counties 
in  Ireland,  young  Gray  grew  to 
manhood;  possessing  that  sturdy  vigor 
peculiar  to  the  Irish  people,  and  to  better 
his  condition  in  life,  in  the  Spring  of  1849, 
he  sailed  for  America;  arriving  in  New 
York  he  made  his  way  into  the  State  of 
Ohio,  remaining  two  years;  he  then  plunged 
farther  westward,  and  settled  in  Morgan 
County,  Illinois,  where  he  first  worked  by 
the  month,  and  also  became  employed  as  a 
school  teacher;  in  1854,  he  was  united  in 


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marriage  to  Miss  R.  M.  E.  Stewart, 
daughter  of  Ira  E.  Stewart,  a  native  of 
Tennessee,  where  Mrs.  Gray  was  born,  in 
the  year  1833;  shortly  after  the  marriage 
Mr.  Gray  bought  land  in  Sangamon 
County,  comprising  70  acres,  where  he 
lived  seven  years,  and  then  moved  back  to 
Morgan  County,  on  the  property  he  now 
owns,  consisting  of  no  acres;  wishing  to 
give  his  son  the  advantages  of  a  college 
education,  he  moved  to  Lincoln,  Logan 
County,  Illinois,  where  he  resided  seven 
years;  Autumn  of  1875,  returned  again  to 
Morgan  County,  and  settled  on  the  farm 
property  heretofore  mentioned,  on  which 
he  erected  lately  a  beautiful  farm  residence; 
in  addition  to  possessions  here,  he  also  has 
a  nice  property  in  Lincoln;  three  children 
blessed  his  union  with  Miss  Stewart,  one 
only  now  living,  born  May  4,  1872;  having 
the  confidence  of  the  community,  he  has 
held  several  offices,  township  treasurer,  etc. 

TTAMILTON  H.  C.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Waverly 

HARDIN  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  34,  P.O. Waverly.  Judge  Hardin 
was  born  in  North  Carolina,  Jan.  18,  1825; 
at  nine  years  of  age  his  parents  moved  to 
Tennessee,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
valuable  land;  at  twenty-two  Mr.  Hardin 
attended  an  academy  or  seminary,  receiving 
a  liberal  education;  at  twenty-three  he 
became  a  resident  of  Kentucky;  remained 
two  years,  part  of  the  time  employed  as 
teacher;  Nov.  9,  1849,  he  married  Laura 

*  Van  Winkle;  the  following  year  he  settled 
in  Morgan  County,  Illinois,  on  the  well- 
improved  farm  he  now  owns;  since  coming 
to  the  county  Judge  H.  has  taken  a  leading 
position;  affable  and  courteous  to  all,  he 
has  the  respect  and  good  will  of  all  who 
know  him;  for  many  years  he  was  township 
treasurer,  and  also  held  the  responsible 
position  of  associate  county  judge;  when 
traitors  were  conniving  at  the  downfall  of 
the  republic,  John  Hardin  left  his  home 
for  the  scenes  of  warfare,  entering  the 
service  as  Second  Lieutenant  Co.  G,  joist 
Regt.  111.  Infantry;  battles,  Mission  Ridge, 
Resaca,  Dalton;  while  in  the  heat  of  action 
a  minnie  ball  on  its  deadly  mission  shat- 
tered his  foot,  making  amputation  neces- 
sary; Spring  of  1863,  promoted  First 


Lieutenant;  in  1864,  his  wife  died,  and 
during  the  autumn  of  that  year  Mr.  H.  was 
honorably  discharged,  and  returned  to  his 
western  home;  in  1 868,  he  became  a  can- 
didate for  county  sheriff,  on  the  Republican 
ticket;  owning  240  acres  of  land,  Judge 
Hardin  now  devotes  his  time  to  farming; 
five  children:  Frances  E.,  Thos.  H.,  John, 
William  B.,  and  Emma  J.;  Thos.  deceased 
Hardin  John  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Hardin  Wm.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

Hawkins  Peter,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Hecock  Presley,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hines  John,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  6, 

P.O.  Alexander 

Hobson  Robert,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Hoff  Frederick,  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Hood  Reuben  A.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Hoffstetter    Charles,  farm  hand,   P.O.    New 
Berlin,  Sangamon  Co. 

JONES     FREDERICK,    farmer,  Sec.   4, 
P.O.  Alexander 

Jones  Monterey  C.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Waverly 

TT'ANE    JOHN,    farm  hand,    P.O.  Alex- 

*^-     ander 

Kearnan  Edward,  farm  hand,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Kenny  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Kinney  John,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alexander 

Klopper  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  New 
Berlin,  Sangamon  Co. 

T    OVE     ARCHIBALD,     renter,    Sec.    5, 

^     P.O.  Alexander 

Ludwig  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Ludwig  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Ludwig  William,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Luken  Casper,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
9,  P.O.  Alexander 

LUKEN  HENRY,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Alexander.  Among 
our  German  speaking  population  none  are 
more  highly  respected  than  Henry  Luken, 
whose  life  has  been  characterized  by  up- 
right dealings.  He  was  born  in  Hanover, 


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Germany,  about  1818.  In  1839  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Louisa  Borg- 
stede  ;  in  1855  he  emigrated  to  America  on 
board  the  sailing  vessel  Bessell,  bound  for 
New  Orleans ;  arriving  in  New  Orleans 
from  there  he  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  thence 
to  Naples  and  from  there  made  his  way  to 
Sangamon  County,  first  working  by  the 
month,  then  rented  property  five  years  of 
W.  D.  Huffaker,  and  then  purchased  land 
and  now  owns  330  acres.  The  union  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.,  was  blessed  wiih  eight 
children,  five  living :  Casper,  Carrie,  Wil- 
liam, Henry  C.,  and  Sarah 

Luken  Henry  C.,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

LUTTRELL  JOHN  W.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin.  The 
gentleman  who  heads  this  sketch  was  the 
third  child  of  Hiram  and  Sarah  L.,  who 
were  natives  of  Kentucky ;  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Morgan  County,  where 
the  subject  of  this  notice  was  born,  Feb. 
22,  1837  ;  on  the  farm  his  parents  had  set- 
tled he  passed  away  the  days  of  his  youth. 
His  preliminary  education  wa/  received 
in  the  district  school  and  afterward  com- 
pleted when  the  free  school  system  came 
into  vogue.  When  the  War  of  the  Rebel- 
lion came  on,  and  the  Flag  of  our  Union 
was  in  danger,  he  responded  to  the  call  for 
volunteers  and  enlisted  in  Co.  I,  I4th  111. 
Vols.,  in  1861,  at  Jacksonville,  and  was 
there  mustered  into  the  service  and  shortly 
after  went  to  the  front  and  became  engaged 
in  the  battle  of  Pittsburgh  Landing,  siege 
of  Vicksburg,  Big  Hatchie,  and  many 
other  smaller  engagements.  Mr.  L.  be- 
came a  non-commissioned  officer  in  the 
capacity  of  2d  Sergeant.  On  the  23d  of 
June,  1864,  he  was  honorably  discharged, 
and  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Spring- 
Held,  111.,  and  returned  to  the  scenes  of  his 
early  life,  where  he  has  since  followed  the 
occupation  of  farmer.  During  the  Autumn 
of  1865  he  united  his  fortunes  to  Miss 
Nancy  Burnett,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Polly  Burnett.  Four  children  blessed  the 
union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Three  are  now 
living :  Sherman,  Minnie  E.,  and  Grant. 
At  this  writing  Mr.  L.  resides  on  his  farm, 
composed  of  150  acres  well-improved  land 

LUTTRELL  SMILEY  H.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Waverly  ; 


fifth  child  of  Hiram  and  Sarah  Luttrell, 
natives  of  Kentucky,  who  moved  to  Illinois 
at  its  earliest  settling,  locating  at  what  is 
now  known  as  Apple  Creek.  At  the  time 
of  which  we  are  writing,  Hiram  Luttrell 
was  but  a  boy  ;  horse  mills  were  then 
scarce  and  far  between,  and  it  frequently 
fell  to  the  lot  of  the  boy,  young  as  he  was, 
to  carry  the  grist  to  the  mill.  As  he  grew 
to  man's  estate  he  became  known  for  his 
force  of  character  and  kindness  of  heart. 
He  became  quite  a  successful  farmer  ;  he 
married  Miss  Sarah  Marston.  At  the  time 
of  his  decease,  which  occurred  April  22. 
1876,  his  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the 
Waverly  cemetery,  and  his  widow  is  now 
residing  in  comfortable  circumstances  at 
Waverly,  a  true  type  of  the  pioneer  wo- 
man, who  had  shared  with  her  husband  the 
hardships  of  their  early  settling,  weaving 
and  spinning  the  garments  for  the  chil- 
dren. Smiley,  roughing  it  in  common 
with  other  boys  of  that  period,  developed 
great  strength  of  character.  At  twenty 
years  of  age  he  married  Miss  Mary  Wyatt, 
daughter  of  Martin  Wyatt,  an  old  resident 
of  Morgan  County.  But  habits  of  econo- 
my and  industry  led  to  his  future  success  ; 
now  owns  160  acres  of  well-improved  land; 
six  children,  four  living  :  Charles  H.,  Geo. 
M.,  Emma  M.,  and  Luna  L, 

TV/T  ANDAVILLE  EDWARD,  farmhand, 

1V1    P.O.  Waverly 

MASSEY  LEWIS,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Franklin.  Oldest  son 
of  Wm.  and  Nancy  Massey,  who  were  na- 
tives of  Scott  County,  Kentucky,  where 
Lewis  was  born  about  1825;  Wm.  Massey 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  also  car- 
ried on  a  farm,  on  the  homestead;  young 
Lewis  attended  school;  in  1836  his  parents 
emigrated  to  Illinois,  in  a  covered  wagon, 
passing  through  Indiana;  at  the  end  of 
three  weeks,  located  in  Morgan  County; 
a  small  farm  was  purchased;  two  years  later 
the  head  of  the  family  died,  leaving  to 
the  care  of  the  pioneer  wife  nine  chil- 
dren to  provide  for;  for  many  years  the 
family  lived  in  a  log  cabin,  where  the  fare 
was  simple,  but  their  wants  easily  satisfied; 
all  of  his  children,  except  Jessie  and  John, 
are  residents  of  Morgan  Co.;  Lewis  Massey, 
must  necessarily  have  been  of  an  energetic 


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["  disposition,  for  we  find  all  his  descendants 
comfortably  situated  in  life;  many  of  them 
wealthy,  owing  to  habits  of  industry,  which 
lead  to  wealth;  the  first  school  that  Lewis 
Massey,  jr.,  attended,  was  taught  by  Joel 
Heddington,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  old 
Morgan;  before  the  war  Mr.  Massey  owned 
tracts  of  land  in  Missouri,  and  in  Morgan 
County,  Illinois,  some  300  acres;  in  1863 
he  married  Miss  Mary  Bennett,  who  died 
in  1871;  six  years  later,  married  Mrs. 
Martha  Hart,  daughter  of  Isaac  Allen;  in 
the  States  of  Illinois  and  Missouri,  he  owns 
1000  acres  of  land;  he  takes  a  leading  posi- 
tion as  a  farmer 

Massey  Wm.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  P.O.  Franklin 
McCarty  John,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Alexander 
MCCASLAND  WM.  A.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly.  Mr. 
M.,  was  the  third  child  of  Jas.  H.  and  Jane 
McCasland,  natives  of  Virginia,  and  South 
Carolina,  respectively,  who  settled  in  Ind- 
iana, in  an  early  day,  where  Wm.  was  born 
in  1833;  in  1839  the  family  departed  from 
the  Hoosier  State, wended  their  way  to  Illi- 
nois; in  Greene  County  they  remained  a 
short  time,  and  then  moved  near  the 
city  of  Jacksonville;  in  after  years, 
settled  on  a  farm  near  Waverly;  during 
this  early  settling,  Mr.  McCasland 
roughed  it  in  common  with  his  neighbors; 
hogs  were  then  sold  at  one  dollar  per  hun- 
dred, other  things  in  proportion,  which 
brought  on  considerable  distress  among  the 
pioneers;  in  time  however,  the  log  cabin 
gave  place  to  more  comfortable  buildings. 
The  old  people  lived  for  many  years  near 
Waverly,  where  they  passed  the  remainder 
of  their  lives;  they  left  six  children:  Sarah, 
who  married  Frank  Collins,  who  died 
in  the  service  of  the  U.  S.;  Mrs.  Collins 
afterward  married  Mr.  Graves,  and  now  re- 
sides in  Missouri;  John  M.  married  Miss 
Mary  Collins,  resides  in  Murrayville,  in 
Morgan  County;  William,  who  heads  this 
sketch,  married  Miss  Oretta  Pemberton,  of 
Oldham  County,  Kentucky,  Jan.  17,  1858; 
they  have  eight  children:  Rosa,  Ida,  Edith, 
Anna,  Josephine;  when  the  war  of  the  re- 
bellion came  on,  Mr.  Me  enlisted  in  the 
38th  Illinois  Volunteers,  Co.  A,  at  Spring- 
field; it  will  be  remembered,  this  regiment 
became  engaged  in  many  important  battles 
of  the  war,  and  accordingly,  the  subject  of 


this  notice  became  actively  engaged  at 
Stone  River,  Chickamauga,  Perryville,  and 
Corinth;  when  the  war  was  drawing  to  a 
close,  and  Sherman  had  driven  Johnson 
into  Georgia,  the  regiment  remained  under 
fire  some  four  months;  Mr.  M.  was  also 
engaged  in  battles  of  Buzzard  Roost,  Snake 
Creek  Gap,  Resaca,  Marietta,  Bald  Knob, 
and  other  smaller  engagements;  he  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Huntsville,  Ala- 
bama, Feb.  7,  1865;  two  years  later  he  re- 
turned to  Morgan  County,  where  he  now 
resides,  owning  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  well  improved  land;  Thomas,  a 
brother  of  Mr.  McCasland,  was  killed  at 
Murphrysboro,  Tennessee 

McCORMECK  JAMES,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Waverly.  Was 
born  in  Columbania  County,  Ohio,  on  the 
I5th  of  April,  1852;  when  James  was  eight 
years  of  age,  his  parents,  then  engaged  in 
farming,  set  out  for  the  West,  and  first  set- 
tled at  Galesburg,  Knox  County;  there  pur- 
chased 80  acres;  the  year  1865  found  the 
family  residents  of  old  Morgan;  settling 
three  miles  south  of  the  town  of  Franklin, 
on  a  farm  of  80  acres;  he  afterward  re- 
moved to  a  farm  near  Springfield,  Illinois, 
where  he  now  resides;  James, who  heads  this 
sketch,  received  his  preliminary  education 
at  a  district  school,  he  afterward  finished 
his  education  at  the  high  school  of  Wa- 
verly; March  i,  1874,  h£  was  married  to 
Miss  Sarah  Beckhold;  two  children:  Wil- 
liam, born  June  3,  1875;  Bertha,  Aug.  22, 
1877 

MCCORMICK  JAMES  R.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly.  In 
1834,  when  the  long  lines  of  emigrant 
trains  dotted  the  prairie,  John  McCormick, 
the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  left 
his  home  in  Kentucky,  and  moved  to  Illi- 
nois. He  was  born  in  1801  ;  married  in 
Kentucky  in  1829,  Miss  Jane  W.  Loch- 
ridge  ;  shortly  after  settled  in  Morgan  Co., 
111.,  near  what  is  known  as  Long  Point. 
In  Kentucky  Mr.  M.  had  been  a  surveyor, 
and  in  Illinois  he  'pursued  for  a  time  the 
same  calling  ;  being  a  man  of  learning,  he 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  neighbors. 
His  brother,  Samuel  McCormick,  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and 
there  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land ;  owing 
to  the  rise  in  real  estate,  he  became  very 


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wealthy,  and  died  a  few  years  ago  a  mil- 
lionaire. Three  years  after  his  settlement, 
James  R.  McCormick  died ;  he  left  a  family 
of  six  children :  Elizabeth,  Catherine, 
Nancy,  Mary,  John  A.,  who  enlisted  on 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  and  was  killed 
in  battle,  and  James  R.,  who  heads  this 
sketch,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1830. 
The  care  of  the  family  devolving  upon  him 
after  the  decease  of  his  father,  he  perhaps 
saw  the  rough  side  of  life  more  than  was 
even  common  with  the  pioneer  boy.  Mr. 
McCormick  well  remembers  when  biscuit 
would  be  eaten  but  once  a  week — on  Sun- 
day ;  the  meal  over,  the  next  Sunday  was 
anxiously  looked  forward  to.  James  be- 
came the  owner  of  the  old  homestead  ;  in 
1864  he  married  Miss  Sarah  Smith,  a 
daughter  of  Orin  Smith,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Little  York.  Mr.  McCormick 
at  one  time  owned  320  acres  ;  now  owns 
1 80.  Six  children,  five  living :  May,  Ed- 
ward, Orin,  Ralph,  and  an  infant  child 

McDonald  John,  renter,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

McDonald  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Meyer  August,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
4,  P.O.  Alexander 

Miller  A.  J.  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 

MOXON  JOHN"  (deceased),  who  was  for 
many  years  a  farmer  arid  stock  raiser  in 
Morgan  Co.,  was  born  in  Cambridgeshire, 
England,  March  25,  1824,  and  there,  from 
the  time  he  was  old  enough,  followed  the 
pursuits  of  agriculture.  At  twenty-two  he 
married  Miss  Mary  Nicholas.  In  1851,  to 
better  his  fortunes,  he  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica ;  landing  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans 
after  a  long  voyage  ;  after  a  voyage  up  the 
Mississipi  River,  they  arrived  at  Alton,  111., 
where  they  found  the  river  frozen,  and  ac- 
cordingly made  their  may  into  Morgan  Co. 
by  wagon.  Settling  near  what  is  now 
known  as  Alexander,  for  three  years  Mr. 
Moxon  rented  property  of  John  T.  Alex- 
ander, the  famous  stock  man ;  at  the  end 
of  this  time,  he  concluded  to  go  it  on  his 
own  hook  ;  bought  80  acres,  part  of  the 
property  known  as  the  Moxon  estate  ;  here 
he  labored  for  many  a  year,  his  efforts 
being  eventually  crowned  with  success. 
Aug.  20,  1862,  he  departed  this  life,  leav- 
ing to  the  care  of  a  devoted  wife  five  chil- 


dren, all  of  whom  are  living  ;  Maria,  Mary 
Jane,  Isaac  N.,  Elizabeth  Ann,  and  John 
Phillip.  The  estate  now  comprises  180 
acres,  due  to  the  untiring  efforts  of  Mrs.  M. 
Murray  P.  H.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 

XT  TCHOLAS    EPH.  farmer,  P.O.  Frank- 

1>l    lin 

NIEHAUS  AUGUST,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Alexander.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  youngest  of  a 
family  of'  ten  children  ;  his  parents  were 
natives  of  Prussia,  Germany,  where  August 
was  born,  about  1835  ;  on  the  old  home- 
stead, young  Niehaus  passed  his  boy- 
hood ;  at  twenty-two,  he  left  his  Ger- 
man home  for  America ;  after  a  long 
voyage,  he  landed  in  New  Orleans ; 
from  this  point  to  St.  Louis,  and  thence  to 
Morgan  Co.,  settling  in  the  vicinity  of 
Alexander,  where  he  first  worked  by  the 
month.  In  1861,  he  married  Miss  Minnie 
Meyers,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary 
Meyers,  natives  of  Germany,  where  Mrs. 
Niehaus  was  born,  in  1842.  Nine  children 
blessed  this  union,  seven  living :  Caroline, 
born  in  1863 ;  Louis,  1865  ;  Louisa,  1867  ; 
Minnie,  1869 ;  Augusta,  1872  ;  Anna,  1876  ; 
Emma,  1878  ;  Katy  and  Mary,  deceased 

OERRINE     LEWIS,    farm    hand,    P.O. 

Franklin 

Plumpe  Fred,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alexander 
Poolejohn  H.,  renter,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Franklin 

TD  AY  SILAS,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
•^  Reed  Thomas,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Reynolds    Lewis,   farm  hand,    Sec.  30,  P.O. 

Franklin 

Ridder  Stephen,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Roach  Thomas,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Ryan  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alexander 
Ryan  Michael,  jr.,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

C  AMPLE  WILLIAM,  renter,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 

^   Franklin 

SANDUSKY  JAMES,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Waverly ;  sixth 
child  of  Jacob  and  Melinda  Sandusky,  na- 
tives of  Kentucky,  there  engaged  in 
agriculture.  When  the  slow  moving  trains 
traversed  the  )prairies,  en  route  for  the 


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West,  Jacob  Sandusky  gathered  together 
his  worldly  goods  and  bid  farewell  to  the 
land  where  had  passed  the  best  years  of 
his  life ;  after  weeks  of  travel  he  settled 
in  Morgan  County ;  leaving  a  comfortable 
home  in  the  South  and  enduring  the  hard- 
ships of  a  western  life,  it  would  have  been 
strange  if  the  thoughts  of  Jacob  Sandusky 
had  not  turned  to  his  sunny  home  in  the 
South.  He  built  the  usual  log  cabin  and 
entered  eighty  acres  of  government  land  ; 
shortly  afterward  moved  to  Greene  County; 
for  the  past  ten  years  has  been  a  resident 
of  Nebraska.  All  of  the  children  were 
born  in  Morgan  County.  James,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1844  and 
grew  up  among  the  surroundings  of  pioneer 
life,  receiving  a  liberal  education.  At  the 
age  of  nineteen,  married  Miss  Mary  Jane 
Greenwood,  daughter  of  James  Greenwood. 
One  year  from  this  date  he  moved  to  Ne- 
braska and  entered  land  at  one  dollar  per 
acre.  For  three  years  he  remained  there, 
then  returning  to  Morgan  County  purchased 
160  acres  of  land  in  Town  14,  Range  8  ; 
now  owns  80  acres ;  six  children  :  Eddie, 
Albert,  Dora,  Ida,  Mary  and  James 

SchefTerkort  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Al- 
exander 

Scott  James  H.,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
15,  P.O.  Waverly 

Scott  Chas.  E.,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Waverly 

SCOTT  THOMAS,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Waverly.  When  the 
tide  of  emigration  first  turned  westward 
Thomas  Scott,  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
left  the  scenes  of  his  youth  for  the  fertile 
State  of  Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  Kentucky,  May  22,  1809.  On  his 
venture  across  the  prairies  to  Illinois  he 
hired  out  as  a  teamster,  to  John  Vanvvinkle; 
for  a  number  of  weeks  he  cracked  his  whip 
over  the  slow  moving  ox  team,  crossing  the 
Ohio  river  on  a  flatboat  propelled  by  pad- 
dles. He  made  his  way  into  Morgan 
County,  settling  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Jacksonville,  then  a  small  hamlet  where  a 
groceries  could  be  obtained  frequently  by 
barter,  the  enterprising  proprietor  always 
glad  to  see  a  customer  coming.  Mr.  Scott, 
for  many  years  rented  property  as  he  had  no 
capital.  It  was  some  time  before  he  be- 
came able  td  buy.  He  first  purchased  80 
acres  ;  at  one  time  Mr.  Scott  owned  some 


300  acres,  and  now  owns  250.     In  1843  his 
wife  departed  this  life   leaving  to   his   care 
three  children,  Wm.  H.  H.,  Angeletca   and 
Jas.  H.,  the  only  one  now  living.    In  1  844  he 
married  Miss  Clarissa  Maxfield;  five   chil- 
dren,   four    living  :     Sarah,    Elizabeth   J. 
Chase  and  Maggie  E. 
Sears  Henry,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
SHAFER  BERNHARD,  farmer,  Sec. 
4,  P.O.  Alexander.     Mr.  Shafer  was  born 
in   Prussia,  Germany,   July  29,   1839  ;  Jo- 
seph, his  father,  was  a  weaver  by  occupa- 
tion ;  this,  young  Shafer  followed  in  early 
youth;  in   1857  he  emigrated  to  America, 
landed  in  Baltimore,  Maryland  ;  from  there 
he  made   his  way  to  St.   Louis,  thence  to 
Morgan  County,  where  he  has  since  resided; 
in    1867   he   married    Miss   Mary   Linsey, 
daughter  of  John  Linsey,  of  Scotland  ;  they 
have  had  three  children,  two  deceased,  one 
now  living,  Kate  Lina 
Six  P.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Waverly 
Slavens  Isaac,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Sperry  Charles,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Steneyer  Bernard,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Ber- 

lin, Sangamon  Co. 

Stewart  J.  W.  T.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Stewart  A.  J.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Sweet    S.    B.    farm     hand,     Sec.    30,    P.O. 

Franklin 
Switch  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Franklin 


T^EEL  JOSEPH  E.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  Joseph  Teel  was  the  oldest  of  a 
family  of  nine  children  ;  his  father  was  a 
native  of  Virginia,  where  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  first  saw  the  light,  in  the  town 
of  Woburn  ;  in  his  native  place  he  passed 
away  his  youthful  days  ;  in  his  igth  year  he 
married  Miss  Mary  Johonat,  who  was  born 
in  Goffstown,  New  Hampshire  ;  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  Mr.  Teel  followed  farming  in 
Virginia,  and  also  supplied  the  markets 
with  country  produce  ;  in  1854  he  started 
for  the  West,  and  first  settled  in  Cannelton, 
Indiana,  becoming  employed  as  a  coal- 
miner  ;  originally  it  was  his  intention  to 
oversee  a  cotton  factory,  to  be  set  in  opera- 
tion by  an  eastern  firm,  which  proved  a 
failure  ;  it  should  have  been  stated  Mrs. 
Teel  died  in  1852,  prior  to  Mr.  Teel's  de- 
parture for  the  West  ;  by  this  marriage  five 
children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living  : 
Albert,  married  Miss  Jane  Read,  and  now 


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resides  in  Centralia,  Mo.  ;  Mary  W.,  mar- 
ried James  Bowland,  and  resides  in  Iowa  ; 
Ann  Eliza,  married  Joseph  Pile,  of  Pike 
County,  Illinois,  and  James,  married  Ma- 
tilda Beasely,  of  Morgan  County  ;  by  sec- 
ond marriage,  nine  children  :  Fanny,  who 
married  Monterey  Jones,  of  Boone  County, 
Missouri ;  Margaret,  Valeria,  Charles,  and 
Bertha.  In  1856,  Mr.  Teel  moved  to  Mor- 
gan County ;  he  first  became  a  renter ;  in 
in  1860  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his 
all  by  fire  ;  in  his  misfortune  he  had  the 
sympathy  of  all,  being  held  in  high  esteem 
by  his  many  friends  For  many  years  of 
his  life  Mr.  Teel  worked  early  and  late  to 
supply  the  wants  of  a  growing  family  ;  al- 
though not  owning  as  large  a  property  as 
some,  owning  160  acres  of  well  improved 
land,  gotten  together  by  years  of  labor  that 
would  have  discouraged  men  of  less  energy; 
it  may  be  well  to  mention  here  the  son 
of  Mr.  Teel,  Albert,  enlisted  in  Company 
I,  32d  Illinois  Infantry,  at  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, for  three  years  service  ;  from  this  reg- 
iment he  was  honorably  discharged,  and 
joined  the  lOist  Regiment,  participating 
in  battles  of  Shiloh,  Plymouth,  and 
many  other  smaller  engagements ;  he 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Butler ; 
James  also  enlisted  in  the  loth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  at  Camp  Butler,  in  service  on  the 
frontier  of  Texas 
Thornton  Wm.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 

WAN  WINKLE,  H.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P. 
*  Franklin 

VAN  WINKLE  JOHN,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Waverly.  Among 
theoriginal  pioneers  was  John  Van  Winkle; 
he  was  born  in  Jefferson  County,  Georgia, 
March  23,  1804;  it  is  probable  his  father 
was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  and  his  mother 
of  Georgia;  in  1804,  the  family  moved  to 
Kentucky,  and  there  purchased  land,  and 
erected  the  common  log  cabin;  there  the 
family  worked  early  and  late,  to  provide 
necessaries;  as  they  lived  in  between  the 
mountains,  it  was  no  uncommon  occurrence 
to  see  bear  and  panther;  the  clothing  wove 
and  spun  by  the  women  was  exceedingly 
comfortable,  and  looked  well;  at  twenty 
Mr.  Van  Winkle  married  Miss  Lovisa 
Pemberton,  who  was  born  in  Virginia; 
shortly  after  the  ceremony,  in  1826,  at  a  time 


when  but  very  few  had  set  the  example, 
they  set  out  for  Illinois,  his  wife  traversing 
the  distance  on  horseback,  while  he 
drove  a  covered  wagon ;  after  various 
incidents  in  the  way  of  travel,  the 
little  party  settled  on  the  Mauvaisterre, 
near  Jacksonville,  where  Mrs.  Van  Winkle 
would  frequently  go,  in  an  ox  wagon,  to  lay 
in  a  supply  of  provisions;  the  cabins  were 
sometimes  far  apart,  but  the  people  met  at  a 
raising,  and  the  laugh  and  joke  went  round: 
for  the  pioneers  who  have  contributed  so 
much  to  the  present  prosperity  of  the  country 
it  is  a  pleasant  task  to  look  back  to  the  past, 
noting  in  imagination  the  successive  stages 
of  improvement;  in  the  log  hut  where  now 
stands  the  large  residence  of  J.T.  Holmes, 
the  family  spent  many  happy  years*  and 
there  many  of  their  children  were  born; 
one  incident  in  the  life  of  John  Van  Winkle 
may  be  of  interest;  during  the  winter  of 
the  deep  snow,  being  a  large  man,  he 
would  frequently  break  through  the  crust 
formed  on  the  top;  to  avoid  that  he  pro- 
cured some  boards  the  necessary  length, 
and  attached  them  to  his  feet;  this  was  a 
bad  move,  for  although  he  did  not  break 
through  as  frequently,  when  once  down  it 
became  a  great  deal  more  difficult  to  regain 
the  surface;  Mr.  Van  Winkle  raised  a 
family  of  eight  children,  seven  of  whom 
are  now  living:  Mary,  Sophronie,  Simeon, 
Richard,  Simpson,  William,  and  Martin; 
Mr.  V.  is  one  of  the  most  conscientious 
men  of  this  county,  and  is  very  comfort- 
ably situated  in  life,  owning  200  acres ;  has 
owned  400  or  more 

Van  Winkle  Martin,  farmer,  P.O.  Waverly 
Van   Winkle    M.    A.    farmer,  Sec.   29,    P.O. 

Franklin 

VAN  WINKLE  N.  B.  (deceased); 
among  the  many  adventurous  men  who 
sought  a  home  in  the  West,  came  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  he  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  Kentucky,  November  II,  1802;  on 
the  old  homestead  were  passed  the  youth- 
ful days  of  Mr.  Van  Winkle;  there  he 
received  rather  a  more  liberal  education 
than  usually  falls  to  the  lot  of  most  farmer 
boys;  on  arriving  at  maturity  he  made  his 
way  to  Missouri,  and  there  married  Miss 
Sarah  Crow,  daughter  of  James  and  Rhoda 
Crow,  on  the  27th  of  November,  1832; 
the  following  December  he  settled  in  the 


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bounds  of  Morgan  County,  on  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Van  Winkle  estate;  the 
cabin  erected  by  them  was  a  fair  sample  of 
those  then  in  use;  it  contained  neither 
nail,  brick,  nor  sawed  board;  the  floor  was 
constructed  of  puncheon,  a  clapboard  roof 
being  in  use;  a  year  later,  a  hewed  log 
house  was  built,  more  attractive  and  com- 
fortable; Mr.  Van  Winkle  was  one  of  those 
men  of  rare  energy  and  judgment,  and 
accumulated  a  large  property;  the  broad, 
uncultivated  prairie  soon  gave  place  to  the 
well  improved  farm;  in  time  came  churches 
and  school  houses,  and  emigrants  began  to 
enjoy  life;  it  is  quite  likely  Mr.  Van  Winkle 
had  more  capital  than  usually  fell  to  the  lot 
of  the  pioneer;  he  first  taught  a  school  on 
the.  Mauvaisterre,  and  then  bought  120 
acres  of  land;  after  a  long  and  successful 
battle  with  the  world,  he  departed  this  life 
September  22,  1872;  he  left  an  estate  of 
538  acres;  he  was  a  very  successful  farmer; 
the  cabin  entered  by  the  family  is  still 
standing;  in  1869,  this  gave  place  to  the 
beautiful  residence  now  owned  by  the 
widow  and  heirs;  six  children:  Micajah, 
Rhoda  L.,  Maty  E.,  Martin  A.,  Henry  L., 
and  Jacob  E. 

Van  Winkle  Richard,  farmer,  P.O.  Wa- 
verly 

VIOLETT  WILLIAM,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  P.O.  Franklin;  third  child  of 
Thornton  and  Mary  Violett,  natives  of 
Kentucky  and  Indiana  respectively;  in  the 
State  of  Indiana  young  Violett  was  born, 
February  16,  1830;  same  year  the  family 
set  out  for  Illinois,  in  a  covered  wagon; 
they  located,  on  arrival,  near  Jacksonville, 
Morgan  County,  on  farm  property;  when 
old  enough  William  attended  a  subscription 
school;  at  twenty-four  he  married  Miss 
Sarah  Huddlestone,  of  Morgan  County; 
when  the  war  broke  out  Mr.  Violett 
enlisted  in  Co.  F,  I2gth  Regt.  111.  Infantry, 
in  1862,  remaining  in  the  service  three  years, 
becoming  engaged  in  some  of  the  most  im- 
portant battles  of  the  war,  such  as  Resaca, 
Burnt  Hickory,  etc.,  etc.;  on  the  close  of 
the  war  he  was  honorably  discharged,  at 
Washington,  D.  C.,  disbanded  at  Chicago, 
Illinois,  and  returned  to  Morgan  County, 
where  he  has  since  resided;  owns  no  acres 
of  land;  names  of  children  in  order  of 
birth:  George,  Mary  Ann,  Louisa,  Lyman, 


Marshall,    Newton,     Julia,     Nettie,    and 
Arthur 

Votsmeyer  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 


JOHN",  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alexander;  was 
born  in  Tipperary  County,  Ireland,  where 
his  parents  presided  over  a  small  farm;  he 
received  a  liberal  education  in  subscription 
schools;  September,  1849,  in  his  nineteenth 
year,  he  emigrated  to  America,  landing  in 
New  Orleans;  from  this  point  he  made  his 
way  to  Vicksburg,  Mississippi,  thence  to 
St.  Louis,  from  St.  Louis  to  Morgan 
County,  settling  near  Jacksonville,  where 
he  first  worked  for  Field  Samples,  in  a 
brick  yard,  for  $13.00  per  month;  for 
Theodore  Stout  he  worked  nearly  seven 
years,  and  there  procured  his  first  start  in 
life;  for  a  short  time  he  became  a  resident 
of  Sangamon  County;  on  his  return  to  Mor- 
gan County  he  rented  the  Roger  farm,  now 
belonging  to  the  Strawns;  there  he  married 
Johannah  Leahy;  in  1864,  he  bought  So 
acres  of  land,  part  of  the  property  he  now 
owns;  adding  to  this,  he  now  owns  120 
acres;  for  the  past  nine  years  has  been 
school  director 

WAL.SH  THOMAS,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alexander;  Mr.  W.  was 
born  in  Limerick  County,  Ireland,  in 
1819;  there  he  became  employed  on  his 
father's  farm,  from  the  time  he  could  handle 
a  plow;  his  education  was  received  in  sub- 
scription schools;  on  reaching  man's  estate 
he  left  the  little  green  spot  so  dear  to  every 
Irish  heart,  situated  near  to  the  broad  At- 
lantic; he  first  went  to  Montreal,  Canada, 
and  from  there  by  way  of  the  lakes  to 
Vermont,  where  he  married  Miss  Mary 
Gluly  ;  from  Vermont  he  made  his  way  into 
Morgan  County,  Illinois;  five  children, 
three  now  living:  James,  Morris,  and 
Hannorah;  Mrs.  W.  died  in  1859,  and 
the  following  year  he  married  Bridget 
Carroll;  by  the  second  marriage  ten  chil- 
dren, eight  living:  Mary,  Catherine, 
Michael,  Lizzie,  Thomas,  John,  William, 
and  Patrick;  it  may  be  well  to  mention  in 
the  life  history  of  Mr.  Walsh,  that  wages 
were  low,  money  scarce,  and  many  a  month 
he  toiled  on  for  eight  dollars  per  month; 
he  is  now  a  very  successful  farmer,  owning 


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240   acres,    acquired   by  an  industry  that 
would    have     discouraged     men    of    less 
energy 
Way  Charles,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Berlin,  Sanga- 

mon  Co. 

Welch  John,   renter,  Sec.  7,  P.O.    Alexander 
Wells  H.  H.,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
White  John,  farm  hand,  P.  O.  Franklin 
Whitlock  Geo.,  renter,  P.O.  Waverly 
Whitlock  John,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Waverly 
Wilhite   Benjamin    (colored),    Sec.  26,    P.O. 

Waverly 
Wilmoth    G.   E.    farm   hand,    Sec.  26,    P.O. 

Franklin 
Wilson    Benjamin,    farmer,    Sec.    32,    P.O. 

Franklin 

Wilson  George,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Woods  A.  J.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  20, 

P.O.  Franklin 

WOODS  JAMES  J.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Waverly  ;  oldest 
son  of  M.  F.  and  Sarah  Y.  Woods.  He 
was  born  in  Morgan  County,  Nov.  29, 
1857  ;  the  father  of  James,  M.  F.  Woods, 
is  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Morgan  Co., 
a  stirring  business  man,  who,  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  a  merchant  in  Waverly. 
James  went  through  the  usual  routine  of 
farm  work,  and  the  usual  course  of  study 
in  a  district  school  ;  at  22  he  became  the 
owner  of  160  acres  of  valuable  land  ;  Jan. 
5,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Luttrell,  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Sarah 
Luttrell.  Two  children:  Charles  C.,  born 
Aug.  12,  1874,  J.  J.,  born  May  12,  1877 
WOODS  SAMUEL  C.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Waverly.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  fourth  son 
of  Michael  and  Martha  Woods,  natives  of 
Kentucky,  where  Samuel  was  born  July  2, 
1816  ;  receiving  a  liberal  education,  at  21, 
possessed  of  an  enterprising  spirit,  he  con- 
cluded to  follow  the  fortunes  of  the  old 
pioneers  to  the  western  prairies,  and  in 
company  with  a  party  of  emigrants  he  set 
out  on  horseback.  Crossing  the  Ohio 
on  a  flatboat,  he  wended  his  way  to  Illinois, 
settling  in  the  vicinity  of  Waverly,  Mor- 
gan County,  where  he  first  worked  by  the 
month  for  William  Woods,  an  uncle,  for 
some  six  months,  attending  school  the  bal- 
ance of  the  year.  For  M.  F.  Woods,  a 
brother  and  merchant  at  Waverly,  he 
worked  some  two  years,  and  then  branched 


off  for  himself,  turning  his  attention  to  ag- 
riculture. July,  1849,  ne  married  Miss  Ma- 
ria Branson  of  Sangamon  County,  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Branson ;  one 
child,  Maria  Isabel,  who  married  Platt  S. 
Carter,  jr.,  of  Sangamon  County,  Aug.  5, 
1875.  Mrs.  Woods  departed  this  life  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  of  Waverly 
Jan.,  1877.  He  married  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Jackson  of  Audrian  County,  Mo.,  relict  of 
W.  G.  Jackson  of  Boone  County,  an  esti- 
mable man,  whose  death  occurred  Oct.  28, 
1869.  He  was  the  son  of  Col.  Francis  F. 
Jackson  of  Clark  County,  Ky.  Mrs.  Jack- 
son, now  Mrs.  Woods,  was  born  near  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  March,  1827  ;  her  parents  na- 
tives of  Kentucky,  and  Maryland,  the 
father  a  man  of  influence  and  wealth  ;  in 
1852,  the  partner  of  his  joys  and  sorrows 
was  laid  at  rest  ;  in  1867,  the  husband  also 
passed  to  his  reward;  a  man  of  sociable  and 
generous  disposition,  he  was  regretted  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends.  Following  the  for- 
tunes of  Mr.  Woods,  for  many  years  after 
his  first  marriage,  he  became  engaged  as  a 
merchant  at  Waverly;  retiring  from  this  in 
1857.  he  purchased  a  farm  of  180  acres,  the 
property  he  now  owns,  and  which  he  has 
brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation 
WRIGHT  JAS.  (deceased).  Among 
the  many  early  pioneers  of  Morgan  Co., 
came  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  de- 
serves more  than  a  passing  notice.  By 
those  who  knew  him  he  is  described  as  a 
man  of  strong  determination  and  iron  will. 
Making  his  way  from  Kentucky  in  compa- 
ny with  other  emigrants,  he  traveled  west- 
ward. He  was  born  in  Virginia,  settfed 
in  Kentucky  at  an  early  day,  and  there 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Sarah 
Head,  daughter  of  John  A.  and  Mary 
Head,  whom  he  married  Sept.  25,  1830. 
Reaching  Illinois  after  weeks  of  traveling, 
Mr.  Wright  settled  some  two  miles  south  of 
Franklin.  In  a  short  time  a  primitive  log 
cabin  loomed  up  on  the  sparsely  settled 
prairie.  At  this  date  he  was  cptemporary 
with  the  early  settlers.  Leaving  a  com- 
fortable home  in  the  South,  both  husband 
and  wife  found  it  at  times  a  difficult  task 
to  attend  to  the  duties  of  a  farm  and  care 
for  the  stock.  It  may  be  well  to  men- 
tion that  the  cabin  entered  was  a  very  rude 
affair,  with  a  puncheon  floor,  a  clapboard 


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door  in  use — to^be  sure  it  hung  on  a 
wooden  hinge,  and  perhaps  was  not  so 
common  as  those  that  graced  the  man- 
sions of  some  of  his  neighbors.  The  ta- 
bles and  chairs  were  of  the  usual  order ; 
the  place,  however,  bore  an  air  of  neatness 
that  always  made  the  little  home  attract- 
ive. In  time  land  rose  in  value  and  more 
substantial  buildings  began  to  appear.  A 
history  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Wright  would  be 
incomplete  were  we  not  to  mention  the 
early  incidents  connected  with  his  career. 
Once  a  year,  sometimes  twice,  he  would 
take  a  trip  to  St.  Louis,  distant  about 
ninety  miles.  At  times  it  became  neces- 
sary to  drive  a  drove  of  hogs  to  the  St. 
Louis  market.  On  the  return  trip  he 
laid  in  a  good  stock  of  provisions;  cloth- 
ing was  then  wholly  made  by  the  pioneer 
wife.  In  time,  however,  the  spinning 
jenny  gave  place  to  the  loom,  and  other 
improvements  became  manifest.  In  1872 
Mr.  Wright  died  and  was  laid  to  rest  in 
the  Franklin  cemetery.  His  death  was 
universally  regretted  by  all  who  formed 
his  acquaintance.  He  left  an  estate  of  400 
acres.  On  the  old  homestead  Mrs.  Wright 
is  still  living.  There  are  eight  children 
living:  A.  H.,  B.  F.,  Wm.  H.,  J.  A.,  G. 
M.,  T.  B.,  Maggie  and  Pamelia.  Sarah 
Wright  resides  on  Sec.  30,  P.O.  address, 
Franklin 


Wright  J.  Abner,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Waverly 

Wright  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Wright  Matilda,  widow  Shelby  Wright, 
Sec.  31,  P.O.  Waverly 

Wright  T.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Franklin 

WYATT  B.  W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Waverly;  eighth  child 
of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Wyatt,  natives 
of  Kentucky.  Prior  to  the  deep  snow  the 
Wyatt  family  followed  the  tide  of  emigra- 
tion westward,  settling  in  Morgan  County, 
near  what  is  now  the  City  of  Jacksonville, 
suffering  great  hardships,  often  going  with- 
out the  necessaries  of  life.  It  would  not 
have  been  strange  had  Mr.  Wyatt 
turned  back  to  his  native  place,  but  in- 
stead he  went  steadily  forward,  and  in 
time  came  success.  He  passed  away, 
April  28,  1878.  After  a  long  and  event- 
ful life  he  passed  away,  leaving  to  the  care 
of  his  wife,  who  now  lives  in  Virden,  Ma- 
coupin  County,  a  large  property.  B.  W. 
Wyatt,  who  heads  this  sketch,  was  edu- 
cated at  district  schools.  At  23  married 
Miss  Lizzie  Duggan,  who  died  some  years 
ago,  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  Springfield,  111. 
At  28  he  married  Miss  Louisa  Kennedy ; 
one  child 

y ONKER  STEPHEN,  farm  hand,  P.O. 
Alexander 


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A  LFORD    WM.    farmer,   Sec.    33,    P.O. 
-**     Franklin 
Allison   Geo.  carpenter  and  joiner,  Sec.  20, 

P.O.  Pisgah 

Antle  James,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Arthur  Josiah  B.  blacksmith,  P.O.  Franklin 
Austin  Ely,  miller,  P.O.  Franklin 

"DACON  ELIJAH,    farm    hand,    Sec.    29, 

'   P.O.Jacksonville 

Baglen  Antoine,  farmhand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Barton  John,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Beerup  Andrew,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Beerup  Chas.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Beerup  Douglas,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Beerup  John,  blacksmith,  P.O.  Franklin 
Belt  Wm.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Orleans 
Benson  Wm.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  I.  P.O.  Alexan- 
der 

Blalock  Nancy  Mrs.  P.O.  Franklin 
Bond  Jas.  farmer  and  stock   raiser,  Sec.  21, 

P.O.  Franklin 

Bonds  Wm.  lab.  P.O.  Franklin 
Bourland  Henry  T.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  35,  P.O.  Franklin 

BOURLANJ}  P.  G-.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr.  Bour- 
land was  born  in  Kentucky,  Aug.  31,  1827; 
Miles  Bourland  the  father,  by  occupation 
was  a  farmer;  thinking  to  better  his  for- 
tune, in  the  Winter  of  1830  he  set  out  for 
Illinois,  traversing  the  entire  distance  by 
wagon;  below  St. Louis  the  emigrants  cross- 
ed the  river  on  the  ice;  in  the  spring  of 
the  year  th-y  settled  on  the  broad  plains 
of  Illinois,  about  two  miles  southwest  of 
Franklin;  they  first  took  up  their  abode  in 
a  log  cabin,  and  immediately  began  to 
clear  away  the  timber;  the  following  winter, 
the  deep  snow  set  in,  which  caused  much 
suffering;  at  the  tender  age  of  six  years, 
young  Bourland  attended  a  subscription 
school,  held  in  a  log  cabin,  where  the  seats 
were  low  and  awkwardly  constructed,  and 
which  required  considerable  agility  on  the 
part  of  the  scholars,  to  balance  themselves 


upon;  at  twenty-seven  Mr.  Bourland  mar- 
ried Miss  Nancy  Ramsey  of  Ohio;  two 
children  blessed  this  union:  Leah  and 
Katie.  Mrs.  Bourland  died,  and  was  buried 
in  the  cemetery,  at  Franklin;  during  the 
Spring  of  1863  he  married  Susan  Seymour, 
six  children  were  born  of  this  marriage, 
four  of  whom  are  living;  two  dying  in 
early  infancy;  for  two  terms  Mr.  B.  be- 
came a  school  teacher,  and  during  the 
Mormon  uprising  took  an  active  part 
BOWYEB  JACOB,  during  his  life 
was  a  leading  farmer  of  Morgan  County, 
who  emigrated  from  Kentucky  to  Madison 
County,  111.,  as  early  as  1816  and  settled 
in  Morgan  County  two  years  later;  shortly 
after  his  arrival  in  Illinois,  he  united  his 
fortunes  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Samples,  and 
after  his  marriage  settled  on  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Bowyer  estate;  at  that  date 
there  were  no  counties,  and  it  will  be 
remembered  the  State  itself  had  not 
been  admitted  into  the  Union  until  that 
year.  There,  building  a  log  cabin,  they 
passed  many  years  of  their  lives;  gradually 
emigrants  came  to  the  county,  and  towns 
and  cities  sprang  up  as  if  by  magic;  during 
the  early  settlement  it  was  no  uncommon 
occurrence  to  go  to  St.  Louis,  and  there 
lay  in  a  stock  of  groceries,  and  go  to  mill, 
the  distance  being  90  miles;  settlers  would 
take  turns  in  going,  so  as  not  to  interfere 
more  than  was  possible  in  the  work  of  the 
farm;  the  capital  of  Mr.  Bowyer  could  then 
be  easily  carried;  but  his  wants  were  few 
and  easily  supplied;  as  the  years  went  by, 
he  acquired  by  dint  of  hard  labor  and  self- 
denial,  a  fine  property;  about  the  year 
1834  Mis.  Bowyer  died,  leaving  to  the  care 
of  her  husband  four  children:  Thomas  B., 
John  B.,  Washington  and  James;  some 
years  after  he  married  Millie  G.  Masters, 
they  lived  together  fourteen  years,  when 
the  second  wife  taking  ill  with  fever,  also 
died,  leaving  one  child;  in  1864  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Judith  Davis  of  Morgan  County, 


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whose  former  husband  set  out  for  Cumber- 
land, Tenn.,  as  he  never  returned  it  is  sup- 
posed he  was  murdered;  by  her  first  mar- 
riage Mrs.  Bowyer  had  three  children: 
Elleanor,  Elizabeth,  and  Amanda;  James, 
the  youngest  by  first  marriage,  now  living 
on  the  old  homestead,  is  the  owner  of  149 
acres,  he  married  Emily  Spaenhower,  of 
Morgan  County;  three  children:  Sarah  E., 
William  T.,  and  Mary  Jane 
BOWYER  WILLIAM,  deceased. 
As  we  look  about  us  at  the  present  day, 
witnessing  the  vast  changes  that  have 
taken  place  in  the  county,  how  little  do 
we  think  of  the  hardships  endured  by  the 
pioneer,  to  bring  it  to  its  present  stage  of 
prosperity.  In  1833,  when  but  few  white 
covered  wagons  traveled  westward.  Wm. 
Bowyer,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
three  children,  set  out  for  Illinois,  not 
knowing  what  fare  he  should  find  or  hard- 
ships would  in  after  years  fall  to  his  lot. 
Traveling  with  an  ox  team,  at  the  end  of 
six  weeks  he  located  in  Morgan  County, 
as  a  permanent  resident,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Waverly;  two  years  prior  to  this  he  had 
visited  the  county.  On  the  farm  now  oc- 
cupied by  Matt  Kennedy,  he  built  the 
usual  log  cabin.  At  times  it  became  ex- 
tremely difficult  to  adapt  themselves  to 
their  rude  western  home;  arriving  without  a 
dollar,  Mr.  Bowyer  procured  the  necessa- 
ries of  life  by  barter.  Did  the  early  set- 
tler become  unfortunate, willing  hands  were 
always  ready  to  assist.  Like  nearly  all  the 
early  settlers,  in  due  process  of  time  he 
became  the  owner  of  a  comfortable  estate. 
He  died  in  the  Autumn  of  1849;  tne  prop- 
erty reverted  to  his  wife.  This  sketch 
would  be  incomplete  were  we  to  omit  the 
many  good  qualities  of  Mr.  Bowyer;  his 
kindness  of  heart  was  well  known,  and  no 
man  in  need  was  ever  turned  away  from 
his  door;  when  he  died  the  county  lost  one 
of  its  most  useful  citizens.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him  many  years,  and  passed  off  the 
stage  of  life  in  1873;  her  death  was  univer-  • 
sally  regretted.  The  estate  is  now  divided 
among  his  children;  John  died  in  1848; 
James  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Dallas,  in 
1863;  Joseph  and  George  reside  in  Mor- 
gan County;  Joseph  owns  130  acres;  March 
15,  1855,  he  married  Miss  Malinda  Jones, 
daughter  of  Robert  Jones,  one  of  the  first 


settlers  of  Morgan  County;  seven  children 
blessed  this  union,  six  now  living:  Charles, 
John,   Lou,   Ida,   Jessie,   and  Adda.     Mr. 
Bowyer   was  born  in  Adair  County,  Ken- 
tucky, Dec.  15,  1832 
Boyer  Jas.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Boyer  Jas.  W.  farmer,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Boyer  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BOYER  THOMPSON,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Pisgah.  Over 
half  a  century  ago,  in  the  year  1820,  the 
parents  of  Mr.  Boyer  settled  in  Morgan 
Co.,  near  the  present  farm  residence  of 
Judge  Wood,  entered  a  homestead  of  gov- 
ernment land,  and  erected  thereon  a  log 
cabin  of  the  usual  description.  In  that 
rude  structure  young  Boyer  first  saw  the 
light,  in  November,  1825.  For  a  number 
of  years  the  family  lived  comfortable  here; 
before  the  deep  snow  set  in,  moved  into 
a  hewn  log  building,  where  the  old  people 
lived  for  many  years,  and  in  Morgan  Co. 
passed  the  remainder  of  their  days.  The 
date  of  the  mother's  death  is  uncertain, 
but  is  supposed  to  be  in  1842  ;  and  the 
father  (Jacob)  died  in  the  Spring 
of  the  present  year,  1878.  There  are 
now  living  five  children:  John,  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  a  resident  of  Missouri ; 
Thompson,  and  Washington,  who  are  resi- 
dents of  California  ;  James  resides  on  the 
Boyer  estate  ;  Thompson  married  Miss  So- 
phronie  Luttrell,  daughter  of  Lot  and  Susan 
Luttrell,  who  were  raised  in  Kentucky, 
there  married,  and  removed  to  Illinois  in  an 
early  day.  Mr.  Luttrell  acquired  a  fine 
property,  and  was  universally  respected  by 
all  in  the  community  where  he  lived  ;  he 
died  in  1862,  after  a  long  life  of  usefulness. 
The  wife  still  survives,  living  with  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  The  union  of  Mr. 
Boyer  with  Miss  Luttrell  was  blessed  with 
five  children  :  Henry,  Mary  Jane,  James 
W.,  George  W.,  and  Charles  M. 
Braswell  Ben.  J.  retired  farmer,  Franklin 
Brasswell  James,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Bridges  Susanah,  laundress,  Franklin 
Bridges  William,  lab.  Franklin 
Briley  Thomas,  farm  hand,  Sec,  10,  P.O. 

Pisgah 

BROWN  THOMAS  C.  farmer  and 
breeder  of  short-horn  cattle  and  fine  sheep. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was'the  youngest 


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633 


of  a  family  of  ten  children  ;  he  was  born 
near  the  city  of  York,  England,  in  the  year 
1816.  Remaining  on  his  father's  farm  up 
to  the  age  of  thirty,  he  married  Elizabeth 
Wilson,  daughter  of  John  Wilson,  who  was 
by  occupation  a  carpenter  and  joiner.  Tak- 
ing passage  on  board  a  sailing  vessel,  in 
1846,  he  arrived  in  New  Orleans  after  a 
voyage  of  several  weeks  ;  remaining  a  short 
time  there,  then  made  his  way  to  what  was 
then  the  far  western  State  of  Illinois  ;  he 
first  settled  at  Indian  Creek,  in  Morgan 
Co.,  renting  land  for  two  years  there  ;  he 
then  removed  to  the  farm  he  now  owns  ;  at 
this  date  he  would  often  go  twenty  miles 
to  a  horse-mill,  where  grain  was  ground 
for  early  settlers ;  he  relates  that  there  then 
stood  an  old  water-mill  on  Indian  Creek, 
perhaps  the  only  one  in  the  county  at  that 
time ;  on  the  Mauvaisterre,  also,  a  horse- 
mill  was  erected,  where  the  settlers  would 
go  to  get  their  grist  ground ;  they  would 
sometimes  remain  two  or  three  days,  amus- 
ing themselves  while  there  pitching  quoits, 
and  other  like  diversions.  After  many  years 
of  hard  labor,  he  became  the  owner  of  270 
acres  of  as  choice  land  as  can  be  found  any 
where,  and  as  a  farmer  is  a  success,  doing 
his  work  systematically  and  energetically. 
Coming  to  America  with  no  capital,  it  is  to 
his  credit  that  he  has  succeeded  so  well  in 
life.  One  child,  Charles  W.  born  April  2, 
1850. 

BRUNK  J.  T.  livery  and  feed  stable, 
Franklin;  son  of  Jesse  and  Naomi,  natives  of 
Kentucky  and  Maryland,  respectively.  Mr. 
B.  was  born  in  the  year  1829,  in  Kentucky  ; 
his  parents  moved  there  at  an  early  day,  and 
in  1831  removed  to  Morgan  Co.,  arriving 
there  during  the  winter  of  the  deep  snow  ; 
shortly  after  his  arrival  the  head  of  the 
family  purchased  land,  in  due  course  of 
time,  and  became  a  very  successful  farmer. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  in 
subscription  schools,  attending  the  school 
presided  over  by  Manual  Metcalf ;  before 
coming  of  age  he  became  a  farmer  ;  at  nine- 
teen married  Martha  D'epledge,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Depledge,  and  by  her  had 
three  children :  Mary  N.,  Jonathan,  and 
J.  T.  Mrs.  Brunk  passed  off  the  stage  of 
life  some  years  ago.  In  1859  he  married 
Evelyn  Jolly,  daughter  of  Eliza  Jolly,  of 
Franklin  ;  by  last  marriage  four  children  : 


Elisha  E.,  Charles  E.,  Nettie  A.  and  Wil- 
liam C.     Mr.  Brunk  first  went  into  busi- 
ness at  Orleans  Station,   Morgan  Co.;  in 
Franklin  was    a   grocer   for   a  number  of 
years  ;  in  1876  opened  a  livery  stable  —  the 
only   one    in    town.     Mr.  B.  is  above  the 
average  height,  attaining  the  stature  of  six 
feet  and  seven  inches 
Buchanan  Hardin,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Buchanan    Thomas    B.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 

Pisgah 

Burch  James,  constable,  Franklin 
Burch  Willis,  lab.  Franklin 
Burk  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin 
Busey   William,    farm    hand,    Sec.  30,   P.O. 
Jacksonville 


— 


HOOPES,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Pisgah.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  a  family  of  seven  children,  and  the 
only  one  now  living  ;  he  was  born  in  Ches- 
ter Co.,  Pa.,  June  26,  1809  ;  his  father  by 
occupation,  was  a  farmer,  in  good  circum- 
stances. Up  to  the  age  of  sixteen,  young 
Carlyle  remained  on  the  farm  ;  he  then  be- 
came apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  scythe- 
making,  and  served  five  years,  becoming  a 
skillful  workman  ;  removing  to  Vincent,  he 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Margaret 
Cooper  ;  they  were  married  in  February, 
1834;  the  following  year  went  to  Phoenix- 
ville,  and  there  he  worked  twelve  years  ; 
In  1852  he  set  out,  accompanied  by  his 
family,  for  Illinois  ;  traveling  by  rail  and 
by  water  through  Pittsburgh,  they  arrived 
at  Naples,  111.;  from  there  made  their  way 
to  Morgan  Co.,  settling  near  Franklin  on 
the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Carlyle  ;  pur- 
chasing 40  acres  then,  now  owns  130  acres  ; 
eight  children,  seven  living  :  James,  now  a 
resident  of  Morgan  Co.,  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, served  four  years  in  the  late  war  of 
rebellion,  cavalry  service  ;  Ezra,  who  be- 
came a  minister  of  considerable  promi- 
nence ;  Samuel  D.,  who  became  a  physi- 
cian, now  a  resident  of  Palmyra,  111.  ; 
Phoebe,  who  married  George  Gibson,  a 
school-teacher,  and  who  also  manages  the 
farm  property  of  Mr.  Carlyle;  Amanda, 
married  William  Stott,  and  now  resides  in 
Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Carson  Andrew,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 


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Childers  Mathew,  farm  hand,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

C  LARK  Dr.  pastor  M.  E.  Church,  Frank- 
lin, was  the  second  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Clark,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born. 
The  father  of  Dr.  Clark  was  a  very 
successful  farmer,  educated,  who  in  his 
time  was  the  associate  and  friend  of  some 
of  the  leading  men  of  America  ;  he  was  the 
classmate  of  Martin  Van  Buren,  afterward 
president  of  the  U.S.;  his  acquaintance  with 
Mr.  Van  Buren  soon  ripened  into  a  cordial 
friendship.  Thomas  Benton,  who  was  af- 
terward United  States  Senator  from  Mis- 
souri, was  also  in  earlv  life  an  intimate 
friend,  being  a  relative  on  the  wife's  side, 
and  who  was  the  grand-uncle  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  In  the  war  of  1812, 
the  elder  Clark  took  a  prominent  part,  and 
served  as  a  staff-officer  under  Gen.Winfield 
Scott,  who  afterward  achieved  so  much 
fame  in  the  war  with  Mexico.  On  his  retire- 
ment from  the  army,  he  settled  down  to  a 
quiet  agricultural  life.  In  business  he  was 
systematic,  believing  what  was  worth  doing 
at  all  was  worth  doing  well  ;  a  man  of  un- 
swerving integrity,  having  the  respect  of 
all  who  formed  his  acquaintance.  Dr. 
Clark,  who  heads  this  sketch,  is  said  to 
resemble  his  father  in  features,  and  of 
the  same  height  and  weight.  In  1840, 
the  family  settled  near  Quincy,  111.,  and 
here  Mr.  Clark  shortly  after  died,  and  was 
laid  at  rest  in  the  Menden  cemetery ;  his 
wife,  who  had  been  his  companion  for  half 
a  century,  still  survives,  residing  on  her 
farm  near  Quincy,  and  is  upward  of  eighty 
years  of  age.  Dr.  Clark  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  Chatauqua  Co.,  N. 
Y.  ;  at  nineteen,  married  Miss  Hannah 
Steel,  of  Chatauqua  Co.  The  dream  of 
the  farmer  boy  was  to  become  proficient  in 
theology  and  medicine  ;  his  father  had  died, 
leaving  the  family  in  somewhat  moderate 
circumstances,  and  the  care  of  the  family 
devolved  upon  the  youth  ;  often  he  has 
worked  hard  all  day,  and  then  studied  dur- 
ing the  greater  portion  of  the  evening ;  in 
time  he  became  a  ripe  scholar,  and  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  theological  conference  ;  for  twen- 
ty-one years  he  has  held  the  pastorate  of 
different  churches,  during  which  time  he 
also  practiced  as  a  physician  and  surgeon. 


The  union  of  Dr.  Clark  to  Hannah  Steel 
was   blessed  with  two  children,  who  died 
from  typhoid  fever  in  Ottawa,  111. 
Clark  Stephen  C.  farmer,  Sec.  i,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

CLARK  AVILLIAM  C.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  i,  P.O.  Alexander.  Born 
in  Athens  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  6,  1818,  where 
his  parents  moved  at  an  early  day.  In 
1822,  the  Clark  family  came  to  Ross  Co., 
Ohio,  and  thence  to  Licking  Co.;  here  the 
old  folks  remained  until  they  passed  off  the 
stage  of  life.  Young  Clark  there  turned 
his  attention  to  farming  ;  Oct.  15,  1843, 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  Pence,  daughter  of 
Abraham  Pence,  a  native  of  Virginia;  in 
the  Autumn  of  1845,  he  settled  in  Menard 
Co.;  Nov.  8,  1846,  settled  in  the  vicinity  of 
where  Alexander  is  now  located  ;  in  1850, 
purchased  land  ;  in  1845,  Mrs.  Clark  died  ; 
in  1851,  he  married  Miss  Sarah  J.  Samples, 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Nancy  Samples, 
who  were  among  the  early  pioneers  of 
Morgan  Co.;  this  was  the  year  of  cholera 
in  Morgan  Co.,  from  which  his  second 
wife  died,  on  the  5th  of  July  ;  on  the  22d  of 
February,  1852,  he  married  Miss  Sarah 
Samples,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Pollie 
Samples.  For  several  years  Mr.  Clark 
was  town  trustee  ;  is  the  owner  of  120 
acres  of  valuable  property 
Clayton  Francis,  boarding  house,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Clayton  Geo.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Clayton  Jas.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Clayton  Jas.  N.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Clayton  Wm.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Clayton  Wm.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.  O.  Jack- 
sonville 

COATES  JOB,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  19,  P.O.  Pisgah.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of 
nine  children,  his  father  was  a  farmer  in 
good  circumstances,  in  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, where  young  Coates  was  born,  Nov. 
23,  1848;  at  the  early  age  of  twenty-two 
he  took  passage  on  board  the  steamship 
City  of  Washington,  for  America;  the  trip 
was  made  in  a  short  time;  at  the  end  of 
fourteen  days,  he  landed  in  Morgan;  he 
first  worked  by  the  month;  for  three  years 
he  rented  farm  property;  at  the  end  of  five 
years  he  made  a  purchase  of  160  acres  of 
prairie  and  ten  acres  of  timber;  since  the 


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purchase  was  made,  Mr.  Coates  has  put  in 
many  days  of  hard  labor;  possessed  of  that 
energetic  disposition  that  characterizes  the 
English  farmer,  his  venture  in  America 
proved  successful;  he  now  owns  210  acres 
of  well  improved  land;  on  coming  to 
America,  he  had  nothing  comparatively 
speaking,  and  his  success  for  one  who  is 
still  in  the  prime  of  life,  speaks  well  for 
his  enterprise 

Cole  Edward,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
CONKLE  MICHAEL,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
Third  child  of  Henry  and  Mary  Conkle, 
who  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania;  after- 
ward moved  to  Ohio,  and  were  there  mar- 
ried; for  many  years  Henry  Conkle  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farmer  and  team- 
ing, near  Lancaster,  Fairfield  County, 
Ohio,  where  Michael  was  born,  Oct.  7, 
1830;  in  1843  the  family  moved  westward, 
and  located  near  Jacksonville,  111.,  Mor- 
gan County,  where  the  old  people  passed 
the  remainder  of  their  days;  for  seven  years 
Michael  worked  for  Rufus  Calif,  a  prom- 
inent farmer  in  Piatt  County,  an  exten- 
sive cattle  dealer;  while  here  was  princi- 
pally engaged  in  cattle  buying,  and  trading 
in  cattle;  for  many  years  he  became  asso- 
ciated in  cattle  speculations  with  John  T. 
Alexander,  and  afteiward  with  his  sons; 
For  Mr.  M.  F.  Woods  he  also  shipped  cat- 
tle to  New  York,  having  made  arrange- 
ments with  the  well  known  A.  M.  Aller- 
ton  of  New  York  city,  and  H.  M.  Staly,  of 
Morgan  County;  becoming  quite  success- 
ful in  1866,  he  leased  over  one  thousand 
acres  of  land  from  Gates,  Strawn  and 
David.and  also  continued  his  cattle  specula- 
tions; he  of  course  met  with  reverses,  but 
was  a  shrewd  buyer,  and  universally  suc- 
ceeded in  his  ventures;  in  1871  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sarah  Parsley,  daughter  of 
William  J.  and  Elizabeth  Parsley,  natives 
of  Tennessee;  in  1876  he  purchased  the 
estate  of  Robert  Morrison,  where  he  now 
resides;  the  property  comprises  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  acres,  on  which  was 
erected  by  Mr.  Morrison,  a  beautiful  res- 
idence; children:  Luada  and  Jenny 
Conlee  Alvan,  farmer,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Conlee  Whitfield,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  16,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Connolly  Arsula,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


COONS  J.  M.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Morgan  County.  Illi- 
nois, near  the  city  of  Jacksonville,  on  the 
I3th  day  of  November,  1835;  he  is  the 
eldest  son  of  Joseph  Coons,  who  was  born 
in  the  State  of  Ohio,  Hamilton  County, 
near  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  on  the  igthday 
of  February,  1807;  was  raised  in  and  re- 
mained near  the  same  place  (was  married 
to  Miss  Sophia  McCullough,  on  the  22d 
day  of  May,  1832)  until  the  year  1834, 
when  he  came  to  the  State  of  Illinois; 
stopped  for  a  short  time  near  Jacksonville; 
from  there  (in  the  year  1836)  he  moved  to 
Macoupin  County,  Illinois;  entered  land 
three  miles  northeast  of  Scottville,  is  still 
living  on  the  same  place,  and  is  still  enjoy- 
ing good  health;  can  say  what  but  few 
men  of  his  age  can  say:  he  has  raised  a 
family  of  nine  children,  the  oldest  now 
forty-five,  and  the  youngest  twenty-three 
years  of  age,  without  the  loss  of  one;  five 
daughters  and  four  sons.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  raised  on  the  above  named 
farm  in  Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  and 
living  in  what  was  then  a  new  country,  did 
not  have  the  advantages  of  an  early  educa- 
tion; but  being  a  lover  of  books  he  made 
considerable  progress  in  his  studies,  and 
when  about  eighteen  years  old  he  applied 
himself  diligently  to  procure  a  liberal 
education;  being  then  old  enough  to  see 
and  appreciate  the  same,  he  soon  qualified 
himself  for  teaching,  which  occupation  he 
followed  successfully  for  about  four  years; 
in  the  Fall  of  1858,  he  went  to  Ohio  to  visit 
relatives,  and  while  there  again  applied 
himself  to  school;  in  the  Spring  of  1859,  he 
graduated  from  R.  S.  Bacon's  commercial 
college,  of  Cincinnati;  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  returned  to  Illinois,  and  again 
taught  school;  was  married  to  Miss  Lucinda 
Smith  (second  daughter  of  Elder  Samuel 
Smith,  of  Macoupin  County,  Illinois),  on 
the  22d  of  February,  1860;  after  marriage 
followed  farming  until  1866,  when  he 
came  to  Franklin,  Morgan  County,  Illinois; 
went  into  the  milling  business,  which  occu- 
pation he  followed  until  the  Spring  of  1876, 
when  he  went  into  the  business  he  now 
follows,  to-wit:  dealer  in  groceries,  drugs, 
hardware,  tobacco,  cigars,  notions,  etc.,  etc.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coons  have  had  six  children, 
four  living:  Lullie  Alice,  twelve  years  old; 


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John  L.,  ten  years;  Nellie  H.,  eight  years, 
and  Joanna  May,  four  years 

Cox  Albert,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  -P.O. 
Alexander 

Cox  Coriden,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cox  David  M.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Orleans 

Cox  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Craig  Maria  Mrs.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

CRISWELL  WILLIAM,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Franklin;  fourth 
son  of  Geo.  and  Jane  Criswell;  Geo.  was 
born  in  Alabama,  and  his  wife  a  native  of 
Tennessee,  and  who  settled  in  Morgan 
County  prior  to  the  deep  snow;  the  father 
first  entered  land  from  the  Government, 
then  married  his  present  wife,  Miss  Jane 
Merideth;  shortly  after,  a  log  cabin  was 
erected  on  the  sparsely  settled  prairie;  Mr. 
Criswell  was  an  enterprising,  energetic 
man,  and  became  the  owner  of  a  fine  estate; 
he  and  his  wife  are  now  living  in  township 
13-9;  as  his  name  appears  in  the  historical 
portion  of  this  volume,  we  now  follow  the 
fortune  of  William;  in  1866,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Deer;  this  union 
was  blessed  with  five  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living:  Elden,  Elmer,  Alice,  and 
Charles;  in  1861,  Mr.  Criswell  enlisted  in 
Co.  1,  I4th  Regt.  111.  Infantry,  three 
years'  service;  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
and  many  other  small  engagements  of 
the  war;  as  non-commissioned  officer 
he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Spring- 
field, Illinois,  June,  1864 ;  Mr.  Criswell 
owns  90  acres  of  well  improved  land  • 

Cross  Wesley,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 

-p\ABLEY  DAWSON,  during  his 
life  was  a  farmer,  who  resided  in  the 
township  of  Franklin;  he  was  born  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  in  1817;  during  the 
Winter  of  1844,  he  was  married  to  Eliza- 
beth Smith;  the  same  year  he  emigrated  to 
America,  landing  at  New  Orleans;  from 
there,  in  company  with  John  Lacy,  he  made 
his  way  into  the  State  of  Illinois,  and 
settled  on  Indian  Creek,  and  worked  for  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Emerson,  who  built 
the  first  mill  on  that  stream;  he  worked 
two  years,  and  then  began  farming  on  his 
own  account;  about  1852,  Mrs.  Darley 


passed  off  the  stage  of  life,  leaving  to  her 
husband's  care  four  children:  Benjamin, 
George,  Robert,  and  William;  in  1858,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Sarah  Dods- 
worth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dodsworth,  a 
native  of  England;  by  this  marriage  five 
children,  four  of  whom  are  living:  Ann 
Isabel,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  and  Edward 
Lambert;  in  1875,  Mr.  Darley  died,  and 
was  laid  at  rest  in  the  Davis  cemetery;  this 
sketch  is  obtained  from  the  second  wife  of 
Mr.  Darley,  who  resides  in  Franklin  town- 
ship 

Darley  George,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Darley     Thomas,      farmer,     Sec.    20,    P.O. 

Pisgah 

Davenport  David,  farmer,  P.O." Alexander 
Davenport  D.  K.  renter,  P.O.  Alexander 
Davenport  J.  F.  farmer,  Sec.   i,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Davenport  John,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Orleans 
DAVENPORT  MERRILL  C.  Sec. 
3,  P.O.  Orleans.  In  an  early  day  Ephraim 
andSallie  Davenport  emigrated  from  North 
Carolina  to  Kentucky,  where  Merrill  was 
born,  March  7,  1834,  and  where  the  father 
remained  during  his  life;  the  mother  still 
survives,  living  with  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  in  Kentucky  Mr.  Davenport  passed 
many  years  of  his  life;  while  there  was 
united  in  marriage,  April  12,  1860,  to  Eliza- 
beth Ray,  daughter  of  Jordon  Ray;  during 
the  war  Mr.  Davenport  lived  in  Kentucky, 
in  1808,  located  in  Morgan  County,  Illinois, 
in  the  vicinity  of  Orleans,  and  there  for  the 
first  four  years  rented  property,  but  in  time 
became  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  119  acres; 
eight  children:  Clahaugh,  Samuel,  James, 
Parrella,  Charles,  George  H.,  Cora,  and 
infant  child 
Davenport  Milton  C.  farmer  and  minister, 

Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Davenport    M.  C.    school   teacher,  residence 

Franklin  township 

Davis  John  B.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Davis  John  B.  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Devine  Patrick,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Dickinson  Jacob,  postmaster  Franklin 
Dickinson  H.  L.  Miss,  teacher,  P.O.  Franklin 
Dicks  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Donahue  William,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
Donnegan    Anthony,    farmer,    Sec.   3,    P.O. 
Orleans 


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Dougherty  Seborn,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Douglas  Alexander,  renter,  P.O.  Alexander 
Doyle  Owen,  renter,  Sec.  13,   P.O    Franklin 
Doyle    Thomas,  farm   hand,    Sec.    17,    P.O. 

Pisgah 

DUER  WILLIAM  R.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  P.O.  Pisgah.  The  gentleman 
whose  name  stands  at  the  head  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana, 
May  12,  1836;  Robert  D.,  the  father  of 
William,  was  then  a  practicing  physician, 
and  the  owner  of  an  extensive  sugar  and 
cotton  plantation;  a  native  of  Virginia, 
where  he  received  a  liberal  education,  who 
moved  to  Louisiana  in  early  manhood;  for 
many  years  he  transacted  business  on  a 
large  scale,  and  as  a  business  man  ranked 
high  among  the  prominent  men  of  the 
South,  becoming  very  wealthy;  at  Baton 
Rouge  his  children  were  born,  and  there 
passed  many  years  of  their  life,  and  where 
his  wife  died;  in  1848,  the  family,  com- 
prising six  children,  moved  to  Cincinnati; 
shortly  after  his  arrival  he  also  passed  away, 
leaving  a  large  estate,  which  was  divided 
among  the  children;  in  1856,  William  R. 
came  to  Morgan  County,  and"  at  once 
turned  his  attention  to  the  pursuit  of  agri- 
culture; the  first  year  worked  for  his  board, 
and  came  to  the  conclusion  he  earned  it; 
rented  a  farm  three  years;  at  the  end  of 
that  time  he  bought,  in  connection  with 
John  C.  Duer,  over  700  acres  of  prairie  and 
timbered  land;  for  a  while  they  managed 
this  large  tract  together;  it  afterward  be- 
came divided,  William  retaining  over  300 
acres;  in  May,  1861,  married  Miss  Mary 
C.  Brown,  daughter  of  Bedford  Brown,  a 
native  of  Kentucky;  five  children,  all  are 
living:  Robert,  Carrie,  Willie,  John,  and 
Mamie 

Duncan  Wm.  school  teacher,  P.O.  Franklin 
Duncan  Adeline  Mrs.  widow,  Franklin 
DYER  WM.     W.    farmer    and'  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Pisgah.     Mr.  Dyer  was 
born  in  East  Tennessee,   January,    1836  ; 
parents   were    natives   of    Tennessee  and 
there  at  one  time  owned  a  farm.     In  1840 
they  turned  their  faces  to   the  Far  West, 
making  the  trip  in   a  covered  wagon,   or 
prairie    schooner,   peculiar   to   the    times. 
They  located  in   the  vicinity   of  Jackson- 
ville, Morgan  County,  where   in   his  boy- 
hood the  subject  of  this  notice  had    often 
B  2 


turned  his  horses  loose  to  graze,  and  where 
at  this  early  date,  the  cars  were  drawn  by  a 
mule  team.  For  many  years  the  head  of 
the  family  rented,  but  in  time  became  the 
owner  of  property.  On  the  homestead, 
Mr.  Dyer  grew  to  manhood.  In  his  2ist 
year  he  married  Miss  Harriet  S.  McClurg, 
daughter  of  Asa  McClurg  who  was  a  res- 
ident of  Ohio,  where  Mrs.  Dyer  was  born. 
For  the  past  fifteen  years  Mr.  Dyer  has 
become  the  owner  of  a  valuable  farm  prop- 
erty ;  owns  144  acres  on  which  he  has 
erected,  lately,  a  large  residence.  Possess- 
ing that  spirit  of  enterprise  which  charac- 
terized the  early  pioneer,  he  has  gained 
many  friends  in  the  community  where  he 
resides.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a 
veterinary  surgeon,  skillfully  treating 
many  difficult  cases  of  diseases  peculiar  to 
horses.  Eleven  children  blessed  this 
union ;  William,  Rebecca,  James  H., 
Charles  F.,  Josephine,  George  W.,  David 
E.,  Mary  R.,  John,  Alice,  Ida  May,  de- 
ceased. 

•p  BREY   THOS.    farmer,  Sec.    20,    P.  O. 
*-*  Pisgah 

BANNING   JAS.    farmer,  Sec.    33,  P.O. 

Franklin 

Fanning  Jas.  P.  farmer,  P.O,  Franklin 
Fleming  Jos.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Franklin  Charles,  renter,  P.O.  Pisgah 
FROMME  WILLIAM  (deceased). 
During  his  life  was  a  farmer  in  the  town- 
ship of  Franklin.  He  was  born  April 
22,  1827,  in  Prussia,  Germany,  and  there 
lived  until  the  years  of  manhood — occupa- 
tion farmer;  was  married  in  1859  '°  Miss 
Rosina  Donnar.  For  the  space  of  three 
years  lived  on  the  farm,  and  to  better  his 
fortune,  left  the  little  German  home  across 
the  sea  for  America.  After  a  long  voyage, 
landed  at  New  Orleans.  From  there  he 
wended  his  way  to  the  fertile  prairies  of 
Illinois,  settling  in  Morgan,  where  he  first 
hired  out  to  the  neighboring  farmers  by 
the  month.  Two  years  later  his  wife  and 
family  joined  him.  He  then  rented  a  farm 
for  a  number  of  years,  afterward  pur- 
chased a  good  farm  and  owned  at  the 
time  of  his  demise,  190  acres,  well  im- 
proved, which  he  gained  by  many  years  of 
honest  toil  and  economy.  For  many  years 


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was  extensively  engaged  in  buying  stock 
for  home  consumption.  During  the  Spring 
of  1874  Mr.  Fromme  was  attacked  by 
dyspepsia  which  baffled  the  attempts  of 
the  skillful  physician  to  cure,  and  after  a 
long  and  protracted  illness,  he  passed 
peacefully  away  Dec.  28th,  1875.  He  was 
an  energetic  worker,  and  this,  perhaps, 
hastened  his  death.  He  left  to  the  care  of 
his  devoted  wife  five  children :  Mary, 
Frank,  John,  William  and  Gertrude 
FRY  MILTON  .(deceased),  who  made 
a  home  on  the  prairies  of  Illinois,  shortly 
after  the  ever  memorable  "  deep  snow  "  of 
1831,  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice  ; 
was  born  Sept.  II,  1803,  in  Kentucky, 
where  his  grandsires  had  settled  in  an  early 
day,  and  it  was  amid  the  scenes  of  the 
blue  grass  country  that  young  Milton 
passed  the  days  of  his  boyhood  until  the 
maturer  years  of  ripe  manhood,  when  in 
1831  he  married  Miss  Letitia  D.  Devore, 
daughter  of  John  Devore,  native  of  Ken- 
tucky. On  his  arrival  in  Illinois,  settled  in 
Morgan  County  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by  Mrs.  John  Fry ;  he  purchased  a  very 
large  tract  of  land,  and  at  one  time 
owned  more  than  1,000  acres.  It  is 
highly  probable  that  Mr.  Fry  was  quite 
wealthy  when  he  first  settled  in  Illinois  ; 
at  all  events,  he  acquired  real  estate  very 
rapidly,  many  purchases  being  effected  as 
early  as  1835  or  1840,  deeds  being  granted 
with  signatures  of  Presidents  Van  Buren 
and  Jackson  attached  ;  where  he  lived  was 
held  in  high  esteem,  always  taking  a  lead- 
ing position  in  the  agricultural  enterprises 
of  the  county.  After  a  life  of  usefulness, 
ever  hospitable  and  economical,  he  de- 
parted this  life  June  16,  1865,  and  was 
buried  in  the  family  burying-ground  of 
John  Devore  ;  his  honored  spouse  had  many 
years  preceded  him.  He  left  a  family  of 
five  children :  Samantha,  who  married  Ar- 
thur Harmon,  and  who  died  in  June,  1877  ; 
Lemira,  who  married  Cyrus  Curtis,  and 
died  in  1870 ;  John  D.  was  married  to 
Anna  M.  Howe,  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Mary  A.  Howe,  and  who  died  in  February, 
1873;  Letitia  B.,  who  married  James  C. 
Gillem,  a  resident  of  Logan  County,  and 
Minnie  A.,  who  now  resides  in  Jackson- 
ville. Mrs.  Fry  now  resides  on  part  of  the 
old  homestead,  comprising  265  acres  ;  she 


was  born  in  Washington  Co.,  Ohio,  in 
1843,  where  her  father,  Aaron  Howe,  was 
a  farmer  the  greater  portion  of  his  life  ;  in 
1860,  Mr.  Howe  removed  to  Morgan  Co.; 
six  children,  four  living  :  Eliza,  George, 
Granville,  and  Anna.  This  sketch  would 
be  incomplete  were  we  to  forget  the  heroic 
life  of  John  D.  Fry,  who,  when  our  country 
was  in  the  throes  of  a  life  struggle  for  the 
perpetuation  of  liberty,  enlisted  September, 
1862,  in  Co.  I,  xoist  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and 
followed  the  fortunes  of  that  command  in 
field  and  camp  until  discharged,  June,  1865 


BASWELL, 

^"*  farmer  and  stock  raiser  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Franklin.  Mr.  Gottschall  was  the  eighth 
son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Gottschall, 
whose  maiden  name  was  West,  and  the 
elder  G's  second  wife;  looking  a  little  into 
the  genealogy  of  this  family,  it  may  be  stated 
the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
built  the  first  water  mill  west  of  Ohio;  in 
an  early  day,  at  a  time  when  the  red  man 
was  in  the  ascendancy,  the  Gottschall  fam- 
ily moved  from  Berks  County,  Penn.,  to 
Ohio,  and  there  settled  on  a  farm,  where 
young  Gottschall  was  born,  April  17,  1822; 
In  Ohio  the  old  people  lived  until  they 
died;  during  the  Spring  of  1851  Mr.  Gotts- 
chall wended  his  way  to  Illinois  and  set- 
tled west  of  Jacksonville;  was  first  em- 
ployed by  the  month  for  S.  S.  Massey;  in 

1852,  he   purchased  80   acres,  where   his 
large  residence  now  stands;  in  September, 

1853,  married  Miss  Ann  Harvey,  of  Mor- 
gan   County;    five    children   blessed    this 
union,  three  of  whom  are  living:  Clara  Belle, 
Samuel  L.,  and  Rebecca  M.;  a  few  years 
ago  Mr.  G.  purchased  80  acres,  in  addition 
to  his  other  property;  in  1873  he  built  his 
present  residence;  when  Mr.  G.  came  to 
Illinois  he  had  no  capital  whatever,  mak- 
ing his  way  in  the  world  single  handed, 
never   asking  security,  and  believing  it   a 
damage   to  give  it,  he  has   gone   steadily 
onward,  and  has  since  risen  on  his  indi- 
vidual merits,  and  his  word  or  note  is  good 
anywhere  in  Morgan   County;  well  known 
for  his  liberality;  at  this  writing  owns  181 
acres 

Graham   John   L.  plasterer  and  brick  layer, 

P.O.  Franklin 
Graham  Silas,  farm  hand,  Franklin 


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Graham   Lafayette,  plasterer  and  bricklayer, 

P.O.  Franklin 

Gregory  W.  D.  carpenter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Grimsley  A.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 

TT  ANN  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  32, 
^  P.O.  Franklin.  Fourth  child  of  John 
and  Nancy  Hann,  natives  of  Virginia  and 
Kentucky,  respectively;  during  the  early 
settlement  of  the  West,  the  family  settled 
in  Ohio,  where  the  subject  of  this  notice 
was  born,  March  I,  1832;  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen he  became  a  resident  of  Indiana;  in 
his  twenty-second  year  he  married  Miss 
Ellen  Shaffer,  daughter  of  Jessie  and  Mar- 
garet Shaffer;  when  the  life  of  the  nation 
was  in  peril  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  7Oth 
Regiment,  Illinois  Infantry,  at  Jackson- 
ville; for  six  months  during  his  service,  was 
on  guard  duty;  honorably  discharged  at 
Alton,  111.;  three  children  blessed  this 
union:  Florence,  Sarah  A.,  and  Andrew  S. 

Hand  Andrew  S.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Hardy  Richard,  renter,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Orleans 

HARMON  ARTHUR,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  third 
son  of  John  and  Mary  Harmon,  natives  of 
Wicklow  County,  Ireland,  where  Arthur 
was  born  in  1848;  in  his  early  infancy  the 
family  crossed  the  ocean  for  America;  they 
first  made  a  home  in  Canada  East,  a  short 
distance  from  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  lived  there  for  eight  years;  from 
there  they  made  their  way  to  Morgan 
County;  at  twenty-seven  Arthur  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Kate  McCarty,  who  was  born 
in  the  County  of  Limerick,  Ireland;  two 
children:  Mary  and  Theresa;  Mr.  H.  owns 
80  acres;  during  the  Spring  of  1878  he  was 
elected  school  director 

Harmon  Arthur,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Pisgah 

Harmon  Edward,  farm  hand,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Harmon  John,  farmer  and  stock  raiser  Sec. 
15,  P.O.  Franklin 

Harmon  John  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Harmon  Mat,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin 

Harmon  Patrick,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  3,  P.O.  Orleans 

HARMON  THOS.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin.  Was  born 


in  Wicklow  County,  Ireland,  May  2,  1840; 
the  head-  of  the  family  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. Young  Harmon  grew  up  on  the  farm; 
in  1847  parents  moved  from  Ireland  and 
settled  near  Niagara  Falls,  Upper  Can- 
ada; for  ten  years  they  remained  there, 
and  then  set  out  for  Illinois;  they  settled 
some  two  miles  west  of  Judge  Wood's,  in 
Morgan  County,  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by  Arthur  Harmon;  renting  property  for 
two  years,  a  purchase  was  in  due  time 
affected.  John  Harmon  the  father,  became 
a  man  of  property  and  standing;  now  liv- 
ing in  Franklin  Township,  and  is  still  an 
active  business  man.  Thomas  married 
Lucy  Armstrong,  a  native  of  Ireland;  six 
children:  Arthur,  William,  Alexander, 
Mary,  Thomas,  and  Winnie.  Thomas  and 
Patrick,  his  brother,  work  a  large  estate; 
Patrick,  in  the  Winter  of  1867,  married 
Miss  Rose  Devlin,  a  native  of  Ireland;  six 
.  children:  John,  Thomas,  Mary,  Rose,  Mat- 
thew, and  Kate 

HARLEY  WM.  G.  farmer.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  the  Parish 
of  Glascomb,  Eng  ,  Feb.  2,  1841.  Up  to 
1875,  he  remained  a  resident  of  the  mother 
country,following  the  occupation  of  farmer, 
and  in  time  acquired  a  very  extensive 
knowlege  of  agriculture.  The  ancestry 
of  this  family  date  back  as  far  as  the 
year  1300;  many  of  whom  were 
among  the  nobility;  while  a  resident  of 
England,  he  was  united  in  the  holy  bonds 
of  matrimony,  to  Louisa  Newman;  they 
have  one  adopted  child:  Grace.  The  father 
Ephraim  Harley,was  a  steward  in  England, 
for  upwards  of  thirty-five  years,  to  Samuel 
Billings,  a  leading  man  of  Great  Britain, 
in  his  day 

Harney  W.  H.  R.  retired  farmer,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

HART  WM.  P.,  ELDER.  The 
Hart  family  is  very  numerous  in  the  United 
States,  and  those  of  them  connected  with 
this  sketch,  originated  as  follows:  Two 
brothers  came  from  Germany  to  the  new 
world,  as  it  was  then  called,  about  the  year 
1700;  landing  at  Charleston,  South  Caro- 
lina, they  were  sold  at  auction,  to  pay  for 
their  passage  over,  by  which  sale  they  were 
separated  and  never  heard  of  each  other 
again.  Charles  Hart,  the  first  in  this 
genealogy,  lived  and  died  in  South  Cnro- 


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Una;  but  little  is  known  of  his  history,  far- 
ther than  he  had  a  son,  David  Hart,  born 
in  the  year  1740,  lived  in  North  Carolina; 
took  an  active  part  in  the  war  of  the  revo- 
lution; of  his  family,  we  have  only  space  to 
say  that  he  had  five  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters.    David,  the  oldest  son,  born  in  North 
Carolina,    Dec.    18,    1768,   was   united   in 
marriage    to   Margaret    Blackwelder,    and 
raised  a  family  of  one  daughter  and  ten 
sons;   he  resided  in  Mercer  County,  Ky., 
but  removed  in  an  early   day  to  Bedford 
County,  Tenn.,  where  he  died.     Solomon 
Hart,  third  son  of    this  family,  was    born 
in  Mercer  County,  Ky.,  Jan.  6,  1793,  and 
at  ten  years  old  removed  with  his  father  to 
Tennessee,  when  he  at  the  age  of  twenty, 
with   his    oldest   brother,  enlisted   in    the 
United  States  service,  under  General  Jack- 
son, and  "  killed  his  man "  at   the    Horse 
Shoe   battle;  returning  from  the  army,  he 
was  united   in  marriage  to  Nancy  Wagg- 
ner,  on   the  seventeenth  day  of  July  1817; 
in    1826   he  removed   to  Morgan  County, 
Illinois,  where  with  his  brothers,  Charles 
and   Nathan,  he  settled   for   a  short  time 
near  the  village  of  Jacksonville,  which  was 
then  in  its  infancy;  being  impressed,  like 
most  of  the  early  settlers,  with  the  "scarcity 
of  timber,"  he  removed  to  the  south  part 
of  the  county,  and  built  his  "cabin"  on 
the    margin   of    that    beautiful    island    of 
prairie  grass,  lying  between  little  and  big 
Apple  Creeks;    here  he   secured    by   entry 
three  eighties  of  the  best  timber,  and  the 
remainder   of  his   means   he   invested   in 
prairie.     He  was  soon   followed    by   four 
other  brothers:  Charles,  David,  Anderson, 
and  Nathan,  who  settled  around  him,  and 
this  beautiful  spot   in  Morgan  County  is 
still   known  by  the  appropriate    name    of 
"Hart's  Prairie."     Here  Solomon  with  his 
wife,  toiled  amid  the  hardships  of  "  pioneer 
life,"  improving  their  farm,  arid  raising  a 
large  family,  consisting  of  eight  sons   and 
two  daughters,  all  living  to  the  age  of  ma- 
turity, and  became  settled  in   life,  during 
the   lifetime   of     the     parents.      Solomon 
Hart  with  his    wife,  in  an  early  day,  be- 
came identified  with  the  reformation,  under 
A.  Campbell,  and  opened  their  house   to 
religious    service,  and  his   home  was  the 
preaching  place    of   the  denomination   for 
many  years;  here  Dr.  Pat.  Henderson,  W. 


W.  Happy,  Robert  Foster  (Monkey  Bob,  as 
he  was  often  good  humoredly  called,  by 
reason  of  his  diminutive  size),  and  many 
others,  gave  vent  to  that  primitive  earnest- 
ness and  eloquence,  which  was  character- 
istic of  the  early  ministers  of  Morgan 
County.  Solomon  Hart  and  his  wife  were 
plain,  unassuming  people,  enjoying  the 
simplicity  of  the  Christian  religion;  they 
were  kind,  helping  the  poor,  dividing  with 
the  needy,  and  encouraging  peace  and 
charity;  in  the  neighborhood  they  were 
honored  by  the  young,  and  respected  by 
all.  He  was  a  Democrat,  of  the  Jackson 
school;  a  great  admirer  of  Douglas;  his 
"greatest  activity  in  politics,  consisted  in 
always  going  to  the  election;  he  lived  to 
vote  for  fourteen  presidents,  and  raised 
eight  sons,  all  Democrats;  also  to  see  Illi- 
nois one  of  the  leading  States  of  the  union, 
and  Morgan  County  the  garden  of  the 
world.  In  the  Autumn  of  1874,  while  the 
sear  and  yellow  leaf  was  quietly  settling 
upon  the  bosom  of  mother  earth,  and  all 
nature  was  wrapped  in  the  mellow  hues 
of  "  Indian  Summer,"  on  the  morning  of 
the  I7th  of  October,  in  the  eighty-second 
year  of  his  age,  this  old  pioneer  of  Mor- 
gan County,  gently  passed  away.  His 
aged  consort  still  survives  him.  Of  his 
family,  Joseph  W.  died  in  Morgan  County, 
in  1864;  Henry  C.  resides  on  his  farm,  in 
Macoupin  County;  John  C.  died  in  the 
same  county,  in  1863;  Tabitha  Dalton  re- 
sides in  Kansas;  Melchi  died  in  1862,  in 
Macoupin  County;  Eliza  Heggy  resides  in 
the  same  county;  George  is  living  in  Frank- 
lin, Morgan  County;  Marion  removed,  in 
1873,  to  Nebraska,  while  Solomon,  the 
youngest  son,  lives  on  the  old  homestead; 
George  Hart,  whose  business  card  appears 
elsewhere  in  this  work,  was  born  in  Mor- 
gan County,  Dec.  8, 1837;  professed  religion 
in  the  Fall  of  1859,  and  united  with  the 
Apple  Creek  Baptist  Church;  was  by  that 
church  afterward  licensed  to  preach,  and 
was  subsequently  ordained  by  the  Hart 
Prairie  Baptist  Church,  on  the  4th  day  of 
January,  1870;  he  at  once  became  an  ac- 
tive, efficient  minister  of  Macoupin  Baptist 
Association,  and  has  been  the  pastor  of 
several  churches  in  this  body,  but  his  ap- 
propriate work  was  that  of  an  Evangelist, 
preaching  to  the  destitute  and  weak 


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churches,  and  was  the  chosen  missionary 
of  the  association  for  several  years;  great 
success  has  attended  his  labors;  he  is  plain, 
uneducated  in  the  classical  sense  of  the 
term,  uncompromising,  blunt  in  his  man- 
ners, clear  and  forcible  in  his  reasoning, 
and  approaches  his  work  with  Nathan's 
personality,  "  Thou  art  the  man;"  positive 
in  all  his  bearings,  he  is  leaving  his  impress 
upon  society  wherever  he  is  known;  he  was 
married  Sept.  I,  1859,  to  Nancy  B.  Rice; 
at  present  writing  has,  owing  to  a  failure 
of  health,  given  up  the  active  work  of  the 
ministry.  Elder  Wm.  Penn  Hart  was  born 
in  Morgan  County,  111.,  Feb.  5,  1835;  at  the 
age  of  twelve  his  health  failed,  on  account 
of  which  he  received  some  extra  facilities 
for  attending  school,  in  which  he  was 
always  an  apt  scholar;  by  dint  of  hard 
study,  and  economising  time,  he  obtained  a 
fair  common  school  education,  by  which  he 
was  enabled  to  be  a  successful  teacher  for 
a  number  of  years;  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Barbara  A.  Fanning,  Dec.  4,  1855,  who  in 
less  than  eighteen  months  died,  leaving 
him  alone  in  the  world,  with  an  infant  son; 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Rice,  Jan. 
31,  1858,  by  whom  was  born  unto  him 
twelve  children,  nine  girls  and  three  boys, 
three  of  the  daughters  dying  in  infancy;  in 
the  Autumn  of  1877,  he  had  the  misfortune 
to  lose  his  wife  again;  believing  that  his 
surroundings  made  it  necessary,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Martha  J. 
Price,  of  Oblong,  Illinois,  Feb.  10,  1878; 
Elder  Hart  was  very  early  impressed  with 
the  importance  of  the  Christian  religion, 
and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  made  a  profes- 
sion of  faith  in  Christ,  joining  the  religious 
society  to  which  the  family  belonged;  his 
religious  views  having  materially  changed, 
in  1856  he  became  identified  with  the 
Apple  Creek  Baptist  Church;  showing  evi- 
dences of  talent,  and  an  aptness  to  teach, 
he  was,  in  April,  1859.  licensed  to  preach; 
and  such  was  the  rapid  development  of  his 
power  to  lead  men  to  Christ,  that  on  the 
fourth  day  of  December  of  the  same  year, 
he  was  publicly  ordained,  fully  setting  him 
apart  to  the  ministry;  he  was  at  once  called 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  Sandy  Creek  Church, 
and  in  less  than  two  years  from  the  time  he 
preached  his  first  sermon,  he  was  the  regu- 
lar pastor  of  four  churches  in  the  county; 


he  has  regularly  pastored  four  churches 
ever  since,  preaching  on  an  average  sixteen 
sermons  in  each  month,  besides  a  great 
deal  of  incidental  work,  preaching  funeral 
sermons  as  far  as  he  is  known,  not  only  for 
his  own  people,  but  many  in  other  denomi- 
nations as  well;  he  had  the  opportunity  of 
a  theological  course  in  one  of  the  best  col- 
leges in  the  State,  free,  and  the  denomina- 
tion to  which  he  belongs  publicly  agreed, 
at  their  annual  meeting,  to  furnish  the 
necessary  support  for  himself  and  family 
during  the  time  necessary  to  graduate;  but 
such  was  his  anxiety  to  press  on  in  his 
favorite  mission,  that  he  declined  the  gen- 
erous offer;  he  has  been  identified  with 
Macoupin  Baptist  Association  from  its  or- 
ganization; was  its  first  clerk,  and  has  pre- 
sided over  the  body  for  seven  consecutive 
years,  which  position  he  now  fills;  he  has 
by  hard  study  acquired  a  large  amount  of 
knowledge  in  his  profession;  speaks  English 
well,  and  has  some  knowledge  of  the  Greek; 
he  is  very  successful  as  an  Evangelist,  hav- 
ing baptized  as  many  as  sixty-six,  as  the 
result  of  one  meeting;  he  has  had  the  offer 
of  good  positions,  but  has  preferred  to  re- 
main with  country  churches  on  small 
salaries,  and  depending  on  .a  farm  in  part 
as  a  support  for  his  family;  he  is  unassum- 
ing in  his  manner,  awkward  in  his  appear- 
ance, but  on  the  stand  he  is  perfectly  at 
home,  commanding  in  appearance,  eloquent 
in  his  addresses,  his  nature  warm  and 
genial,  his  words  flow  easy,  and  he  usually 
holds  his  audience  spell-bound;  he  has  the 
remarkable  capacity  of  meeting  the  expec- 
tations of  every  one,  and  while  he  has  an 
unbounded  charity  for  all,  he  is  very  denom- 
inational in  his  views,  and  will  defend  in 
public  debate  what  he  believes;  having  had 
several  public  discussions,  he  has  always 
been  equal  to  the  emergency,  andgavesuch 
a  defense  of  his  cause  as  was  always  per- 
fectly satisfactory  to  his  brethren,  who  had 
cheerfully  put  him  forward  to  defend  them; 
he  is  now  in  the  prime  of  life,  living  on  a 
part  of  the  old  family  homestead,  within  a 
few  rods  of  where  he  was  born;  enjoys  the 
confidence  of  his  neighbors,  and  is  esteemed 
by  all  who  know  him 
Hart  Melchi,  school  teacher,  Franklin 
Hart  Minerva  Mrs.  Franklin 
Hawkins  Charles,  laborer,  Franklin 


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Haynes  William,  renter,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Frank-. 

lin 

HILL  JAMES  H.  DR.  Born  in  the 
year  1825,  at  Elizabethtown,  Hardin 
County,  Kentucky;  is  the  only  surviving 
child  of  his  parents,  who  emigrated  from 
Shepherdstown,  near  Harper's  Ferry,  Vir- 
ginia, where,  in  the  year  1849,  tne  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
S.  Welshaus;  obtaining  his  diploma  from 
the  medical  department  of  the  university  of 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  1850,  after  a 
studentship  of  five  years,  Dr.  Hill  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  the  South  until  the 
outbreak  of  the  Rebellion,  when,  being  a 
resident  of  Warrensburg,  Johnson  County, 
Missouri,  he  received  the  appointment  of 
surgeon  to  a  regiment  of  State  troops, 
raised  in  said  county,  which  position  he 
retained  until  it  was  mustered  out  of  ser- 
vice, when  he  was  commissioned  as  assistant 
surgeon  to  the  3Oth  Missouri  U.S.Volunteer 
Infantry,  which  position  he  retained  until, 
during  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  on  account 
of  ill  health,  he  received  an  honorable 
discharge;  since  which  time  he  has  resided 
in  Illinois,  the  last  six  years  at  Franklin, 
Morgan  County;  Dr.  Hill  has  but  one  sur- 
viving child,  who,  in  1875,  became  the  wife 
of  B.  F.  Wright,  of  the  firm  of  Wright 
Bros.,  of  the  last  named  place 
Hines  John,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Alexander 
Hines  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Hobbs  W.  B.  school  teacher,  Franklin 
Hocking   C.    M.    dealer    and    manufacturer 

hoots  and  shoes,  Franklin 
Howe  Aaron,  farmer,  P.O.Jacksonville 
Huff  Huldah,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Franklin 

JASPER  O.  D.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Orleans.  The  gen- 
ealogy of  the  Jasper  family  can  be  traced 
back  many  generations;  going  far  back  to 
a  distant  date,  it  can  be  stated  that  the 
family  were  of  Scotch  and  Irish  origin; 
Nicholas  J.,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  in- North  Carolina; 
the  date  can  not  now  be  ascertained,  but  at 
the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  Wrar  he  was 
about  twenty-five  years  of  age;  from  the 
time  of  its  commencement  to  its  close  he 
served  as  a  soldier,  sharing  the  hardships  of 
soldier  life  at  Valley  Forge;  while  the  war 


was  still  in  progress  he  was  married  to 
Rebecca  Haynes;  by  this  marriage  ten 
children;  Thomas,  the  youngest  child,  was 
a  soldier  during  the  war  of  1812,  a  non- 
commissioned officer;  witnessed  the  fall  of 
the  great  Indian  chief  Tecumseh;  he 
married  Elizabeth  Dunham,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  Obed  Dunham,  a  native  of 
Kentucky;  this  union  was  blessed  with 
nine  children;  from  Pulaski  County,  Ken- 
tucky, Mr.  Jasper  became  a  member  of  the 
State  legislature,  serving  six  years;  Sergeant 
Jasper,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  was  a  dis- 
tant relative;  Thomas  Jasper  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer;  he  and  his  wife  both  died 
in  Kentucky;  ten  children  of  this  union 
are  now  living;  O.  D.,  whose  name  heads 
this  sketch,  served  through  the  Mexican 
War,  enlisting  in  Co.  A,  Kentucky  In- 
fantry, from  Pulaski;  became  a  recruiting 
officer  under  Major  Elliot;  honorably  dis- 
charged at  the  close  of  the  war;  in  1841,  he 
came  to  Morgan  County;  in  1869,  became 
permanently  located;  married  Miss  Sciota 
Davenport,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sallie, 
a  school  teacher  in  the  usual  log  cabin  of 
the  period,  where  no  floor  was  laid  down, 
the  scholars  being  seated  on  wooden  seats, 
and  the  furniture  of  the  plainest  possible 
description;  three  children:  John  P., Sarah 
Ann,  and  C.  C.  Jasper 

Jolly  Ann  Mrs.  Franklin 

Jolly  Emanuel,  laborer,  Franklin 

Jolly  John,  renter,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Franklin 

Jolly  John  R.  renter.  Franklin 

Jolly  Nancy,  laundress,  Franklin 

Jones  Jessie  farmer,  Jacksonville 

Jones  Jessie  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Jones  Joshua,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

JOSTES  REUBEN",  brick  maker, 
Franklin,  was  born  in  Tennessee,  in  1825; 
when  three  years  old  his  parents  moved  to 
Illinois,  settling  in  the  vicinity  of  Franklin, 
which  then  rivalled  Jacksonville,  and  there 
settled  down  to  farm  life;  the  first  school 
attended  by  Mr.  Jones  was  kept  by  John 
Johnson,  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now 
called  Muddy;  in  1843,  he  married  Miss 
Nancy  Armstrong,  of  Kentucky;  eleven 
children;  nine  are  living;  in  1873,  Mrs. 
Jones  passed  off  the  stage  of  life;  during 
the  Autumn  of  1876,  married  Mrs.  Martha 


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Ann  Dennis,  of  Morgan  County:  four 
children;  by  first  marriage  Mrs.  Jones  had 
one  child;  by  second  marriage  to  Mr.  Jones 
four  children:  John,  Lydia,  Nettie,  and 
Anna;  in  1867,  Mr.  J.  started  an  establish- 
ment for  the  manufacturing  of  brick;  he 
still  continues  in  the  same  occupation,  and 
manufactures  a  very  superior  article 
Jones  Reuben  Jr.  lab.  Franklin 

TT'ANE  JOHN  B.  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
"*  Kelly  V.  F.  school-teacher,  Franklin 
KEPLLNXIER  SAMUEL,,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Franklin. 
Was  born  in  Washington  Co.,  Tenn.,  June 
2,  1809  ;  he  was  raised  on  a  farm,  where  he 
remained  up  to  the  age  of  nineteen,  when 
he  became  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of 
blacksmith  ;  in  1829,  he  made  his  way  into 
the  State  of  Illinois,  and  settled  at  Jack- 
sonville, at  a  time  when  there  were  some 
twenty  dwellings,  mostly  log  cabins,  and 
where  there  were  several  stores  for  supply- 
ing the  simple  wants  of  the  pioneers  ;  here 
he  became  a  journeyman,  for  some  years 
receiving  as  ray  eight  dollars  per  month  ; 
having  ambition  beyond  this  daily  pay,  he 
looked  about  him  for  a  farm,  and  first  pur- 
chased 80  acres  for  $150  ;  he  shortly  after 
united  his  fortunes  to  Miss  Pamelia  Green, 
a  native  of  Ohio,  who  settled  in  Morgan 
County  as  early  as  1822,  and  remembers  as 
early  settlers  Col.  Morton,  Huram  Reeves, 
and  others.  On  the  80  acres  above  men- 
tioned there  stood  a  log  cabin,  near  the 
.  now  handsome  residence  of  Mr.  K. ;  on 
arrival  at  the  cabin,  the  husband  and  wife 
sat  down  and  partook  of  a  hearty  meal  of 
mush  and  milk  ;  the  first  table  was  pur- 
chased from  a  neighbor  for  ten  cents,  and 
consisted  of  a  rough  frame- work  orna- 
mented with  four  legs  ;  a  couple  of  rough 
chairs  were  afterward  bought.  In  the  old 
log  house,  now  fast  becoming  obsolete,  the 
husband  and  wife  passed  many  years  of 
their  life,  and  there  many  of  their  children 
were  born.  Years  have  flown  by  in  rapid 
succession,  but  those  days  are  still  pictured 
in  the  memory  of  the  pioneer.  It  would 
be  a  useless  task  to  enumerate  the  many 
trials  and  hardships  of  Mr.  K.;  he  is  to-day 
the  owner  of  some  600  acres  of  land,  and 
some  years  ago  owned  800,  acquired  by 
great  industry,  and  all  that  he  has  he  owes 


to  his  own  exertions.  There  are  six  chil- 
dren: Clarissa,  who  married  Gen.  John  I. 
Rinaker;  William  S.,  of  Waverly  ;  Ella  P., 
who  married  John  W.  Smith  ;  Hardin  and 
Lewis  W. ;  Hardin,  when  the  war  broke 
ovft,  enlisted  in  Co.  B,  loth  111.  Infty.,  for 
three  months  service  ;  at  expiration  of  term 
of  service,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  A,  32d  111. 
Infty.,  and  served  from  August,  1861,  until 
October,  1862  ;  was  mustered  out,  and  ac- 
cepted promotion  in  the  1st  111.  Regt.  as 
adjutant,  and  served  till  the  close  of  the 
war.  Lewis  W.  enlisted  in  the  32d  Infty., 
at  Springfield,  111.,  and  served  till  the  close 
of  the  war,  promoted  lieutenant  for  meri- 
torious conduct,  and  served  on  the  Indian 
expedition  after  the  close  of  the  war ;  when 
he  returned  to  Morgan  County ;  he  after- 
ward removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Kansas  legislature 
KETNER  W.  H.  farmer.  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Pisgah,  son  of  Henry  and  Mahalah  Ket- 
ner.  His  father  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  who  settled  in  Morgan  County 
during  the  Spring  of  1834,  seven  miles 
north  of  Jacksonville,  on  40  acres ;  here 
young  Ketnerwas  born,  education  received 
in  district  schools ;  working  through  the 
summer  months,  he  attended  school  in  the 
winter  season.  At  this  writing,  Mr.  Ketner 
resides  on  his  farm,  comprising  80  acres  ;  in 
August,  1876,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Louisa  Tunnell,  daughter  of  S.  S.  Tunnell, 
an  early  pioneer  of  Morgan  County 
Kirby  John,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Franklin 
Kirby  William,  renter,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Franklin 

T  ANGLEY  &  POLING,  mer- 
^**  chants,  dealers  in  dry  goods,  notions, 
boots,  shoes,  etc.  In  1864,  the  above-named 
firm  became  established  in  business ;  the 
partners  of  said  firm  were  then  J.  C.  Crab- 
tree,  W.W.  Hays.Wyckoff  Poling,  and  James 
Langley,  under  the  firm  name  of  Crabtree, 
Poling,  Hays  &  Co.;  in  1866,  the  style  of 
the  firm  name  changed  to  Langley  &  Poling, 
on  the  retirement  of  the  other  members ;  the 
elder  member  of  this  firm,  James  Langley, 
is  now  upward  of  ninety-three  years  of  age, 
still  hearty  and  vigorous  ;  his  memory,  con- 
sidering his  advanced  years,  is  something 
remarkable.  Born  in  1797,  he  settled 
in  Morgan  County  in  1829,  where  he  now 
lives,  universally  respected  by  all  who  know 


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him.  His  portrait  appears  in  this  work  ; 
a  brief  study  of  the  face  by  the  intelligent 
reader,  discloses  immense  will  and  strength 
of  character,  traits  of  character  that  carried 
him  successfully  through  the  stormy  scenes 
of  western  life.  This  company  constructed 
a  large  store  in  the  year  1866,  which  was 
consumed  by  fire  in  the  year  1877,  proving 
a  hard  blow,  but  one  from  which  the  com- 
pany rapidly  recovered,  and  now  do  an 
extensive  business,  selling  goods  at  prices 
to  suit  the  times,  bearing  in  mind  the  old 
adage,  that  a  nimble  sixpence  is  better  than 
a  slow  shilling ;  herein  lies  the  secret  of 
their  success.  Wyckoff  Poling,  of  whom 
we  here  append  a  biography,  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  in  an  early  day  he  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Quincy,  Adams 
Co.,  111.;  in  1847,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Josephine,  only  child  of 
James  Langley  ;  1848,  Mr.  Poling  moved 
to  Morgan  County,  locating  at  Franklin, 
where  he  first  became  a  carriage-manufac- 
turer ;  the  first  wife  of  Mr.  Poling  died  in 
1850,  leaving  to  his  care  two  children,  Katy 
and  Mary;  Katy  deceased;  in  1868,  he 
united  his  fortunes  to  Mrs.  Bristow  ;  one 
child  born  of  this  marriage,  Gertrude 
Frances 

Layton  Emily,  seamstress,  Franklin 
Lester  Wm.  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 
Lester  Ruth,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Franklin 
Lowe  Henry,  renter,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Orleans 
Lowry  Andrew,  boot  and  shoemaker,  Frank- 
lin 

Luby  William,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

LTJCKEMAN  HENRY,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Alexander;  was 
born  in  Prussia,  Germany,  November, 
1822;  in  the  mother  country  he  acquired 
a  liberal  education;  for  three  years  he 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  standing  army;  in 
his  native  place  he  married  Theresa  Kanust, 
daughter  of  John  T.  Kanust;  in  1850,  ac- 
companied by  his  family,  he  emigrated  to 
America;  after  a  three  months'  voyage  the 
vessel  touched  at  New  Orleans;  from  there 
Mr.  L.  made  his  way  to  St.  Louis;  during 
the  Summer  of  1851,  he  became  employed 
on  a  wood  boat  on  the  Mississippi  River, 
and  worked  for  some  years;  from  this  point 
came  to  Jacksonville;  first  worked  by  the 
month  for  J.  T.  Holmes;  in  1859,  he  pur- 


chased 80  acres  in  prairie  and  10  acres 
in  timber;  in  1860,  he  moved  into  the  log 
cabin  still  standing  opposite  his  frame  resi- 
dence; many  years  were  passed  in  this 
log  structure,  where  the  fare  was  at  times 
plain,  but  the  wants  of  the  early  settler 
were  few,  and  easily  satisfied;  the  years 
spent  here  were  years  of  self-denial  and 
economy;  when  Mr.  Luckeman  landed  in 
St.  Louis  he  had  but  $5.00;  on  arrival  in 
Jacksonville  he  was  penniless,  but  he  had  a 
wife  and  two  children  depending  upon  him, 
and  he  set  about  in  the  battle  of  life  with  a 
strong  determination  to  win;  Mr.  L.  now 
owns  400  acres;  the  farm  is  well  improved, 
and  every  thing  systematically  and  orderly 
arranged;  and  a  better  stock  farm  for  its 
size  it  would  be  difficult  to  find;  there  are 
five  children:  Fanny,  Maggie,  Frank,  John, 
and  Theodore* 

Ludric  Charles,  •farmer,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Ludrick  August,  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Lutemeyer    John,     farmer,     Sec.    19,    P.O. 

Pisgah 

Lynn  Alfred  L.  school  teacher,  Franklin 
Lyons  Miles,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Franklin 

•JY/TANN  HENRY,  laborer,  Franklin 

Mansfield  Oscar,  engineer  at  Farmers' 
flouring  and  woolen  mills,  Franklin 

MANSFIELD  J.  B.  &  CO.  millers, 
Franklin;  as  early  as  1855  the  Mansfield 
Bros,  started  in  the  milling  business  in 
Franklin,  taking  in  as  a  partner  George  B. 
Wallen,  the  firm  doing  business  under  the 
firm  name  of  Wallen  &  Mansfield;  both 
members  were  men  of  experience,  and  the 
business  prospered;  in  a  few  years  the 
Mansfield  Bros,  purchased  the  interest  of 
Mr.  Wallen;  business  was  then  done  in  a 
large  wooden  building,  still  standing;  in 
connection  with  the  grist  mill,  a  carding 
factory  was  in  operation,  used  in  making 
rolls  of  wool  similar  to  those  made  on  a 
spinning-jenny;  in  1866,  the  firm  built  the 
present  large  brick  structure,  which  has  a 
run  of  two  stones,  and  every  facility  for  the 
successful  operation  of  their  business;  the 
woolen  mill  is  still  a  feature,  in  successful 
operation,  manufacturing  jeans,  flannels, 
etc.;  J.  B.  Mansfield  was  born  in  Byron 
County,  Kentucky,  in  1827;  three  years 
after,  his  parents  moved  to  Morgan  County; 
J.  B.  was  educated  at  subscription  schools; 


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in  1849,  married  Martha  Austin;  at  twenty- 
five  was  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  miller; 
nine  children:  Sarah  E.,  Susan  I.,  deceased, 
Elizabeth  A.,  Mary  F.,  Emma  D.,  Ella, 
William  B.,  James  E.,  Zulah,  and  Maud; 
Isaac  T.,  the  junior  member,  was  born  in 
Morgan  County,  in  1831;  educated  in  sub- 
scription schools  common  in  early  times; 
in  1852,  married  Susan  Austin,  daughter  of 
Eli  and  Elizabeth;  eight  children;  Cather- 
ine I.,  Ely  O.,  Elizabeth,  George  B., 
Charles  E.,  Anna,  Frank,  Ethel  M.,  and 
Delia 

Martin  John,  farm  hand,   Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 
Mason  George  I.  farm   hand,  Sec.    32,  P.O. 

Franklin 
Masters    William    J.,  farmer,    Sec.  10,  P.O. 

Orleans 

Mayfield  F.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin 
McBride  Charles,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
McCormick  L.  W.  blacksmith,  Franklin 
McDonnell  James,  blacksmith,  Franklin 
McCOTJLLOUGH  S.  P.  &  CO. 
millers,  Franklin;  as  far  back  as  1849,  J.  D. 
&  S.  P.  McCoullough  entered  into  a  co-part- 
nership business  under  the  firm  name  of  J. 
D.  McCoullough  &  Bros.;  since  the  organ- 
ization of  the  above  firm  there  have  been 
considerable  changes;  some  four  years  ago 
J.  D.  McCoullough,  brother  and  member 
of  the  firm  at  the  beginning,  departed  this 
life,  and  the  firm  name  then  became  S.  P. 
McCoullough  &  Co.;  for  twenty-five  years 
M.  Bros,  were  associated  in  business,  and 
during  that  time  gained  an  enviable  repu- 
tation as  business  men;  the  mill  has  a 
capacity  of  turning  out  fifty  barrels  of  flour 
per  day;  in  addition  to  the  grist  mill,  a  saw 
mill  is  attached,  fitted  with  the  latest  style  of 
machinery;  S.  P.  McCoullough,  the  sur- 
viving member,  was  born  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  Feb.  6,  1824;  was  the  fourth  child  of 
John  and  Harriet,  who  settled  in  Morgan 
County,  in  1837;  here  he  grew  up,  receiving 
a  district  school  education;  he  first  became 
a  farmer,  but  early  became  identified  in  the 
milling  business;  was  married  in  1860;  in 
1869,  elected  town  treasurer.which  position 
he  still  holds;  two  children;  Edgar  W.,  and 
Freddie  L. 

McGIXNIS  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Pisgah.  James  is  the 
youngest  of  the  family  of  seven  children; 


his  father  was  a  farmer  in  the  county  of 
Clare,  Ireland,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  in  1829;  in  1853,  he  emi- 
grated to  America;  afier  a  short  residence 
in  New  York,  thence  to  Jacksonville,  111., 
and  there  first  worked  by  the  month,  for 
Colonel  Dunlap  and  others;  in  1857,  he 
married  Miss  Johannah  Leahy,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Catherine  Leahy;  by  great 
energy  and  economy  he  accumulated  fine 
property;  when  the  war  came  on,  he  did 
his  part  financially;  owns  250  acres  of  well 
improved  land;  eleven  children,  nine  of 
whom  are  living:  Michael,  Thomas,  James, 
Cornelius,  John,  Mary  K.,  Margaret,  Anna, 
and  Johannah 

McKee  Hugh,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Franklin 
MEREDITH  JOHN,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Pisgah.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Stewart 
County,  Middle  Tennessee,  on  the  26th  of 
January,  1845;  shortly  before  this  date  his 
father  died;  at  the  breaking  out  of  the 
rebellion,  being  then  only  fifteen  years  of 
age,  but  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  war 
spirit,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  A,  6th  Regt.  Mis- 
souri Infantry,  for  three  years'  service; 
mustered  in  at  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo.; 
he  shortly  after  went  to  the  front;  from  the 
time  Sherman  took  command  at  Pittsburg 
Landing,  until  he  reached  thj  sea  shore, 
Mr.  Meredith  served  under  him;  became  a 
participant  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  siege 
of  Atlanta,  Arkansas  Post,  Black  Bayou, 
Chattanooga,  Dallas,  Resaca,  Dalton,  and 
many  other  engagements  of  the  war;  during 
the  Autumn  of  1863,  he  became  a  scout 
under  General  John  A.  Logan,  but  during 
a  regular  engagement  he  became  employed 
as  a  messenger;  at  Resaca  he  received  a 
wound  in  the  head,  and  on  a  scouting  t  x- 
pedition  was  wounded  in  the  arm;  for 
three  months  after  the  main  army  disband- 
ed he  served  as  a  soldier  at  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  where  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, in  the  latter  part  of  October,  1865 ; 
for  some  time  after  he  wandered  through 
the  Southern  States;  before  the  war  he  had 
visited  Illinois;  in  1870,  he  became  a  per- 
manent resident;  in  1872,  he  married  Mrs. 
Hannah  Dunston,  daughter  of  Jesse  Jones, 
of  Morgan  County;  two  children:  Freddie, 
and  Alonzo;  by  first  marriage  three  chil- 
dren; Geo.  W.,  Elizabeth,  and  Esther  H. 


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Miers  John,  renter,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Miller  Thomas,  laborer,  Franklin 
Miller  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Montgomery  Robert,  farm  hand,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 

Pisgah 

Moore  David,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Pisgah 
Murphy   John,    renter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Frank- 

lin 
Myer  William     farmer,  Sec.    12,  P.O.  Alex- 

ander 


JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Pisgah.  Mr.  Oxley 
was  born  in  Carlton,  Yorkshire,  England, 
in  1837;  when  old  enough  he  became  em- 
ployed on  a  farm  ;  at  the  early  age  of 
eighteen  he  emigrated  to  America;  the 
passage  over  was  made  on  the  William 
Tapscott;  afrer  a  long  and  tedious  voyage 
they  arrived  in  New  York;  remaining  there 
a  short  time,  he  wended  his  way  to  Mary- 
land; thence  to  Morgan  County,  where  he 
first  hired  out  by  the  month;  after  the  lapse 
of  a  few  years  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Smith,  a  native  of  Yorkshire, 
England;  since  coming  to  the  township  of 
Franklin  Mr.  Oxley  has  held  several  town- 
ship offices;  owns  120  acres  of  valuable 
farm  property;  six  children:  William  A,, 
George  W.,  Thomas,  Sarah  A.,  James  E., 
and  John  W. 

PALMER  RICHARD,  farmer,  sec.  25, 

P.O.  Franklin 

PEAK  JACOB  H.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Franklin;  oldest  son 
of  Absalom  and  Rebecca  Peak,  natives  of 
Tennessee,  where  Jacob  was  born,  May 
26,  1829;  the  following  autumn  the  Peak 
family,  then  consisting  of  husband,  wife, 
and  three  children,  set  out  in  a  covered 
wagon  for  the  far  West,  settling  in  Morgan 
County;  purchasing  a  farm  of  80  acres,  the 
head  of  the  family  built  a  log  cabin  of  the 
usual  description,  no  floor,  rough  logs,  etc.; 
Absalom  Peak  lived  in  Scott  County  from  . 
the  time  of  his  settlement  until  he  died, 
May  23,  1867;  it  should  be  stated  the  farm 
property  settled  on  first  was  afterward 
merged  into  Scott  County;  he  became  a 
succes^ful  farmer,  an  energetic  man,  who 
contributed  very  materially  to  the  present 
prosperity  of  the  county  in  which  he  lived; 
the  wife,  aged  seventy-three,  is  living  on 


the  old  estate  in  Scott  County;  when  quite 
young,  Jacob  attended  school  in  a  log  cabin 
that  stood  near  where  the  town  of  Exeter 
is  now  located;  at  Exeter  also  attended 
school;  in  1852,  purchased  a  farm  of  119 
acres,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  old  homestead; 
two  years  later  married  Miss  Matilda 
Campbell,  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Cynthia 
Campbell,  who  settled  in  Scott  County 
prior  to  the  deep  snow;  in  1857,  Mr.  P. 
moved  from  Scott  County  to  Morgan,  and 
there  purchased  part  of  the  farm  he  now 
owns,  comprising  then  160  acres;  now  owns 
400  acres;  in  1862,  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  I2gth 
Regt.  111.  Vol.,  in  Scott  County;  was  in  the 
battles  of  Peach  Tree  Creek,  Buzzard 
Roost,  Resaca,  Dalton,  siege  of  Atlanta; 
with  Sherman  in  his  famous  march  to  the 
sea;  he  attained  to  the  rank  of  third  ser- 
geant; honorably  discharged  at  the  close  of 
the  war;  has  six  children  now  living: 
Scott,  Alice  May,  Mary  L.,  Kate  L.,  Dora, 
and  Lulu;  John  C.,  deceased 
Peak  Willard  S.  farmer,  Sec.  23.P.O.  Franklin 
POE  B.  W.  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 
Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  Mr.  Poe  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  at  the  age  of 
eight  years  his  parents  moved  to  Gales- 
burg,  and  located  near  the  farm  now  owned 
by  Judge  Wood;  on  the  farm  then  pur- 
chased the  father  passed  the  remainder  of 
his  days;  five  children  survived  him,  of 
whom  are  now  living;  C.  T.  Poe,  Thos.  B., 
Mary  Ann,  and  B.  W.,-  now  a  resident  of 
Morgan  County,  who  married  Miss  Sarah 
A.  Wood,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wood;  one 
child,  died  in  infancy;  when  the  war  came 
on  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Missouri 
Cavalry,  for  three  years'  service;  partici- 
pated in  the  battle  of  Sugar  Creek,  there 
twice  wounded,  also  in  the  battle  of  Pea 
Ridge;  honorably  discharged;  since  the  war 
has  been  a  resident  of  Morgan  County 
Pothaust  Frank,  farmer.  Sec.  II,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

13  ANNELLS  SAMUEL,  farmer,   Sec.  5, 

**•  P.O.  Pisgah 

Ransdell  Wm.  L.  farmer   and    stock    raiser, 

Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 
Rawlings     David,     farmer,     Sec.    29,    P.O. 

Pisgah 
Rawlings  James,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 


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Rawlings    Henry    Mrs.    farming,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Reed  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 
REED  J.  H.  residence  Franklin;  Mr. 
Reed  was  born  on  his  father's  farm,  in 
Morgan  County;  parents  are  Martin  and 
Sallie  Reed,  who  settled  in  the  county  prior 
to  the  deep  snow,  and  at  this  writing  are 
residents  of  township  13-9;  Mr.  R.  in  early 
life  became  a  farmer;  in  the  late  war, 
although  he  did  not  rise  to  distinguished 
rank,  he  took  an  active  part;  was  elected 
duty  sergeant;  subsequently  he  became 
second  sergeant;  he  acquitted  himself  very 
creditably  during  the  war;  became  a  par- 
ticipant in  the  battles  of  Wahatchie  Val- 
ley, Mission  Ridge,  Snake  Creek  Gap, 
Buzzard  Roost,  Peach  Tree  Creek;  on  the 
forced  march  to  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  and  all 
through  the  Atlanta  and  Savannah  cam- 
paigns, and  many  other  engagements  of  the 
war;  was  honorably  discharged  May  15, 
1865,  and  returned  to  Morgan  County; 
prior  to  entering  the  army,  in  1854,  married 
Miss  Juda  Seymour,  of  Morgan  County; 
three  children;  Jennie,  Julia,  and  Belle; 
in  1867,  Mrs.  R.  died;  the  following  year 
was  married  to  Mrs.  M.  E.  Duncan,  of 
Franklin;  since  the  close  of  the  war  Mr. 
Reed's  principal  occupation  has  been  that 
of  miller,  and  was  at  one  time  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Mansfield  Bros.,  millers,  of 
Franklin;  was  engaged  as  a  carpenter  and 
engineer;  at  this  writing  connected  with 
McCullough  &  Go's  upper  mills,  Franklin 
Reed  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin 
Reed  James  L.  farmer  and  stock  raiser 
BEES  E.  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  27,  P.O.  Franklin;  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  one  of  the  most  enterprising  citi- 
zens of  Illinois,  was  born  in  Virginia, where 
his  parents  settled  nearly  a  century  ago; 
emigrating  from  Wales,  in  1793,  the  Rees 
family  floated  down  the  Ohio  River  to 
what  is  now  Kentucky,  then  known  as  New 
Virginia;  on  the  passage  down  several 
times  they  narrowly  escaped  destruction  by 
the  Indians;  they  settled  in  Kentucky 
during  the  spring  of  the  year;  here  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  Feb.  23, 
1817;  in  1839,  he  moved  to  Illinois,  and 
here  for  a  time  lie  settled  down  to  a  quiet 
life;  but  his  restless  disposition  could  not 
long  confine  him  to  one  spot,  and  the  fol- 


lowing year  found  him  overseeing  a.  sugar 
and  cotton  plantation  in  the  South;  here  he 
remained  nine  years,  and  accumulated  a 
nice  fortune;  returned  to  Morgan  County, 
in  1847;  he  purchased  part  of  the  farm 
where  he  now  resides;  in  1849,  he  joined  a 
party  of  gold  hunters,  en  route  for  the  gold 
mines  of  California,  leaving  J  cksonville 
on  the  10th  of  April;  at  the  end  of  nine 
months  the  party  reached  San  Francisco, 
then  a  city  of  tents,  with  here  and  there  an 
old  ancient  Spanish  adobe  house;  on  first 
arriving,  Mr.  Rees  became  a  drayman, 
and  subsequently  became  a  miner,  staking 
out  innumerable  claims,  at  times  meeting 
with  good  success;  for  nearly  ten  years  he 
roughed  it  in  the  mines  of  California;  un- 
like the  maj  'rity,  he  returned  from  there 
with  a  goodly  amount  of  the  shining  metal; 
the  year  1859  found  him  again  a  resident 
of  Morgan  County;  on  the  i8th  of  Novem- 
ber, of  this  year,  he  married  Miss  Julia 
Snow,  of  Ohio;  Mr.  Rees  has  in  all  proba- 
bility to-day  the  finest  farm  property  in 
the  State  for  its  size;  it  now  comprises 
nearly  450  acres;  twenty  acres  of  this  is 
planted  with  trees,  making  a  beautiful 
grove,  which,  in  addition  to  the  handsome 
residence,  is  pointed  out  to  strangers  and 
tourists;  for  the  benefit  conferred  on  pos- 
terity Mr.  Rees  will  be  remembered  long 
after  the  soul  has  taken  its  flight;  thus  by 
reading  the  life  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
we  realize  how  truly  the  hand  of  the  dili- 
gent maketh  rich  > 

Reinbach  Clarence,  school  teacher,  Franklin 
Reinbach  Edward,  retired,  Franklin 
REINBACH  HARRY.  During  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  was  a  dry  goods 
merchant;  for  over  thirty-five  years  trans- 
acted a  general  dry  goods  business,  in 
Franklin,  Morgan  County;  he  was  born  in 
Altona,  Germany,  Dec.  20,  1812;  he  was 
the  second  son  of  Mendel  and  Esther 
Reinbach;  he  received  a  very  liberal  educa- 
tion in  the  mother  country;  he  was  pos- 
sessed of  an  aspiring,  ambitious  disposition, 
that  in  after  years  counted  and  made  him 
what  he  was,  a  representative  business 
man;  he  left  Europe  for  the  new  world  in 
1837;  in  due  time  he  landed  in  New  York 
city,  and  made  his  way  to  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  for  the 
space  of  three  years,  entering  into  a  gen- 


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eral  merchandise  business;  from  there  he 
came  to  the  fertile  prairies  of  Illinois;  in 
1840,  settled  in  Franklin,  Morgan  County; 
entered  into  a  co-partnership  busin  ss 
with  E.  S.  Hinrichsen,  a  former  partner  in 
Pennsylvania,  whose  name  is  found  else- 
where in  this  work;  they  erected  the  first 
business  building  in  Franklin;  both  mem- 
bers were  men  of  enterprise  and  sagacity, 
and  sprang  at  once  into  a  successful 
business  career;  in  April,  1850,  Mr.  Rein- 
bach  returned  to  Europe,  and  there  formed 
the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Sophia  Dessau, 
teacher  of  a  select  school  in  the  city  of 
Hamburg;  they  were  married  on  the  4th 
of  September,  1850,  and  immediately  there- 
after started  for  America;  arrived  at  Frank- 
lin in  due  time;  one  year  from  date  of  arri- 
val dissolved  partnership  with  Mr.  Hinrich- 
sen, and  immediately  formed  a  co-partner- 
ship with  Hiram  Van  Winkle;  they  carried 
on  a  successful  business  for  two  years;  the 
firm  then  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Reinbach 
thereupon  conducted  the  business  up  t  > 
the  time  of  his  decease,  which  occurred 
February  6,  1878;  in  his  death  Morgan 
County  lost  one  of  its  most  successful 
business  men,  noted  for  his  enterprise  and 
liberality;  he  left  a  large  family  in  Frank- 
lin, consisting  of  wife  and  nine  children: 
David  E.,  Clarence,  Gussie,  Newton  Z., 
Mendel,  Anna  H.,  Carrie,Ollie,  and  Brack; 
three  children  deceased:  Frederica,  Dessau 
B.,  and  Lena 

REYNOLDS  THOMAS  J.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  P.O.  Pisgah;  Mr.  R.  was 
born  in  Scott  County,  near  the  town 
of  Winchester,  April  7,  1847;  here  the  old 
folks  lived  and  died;  for  the  past  eleven 
years  Mr.  Reynolds  has  been  a  resident  of 
Morgan  County,  first  settling  near  the 
Mauvaisterre;  March  22,  1864,  he  enlisted 
in  Co.  F,  33d  Regt.  111.  Vol ,  for  three 
years'  service;  at  the  siege  of  Mobile,  un- 
der the  command  of  General  Canby;  on 
the  close  of  the  war  honorably  discharged 
at  Vicksburg,  Miss.;  returned  to  Morgan 
County,  and  shortly  after  married  Miss 
Anna  M.  McCausland;  three  children 
Rice  Clayburn,  teamster,  Franklin 
RIGGr  A.  P.  justice  of  the  peace, 
Franklin;  Mr.  Rigg  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
Dec.  13,  1813;  parents  were  George  and 
Sarah;  in  1829,  the  family,  then  consisting 


of  the  husband,  wife,  and  children,  moved 
from  Kentucky  to  Morgan  County,  Illinois, 
and  settled  near  what  is  now  Waverly;  the 
father  by  occupation  was  a  miller  and  mill- 
wright, in  which  he  took  a  leading  position, 
which'  proved  fairly  remunerative;  in  the 
latter  years  of  his  life  he  became  a  miller. 
At  twenty.  A  P.  Rigg  became  apprenticed 
to  the  carpenter  trade;  in  1834,  married 
Elizabeth  McLain,  who  •  died  in  1855; 
eight  children  blessed  this  union:  James, 
Mary,  Jane,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Crnrles, 
Sarah,  and  William;  following  year  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Nancy  Wood;  three  children  by 
second  marriage:  George,  Stephen,  and 
John;  in  1862,  his  wife  departed  this  life; 
in  1863,  again  married,  in  Jacksonville,  to 
Mrs.  Mary  Winters;  was  then  a  resident  of 
Greene  County, and  there  owned  a  sawmill; 
Spring  of  '69,  moved  to  Franklin,  and  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace;  twice  re- 
elected;  last  marriage  one  child:  Anna  E.; 
for  nearly  fifty  years  Mr.  R.  has  lived  in 
Morgan  County,  and  has  indeed  seen  the 
past  of  the  county,  and  now  lives  to  enjoy 
its  present 

ROBERTS  G-.  D.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Franklin;  the  gentle- 
man whose  name  stands  at  the  head  of 
this  sketch  is  the  second  son  of  Peter  and 
Emeline  Roberts,  whose  names  will  be 
found  recorded  elsewhere  in  this  work;  Mr. 
R.  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  May  19, 
1845;  during  the  Autumn  of  1873,  he 
united  his  fortunes  to  Miss  L.  M.  Dickin- 
son, daughter  of  Jacob  Dickinson,  post- 
master of  Franklin;  two  children:  Ralph, 
born  July  31,  1875;  Lulu,  September,  1876 

ROBERTS  PETER,  farmer,  Sec.  2, 
P.O.  Franklin;  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Washington  County,  Tenn., 
Jan.  12,  1812;  his  parents  were  William 
and  Eve,  natives  of  Tennessee,  who  moved 
to  Illinois  as  early  as  1833,  settling  in 
Morgan  County,  near  the  present  farm  resi- 
dence of  the  subject  of  this  notice;  Mr.  R. 
was  then  of  age,  and  possessed  of  a  force 
of  character  and  energy  that  in  after  years 
counted  and  made  him  what  he  is  to-day, 
a  representative  farmer;  his  education  he 
received  in  schools  supported  by  subscrip- 
tion, held  in  log  cabins;  in  1848,  he  married 
Miss  Emeline  McGinnis,  of  Tenn.;  when 
Mr.  Roberts,  now  known  far  and  near  as 


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Colonel  Roberts,  decided  to  come  to  Illi- 
nois, he  worked  thirteen  days  in  the  harvest 
field  to  pay  the  expense  of  his  passage;  on 
arrival,  he  hired  out  to  a  brick  making 
firm  at  Jacksonville,  for  $9  per  month,  and 
thought  Illinois  a  famous  State  to  grow 
rich  in;  the  first  pair  of  trowsers  he  bought 
in  the  State  cost  him  seventy-five  cents, 
getting  a  liberal  discount  off  on  account  of 
a  tear  in  them;  in  those  good  old  days  Mr. 
R.  states  the  boys  did  not  wear  picadilly 
collars,  with  nobby  neck-ties,  their  time 
usually  being  spent  following  the  plow, 
from  the  time  they  could  reach  the  handles; 
as  time  passed  on,  Mr.  R.  accumulated 
property,  owning  at  one  time  some  900 
acres;  at  the  present  owns  670  acres;  when 
quite  a  young  man  he  was  unanimously 
elected  Colonel  of  State  militia,  commis- 
sioned by  Governor  Ford,  for  the  prevention 
of  local  disturbances;  in  1846,  he  organ- 
ized a  company  for  the  Mexican  service, 
but  having  the  misfortune  to  receive  a 
stroke  of  lightning,  did  not  enter  upon 
active  field  duties;  Mr.  Roberts  is  now  en- 
joying the  fruits  of  his  early  labors;  his 
family  consists  of  wife  and  five  children, 
whose  names  are:  Thomas  Benton,  George 
Douglas,  James  Polk,  Hardin  Wallace,  and 
Florence;  in  an  early  day  Colonel  R.  was 
county  deputy  sheriff 

Robson  Thomas,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
32,  P.O.  Pisgah 

Rood  Samuel,  brickmaker,  Franklin 

Runnells  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Ryan  Martin,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
IS,  P.O.  Franklin 

RYAN  PATRICK,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  P.  O.  Franklin.  Was  born  in 
the  County  Limerick,  Ireland,  about 
the  year  1838;  when  very  young  left  the 
beautiful  "isle  of  the  sea,"  to  cast  his  lot 
with  the  people  of  the  new  world,  and 
landed  at  New  York  city,  thence  to  Mor- 
gan County,  where  he  first  worked  by  the 
month;  in  1 860,  he  united  his  fortunes  to 
Miss  Winifred  Doyle,  by  whom  he  has  had 
eight  children,  all  living:  Thomas,  Jer- 
emiah, Mary,  Kate,  Lawrence,  Onie,  Anna, 
and  Martin;  when  Mr.  Ryan  arrived  in 
America  he  had  no  capital,  but  had  willing 
hands,  and  a  brave,  manly  heart,  that  car- 
ried him  successfully  through  life,  laying 


the  foundation  for  a  future  success;  now 
owns  305  acres  of  good  land;  for  the  past 
six  years  has  been  school  director;  there 
are,  perhaps,  but  few  men  now  living  in 
old  Morgan,  who  have  done  more  to  develop 
and  enhance  the  business  interests  of  the 
county,  than  the  worthy  gentleman  whose 
history  is  herein  sketched 

CAMPLE    RICHARD,   farmer,   Sec.  10, 

^   P.O.  Jacksonville 

SAMPLE  SAMUEL,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Pisgah.  Mr. 
Sample  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  prior 
to  1830;  the  Sample  family,  consisting  of 
husband,  wife,  and  three  children,  moved 
from  Kentucky  in  a  covered  wagon,  and 
settled  in  Illinois,  on  what  is  now  called 
"Apple  Creek,"  this  county;  they  also 
settled  in  Henderson  County,  where  they 
remained  but  a  short  time,  eventually 
returning  to  Morgan;  in  1860,  the  subject 
of  this  notice  married  Miss  Lizzie  Morris, 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Sarah  Morris; 
four  children  blessed  this  union,  whose 
names  are  in  order  of  birth:  Lucinda, 
born  1861;  George,  1867;  Hubert,  1875, 
and  Nellie,  1877 

Samples  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Sargeant  Newton,  renter,  Franklin 

Sargeant  W.  R.  carpenter,  Franklin 

SCOTT  ENOS,  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  28,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr.  Scott  was 
born  in  Somersetshire,  England,  June 
25,  1813.  His  father,  by  occupation  was 
a  butcher,  in  comfortable  circumstances, 
who,  accompanied  by  his  family,  in  1816, 
emigrated  to  America,  the  passage  over  oc- 
cupying some  six  weeks.  Remaining  in  the 
vicinity  of  New  York  through  the  winter, 
the  spring  of  the  year  found  them  settled  on 
farm  property  in  New  Jersey,  where  the 
old  people  passed  the  remainder  of  their 
days.  On  coming  of  age,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  married  Miss  Ann  Garrison,  a 
native  of  New  Jersey ;  two  children  blessed 
this  union,  George  and  Enos  G.,  who  are 
now  residents  of  Illinois.  Mrs.  Scott  died 
in  1840.  The  following  year  Mr.  Scott 
married  Miss  Louise  Hand,  a  daughter  of 
Ira  Hand,  an  old  resident  of  New  Jersey. 
In  1855  he  moved  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  for  ten  yeais  he  was  foreman  for  a 


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large  manufacturing  firm ;  in  1865  he  set- 
tled in  Illinois,  where  he  now  has  a  valua- 
ble farm  property,  and  as  an  agriculturist 
he  takes  a  front  rank.  Children  by  second 
marriage  :  Sylvanus,  Annie,  John,  Eveline, 
and  Ensign 

Scott  Ezra,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Pisgah 
SCOTT  FRANCIS  M.  farmer,  Frank- 
iin,  son  of  Jas.  and  Mary;  James  was  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  Mary,  his  wife,  was  born 
in  Kentucky ;  Francis  who  heads  this 
notice,  was  born  in  Colwell  Co.,  Kentucky, 
in  1823.  His  father  was  by  occupation  a 
farmer,  who  hearing  'the  many  glowing 
accounts  of  Illinois,  in  the  year  1830  set- 
tled in  Morgan  Co.,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Franklin.  When  James  Scott  first  ar- 
rived in  the  county  his  capital  consisted  of 
a  team  of  horses,  willing  hands  and  great 
force  of  character,  the  prospect  before  him 
was  anything  but  flattering.  Jacksonville 
then  had  but  seven  small  buildings,  and 
Franklin  comprised  about  the  same.  The 
following  winter  the  deep  snow  set  in 
which  will  ever  be  remembered  years  to 
come ;  as  the  struggles  and  triumphs  of 
the  pioneers  of  Morgan  Co.  are  fully  de- 
scribed in  the  historical  portion  of  this 
volume,  we  now  follow  the  fortunes  of 
Francis  Scott.  His  preliminary  education 
was  received  in  log  cabins  and  afterward 
completed  in  subscription  schools.  In 
1847,  he  married  Mrs.  Burch,  daughter  of 
John  Wyatt :  five  children  blessed  this 
union :  Minerva  E.,  Geo.  M.,  Martha  L., 
Wm.  H.,  and  Sarah  F.  Mr.  Scott  is  one 
of  Franklin's  representative  men ;  his  prop- 
erty he  acquired  by  great  industry  and 
judgment ;  having  no  capital  to  commence 
on,  a  self-made  man,  he  has  risen  from 
the  ranks  to  a  leading  position,  and  is 
well  and  favorably  known,  whose  enter- 
prise is  seen  in  everything  worthy  of  patron- 
age 

SCOTT  GEO.  M.  farmer,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin. Son  of  Francis  M.  and  Sarah  Scott, 
whc  were  among  the  early  pioneers  of  Mor- 
gan Co.,  where  George  was  born  July,  1850, 
on  the  old  homestead.  The  children  were 
early  instructed  in  the  rudiments  of  hard 
work,  and  when  old  enough  attended  the 
neighborhood  school.  At  twenty  years  of 
age  Mr.  Scott  married  Miss  Martha  Easley, 
of  Auburn,  Sangamon  Co.,  111.  By  this 


marriage  three  children :  Adella  P.,  born 
March  30,  1872;  Curtis  E.,  Dec.  7,  1874; 
Flossa  M.,  Nov.  10,  1876.  For  the  past 
twelve  years  Mr.  Scott  has  been  a  resident 
of  Franklin,  wh.re  he  owns  a  comfortable 
property 

Scott  Henry,  farmer  Franklin 
Scott  Jonve.  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 
Scott  Sylvanus,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Franklin 
Seymour   Francis    M.    farmer,    Sec.  37,  P.O. 

Franklin 

Sharon  Joseph,  farm  hand,  works  E.  M.  Rees 
SHEPPARD  WM.  W.  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.  O.  Orleans,  is  the 
oldest  son  of  Wm.  S.  and  Jane  L.  Sheppard. 
William  was  born  in  Kentucky,  and  Jane, 
his  wife,  was  born  in  East  Tennessee ; 
they  were  married  in  Ohio,  where  their 
parents  had  removed  before  they  came  of 
age.  From  his  father  William  inherited  a 
moderate  estate;  he  became  a  farmer  in 
the  vicinity  of  Winchester,  and  here  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  May  5, 
1827;  at  the  age  of  13,  in  the  year  1842, 
the  family  moved  to  the  West  and  settled 
first  in  Livingston  Co.,  became  residents 
of  LaSalle  Co.  one  year,  and  from  there 
made  their  way  to  Morgan  Co.  and  settled 
on  a  farm  of  eighty  acres  ;  here  William 
W.  grew  to  manhood,  receiving  a  liberal 
education.  In  1852  he  marred  Miss  S.  M. 
Simpson,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
Simpson,  a  native  of  Southampton,  Eng- 
land, a  watchmaker  and  jeweler  by  pro- 
fession, who  afterward  followed  the  same 
occupition  on  his  arrival  in  America;  in 
his  vocation  he  had  but  few  equals  and 
perhaps  no  superior  in  America.  From 
his  boyhood  Mr.  Sheppard  followed  the 
occupation  in  which  he  is  quite  successful ; 
for  many  years  has  been  extensively  en- 
gaged as  a  cattle  dealer  in  the  St.  Louis 
market ;  is  now  living  on  his  farm,  com- 
prising 230  acres  of  well  drained  land,  on 
which  he  has  a  beautiful  farm  residence. 
His  fat:  er,  now  upward  of  seventy-four 
years,  resides  with  him.  George,  a  younger 
brother  of  Mr.  Sheppard,  enlisted  in  Mont- 
gomery Co.  in  th-  Fall  of  1862  for  three 
years  service,  until  the  close  of  the  war ; 
was  in  many  important  battles ;  honorably 
discharged  at  its  close.  The  union  of  Mr. 
Sheppard  to  Miss  Simpson  was  blessed 
with  five  children,  two  of  whom  are  living. 


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Six  Wm.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Franklin 
SLACK  WM.  A.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Franklin,  was  born  in 
Renthem  Mass.,  Aug.  II,  1833,  where  the 
family  for  three  generations  had  settled.  It 
is  supposed  the  grandmother  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  notice  wove  the  first  cotton 
cloth  on  a  power  loom  in  Massachusetts. 
In  the  Spring  of  1857  the  family  moved  to 
Chicago,  111.,  with  the  exception  of  Wil- 
liam, who  came  the  following  summer,  and 
there  worked  at  his  trade — carpenter  and 
joiner — securing  employment  on  McVicker's 
Theater.  The  following  year  he  located  at 
Jacksonville,  111.,  and  worked  on  the  Illi- 
nois Hospital  for  the  Insane.  On  the  8th 
of  September,  1859,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Mary  S.  E.  Clayton,  daughter  of 
Wm.  C.  Clayton,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  Morgan  Co.,  whose  name  appears  in  the 
.historical  portion  of  this  work;  three  chil- 
dren blessed  the  union,  two  of  whom  are 
living,  Mary  Belle  and  William  Henry ; 
Hiram,  deceased.  The  writer  was  shown  a 
mortar,  probably  used  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses, and  made  of  lignum  vitse,  that  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower,  and  has  been 
handed  down  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. Charles  Thompson,  the  great  grand- 
father of  William  A.  was  chaplain  in  Wash- 
ington's army  during  the  Revolution,  where 
Gen.  Washington  frequently  attended  the 
services  held  on  the  field  ;  both  husband 
and  wife  formed  a  cordial  friendship  with 
Gen.  Washington,  who  was  a  frequent 
visitor  at  their  fireside.  Two  mirrors  and 
two  large  high -backed  old-fashioned  chairs 
were  given  by  Mrs.  Washington  to  Mrs. 
Thompson ;  they  are  still  in  possession  of 
relatives  who  reside  in  the  East 
Smith  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Franklin 
SMITH  D.  G.  physician,  Franklin 
SMITH  HARVEY  (deceased).  One 
of  the  original  pioneers  of  Morgan  Co., 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  of  which  State  his 
father  was  a  native,  and  by  occupation  a 
farmer  ;  many  interesting  reminiscences  are 
not  now  remembered  in  reference  to  the 
early  pioneers  by  the  surviving  relatives. 
On  the  old  homestead  he  remained  many 
years  of  his  life  ;  there  he  formed  a  matri- 
monial alliance  with  Miss  Martha  Moore, 
who  was  born  in  Kentucky.  Shortly  after 
this  epoch  in  his  life  he  settled  in  Illinois, 


locating  on  farm  property  now  comprised 
in  T.  14,  R.  10,  he  purchased  land,  and 
shortly  afterward  a  rude  log  structure  loomed 
up  in  the  then  sparsely  settled  prairie,  this 
was  anterior  to  the  memorable  year  of  the 
"  deep  snow,"  during  that  winter  that  will 
always  live  in  the  memory  of  the  older  in- 
habitants, departed  this  life  ;  an  account  of 
his  death  is  fully  recorded  in  the  historical 
portion  of  this  volume,  and  need  not  be 
repeated  here.  He  left  to  the  care  of  his 
wife  two  children,  Gianderson,  and  William 
T.,  Granderson  is  now  a  resident  of  Mor- 
gan Co.,  and  owns  100  acres  of  choice  land. 
In  1851  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Mellissa  Masters.  Four  children  now  bless 
the  declining  years  of  their  worthy  parents, 
all  of  whom  are  living:  Martha,  Mary  E., 
Phoebe  A.,  and  Charles  H. 

SMITH  SAMUEL,  retired  farmer. 
Mr.  S.  was  the  fourth  child  of  Jesse  and 
Elizabeth  Smith,  he  was  born  in  Wilks  Co., 
North  Carolina,  January,  1803 ;  autumn 
of  same  year  parents  moved  to  Kentucky, 
where  they  remained  during  life.  In  1823, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  married  Dorothy 
Hull,  of  Tennessee.  For  ten  years  he 
lived  in  Kentucky  ;  occupation,  farmer;  at 
the  end  of  ten  years  moved  to  Morgan 
and  settled  ten  miles  south  of  Jacksonville, 
to  what  was  called  then  Brown's  Point ; 
there  bought  twenty  acres  of  land  at  $1.25 
per  acre  ;  selling  this  he  went  to  Macoupin 
Co.,  and  there  in  time  acquired  two  hun- 
dred acres  ;  resided  there  fifteen  years,  but 
Morgan  Co.  seems  to  have  been  his  center 
of  attraction,  for  at  the  end  of  this  time  he 
moved  back,  and  is  now  a  resident  of 
Franklin.  He  is  the  father  of  six  children, 
all  living:  Vienna,  who  first  married  Lem- 
uel Bristow,  after  his  decease  married 
Wyckoff  Poling  ;  Lucinda,  who  married  J. 
M.  Coons,  of  Franklin ;  Elizabeth  E., 
who  married  J.  P.  Smith,  of  Kentucky;  J. 
H.,  who  married  Miss  Hattie  Gregory,  of 
Scottville,  111. ;  W.  A.,  who  remains  un- 
married, and  D.  G.,  who  is  a  physician, 
well  and  favorably  known  in  Franklin,  and 
who  married  Miss  M.  J.  Thompson  ;  three 
children  living:  C.  W.,  Katy,  and  Fred; 
Myrtle  and  Stella,  deceased 

Snow  Ann  Mrs.,  P.O.  Franklin 

Spaenhower  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Pisgah 


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Spaenhower  Jeremiah,  farm  hand,  Sec.  16, 
P.O.  Pisgah 

Spaenhower  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Spaenhower  John,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Spaenhower  Riley,  farm  hand,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Spaenhower  Thomas,  farmer  and  carpenter, 
Sec.  16,  P.O.  Pisgah 

SPIRES  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sees.  32  and  33,  P.O.  Franklin.  Mr. 
Spires  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  in  1798, 
but  passed  many  years  of  his  life  in  Ken- 
tucky ;  married  Miss  Susan  Leech  in  1819; 
when  emigration  turned  westward  he  gath- 
ered together  his  household  goods  and 
started  overland  in  a  covered  wagon,  cross- 
ing the  Wabash  and  passing  Vandalia,  he 
made  his  way  into  Illinois  and  settled  on 
the  farm  he  now  owns;  the  family  first  took 
up  their  abode  in  a  small  dilapidated  cabin; 
they  afterward  built  a  small  frame  house  ; 
the  following  year  after  their  settlement  in 
Illinois,  Mrs.  Spires  died,  leaving  a  family 
of  four  children,  the^  youngest  but  a  few 
months  old  ;  the  following  year,  married 
Miss  Melinda  M.  Sturgis  ;  nine  children  by 
first  marriage  :  William  T.,  Phoebe  Jane, 
deceased  ;  Polly  Ann  and  Sallie,  deceased; 
by  second  marriage,  living:  John  R., 
James  B.,  Henry  D.,  Anna,  and  Harvey 

Spreen  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O  Jackson- 
ville 

Stark  John,  farmer,  P.O.  Alexander 

Stewart  Alexander,  laborer,  Franklin 

Stumpee  Henry,  farmer,  P.O.  Orleans 

Sublet  James,  laborer,  Franklin 

SWAINE  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Franklin.  The 
gentleman  who  stands  at  the  head  of  this 
sketch,  was  the  oldest  son  of  John  and 
Mary.Swaine,  natives  of  Wexford  County, 
Ireland,  where,  in  1830,  Thomas  was  born; 
on  the  little  farm  in  the  mother  country, 
he  was  early  put  to  work,  receiving  a  com- 
mon education  ;  at  nineteen  years  of  age, 
pos  essed  of  an  adventurous  disposition,  he 
concluded  to  better  his  fortunes  in  the  new 
world  ;  accordingly,  during  the  Winter  of 
1850,  with  but  little  baggage  and  light 
capital,  he  stepped  on  board  a  sailing  ves- 
sel ;  after  a  tedious  voyage  he  landed  in 
New  York  ;  in  New  Jersey  he  stayed  a 


little  while,  then  became  a  resident  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  remained  there  two 
years;  from  this  point  he  went  to  St. 
Louis,  and  eventually  he  brought  up  in 
Morgan  Co.,  111.;  first  worked  by  the 
month  ;  five  years  from  this  date  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Ellen  Shay,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Shay.  For  four  years  Mr.  Swaine  held  a 
position  of  steward  in  the  Presbyterian 
Academy  of  Jacksonville  ;  a  resident  of 
that  city  for  12  years;  in  1862  he  rented  a 
farm  on  Indian  Creek  ;  during  the  war  he 
contributed  liberally  of  his  means  toward 
its  prosecution  ;  in  November,  1874,  ^rs- 
Swaine  departed  this  life,  leaving  to  the 
care  of  Mr.  Swaine  four  children  :  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  Daniel,  and  Nellie.  May  21, 
1874,  he  united  his  fortunes  to  Miss  Fred  • 
erica  Dessau,  who  was  born  in  Hamburg, 
Germany,  and  while  there  a  resident,  a 
teacher  in  select  school.  At  this  writing 
Mr.  Swaine  lives  on  his  farm,  comprising 
80  acres,  acquired  by  will  and  energy 


WM.  N.  Dr.,  of  Franklin, 
was  born  in  Green  Co.,  Ky.,  June  4, 
1814  ;  parents  were  Smith  and  Susan  Tan- 
dy, whose  maiden  name  was  Williams. 
William  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  a  subscription  school,  held  in  a  log 
cabin.  While  he  was  quite  young  his  father 
departed  this  life  ;  when  seventeen  years 
old  he  concluded  to  go  it  on  his  own  hook, 
and  accordingly  moved  from  Kentucky  to 
Palmyra,  Missouri,  in  1831  ;  there  took  up 
the  practice  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Wm. 
Torrence;  from  Palmyra  he  moved  to  Flor- 
ida, Monroe  Co.,  Mo.;  married  Elizabeth 
Spence,  of  Virginia,  Sept.  15,  1835  ;  a  res- 
ident there  twelve  years  ;  in  1859  his  wife 
died,  leaving  to  his  care  a  family  of  ten 
children,  eight  of  whom  are  living:  Adol- 
phus,  deceased  ;  Mary  B.,  Emily  S.,  Hen- 
rietta M.,  Thomas  S.,  William  A.,  de- 
ceased, Leonidas  W.,  Edwin,  Elizabeth, 
Willie,  Ann.  In  the  same  year  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Jane  Ely,  of  Lick  Creek,  Rolls 
Co.,  Mo.;  three  children:  EllaJ.,  Jessie  M., 
Orrin  E.  In  1865  first  moved  to  Morgan 
Co.,  and  settled  in  Franklin  ;  a  permanent 
resident  there  since  1872  ;  thirteen  years  a 
practical  physician  in  the  State,  and  in  the 
medical  fraternity  for  thirty  years 
Tannanhill  Newton,  engineer,  Franklin 


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TAYLOR  C.  B.,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  was  born 
on  his  father's  farm  in  Morgan  Co.,  Dec.  2, 
1840  ;  with  exception  of  eight  months  and 
time  spent  in  Uncle  Sam's  service,  has 
been  a  resident  of  Morgan  Co.  At  second 
call  for  volunteers,  when  the  call  came  for 
300,000  troops,  Mr.  Taylor,  enlibted  at 
Jacksonville,  in  Co.  G,  1st  Missouri  Cav., 
mustered  into  service  at  Jefferson  Barracks, 
Missouri.  During  his  stay  in  the  army, 
Mr.  Taylor  was  engaged  principally  in 
scouting  expeditions  ;  wounded  near  New 
Madrid.  Mr.  Taylor's  record  in  the  army 
is  a  bright  page  in  his  history  ;  many  mar- 
velous escapes  were  made  by  him  while  in 
the  service  ;  he  bears  the  reputation  among 
those  who  have  his  acquaintance,  of  having 
acquitted  himself  in  the  field  in  a  very 
creditable  manner ;  honorably  discharged 
at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  August,  1864  ;  returned 
to  Morgan  Co.;  married  Mary  F.  Scott, 
Feb.  27,  1868,  a  resident  of  Morgan  Co.; 
owns  137^2  acres;  is  worth  $10,000 

Taylor  Fulton,  renter,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Telling  Edward,  farmer  and  stock,  Sec.  33, 
P.O.  Franklin 

THOMPSON  WILLIAM,  farmer, 
P.O.  Pisgah,  was  the  third  child  of  John 
and  Sarah,  natives  of  Scarborough,  Eng.; 
over  half  a  century  ago  the  Thompson 
family  took  their  departure  from  England 
to  America;  by  way  of  St.  Louis  they 
made  their  way  into  the  bounds  of  Morgan 
Co.,  settling  in  Lynnville  and  purchasing 
farm  property  ;  here  William  was  born, 
March  2,  1848  ;  when  seven  years  old  his 
father  died,  leaving  a  valuable  estate,  com- 
prising over  1,000  acres ;  at  the  time  of 
his  death  he  ranked  among  the  wealthy 
men  of  Morgan  Co.  By  those  intimately 
acquainted  with  him,  he  is  described  as  a 
man  of  sterling  integrity  and  the  possessor 
of  great  force  of  character,  and  rose  rapidly 
in  his  calling.  The  estate  became  divided 
up  among  nine  children,  and  to  his  wife 
who  survived  him  twenty-three  years,  who 
departed  this  life  but  a  short  time  ago. 
William,  who  heads  this  sketch,  became  the 
possessor  of  eighty  acres  and  considerable 
money  ;  in  his  twenty-fifth  year  he  married 
Miss  Emma  M.  Marshall,  daughter  of 
Michael  and  Mary  C.  Marshall ;  this  union 
C  2 


was  blessed  with  three  children  :  Coza  S., 
William  F.  and  Carrie 

Topliff  Dealton,  wagon-maker,  Franklin 

Topliff  Ladore,  painter,  Franklin 

TOPLIFF  OLIVER  W.  minister 
Christian  Church,  Franklin;  was  bom  in 
Vermont,  November  20,  1815,  and  re- 
mained a  resident  until  1831;  he  was  then 
sixteen  years  of  age;  possessed  of  an 
adventurous  disposition,  he  started  from 
Vermont  and  made  his  way  to  the  State 
of  Ohio;  here  he  remained  twenty-five 
years;  was  there  married  to  Clamanza 
Hoadly,  of  Ohio;  four  children  blessed 
this  union:  Deala,  Ladore,  Hoadly,  and 
Clarissa;  while  a  resident  of  Ohio,  Mr. 
Topliff  was  regularly  ordained  as  a  min- 
ister, and  has  held  the  pastorate  of  many 
different  churches;  possessed  of  a  natural 
ability  in  any  thing  he  might  undertake, 
Mr.  Topliff  became  a  student  of  law,  and 
also  became  skilled  as  a  wagon  maker; 
on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  became 
chaplain  of  the  ggth  Regt.  111.  Vol.,  and 
remained  in  the  service  ten  months;  was 
a  participant  in  the  battles  of  Black  River 
Bridge,  Chapparal  Hill,  Grand  Gulf, 
Raymond,  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  numer- 
ous engagements;  for  many  years  Mr.  T. 
has  been  a  resident  of  Franklin,  and 
during  that  time  has  been  well  and  favor- 
ably known 

Tranberger  John,  renter,  P.O.  Franklin 

Tucker  George,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

WANSTONE  THOMAS,  farmer,  Sec.—, 
V  P.O.  Pisgah 

Veir  Caspar,  works  Brunk's  stables,  Frank- 
lin 

VIGELS  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Alexander;  was  born  in 
Clinton  County,  Kentucky,  June,  1847; 
at  eighteen  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Clarinda  McCoy,  a  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  McCoy,  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina; in  1867,  he  came  West,  and  located 
near  Orleans;  early  in  the  Spring  of  1865, 
near  the  close  of  the  war,  a  regiment  was 
organized  for  State  duty,  but  mustered  in 
the  U.  S.  service,  Mr.  Vigels  joined  Co.  C, 
Kentucky  Cavalry,  at  Creelsborough,  Ken- 
tucky; was  honorably  discharged  at  Leb- 


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anon,  after  the  close  of  the  war;  seven 
children,  six  living:  Lauren  A.,  James  H., 
Wm.  A.,  John  F.,  Meredosia,  and  Hattie 

VXTAID  A.  B.  bricklayer,  Franklin 

Weatherford     Thomas     J.    laborer, 
Franklin 

Weeden  George,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Pisgah 

Westrope  Willis,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Wetter  Lewis,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Whelen  James,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Frank- 
lin 

Wood  Iven,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sees.  10 
and  II,  P.  O.  Jacksonville 

WOOD  SAMUEJL  JUDGE,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Pisgah;  he 
was  the  oldest^  son  of  a  family  of  nine 
children;  he  was  born  in  Madison  County, 
Kentucky,  October  16,  1813;  his  parents 
moved  from  Virginia  to  Kentucky  as  early 
as  1810;  the  trip  was  made  overland;  the 
household  goods  were  packed  on  horses; 
after  some  weeks  of  travel  the  little  party 
reached  the  Blue  Grass  State,  locating  near 
Richmond;  there  they  purchased  land,  and 
set  about  the  hard  task  of  clearing  timber; 
they  built  a  log  cabin;  the  floors  were  made 
of  split  puncheon,  the  chimneys  were  made 
of  sticks  and  mud;  the  prospect  was  gloomy 
indeed;  but. Richard  Wood  seems  to  have 
been  the  right  man  in  the  right  place;  among 
the  many  hardy  pioneers  perhaps  none 
could  be  found  who  worked  harder  than 
he,  to  procure  the  necessaries  of  life;  in 
1826,  they  set  out  for  Illinois;  they  first 
settled  in  Madison  County,  on  Silver  Creek; 
here  the  family  were  attacked  by  bilious 
fever,  which  resulted  in  the  death  of  the 
wife,  who  had  shared  with  him  innume'r- 
able  hardships,  and  three  children,  Eliza- 
beth, Martha,  and  Richard;  the  first  school 
Samuel  attended  was  taught  by  Rice 
Duncan;  the  school  house  was  a  log 
structure,  where  no  floor  was  laid  down, 
and  no  window  panes  interfered,  but  the 
ventilation  was  abundant;  here  the  scholars 
were  instructed  in  Webster's  spelling  book 
and  the  New  Testament;  when  these  were 
thoroughly  understood  their  education  was 
completed;  before  the  deep  snow  set  in, 
Samuel  had  taken  his  last  look  at  Webster, 
and  now  the  hard  work  of  the  farm  com- 


menced; in  his  thiiteenth  year  his  parents 
moved  to  Morgan  County;  at  the  early  age 
of  nineteen  he  married  Mrs.  Martha 
Smith,  relict  of  Harvey  Smith,  who  per- 
ished during  the  winter  of  the  deep  snow; 
the  occurrence  is  vividly  impressed  on 
the  memory  of  many  old  settlers  still 
living;  at  this  time  he  did  not  have 
a  capital  of  $100,  and  moved  into  a 
rough  cabin  where  the  door  swung  to  and 
fro  on  wooden  hinges,  the  bed  was  a  one- 
legged  affair,  and  the  table  manufactured 
of  puncheons  ;  for  eight  years  the  young 
couple  lived  happily  together  in  this  rough 
backwoods  style,  and  then  built  a  more 
elegant  affair  of  hewn  logs  ;  both  buildings 
have  long  since  gone  to  decay,  but  they 
stood  in  the  vicinity  of  where  now  stands 
Judge  Wood's  large  and  handsome  resi- 
dence ;  amid  the  surroundings  of  pioneer 
life,  young  Wood  grew  up  with  a  vigorous 
constitution  ;  how  he  became  so  successful 
in  after  years  may  be  summed  up  in  a 
few  words — if  he  had  anything  to  do  he 
wasted  no  time,  but  attended  to  it ;  he  did 
not  believe  in  sending  a  boy  to  mill  when 
he  could  go  himself ;  from  the  little  log 
cabin  and  the  little  patch  of  ground  con- 
taining but  a  few  acres,  the  pioneer  boy  of 
forty  years  ago,  has  got  together  over  3,000 
acres  in  one  of  the  most  fertile  counties  in 
Illinois  ;  during  the  Mormon  war  of  1848, 
he  was  elected  captain  by  the  soldiers,  and 
commissioned  by  Gov.  Ford;  for  four  years 
he  was  County  Judge  ;  in  1874  he  was 
elected  to  legislature,  2gth  General  Assem- 
bly ;  he  served  in  this  capacity  but  one 
year,  as  there  was  but  one  session  ;  Judge 
Wood  is  an  extensive  cattle  buyer;  he  han- 
dles on  an  average  of  800  head  of  cattle  ; 
his  facilities  for  grazing  are  unsurpassed. 
Although  wealth  and  prosperity  attended 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Wood,  his  liberality  and 
kindness  of  heart  are  well  known  ;  no  man 
to-day,  perhaps,  stands  higher  in  the  esti- 
mation of  the  people  of  Morgan  Co.  than 
the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch 

WRIGHT  BROS.,  dealers  in  general 
merchandise,  drugs,  oils,  paints,  varnishes, 
etc.,  etc.  The  firm  first  became  established 
in  business  in  the  Spring  of  1875  ;  both 
members  of  the  firm  were  born  in  Morgan 
Co.:  A.  H.,  the  elder  member,  was  born 


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Oct.  3,  1844,  received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  district  schools,  which  was  after- 
ward completed  in  the  Jacksonville  High 
School,  there  becoming  proficient  in  the 
rudiments  of  book-keeping  ;  for  some  years 
followed  farming  ;  April  6,  1871,  married 
Miss  Mary  Poling,  granddaughter  of  James 
Langley  and  daughter  of  Wyckoff  Poling  ; 
moved  to  Franklin  in  1871.  B.  F.  Wright, 
the  junior  member,  born  Oct.  21,  1852, 
likewise  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  district  schools,  and  subsequently  at- 
tended Illinois  College,  at  Jacksonville  ; 
married  Miss  Sallie  Hill,  daughter  of  J.  H. 
Hill,  of  Franklin.  Children  of  A.  H. 
Wright :  J.  Langley,  born  April  22,  1872; 
Geoffrey  P.,  born  April  9,  1874 ;  Carl, 
March  n,  1878,  an  infant  child.  B.  F. 
Wright  has  one  child  :  Emma  ;  one  de- 
ceased 

Wright  John  C.,  stock  buyer,  Franklin 
Wright  Kisrah  Mrs.  Franklin 
Wright  Lizzie  Mrs.  laundress,  Franklin 
Wright  Wm.  M.  harness-maker,  Franklin 
WYATT   W.   J.    Col.,   son  of  John 
and  Rebecca  Wyatt.     His  father  was  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia  ;    Rebecca,  his  wife,  was 
born  in  Kentucky  ;  as  early  as   1822  they 
moved  from  Missouri  to   Morgan  Co.,  111., 
and  settled  near  what  is  now   the  city  of 
Jacksonville,   on  farm  property ;     on   this 
farm  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
1825,  and  here  passed  the  days  of  his  boy- 
hood and  early  youth  ;  at  the  age  of  twenty 
he  entered  the  Mexican   service,  in   1846, 
raising  Co.  G,  1st  111.  Vol.,  and  was  unani- 
mously elected  captain,  under  the  command 
of  Colonel  J.  J.  Hardin  ;  as  an  officer,  Cap- 
tain Wyatt  was  universally  respected  by  the 
soldiers  ;    mustered   into  the  service  June 


17,  1846,  and  went  to  the  front  shortly 
afterward,  and  became  a  participant  in  the 
famous  battle  of  Buena  Vista  ;  here  it  will 
be  remembered  the  brave  and  talented  offi- 
cer, Colonel  Hardin,  was  killed  in  the  heat 
of  action.  Capt.  Wyatt,  who  was  an  inti- 
mate friend,  in  company  with  his  orderly 
sergeant  and  others,  brought  in  the  lifeless 
remains  from  the  field  ;  the  body  first  found 
a  resting  place  in  Mexican  soil ;  it  was  sub- 
sequently interred  in  the  East  cemetery  at 
Jacksonville,  111.  Capt.  Wyatt  was  honor- 
ably discharged  in  1847,  at  Camargo,  Mex- 
ico, and  returned  to  Morgan  Co.  The 
following  year  married  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Wil- 
liams, of  Manchester,  Scott  Co.,  111.;  three 
children :  Mary  A.,  born  Nov.  2,  1849  ; 
James,  born  Nov.  17,  1851,  deceased;  and 
George  H.,  born  1854.  When  the  rebel- 
lion came  on  Mr.  Wyatt  was  commissioned 
Lieut.  Colonel  of  the  loist  Regiment  111. 
Vol.,  by  Gov.Yates;  he  was  the  choice  of  the 
boys  in  blue  ;  for  ten  months  he  remained  in 
the  service  of  Uncle  Sam,  and  on  account 
of  physical  disability,  was  honorably  dis- 
charged at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  9,  1863, 
and  returned  to  Morgan  Co.  At  this 
writing  he  resides  in  Franklin  ;  he  takes  a 
leading  position  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  ;  his  judgment  as  a  stock  raiser  and 
buyer  is  unparalleled  ;  he  also  figures  con- 
spicuously as  a  politician,  whose  name  has 
been  frequently  mentioned  in  connection 
with  responsible  offices,  but  he  has  invaria- 
bly declined 

Wyatt  David,  farm  hand,  Franklin 
Wyatt  Henry,  farmer,  P.O.  Franklin 

yACHARV    SAMUEL,   farmer,    Sec.    2, 
^    P.O.  Orleans 


FRANKLIN    BUSINESS    CARDS. 


COONS  J.  M.  dealer  in  family  gro- 
ceries, drugs,  patent  medicines,  hardware, 
etc.,  Franklin,  111. 

HARLEY  W.  G.  farmer.  Makes  a 
specialty  of  sheep  shearing.  Work  done 
rapidly  and  in  a  superior  manner.  P.O. 
Franklin 


HART  GEORGE,  keeps  on  hand  and 
is  constantly  receiving  fresh  supplies  of 
choice  goods,  consisting  in  part  of  fine 
coffees,  sugars,  teas,  syrups,  tobacco,  hard- 
ware, cutlery,  and  notions  of  all  kinds. 
Goods  cheap  for  cash  or  produce.  A  share 
of  the  public  patronage  solicited.  South 
Main  Street,  next  door  to  P.O.,  Franklin 


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HILL  JAMES,  physician  and  surgeon, 
Franklin 

J  O  1ST  E  S  REUBEN,  brickmaker, 
Franklin 

LANGLEY  &  POLING,  dealers  in 
dry  goods,  groceries,  boots  and  shoes,  hats, 
caps,  etc.,  Franklin,  111. 

MANSFIELD  J.  B.  &  CO.  Farmers' 
flouring  and  woolen  mills,  Franklin,  111. 

McCULLOUGH     S.    P.    &    CO. 

Franklin  flouring   and  saw  mill,  Franklin, 
111. 

BEINBACH  &  DUNCAN,  Frank- 
lin, 111.,  are  prepared  to  do  all  kinds  of 
house  and  sign  painting,  graining  and  calci- 


m  in  ing  on  short,  notice.     The  best  work  at 
the  lowest  prices.      CLARENCE  REINBACH, 
W.  W.  DUNCAN. 

RIGG  A.  P.  justice  of  the  peace  and 
conveyancer,  Franklin,  111. 

SMITH  D.  G.  physician  and  surgeon, 
Franklin,  111. 

TANDY  WM.  N.  M.D.,  physician  and 
surgeon,  Franklin,  111. 

TOPLIFF  OLIVER  W.  wagon 
maker,  Franklin 

WRIGHT  BRO.  dealers  in  drugs, 
groceries,  hardware,  queensware,  boots  and 
shoes,  etc.,  Franklin,  111. 


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A  DAMS  JOEL  S.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

**•  Woodson 

Adams  John  U.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Anderson  E.  C.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Angelo  John,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

ANTHONY  MARTIN  Lu  Woodson, 
minister  of  "Christ's  Church,"  son  of 
Christopher  and  Anne  J.  Anthony,  of  Ken- 
tucky;  descendants  of  German  ancestry, 
having  emigrated  here  during  our  struggle 
with  the  mother  country.  Martin  Anthony 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  May  14,  1851  ; 
at  the  age  of  seven  years,  commenced  his 
education  at  the  log  school  house,  under 
the  care  of  Miss  Mary  Rucker ;  in  his  six- 
teenth year,  gave  up  the  abode  of  learning 
to  engage  his  time  on  the  farm  ;  since  that 
time,  has,  by  close  application,  acquired  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  writings  of  the 
fathers,  and  is  a  practical,  self-made  schol- 
ar. In  1868,  moved  to  Macoupin  County, 
and  engaged  in  farming  ;  at  the  early  age 
of  seventeen,  united  with  the  Baptist 
Church  ;  in  his  twentieth  year,  was  called 
to  the  ministry  ;  his  first  sermon  was  de- 
livered at  Roodhouse  ;  after  preaching  in 
Macoupin  Co.  four  years,  moved  to  Pike 
Co.;  this  was  about  1872  ;  thence  to  Scott 
Co.,  and  there  held  a  protracted  meeting  at 
Big  Spring  church,  which  resulted  in  the 
addition  to  the  fold  of  forty-five  members. 
It  was  during  his  preaching  here  that  the 
"  brethren  "  detected  that  Mr.  Anthony's 
doctrinal  enunciations  pointed  to  Camp- 
belliteism  ;  a  dispute  ensued,  and  the  next 
Sabbath,  by  agreement,  he  delivered  his 
opinions,  taking  his  text  as  follows  :  "  I 
endure  all  things  for  the  elect  sake,  that 
they  may  also  obtain  salvation  that  is  in 
Christ  Jesus,  with  eternal  glory."  2  Tim., 
ii,  10.  This  discourse  brought  on  the  cri- 
sis, hence  Mr.  Anthony  withdrew  from  the 
Baptist  Church,  and  at  once  identified 
himself  with  the  Christian  Church,  was 


elected  elder  in  1877,  and  has  since  devoted 
his  life  and  energies  to  the  spread  of  gos- 
pel truths.  His  membership  with  "Christ's 
Church,"  commenced  while  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Glasgow,  Scott  Co.  In  January, 
1877,  by  invitation  of  the  church  at  Wood- 
son,  held  a  protracted  meeting ;  his  lucid 
enunciation  of  the  Scripture  so  pleased  the 
church,  that  he  was  solicited  to  preach  for 
them,  and  in  March,  1877,  moved  his  fam- 
ily and  located  here,  and  now  his  field  of 
labor  embraces  Scottville,  Apple  Creek,  and 
Waverly  ;  was  married  April  5,  1874,  to 
Miss  Emma  Frances  Summers,  daughter  of 
Green  and  Elsie  Summers,  by  the  Rev. 
Isom  Roberts  of  the  Baptist  Church.  The 
fruits  of  this  union  are  :  Augusta  Alice, 
born  April  20,  1875  ;  Lillie  Anne,  born 
Dec.  26,  1877.  Mrs.  Anthony  was  born 
Aug.  5,  1854.  Mr.  Anthony  owns  a  good 
property,  is  a  genial  and  courteous  gentle- 
man, a  kind  husband  and  father,  and  be- 
loved by  all 

T)  AKER  A.  J.  wagon  maker,  Woodson 

BALL,  LEONID  AS,  brick -layer  and 
plasterer,  born  in  Sangamon  Co.,  111.,  April 
3,  1835.  His  father  was  an  extensive 
farmer  and  blacksmith  ;  when  twelve  years 
of  age,  parents  moved  to  Jefferson  Co.,  la.; 
at  the  age  of.  twenty,  Mr.  Ball  returned 
with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  settling  again 
in  Sangamon ;  after  one  year's  residence, 
Mr.  Ball  'moved  to  Missouri  and  resided 
five  years ;  married  Miss  Adelia  Jones, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lucinda  Jones, 
natives  of  Virginia  ;  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  rebellion,  returned  to  Sangamon  Co., 
afterward  to  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  now  re- 
sides ;  holds  office  of  school  director  and 
constable,  sexton,  superintendent  and  clerk 
of  Church  of  Christ.  Three  children  ;  John 
T.,  Florence  Ann,  infant  child  deceased 

BARROW  NEWTON  L,.  farmer, 
Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  parents  were 
Aaron  K.  and  AH  J.,  who  were  among  the 


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earliest  settlers  of  Southern  Illinois,  who 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.  as  early  as  1830, 
emigrating  from  Kentucky ;  on  his  father's 
farm  in  Morgan  Co.,  young  Barrow  was 
born  Oct.  4,  1844 ;  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  district  schools, 
and  completed  in  the  high  school  of  Jack- 
sonville. In  1876,  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Mrs.  Sarah  Barnhart,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  James  and  Rebecca  Walker, 
natives  of  Virginia  ;  the  first  husband  of 
Mrs.  B.  was  Levi  Barnhart,  who  passed  off 
the  stage  of  life  Nov.  10,  1875  ;  five  chil- 
dren by  first  marriage :  James  W.,  Joseph 
N.,  George  N.,  Charles  C.,  Levi  A.;  second 
marriage  :  Ira  Hurlbut.  Mr.  B.  is  living 
on  estate  of  140  acres 

Ball  Smith,  blacksmith,  Woodson 

BARR  A.  Y.  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Mehitabel  Barr,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Palmer.  Ebenezer  was  a  native  of 
Boston,  Mass.  His  wife  a  native  of  New 
York.  They  afterward  removed  to  Erie 
Co.,  Pennsylvania,  where  young  Barr  was 
born  Aug.  2,  1817.  The  head  of  the  family 
was  by  occupation  a  carpenter,  who  worked 
at  his  calling  during  the  war  of  1812,  and 
was  presented  with  a  battle  ax  used  in  the 
construction  of  vessels  of  war.  He  as- 
sisted in  the  erection  of  many  block  houses 
used  in  repelling  an  attack.  The  ax  men- 
tioned is  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  In  1832,  the  family 
moved  to  Ohio;  in  1838  to  Illinois,  set 
tling  in  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  June  13,  1848,  A. 
Y.  Barr  married  Miss  Mary  P.  Crawley  ; 
several  years  after  he  benight  one  hundred 
and  ten  acres  near  Woodson,  his  present 
property.  Mr.  B.  has  a  large  family ;  one 
daughter  highly  gifted,  who  will  some  day 
win  a  name  in  the  art  world. 

Barrows  J.  Y.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Barrow  Marshall,  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  15,  P.O.Jacksonville 

Barry  Wm.  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  Sec.  12, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

Bentley  Chas.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

BEN  TLE  Y  DAVID,  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Woodson.  Mr.  Bent- 
ley  was  born  near  Doncaster,  Yorkshire, 


England,  in  1816,  there  he  grew  to  man" 
hood,  becoming  a  farmer.  In  1840  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ann  Robinson, 
a  native  of  Yorkshire.  In  1852  he  emi- 
grated to  America,  and  first  settled  near 
Jacksonville,  Morgan  Co.  In  1868  he 
purchased  120  acres  of  land.  Mr.  B. 
came  to  this  country  without  capital,  save 
a  good  natural  ability  and  a  desire  to 
become  successful  in  life  ;  a  gentleman  of 
strict  integrity,  he  thinks  and  acts  for  him- 
self. Children  :  Charles,  David,  Summer- 
well,  Julia  Ann,  John  S.,  and  Sylvia  Ann  ; 
seven  deceased.  John  and  Charles  Bentley 
are  well  known  for  their  skill  in  the  use  of 
the  shot-gun 

Berry  man  Geo.  renter,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BOYER  ABBIE  MRS.  wid.  of  Eli- 
sha  Boyer,  an  early  settler  in  Morgan  Co., 
who  on  arrival  became  a  partner  of  Lewis 
Hatfield,  and  afterward  with  John  Mathers, 
for  a  number  of  years  in  brick  making  ;  he 
was  very  successful ;  manufactured  the 
brick  for  the  Methodist  Church,  Behren 
College,  first  Blind  Asylum,  also  the  resi- 
dence of  M.  P.  Ayres ;  was  a  resident  of 
Jacksonville  over  thirty  years  ;  a  member  of 
Illini  Lodge,  No.  4,  I.O.O.F.,  also  of  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State.  He  was  born  in 
Stocks  Co.,  North  Carolina,  in  1823 ; 
in  1873  Mr.  Boyer  lived  at  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  the  family  having  moved  there  on 
account  of  Mr.  Boyer's  health.  Mrs.  Boyer, 
in  1877,  located  at  Woodson ;  she  was 
born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1836.  Chil- 
dren ;  Anna,  Abbie,  Cynthia,  Lizzie,  Em- 
ma, Jodie,  Ruth,  Lillie ;  Ollie,  deceased 

BROWN  CAROLINE  A.  farming, 
Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  was  the  daughter 
of  Charles  Springer,  and  widow  of  Bedford 
Brown,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  where  Mrs. 
Brown  was  born  Sept.  28,  1805  ;  at  sev- 
enteen was  united  in  marriage  to  Bedford 
Brown.  For  many  years  her  husband  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  carpenter.  In  1828, 
the  family,  then  consisting  of  husband,  wife, 
and  three  children,  moved  to  Jacksonville, 
Morgan  Co. ;  on  arrival  husband  entered 
600  acres  of  land,  but  worked  at  trade  a 
number  of  years.  In  1830  he  moved  on 
to  his  farm  property.  Becoming  very  suc- 
cessful, he  accumulated  wealth.  May  26, 
1873,  he  passed  peacefully  away.  In  his 


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death  the  county  lost  one  of  its  most  up- 
right and  honorable  citizens 
Brown  Geo.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  PO.  Jackson- 

ville 
Brown  Robert,  farmer,  Sec  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 

Bugey  Thomas,  renter,  P.O.  Woodson 
Burchet  J.  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Woodson 
BTJSEY  SAMUEL,  farmer,  Sec.  29, 
P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  Daniel  and  Eliza- 
beth, early  pioneers  of  Morgan  Co.,  who 
came  here  in  £828.  On  his  father's  farm, 
near  Jacksonville,  young  Samuel  was  born 
Jan.  26,  1840;  his  education,  though  ac- 
quired in  district  schools,  was  quite  liberal 
for  the  times.  In  1865  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Ely,  daughter  of 
Dennis  and  Catherine.  In  1862  he  en- 
listed in  Co.  E,  yoth  111.  Inft.,  at  Jackson- 
ville, and  mustered  into  the  service  at 
Springfield,  111.  ;  after  five  months  spent  in 
the  service  of  the  U.  S.  he  was  honorably 
discharged  at  Alton,  111.  ;  and  returning  to 
Morgan  Co.  March  12,  1865,  he  united 
with  the  Baptist  Church  ;  in  1866,  licensed 
as  a  minister,  and  in  1871  he  was  regularly 
ordained  ;  his  field  of  labor  lying  in  Mor- 
gan Co.  Children  :  Mary,  Charles,  and 
Eva  ;  two  deceased,  Etta  and  infant 
child 

BUTLER  THOS.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sees.  21  and  22,  P.O.  Woodson. 
Mr.  Butler  was  born  in  Cheshire,  England, 
June,  1832  ;  resided  in  England  twenty- 
five  years  ;  education  was  received  there  in 
parochial  schools  ;  emigrated  to  America 
in  June,  1858,  and  located  in  Morgan  Co., 
111.  ,at  Lynnville  township,  and  first  worked 
by  the  month.  While  in  England  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Sarah  Filkin.  In  1853 
purchased  eighty  acres  in  16-13;  in  1856 
bought  eighty  acies  in  14-10  ;  in  1874  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  sixty  in  14-10, 
total  number  acres,  340.  Seven  children  : 
Samuel  L.,  born  Oct.  18,  1861  ;  Wm.  R., 
Oct.  5,  1863  ;  Chas.  E.,  May  24,  1865  ; 
Thos.  H.,  April  18,  1867;  Beatrice  E., 
March  19,  1869  ;  John  Simpson,  Oct.  19, 
1870  ;  Edna  G.,  March  23,  1872 


DAVID,   farmer,    Sec.    31,    P.O. 
^-^   Woodson 

CADE  WM.    farmer    and    stock-raiser, 
Sec.  31,  P.O.  Murrayville,  111.,  son  of  David 


and  Mary  Cade,  natives  of  England  ;  Wil- 
liam was  born  in  Lancashire,  England, 
April,  1837  ;  when  12  years  of  age  his  pa- 
rents emigrated  to  America,  and  first 
settled  in  Philadelphia.  Pa.  In  the  Spring 
of  1858  the  family,  with  the  exception  of 
William,  who  came  the  following  year, 
moved  to  Morgan  Co.  Nov.  16,  1861,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Ann  Sheplar, 
daughter  of  Benj.  and  Maria  Sheplar, 
pioneers  of  Morgan  Co.  Since  his  arrival 
in  Morgan  Co.  Mr.  Cade  has  turned  his 
attention  to  farming ;  owns  105  acres  of 
land.  Children  :  Lavina  C.,  born  Jan.  26, 
1863  ;  Edwin,  born  June  25,  1869  ;  Mary 
and  Maria,  twins,  born  Dec.  25,  1871 ; 
Benjamin  D.,  born  Sept.  3,  1872 ;  Harry, 
born  June  12,  1876 

Calkins  Hiram,  renter,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Woodson 

CAMPBELL,  JAS.  farmer,  Sec.  26, 
P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  Alex,  and  Lydia 
Campbell,  was  born  in  Jefferson  Co.,  In- 
diana, Jan.  12,  1828  ;  married  Dec.  8, 1853, 
to  Frances  Combs,  who  was  born  in  Staf- 
ford Co.,  Virginia ;  came  to  Morgan  Co.  in 
1851,  settling  sixteen  miles  southeast  of 
Jacksonville.  Five  children :  Maggie, 
Mary,  Emma,  and  Eddie,  all  born  in 
Morgan  Co. 

Carrigan  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Carrigan  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Woodson 

CARRIGAN  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  8, 
P.O.  Jacksonville,  was  born  in  Tipperary 
Co.,  Ireland,  in  1808.  About  the  year 
1851  he  emigrated  to  America  with  his 
family ;  having  married  while  there  Miss 
Mary  Dudy,  daughter  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet. On  corning  to  America  he  settled 
in  Morgan  Co.,  and  purchased  eighty  acres. 
Nine  children  were  born,  all  of  whom  are 
living  •  Patrick,  Michael,  Mary,  Morris, 
Kate,  John,  Julia,  Nellie,  and  Edward 

CARRIGAN  PATRICK,  farmer, 
Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Carrigan.  He  was  born  in  Tipper- 
ary Co.,  Ireland  ;  resided  there  up  to  the 
age  of  17 ;  in  the  Spring  of  1853  he  step- 
ped on  board  the  sailing  vessel  Samuel 
Lawrence ;  after  a  short  voyage  landed  at 
New  Orleans,  and  from  there  came  direct 
to  Morgan  Co. ;  he  first  worked  by  the 
month.  In  1858,  married  Catherine  Dow- 


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ling,  daughter  of  John  and  Betsey  Bowling. 
Six  children:  John,  born  1859;  Jane,  born 
1861  ;  Patrick,  born  1863;  Mary  E.,  born 
1868;  Michael  E.,  born  1869;  Marice- 
born  1875  ;  William  and  Mary  E.,  deceased. 
Mrs.  Carrigan  departed  this  life  in  1874, 
and  was  laid  at  rest  in  the  Catholic  ceme- 
tery at  Jacksonville 

Carson  Andrew,  renter,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Clark  Jos.  A.  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Clark  Marc,  renter,  Sec.  2.  P.O.  Jacksonville 
CL.ERIHAN  J.  R.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sees.  33  and  34,  P.O.  Woodson,  son 
of  Isaac  and  Catharine  Clerihan,  natives 
of  Kings  Co.,  Ireland,  where  Mr.  Clerihan 
was  born  in  1839,  and  there  received  a  lib- 
eral education.  When  eight  years  old  his 
father  died ;  at  ten  the  family  moved  to 
Manchester,  England  ;  at  seventeen,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  enlisted  in  the  Eng- 
lish army,  where  he  served  two  years, 
emigrated  to  America  shortly  after.  He 
became  a  resident  of  Sunny  Plains,  N.  J., 
for  a  time  ;  thence  to  Jacksonville,  Morgan 
Co.,  where  he  first  worked  by  the  month. 
April  i,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixth  111. 
Cav.,  at  Jacksonville,  for  three  years  service. 
Principal  battles  engaged  in :  Lawrence- 
burg,  Nashville,  and  Shoal  Creek.  On  the 
close  of  the  war  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged at  Selma,  Ala.,  and  returned  to 
Morgan  Co.  Feb.  14,  1866.  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Jane  Donald 
CLERIHAN  M.  J.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  correspondent  Jacksonville  Journal, 
Sec.  31,  P.O.  Woodson.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Kings  Co.,  Ire- 
land, in  1839;  his  parents  were  Isaac  and 
Catherine.  In  1849,  his  parents  moved  to 
Manchester,  England.  In  1856,  in  com- 
pany with  a  brother,  M.  J.  came  to  Amer- 
ica. In  1857,  located  in  Morgan  Co.,  111. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  was 
the  first  man  enlisted  in  Co.  B,  Hardin 
Light  Guards,  Tenth  111.  Inft.,  enlisted  at 
Jacksonville  and  mustered  into  service  at 
Cairo.  Was  in  the  engagement  when  the 
destruction  of  forces  occurred  under  Jeff 
Thompson  ;  was  a  participant  in  the  battle 
of  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  March,  13,  1862; 
Tiptonville,  Tenn.,  April  7,  1862  ;  Farm- 
ington,  Miss.,  May  3,  1862;  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  Nov.  5,  '62  ;  Lavergne,  Tenn.,  Dec. 
30,  1862 ;  Anderson  Cross  Roads,  Tenn., 


Oct.  I,  1863;  Mission  Ridge,  Nov.  25, 
1863;  Fort  Chickamauga,  Nov.  26,  1863; 
Buzzard  Roost,  Feb.  25,  1864  ;  Dallas,  Ga., 
May  27,  1864;  Rome,  Ga.,  May  2ist,  1864; 
Kenesaw,  June  27  ;  White  House  Station, 
July  27 ;  East  Point,  Ga.,  Aug.  16  ;  Peach 
Tree  Creek,  July  22  ;  followed  the  fortunes 
of  the  regiment  up  to  the  investment  of 
Atlanta.  Honorably  discharged  at  Chat- 
tanooga, Tenn.,  Aug.  31,  1864;  subse- 
quently enlisted  in  Co.  H,  Fifth  Regt. 
Hancock's  Veteran  Corps.  Present  during 
trial  of  conspirators  at  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
also  present  at  the  execution.  Honorably 
discharged  at  New  York  City,  March  23, 
1866.  Married  while  in  New  York  City 
Miss  Catherine  Hickey,  April  I,  1866  ; 
shortly  after  removed  to  Morgan  Co.,  where 
he  now  resides  on  his  farm.  Mr.  C.  is  the 
author  of  the  History  of  the  Tenth  111. 
Inft.,  a  graceful,  easy  writer,  and  an  affable, 
courteous  gentleman 

Clerihan  Thos.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Woodson 

COFFMAN  A.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  was  born  in  Virginia,  Aug. 
13,  1830.  Parents  were  Abraham  and 
Rachel,  who  were  natives  of  Virginia,  for 
over  twenty-five  years  Mr.  Coffman  re- 
sided in  Virginia  on  the  old  homestead.  In 
1854,  the  family,  including  the  subject  of 
this  notice,  removed  to  Morgan  Co. ;  since 
the  date  of  his  arrival  Mr.  C.,  who  heads 
this  sketch,  has  been  a  resident  and  the 
owner  of  farm  property  seven  miles  south- 
east of  Jacksonville 

Coffman  James,  Woodson 

Combs  Elizabeth,  P.O.  Woodson 

Cornatt  Thoma/,  carpenter,  Woodson 

Cowan  David,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cowan  D.  John,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Cox  Susan  Mrs.  widow,  Woodson 

CRAIG  A.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  13.  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  Mr.  Craig  was  born  in  Mor- 
gan County,  March  6,  1855;  at  twenty-one 
he  married  Miss  Dora  Barr,  a  daughter  of 
A.  T.  Barr;  one  child:  Leroy,  born  Nov. 
10,  1876 

CRAIG  EDWARD,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  Mr.Craig 
was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1807;  his  father  by  occupation 
was  a  millwright  and  carpenter;  same  year 
his  parents  moved  to  Shelbyville,  Ken- 


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tucky;  at  eighteen,  young  Craig  became 
apprenticed  to  a  tanner;  for  him  he  worked 
four  years;  in  1829,  he  moved  to  Morgan 
County;  1830,  two  years  later,  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Posey,  whose  parents 
settled  in  Morgan  County  as  early  as  1827, 
when  lake,  shore,  and  river  bore  the  impress 
of  nature;  after  the  usual  hardships  inci- 
dent to  an  early  settlement  in  a  new 
country,  Mr.  Craig  has  secured  a  comfort- 
able home;  his  wife  still  survives;  children: 
William  P.,  George  E.,  Belle  M.,  Loyd  A., 
and  Alexander  P.;  Mr.  Craig  owns  190 
acres 

CRAIG  GEORGE  E.  farmer,  Sec. 
24,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of  Edward  and 
Mary  Craig,  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Morgan  County,  December,  1844; 
with  the  exception  of  four  years  spent  jn 
Champaign  County,  George  has  always  re- 
mained in  Morgan  County.receiving  a  liber- 
al education;  in  1870,  he  married  Miss  Anna 
Flatford,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Flatford, 
an  early  pioneer  of  this  county;  three  years 
after  marriage,  George  moved  on  to  the 
farm  of  T.  T.  Ransdel,  consisting  of  160 
acres;  three  children:  Charles,  born  July 
14,  1872,  died  same  year;  Mary  Louise, 
May  19,  1874;  Clara  E.,  Sept.  4,  1876 

CRAIG  GEORGE  W.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jacksonville, 
son  of  George  and  Rebecca  Craig,  natives 
of  Virginia;  Mr.  Craig  was  born  in  Morgan 
County,  in  1846,  the  family  having  moved 
to  Illinois  in  an  early  day;  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  with  little  exception,  has  always 
resided  in  Morgan  County,  where  he  re- 
ceived a  liberal  edu«ation;  Mr.  Craig 
married  Miss  Mary  R.  Dobbins,  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  R.  Dobbins;  by  this 
marriage  two  children:  Willie,  born  Aug- 
ust, 1870,  and  Carrie,  September,  1872 

CRAIG  L.  A.  tile  manufacturer,  Wood- 
son;  born  in  Morgan  County,  December  3, 
1849;  received  a  common  school  education; 
at  twenty-two  married  Miss  Dora  Snow, 
daughter  of  Rev.  C.  G.  Snow,  of  Carroll- 
ton,  Greene  County;  in  1876,  located  at 
Woodson;  started  a  tile  factory,  taking  in 
as  partner  A.  H.  Bohne;  this  is  perhaps  the 
only  manufactory  of  the  kind  in  the  county; 
the  works  have  a  capacity  of  turning  out 
four  thousand  tile  per  day;  the  tile  made 
are  manufactured  from  fine  clay,  and  are  of 


a  very  superior  quality;  a  Quaker  City 
press  is  used,  as  it  is  acknowledged  by  all 
to  be  a  very  superior  one;  tile  are  some- 
thing the  farmer  can  not  possibly  dispense 
with,  and  Mr.  Craig,  who  now  conducts  the 
business,  Mr.  Bohne  having  disposed  of  his 
interest,  will  be  compelled  to  extend  the 
works  to  meet  the  wants  of  increasing 
trade 

CRAIG  SARAH  E.  MRS.  Sec.  8, 
P.O.  Jacksonville;  Mrs.  Craig  was  born  in 
Luzerne  County,  Penn.,  in  the  year  1819; 
her  parents  were  John  and  Hannah  Mes- 
senger, whose  name  before  her  marriage 
was  Pike;  for  thirty-five  years  Mrs.  C.  re- 
mained in  Pennsylvania,  and  there  married 
John  Keating;  up  to  1870,  Mrs.  C.  became 
a  resident  of  the  Garden  City,  and  her 
husband  became  very  successful  as  a  con- 
tractor and  builder;  at  this  date  Mrs.  Craig 
removed  from  Chicago  to  Morgan  County, 
and  purchased  40  acres  of  land,  some  five 
miles  from  Jacksonville;  one  child:  Mary 
E.,  who  married  George  Fall,  a  native  of 
Buffalo,  N.Y. 

Craig  W.  P.,  P.O.  Woodson 

Crone  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson 

Grouse  Hamilton,  farmer.  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Cunningham  Robert,  blacksmith,  Woodson 

1~\ETON  DAVID,  fanner,  Sec.  35,'  P.O. 
Woodson 

DEVORE  U.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  son  of  John  and  Margaret 
Devore,  whose  maiden  name  was  Barlow, 
a  native  of  Virginia,  John,  her  husband, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania;  as  early  as  1770, 
the  ancestors  of  Mr.  Devore  moved  to 
Kentucky,  Fayette  County,  near  Lexington, 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born, 
April  11,  1805  ;  his  father  owning  a  farm 
of  70  acres,  the  young  man  was  early  put 
to  work,  from  the  time  he  could  handle  an 
ax  or  follow  a  plow;  he  received  a  good 
education  in  subscription  schools;  at  twen- 
ty-one he  became  apprenticed  to  the  trade 
of  wagonmaker,  and  served  his  time;  at 
twenty-four,  1828,  he  married  Sarah  Jane 
Mallery,  of  Kentucky;  after  his  marriage 
he  remained  in  Kentucky  two  years,  and 
then  proceeded  to  Morgan  County,  where 
he  settled  on  a  rented  farm;  in  1832,  having 
amassed  $100,  he  bought  80  acres  of  land; 


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he  now  owns  a  fine  property  and  handsome 
residence;  Mr.  D.  is  a  most  estimable  man, 
who  has  many  friends,  and  few,  if  any, 
enemies 

DEVORE  WILLIAM,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  son 
of  U.  J.  and  Sarah  H.  Devore,  who  were 
among  the  early  settlers  of  southern  Illi- 
nois William  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead; from  his  father  he  inherited  a 
vigorous  constitution  and  energy,  that  made 
him  a  successful  business  man;  in  1869,  he 
married  Miss  Davenport,  a  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Milton  C.  Davenport,  a  Baptist 
minister  of  Morgan  County;  five  children: 
Clara  B.,  Mattie  J.,  Mary,  John  M.,  and 
infant  child;  Mr.  Devore  is  the  owner  of 
30  acres,  and  manages  175 

Dowling  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Woodson 

Dowling  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sees.  18  and  19, 
P.O.  WoOdson 

Dowling  John  F.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Dowling  John  J.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Dowling  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Dowling  Thomas,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Woodson 

"PLY  DENNIS,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Ely  George  W.  renter,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Ely  William,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Woodson 

Edgmon  Alex,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

ENNIS  IRA  D.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
P.  O.  Woodson  ;  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  about 
the  year  1852;  his  parents  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Morgan;  for  many  years 
young  Ennis  resided  in  Jacksonville,  and 
there  received  his  education;  married  Miss 
Ely;  his  father  having  purchased  farm 
property,  he  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, in  which  he  bids  fair  to  succeed 


•BANNING   GEORGE,   Sec.  35,  P.O. 

Woodson 
Ferguson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Wood- 


Ferguson  W.  R.,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Wood- 

son 
Filkin  Richard,  renter,  P.O.  Woodson 


Finch  John,  renter,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Fitzgerald  Sylvester,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Flannagan  Thomas,  renter,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Flatford  Nathaniel,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Forsythe  William,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  27,  P.O.  Woodson 

(~*  ALLAGER  CHARLES,  farm  hand 

^"^  Galloway  James  W.  farmer,  Sec.  21, 
P.O.  Woodson 

GENTRY  JAMES  M.  son  of  John 
P.  and  Catherine  Gentry,  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia, where  Mr.  Gentry  was  born,  Oct. 
27,  1804;  the  father  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  and  also  followed  farming;  he  settled 
in  Kentucky  as  early  as  1806,  and  there 
became  the  owner  of  a  plantation,  which 
James  afterward  managed;  May  26,  1824, 
he  married  Jane  Elliott,  of  Kentucky;  in 
1830,  the  elder  Gentry,  accompanied  by  his 
family  of  wife  and  four  children,  moved  to 
Sangamon  County,  Illinois,  and  in  July, 
1832,  moved  to  Morgan;  we  now  follow 
the  fortunes  of  the  subject  of  this  notice: 
he  relates  that  the  first  crop  put  in  was 
corn  and  oats,  15  acres  corn,  and  10  acres 
oats;  when  the  time  arrived  for  harvesting, 
the  oats  were  laid  on  the  ground,  and  there 
tramped  out  by  horses;  when  threshed  it 
was  taken  to  Jacksonville,  and  there  sold 
for  ten  cents  per  bushel;  Mr.  Gentry  is  now 
living  on  his  farm  of  116  acres;  his  wife 
still  survives,  they  having  lived  together 
over  half  a  century 

GORHAM  STEPHEN,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
son  of  John  and  Sarah,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Sanders;  Stephen  was  born  in 
Morgan  County,  Dec.  18,  1840,  on  the 
farm  he  grew  up  on;  was  liberally  educated; 
in  1861,  at  twenty-two  years  of  age.  went 
to  California,  and  remained  three  years; 
he  then  returned  to  Morgan  County;  in 
1865,  married  Elizabeth  Johnson,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth;  his  wife 
passed  away  in  1866;  in  1869,  married 
Rebecca  Delaney,  daughter  of  William 
and  Polly  Delaney,  who  were  among  the 
early  pioneers  of  Morgan  County,  as  like- 
wise were  the  parents  of  Mr.  Gorham;  the 


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greater  part  of  his  life  Mr.  G.  has  resided 
in  Morgan  County;  is  the  owner  of  1 10 
acres  of  well  improved  land;  is  worth 
$10,000;  one  child  by  first  marriage,  who 
died  in  infancy;  children  by  second  mar- 
riage: William  J.,  and  Luella 

Gougherty  John,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Gougherty  Mary,  widow  James,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 
Woodson 

GREEN  A.  B.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  son  of  Stephen 
and  Cynthia  Ann;  his  father  was  a  native 
of  Ohio,  the  mother  of  Tennessee  or 
Kentucky;  when  Stephen  was  fourteen,  his 
parents  came  to  Morgan  County;  on 
arriving  at  man's  estate  Stephen  was 
united  in  marriage,  and  as  the  years 
rolled  by  there  came  a  large  family,  of 
whom  A.  B.  was  among  the  younger; 
he  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  June  26, 
1837;  at  that  time  the  father  had  amassed 
a  fine  property  of  some  506  acres,  and 
here  young  Green  grew  up,  attending  to 
the  many  duties  of  the  farm,  and  receiv- 
ing a  liberal  education;  February  12, 
1860,  married  Miss  Mary  Rector,  daughter 
of  James  L.  and  Minerva  J.,  who  were 
among  the  pioneers  of  Morgan  County; 
Mr.  G.  is  the  owner  of  400  acres  of  well 
improved  land,  some  seven  miles  south- 
east of  Jacksonville;  seven  children  blessed 
this  union,  all  of  whom  are  now  living: 
F.  Nettie,  born  Dec.  21,  1861;  E.  Clifton, 
Dec.  13,  1862;  James  M.,  Sept.  18,  1864; 
Charles  L.,  July  10,  1867;  Elmer  A.,  April 
20,  1870;  Lelia  M.,  June  6,  1871;  Minnie 
R.,  Oct.  14,  1877 

GREEN  D.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.  in 
1829 ;  parents,  James  and  Mary  Green, 
born  in  Virginia  and  Ohio  respectively;  as 
early  as  1821,  James  moved  to  Illinois, 
locating  in  Morgan  Co.  at  a  time  when 
Jacksonville  did  not  exist,  and  when  the 
site  of  it  was  marked  by  stakes,  as  guides 
for  the  emigrant  or  settler.  Young  Green 
grew  up  on  the  farm  and  received  a  com- 
mon school  education  ;  in  1850  he  moved 
on  to  the  farm  where  he  now  resides,  which 
consists  of  103  acres.  The  estate  of  Mr. 
Green  formerly  comprised  500  acres.  In 
1859,  when  the  tornado  devastated  Morgan 
Co.,  Mr.  Green  lost  some  $5,000  worth  of 


property,  his  dwelling  house  being  wrecked, 
fences  blown  down,  and  horses  and  cattle 
carried  through  the  air  and  killed.  It  is 
stated  on  good  authority,  that  rails  carried 
high  in  the  air,  on  their  descent,  were  driv- 
en into  the  ground  to  the  depth  of  three 
feet  or  more.  In  1861,  Mr.  Green  married 
Sarah  E.  Ransdel ;  children  :  Luna  V.  and 
John  S. 

Green  David,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

TTALEY  JOHN,  renter,  P.O.  Woodson 

Hammel    Isaac  D.  farmer,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Harney  Arthur  W.  school  teacher,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Harney  F.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson 

HARNEY  JOHN  R.  retired  farmer, 
Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  Wm.  and 
Margaret  H.;  parents  natives  of  Maryland. 
John  was  born  in  Fayette  Co.,  Ky.,  July  8, 
1806  ;  he  grew  up  on  farm,  receiving  such 
education  as  the  school  of  the  period  afford- 
ed ;  in  1824,  married  Eliza  Ann  Wilson, 
daughter  of  Perry  and  Rachel  Wilson,  near 
Lexington,  Ky.;  came  to  Morgan  Co.  in 
1819,  and  located  six  miles  southeast  of 
Jacksonville  ;  it  was  then  composed  of  log 
cabins  mostly ;  since  coming  to  Morgan 
Co.  Mr.  H.  has  been  quite  unfortunate  ;  for 
years  his  wife  has  been  an  invalid,  but  in 
the  declining  years  of  life  the  aged  couple 
are  comfortably  situated,  owning  80  acres 
and  residence  near  Woodson.  He  is  a 
worthy  Christian  man,  and  highly  regarded 
by  all  who  know  him  ;  children  are  :  Mary 
Ann,  Caroline  Margaret,  James  V.,  and 
Virginia  James,  deceased 

Harrington  Albert,  farm  hand,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Harris  Joseph,  farm  hand,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

HATCHER  JOHANNA  MISS, 
Woodson,  born  Morgan  Co.,  near  Jackson- 
ville, Sept.  1829;  parents  were,  Richard,  a 
native  of  Virginia,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife 
also  ;  family  first  moved  from  Virginia  to 
Kentucky,  and  remained  six  years,  thence 
to  Morgan  Co.  in  1823.  Mr.  H.  became 
an  extensive  farmer  ;  he  died  in  the  sixty- 
fourth  year  of  his  age,  and  his  wife,  May 
4,  1863,  at  sixty-three  years  of  age  ;  Miss 
Hatcher  became  heir  to  a  part  of  the  es- 


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tate.  Alfred  B.  Hatcher,  farmer,  Wood- 
son,  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  April  27,  1844, 
on  the  old  homestead,  and  received  a  lib- 
eral education  ;  since  '69  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Woodson,  and  owns  a  nice  proper- 
ty. The  writer  was  shown  a  plume  made 
from  ostrich  feathers,  that  Richard  Hatch- 
er, heretofore  mentioned,  had  used  in  the 
Black  Hawk  war,  which  occurred  in  1832. 
He  entered  the  service  from  Morgan  Co. 

Hatcher  Burt,  carpenter,  Woodson 

Hawks  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

He'mbrough  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Hembrough  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Hembrough  W.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Henderson  Aramisa,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Henry  Charles  E.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Woodson 

HENRY  E.  B.  farmer  and  small-fruit 
grower,  Woodson,  born  near  Lexington, 
Ky.,  in  1827  ;  when  eight  years  old  his 
parents  moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  settling  six 
miles  south  of  Jacksonville  ;  at  nineteen, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  date,  1846,  en- 
listed in  the  Mexican  war,  under  command 
of  Col.  John  J.  Hardin,  in  Co.  G,  1st  111. 
Inf.;  participated  in  the  battle  of  Buena 
Vista  ;  was  honorably  discharged  at  Cam- 
argo,  Mexico,  and  returned  by  way  of  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico,-  and  overland  to  Morgan 
Co.;  in  1862  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  loist  III. 
Inf.,  for  three  years'  service  ;  engaged  in 
many  important  battles  of  the  war,  as  Hol- 
ly Springs,  Dec.  20,  1862  ;  Wahatchie,  Oct. 
28,  1863  ;  Mission  Ridge,  Nov.  24,  25  and 
26;  Resaca,  May  14  and  15,  1864  ;  Cars- 
ville,  Ga.,  May  19,  1864;  near  Dallas,  Ga., 
May  25,  1864;  while  in  latter  engagement 
severely  wounded  in  head  ;  honorably  dis- 
charged June  30,  1865,  at  Quincy,  111.,  and 
returned  to  Morgan  Co.;  married  Mrs. 
Jennie  N,  Holden,  whose  husband  died  in 
the  army.  Since  the  close  of  the  war  Mr. 
H.  has  been  a  resident  of  Woodson  ;  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  1868,  which 
he  held  till  '77  ;  children  :  Sarah  J.,  Isabel, 
Adeline,  Edwin  R.  and  Steven  R. 

Henry  Geo.  W.  farmer.  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 


HENRY  JESSE,  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sees.  33  and  34,  P.O.  Woodson,  born 
in  Mercer  Co.,  Ky.,  Sept.  28,  1812;  his 
father  was  a  saddler  by  trade,  but  after- 
ward became  a  farmer.  Young  H.  re- 
mained in  the  county  until  twenty-three 
years  old;  at  this  time,  1833.  moved  to 
Morgan  Co.  First  settled  on  rented  farm; 
a  year  later,  married  Martha  E.  McConnell, 
a  native  of  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.;  in  1842, 
took  contract  for  the  construction  of  the 
Great  Western  Railway,  now  Toledo,  Wa- 
bash  and  Western  ;  cleared  $2,500 ;  he 
then  became  an  extensive  stock  buyer,  and 
for  the  fifteen  years  he  followed  it,  he  be- 
came very  successful ;  in  1844,  purchased 
460  acres  ;  in  1848,  240.  As  a  farmer  Mr. 
Henry  has  been  very  successful,  due  to  his 
great  energy  and  business  capacity.  Chil- 
dren :  Edward,  Lucy,  Nancy,  Samuel,  and 
Mary 

Henry  John  R.  farmer,  Sec,  34,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

HENRY  JOHN  T.  Postmaster  and 
station  agent,  and  freight  and  ticket  agent 
of  the  Jacksonville  &  C.&  A.R.R.,  Wood- 
son.  Mr.  Henry  was  born  near  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.,  June  9,  1809 ;  his  father  was  a 
farmer,  and  on  the  old  homestead  the  boy 
grew  up,  received  a  suitable  education  ; 
relates  that  at  an  early  day,  when  a  boy 
got  beyond  fractions,  he  was  regarded  as  a 
superior  scholar  ;  at  fourteen  apprenticed 
to  a  tailor,  served  seven  years  ;  at  twenty- 
one  worked  as  journeyman  in  Springfield, 
Jacksonville,  and  Carrolton;  Nov.  14, 1830, 
settled  at  Jacksonville,  Morgan  Co.;  only 
one  brick  building  at  the  time  ;  remembers 
distinctly  the  deep  snow  ;  speaks  of  the 
early  pioneers  as  a  very  friendly  people  ; 
states  that  they  organized  for  the  relief  of 
the  widows  and  orphans.  Deer  were  plen- 
ty before  the  snow,  but  were  killed  by  the 
thousands  after  its  fall.  In  1856,  went  to 
Macon  Co.;  remained  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  ;  after  close  of  the  rebellion 
moved  back  to  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  is 
now  living  in  Woodson,  and  is  highly  re- 
garded by  all  who  have  his  acquaintance 

HENRY  RICHARO,  an  old  pioneer 
of  Morgan  Co.,  and  R.R.  promoter,  born 
in  Lexington,  Ky.,  Oct.  31,  1797  ;  in  1830, 
moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  near  Jacksonville, 
shortly  after  the  deep  snow  fell ;  in  1838, 


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himself,  Ira  Davenport,  and  George  H.,  a 
brother,  took  a  contract  for  building  the 
first  railroad  in  the  State,  known  as  North- 
ern Cross  R.R.,  part  of  which  is  now  in- 
cluded in  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  R. 
R.  He  made  the  survey  for  the  town  of 
Woodson,  planted  the  first  hedge  and  or- 
chard ;  raised  a  subscription  of  $100,000, 
for  the  Jacksonville  division  of  the  C.&  A. 
R.R.;  a  warm  friend  of  Judge  Woodson, 
from  whom  the  town  of  W.  derives  its 
name  ;  he  contributed  very  materially  to 
the  present  prosperity  of  Morgan  Co.  He 
was  possessed  of  wonderful  energy  and  un- 
swerving integrity,  who,  when  misfortune 
overtook  him,  discharged  his  obligations 
dollar  for  dollar  ;  he  might  have  been 
wealthy,  but  preferred  to  be  honorable,  and 
his  name  will  go  down  to  posterity  as  an 
honest  man.  His  wife  still  survives  and  is 
living  with  her  two  sons,  in  Woodson 
Henry  Wm.  D.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Hill  John  B.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson 
Ho'gg   Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Holmes  D.  D.  farmer  and  minister 
HOLMES  O.  B.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of 
Pierce,  native  of  Connecticut,  and  Louise, 
who  was  a  native  of  New  York.  On  his 
father's  farm  in  Morgan  Co.,  Young  H. 
was  born,  in  1839  !  received  a  liberal  edu- 
cation ;  at  twenty-two  married  Miss  Jo- 
hannah  Cludary,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and 
the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Martha  ;  in 
1862,  purchased  no  acres  in  Morgan  Co.; 
sold  and  went  to  Hancock  Co.,  and  owned 
a  farm  of  208  acres  :  at  the  end  of  three 
years  went  to  Johnston  Co.,  Mo.,  and  pur- 
chased 100  acres,  which  he  still  owns  ;  in 
1873,  returned  to  Morgan  Co.;  at  present 
time  is  living  on  farm  of  80  acres,  estate 
of  Mrs.  Holmes.  Seven  children :  S.  Ed- 
win, Gilbert  P.,  Edith  R.,  Marshall,  Myr- 
ta,  Charles,  and  Seth 

Howard  John,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 
Howe  George,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 

25,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

HUCKSTEP  W.  T.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Woodson  ;  son  of  T. 
C.  and  Jane  B.  Huckstep,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Maddox.  Young  H.  was  born 


in  Morgan  County,  September,  1837  ;  his 
father  a  farmer  and  mechanic,  he  grew  up 
on  the  farm,  receiving  a  common-school 
education  ;  with  the  exception  of  six  years 
spent  in  Iowa,  has  always  been  a  resident 
of  Morgan  County  ;  in  1861,  was  united  in 
marriage  to  N.  J.  Self,  daughter  of  James 
H.  and  S.  A.;  children  :  Jennie,  born  Janu- 
ary, 1864  ;  Rosetta,  Aug.  4,  1866  ;  Charles, 
March  26,  1868  ;  Eddie  and  Freddie 
(twins),  Dec.  24,  1874 

HUGHES  O.  P.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  son  of  John  A. 
and  Elizabeth  Hughes ;  born  near  Murray- 
ville,  Morgan  County,  June  7,  1842  ;  his 
father  was  a  farmer  in  good  circumstances. 
O.  P.  Hughes  received  the  usual  amount  of 
hard  work  and  a  liberal  education,  attending 
school  in  the  winter  and  working  through 
the  summer  season.  March  24,1862,  enlisted 
in  Co.  F,  6ist  111.  Inft.,  at  Jacksonville ; 
mustered  into  service  at  St.  Louis ;  first 
attack  on  the  enemy  made  at  Shiloh,  April 
6,  1862  ;  at  siege  of  Vicksburgh ;  after 
siege,  troops  ordered  to  Little  Rock,  Ark.; 
remained  one  year  guarding  fortifications  ; 
January,  1865,  in  the  battle  of  Murfrees- 
boro,  Tenn.;  notes  from  soldier's  record  : 
went  into  camp  at  Carrollton,  111.,  Dec.  17 
1861 ;  ordered  to  report  at  St.  Louis,  Feb. 
27,  1862  ;  went  into  camp  at  Benton  bar- 
racks, March  i,  1862  ;  left  for  the  field 
March  24,  1862 ;  at  Pittsburg  Landing 
March  29,  1862  ;  attacked  by  rebels  April 
6,  1862,  who  were  driven  from  the  field  ; 
from  Pittsburg  Landing  to  Bolivar,  July 
18,  1862  ;  Dec.  19,  1862,  had  a  fight  with 
rebels  at  Salem  Cemetery,  near  Jackson, 
Tenn. ;  enemy  repulsed  at  siege  of  Vicks~ 
burg  ;  honorably  discharged  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  March  4,  1865.  Returned  to  Mor- 
gan County;  married  Miss  Virginia  A- 
Clark,  at  Manchester,  Scott  County,  Dec. 
4, 1866.  Mr.  H.  owns  320  acres ;  is  engaged 
quite  extensively  as  stock  buyer 

Hugle  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


J 


A.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Woodson,  son  of  C.  P.  and  Susan  John- 
son, who  were  among  the  early  pioneers  of 
Morgan  County.  Young  J.  was  born  on 
his  father's  farm  in  Morgan  County,  March 
29, 1850;  on  the  farm  he  grew  to  manhood, 


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and  received  a  liberal  education;  Jan.  30, 
1869,  he  married  Miss  Margaret  Schofield, 
a  native  of  England,  and  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Nancy,  who  emigrated  to  America 
in  1855.  In  1871,  Mr.  Johnson  taught  the 
school  at  Youngblood  for  one  term,  and 
received  the  graded  certificate  of  scholar- 
ship. The  children  who  blessed  this  union 
are  :  Henry  B.,  born  Feb.  27,  1871  ;  Chas. 
E.,  Jan.  5,  1873  ;  Mary  A.,  March  13, 1877, 
and  Susan  E.,  Jan.  22,  1878 

JOHNSON  C.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 
Woodson  ;  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  John- 
son, a  Baptist  minister,  and  who  was  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  but  who  afterward  moved 
to  Kentucky,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  Aug.  17,  1820.  When  ten 
years  old,  his  parents  moved  to  Morgan 
County,  where  his  father  entered  some  400 
acres,  at  $1.25  per  acre,  his  capital  consist- 
ing of  $100.  two  horses  and  wagon.  C.  P. 
Johnson  relates  to  the  writer  that  when 
eleven  years  old  he  has  plowed  all  day 
with  hickory-bark  lines,  and  such  education 
as  he  could  get  was  received  in  a  log  cabin 
where  greased  papei  was  in  use  to  admit 
the  daylight,  and  a  puncheon  floor  being  in 
use  ;  in  1841,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Amanda  Gentry,  who  passed  off  the 
stage  of  life  Jan.  19,  1847  ;  July  13,  1848, 
was  again  married,  to  Miss  Susan  Craw- 
ford, who  is  a  descendent  of  the  noted  Col. 
Crawford,  who.  it  will  be  remembered,  per- 
ished at  the  stake.  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: George,  Maude,  Z.  T.  and  H.  T.,  the 
last  of  whom  were  prisoners  during  the  late 
war  ;  by  second  marriage :  Andrew  J.,  Com- 
modore P.,  Francis  M.,  Abel  S.,  Mary  L., 
and  Isaac  B.  (deceased):  since  August.  1849, 
Mr.  J.  has  officiated  as  a  Baptist  minister  ; 
seven  years  of  the  time  he  received  as  pay 
for  his  services  an  ax-h.mdle,  Shanghai 
rooster  and  fifty  cents  in  money.  Mr.  J.  is 
the  owner  of  68  acres,  on  which  he  now  lives 

Johnson  U.  J.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  i, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

T/'ELLEHER  W.  J.  farm   hand,  Sec.  32, 

**•  P.O.  Woodson 

KELLER  CONRAD,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  son  of 
Heniy  and  Elizabeth,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Essley ;  near  Frankfort  on  the  Rhine 


young  Keller  was  born,  in  1832  ;  at  seven- 
teen, he  was  apprenticed  to  a  butcher,  and 
remained  in.  this  business  six  years  ;  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two,  he  stepped  on  board 
the  sailing  vessel  Cumberland,  bound  for 
America,  and  in  due  course  of  time  landed 
in  New  York  ;  here  he  remained  a  short 
time,  and  then  went  west  to  Chicago  ;  after 
a  short  residence,  he  went  to  Cairo,  111., 
where  he  lived  three  and  one-half  years, 
and  from  this  point  removed  to  Morgan 
County.  In  1859,  ne  married  Louisa  Dit- 
ner,  who  shortly  after  passed  off  the  stage 
of  life.  In  1870,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Leatha  Braustetler,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Elizabeth  Braustetler.  Mr.  Keller  is 
the  owner  of  103  acres  of  well-improved 
land 

Kelly  Elsie  Mrs.  wid.  Daniel  Kelly,  Sec.  29, 
P.O.  Woodson 

Kelly  Milton,  lab.  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Woodson 

Ketner  J.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson 

Ketner  Rachel,  Woodson 

Kingsley  Arthur,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Kirkman  Peter  S.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Kirkman    Wm.  D.  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

T  ARSON  MAGNUS,  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Lewis  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson 

Lewis  Samuel  T.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
17,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Lynn  James,  farmer,  Woodson 

LYNN  JOSEPH,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of 
James  and  Lucinda,  who  were  among  the 
early  settlers  in  Morgan  Co.  James  Lynn, 
the  father,  built  the  first  railroad  in  Morgan 
Co.,  then  known  as  the  Wabash,  and  now 
comprised  in  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  West- 
ern ;  he  was  raised  on  a  farm,  but  when  old 
enough  became  a  contractor  on  railroads, 
and  followed  the  business  for  a  period  of 
fourteen  years  ;  at  the  expiration  of  this 
time  he  became  a  farmer  ;  he  is  at  the 
present  writing  living  near  Woodson,  in 
Schuyler  Co.,  111.  Young  Lynn  was  born 
September,  1840;  his  education  was  ac- 
quired in  district  schools  ;  in  1861,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Amelia  Sorrells, 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Mahala,  who  set- 
tled in  Morgan  County  at  an  early  date.  In 


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1869,  he  moved  to  Morgan  County  ;  since 
he  became  a  resident,  he  has  held  several 
offices  of  trust ;  children,  in  order  of  birth, 
are :  Eliza  Jane,  born  Sept.  22,  1862 ; 
Laura  Viola,  Oct.  10.  1864 ;  Francis  Har- 
vey, Sept.  22,  1866 ;  Georgiana,  Nov.  281 
1868  ;  Ida  Mahala,  Jan.  28,  1870 ;  James 
Herschel,  Dec.  24,  1873 

ANDVILLE   F.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 

Woodson 

MARTEN"  PLEASANT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Woodson,  son 
of  James,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  Nancy 
Jane,  whose  maiden  name  was  Sheplar,  and 
who  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  ;  they  were 
among  the  earliest  settlers  in  Southern  Illi- 
nois, settling  in  Scott  County  as  early  as 
1830.  James  Martin,  in  due  time,  became 
an  extensive  farmer,  and  on  the  farm  of  his 
father,  in  1833,  young  Martin  was  born. 
Receiving  a  liberal  education  in  the  rude 
log  cabin  of  the  times,  in  1855  he  married 
Mary  Ann  Devore,  in  Morgan  County ;  fol- 
lowing year  moved  from  Scott  to  Morgan, 
and  bought  176  acres  six  miles  south  of 
Jacksonville  ;  since  which  time,  with  the 
exception  of  three  years  spent  in  Missouri, 
has  been  residing  in  Morgan  County  ;  now 
owns  80  acres  of  well-improved  land  ;  held 
office  as  school  director ;  children  are : 
William  E.,  Fanny,  Eliza,  Sarah  Belle, 
Charles,  Sampson,  and  Luella  May 
McAllery  Edgar,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

MCALLISTER  CATHERINE, 
wid.  Robert  McAllister,  was  the  daughter 
of  Philip  and  Sarah  Kennedy  ;  was  born  in 
Mercer  Co.,  Ky.,  May,  1815  ;  lived  in  Ken- 
tucky twenty-five  years  ;  in  1836,  married 
Robert  McAllister  ;  he  was  a  native  of  An- 
derson Co.,  Ky.;  in  1840,  settled  in  Morgan 
Co.,  111.,  seven  miles  southeast  of  Jackson- 
ville ;  bought  property  consisting  of  72 
acres  ;  in  time  acquired  more  land  ;  at  the 
time  of  decease  owned  320  acres  ;  he  was 
a  very  successful  farmer,  a  man  of  intelli- 
gence and  rare  energy  of  character  ;  Nov. 
20,  1863,  he  passed  peacefully  away,  and 
was  laid  at  rest  in  the  Sheppard  cemetery. 
Children  living  are  :  Sarah,  who  married 
Alban  Sheppard  ;  Mary,  who  became  the 
wife  of  William  Sheppard  ;  Elizabeth,  who 
married  the  Rev.  D.  F.  Atterbury ;  Are- 


thusa  Jane,  wife  of  C.  W.  Sheppard  ;  Mar- 
garet, who  married  Levi  Grider ;  Eliza, 
who  married  George  Self,  and  Belle,  who 
remains  unmarried 

McAllister  G.  T.  farmer,  P.O.  Woodson 

McAllister  J.  W.  farmer  and  inventor  of 
ditching  machines 

McAllister  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  34,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McAllister  John,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

MCALLISTER  ROBERT,  farmer, 

Sec.  34,  P.O.  Woodson,  was  the  son  of 
James  and  Mary  McAllister.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  at  Kilrea,  County 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  Feb.  20,  1842  ;  at 
nineteen  he  went  to  Scotland,  and  for  one 
year  was  on  the  Glasgow  police  force ;  in 
1864,  he  emigrated  to  America,  first  locat- 
ing at  Cass  Co.,  111.;  in  1865,  went  to  Ne- 
braska, where  he  devoted  his  time  to  farm- 
ing two  years,  but  the  hard  times  the 
grasshopper  plague  caused  coming  on,  and 
losing  his  all,  he  then  went  to  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.;  there  he  married  Levana  Moon  ; 
thence  to  Jacksonville,  Morgan  County, 
where  he  now  resides,  working  160  acres  ; 
four  children :  Wm.  James,  born  July  8, 
1868;  Robert,  Sept.  14,  1869  ;  Joseph,  Jan. 
20,  1870,  and  passed  away  July  n,  1873; 
and  Mary  Matilda,  Aug.  29,  1877  !  a^  born 
in  Morgan  County 
McAllister  William,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 

Woodson 

McAVOY  DANIEL,  farmer,  Sec.  17, 
P.O.  Woodson.  Mr.  McAvoy  was  born  in 
Queens  Co.,  Ireland,  April  25,  1823  ;  par- 
ents were  Michael  and  Winifred,  whose 
maiden  name  was  McDougal.  At  an  early 
age  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  stone  mason, 
in  which  branch  of  business,  after  serving 
his  time,  he  became  very  successful  as  a 
contractor  and  builder  of  stone  work  ;  in 
1847,  he  came  to  America  on  board  the 
steamship  Queen  of  the  West ;  after  a  short 
voyage  he  landed  in  New  York,  and  be- 
came a  resident  for  some  time,  working  as 
a  foreman  for  contractors  on  stone  work ; 
from  New  York  he  wended  his  way  to 
Morgan  County,  where  since  coming,  with 
little  exception,  he  has  resided;  in  1851, 
he  went  to  Springfield,  111.,  and  there  took 
a  contract  for  building  an  area  around  the 
old  State  House.  Mr.  M.  is  said  to  be  one 


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of  the  most  skillful  workmen  in  the  country. 
Of  late  years  he  has  been  a  farmer ;  is  the 
owner  of  200  acres  ;  in  1849,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Ann  Johnson  ;  children 
are:  Michael  S.,  William  D.,  Felix,  John, 
Thomas,  Julia  Ann,  Arthur,  Andrew,  Mary 
and  Simon.  Mr.  M.  was  elected  county 
commissioner  by  a  large  majority 

McAvoy  Felix,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

McAvoy  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

McAVOY  WM.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  was  born  in  Queens  Co.,  Ire- 
land, in  1818  ;  his  father  was  a  man  of 
liberal  education  and  an  extensive  farmer; 
in  the  county  mentioned,  Mr.  M.  grew  to 
manhood ;  at  eighteen  he  entered  the 
Dublin  University,  and  at  twenty  gradua- 
ted with  high  honors,  and  shortly  after  em- 
igrated to  America  ;  off  the  coast  of  Holly 
Head  the  vessel  was  shipwrecked,  but  was 
enabled  to  put  into  Liverpool  for  repairs  ; 
when  in  a  seaworthy  condition  she  again 
headed  for  America,  carrying  among  her 
other  passengers,  Wm.  McAvoy.  Arriving 
in  New  York,  he  became  a  foreman  on  the 
Erie  canal ;  in  1837,  he  settled  in  Morgan 
Co.,  and  became  a  contractor  on  stone, 
having  become  regularly  apprenticed  to  the 
stone  masonry;  in  1846,  when  the  war 
broke  out  with  Mexico,  he  enlisted  in  Co. 
D,  1st  111.  Vol.,  Col.  J.  J.  Hardin  in  com- 
mand, he  remained  in  the  service  thirteen 
months ;  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of 
Buena  Vista,  and  was  promoted  second 
sergeant  ;  on  his  return  to  Morgan  Co.,  he 
became  again  a  contractor  ;  he  was  a  very 
superior  workman  and  erected  many  of  the 
finest  buildings  in  Morgan  Co.;  he  is  a 
fine  temperance  speaker,  and  during  the 
late  war  rendered  efficient  service 

McAvoy  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

McCormick  A.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McCormick  E.  Mrs.  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Woodson 

McCormick  James,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McCoy  John,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson 

McDaniel  Selden,  farm  hand,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McKean  Robert,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
35,  P.O.  Woodson 


McKean  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McLaughlin  T.  H.  farmer,  Sec. .  25,  P.O. 
Woodson 

McMillan  Thomas,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
P.O.  Woodson 

MCMILLAN  WM.  H.  (deceased).  It 
is  at  times  a  difficult  task  to  follow  the  ever 
varying  incidents  connected  with  the  for- 
tunes and  privations  of  the  early  pioneer, 
and  is.  perhaps,  specially  so  in  the  case  of 
Mr.  McMillan,  as  many  incidents  of  the 
struggles  and  hardships  have  long  since 
been  forgotten  ;  was  born  in  Scott  Co., 
Ky.,  Nov.  9,  1807;  his  father,  by  trade,  was 
a  carpenter,  who  followed,  in  connection, 
the  life  of  a  farmer,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
removal  to  Illinois,  which  event  occurred 
in  the  Fall  of  1833;  then,  accompanied  by 
his  mother,  made  the  overland  trip  in  a  six- 
horse  covered  wagon,  then  the  only  mode 
of  transit,  located  in  Sangamon  Co.,  there 
rented  land  for  one  year ;  a  purchase 
of  land  was  finally  effected,  and  the  build- 
ing of  a  log  house  was  but  the  work  of  a 
short  time,  when  the  family  were  perma- 
nently located,  and  the  date  of  his  nuptials 
date  1837,  and  the  woman  of  his  choice, 
Miss  Lucinda  Gallagher,  daughter  of  Thos. 
Gallagher,a  native  of  Tennessee;  like  all  pi- 
oneers, many  years  in  his  life  were  years  of 
hardships  and  privations  ;  emigration,  how- 
ever, settling  in  rapidly  westward,  enhanced 
the  value  of  farm  property,  and  as  the  time 
drifted  into  the  hidden  past,  and  framed 
dwellings  and  churches,  the  harbingers  of 
civilization,  were  built,  they  began  to  live 
more  comfortably.  Dec.  21,  1846,  Mrs. 
McMillan  died,  and  two  years  later  he  was 
married  again,  to  Miss  Sarah  Gallagher,  sis- 
ter to  his  first  wife.  Mr.  McMillan  was  a 
very  industrious  man,  working  with  a  stur- 
dy independence  that  surmounted  every 
obstacle  ;  from  the  small  acreage  came  an 
estate  of  800  acres,  which,  on  his  decease, 
was  divided  among  the  surviving  members 
of  his  family.  By  his  first  wife  had  five 
children  :  William,  James,  John,  Sarah  E., 
an  infant  child  died  soon  after  birth.  Wil- 
liam is  now  a  resident  of  Iowa,  James  T. 
now  attorney  at  Jacksonville,  John  a  resi- 
dent of  Sangamon  Co.,  Sarah  E.  deceased. 
By  his  second  union :  Thomas,  who  is 
living  on  the  old  homestead,  where  he 


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owns  165  acres,  and  the  old  farm  residence. 
June,  1877,  married  Miss  Margaret  C. 
Cleary,  daughter  of  William  C.  Cleary.who 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.;  has  by  this  mar- 
riage one  child :  Mary.  Mrs.  McMillan, 
relict  of  W.  H.,  still  lives  to  recount  the 
many  changes  in  the  great  west  since  the 
year  1833,  the  early  date  of  her  coming 
here 

Meece  W.  B.  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Meehan  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Megginson  John,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Megginson  Richard,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Metz  Benjamin,  farm  hand,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

MILLER  Gr.  W.  physician  and  sur- 
geon, Woodson,  son  of  Robert  and  Magda- 
len, natives  of  Virginia.  Dr.  Miller  was 
born  in  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  May  II,  1842; 
parents  moved  to  Missouri  as  early  as 
1823.  In  Missouri  young  Miller  passed  his 
early  years ;  preliminary  education  re- 
ceived in  public  schools  of  Missouri ;  in 
1865,  he  attended  the  Illinois  College,  sit- 
uated at  Jacksonville  ;  remained  there 
taking  a  scientific  course  three  years,  thence 
to  Missouri  again  ;  studied  medicine  under 
Dr.  Rodgers,  of  St.  Charles ;  graduated 
from  Missouri  Medical  College  in  1871 ; 
returned  to  Morgan  Co.  and  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  ;  since  that  period  has 
had  a  large  practice  in  Morgan  Co.;  is  a 
skillful  physician ;  the  same  year  he  gradu- 
ated he  married  Miss  Lucy  H.  Galbraith, 
at  Jacksonville  ;  children  :  Edith  and  Er- 
nest 

Moore  Wm.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Woodson 

Morton  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Murray  John  E.  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson 

Myers  John,  renter,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

XTICHOL.S    J.  V.  farmer   and   stock 
raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of 
John  and  Mary  Ann  Nichols  ;  he  was  born 
in  Pike  Co.,  Mo.,  Dec.  I,  1832  ;   became  a 
resident  up  to  1857  ;  his  father  was  a  farm- 
er in  good  circumstances,  and  on  the  farm 
young  N.  grew  up  and  received  a  district 
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school  education  ;  in  1856,  he  married 
Mary  Ellen  Whitlock,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  ;  in  1857,  he  removed  to  Mor- 
gan Co.;  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  D, 
roist  111.  Inf.  for  three  years'  service;  mus- 
tered at  Jacksonville,  he  went  to  the  front 
in  October  of  the  same  year,  was  engaged 
in  the  battle  of  Mission  Ridge,  was  under 
command  of  Sherman  when  he  made  his 
famous  march  ;  at  the  close  of  the  war  he 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Camp 
Butler,  situated  at  Springfield,  111.;  he  then 
returned  to  Morgan  Co.,  and  began  cabinet 
making,  to  which  trade  he  was  regularly 
apprenticed.  Mr.  N.  owns  roo  acres. 
Children  :  Herbert  Wm.,  John  E.,  Whit- 
lock,  and  Frederick  L. 

/"VBRIEN     BARTHOLOMEW,    renter, 
^  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson 
O'Connel  John,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

pENNIX  BENJ.  F.   renter,    P.O.   Jack- 
sonville 

Peterson  Nelson,  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Pierson  James,  renter,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

PORTER  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Woodson,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Sarah  Porter,  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky, where  James  was  born,  August  14, 
1818  ;  in  1834,  the  family  moved  to  Mo 
gan  Co.,  locating  ten  miles  southeast  01 
Jacksonville  ;  James  received  his  prelimi- 
nary education  in  Kentucky,  which  was 
afterward  completed  in  Morgan  Co. ;  in 
1843,  the  head  of  the  family  died,  and 
James  and  Sinclair  Porter  became  heirs  to 
the  property ;  Sinclair  Porter  is  not  living; 
James  resides  on  the  old  homestead  pur- 
chased so  many  years  ago  ;  owns  200  acres, 
which,  for  its  size,  is  one  of  the  best  farms 
in  the  State  ;  in  1870,  he  built  a  handsome 
residence  ;  a  strictly  honest  man,  he  has 
the  respect  of  the  community  in  which  he 
lives.  Two  of  his  sisters,  Mrs.  Coughman 
and  Miss  Nancy  Porter,  reside  with  him 

•D  ANSDELL   JOHN   S.  farmer,  Sec.  10, 

*^>  P.O.  Jacksonville 

RANSON  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  son  of 
James  and  Sarah,  natives  of  England,  who 


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emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Morgan 
County,  eight  miles  southwest  of  Jackson- 
ville; John  was  born  in  Morgan  County, 
Jan.  27,  1837;  received  a  common  school 
education;  since  the  days  of  his  early  youth 
has  been  a  farmer;  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  rebellion  enlisted  in  Co.  K,  27th  Regt. 
Illinois  Infantry,  at  Jacksonville;  was  mus- 
tered into  the  service  at  Cairo,  Illinois; 
remained  in  the  service  four  months;  was 
honorably  discharged  on  account  of  general 
disability,  at  Cairo,  Illinois,  and  returned 
to  Morgan  County;  is  now  living  on  his 
farm,  consisting  of  400  acres;  has  a  fine 
residence;  Mr.  R.  is  a  very  energetic  man, 
and  his  enterprise  is  seen  in  everything 
that  merits  approbation;  children:  James, 
William,  Samuel,  and  Charles  L.,  all  born 
in  Morgan  County;  Mr.  Ranson  is  a  pro- 
gressive farmer,  and  has  made  many  im- 
provements on  his  farm;  for  watering  of 
stock  he  has  superior  facilities 
REESE  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth; 
Mr.  R.  was  born  in  North  Wales,  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain,  July  23, 1828;  for  twenty- 
one  years  he  lived  in  Wales,  and  then 
emigrated  to  America,  and  first  settled  in 
Greene  County,  Illinois;  he  was  engaged 
while  there  as  a  farmer;  at  the  end  of  one 
year  he  settled  in  Lynnville,  Morgan 
County,  and  there  married  Miss  Sarah 
Batty,  a  native  of  Morgan  County,  of 
English  parentage,  who  departed  this  life 
April  18,  1872,  and  was  laid  at  rest  in  the 
Lynnville  cemetery;  in  1873,  Mr.  R.  moved 
to  Woodson  township;  children:  George  E., 
Elizabeth  Ann,  Hannah  M.,  Emma  Alice, 
and  Benjamin  F.;  George  E.  married 
Martha  Holmes,  Elizabeth  married  Chas. 
Summers 

Reaugh  Parmelia,  widow,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Reynolds  E.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

REYNOLDS  THOMAS  C.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
son  of  Ralph  and  Ellen,  natives  of  England, 
who  emigrated  to  America,  settling  in 
Morgan  County  at  an  early  date;  afterward 
removed  to  Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born,  Jan.  2,  1846; 
when  two  years  old  his  parents  went  to 
California,  and  remained  there  six  years, 


and  then  recrossed  the  ocean  to  England; 
here  the  preliminary  education  of  Mr.  R. 
began,  which  was  afterward  completed  in 
the  Illinois  College,  of  Jacksonville,  on 
the  return  of  the  family,  in  1860,  to  Amer- 
ica; in  1867,  he  graduated  from  the  college 
mentioned;  in  1868,  married  Miss  Carrie 
Trabue,  a  graduate  of  the  Illinois  College, 
and  daughter  of  John  Trabue,  who  was  for 
many  years  Clerk  of  Morgan  County  Court; 
Mr.  R.  is  now  living  on  his  farm  of  240 
acres,  four  miles  southeast  of  Jacksonville; 
owns  a  nice  residence;  children  are:  Ella 
T.,  bom  1870,  Georgie  Elmira,  Oct.,  1872, 
Edwin,  1875 

RICHARDSON  WILLIAM  R. 
farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  son  of  Vin- 
cent R.  and  Lydia  Richardson;  William 
was  born  on  his  father's  farm,  in  Morgan 
County,  April  28,  1846;  growing  up  on  the 
farm,  he  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion; on  the  completion  of  his  education, 
he  worked  with  unflagging  zeal  on  the 
farm;  with  the  exception  of  some  months 
spent  in  the  purchase  of  stock,  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson has  resided  in  Morgan  County;  at 
twenty-three,  he  married  Miss  Ann  Alice 
Sanderson,  daughter  of  Robert  Sanderson, 
a  native  of  England;  in  1870,  William 
bought  196  acres  of  land;  a  fine  property; 
five  children:  Charles  H.,  Mary  Jane, 
Mary  Ann,  Nettie,  and  Robert 
Rickey  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Woodson 
RING-  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  30,  P.O.  Woodson;  son  of  Michael 
and  Margaret  Ring;  was  born  in  the 
County  of  Waterford,  Ireland,  January, 
1830;  at  nineteen,  he  emigrated  from  Ire- 
land to  America,  on  board  the  sailing 
vessel  Empire  State,  which  during  the 
passage  was  shipwrecked  off  the  banks  of 
Newfoundland,  and  in  consequence  was 
compelled  to  return;  shortly  after,  came  to 
America  on  the  sailing  vessel  Shannon; 
after  eight  weeks'  voyage  landed  in  New 
York  city;  in  1855,  he  came  to  Morgan 
County,  and  since  that  date  has  been  a 
resident;  in  1853,  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Hennessy,  daughter  of  Patrick  and 
Mary  Hennessy;  for  six  years  has  been 
school  director;  owns  133  acres  of  land; 
children  living:  Michael,  James,  Patrick, 
William,  Daniel,  and  Mary;  John  and 
Thomas,  deceased 


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Roberts   Alice  Miss,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

ROBINSON  CHARLES,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Woodson;  born 
in  Yorkshire,  England,  April  I,  1825;  his 
father  was  a  farmer,  and  emigrated  to 
America  June,  1852;  settled  four  miles 
west  of  Jacksonville;  Charles,  on  arrival, 
entered  160  acres;  in  1859,  Mr.  Robinson's 
dwelling  stood  directly  in  the  track  of  the 
tornado  that  created  such  havoc  in  Morgan 
County;  as  it  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in 
this  work,  we  do  not  enter  into  particulars; 
Mr.  R.  noted  the  approach  of  the  storm, 
went  to  the  door  to  close  it,  but  was  drawn 
instantly  from  the  building  and  carried  a 
full  quarter  of  a  mile;  on  the  decline  of  the 
storm  discovered  his  daughter  lying  at  his 
feet;  on  his  return  to  the  house  he  discov- 
ered that  his  father  was  badly  injured,  and 
he  subsequently  remained  blind  during  the 
rest  of  his  life;  in  1872,  his  wife  died;  she 
was  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  England;  they 
were  married  at  Jacksonville  in  1856;  on 
her  decease,  to  Mr.  R.  was  left  the  care  of 
six  children,  the  youngest  only  thirteen 
days  old;  Mr.  R.  owns  100  acres  of  land 

Robinson  Hiram,  renter,  P.O.Jacksonville 

RODGERS  CHARLES,  dry  goods 
and  grocery  merchant,  Woodson;  was  born 
in  Greene  County,  Illinois;  son  of  Charles 
and  Miranda  R.;  his  father  was  an  exten- 
sive farmer;  on  his  father's  farm  he  passed 
his  early  youth;  at  sixteen,  the  family 
moved  to  Macoupin  County,  111.;  Charles 
received  a  liberal  education;  in  1877,  he 
settled  in  Woodson,  and  became  established 
in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  trade;  in 
December,  1876,  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Jennie  McMahan,  daughter  of  N.  G. 
and  Melissa  H.;  one  infant  child,  born 
1878 

Rook  William,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

ROONEY  JOHN,  farm  hand,  Sec.  36, 
P.O.  Woodson;  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Rooney;  was  born  near  Murrayville,  this 
county,  Feb.  10,  1859;  the  parents  of  this 
noble  boy  emigrated  from  their  native 
land  —  Ireland,  the  heritage  of  poets,  and 
the  refuge  of  the  friendless,  about  the  year 
1849,  landing  at  New  York  city,  settling 
in  the  State  of  New  Jersey  for  a  few  years; 
but  the  crisis  of  1857  caused  a  suspension 


of  public  works,  hence  it  was  then  that  it 
dawned  upon  this  heroic  son  of  lovely 
Erin  to  leave  the  seaboard,  and  seek  a  more 
congenial  clime  in  the  then  far  West;  hav- 
ing left  the  haunts  of  the  city,  Mr.  R.  com- 
menced life  anew  by  working  out  on  the 
farm,  and  continued  in  this  groove  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1863;  Mrs.  R. 
survived  her  husband  but  a  few  years,  her 
death  taking  place  in  1871,  leaving  two 
orphans  to  the  care  of  a  cold  hearted  world; 
Jane,  sister  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  October,  1861,  and  both  of  these 
little  waifs  are  righting  the  battle  of  life 
with  a  heroism  worthy  of  their  descent 
Routt  W.  R.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

C EEGAR  J.  W.  molder,  now  trav. 
agt.  resident  of  Woodson;  son  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  A.,  natives  of  Logan  County, 
Ohio;  J.  W.  was  born  near  West  Liberty, 
Ohio,  in  1838;  when  three  years  old  his 
parents  moved  to  Union  County,  Illinois; 
in  1854,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  moved 
to  Bluestone  River,  Rocky  Mountains; 
became  a  trapper  %and  hunter  until  1856; 
thence  to  Minnesota;  was  a'so  in  Dakota 
and  British  America,  among  the  Indians, 
until  1858;  thence  to  Jacksonville,  Morgan 
County;  in  1860,  married  Elizabeth  Lan- 
ders, a  native  of  Ohio;  in  1862,  enlisted  in 
Co.  I,  loist  Regt.  111.  Vol.,  three  years' 
service;  went  safely  through  the  war  until 
the  battle  of  Resaca,  Ga.,  took  place;  the 
writer  was  shown  a  32  minnie  ball  that 
completely  destroyed  the  eyesight  of  Mr.  S.; 
afterward  transferred  to  Chattanooga; 
shortly  after  was  home  on  furlough;  went 
to  Quincy;  was  honorably  discharged;  Mr. 
S.  when  mustered  out  of  the  service  had 
no  capital;  he  is  to-day  in  very  comfortable 
circumstances,  owing  to  his  surprising 
energy;  in  the  summer,  and  sometimes  in 
the  winter,  he  runs  a  notion  wagon,  and 
his  terms  are  most  reasonable;  he  is  accom- 
panied by  John  W.,  his  son 
Self  James,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson 
SELF  JAMES  H.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson,  was  born  in 
Fayette  Co..  Ky.,  April  16,  1814  ;  his  fath- 
er was  a  farmer  in  good  circumstances  ;  on 
the  farm  the  days  of  childhood  and  youth 
fled  rapidly  by  ;  he  received  a  liberal  edu- 
cation for  the  times ;  at  an  early  day  he 


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learned  what  it  was  to  work,  which  subse- 
quently produced  a  spirit  of  independence 
and  vigor  which  counted  in  after  years ; 
November,  1831,  the  family  moved  from 
Kentucky  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  locating 
near  Jacksonville  ;  at  twenty-four,  James 
Self  married  Sarah  Ann  Abram,  in  Mor- 
gan Co.,  in  January,  1839.  Mr.  Self  is  now 
in  good  circumstances  ;  he  came  to  Illinois 
with  no  start  in  life,  but  possessed  of  that 
energy  that  distinguishes  the  pioneer ;  at 
this  writing,  is  living  in  Woodson  ;  chil- 
dren born  to  them  :  Thomas  M.,  James  E., 
John  W.,  Nancy  Jane,  Julia  N.,  George  P., 
Josiah  H.,  Mary  E.,  Sarah  S.,  Cyrus  C., 
Charles  J.,  Susan  E. 

Sheehan  John  F.  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

SHEEHAN  MARY  MRS.  widow 
Michael  Sheehan,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Woodson. 
Mrs.  Sheehan  was  born  in  the  County  of 
Kerry,  Ireland,  in  1830 ;  her  parents  were 
Jeremiah  and  Mary  Driscoll  ;  in  Ireland 
and  England  Mrs.  S.  resided  twelve  years; 
in  the  year  1850,  she  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Michael  Sheehan  ;  during  the 
Winter  of  1859,  the  family,  then  consisting 
of  husband,  wife,  and  two  children,  emi- 
grated to  America  on  the  sailing  vessel, 
Mary  Foster  ;  they  resided  in  New  York 
during  the  winter,  and  in  the  spring  of  the 
year  came  on  to  Morgan  Co.;  in  1875,  the 
husband  passed  off  the  stage  of  life  and  was 
laid  at  rest  in  the  Catholic  cemetery  of 
Jacksonville ;  children  living :  Margaret 
Ellen,  and  Hannah  ;  four  deceased 
Sheehan  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

bheehan  Mat.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

Shelton  H.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 
Shelton  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  28;  P.O.Wood- 

son 
Shelton   Steven    G.    farmer,    Sec.   28,   P.O. 

Woodson 
Shelton  Thompson  A.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

Woodson 

Shelton  T.  R.  farmer,  Woodson 
SHEPPARD  ALBAN,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  was 
born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Nov.  16,  1831 ;  the 
father  of  the  boy  was  Thornton  Sheppard, 
whose  name,  as  a  pioneer,  appears  else- 


where in  this  volume.  Alban  Sheppard 
was  early  put  to  work,  from  the  time  his 
head  appeared  above  the  plow  handles  un- 
til he  grew  to  maturity  ;  during  his  boy- 
hood the  nearest  neighbor  lived  two  or 
three  miles  away.  Mr.  S.  is  said  to  be 
among  the  first  white  children  born  in 
Morgan  Co.;  at  twenty-two  years  of  age, 
Feb.  15,  1854,  married  Miss  Sarah  F.  Mc- 
Allister, daughter  of  Robert  and  Catherine. 
Mr.  S.  is  now  living  on  his  farm  of  eighty 
acres,  two  miles  north  of  Woodson.  Elev- 
en children  were  born  to  them,  all  of  whom 
are  natural  musicians ;  names  of  children 
are :  Harriet,  Wm.  H.,  J.  B.,  Cyrus  A., 
Mary  E.,  James  A.,  Franklin  E.,  Laura 
Belle,  Eva  E.,  Chas.  A.,  and  Elsie  May 

SHEPPARD  CYRUS  W.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Woodson. 
Mr.  Sheppard  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead of  his  father  in  Morgan  Co.  His 
young  mind  first  became  enlightened  in  the 
common  log  school  house  of  the  times  ;  he 
afterward  attended  school  in  a  frame  struct- 
ure known  as  the  home  school  house  ;  in 
1865,  was  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimo- 
ny with  Arethusa  Jane  McAlister,  who  was 
also  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Aug.  8,  1846. 
Mr.  Sheppard  owns  1 20  acres  of  land  ;  for 
three  years  held  the  office  of  school  direc- 
tor ;  one  child  living  :  Henry  Taylor 

Sheppard  Ellinor,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Sheppard  Geo.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

SHEPPARD  JOHN  B.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Woodson,  son  of  Lewis  J.  and 
Nancy  Sheppard  ;  father,  native  of  Ken- 
tucky; mother,  of  North  Carolina.  John  was 
born  on  his  father's  farm  in  Morgan  Co., 
May  8,  1838  ;  when  twelve  years  old,  his 
father  died  ;  at  sixteen  his  mother  depart- 
ed this  life ;  he  then  lived  with  his  oldest 
brother  three  years  ;  his  education  was  re- 
ceived in  district  schools  ;  in  1859,  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  L.  Shelton,  daughter 
of  Thompson  R.  and  Ellinor ;  in  1872, 
moved  to  Woodson ;  same  year  elected 
constable  ;  re-elected  in  1874 ;  served  four 
years — six  years  in  all  ;  Autumn  of  1877, 
elected  justice  of  the  peace.  Two  adopted 
children  :  Francis  Henry  and  Mamie  Ag- 
nes, formerly  Belmore 

SHEPPARD  J.  J.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  parents 


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were  Thornton  and  Ellinor  Sheppard,  who 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.  as  early  as  1830;  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Adair 
Co.,  Ky.,  Sept.  10.  1827 ;  when  the  family 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.  hundreds  of  deer 
roamed  the  prairie,  and  wild  turkey  and 
wild  game  of  every  description  abounded  ; 
they  came  to  the  county  with  an  ox  team. 
Thornton  Sheppard  is  described  as  a  man 
of  great  energy,  one  of  the  pioneer  minis- 
ters of  the  county,  and  an  intimate  friend 
of  Peter  Cartwright,  the  celebrated  pioneer 
preacher  ;  after  a  life  of  hardship  and  toil, 
rewarded  by  the  acquisition  of  property, 
he  passed  away  but  a  few  years  ago.  J.  J. 
Sheppard,  at  twenty-seven,  married  Mary 
E.  Coffman,  daughter  of  Abraham  Coff- 
man,  a  millwright  by  occupation.  Mr.  S. 
states  that  in  his  boyhood  there  was  no 
school  fund,  and  he  got  his  schooling  as 
best  he  could  ;  relates  that  the  clothing  of 
children  were  wove  by  the  pioneer  mothers. 
Mr.  Sheppard  is  one  of  the  prominent 
wealthy  men  of  Morgan  Co.;  commencing 
with  no  capital  save  the  immense  will  of 
the  pioneer,  to-day.,  he  owns  some  700 
acres,  20  horses,  100  cattle,  100  sheep,  etc., 
etc.  Ten  children  living  :  Geo.  W.,  John 
S.,  Irving  D..  Alice  R.,  Sylvester,  McClel- 
lan,  Emeline,  Luther,  Clara  and  Lucy 

Sheppard    Rachel    Miss,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sheppard    Wm.    F.    farmer,   Sec.   30,    P.O. 
Woodson 

Sheppard    Wm.    S.    farmer,    Sec.    31,    P.O. 
Woodson 

Short  Charles,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Shumaker    Herman,    fanner,    Sec.    32,  P.O. 
Woodson 

Shumaker  Michael,    Sec.    29,    P.O.    Wood- 
son 

Simpson  John,  physician  and   surgeon,  Sec. 
26,  P.O.  Woodson 

SIMKINS  GEO.  retired  farmer,  Sec. 
23,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  March  14,  1809 ;  parents,  Thom- 
as and  Fannie ;  in  England  was  foreman 
on  a  farm.  In  1849,  to  better  his  fortunes, 
he  stepped  on  board  a  sailing  vessel  bound 
for  America  ;  the  voyage  proved  tempes 
tuous,  the  vessel,  at  one  time,  being  driven 
near  the  coast  of  Greenland,  and  the  pas- 
sengers suffering  from  the  intense  cold.  In 


due  time  he  settled  in  Morgan  Co.,  having 
no  capital  to  give  him  a  start,  but  a  strong 
will.  As  the  years  went  by  he  accumulated 
property  ;  now  owns  100  acres.  Wife  was 
Mary  Becraft ;  they  were  married  in  Eng- 
land. Children  living :  Thomas,  born 
March  30,  1837  ;  George,  April  28,  1840  ; 
Frances,  April  II,  1842.  George  Simkins, 
jr.,  married  Sarah  Delaney,  daughter  of 
William  and  Polly  Delaney,  Feb.  23,  1864; 
two  children  :  Mary  Alice,  born  Dec.  12, 

1864,  died   Sept.    7,    1865  ;     Laura   May, 
March  8,  1866.      At   the   breaking  out  of 
the  rebellion  George  enlisted  at  Jackson- 
ville, in  Co.  K,  27th  111.  Inf.;   three  years' 
service  ;    in  battle  of  Belmont,  and  other 
engagements ;  was  honorably  discharged  at 
camp  Big  Springs,  Missouri,  on  account  of 
general  disability,  and  returned  to  Morgan 
Co. 

Simpson  Walter,  laborer,  works  tile  factory, 
Woodson 

SMITH  A.  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  35,  P.O.  Murrayville,  son  of  S.  K.  and 
Catherine  Smith,  natives  of  Tennessee  ;  in 
the  town  of  Jasper  young  Smith  was  born 
and  grew  to  maturity,  receiving  a  liberal 
education  ;  at  twenty-one  he  turned  his 
attention  to  farming  ;  in  1853,  he  married 
Miss  Martha  Underwood,  a  native  of 
Tennessee  ;  in  1854,  ne  moved  to  Macou- 
pin  Co.,  where  he  resided  twelve  years  ;  in 

1865,  he  came  to  Morgan,  and  first  rented 
property  of  Greenup  Henry  ;    in   1877,  he 
purchased  100  acres   of  land  ;    owns  town 
property  in  Mount  Vernon  ;    in  1864,  Mrs. 
Smith  died ;    same  year  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to   Miss   Mary  Ann  Henry.     By 
first  marriage,  three  children  :    James  Ma- 
rion, Margaret  L.,  and  Sarah.     By  second 
marriage  :  Rachel  E.,  and  Leah  E. 

Smith  A.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

SMITH  GEO.  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  28,  P.O.  Woodson.  The  gentleman  who 
heads  this  sketch  was  the  son  of  John  and 
Dulcina  Smith.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  who  moved  from  there  to 
Kentuck.-;  there  married  about  1820;  he 
moved  to  Lawrence  Co.,  111.,  there  the  sub- 
ject of  our  sketch  was  born.  When  four 
years  old  his  parents  moved  to  Morgan  Co., 
and  settled  near  Jacksonville  on  govern- 
ment land.  At  that  date  Jacksonville  con- 


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sisted  principally  of  a  store  and  tavern. 
In  those  days  there  were  no  school  funds, 
the  schools  being  supported  by  subscrip- 
tion, the  seat  of  learning  being  a  log  cabin. 
In  1845  he  was  married  to  Miss  Celia 
Hatcher.  Mr.  S.  has  held  the  office  of 
school  trustee,  school  director,  etc.  At 
this  writing  is  living  on  his  farm,  and  is 
the  owner  of  208  acres.  Four  children  : 
John  R.,  Francis  M.,  Sarah,  and  Amelia 

Smith  Jas.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Smith  Jas.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  Jonathan,  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Smith  Robt.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Woodson 

SMITH  SAMUEL,  B.  farmer,  Sec.  8, 
P.O.  Jacksonville ;  was  born  in  Morgan 
County  Dec.  20,  1824 ;  this  date  was  the 
beginning  of  Jacksonville ;  where  the 
square  is  now  laid  out  prairie  grass  then 
grew  to  a  height  of  from  three  to  five  feet. 
We  all  realize  to  some  extent  the  priva- 
tions and  hardships  of  the  early  pioneer ; 
as  soon  as  their  children  were  able,  they 
were  put  to  work ;  in  common  with  others, 
this  fell  to  the  lot  of  young  Samuel ;  when 
ten  years  old,  he  drove  from  three  to  four 
yoke  of  oxen  ;  the  clothing  he  wore  then 
consisted  of  pants  and  shirt  manufactured 
from  flax  ;  his  schooling  was  obtained  in  a 
log  cabin  made  of  hewn  logs,  where  the 
seats  were  low  and  awkwardly  constructed, 
and  the  principal  book  in  use  being  a 
Webster  spelling-book  ;  in  one  corner  of 
the  room  there  usually  stood  long  rods  for 
subduing  unruly  pupils  ;  children  then  went 
to  school  over  the  prairie,  for  there  were 
no  roads  ;  numerous  interesting  anecdotes 
could  be  given  by  Mr.  Smith,  but  our  space 
forbids  ;  Dec.  3,  1846,  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Grimsey,  daughter  of  Elijah  and 
Sally,  who  settled  in  Morgan  County  prior 
to  the  deep  snow.  Mr.  S.  is  the  owner  of 
1 80  acres  of  land  ;  there  are  six  children  : 
Melissa  Jane,  Eliza  T.,  Sarah  D.,John  M., 
Mary  E.,  and  William  F. 

Smith  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

SMITH  W.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 
Jacksonville  ;  was  born  in  Morgan  County 
Sept.  9,  1839  ;  parents  were  James  P.  and 
Amanda  M.,  who  were  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky. James  P.  was  born  in  the  year 


1806,  and  his  wife  in  1816;  in  1844,  they 
both  passed  off  the  stage  of  life.  W.  A. 
was  then  quite  young,  and  many  years  of 
his  life  afterward  were  years  of  hardship  ; 
besides  himself  there  were  three  other  chil- 
dren of  tender  years,  whose  names  in  order 
of  birth  are  :  Jessie  J.,  John  A.,  and  James 
H.;  for  a  number  of  years  the  children 
lived  with  grandparents.  Wm.  A.  married 
Lydia  A.  Riggs,  daughter  of  Henry  L.  and 
Mary,  pioneers  of  Morgan  County  ;  Henry 
was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  his  wife 
was  born  in  Knox  Co.,  111.,  where  her  par- 
ents moved  from  to  Morgan  County  when 
she  was  quite  young.  Four  children  blessed 
the  union  of  W.  A.  and  Lydia  Smith,  whose 
names  are  :  Laura  M.,  Fanny  A.,  Amanda 
M.,  and  James  H. 

SOBBELLS  DAVID  H.  farmer  and 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Woodson  ; 
was  born  in  Greene  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  19,  1842; 
while  young  his  parents  moved  to  Morgan 
County,  settling  near  Jacksonville  ;  on  a 
farm  here  he  grew  up,  and  received  a  lib- 
eral education  ;  at  twenty  years  of  age,  at 
the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  he  en- 
listed in  Co.  B,  loth  111.  Infty.,  for  three 
years'  service  ;  he  was  mustered  into  the 
service  at  Cairo,  111.,  July,  1861  ;  went  to 
the  front  in  August  ;  became  a  participant 
in  the  battles  of  Chickamauga,  Pittsburg 
Landing,  and  many  other  severe  engage- 
ments ;  at  Rossville,  Ga.,  he  re-enlisted  as 
a  veteran  under  Sherman  ;  was  in  the  grand 
review  held  at  Washington.  D.  C.,  after  the 
close  of  the  rebellion  ;  he  was  then  sent  to 
Louisville,  Ky.,  and  shortly  after  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  was  honorably  discharged 
July,  1865  ;  he  then  returned  to  Morgan 
County,  and  the  same  year  married  Miss 
G.  A.  Finch ;  three  children  were  born  to 
this  union :  Hiram  W.,  Oliver  V.,  and 
Lillie  Belle 

Sorrells  Hiram  M.  farmer,  P.O.  Woodson 
SOBBELLS  JOSEPH,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sees.  28  and  29,  P.O.  Wood- 
son,  son  of  Hiram  and  Mahala  Sorrells. 
Joseph  was  born  in  Greenbriar  Co.,  Ind.; 
moved  from  there  with  parents  at  the  age 
three  years ;  when  old  enough  he  attended 
the  district  schools  ;  June  25,  1858,  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Sullens,  who  died  Febru- 
ary, 1861,  leaving  two  children,  Newton 
and  Harriet  A.  In  1864,  Mr.  Sorrells  en- 


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tered  the  army,  enlisting  in  Co.  B,  loth  111. 
Infty.,  under  Capt.  Shaw,  at  Mt.  Sterling, 
Brown  Co.,  111.;  mustered  into  the  service 
at  Springfield,  and  served  through  the 
Georgia  campaign  ;  July  II,  1865,  honor- 
ably discharged  at  Chicago,  and  returned 
to  Morgan  County  ;  owns  80  acres  of  land; 
Nov.  22,  1865,  married  Louisa  Smith,  of 
Coles  County  ;  second  marriage,  four  chil- 
dren :  Edgar,  Minnie  B.,  Herman,  and 
Earnest 
Sorrels  Nehemiah,  fanner,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 

Woodson 
Staples   Henry,   farm   hand,    Sec.    14,   P.O. 

Woodson 

Staples  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Woodson 
Staples  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Woodson 
Sustram  George,  renter,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


J.  G.  farm  hand,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

TAYLOR  E.  A.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of  George 
and  Polly  E.  Taylor  ;  born  in  Shelby  Co., 
Ky.,  at  the  age  of  two  years  parents  moved 
to  Morgan  County,  111.,  settling  nine  miles 
southeast  of  Jacksonville.  E.  A.  Taylor 
received  education  in  district  schools  when 
the  work  of  the  farm  would  permit  ;  in 
1854,  married  Susan  Soney,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Susan  T.  Mr.  Taylor  is  a 
man  of  energy  and  will  ;  has  acquired  a 
comfortable  property,  consisting  of  140 
acres,  nine  miles  southeast  of  Jacksonville. 
Six  children  were  born  to  them,  four  liv- 
ing :  Francis  J.,  Cornelius  C.,  Orlando  K., 
and  Charles  A. 

THOMPSON  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  18, 
P.O.  Jacksonville,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Thompson.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Georgetown,  Ky.,  Jan.  8,  1830; 
his  father  was  an  extensive  trader  and 
speculator,  and  at  one  time  was  the  owner 
of  a  large  plantation  in  Virginia  ;  he  was  a 
very  prosperous  man  until  the  breaking  out 
of  the  rebellion,  when  in  common  with 
others  he  became  nearly  bankrupt.  For 
thirty  years  John  remained  in  Virginia, 
working  on  the  estate  of  his  father,  before 
and  after  his  decease,  and  in  conjunction 
with  a  brother  fell  heir  to  a  part  of  the 
estate  mentioned  ;  December,  1852,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Virginia  Graver,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Eleanor  Graver  ;  five  children  : 


Samuel,  born  1856  ;  Mary,  May  12,  1861 ; 
Claude,  June  29,  1864 ;  George,  Dec.  23, 
1866,  and  Sarah,  September,  1871 

Thompson  Samuel,  farm  hand,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Tobin  Patrick,  fanner,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

T  J  NGLAUB  JOHN,   shoemaker,   Wood- 
son 

WASEY  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Volintine  Enoch,  carpenter,  Woodson 

ALTER  JAMES,  farmer,  Sec.  8, 
P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  was  the  son  of  Geo. 
W.  and  Eliza,  natives  of  Virginia ;  in  For- 
quer  County  of  above  State,  on  the  2gth  of 
November,  1836,  young  W.  was  born  ;  the 
same  year  his  parents  moved  to  Illinois, 
settling  in  Morgan  County ;  as  the  country 
was  then  new,  James  received  plenty  of 
hard  work  ;  his  preliminary  education  was 
received  in  the  pioneer  log  cabin,  and  af- 
terward completed  in  the  Jacksonville  Col- 
lege—  long  since  abandoned  for  college 
purposes.  For  a  short  time  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Texas;  in  1863,  he  married  Miss 
Sarah  F.Westrope,  who  was  born  in  Morgan 
County;  children:  Clara, born  June,  1866; 
Lena,  1869,  and  Mabel,  Oct.  5,  1875 
Walters  Ralph,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Wardandyke,  J.  J.  engineer,  Woodson 
Watson  J.  I.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  36, 

P.O.  Jacksonville 

WELCH  LAWRENCE,  farmer,  Sec. 
26,  P.O.  Jacksonville.'  Mr.  Welch  was  born 
in  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in  1835  ;  when  sev- 
enteen years  old,  he  emigrated  to  America 
and  first  settled  in  New  Jersey  ;  there  he 
lived  five  years,  and  then  moved  to  Morgan 
County,  settling  nine  miles  south  of  Jack- 
sonville. At  the  first  call  for  volunteers, 
he  enlisted  in  Co.  G,  Jacksonville  Vols., 
for  three  months'  service,  but  remained 
two  years,  under  the  command  of  Captain 
Woods,  of  Jacksonville  ;  on  being  honor- 
ably discharged  at  Cairo,  111.,  he  returned 
to  Jacksonville  ;  in  1865,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Bridget  O'Donnell,  daughter  of 
Richard  O'Donnell,  a  native  of  Ireland. 
Since  the  close  of  the  rebellion,  Mr.  Welch 
has  devoted  his"1  time  to  farming,  in  which 
he  is  very  successful 


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WELLS  JOSEPH  H.  farmer,  Sec.  31, 
P.O.  Murrayville,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Nettleship.  In 
Nottinghamshire,  Eng.,  young  W.  was  born; 
when  two  years  old,  the  family  crossed  the 
ocean  for  America,  and  settled  in  Lake 
Co.,  111.,  and  there  entered  land  from  the 
government.  Joseph  received  his  educa- 
tion in  district  schools  ;  at  eighteen,  he  be- 
came apprenticed  to  a  stone  mason,  and 
served  three  years ;  during  the  Crimean 
war  he  went  to  England  ;  on  his  return  to 
America  he  settled  in  Jacksonville,  and 
there  married,  Nov.  4,  1860,  Elizabeth 
Davis,  daughter  of  William  and  Catherine. 
Mr.  W.  first  worked  at  his  trade  in  Jack- 
sonville, and  for  seven  years  was  on  the 
police  force  there  ;  in  after  years,  as  plas- 
terer, stone  mason  and  contractor,  he  was 
quite  successful.  Sept.  19,  1875,  his  wife 
passed  off  the  stage  of  life,  leaving  three 
children  :  William,  Ellsworth,  and  Harry. 
Mr.  W.  at  present  time  owns  120  acres 

WHITLOCK  MARY  MBS.  wid. 
John  Whitlock,  born  in  North  Carolina  in 
1799  ;  parents  were  Lewis  and  Ali ;  when 
ten  years  old,  her  parents  moved  to  Ken- 
tucky; in  1821,  was  united  in  marriage  to 
John  ;  in  1828,  Mr.  Whitlock  with  wife  and 
children  settled  in  Morgan  County,  some 
four  miles  from  what  is  now  the  city  of 
Jacksonville.  Mr.  W.  was  then  but  twen- 
ty-one, of  a  strong,  hardy  disposition,  pos- 
sessed of  great  energy,  that  carried  him 
successfully  ovec  every  obstacle,  and  as  the 
years  rolled  by  and  old  age  came  on  at  a 
good  round  pace,  he  found  himself  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  fine  property ;  when  he  came  to 
the  county  he  had  but  $50  in  money  and  a 
team  and  wagon.  To  follow  the  details  of 
his  successful  career,  would  be  superfluous, 
Jan.  29,  1871,  he  passed  peacefully  away, 
and  was  laid  at  rest  in  the  cemetery  known 
as  Sheppard's  ;  at  time  of  decease  owned 
some  800  acres.  Mrs.  W.,  whose  name 
appears  at  the  head  of  this  biography,  is 
now  upward  of  eighty,  still  vigorous,  with 
a  sufficiency  of  this  world's  goods ;  chil- 
dren :  Rosan,  Emily,  Herbert  G.,  Minerva, 
Samantha,  Mary,  and  Delia ;  deceased : 
John  and  Ali  ;  Delia  married  Joseph  Har- 
per, and  at  this  writing  they  are  living  with 
Mrs.  Whitlock 

WINTER  DAVID,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  was  the 


son  of  William  and  Mary  Winter.  He  was 
born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  May  13,  1825;  his 
father  was  a  brick  and  tile  maker,  and  at 
this  occupation  the  boy  worked  for  a  con- 
siderable length  of  time.  Sept.  10,  1850, 
he  stepped  on  board  the  sailing  vessel  Liv- 
erpool, bound  for  America,  and  in  due  time 
arrived  in  New  York  City;  shortly  after, 
he  went  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  resided 
but  a  short  time,  and  then  proceeded  to 
Morgan  County  ;  he  first  worked  by  the 
month,  at  $13  per  month ;  in  1858,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Nancy  Redding. 
Mr.  W.,  on  his  arrival  in  America,  had  no 
capital,  but  was  possessed  of  a  strong  con- 
stitution and  a  vigorous  will,  that  carried 
him  successfully  over  every  obstacle,  and  in 
tiiiie  he  acquired  a  fine  property ;  he  is 
now  the  owner  of  250  acres  of  choice  land, 
and  is  very  successful  as  a  farmer  ;  children 
are  :  William  T.,  John  D.,  James  E.,  Mary, 
Isabel,  Dorotha  Ann,  George  W.,  Lewel- 
lyn,  Charles  H.,  and  Sarah  J. 
Winter  Thomas  D.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Wyatt  Wm.  J.  stockbuyer,  Woodson 
WYCKOFF  ALBERT,  merchant. 
Woodson ;  born  in  Warren  Co.,  N.  J.,  May 
22,  1846.  His  father  was  a  woolen  manu- 
facturer at  Finesville,  N.  J.,  for  several 
years  ;  when  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  the 
family  moved  to  Athens  Co.,  Ohio,  arid 
carried  on  same  business  for  a  number  of 
years  ;  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion, 
young  W.  enlisted  in  the  7th  Ohio  Cavalry 
for  three  years'  service  ;  participated  in  bat- 
tles of  Dutton  Hill,  Mt.  Sterling,  Monti- 
celli,  Ky.,  Cumberland  Gap,  Ky.,  Knox 
Valley,  Ky.,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  taken 
prisoner  at  Rodgersville,  Tenn.,  in  1863  ; 
wounded  in  battle,  was  first  taken  to  Belle 
Island ;  remained  four  months ;  thence 
to  Andersonville ;  remained  six  months  ; 
made  his  escape  ;  was  retaken  near  New- 
bern,  N.  C.;  sent  to  Salisbury,  N.  C.;  re- 
mained six  weeks  ;  made  escape  ;  retaken 
and  sent  to  Charleston,  S.  C.;  remained 
one  week ;  thence  to  Florence,  N.  C.;  taken 
to  Goldsborough,  N.  C.;  made  escape,  and 
joined  Union  troops  at  Wilmington  ;  time 
of  service  had  then  expired  ;  married  Miss 
Rachel  Seegar  at  Jacksonville,  April  IO, 
1866  ;  one  child,  Sarah  M.,  born  1872,  in 
Des  Moines,  Iowa 


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BUSINESS  CARDS. 


BALL  LEONID  AS,  plasterer,  Wood- 
son 

CLERIHAN      M.     J.     correspondent 
Jacksonville  Journal 

CRAIG  LOYD  A.    tile   manufacturer, 
Woodson 

HUGHES    O.    P.    stock    buyer,    P.O. 
Woodson 

MILLER  GEO.  W.  physician  and  sur- 
geon, Woodson 


RODGERS  CHARLES,  dealer  in 
dry  goods  and  groceries,  Woodson 

SEEGAR  J.  W.  traveling  salesman, 
Woodson 

WYCKOFF  A.  dealer  in  dry  goods  and 
groceries,  Woodson 

WELLS  JAS.  H.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Woodson.  Mr.  W. 
has  an  excellent  farm  of  120  acres  to  sell. 
Terms  favorable — long  time 


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A  LLAN  JAMES,  farmer,   Sec.  10,    P.O. 

^*"  Lynnville 

ALLAN  PETER,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Lynnville,  born  in  Lin- 
lithgow,  Scotland,  Sept.  5,  1825  ;  was  mar- 
ried to  Jennie  Dunlap,  Jan.  n,  1848;  she 
was  born  in  Bathgate,  Scotland,  Aug.  29, 
1826 ;  their  children  are :  James,  born 
March  31,  1851  ;  Maggie  H.,  Jan.  20,  1853; 
Agnes  M.,  June  21,  1856 ;  Mary  I.,  Jan.  7, 
1859;  Jonn  R-.  July  22»  !862;  Willie, 
Aug.  25,  1865,  and  died  Aug.  27,  1865; 
Robert,  Sept.  26,  1866  ;  Alexander,  Sept. 
2O,  1871.  and  died  July  I,  1873  !  ne  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1853,  and  first  settled 
in  Jacksonville  ;  was  engaged  as  baker  at 
the  Insane  Asylum  for  seven  years,  then 
went  to  farming ;  has  been  engaged  in 
that  business  ever  since ;  owns  farm  of  215 
acres ;  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church 

Allen  Joseph,  school  teacher,  Lynnville 

Angels  Elihu  R.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Angels  Reuben,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Angels  SamuefF.  farmer,  Sec.io,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

ANGELS  THOMAS  M.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.g,  P.O.  Lynnville.was  born 
in  Crawford  Co.,  Penn.,  May  25,  1825 ; 
came  to  Morgan  Co.  with  his  father,  James 
Angelo,  in  1831  ;  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
Hoover,  April  13,  1848  ;  she  was  born  May 
24,  1829,  in  Macoupin  Co.,  and  died  April 
6,  1864  ;  had  seven  children,  three  of  whom 
are  living,  named :  Samuel  F.,  Sarah  J., 
and  William  T.;  was  married  second  time 
to  Mary  J.  Horton,  Aug.  16,  1864;  she  was 
born  May  28,  1842,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Iowa; 
two  children  :  Alonzo  C.  and  George  C. 
Owns  farm  of  280  acres;  was  constable  four 
years,  and  justice  of  the  peace  twelve  years 

Angelo  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Angelo  William  H.  jr.  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


Ash  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

T)  ADER  GEORGE,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Bader  H.  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Bagnal  William,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Beck  George,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Benschmiller  John,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Bobbitt  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Boddy  Charles,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Boruff  David,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Bown  Charles  J.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

BOWN  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jacksonville ;  he  was  born 
in  Somersetshire,  Eng.,  about  the  year 
1826;  emigrated  to  America  in  1868,  and 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.;  he  married  Grace 
Bown  (his  cousin);  she  was  born  in  Som- 
ersetshire, Eng.,  about  the  year  1828 ; 
there  are  Charles  J.,  Rosanna,  Emily,  John, 
James  ;  owns  180  acres  of  land 

Boston  Richard,  wagon  maker,  Lynnville 

Bowers  Anderson,  farm  hand,  Sec.  3,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Buchin  John,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Burkey  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Burmeister  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Burmeister  John,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Burmeister  William,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Burns  James,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Busey  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Busey  John,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Busey  Nelson,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


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Busey  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Busey  Thomas,  jr.  farmer,  P.O.  Woodson 
Butler  James,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BARTER  JOHN,    farmer,    Sec.  24,  P.O. 

^^  Jacksonville 

Cieary  Catherine  Mrs.  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Cieary  John,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Cieary  William,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Cockerill  Thomas  F.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Cole  Wm.  C.  physician,  Lynnville 

Combs  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Combs  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Combs  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Combs  William,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Conlan  Stephen,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cosgrove  John,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Cosgrove  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cosgrove  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Costello  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Coultas  George,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Coultas  John,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Coultas  Oliver,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Coultas  William,  retired,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Cox  John,  Lynnville 

Craddick  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Gulp  Jerome,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

TTVAVIS  THOMAS,  saddler.  Lynnville 
^^^     Davis  Willis,  carpenter,  Lynnville 
Deering  John,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Delany  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Delap  Bernard,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Dendell  John,  renter,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Lynnville 


Dickenson  Hart,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Dickinson  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 

ville 
Dickinson   Mary   Mrs.  farmer,   Sec.    6,  P.O. 

Lynnville 
Dickinson  Piercy,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Lynn- 

ville 
Dobson  Richard,  farmer,  Sec   13,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Donegan  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.Jack- 

sonville 
Doolin  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Doolin  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Doolin  William,    farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 

Douglas  Eliza  Mrs.  Lynnville 
Duckwall  Joseph,  farmer,  Lynnville 


JOHN,    farmer,    Sec.    i,  P.O. 

"^^  Jacksonville 

Evans  David,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

EVANS  DAVID,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Lynnville;  born  in  North  Wales,  Great 
Britain,  Dec.  II,  1852;  settled  in  Morgan 
County  in  1856;  was  married  to  Anna 
Francis  Murgatrioyd,  Sept.  19,  1875;  she 
was  born  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  30,  1859; 
one  son:  John  W.,  born  May  4,  1876;  one 
daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth,  April  29,  1877; 
John  Evans,  his  father,  was  born  in  North 
Wales,  Great  Britain,  Feb.  14,  1826;  he 
came  to  Morgan  County  in  1856;  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Reece;  she  was  born  in 
North  Wales,  May  29,  1826 

Evans  John,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Ezzard  William,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Wood- 
son 

T^AGAN    JOHN,    farmer,    Sec.  14,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Farrar  James,  shoemaker,  Lynnville 
Fellows  Richard,  farmer,  Lynnville 
Fellows  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Lynn- 

ville 

FERGUSON  BENJAMIN,  farmer, 
Sec.  2,  P.O.Jacksonville;  born  in  Cumber- 
land County,  Ky.,  May  7,  1802;  came  to 
Illinois  in  1830,  and  settled  in  Morgan 
County,  and  engaged  in  blacksmithing, 
which  he  followed  for  many  years;  was 


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married  to  Susan  Sandusky,  Dec.  6,  1820; 
she  was  born  near  Lexington,  Ky.,  Feb.  15, 
1798,  and  died  Jan.  9,  1861;  their  children 
are:  Emeline,  William,  Willis  (dead), 
Nancy,  Annie  (dead),  Champion,  Anthony, 
Hannah,  Francis  M.;  was  married  second 
time,  to  Matilda  Masters,  Aug.  20,  1868; 
she  was  born  in  Overton  County,  Tenn., 
Sept.  17,  1816;  she  came  to  Illinois  with 
her  father,  Robert  Masters,  in  1834;  he 
died  Feb.  19,  1870;  Mr.  Ferguson  is  a 
member  of  the  M.  E.  Church;  the  farm 
where  he  lives  was  deeded  to  him  by  Mrs. 
Strawn,  for  his  valuable  services  during  the 
lifetime  of  Jacob  Strawn 

FERGUSON  CHAMPION,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
was  born  in  Morgan  County,  July  2,  1833; 
served  three  years  in  the  army,  Co.  D, 
toist  Regt.  111.  Vol.  Inft.;  was  married 
to  Virginia  H.  Harney,  Oct.  19,  1865;  she 
was  born  in  Morgan  County,  June  15,1833; 
no  children;  owns  a  farm  of  too  acres, 
valued  at  $5,000 

FL.IGG  GEORGE,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynnville;  he  was  born 
in  Morgan  County,  Oct.  12,  1847;  his  father, 
John  Fligg,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in 
Morgan  County;  George  was  married  to 
Mary  Jane  Stephenson;  she  was  born  in 
England;  their  children  are:  John  T.,born 
Sept.  23,  1870;  Charles,  July  17,  1873; 
Jessie  B.,  Jan.  n,  1875;  Joseph,  Dec.  n, 
1876;  farm  of  80  acres;  has  served  several 
years  as  town  trustee 

Fligg  Jane,  Mrs.  Lynnville 

Flynn  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Flynn  John  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Flynn  Mary  Mrs.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Funk  John  L.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Funk  Nimrod,  retired,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

(~*  ERMANN  CHARLES,  farmer,  Sec.  14, 

^-J  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Germann  Chris,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Germann  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Germann  John  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


Gibbs  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  5,   P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Gill  Charles,   fanner,   Sec.    15,  P.O.    Lynn- 
ville 

Gill  David,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Gill  David  H.  farmer,  Lynnville 
Gill  John,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Gill  Josiah,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Gill  William,  blacksmith,  Lynnville 
Glossop  William,  retired,  Lynnville 
Gordon  David  W.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Gordon  James  B.  farmer,  Lynnville 
GORDON  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Lynnville;  Rep.;  Chris- 
tian; born  in  this  county,  July  31,  1829; 
married  Sarah  Campbell  in  Dec.  1850;  she 
was  born  in  Lynnville  in  1830;  she  died 
Sept.  12,  1873;  they  had  seven  children, 
William  E.,  John,  David  T.,  Virgie,  Lillie, 
Lou,  and  Jessie  ;  Mr.  G.  owns  980  acres  of 
land,  valued  at  about  $65  per  acre  ;  he  has 
held  the  office  of  post  master  at  Lynnville 
many  years ;  was  elected  Representative 
to  the  28th  and  2gth  Sessions  of  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly  of  Illinois,  from  this  county 
Gordon  John  &  Co.  general  store,  Lynnville 
Graham  Robert  C.  farmer.  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Groves  James,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Groves  William,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 
Gunnels  Nathan,  miller,  Lynnville 

TT  ALL  JAMES  J.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 
*•  *•    Lynnville 

HAMMEL,  PETER  E.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
was  born  in  Knox  Co.,  Ohio,  April  10, 
1833,  and  settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1850 
was  married  to  Sarah  A.  Green,  Sept.  6th, 
1866  ;  she  was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  March 
18,  1840.  Their  children  are  Ellen  O. 
born  Aug.  20,  1867;  Margaret  E.,  March 
25,  1870  ;  Joseph  L.,  Aug.  23,  1872;  Charles 
E.,  Nov.  21,  1874 ;  owns  farm  of  175 
acres ;  his  father,  William  Hammel,  settled 
in  Morgan  Co.  the  same  time,  and  lives  in 
Lynnville 

Hammel  William,  retired,  Lynnville 

Hammel   William    H.  farmer,  Sec.    15,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Haney  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


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MORGAN  COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Harris  George  F.  physician,  Lynnville 

Heaton  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Herring  James,  fanner,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Hester  John  D.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hester  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hester  Robert  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hills  George  J.  carpenter,  Lynnville 

Hills  Harriet  Mrs.  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Hornbeck  James,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Huckstep  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

TAMES  HARVEY,  farmer,  Ljmnville 
J    Johnson  David,    farmer,    Sec.     13,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Johnson  Nelson  R.  teacher,  Lynnville 
Johnson  William,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 
Jones  Charles  W.  clerk,  Lynnville 

T7"  ELLEM  JOHN,  storekeeper,  Lynnville 
Koyne  Anthony,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Koyne  John,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

T    AMB    JOSEPH,   farmer.   Sec.   2,    P.O. 

-*--/  Lynnville 

Lawrence  Newton,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Lawson  Elisha,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Lawson  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Lazenby  Charles,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Lewis  David,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Lewis  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Lewis  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.  O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Lockman  David,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Lockman  David,  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

A/TADER  M.  E.  MRS.  Lynnville 

Marshall  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Lynnville 


Marshall  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Massey  George  W.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

MAWSON  JOHN  R.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Lynnville;  he 
was  born  in  Scott  Co.  Ills.  Feb.  16,  1843, 
and  was  raised  in  Morgan  Co.;  he  enlisted 
in  Co.  K,  27th  Illinois  Vol.  Infantry  in 
1 86 1  and  served  three  years;  was  married 
to  Clara  Tanksley,  April  13,  1869;  she  was 
born  in  Scott  Co.  Oct.  30,  1848;  their  chil- 
dren are  Franklin  L.,  born  Feb.  25th,  1870; 
Lucy  Ann,  Sept.  19,  1872;  Robert  Dayton, 
March  15,  1875;  owns  farm  of  240  acres 

Mawson  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

McAllister  William  O.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

McCann  John,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.  O.  Jack- 
sonville 

McDaniel  M.  C.  blacksmith,  Lynnville 

McDonough  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

MEGGINSON  PETER  D.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Lynnville; 
born  in  Morgan  Co.  111.  Jan.  5,  1843;  his 
father,  Ralph  Megginson,  was  born  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  and  settled  in  Morgan 
Co.  in  1832;  Peter  was  married  to  Sarah  C. 
Middleton,  Nov.  II,  1869;  she  was  born  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  Nov.  n,  1844;  their 
children  are,  Mary  Jane,  born  Aug.  23, 
1870;  Leonard  Barton,  April  25,  1872; 
Alfred,  July  8,  1876 

Melton  Garrison,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Melton  Samuel,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Mick  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Mick  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

MIDDLETON  HILTON,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Lynnville; 
he  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  Nov. 
3,  1838,  and  came  to  America  in  1848,  and 
settled  in  Morgan  County  the  same  year, 
with  his  father  Hodgson  Middleton;  he  was 
born  in  Durham,  England,  Jan.  27,  1806; 
he  married  Jane  Bolan,  Dec.  28,  1836;  she 
was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  July  22, 
1807;  he  died  July  30,  1876,  and  his  wife 
died  Feb.  24,  1875;  Hilton  was  married  to 
Maggie  H.  Allan,  Dec.  16,  1875;  she  was 
born  Jan.  20,  1853;  one  child,  Clara  Jane, 
born  Dec.  17, 1876;  owns  farm  of  277  acres 


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683 


Middleton    Jonathan,   farmer,   Sec.   4,    P.O. 

Lynnville 

Murgatrioyd  William,  harnessmaker,  Lynn- 
ville 
Myers  Fred,  farmer,  Lynnville 

/^V'MARA  EDWARD,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 
^^^     Lynnville 

O'Neill  James,  farmer,  Lynnville 
Owings    Willis,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

PACKARD    CHARLES,   farmer,   Lynn- 

17      ville 

Packard  Charles  C,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Parkins  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Parkins  William,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Patterson  J.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Phalon  William,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Potter  Charles  W.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Potter  Edward  E.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

POTTER  HENRY,  deceased;  he  was 
born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  in  1841;  he 
with  his  family  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1849;  They  left  Liverpool  May  7, 
and  landed  in  New  York  in  June  of  the 
same  year,  and  located  at  Oriskany,  Oneida 
County,  New  York;  moved  to  Lynnville, 
Morgan  County,  in  September,  1851;  seven 
children  were  born  in  England,  James, 
Elizabeth,  Ann  Elliott,  John,  Henry  T., 
Martha,  William,  and  five  born  in  Amer- 
ica, Ruth,  George,  Thomas,  Edward  E., 
Charles  W.;  Mr.  Potter  followed  his  trade 
as  wagonmaker  till  1857,  then  moved  to 
Scott  County;  lived  there  four  years;  in 
1860  purchased  240  acres  of  JaCbb  Strawn, 
and  in  the  Spring  of  1861  moved  to  Mor- 
gan County;  he  was  married  to  Mary  Elli- 
ott in  1837;  she  was  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  in  1817;  he  died  in  1876 

Potter  Joseph,  teaming,  Lynnville 

Potter  Mary  Mrs.  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Lynnville 

D  ANSON  GEORGE,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 

Lynnville 

Ranson  James  H.  renter,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 


Rawlings  William,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Reece  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Ricks  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Ricks  Fred,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Rice  C.  K.  farm  hand,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Lynnville 

CCHOLFIELD    FREDERICK,    farmer, 

•^  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Scholfield  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Sheehan  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Shirtclfff  Alfred  P.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Simkins  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sizemore  James  A.  farmer,  Lynnville 

Sizemore  John  D.  farmer,  Lynnville 

Smith  Josiah  farmer,  Lynnville 

Stiwell  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Murray- 
ville 

Stringer  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sturdy  George  M.  farmer,  Lynnville 

Sturdy  Thomas,  farm  hand,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Sturdy  Thomas,  wagonmaker,  Lynnville 

Styans  William,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Sullivan  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Suter  Matthias,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Switzer  William,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

H^AYLOR  JOHN,  farmer,  Lynnville 

Tobin    Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Tracy  Bryan,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Tuke  David,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

V\TALKER  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  n, 
VV  P.O.  Lynnville 

Walker  William,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Walter  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Wall  Sophia  Mrs.  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Watson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Lynnville 


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MORGAN   COTTNTY  DIRECTORY. 


Watson  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Lynn- 

ville 

Watson  William  H.  farmer,  Lynnville 
Welch  John,  farmer,   Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


Wilson  William,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Worrell  Judahs,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


MIDDL.ETON  HILTON,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Lynnville; 
raiser  of  sheep,  swine,  and  cattle 

ALLAN  PETER,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Lynnville;  breeder 
of  sheep,  swine,  and  cattle 

ANGEL.O  THOMAS  M.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Lynnville;  raiser 
of  fine  sheep,  swine,  and  cattle 

SOWN  JOHN,  raiser  of  cattle,  sheep, 
swine,  etc.,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

FERGUSON  CHAMPION,  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  Cotswold 
sheep  a  specialty;  Berkshire  swine,  cattle, 
horses,  etc. 


FLJGG  GEORGE,  raiser  of  sheep, 
cattle,  swine,  horses,  etc.,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

GORDON  JOHN  &  CO.  Lynnville, 
dealers  in  dry  goods,  groceries,  hardware, 
medicines,  hats,  caps,  boots,  shoes  and 
rubbers,  ready  made  clothing,  etc. 

HAMMEL  PETER  E.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
raiser  of  Poland  and  China  swine,  Cotswold 
sheep,  and  fine  cattle 

MAWSON  JOHN  R.  raiser  of  Cots- 
wold sheep,  Poland  and  China  swine, 
cattle,  horses,  etc.,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Lynnville 

MEGGINSON  PETER  D.  raiser 
of  Chester  white  swine,  Cotswold  sheep, 
cattle',  horses,  etc.,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Lynnville 


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A   LEXANDER    JOHN    T.  farmer    and 


.n. 


stock-dealer,  Alexander 


T)  AKER    E.   F.  DR.  merchant  and   P.  M. 
Alexander 

Baker  F.  M.  grain  dealer  (of  firm  of  Green- 
lief  &  Baker)  Alexander 

Baker  William  H.  renter,  Alexander 

Baker  Wm.  J.  renter,  Alexander 

Baker  M.  V.  renter,  Alexander 

Bammel  Christopher,  lab.  Alexander 

BLATTEE  JOHN,  butcher  and  farm- 
er, Alexander,  Sec.  15-8.  Was  born  in 
Baden,  Germany,  Jan.  9,  1828  ;  came  to 
New  Orleans  in  1848  ;  to  St.  Louis  in  1849, 
and  to  this  county  and  town  in  1850. 
Through  the  war  he  shipped  cattle  for 
John  T.  Alexander  and  others  four  years  ; 
on  one  of  his  trips  to  Missouri  after  cattle, 
he  was  attacked  by  a  party  of  bushwackers 
who  searched  him  and  cut  his  clothes  to 
pieces  for  his  money,  and  left  him  badly 
used  up,  with  $2.50  and  his  revolver;  he  at 
the  time  had  a  large  amount  of  money 
hidden  in  the  lining  of  his  saddle  which 
they  failed  to  find ;  was  married  to  Ada 
Yehle  in  1868  ;  she  was  a  native  of  Baden, 
Germany  and  came  to  this  country  and 
county  in  1866 

Brown  James  W.  renter,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Brown  Richard,  pensioner,  Alexander 

Brown  W.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Bryan  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  19.  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

t 

/^ARMICHAEL  L.  E.  farm  hand.  Sec.  19, 

^   P.O.  Alexander 

Carter  W.  D.  farmer  for  Dewees,  Sec.  19. 
P.O.  Alexander 

Coftman  King,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Coogler  Gotliep,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Alexander 

C  raig  Samuel,  lab.  Alexander 

Creel  Henry,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 
E2 


TRENTON  THOMAS  J.  farmer  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  Alexander 

Davenport  Marion  Claiton,  teacher,  Alexan- 
der 

Davidson  Thomas  P.  sec.  foreman,  Alexander 

DEWEES  SAMUEL  S.  farmer,  stock 
raiser  and  stock  dealer,  Sec.  19,  T.  15-8, 
P.O.  Alexander 

T7DMONDS    SAMUEL,    physician    and 
•^  justice  of  the  peace,  Alexander 

T7ERG-USON  A.  farmer  for  Dr.  Brown, 
Sec.  28,  T.  15-8,  P.O.  Alexander  ;  was 
born  in  this  county  in  1836  ;  enlisted  in 
Co.  D.  101  I.  V.  I.  and  discharged  after 
two  years  service  for  disability ;  was  at  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg  and  the  battles  of 
Holly  Springs,  Mission  Ridge,  Resaca, 
and  Dallas  ;  married  Lucinda  Tunnell  in 
1855  ;  she  was  born  in  Macoupin  Co.  in 
1839  ;  have  eight  children  living:  William 
T.,  Albert  J.,  Susie  E.,  Lizzie,  Ida,  Benny, 
Edith,  and  Horace ;  holds  the  office  of 
school  director 

Ford  Patrick  H.  R.R.  employe,  Alexander 

/^REENLIEF  &  BAKER,  grain  dealers, 
^"^    Alexander 

TT  ABBISON  C.  C.  farmer  and  con- 
stable, Alexander  ;  was  born  in  this 
Co.  Aug.  27,  1841  in  Franklin  township  ; 
came  to  Alexander  in  1866  ;  was  member 
of  Co.  A,  27  Regt.  Mo.  V.  I.  two  years  and 
discharged  for  disability  ;  was  in  several 
engagements,  among  which  was  Spring- 
field, Mo.,  and  Vicksburg  ;  married  Italy 
Young  Jan.  2,  1868  ;  she  was  born  in 
Scott  Co.  Aug.  23,  1847  ;  have  three  chil- 
dren living  ;  Laura  L.,  May  Belle,  Gilbert 
C.  and  George  Emerson  who  died  Feb.  3, 
1876 

HINBICHSEN  EDWAK1>  S.  farm- 
er and  general  western  agent  for  the 
Canada  Southern  R.R.  for  the  State  of 
Illinois,  Sec.  30,  T  15-8,  P.O.  Alexander; 
was  born  in  Germany  in  1815  and  came 
to  Penn.  in  1836,  and  to  Franklin  County 


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in  1840,  where  he  lived  thirteen  years ; 
went  on  a  farm  two  and  a  half  miles  north 
of  Franklin  in  1853,  and  in  the  Spring  of 
1857  came  to  Alexander,  where  he  now 
lives,  which  place  he  platted  and  named 
in  honor  of  John  T.  Alexander  ;  was  ap- 
pointed station  agent  for  the  Wabash  road 
which  position  he  filled  until  May  I,  1876; 
married  Mary  Ann  Wyatt,  daughter  of 
William  Wyatt,  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Morgan  County,  having  settled  in  this 
county  in  1819  ;  she  was  born  in  1825,  and 
was  married  in  1845  ;  have  six  children, 
all  living 

JASPER  CHARLES,  farm  hand,  Sec.  30, 
P.O.  Alexander 

Jasper  James,  renter,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Alexander 
Jones  B.  F.  farm  hand,  Sec.  7,  P.O.    Alexan- 
der 

Johnson  Evan,  farm  hand,  Alexander 
Johnson   James    Lewis,    farm   hand.  Sec.  9, 
P.O.  Old  Berlin 

17  AISER  CARL,  farm  hand,  Alexander 

Kaiser  D.    J.  shoemaker    and  grocer, 
Alexander 

Kelley  Patrick,  sec.  hand,  Alexander 
Kumle  S.  B,  farmer,  Alexander 

j     A  RUE  LYDIA  MRS.  hotel,  Alexander 

LESTER  FOUNTAIN,  telegraph 
operator,  station  and  express  agent,  Alex- 
ander; was  born  in  Ky.,  Dec.  i,  1845, 
came  to  this  county  in  1870,  and  in  April 
1872  went  back  to  Ky.,  where  he  remained 
until  the  next  Aug.  when  he  returned  to 
Alexander,  and  in  the  Winter  of  1875  went 
to  the  R.R.  station  as  assistant  and  to 
learn  telegraphing,  and  was  appointed 
agent  and  operator  on  the  resignation  of 
E.  S.  Hinrichsen,  May  i,  1876,  and  has 
filled  that  position  since ;  married  Louisa 
J.  Jasper,  Sept.  25,  1870;  she  was  born  in 
Ky. ;  have  three  children  living  ;  Susie, 
Bertie,  and  William  ;  lost  one 

I  ,uby  Owen,  lab.  Alexander 

LUTHER  CHARLES,  corn  sheller, 
hedge  trimmer,  and  sheep  shearer,  P.O. 
Alexander,  Town  15-8.  Was  born  in  Ash- 
ford,  England,  Dec.  15,  1849;  came  to 
America  and  to  Alexander,  May  i,  1866. 
Returned  to  England  in  1874  on  a  visit, 
and  is  now  engaged  in  shelling  corn,  trim- 


ming hedge  and  shearing  sheep  for  the 
farmers  in  the  vicinity  of  Alexander  and 
Orleans 

TV/I"  AJERUS  MICHAEL,  farmer,  Alexan- 

1V1     der 

Marker  John,  wagonmaker,  Alexander 

Marple  Elenore,  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Mason  C.  J.  wagonmaker  and  blacksmith, 
Alexander 

Mason  William  A.  blacksmith,  Alexander 

McCarty  Patrick,  renter,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

McSeree  Amor,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 
Alexander 

McGee  James,  cattle  feeder,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Myers  James  J.  farm  hand,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

TVT  AYLOR  JAMES  F.  farm  hand,  Sec.  21, 
•^      P.O.  Alexander 


J.  L.  farm  hand,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Patterson  Edward  M.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Patterson  Frank  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  7,  P.O.  Alexander 

Patterson  Thomas  F.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Points  Francis  M.  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

TDUBLE  RICHARD,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  Town  15-8,  P.O. 
Old  Berlin;  was  born  in  this  county  in  1826, 
and  has  lived  here  since  ;  first  wife  was 
Lucy  D.  Harris;  she  was  born  in  Tenn., 
and  was  married  in  1849 ;  she  died  in 
November,  1863,  leaving  one  child — John 
A.;  was  married  again  in  April,  1864,  to 
Sarah  Jane  Smetters,  who  was  a  native  of 
Ohio,  and  came  to  this  county  when  very 
young.  Have  six  children,  all  living  :  Mary 
Ellen,  Milton,  Andrew  J.,  George,  Henry 
and  Sarah  Jane  ;  owns  575  acres,  valued  at 
$28,750.  On  the  25th  of  June,  1844,  Mr. 
Ruble,  while  cutting  the  top  from  a  "  bee 
tree,"  lost  his  hold  and  fell  to  the  ground,  a 
distance  of  74  feet  4  in.  actual  measure, 
and  still  suffers  from  injuries  received  from 
that  fall.  The  tree  still  stands  on  what  is 
known  as  the  Craig  farm,  4  miles  northeast 


TOWN    15    NORTH    RANGE    8    WEST. 


(587 


from  Jacksonville.  His  father,  Jesse  Ruble, 
was  born  in  East  Tennessee,  and  came  to 
this  county  in  1820,  and  settled  four  miles 
northeast  from  Jacksonville,  where  he  lived 
until  1851,  when  he  came  to  Sec.  9-15-8, 
and  from  there  to  Sangamon  County,  where 
he  died  Aug.  i,  1871,  in  his  73d  year 

CEVIER    ARCHIBALD,   renter,  Sec.  30, 
^     P.O.  Alexander 

Severe  William,  renter,  Sec.   31,   P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Shoppmaer  John,  farmer,  Alexander 
Shumaker  Edmund,  blacksmith,  Alexander 
Sorrells  Ervin,  section  hand,  Alexander 
Sorrells  William,   renter,   Sec.  8,    P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Stiles  M.  C.  restaurant,  Alexander    . 
Strawn  Jacob  H.  farmer,  P.O.  Alexander 


'"THOMAS  G.  H.  stock  dealer,  Alexander 
Thompson  Henry,  farm  hand,  Sec.    21, 
P.O.  Alexander 

Thompson  John  M.  painter,  Alexander 
Thompson  Thomas,  painter,  Alexander 
Thompson  William  T.  farmer,  Alexander 

Y\,rALLBERN  FREDERICK, farm  hand, 
*  *       Sec.  20,   P.O.  Alexander 
Wagner  John,  merchant,  Alexander 
Weisenberger  C.  Mrs.,  Alexander 
Weisenberger  Oscar,  tel.  opr.  Alexander 
Wilcox  Thomas  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  16,  P.O.  New  Berlin 
Wiswall  H.  C.  banker  and  farmer,  Sec.  20, 

P.O.  Alexander 

Wolf  Frederick,  butcher,  Alexander 
Wright   John   A.    farm   hand,    Sec.  7,    P.O. 

Alexander 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


HARRISON  C.  C.  constable,  Alex- 
ander. Particular  attention  given  to  col- 
lections, and  returns  promptly  made 


LUTHER  CHARLES,  shells  corn, 
trims  hedge,  and  shears  sheep,  Alexander. 
Orders  for  work  solicited,  and  satisfaction 
guaranteed. 


TOWN    15    NORTH    RANGE   9  WEST. 


A   LEXANDER     MARY    A.    widow    of 
•*"•     John  T.,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Alexander 
Alexander  William  D.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 

Alexander 
Anderson  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 

Pisgah 
Andrew  Daniel  P.  farm  hand,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

Orleans 
Andrew  Washington,   farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

Orleans 

Arnold  James  E.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

T)  ABB  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O,  Jackson- 
*-*     ville 

BAKER  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  7,  township  15-9,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville; was  born  in  Clark  County,  Ohio, 
in  1819;  came  to  this  county  and  precinct 
in  1842,  with  no  money,  and  worked  on  a 
farm  four  years,  for  from  eight  to  twelve 
dollars  per  month,  when  he  bought  his 
home  farm  of  306  acres,  and  improved  it 
himself,  to  which  he  has  added  until  now  he 
he  owns  600  acres,  and  can  be  classed  as  one 
of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  this  county, 
which  is  the  result  of  his  own  industry  and 
perseverance;  married  Sarah  Sample,  Feb. 
12,  1846;  she  was  born  in  Boone  County, 
Illinois,  Aug.  3,  1821;  have  five  children, 
.  all  living;  Sarah  E.,  Mary  Ellen,  Margaret 

Ann,  Eliza  Jane,  and  James  M. 
Barker  John  E.  renter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Orleans 
Barry   James,   farm   hand,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Barter  Henry  C.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Baxter  George,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Bliss  Joseph,  R.R.  employe,  Orleans 
I5OLTON  JAMES  H.  station  express 
agent  and  post-master,  Orleans,  township 
15-9;  was  born  in  Jennings  County,  Indi- 
ana, Feb  17,  1831;  came  to  Springfield, 
Illinois,  in  1851,  and  worked  for  the  Chi- 
cago &  Alton  R.R.;  on  the  loth  of  March, 
1852  he  assisted  in  putting  in  what  is  sup- 


posed to  be  the  first  railroad  crossing  in 
this  State,  that  being  the  crossing  at 
Springfield  Junction  of  the  Chicago  & 
Alton  R.R.  and  the  Great  Western  R.R., 
now  the  Wabash  R.R.;  returned  to  Indiana 
in  the  Fall  of  1652,  and  came  to  this  county 
in  1863,  and  assumed  the  office  of  station 
and  express  agent  at  Orleans,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  filled  since;  married  Selah  J. 
Overman,  Aug.  15,  1854;  she  was  born  in 
Bartholomew  County,  Indiana,  in  January, 
1837;  have  four  children  living;  William 
M.,  Edward  E.,  Emma  Belle,  and  Lillie 
May;  lost  four  children 

Bolton  W.  M.,  R.R.  employe,  Orleans 

BOSTON  C.  C.  farmer  and  stock  dealer, 
Sec.  27,  township  15—9,  P.O.  Orleans;  was 
born  in  Cass  Co.  Jan.  I,  1854;  came  to 
this  county  in  1855;  wife  was  Annie  M. 
Wade;  she  was  born  in  this  State  in  1854, 
and  was  married  Feb.  25,  1875;  have  one 
child,  Earl  S.,  born  Dec.  24,  1875 

Boston  George  E.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Boston  Judson  A.  farmer,  Sec  28,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Boyce  George  H.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Boyce  William  I.  stock  shipper,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Boyce  William  S.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Breckon  Vickerman,  farmer,  Sec.  5>  P-O. 
Jacksonville 

Briant  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Brine  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Brown  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

/^HITWOOD  WILLIAM  G.  farm  hand, 

^     Sec.  11,  P.O.  Orleans 

Clark  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cleary  William,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


TOWN    15   NORTH  KANGE   9   WEST. 


689 


Coker  Clayborn,  retired,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Coker  Dennis,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Coker  George,  farmer.  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Covington  John  W.  farmer  and  stock  dealer, 
Se*c.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Cox  Hobson,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cox  Lee,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Grain  Isaac  B.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Grain  William  M.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cully  Ervin  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cully  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cully  Mary  Mrs.  widow,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

CULLY  OLIVER  H.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser  and  dt  aler,  Sec.  6,  township 
15,  R.  9  W.,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  was  born 
in  Indiana,  and  came  to  this  county  in  1852 

Cully  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cummings  Charles,  farm  hand,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Curry  Edgar  J.  farm  hand,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Curts  George,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Curts  J.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

P)ALBEY  N.    P.    stock   dealer,    Sec.    10, 

J-y     P.O.  Orleans 

Dodsworth  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Dodsworth  Robert  N.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Douglass  Alex.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Douglas  Thomas  F.  farmer.  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Dowell  Edmond,  lab.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Orleans 

Doyle  John  F  .R.  employe,  Orleans 

Dunlap  Dicy,  widow  of  Stephen,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Dunlap  James  M.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Dunlap  Samuel  W.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Dunlap  William  R.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


Drury   Charles   J.  farmer,    Sec.  27,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 
Dyer  Barton,  farm  hand,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Pisgab 

T7ERGUSON    JOHN,   lab.   Sec.   4,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Ferguson  Marion,  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Orleans 
Filson  Mary  A.  widow,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Orleans 
Fletcher  Lee,  farm  hand,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Foley  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Orleans 
Foster  James,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 
Frasier  John   W.  farm  hand,    Sec.    28,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Frost  E.  E.  merchant  and  broommaker,  Or- 
leans 

/-»  EOGHEGAN  JOSEPH,  farm  hand,  Sec. 

^-*  31,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Giles  Daniel,   renter,    Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Gray  Edwin  E.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Orleans 
Gray  J.  IX  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Alexander 
Gray  Mary,  widow,     Sec.    26,  P.O.    Orleans 
GREEN    HORATIO  R.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  7,  T.  15-9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville ;  was   born   in  this   county    in    1834  ; 
married  Mary  E.  O'Neal    in  1863;  she  was 
born  in  this  county  ;  have  six  children,  all 
living,    Edward  O.,    Laura  J.,  Thomas  S., 
Amy  R.,  Erne    M.,    and    Baby  ;  owns    308 
acres,  valued  at  $23,100 

Gross  William  H.  farm  hand,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 
Orleans 

IT  AGAA  D.  farm  hand,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hagerty  George  W.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Orleans 

Hall  W.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Hamilton    James   C.    farmer,    Sec.    30,   P.O. 

.    Jacksonville 

Hardy  Richard,  farm  hand,  Sec.  34,  P.O. 
Orleans 

Hawkins  James,  farmer,  P.O.  Orleans 

Hill  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Orleans 

Hiser  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

HOLMES  JAMES  T.  farmer,  stock 
raiser  and  capitalist,  Sec.  34,  T.  15-9.  P.O. 
Orleans  ;  was  born  in  New  Jersey  in  1801, 
and  when  very  young  his  parents  moved  to 
Penn.,  where  he  was  raised,  and  from  1820 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


to  1830  was  one  of  the  contractors  on  the 
Harrisburg  canal.  In  1830  he  went  to 
Kentucky,  and  was  the  first  contractor 
that  broke  ground  on  the  railroad  running 
from  Louisville  to  Lexington,  which  was 
the  first  railroad  built  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky ;  came  to  this  county,  and  settled 
where  he  now  lives  in  1836 ;  after  traveling 
through  13  different  States  he  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  Morgan  Co.  was  the  garden 
of  the  State,  and  has  n  >t  changed  his  mind 
yet ;  married  Jane  Vance  in  1835  ;  she  was 
born  in  Ky ,  in  1801,  and  died  Oct.  16, 
1863,  leaving  a  family  of  three  children  liv- 
ing, J.  Stewart,  Sarah  A.,  Mary  J.,  and 
Margaret,  who  died  in  1843  ;  married  Mrs. 
Mary  Doyle  in  June,  1866  ;  who  was  a  na- 
tive of  Ky.,  and  came  to  this  county  when 
an  infant;  owns  840  acres,  valued  at  $63,000 ; 
was  one  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  build- 
ing the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  in  Jackson- 
ville ;  and  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Jacksonville  National  Bank 

HOLMES  J.  STEWART,  farmer, 
stock  dealer,  and  breeder  of  short  horn 
cattle  and  Berkshire  swine,  Sec.  35,  T.  15- 
9,  P.O.  Orleans  ;  was  born  in  this  county  in 
August,  1836  ;  married  Julia  Hitt,  who  was 
born  in  Ky.  in  1840  ;  she  was  the  daughter 
of  Jesse  Hitt,  who  died  while  on  a  trip  to 
New  Orleans,  in  the  Fall  of  1839,  with  the 
yellow  fever  ;  and  her  mother  dying  while 
she  was  an  infant,  she  was  raised  and 
educated  by  her  uncle,  with  whom  she 
lived  until  she  was  married  in  Feby.,  1864. 
Have  four  children  living,  Sallie  L.,  Jesse 
H.,  James  T.,  and  Louie  B.  ;  owns  500 
acres,  valued  at  $37,500 

Hosack  E.    L.  farmer,  Sec.    21,  P.O.  Orleans 

Hosier  William,  farm  hand,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Huffaker  F.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Huffaker  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hunter  Jane,  widow,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Hunter  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

JOHNSON  ANDREW,   farm   hand,  Sec. 
J    12,  P.O.  Alexander 
Johnson    Henry  B.  farm  .hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Alexander 


l/"EE  JOHN,  renter,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Keegan  Mike,  lab.  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Kerr  J.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Kerr  James,  carpenter,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Kerr  William,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Killison  Lafayette,  renter,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Khmer  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Alexan- 
der 

Kirkpatrick  Jerre,  renter,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

T    AYTON  W.    T.    farmer,    Sec.    18,    P.O. 

^~*  Jacksonville 

Ledferd  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  18.  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

LEVLtfGS  CHARLES  W.  teacher, 
Sec.  9,  Township  15,  Range  9,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville, was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in 
1832,  his  father  being  a  Methodist  preacher, 
he  received  his  education  in  different  towns 
of  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont,  and 
graduated  at  the  Orange  County  Grammar 
School,  and  entered  Dartmouth  College  in 
1853,  where  he  remained  two  years,  when 
he  commenced  teaching,  which  he  has  fol- 
lowed since  in  the  States  of  Vermont,  New 
Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  Ohio,  and  came 
to  this  county  in  September,  1855,  and  for 
the  past  eight  years  has  taught  the  Mau- 
vaisterre  school,  seven  miles  east  of  Jack- 
sonville ;  married  Maggie  B.  Headington, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Joel  Headington,  well 
known  in  this  county  as  a  Christian  preacher 
and  teacher,  and  died  in  1857.  Was  mar- 
ried in  1859;  she  was  born  in  1837.  Have 
six  children  living:  Florence  M.,  Lelie  L., 
Nellie  W.,  Lottie  M.,  William  H.,  Dollie 
G.,  and  Laura,  who  died  in  1864. 

Lonergan  Cornelius,  retired,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Lonergan  James,  brick  molder,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Lonergan  Paul,  brick  molder,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Lott  Eli,  lab.  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

j\T  AGILL  JAMES,   farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Magill  S.  Luthur,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


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Maloy  Frank,  farm  hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Mann  Joseph,  farm  hand,  Sec.  1 8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Mann  M.  H.  lab.  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Matthews  Cyrus  W.  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Mathews  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Mathews  Richard,  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Mathews  R.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Mathews  S.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

McCafrey  Patrick,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

McCrea  Samuel,  farm  hand,  Sec.  Id,  P.O. 
Orleans 

McDonnel  William  M.  farm  hand,  Sec.  35, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

Meadows  George  F.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Orleans 

Miller  Joseph,  farm  hand,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Moore  George  W.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Moore  Mathew,  lab.  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Mounts  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Mullins  Anderson,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 


O 'DONNE 
1 8,  P.O. 


k'DONNEL  PATRICK,  farm  hand,  Sec. 
Jacksonville 

O'Leara,  John,  farm  hand,  P.O.  Orleans 

O'Neal  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

O'Neal  John  C.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

O'Neal  Martha  A.  widow,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

O'Neal  Michael,  lab.  Orleans 

Orear  B.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Orleans 

Orear  George,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Orear  Thomas  B.  farmer.  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

"DEMBER  N.  E.  farm  hand,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 


1 


Jacksonville 


Pitner  A.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

ID  ANSDALLS  JOHN,    farmer,    Sec.    29, 
-^   P.O.  Jacksonville 


Rat.liff  William  L.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Reed  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Reeve  Isaac  B.  farmer  and  blacksmith,  Sec. 
18,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Reeve  John,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Reeve  Robert  W.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Reynolds  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Rice  Walter  S.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Ricards  Smiley  S.  blacksmith,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Robertson  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Robertson  John,  farmer  and  banker,  Sec.  3 
and  Jacksonville,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Robertson  Rinda  F.  widow,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Alexander 

Russell  Joseph,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O,  Jack- 
sonville 

CHUFF   A.   Mrs.   widow,    Sec.    17,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Slusser  T.  J.  ditcher,  Orleans 
Smith  Frank   M.  farmer,   Sec.  28,   P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Smedley  Hiram,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Orleans 
Smith  Ellen  Mrs.  widow,   Sec.  28,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Smith  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Orleans 
Sorrels  Peter,  farmer,  P.O.  Orleans 
Spidel  James  U.  renter.  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Orleans 
Sprain  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  32.  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 
Stanford    Thomas,    farm  hand,   Sec.  3,   P.O. 

Jacksonville 

STEELE  W.  IS".  Rev.  pastor  of  Pisgah 
Presbyterian  Church,  residence  Sec  21, 
Town  15-9,  P.O.Orleans  and  Jacksonville. 
Was  born  in  Indiana  in  1825  ;  graduated 
at  Wabash  College  in  1851,  and  at  Lane 
Theological  Seminary  in  1854;  came  to 
Rossville,  Vermillion  Co.,  111.,  in  1869,  and 
to  this  county  in  1874.  Wife  was  Minerva 
J.  Todd,  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  G.  Todd, 
of  Danville,  Ind.;  was  married  in  July, 
1854;  have  five  children:  Lizzie  L.,  Em- 
ma E.,  Wilber  K.,  Freddie  T.  and  Charles 
D. 

Stevenson  Irvin,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Orleans 
Stevenson  S.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Orleans 


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Stevenson  Thomas,  farmer.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Stevenson  William  J.  student,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Orleans 

STB  AWN  JAMES  G.  farmer,  stock 
dealer,  and  breeder  of  thorough-bred  short- 
horn cattle  and  extra  horses  for  all  pur 
poses,  Pleasant  Grove  farm,  Sec.  26,  Town 
15-9,  P.O.Orleans.  Was  born  in  Licking 
Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  13,  1824;  came  with  his 
parents  to  this  county  in  the  Fall  of  1829 
on  a  visit ;  returned  here  in  1831,  and  set- 
tled in  this  county.  Wife  was  Nancy 
Bradshaw,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Brad- 
shaw,  who  came  from  Tennessee  and  set- 
tled here  in  1819  ;  she  was  born  Nov.  23, 
1824,  and  married  Sept.  19,  1844;  have 
seven  children  :  John  A.,  Jacob  H., William 
S.,  Charles  B.,  James  G.,  Joel  G.,  and 
Isaiah  who  died  May  9,  1874;  owns  1,300 
acres,  valued  at  $97,500 

Strawn  James  G.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Slrawn  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Orleans 

Strawn  William  S.  farmer,  Sec.  25  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Swain  George,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

^THOMPSON  CATHERINE,  widow, 
Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Thompson  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

THRALL  EBASTUS,  section  fore- 
man, Wabash  Railway,  Orleans.  Was 
born  in  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1832;  served 
apprenticeship  at  carpenter  and  joiner  trade 
with  B.  F.  Jenkins  in  East  Bloomfield,  N. 
Y. ,  which  he  worked  at  for  seventeen  years, 
the  last  two  years  of  whichhe  manufactured 
the  Clifton  Springs  Agricultural  Barome- 
ter, and  then  commenced  railroading  on 
the  New  York  Central  Road ;  came  to  De- 
catur  in  1867,  and  to  this  county  in  1876. 
Married  Marette  C.  Overacre  in  1855;  she 
was  born  in  New  York  in  1827;  have  four 
children  living  :  Francis  J.,  Julia  A.,  Mar- 
tha A.  and  Wendal  E.;  lost  three  children 

Tindall  Edmond  M.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 


Tindall  I.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Tindall  I.  N.  retired.  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

TINDALL  SAMUEL,  farmer  and 
stock  dealer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
Was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1825;  came 
to  this  county  in  1837;  owns  375  acres,  val- 
ued at  $22,500.  Married  Ellen  Moore, 
daughter  of  Dr.  E.  Moore,  Feb.  21,  1856; 
she  was  born  in  this  county;  have  one 
child — Edmond  M.,  who  is  now  a  student 
at  the  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville.  His 
father,  I.  N.  Tindall,  was  a  native  of  Dela- 
ware, and  came  to  this  county  in  1837,  and 
settled  near  where  he  is  now  living 


WAUGHN   MOSES,  lab.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 


"V  WAGGONER  P.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Waggoner  William,  farmer.  Sec.  19  and  21, 
P.O.  Jacksonville. 

WANING  FRANCIS  L.  ditcher  and 
tile  drainer,  Orleans,  P  O.  Orleans,  Was 
born  in  Ohio  in  1843,  and  came  to  this 
county  in  1874.  Has  been  very  successful 
in  tile  draining  of  land 

Waltman  Arnold,  renter,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Weagley  S.  G.  physician.  Sec.  ir,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Weagley  S.  G.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Welborn  A,  H.  student,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Orleans 

Welborn  Wisdom,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Williams  J.  H.  farm  hand,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Williamson  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Or- 
leans 

Wingler  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Woodcook  David,  farm  hand,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

\7ANNEY  JULUS,  lab.  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Or- 


I 


leans 


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BUSINESS    CARDS. 


HOLMES  J.  STEWART,  breeder 
and  dealer  in  fine  blooded  short  horn  cattle, 
and  Berkshire  swine,  Sec.  35,  T.  15-9, 
P.O.  Orleans 

STRAWN  JAMES  G.  breeder  of 
short  horn  cattle,  draft,  saddle,  and  extra 
horses  for  all  purposes;  stock  for  sale; 


Pleasant   Grove    farm,    Sec.  26,   T.    15-9, 
P.O.  Orleans 

WANING  FRANCIS  L,.  ditcher  and 
tile  drainer,  Orleans;  orders  for  draining, 
in  all  parts  of  the  county,  solicited,  and 
promptly  attended  to,  and  satisfaction 
guaranteed 


TOWN    15    NORTH    RANGE    1O    WEST. 


A  LLEN    ISAAC,    renter,  Sec.    13,    P.O. 
'Jacksonville 


T3  ALDWIN  S.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

BACON  ANDREW,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  born  in 
Morgan  County,  Oct,  II,  1845,  having  thus 
grown  up  with  the  county,  and  one  whose 
interests  are  closely  identified  with  its 
improvements;  married  Feb.  9,  1871,  to 
Fanny,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Louisa 
Boston,  of  Morgan  County;  born  July  I, 
1849;  this  union  has  been  blessed  by  one 
child:  Ella,  born  Nov.  16,  1872;  Mr.  Bacon 
has  devoted  his  industries  solely  to  agricul- 
tural pursuits;  ten  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  in  Missouri,  returning  to  his  native 
county  in  1876;  homestead  consists  of  160 
acres  of  beautifully  located  and  highly 
improved  land 

BALDWIN  ISAAC,  fruit  farm  and 
nursery,  North  Main  Street,  one  mile  north 
of  city  limits,  P.O.  box  334,  Jacksonville; 
Mr.  Baldwin  came  to  Morgan  County  in 
the  year  1858,  and  established  himself  in 
the  above  location  and  business,  which, 
by  close  attention  and  enterprise,  has  in- 
creased yearly,  until  he  now  stands  un- 
rivalled in  this  county,  his  nursery  com- 
prising over  100  acres  of  land;  he  has  had 
long  and  varied  experience,  both  in  Europe 
and  this  country;  this,  combined  with 
unceasing  study  and  experiment,  is  the  key- 
note to  his  success;  he  makes  a  specialty  of 
the  growing  of  fruits,  choice  vegetables, 
ornamental  trees,  shrubs,  etc.,  etc.;  among 
his  stock  may  be  found  apple,  pear,  cherry, 
peach,  plum,  etc.,  also  evergreens,  tulips, 
shade  and  ornamental  trees,  and  flowering 
shrubs  in  endless  variety;  grape  vines,  cur- 
rants, gooseberries,  strawberries,  rasp- 
berries, dwarf  serviceberries,  and,  in  fact, 
every  species  of  small  fruits;  Mr,  Baldwin 
employs  no  agents,  but  invites  all  interest- 
ed, or  in  want  of  any  thing  in  his  line,  to 
visit  his  nursery  and  make  his  own  selec- 


tion; Mr.  B.  guarantees  all  trees  and  fruits 
home  grown,  and  true  to  name,  as  he  gives 
his  own  personal  attention  to  grafting  and 
budding;  orders  promptly  filled,  and  satis- 
faction guaranteed;  correspondence  solicited 
as  above 

Barber  William,  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

BECRAFT  AQUILA,  farmer,  Sec. 
II,  T.  14,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  born  in 
Montgomery  County,  Maryland,  July  22, 
1797;  emigrated  to  Kentucky  in  1822;  to 
Morgan  County  in  1833;  was  one  °f  tne 
earliest  settlers  of  this  county;  was  married 
in  1817  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Letton,  of  Ken- 
tucky; had  by  this  marriage  three  children: 
Israel  L.,  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  John  Goltra, 
and  Martha  V.,  wife  of  M.  C.  Goltra;  was 
married  again,  in  1823,  to  Miss  Nancy  Hitt, 
of  Kentucky;  had  by  this  union  thirteen 
children 

Becraft  Aquila,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Becraft  James,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bickford  C.  S.  dairyman,  Sec,  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
"  sonville 

Bond  Samuel,  gardener,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Boston  James,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Boston  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Branson  B.  B.  Sec.  28,  P.  O.  Jacksonville 

Buckingham  Wm.  plasterer  and  builder, 
Sec.  22,  P.  O.  Jacksonville 

Busey  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


/""*AIN  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock  dealer, 
—  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  son  of  James 
and  Mary  Cain,  natives  of  parish  of  "  Dor- 
rah  Abbey,"  Kings  County,  Ireland;  was  in 
youth  a  clerk  in  a  linen  store,  but  as  he 
grew  to  more  ripe  years,  engaged  in  the 
pursuits  of  a  rural  life  on  the  farm,  died  in 
the  parish  of  his  birth,  aged  50  years;  his 


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birth  was  in  1796,  died  in  1846;  his  wife 
survived  him  many  years,  emigrating  to 
America  in  1853;  settling  for  a  few  years 
in  the  State  of  New  Jersey;  in  1857  joined 
her  son  John  here  in  old  Morgan;  after  a 
most  eventful  life,  was  stricken  with  chol- 
era in  August,  1874,  and  died  the  I3th  of 
same  month;  was  buried  Aug.  15,  1874,  in 
Diamond  Grove  Cemetery,  aged  75  years; 
the  subject  of  this  biography  was  born  in 
the  parish  of  "  Dorrah  Abbey,"  Kings  Co., 
Ireland,  March  14,  1820;  during  the  early 
years  of  his  life  was  a  happy  country  boy; 
received  a  moderate  education  which  in 
the  after  years  of  his  life  fitted  him  to  meet 
the  many  responsibilities  of  his  active  life; 
he  left  his  native  land  in  February,  1844, 
to  see  the  "green  fields"  of  America;  after 
a  perilous  voyage  landed  at  New  York 
city,  March,  1844;  from  there  to  near  Long 
Branch,  New  Jersey;  after  a  good  stay 
with  the  "Jersey  blues,"  moved  to  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio;  thence  to  New  Orleans,  and 
soon  returned  to  the  same  city;  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Bridget  Hanrahan,  daughter 
of  Denis  and  Winnifred  Hanrahan,  natives 
of  County  Clare,  Ireland,  April  6,  1851,  by 
Rev.  Father  Hope;  after  marriage,  moved 
to  near  Jacksonville,  Morgan  County,  and 
did  his  first  labor  for  Jonathan  Neely, 
sheriff;  after  working  very  satisfactorily 
for  Mr.  Neely,  struck  out  on  his  own 
"  hook, "  renting  a  farm  from  Stephen 
Green;  after  many  years  of  hard,  honest 
toil,  he  by  judicious  economy  was  able  to 
purchase  a  bit  of  land;  purchased  of  John 
Alexander  70  acres  of  land,  and  has  since 
that  epoch  in  his  life,  added  acre  after  acre 
to  his  first  purchase,  until  now  he  is  master 
of  a  splendid  farm  of  320  acres  of  land, 
worth  $20,000;  during  the  years  of  his  res- 
idence here  has  won  for  himself  the  hon- 
ored distinction  of  being  a  strictly  honest 
man;  in  1874  was  before  the  Democratic 
Convention  for  the  office  of  County  Com- 
missioner, but  the  "machine"  outwitted 
his  honesty,  hence  was  beaten;  was  subse- 
quently in  the  same  year  nominated  by  the 
Independents  for  the  office  of  Sheriff,  re- 
ceiving a  very  complimentary  vote,  though 
defeated  by  the  "  ring; "  yet  he  has  lost 
none  of  his  old  popularity;  Mr.  Cain  enjoys 
the  pleasure  of  a  large,  interesting  family 
of  ten  children:  Mary  Anne,  born  May  25, 


1852;  Margaret  Theresa,  born  Nov.  6, 
^853;  James,  born  May  n,  1855;  John  H. 
born  May  2,  1857;  Rose  Ellen,  born  March 
I,  1859;  Winnifred,  born  Aug.  28,  1861; 
Austin,  born  Oct.  23,  1863;  Elizabeth,  born 
Feb.  14,  1866;  Thomas,  born  Oct.  25, 
1868;  Harriet  C.,  bflrn  May  15,  1871;  in 
the  Winters  of  1874-6,  James,  having  a 
taste  for  a  professional  life,  entered  the 
Jacksonville  Business  College,  and  under 
the  care  of  Prof.  G.  W.  Brown,  prosecuted 
his  studies  into  the  highest  branches  of  a 
commercial  course,  with  honor  to  himself 
and  class;  Margaret  was  married,  April  22, 
1877,  to  John  Landrigan,  of  Jacksonville, 
by  Father  Grant,  and  resides  close  to  the 
old  homestead 

CAMM  SAMUEL,,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  was  born 
in  Sheffield,  Yorkshire,  England,  Jan.  24, 
1807;  he  was  the  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Camm;  Samuel  married  in  1836,  Miss  Jane 
Minneack;  until  1841  he  was  engaged  in  a 
coffee  mill  house;  he  then,  accompanied  by 
his  family,  emigrated  to  America,  and  set- 
tled near  Winchester,  Scott  County,  111.; 
in  August,  1849,  his  wife  died;  while  in 
Scott  County,  five  daughters  were  born  to 
them;  second  wife  now  living,  formerly 
Miss  Martha  D.  Butler,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Elizabeth  Butler;  oldest  son, 
William,  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war, 
raised  a  company,  and  was  elected  cap'.ain 
of  Co.  K,  I4th  Regiment  Illinois  Infantry; 
Spring  of  1861,  for  meritorious  service  he 
was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel,  serv- 
ing in  that  capacity  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  in  many  hard-fought  battles,  as  Shi- 
loh  and  siege  of  Vicksburg;  also  enlisted 
in  Hancock  Corps  as  captain  Co.  H,  ist 
Regiment;  Bernard,  a  brother,  also  enlist- 
ed in  the  loist  Illinois  Regiment,  and 
served  four  years  a  non-commissioned  offi- 
cer 

Campbell  J.  N.  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

CARTER  SAMUEL  W.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
son  of  W.  C.  Carter,  of  Morgan  Co.,  born 
April  20,  1849,  and  has  resided  here  all  his 
life;  married,  March  14,  1876,  to  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Sylvester  and  Charlotte  Joy,  of 
Morgan  County,  born  Nov.  15,  1854;  this 
union  has  been  blessed  by  one  child,  Ernst 


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C.,  born  Feb.  12,  1877;  Mr.  Carter  has  de- 
voted his  industries  solely  to  agricultural 
pursuits;  homestead  consists  of  170  acres, 
beautifully  located  and  highly  improved 

CHESTNUT  ALEXANDER 
COL.  farmer,  son  of  Charles  and  Eliza- 
beth, was  born  iit  Ross  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept. 
5,  1801;  lived  there  upward  of  forty 
years;  received  his  education  in  subscrip- 
tion schools;  in  1832,  he  was  married  to 
Mary  Ann  McAllister;  Oct.  I,  1849,  he 
then  moved  to  Maiburn,  Christian  Co., 
Illinois,  and  bought  320  acres  of  land,  and 
becoming  a  very  successful  farmer;  in  1852 
he  moved  to  Logan  Co.,  settling  at  Congo 
Grove,  which  he  purchased,  and  surround- 
ing property,  in  all,  1500  acres;  in  1868  he 
disposed  of  all  but  a  section,  which  he  still 
retains;  thence  to  Morgan  Co.,  where  he 
bought  160  acres;  a  resident  'of  Logan  on 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  he  or- 
ganized the  loist  Regiment,  and  assisted 
very  materially  toward  the  organization  of 
the  4th  Cavalry,  and  in  Mason  Co.  lent  his 
aid;  it  is  said  no  man  in  the  county  helped 
more  toward  the  preservation  of  the  Union 
than  Mr.  Chestnut,  who  after  a  long  life  of 
usefulness,  now  rests  from  active  labor  on 
his  farm 

CRAIG  G.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville; born  in  Morgan  County,  Aug_ 
1 8,  1854;  his  father  emigrated  to  this  State 
from  Ohio  in  1848;  married  in  1853  to 
Miss  Margaret  A.  Mathews,  of  this  county; 
have  six  children:  George  S.,  Delia  R.,  S 
Lou,  Kate  M.,  Nettie,  and  Stella  G. 

Craig  Hezekiah,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Crawley  Samuel  T.  carpenter,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

~n\ANIELS  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  6, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

Daniels  W.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

DeFraties  Antonio,  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

DeFraites  Emanuel,  renter,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

DeFraties  J.,  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Deaton  Robert,  renter,  Sec,  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Donahue  Pat,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


Donovan  James    W.   farmer,   Sec.    II,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Don   H.,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Dorr  Louis,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Doty  William,  carpenter,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Doyle  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Dresbach ,  tailor,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 
Dunavan  Wm.  T.  wheelwright,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

DUNLAP  STEPHEN,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son 
of  Stephen  Dunlap,  who  was  born  in  Flem- 
ing Co.,  Kentucky,  Feb.  10,  1811,  and  set- 
tled in  this  county  in  1840,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred Feb.  9,  1877.  Mr.  Dunlap'  s  early 
life  was  passed  in  Ohio,  where,  on  May  29, 
1834,  he  married  Miss  Dicy  Runkle ;  this 
union  was  blessed  by  six  children,  viz. : 
Irwin,  James,  William,  Stephen,  and  Sam- 
uel, and  a  daughter,  Mary  J.,  who  died 
Feb.  22,  1864.  He  served  the  county  as 
associate  judge  for  eight  years  ;  was  Presi- 
dent of  First  Nat.  Bank,  and  Director  of 
Chicago  &  Alton  R.R.  Co.,  and  a  promi- 
nent member  of  Illinois  Central  Agricul- 
tural Association,  ever  filling  his  important 
trusts  with  honor  to  himself  and  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  Judge  Dun- 
lap  was  received  into  membership  of  the 
Baptist  Church  in  1854,  and  ever  sustained 
the  character  of  a  conscientious  Christian 
man.  His  widow,  who  is  the  same  age  as 
the  Judge  to  a  day,  still  lives  at  the  old 
homestead,  familiarly  known  as  the  Dur- 
ham Farm.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  June  8,  1845,  in  Jacksonville, 
thus  having  grown  up  as  it  were  with  the 
county.  Married  Feb.  7,  1866,  to  Har- 
riett, daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  Orear, 
of  Morgan  Co.,  born  Sept.  9,  1846.  Five 
children  have  blessed  this  union,  viz. : 
Olive  G..  Feb.  12.  1867;  Franklin,  March 
13,  1869,  died  Feb.  16,  1873  ;  George  A., 
Feb.  18,  1871  ;  Stephen  H.,  March  9,  1875, 
and  Orear  Dec.  6,  1877.  Mr.  Dunlap  has 
devoted  his  industries  chiefly  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  Homestead  consists  of  135  acres, 
beautifully  located,  and  familiarly  known 
as  Mineral  Spring  Farm 
Dye  Benjamin,  farmer.  Sec.  12,  P.O.Jackson- 
ville 


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SAMUEL,  engineer 
Deaf  and  Dumb  Institute,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  born  in  State  of  Maine,  Dec. 
12,  1835,  and  removed  to  Morgan  Co. 
1857.  Was  married  Dec.  12,  1862,  to 
Margaret  C.  Whitman,  of  Indiana,  born 
Sept.  8, 1833.  This  union  has  been  blessed 
by  three  children,  viz. :  Charles  H.,  July 
20,  1863  ;  Thaddeus,  Sept.  20,  1865,  and 
Hattie  M.,  Feb.  26,  1872.  Mr.  Eastman 
enlisted  June,  1863,  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  as 
machinist,  and  served  in  the  South  Atlantic 
squadron  under  Admiral  Dahlgren  for 
three  years.  Mr.  E.  has  held  his  present 
position  as  engineer  at  the  State  Deaf  and 
Dumb  Institute  nearly  four  years 
Edgeman  A.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

RIBBONS  ROBT.   farmer,   Sec.   3,  P.O. 
^^  Jacksonville 

Gibbons  W.  T.  renter,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Goltra  M.  C.  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Graff  Geo.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

TT  ACKETT  J.  H.  clothing,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Hamilton  James  O.  teamster,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

HAMILTON  JOHN  C.  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  born  in  Harrison  Co.,  Ken- 
tucky, June  16,  1797,  and  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, October,  1834;  he  may  thus  be  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  oldest  living  settlers, 
and  one  who  is  prominently  identified  with 
this  county's  growth.  Married  July  16, 
1818,  to  Mary  T.  Rees,  of  Kentucky.  Six 
children  were  the  fruits  of  this  union,  two 
of  whom  only  survive,  viz. :  Susan  R., 
now  Mrs.  Goldsmith,  of  Waverly,  born 
April  13,  1819,  and  Mary  F.,  now  Mrs. 
Suttori,  of  Jacksonville,  born  July  18,  1822. 
Mrs.  Hamilton  died  Aug.  18,  1826.  Mr. 
H.  married  again  Jan.  i,  1828,  to  Sarah  B., 
daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  Smith,  of 
Paris,  Ky.,born  Dec.  19,  1807.  This  union 
was  blessed  by  nine  children,  four  of  whom 
only  survive,  viz. :  James  O.,  Feb.  20,  1829; 
Wm.  T.,  July  31,  1836;  Sarah  Agnes, 
March  17,  1843,  and  George  T.,  Oct.  22, 
1848.  Mrs.  H.  died  Sept.  21,  1858.  Mr. 
H.  again  married  April  5,  1859,  to  Mrs. 
Eliza  Glenn,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Mr. 


Hamilton  has  always  been  a  zealous 
worker  in  the  interests  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  he  traveled  a  circuit  for  two  years, 
giving  his  time  and  labor  freely;  he  has 
preached  in  this  section  over  forty  years, 
and  still  continues  his  good  work  as  local 
preacher.  In  the  history  of  the  Methodist 
Church  Mr.  H.  forms  a  prominent  part, 
and  will  be  remembered  by  many  for  years 
to  come  for  his  efforts  in  their  behalf. 
Upon  Mr.  H.  first  settling  here  he 
devoted  his  energies  to  agriculture,  clearing 
a  farm  of  600  acres,  seven  miles  southeast 
of  Jacksonville  ;  he  sold  it  in  1850,  and 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Jackson- 
ville. His  homestead  is  delightfully  located 
just  south  of  the.  city  limits,  on  Main  street 

Heffernan  Pierce,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Heinl  Joseph,  nurseryman  and  florist,  Sec. 
29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Herr  Frederick,  farm  hand,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Hoagland  J.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

HOPPER  THOMAS  W.  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jacksonville, 
born  in  Scarborough,  Yorkshire,  England, 
Nov.  13,  1846,  and  came  to  this  country  with 
his  parents  in  1856,  settling  in  this  county. 
Married  Aug.  29,  1874,  to  Lucy,  daughter 
Willis  and  Nancy  Davis,  of  Morgan  Co., 
born  July  9,  1848.  This  union  has  been 
blessed  by  two  children :  John  Thomas, 
born  May  2,  1875,  and  Willis  Lambert, 
born  June  2,  1877.  Mr.  Hopper  enlisted 
in  Co.  G,  Twentieth  Vet.  I.  V.  I.  Jan.  2, 
1864,  and  served  under  Gen.  Sherman  in 
his  celebrated  march  through  Georgia ; 
was  discharged  July  24,  1865 

Hulett  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

T  ACKSON  THOMAS  L.  carpenter 
J  and  builder,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jacksonville,' 
born  in  Indiana,  Aug.  26,  1849,  and  re- 
moved to  this  county  in  1874.  Was  mar- 
ried Dec.  25,  1870,  to  Mollie  E.,  daughter 
of  George  and  Anne  Fagly,  of  Ohio,  born 
Jan.  26,  185^.  This  union  has  been  blessed 
by  two  children,  Erastus  H.,  born  July  31, 
1873,  and  died  July  4,  1874,  and  Carl  R., 
born  Oct.  30,  1876 
James  C.  W.  renter,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


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MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Jones  E.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Jones  Euphie,  renter,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

JONES  FREDERIC  JL.  mason,  S. 
Main  st.,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  born 
in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Jan.  i,  1847,  and  came 
to  this  State  in  1862,  settling  in  Jackson- 
ville. Enlisted  in  Co.  C,  Forty-first  Wis. 
V.  I.  April  22,  1864,  and  served  under 
Gen.  Sherman  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
Married  July  15,  1869,  to  Orilla,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Lucien  and  Lura  Higbee,  of  White- 
hall, Greene  Co.,  born  Sept.  29,  1847.  This 
union  has  been  blessed  by  four  children  : 
Herbert  L.,  born  June  22,  1870,  died  Jan. 

18,  1876;  Edgar  L.,  July  31,  1872;  Nita, 
Dec.  18,  1874,  and  Freddie,  Jan.  6,  1878. 
Mr.  Jones  has  been  employed  at  the  State 
Insane  Institute  for  the  past  sixteen  years 
as  mason,  which  position  he  still  holds 

T/^ILLAM  THOMAS,  farmer,  P.O. 
Jacksonville ;  born  in  Morgan  County 
in  1849  '>  l"s  father  emigrated  to  this  State 
from  England  in  1828,  and  entered  the 
land  that  he  is  now  living  on  six  miles 
west  of  Jacksonville  ;  Mr.'Killam  has  two 
brothers  and  five  sisters. 

Kirkpatrick  John,  hostler  S.  R.  R.  Co.,  Sec. 
29,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Kitner  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

j    ANDRETH     JAMES    M.     im- 

~*  porter  and  breeder  of  horses,  South 
Main  St.,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  born 
in  Tennessee,  March  7,  1838,  removing 
with  his  parents  at  the  age  of  eight  years 
to  Mississippi,  and  again  to  Arkansas  in 
1852,  here  he  remained  until  1862  when  he 
removed  to  Brighton,  Macoupin  Co.  111., 
where  he  continued  to  reside  until  Sept. 
1876,  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Jacksonville  ;  married  at  Brighton,  Sept. 

19,  1876,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  H. 
.     and  Elizabeth  Wilson,  formerly  of  England, 

born  July  22,  1842  ;  this  union  has  been 
blessed  by  one  child,  Martha  W.,  born  Feb. 
16,  1878  ;  Mr.  Landreth  in  his  early  years 
was  raised  to  agricultural  pursuits  ;  he  has 
been  extensively  engaged  in  the  importa- 
tion and  breeding  of  blooded  horses  for 
many  years,  in  which  business  he  has  been 
highly  successful ;  among  his  importations 
are  notably  the  famous  horses  of  the  Per- 


cheron-Norman  specialty,  Napoleon,  Pre- 
ferie,  Baalbec,  St.  Benoit,  St.  Nazaire, 
Sanspariel,  &c.,  &c. 

Lanigan  John,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Laurie  Geo.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
LAWYER  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  27, 
P.O.  Jacksonville;  son    of  Jas.   and    Ann 
Lawler,    natives   of  Ireland  ;    Henry   was 
born    near    Dublin  City  ;   when    fourteen 
years  old,  his  parents  emigrated  to  America, 
settling  in  Vermont ;  two  years  after,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  moved  to  Morgan 
County,  locating  at  Jacksonville  in    1852  ; 
farming  it  one  season  he  then  became  em- 
ployed   in   the    Insane   Asylum    with   Dr. 
McFarland  ;  he  afterward  became  engaged 
in  the  ice  trade  ;  on  the  abandonment  of 
this  enterprise,  Mr.  L.  turned  his  attention 
to   farming;    in    1859    ne     married     Miss 
Bridget  Maher ;  five  children,  three  living 
Ledferd  Wm.  renter,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Liter  Abraham,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  Jacksonville 
Liter  Emon,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Liter  Henry  S.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

LOMELINO  JOSEPH  FER- 
RIRA,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ; 
Jos.  F.  Lomelino  was  born  on  the  Island 
of  Maderia,  1813,  and  fled  to  the  West 
Indies  to  escape  religious  persecution,  where 
he  remained  several  years,  but  finally  came 
to  the  United  States  settling  in  Morgan 
Co.,  in  1851 ;  during  his  residence  at  Trin- 
idad, West  Indies,  he  was  married  to  Jozifa 
Nunis  ;  by  this  union  five  children  were 
born,  three  of  whom  only  are  living,  viz : 
Emanuel  F.  April  i,  1849  ;  Joseph  F.  May 
9,  1852  ;  and  Mary  F.  June,  1859,  now  Mrs. 
Daniel  Meline,  Morgan  Co.  ;  Mr.  Lome- 
lino  followed  the  occupation  of  farming, 
and  by  industry  accumulated  a  comforta- 
ble competence  ;  he  died  Feb.  13,  1878  ; 
his  son  Joseph  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch,  was  born  at  the  homestead,  where 
he  still  resides  and  devotes  his  industries 
to  agricultural  pursuits 

Long  J.  A.  renter,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
LTJRTON  J.  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jacksonville ;  born  in  Scott 
Co.,  Kentucky,  March  21,  1813,  and  re- 
moved to  this  State,  settling  in  this  county, 
in  1832  ;  he  may  thus  be  rated  as  an  early 


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settler,  and  one  prominently  identified  with 
this  county's  development;  married  Jan. 
24,  1844,  to  Mary  E.  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
W.  D.  and  Mahala  Stribling,  of  Bourbon 
Co.,  Kentucky,  born  Dec.  8,  1822 ;  this 
union  has  been  blessed  by  nine  children, 
viz.  :  Wm.  S.  Nov.  15,  1844 ;  Johanna, 
Sept.  28,  1847,  wife  of  Dr.  Sarchette  of 
Charlestown,  111.  ;  James  F.  Oct.  7,  1849, 
died  Sept.  21,  1852  ;  Henry,  Feb.  10,  1852; 
Mary  E.  April  21,  1855,  now  Mrs.  James 
Smith  of  Cass  Co. ;  Robert,  July  8,  1858  ; 
Ben.  B.  Jan.  7,  1860  ;  Lawrina  H.  Jan. 
14,  1864,  and  Mary  May,  Sept.  28,  1867  ; 
Mr.  Lurton  has  served  the  people  of  this 
county  in  various  positions  of  trust  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  always  proving  himself 
an  efficient  and  trusty  public  servant ; 
homestead  consists  of  450  acres,  delightfully 
.located  one  mile  east  of  town 
Lurton  Wm.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

ARTIN  CHAS.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  5.  P. 
O.Jacksonville 

Martin  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Martin  John,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Mason  Timothy,  jeweler,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Massey  Henry,  nurseryman,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Jacksonville  » 

McDonald  J.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

McDonald  J.  K.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

McNeal  A.  renter,  Sec.    7,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

McNeal  W.  A.  renter,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

McNEAL  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 
Jacksonville  ;  born  in  Alabama,  1854;  came 
to  Morgan  Co.  in  the  Fall  of  1865  ;  is  liv- 
ing with  his  mother  ;  has  four  brothers, 
James,  Anderson,  Augustus,  and  Henry ; 
Henry  and  James  are  living  in  Texas 

Metcalf  Elias,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Morton  F.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

MORTON  JOSEPH  COL.  born 
Aug.  1801 ;  fifth  child  of  Robert  and  Sarah 
Morton,  who  with  their  family  moved  to 
North  Carolina  in  1806  ;  the  father's  ances- 


tors English,  and  the  mother's  German  ;  her 
maiden  name  Sarah  Sorrens;  in  1811  the 
family  moved  to  Bledsoe  Co.,  Tenn.,  where 
the  elder  Morton  died  same  year ;  four  years 
after  Mrs.  M.  married  Jonathan  Kirby ; 
they  soon  after  moved  to  Adair  Co.,  Ky., 
where  in  1825  Mr.  K.  died;  Mrs.  K.  with  two 
children  by  Mr.  Kirby,  and  her  son  Wm. 
came  to  Morgan  Co.,  1828,  and  four  years 
after  passed  off  the  stage  of  life.  Col.  M.  re- 
ceived most  of  his  education  in  Madison  Co., 
111.,  having  located  March,  1819,  four  miles 
from  Alton  ;  in  1820,  in  company  with 
John  Bradshaw,  he  came  and  built  a  cabin 
on  land  near  present  site  of  Jacksonville, 
previous  to  government  survey  ;  April  27, 
1823,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Odell ;  after  marriage  Mr.  M.  settled  on 
land  near  Jacksonville  East ;  became  very 
successful  ;  capital,  willing  hands  and  great 
energy  ;  one  of  the  few  pioneers  living 
who  remember  the  site  of  the  present  city 
of  Jacksonville  when  it  was  unimproved  by 
the  hand  of  man;  he  assisted  in  building 
many  of  the  first  log  cabins  ;  Mr.  M.  as  be- 
fore stated  is  a  man  of  rare  energy,  and  who 
overcomes  all  difficulties  by  hard  work ;  Col. 
M.  by  first  wife  had  thirteen  children, 
all  of  whom  have  passed  off  the  stage  of 
life,  except  three;  those  living,  Minerva,  wife 
of  James  S.  Rector  ;  Clarinda  M.,  now  the 
wife  of  Samuel  T.  Crawley,  and  Francis  M. 
the  youngest  and  only  son  living  on  the  old 
homestead ;  Col.  M.'s  first  wife  died  in 
1813  ;  again  married  to  Eliza  Bradshaw, 
daughter  of  John  Bradshaw,  heretofore 
mentioned  ;  in  1836,  Mr.  M.  was  elected  to 
the  State  Legislature  ;  in  1846  agiin  elected; 
in  1854  elected  to  State  Senate  which 
held  a  session  to  revise  State  Constitution  ; 
elected  1861  to  State  Convention  ;  Mr.  M. 
has  been  very  wealthy  ;  through  misfortune 
has  lost  his  property  ;  he  is  a  truly  Chris- 
tian man,  and  as  a  strictly  honorable  man 
has  the  respect  of  all 
Morton  Wm.  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Murphy  John  J.  renter,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

pATTERSON  A.    C.  farmer,  Sec.  5, 
P.O,  Jacksonville  ;  born  in  Kentucky  in 
1823  ;  settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  the  Fall  of 
1830,  the  winter  of  the  deep  snow  ;    mar- 
ried in  1853    to  Miss  Mary  F.  Bolts  ;  born 


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in  Morgan  Co. ;  have  five  children  (lost 
three)  living :  Martha  E.,  Mary  F.,  Chas. 
E.,  William  B.,  Oliver  L. ;  owns  430  acres, 
valued  at  $21,500 

Pearis  Namon,  renter,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

PHILLIPS  JAMES,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  born  in 
Devonshire,  Eng.,  Nov.  13,  1827,  and  came 
to  U.S.,  settling  in  Morgan  Co.,  1852  ;  was 
married  in  Canada,  June  12,  1849,  to  Ann 
Molone,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Ann  Mo- 
lone,  formerly  of  Ireland ;  this  union  has 
been  blessed  by  eight  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living,  viz  :  Mary  Jane,  Oct.  20, 
1850,  now  Mrs.  T.  J.  Davison,  Morgan  Co.; 
John  H.,  Jan.  i,  1856  ;  Caroline  O.,  April 
27,  1861  ;  Richard  E.,  Aug.  24,  1863 ;  and 
Annie,  Jan.  2,  1867.  Mr.  Phillips  has  de- 
voted his  industries  solely  to  agricultural 
pursuits ;  homestead  consists  of  100  acres 
well  improved  land,  wrought  from  the  tim- 
ber and  brush  by  the  industry  of  its  owner 

Poisal  H.K.  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

"D  EAD  J.  V.  hatter,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

RECTOR  JAS.  S.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  son  of  Vincent  and  Artemesia  Rector, 
natives  of  Virginia,  where  young  Rector 
was  born  Oct.  4,  1816;  receiving  a  liberal 
education  ;  during  the  Winter  of  1835,  the 
Rector  family  moved  to  Morgan  Co.,  111., 
settling  in  the  vicinity  of  Jacksonville  ;  re- 
maining two  years,  they  then  moved  to 
Pike  Co.,  Mo.;  James  remained  with  parents 
three  years,  and  then  moved  to  Morgan  Co., 
near  Jacksonville ;  rented  a  farm  seven 
years  ;  in  1848,  bought  228  acres,  but  very 
little  improved  ;  by  dint  of  rare  judgment 
he  accumulated  land  rapidly,  owning  at  one 
time  some  900  acres  ;  as  he  owned  but  $150 
when  he  left  Missouri,  this  speaks  well  for 
his  enterprise;  in  1840  he  married  Miss  Min- 
erva J.  Morton,  daughter  of  Jos.  Morton  ; 
it  is  supposed  Mrs.  R.  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  and  the  oldest 
one  now  living.  Although  never  seeking 
office,  his  name  has  frequently  been  brought 
forward  as  a  candidate ;  in  addition  to 
available  mill  property,  Mr.  R.  now  owns  525 
acres  land ;  children  are  Mary,  Clara, 
Amanda,  Geo.,  Jas.,  Isabel,  Ella,  Joseph. 
Andrew,  Oily,  John,  Minnie,  and  Chase 


Rector  J.  V.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Reeve  Robert  B.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Reid  A.  J.  farmer,  Sec.    36,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Reid  Abraham,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Reid  S.  H.  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Retter  J.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Ricks  H.  and  Son,  brewers,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Roberts  Thos.  W.  ins.  agt.  and  notary  pub- 
lic. Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Rowe  W.  H.  county  surveyor.  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

C ALYERS  ISAAC,  renter,  Sec.  36,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Sample  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Sample  Marion,  farmer.  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sample  Field,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Sample  Theo.  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Sawyer  John,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Sawyer  J.  E.  renter.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Scott  John,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Seibert  Benj.  F.  supt.  S.R.R.Co.  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
.  Jacksonville 

Seibert  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Seibert  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

SELF  WM.  C.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Selfs 
father  died  Sept.  14,  1844,  leaving  a  fam- 
ily, consisting  of  one  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters. Wm.  C.,  the  son,  eldest  of  the 
family,  and  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
in  Morgan  Co.,  Aug.  24,  1839  ;  he  has  thus 
grown  up  with  the  county,  and  one  whose 
interests  are  strongly  identified  with  its  im- 
provements. Married  Jan.  I,  1861,  to 
Louisa,  daughter  of  Theo  and  Hannah 
Stout,  Morgan  Co.,  born  June  6,  1841;  this 
union  was  blessed  by  one  child  :  John 
Spencer,  born  Oct.  20,  1861  ;  his  mother 
dying  Oct.  i,  1864,  Mr.  Self  married 
again  Nov.  4,  1868,  to  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 


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roi 


Phillips',  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mildred 
Black,  of  Morgan  Co.,  born  March  9,  1842. 
Mr.  Self  has  been  extensively  engaged  in 
stock  dealing,  but  has  lately  devoted  his 
industries  more  especially  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  the  raising  of  stock.  Home- 
stead consists  of  200  acres  of  highly  im- 
proved land 

Sheff  Charles,  farm  hand,  Sec.  6,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

SIMPSON  T.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  born  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Iowa, 
in  1847  ;  settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1875  ; 
was  in  the  civil  war  for  two  years  ;  enlisted 
in  the  4th  Iowa  V.  C.;  married  in  1876,  to 
Miss  Jennie  McConnell,  of  this  county 

Smawlen  Samuel,  farm  hand,  Sec.  n,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Stout  Edward,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

STOUT  J.  M.  Supt.  Diamond  Grove 
Cemetery,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  born  in  Indi- 
ana, Oct.  8,  1831,  removing  west  at  an  ear- 
ly age  and  settling  in  Morgan  Co  ,  1868  ; 
married  Nov.  18,  1849,  to  Mary  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Nelson  and  Elizabeth  McNeal,  of 
Perrysville,  Ind.,  born  June  24,  1831.  This 
union  has  been  blessed  by  six  children. 
Mr.  Stout  has  held  his  present  position,  as 
Supt.  of  Diamond  Grove  Cemetery,  nearly 
seven  years,  previous  to  which  his  studies 
were  devoted  to  the  ministry,  having  been 
a  member  of  the  Upper  W abash  Confer- 
ence of  United  Brethren  many  years  ;  he  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Stout  traces  his 
ancestry  back  two  years  prior  to  the  land- 
ing of  the  Pilgrims  on  Plymouth  Rock,  his 
forefathers  ever  proving  loyal  to  the  Fed- 
eral cause,  many  of  them  having  borne 
arms  throug1'  the  revolutionary  and  subse- 
quent wars,  defending  their  homes  and 
principles  with  their  lives 

STOUT  J.  V.  1>.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jacksonville.  Thom- 
as Stout,  born  in  Huntingdon  Co.,  N.  J., 
1734,  was  a  major  in  the  Continental  army; 
his  son,  Peter  Stout  was  born  in  Somerset 
Co.,  N.  J.,  1782,  and  was  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  who  was  born  in 
Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.,  April  2,  1816  ;  his 
mother  was  Maria  Van  Doren,  born  1794, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Van  Doren,  born  1724, 
of  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.;  and  was  the  oldest 
F2 


of  a  family  of  seventeen  children.  Mr. 
Stout  came  to  Jacksonville,  Oct.  8,  1838, 
and  has  lived  here  since  that  time,  except 
for  a  brief  period,  returning  here  in  1845. 
Married  Oct.  8,  1840,  to  Helen,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Eliza  Voorhees,  of  New 
Jersey,  born  Nov.  17,  1817.  This  union 
has  been  blessed  by  three  sons,  viz.:  Abra- 
hanu  born  Nov.  29,  1841,  lives  in  Iowa; 
Peter  D.,  born  Nov.  29,  1843,  of  Morgan 
Co.;  and  J.  V.  D.,  jr.,  born  Dec.  25,  1848, 
of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Stout  carried  on  the 
business  of  builder  and  contractor,  and  was 
the  leading  mechanic  in  his  line  at  that 
time;  he  erected  the  first  part  of  the  State 
Insane  Asylum,  and  many  other  buildings 
of  prominence.  Mr.  Stout  has  devoted  his 
latter  years  to  agricultural  pursuits;  home- 
stead consists  of  129  acres  of  highly  im- 
proved land,  delightfully  located  on  Spring- 
field Road,  about  four  miles  east  of  Jack- 
sonville 

Stout  P.'  D.  farmer,    Sec.    13,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


n^AYLOR  J.  C.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  36.  P.O  Jacksonville,  son  of 
John  and  Nancy  Taylor,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Conahan.  The  head  of  the  fam- 
ily was  a  man  in  good  circumstances  in 
Penn,  Ohio,  where  young  Taylor  grew  to 
mature  years  ;  when  old  enough,  attended 
a  subscription  school  ;  his  preliminary  ed- 
ucation was  derived  from  the  common 
spelling  book,  and  completed  in  the  New 
Testament  ;  at  twenty-five  he  married  Miss 
Isabel  Gilleland.  For  thirty  years  Mr. 
Taylor  resided  in  Ohio  ;  in  1863,  he  moved 
to  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  bought  320  acres 
of  land,  some  four  miles  southeast  of  Jack- 
sonville. Mr.  Taylor  owns  a  fine  property, 
and  his  enterprise  and  liberality  are  well 
known 

Thiese  Wm.  r.  nter,  Sec.  31,  P.O.Jackson- 
ville 

Tinsley  Walter,  farm  hand,  Sec.  5,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Tunnell  S.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

WERRY  L.  W.  MBS.  Sec.  32,  P.O. 

Jacksonville,  widow  of  the  late  W.  C. 

Verry,  who  first  settled  in  this  county  1822, 

and  entered  the  land  where  the   subject  of 


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t^this  sketch  still  resides,  when  it  was  first 
offered  in  market  by  the  government ;  he 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  this  neigh- 
borhood, and  prominently  identified, with 
its  growth  and  improvements ;  he  died 
March  10,  1877,  at  the  advanced  age  of  82 
years.  Mrs.  Verry  was  the  daughter  of  Silas 
Massey,  also  one  of  the  earliest  settlers, 
having  removed  west  in  1819,  from  his  na- 
tive State,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was 
born  April  i,  1786.  Mrs.  Verry  was  born 
in  Vermont,  Sept.  24,  1809 ;  was  thus  only 
ten  years  of  age  when  coming  to  this  State. 
Was  married  1828,  to  Stephen  Holmes, 
and  lived  three  years  in  Jo  Daviess  Co.,  re- 
moving to  Jacksonville  1831,  where  Mr. 
Holmes  died,  April  17,  1833,  leaving  three 
daughters.  Mrs.  Holmes  became  the  wife 
of  W.  C.  Verry,  Jan.  21,  1837  ;  there  were 
three  children  by  this  marriage,  one  only 
of  whom  survives,  viz.:  Augusta,  now  Mrs. 
Milton  Seibert.  Mrs.  V.  still  resides  at  the 
old  homestead,  and  recalls  with  vivid  rec- 
ollections the  many  incidents  o  their  early 
settlement ;  she  is  a  lady  of  raie  colloquial 
powers  and  refined  tastes,  and  is  a  sister  of 


H.    H.  and  S.    S.    Massey,    of    "  Mound 
Ridge  " 

VX/'ARD  JAMES  H.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

WILKINSON  B.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  4, 
P.O.  Jacksonville,  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  in 
1846 ;  married  in  1864,  to  Miss  Louise 
Gibbons,  born  in  this  county.  Have  four 
children  :  Mary  F.,  William,  Ardena,  and 
Anna 

WILLSON  NANCY  MKS.  farmer, 
Sec.  6,  wife  of  S.  M.  Wilson  (deceased), 
born  in  Kentucky,  1834  ;  married  in  1856; 
Mr.  Willson  was  born  in  Maryland,  1826; 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1851.  Have  two 
children  :  Sarah  Ann,  and  Lewis  N.;  owns 
40  acres,  valued  at  $2,500 

Wilson  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Wilson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Wood  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Wood  Richard  S.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Woods  S.  A.  renter,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


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A  LLINSON  ADAM,  farmer  and  stock 
*~  raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Lynnville.  Son 
of  Adam  Allinson,  of  Yorkshire,  England  ; 
born  Sept.  12,  1801 ;  came  to  this  county 
at  the  age  of  20  years,  with  his  father;  re- 
maining in  Indiana  one  year,  during  which 
time  his  father  died  after  a  short  illness, 
then  removed  .to  this  place,  which  subse- 
quently became  Morgan  County.  Married 
1829  to  Miss  Mary  Norwood,  of  Yorkshire, 
Eng.;  born  1809;  by  this  union  there  has 
been  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living, 
viz.:  Sarah,  born  Dec.  29,  1830,  now  Mrs. 
Hills,  of  Morgan  Co.;  Mary,  born  Sept.  23, 
1832,  now  Mrs.  Bramham,  of  Morgan  Co.; 
Adam,  June  20,  1834,  of  Morgan  Co.  Mr. 
Allinson  may  be  rated  as  one  of  the  oldest 
living  settlers,  having  owned  considerable 
lands  prior  to  the  county's  organization, 
and  lived  here  ever  since;  the  homestead 
comprises  about  640  acres  of  highly  im- 
proved and  beautifully  located  land,  and 
he  owns  various  other  lands  in  Morgan  Co., 
amounting  in  all  to  near  1,000  acres 
AlvesJ.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Anderson  Charles,  lab.  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

"D  AILEY  J.  R.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  the  founder  of  the  Jack- 
sonville Sentinel,  and  its  editor  and  pub- 
lisher from  January,  1855,  to  January, 
1872— seventeen  years — is  a  native  of 
Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania.  He  is  of 
Protestant  Irish  descent ;  his  ancestors 
emigrated  from  the  north  of  Ireland  during 
an  early  period  in  the  first  settlement  of 
the  colony  of  Pennsylvania.  They  bought 
a  tract  of  land  on  the  banks  of  the  Dela- 
ware river,  some  thirty  miles  above  Phila- 
delphia, of  the  London  Land  Company, 
on  which  they  settled,  and  on  part  of  which 
some  of  their  descendents  yet  reside.  Here 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born.  In 
1824,  his  father  sold  his  farm  and  removed 
with  his  family  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  found  it 


necessary  to  quit  school  and  engage  in  the 
active  business  of  life.  He  first  served  two 
years  at  the  printing  business  in  a  small 
German  and  English  office.  At  this  time 
buckskin  balls  were  in  use  for  inking  the 
type,  and  he  remembers  working  at  one 
time  on  the  old  wooden  press  used  by 
Benjamin  Frapklin  during  his  publishing 
career  in  Philadelphia,  since  on  exhibition 
at  the  Patent  Office  at  Washington.  It 
came  about  in  this  way:  The  Franklin  press 
had  fallen  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Ramage, 
the  veteran  Philadelphia  press  maker,  who 
had  it  stored  away.  The  Ramage  press  in 
the  office  needed  repairing,  and  while  this 
was  being  done,  the  old  wooden  Franklin 
press  was  loaned  to  the  office  as  a  substi- 
tute. The  frame  was  like  that  of  an  ordi- 
nary country  loom;  the  bed  of  stone  and 
the  platen  a  block  of  wood,  just  half  the 
size  of  the  bed,  requiring  two  impressions 
to  a  full  form.  Tiring  of  the  printing 
office,  young  Bailey,  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  commenced  to  learn  the  carpenter 
trade,  and,  in  company  with  his  brother, 
Judge  J.  S.  Bailey,  of  Macomb,  111.,  he 
worked  at  that  business  two  more  years. 
Desiring,  however,  a  vocation  giving  him 
more  out-door  exercise,  and  seeing  an  op- 
portunity to  better  his  condition  by  remov- 
ing farther  west,  Mr.  Bailey  made  up  his 
mind  to  such  a  move.  After  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Ann  Henderson,  a  young  lady  from 
New  Jersey,  removed  to  Iowa,  and  com- 
menced the  work  of  building  up  a  home  on 
his  claim,  the  land  not  yet  being  in  market. 
At  that  day  the  country  was  very  new,  the 
entire  territory  being  in  possession  of  the 
Indians,  with  the  exception  of  a  narrow 
strip  along  the  Mississippi  river,  known  as 
the  Black  Hawk  Purchase.  All  supplies 
had  to  come  from  the  east  side  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi, and  the  first  settlers  underwent 
many  hardships,  Mr.  Bailey  having  to 
shoulder  his  full  share  of  the  exposure  and 
toil  of  a  frontier  life.  Not  yet  twenty- 
|three  years  old,  and  unaccustomed  to  the 


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use  of  the  pioneer's  ax  and  maul,  he  found 
making  rails  and  building  log  cabins  heavy 
work  ;  but  he  persevered  until  his  farm  was 
fenced  and   broke  and  the    land   paid   for. 
During  the  first  year  of  his  settlement,  Mr. 
Bailey   began    to    take  an  active   part   in 
politics  ;  was  elected  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  in  1844   he    received    the   Democratic 
nomination  for  representative  in  the  terri- 
torial legislature.     In  the  meantime  the  In- 
dian title  to  the  lands  west  to  the  Missouri 
river  had  been  extinguished    by  purchase, 
and  a  number  of  new  counties   had  been 
laid   out  and  settled.      Wapello,  the  new 
county  west  of  Jefferson,  became  attached 
for   legislative   purposes,  the   district    thus 
formed  to  be  represented   by  one    member 
of  the  council  and  one  representative.  The 
Democrats  of  Wapello  claimed  the  repre- 
sentative,   and    Mr.  Bailey  voluntarily  re- 
tired   from    the    canvass    to    give    place. 
During  the  next  two  years  a  State  constitu- 
tion was  formed,  and  Iowa  became  a  State, 
In  the  Fall  of  1846,  Mr.  Bailey  was  nomi- 
nated by  the  Democrats  of  Jefferson  County 
— again  a  district  by  itself — for  representa- 
tive to  the  first  State  legislature.     He  was 
elected,  and  thus  participated  in  setting  the 
wheels    of    the   new    State   government  in 
motion,    serving    during    the    sessions   of 
i847-'48.     Both  those  sessions  were  char- 
acterized  by  stormy  excitement   over    the 
election  of  the  first  United  States  senators, 
and  the  legislature  failed  to  elect  until  the 
session  of  1849.     During  this  period  he  be- 
^an  to  exercise  his  talents  as  a  writer,  con- 
tributing articles  of  a  political  character  to 
the  local  press,  and  hence  his  attention  be- 
came directed  to  the  publishing  business. 
In  1852,  Mr.  Bailey  sold  his  farm   and  re- 
moved   to    Mt.   Sterling,    Brown   Co.,  111. 
Here  he  commenced  his  career   as  editor 
and  publisher,  by  investing  in  a  newspaper 
office  that   had   been   established  by  John 
Bigler,  who  went  to  California  in  1849,  ar>d 
afterward  became  governor  of  that  State. 
The  paper  was  called  the  Prairie  Pioneer, 
but  the   name   was   afterward   changed  to 
Chronotype.     While  publishing  this  sheet, 
Mr.  Bailey  was   appointed  postmaster   at 
Mt.  Sterling  under  Mr.  Pierce's  administra- 
tion, and  held  the  office  three  years,  resign- 
ing when  he  removed  to  Jacksonville  in  the 
Winter  of  1855.     Since  that  time   the    his- 


tory of  J.  R.  Bailey  has  been  intimately 
blended  with  the  history  of  Morgan  Coun- 
ty, there  having  been  few  matters  of  public 
interest  in  which,  as  a  journalist,  he  has  not 
taken  an  active  part.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Illinois  Press  Association  ; 
was  one  of  the  committee  that  drafted  its 
constitution,  and  was  twice  elected  treas- 
urer of  the  association.  During  1854  he 
suffered  domestic  misfortune  in  the  loss  of 
his  wife  and  two  of  his  children.  During 
the  Fall  of  1861  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Mary  J.  Williams,  a  lady  of  some 
local  literary  reputation.  About  this  time, 
the  long  agitation  of  the  slavery  question 
culminated  in  the  southern  rebellion,  and 
during  the  continuance  of  that  war,  Mr. 
Bailey  was  of  the  class  of  Democratic  edi- 
tors who  advocated  a  vigorous  prosecution 
of  the  war  for  the  purpose  of  crushing 
out  the  rebellion,  and  in  this  he  was  sus- 
tained by  the  leading  men  of  his  party  in 
the  county.  As  before  stated,  Mr.  Bailey 
established  the  Jacksonville  Sentinel  in 
1855,  and  published  it  as  editor  and  pro- 
prietor for  seventeen  years — embracing  a 
period  of  long  continued  high  political  ex- 
citement and  full  of  historical  incidents. 
Such  long  continued  active  labors  began  to 
impair  his  health,  and  in  1872  his  eyesight 
so  far  failed  that  he  was  unable  to  read  or 
write,  even  with  the  aid  of  the  strongest 
glasses.  Having  no  sons  of  an  age  to  assist 
him,  he  disposed  of  the  Sentinel  establish- 
ment to  other  parties,  and  has  since  resided 
on  his  farm  near  Jacksonville,  living  a  re- 
tired and  quiet  life 

Baptista  Jos.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BATEMA1S"  SAMUEL.,  farmer.  Sec. 
8,  P.O.  Jacksonville.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  1804, 
and  came  to  this  country  in  1829  and  set- 
tled in  this  county,  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since.  Married  in  England,  Feb,  22, 
1829,  to  Sarah  Lee,  of  Yorkshire,  born 
April,  1797,  who  shared  with  her  husband 
the  perils  of  a  sea  voyage  and  the  many 
hardships  incident  to  the  emigrant's  life. 
This  lady  died  Sept.  10,  1877.  Their  fam- 
ily has  consisted  of  six  children,  three  of 
whom,  however,  only  survive :  William, 
born  June  27,  1831;  Ann  Elizabeth,  Dec. 
3,  1832,  now  Mrs.  S.  Saunderson,  of  Mor- 


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gan  Co.;  Thomas,  Dec.  4,  1833.  Mr.  Bate- 
man  arrived  here  the  fall  prior  to  the 
"  deep  snow,"  many  incidents  of  which  he 
relates;  he  has  devoted  his  long  life  of  in- 
dustry strictly  10  agricultural  pursuits 

Bateman  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bevers  George,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Blackburn  Geo.  D.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Blodgett  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BOBBITT  JOHN  G.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Missouri, 
Nov.  6,  1824,  and  removed  to  this  county 
with  his  parents  at  the  early  age  of  five 
years,  thus  having  grown  up  as  it  were  with 
the  county,  and  one  whose  interests  are 
closely  identified  with  its  growth  and  im- 
provements. Married  Dec.  14,  1848,  to 
Martha  J.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha 
Newton,  of  McLean  Co.,  111.,  born  Oct.  21, 
1827.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
three  children :  Lewis  M.,  born  Jan.  27, 
1850;  Mary  L.,  born  Aug.  3,  1852,  now 
Mrs.  Holliday,  of  Morgan  Co.;  Hattie  E., 
born  Jan.  15,  1864.  Mr.  Bobbin's  descrip- 
tion of  his  hunting  excursions  and  the 
many  events  incident  to  the  early  settler's 
life  is  highly  amusing.  In  the  fall  pre- 
vious to  the  ''  deep  snow  "  his  father  erect- 
ed a  grist  mill  on  Big  Branch,  now  known 
as  Willow  Branch,  which  proved  of  im- 
mense service  to  the  neighbors.  Mr.  B. 
had  brought  the  burr  stones  from  Missouri  ; 
the  noticeable  features  of  the  mill  were,  it 
was  only  three  weeks  in  course  of  erection, 
the  running  wheel  and  burr  stones  turned 
on  the  same  shaft,  and  during  the  winter  a 
young  deer  was  caught  in  the  mill,  on  which 
occasion  Mr.  B.  facetiously  remarked  that 
his  mill  supplied  his  family  table  with  meat 
as  well  as  flour  and  meal.  Mr.  Bobbitt  has 
devoted  his  industries  chiefly  to  agricultur- 
al pursuits;  the  homestead  consists  of  300 
acres  beautifully  located,  showing  the  able 
management  of  its  owner  on  every  hand 

Bobbitt  Elzerah,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin 

Bobbitt  L.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin 

BODDY  MICHAEL,  farmer  and  hor- 
ticulturist, Sec.  18,  P.O.  Chapin;  born  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  Feb.  20,  1829,  and 


came  to  this  country  and  Morgan  County, 
in  1851;  returned  to  England,  1854,  antici- 
pating engaging  in  the  Crimean  War,  but 
the  war  soon  closing,  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits,  and  remained  about  four  yea  s, 
again  returning  to  this  country,  and  settled 
in  Morgan  County;  was  married  Dec.  31, 
1854,  ta  Ann,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Harrison,  of  Thornton,  Yorks,  England; 
born  Jan.  22,  1834;  this  union  has  been 
blessed  by  nine  children,  viz.:  Mary  Jane, 
born  Nov.  II,  1856,  died  in  early  infancy; 
Robert,  May  29,  1858,  died  Sept.  14,  1859; 
Mary,  Oct.  n,  1863,  died  Sept.  n,  1864; 
Annie,  May  24,  1865;  Sarah  H.,  March  23, 
1868,  and  John  R.,  Nov.  20,  1870;  Mr. 
Boddy  has  occupied  his  present  farm  about 
eleven  years;  it  was  then  in  timber,  but  is 
now  ina^igh  state  of  cultivation,  wrought 
by  the  industry  and  able  management  of 
its  owner;  he  gives  special  attention  to 
horticulture  and  vine  growing,  having 
several  thousand  of  Concord  and  other 
choice  varieties.from  which  he  manufactures 
a  very  superior  wine;  he  has  also  an  orchard 
of  considerable  extent;  Mr.  Boddy  was 
correspondent  for  the  Jacksonville  Sentinel, 
from  Chapin,  for  several  years,  and  has 
written  many  valuable  contributions  for 
the  press,  in  prose  and  poetry 
Bond  Thomas,  renter,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Boyle  John,  laborer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Branham  George,  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bridgman  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bridgman  Martin,  farmer.  Sec.  2,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

BUCK  THOMAS,  farmer.  Sec.  9,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  born  March  14,  1846,  in 
Greene  County;  removed  to  this  county 
1874;  married  March,  1865,  to  Matilda 
Jane,  daughter  of  James  and  Betsy  Young, 
of  Greene  County;  four  children  were  born 
of  this  union:  first  one  died  in  early  in- 
fancy; Charles  L.,  born  Jan.  14,  1867; 
William  Jasper,  Feb.  n,  1871,  and  Julia 
May,  Nov.,  1873,  died  Dec.  18,  1876;  Mrs. 
Buck  died  March  15,  1876;  Mr.  B.  married 
again,  Feb.  13,  1877,  to  Elizabeth  Brayes, 
widow  of  William  Brayes;  was  born  March 
10,  1846,  and  has  one  daughter,  Annie, 
born  June  23, 1872;  the  result  of  the  present 
union  is  two  children  (twins),  born  Feb.  13, 


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1878;  Mrs.  Buck's  grandmother,  Mrs.  Milly 
Holliday,  is  one  of  the  oldest  living  settlers 
in  this  neighborhood,  having  come  here  in 
1823;  she  relates  many  interesting  incidents 
of  the  early  settlement 

/^ALDWELL  D.  A.  farmer,   Sec.  3,  P.O. 

^^  Jacksonville 

Caldwell  R.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Campbell  Clinton  S.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Campbell  James  H.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Campbell  S.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  31.  P.O.  Lynn- 
ville 

Clarey  John,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  21, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

COLLINS  JEREMIAH*  farmer.Sec. 
8,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  was  born  in  Ireland, 
May  I,  1831,  and  came  to  this  country  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  landing  in  New 
York,  where  he  remained  until  1852,  when 
he  removed  to  Sangamon  County,  and  has 
lived  there  and  in  Morgan  County  ever 
since;  was  married  June  1 8, 1858,  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Collins,  born 
in  Ireland,  1833,  who  died  Sept.  12,  1864; 
two  children  were  the  fruits  of  this  union: 
Mary  Ellen,  born  May  I,  1859,  and  John, 
Nov.  8,  1862;  Mr.  Collins  was  married 
again,  Feb.  16,  1865,  to  Hanora,  daughter 
of  Ben  and  Johanna  Stokes,  born  in  Ire- 
land, May,  1842;  this  union  has  been 
blessed  by  eleven  children:  Johanna,  born 
Dec.  3,  1865;  Margaret,  Feb.  16,  1867; 
Jeremiah,  April  21,  1868;  Catherine,  Oct. 
2,  1869;  Benjamin,  Jan.  21,  1871;  Bernard 
and  William  (twins),  July  6,  1873;  Teddie, 
May  II,  1874;  David  and  Dennis  (twins), 
July  18,  1875;  Mark,  Aug.  18,  1877;  the 
homestead  consists  of  40  acres 

Cox  Lafayette,  laborer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jack- 
'  sonville 

COWDIN"  J.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  married  April  n,  1867,  to 
Miss  Fannie  Blodgett;  has  two  children: 
Willard  Truman,  and  Georgie  Belle;  these 
are  the  facts  in  the  case,  and  he  has  no  de- 
sire to  spread  on  a  biography 

Cridland  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  lo,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

•p\ANIELS  GEORGE,  farmer,  Sec.  5, 
*-*  P.O.  Jacksonville 


Daniels  Samuel,  sr.,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Dayton  John,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Deaton  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

DENBY  THOMAS,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  only  son 
of  Thomas  Denby,  of  Yorkshire,  England; 
born  July  17,  1823,  and  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  his  parents  at  the  age  of  nine 
years,  landing  in  New  York,  and  came  di- 
rectly to  Morgan  County,  where  he  has 
resided  ever  since,  thus  growing  up  as  it 
were  with  the  county,  and  one  whose 
interests  are  closely  identified  with  its 
growth  and  improvements;  was  first  mar- 
ried, Jan.  4,  1845,  to  Martha  Sparks,  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland;  by  this  union  one  child 
was  born;  George  Thomas,  March  5,  1846; 
Mrs.  Denby  died  in  childbirth;  the  son 
died  Jan.  4,  1848;  Mr.  Denby  married 
again  Dec.  17,  1846,  to  Mary  Jane,  daughter 
of  Alexander  and  Mary  Wells,  of  Scott 
County;  born  Sept.  16,  1822;  this  union 
has  been  blessed  by  five  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living:  William  Alexander,  born 
Sept.  19,  1847,  died  April  16,  1850;  Mary 
E.,  born  Feb.  27,  1849,  now  Mrs.  George 
B.  Ransom,  of  Morgan  County;  Sarah  E., 
born  Feb.  9,  1852,  now  Mrs.  George  W. 
Killam,  of  Morgan  County;  Hannah  M., 
born  Oct.  8,  1856,  living  with  her  parents; 
Ann  Ella,  born  April  24,  1860,  also  living 
with  her  parents;  the  homestead  consists  of 
200  acres  of  beautifully  located  and  highly 
improved  land 

Dewey  C.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

DeLapp  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

TRADES  W.  O.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jack- 

'^-*  sonville 

EDSON    MILO    L.    and    A.    F. 

renters,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  sons  of 
Ely  Edson,  of  Stowe,  Lemoyle  County, 
Vermont,  a  native  of  Vermont,  born  Dec. 
10,  1812,  and  has  resided  in  that  State  all 
his  life;  was  married  in  1836,  to  Celestia 
Luce,  of  Vermont,  six  children  being  the 
fruits  of  this  union,  viz.:  Susan,  Weltha, 
Walter,  Mark,  who  died  in  Morgan  County, 
111.,  May  4,  1876,  Caroline,  died  Aug.,  1853, 


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and  Alvaro;  Mrs.  Edson  died  1851;  Mr. 
Edson  married  again,  Aug.  12,  1853,  to 
Mary  Pain,  of  Lemoyle  County,  Vermont; 
this  union  has  been  blessed  by  three  sons, 
viz.:  Milo  L.,  born  Sept.  15,  1854;  A.  F. 
and  A.  D.  (twins),  born  Nov.  20, 1856;  Mr. 
Edson  has  devoted  his  industries  solely  to 
agricultural  pursuits  during  his  whole  life; 
homestead  consists  of  175  acres;  Milo  L. 
and  A.  F.  Edson  are  now  residents  of  this 
county,  where  they  in  company  rent  a  farm, 
on  the  Meredosia  road 

EDSON  WALTER  A.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
born  in  Vermont  Feb.  13,  1843;  son  of  Ely 
and  Selectra  Edson,  of  Vermont;  came  to 
Morgan  County  in  1871,  and  has  resided 
here  since  that  time;  married  Nov.i4,  1873, 
to  Lizzie,  daughter  of  William  and  Jane 
Needham,  of  this  county,|formerly  of  Eng- 
land; born  in  this  county  June  25,  1852; 
this  union  has  been  blessed  by  one  child: 
Allie  C.,  born  Nov.  28,  1874;  rents  120 
acres  of  land,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the 
breeding  of  fine  hogs  of  the  Poland-China 
variety,  of  which  he  raises  a  large  number, 
and  has  been  quite  successful 

Eyre  Benjamin  E.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

EYRE  JOHN,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  19,  P.O.  Lynnville;  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England, 
March  14,  1803,  and  came  to  this  country 
in  1843,  landing  in  New  York,  and  settled 
in  this  county  the  same  year;  thus  may  be 
considered  an  old  settler  of  the  county,  and 
one  whose  interests  are  closely  identified 
with  its  growth  and  improvements;  married 
in  Sheffield,  Yorks,  England,  Feb.  15, 
1835,  to  Ann  Elliott,  of  Sheffield,  who 
shared  with  her  husband  the  perils  and 
discomforts  of  a  sea  voyage,  and  the  hard- 
ships incident  to  making  a  home  in  this 
new  country,  and  died  Aug.  23,  1875,  aged 
68  years;  this  union  was  blessed  by  four 
children,  two  of  whom  only  survive:  Alfred, 
born  Dec.  13,  1836,  died  Sept.  30,  1839; 
Mary  Ann,  Nov.  4,  1840,  now  Mrs.  C.  S. 
_Campbell,  of  Morgan  County;  Elizabeth, 
May  3,  1843,  died  July  8  of  the  same  year, 
one  day  after  arrival  at  New  York;  Benja- 
min E.,  July  3,  1844,  now  living  in  Morgan 
County;  the  homestead  consists  of  340 
acres,  beautifully  located  and  highly  im- 


proved, wrought  by  the  able  management 
and  industry  of  its  owner,  from  the  wild 
timber  and  brush  land;  owns  considerable 
other  land  in  this  and  Scott  counties 

T7REDLANDER    LOUIS,    supt.  County 
Poor  House,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

/^ILLAM  JAMES,  laborer,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 

^~^  Jacksonville . 

GRAVES  ST.  D  WIGHT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Feb.  10.  1825,  and  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Morgan  County, 
in  1831;  he  may  thus  be  considered  one  of 
its  early  settlers;  was  married  Oct.  5,  1848, 
to  Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
O'Neill,  of  Morgan  County;  born  Dec.  14, 
1827;  this  union  has  been  blessed  by  three 
sons:  Thomas  O'Neill,  born  Feb.  II,  1850; 
William  S.,  Sept.  28,  1853,  and  Charles  H., 
Sept.  25,  1856;  Mr.  Graves'  life  has  been 
one  of  industry  in  the  advancement  of 
agricultural  pursuits;  his  homestead  con- 
sists of  480  acres  of  highly  improved  land, 
showing  on  every  hand  the  able  manage- 
ment of  its  owner 

Greatton  Jefferson  H.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Grogan  John,  tobacconist,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Grossman  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

IT  ALL    GEORGE    H.    farmer,   Sec.  21, 

L    P.O.  Jacksonville 

Hall  John,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
HAJLL,  RICHARD,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser.  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  May  ir,  1803,  and  came  to  this 
country  in  1831,  landing  at  Baltimore  on 
April  23;  from  thence  to  Wheeling,  Va., 
where  he  remained  nearly  one  year,  when 
he  removed  to  Illinois,  and  settled  at  the 
spot  where  he  still  resides;  he  may  thus  be 
rated  as  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  this 
neighborhood,  and  closely  identified  with 
its  growth  and  improvements;  was  married 
before  leaving  the  old  country,  Dec.  1831, 
to  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  and  Bessie 
Hall,  of  Yorkshire,  England,  born  1801, 
who  shared  the  hardships  of  the  emigrant's 
life  many  years,  and  is  still  living;  the  fruits 


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of  this  union  were  four  children,  none  of 
whom,  however,  survive:  Jane,  born  Oct., 
1832,  <!ied  in  early  infancy;  Eliza,  Oct.  7, 
1835,  died  July  25,  1871,  leaving  three 
sons,  viz.:  William  Thomas,  George  Ed- 
ward, and  John  Lincoln,  all  of  Morgan 
County;  John  Richard,  born  July  7,  1838, 
died  April  16,  1850;  Thomas  W.,  born  July 
26,  1842,  died  Feb.  7,  1859;  the  homestead 
consists  of  60  acres  of  highly  improved 
land,  wrought  by  industry  from  the  wild 
prairie;  Mr.  Hall  recalls  with  vivid  recol- 
lections the  many  incidents  of  his  early 
settlement 

HARVEY  EDWARD,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Lynnville.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at  Kings 
Cliff,  Northamptonshire,  England,  1817; 
came  to  this  country  in  1831,  landing  in 
Quebec;  removed  to  Illinois  in  1836,  and 
settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1838.  Married 
March,  1841,  to  Miss  Amanda  M.  Cad- 
well,  daughter  of  Dr.  Geo.  Cadwell,  born 
1818.  Dr.  Cadwell,  first  physician  of  Mor- 
gan Co.,  settled  the  boundaries  of  township 
15—11,  and  the  first  court  of  the  county  was 
held  at  his  house  ;  for  many  years  a  promi- 
nent citizen,  serving  the  people  in  various 
public  offices ;  he  was  for  many  years 
county  judge  of  St.  Clair  and  Madison 
Counties  ;  after  the  establishment  of  the 
State  government  was  elected  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly.  The  doctor  was  elected 
State  Senator  in  1818,  and  served  four 
years  ;  in  the  Fall  of  1820  he  removed  into 
the  territory  subsequently  included  in  Mor- 
gan Co.,  and  settled  in  a  piece  of  timber 
land  known  as  Swinerton's  Point,  east  of 
the  Allinson  Mound.  The  fruits  of  this 
marriage  were  six  children,  two  of  whom 
only  are  living:  Mary  A.,  Dec.,  1841,  de- 
ceased ;  William  F.,  1844,  enlisted  in  the 
Twenty-sixth  I.  V.  I.,  in  1861,  and  died 
Aug.  26,  1867;  Helen  A.,  June  23,  1846, 
now  Mrs.  Joseph  Blackburn,  of  Morgan 
Co. ;  John  M.,  April  27,  1850,  died  in  early 
childhood  ;  Ann  E.,  Dec.  25,  1852,  now 
Mrs.  Rev.  Tindall ;  Edward  E.,  Feb.  i, 
1855,  drowned  Aug.  17,  1869.  Mr.  Harvey 
is  one  of  the  old  settlers,  and  his  interests 
are  closely  allied  with  the  growth  of  this 
county  ;  he  has  always  been  an  exemplary 
and  zealous  man.  The  homestead  consists 
of  eighty  acres 


Headen   Thomas    C.    farmer,    Sec.    16,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Hembrough  Richard,   farmer,  Sec.   15,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Hills  Robert,  farmer,  Sec  32,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Hitt  E.  B.  farmer.  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Hobson  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin 
HODGSEN  ROBERT,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  son 
of  Henry  and  Sarah  Hodgsen,  of  Lanca- 
shire, England,  born  in  .1828,  came  to 
this  country  in  1857,  landing  in  New 
York ;  from  there  went  to  Woodstock,  C. 
W.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  occupation  of 
farmer ;  remained  there  two  and  a  half 
years,  and  then  removed  to  Morgan  Co., 
111.  Married  in  Toronto,  December,  1857, 
to  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Copley,  of  Yorkshire  England,  where  she 
was  born.  The  fruits  of  this  union  were 
six  children,  all  living,  viz. :  Wm.  H.,  Sept. 
20,  1858  ;  James  R.,  June  II,  1860'  Arthur 
A.,  March  7,  1862  ;  John  A.,  Sept.  3,  1866  ; 
Sarah  E.,  Dec.  iS,' 1868  ,  Robert  C.,  Jan. 
4,  1870.  Mrs.  Hodges  died  July  31,  1874, 
her  death  being  caused  by  a  distressing 
accident ;  her  remains  were  interred  at 
Diamond  Grove  Cemetery.  Mr.  Hodges 
remarried  Dec.  23,  1875,  to  Addie  E., 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Randerson, 
formerly  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  born  May  30, 
1858.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by  one 
child,  George  M.,  born  Jan.  22,  1877 
Hodges  James,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Holliday  Milly  Mrs.    Sec.    9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Holliday  James  B.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Cha- 
pin 

Hoover  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Horn  Wm.  renter,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Huckstep  Thomas   C.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

JACKSON  JOHN,    renter,    Sec.   36,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Tames    Levi,    farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Jewett  John,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Jewsbury  Jos.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Johnson  W.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
lones  Nancy,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


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JOY  JOITN"  P.  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  born  in  Durham, 
N.  H.,  May  17,  1806,  and  removed  to  this 
county  September,  1838,  where  he  has  re- 
sided ever  since,  he  may  thus  he  regarded 
as  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  county, 
and  one  whose  interests  are  closely  identi- 
fied with  its  growth  and  improvement.  Mar- 
ried in  New  Hampshire  to  Judith  P.  Batch- 
eldor,  born  Aug.  14,  1805.  The  fruits  of 
this  union  were  two  children :  Lyman 
F.,  born  Feb.  3,  1833,  and  a  son  who  died 
in  early  infancy.  Mrs.  Joy  died  Jan.  9, 
1849.  Mr.  Joy  married  again  Aug.  17, 
1853,  at  Beardstown,  to  Jane,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  Bigger,  formerly  of 
Ohio,  born  Sept.  6,  1823  ;  this  union  has 
been  blessed  by  four  children,  two  of 
whom,  however,  only  survive,  viz. :  James 
A.,  born  Aug.  29,  1856,  and  Charles  B., 
born  Jan.  31,  1859.  Mr.  Joy  has  devoted 
his  industries  strictly  to  agricultural  pur- 
suits. The  homestead  consists  of  500  acres, 
beautifully  located  and  highly  improved 

JOY  LYMAN  F.  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  first  son 
of  John  P.  Joy,  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
Feb.  3,  1833,  and  removed  to  this  county 
with  his  parents  at  the  early  age  of  five 
years.  Married  May  31, 1855,  to  Angelica, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Ha^eltine, 
of  Vermont,  born  May  10,  1838.  This 
union  has  been  blessed  by  five  children  : 
Minnie,  born  May  25,  1858  ;  Nettie,  born 
Jnne  22,  1860;  Edward  F.,  July  26,  1863  ; 
Walter,  March  6,  1869,  and  Ruth  Batch- 
eldor,  Dec.  6,  1870.  Mi.  Joy  has  devoted 
his  industries  solely  to  agricultural  pur- 
suits. Homestead  consists  of  175  acres, 
beautifully  located  and  highly  improved 
land 

Joy  R.  P.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Chapin 

T^  ENNEDY  M.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Killam  George  W.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Killam  John,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Killam  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

KILLAM  SAMUEL,,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 


Yorkshire,  England,  in  1808  ;  emigrated 
to  this  country  with  his  parents  in  1829, 
and  settled  in  Morgan  Co.,  where  he  has 
lived  ever  since,  growing  up  as  it  were  with 
the  county.  Married  in  1857  to  Miss  Mar- 
garet Haxby,  of  Yorkshire,  England,  born 
in  1819.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
ten  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living : 
Anne  E.,  born  Aug.  15,  1839;  Alfred  H., 
born  Nov.  n,  1840;  John  Wm.,  born  Oct. 
26,  1842;  Henrietta  B.,  born  Dec.  18, 
1844;  Mary  Jane,  born  June  17,  1847; 
Thomas  H.,  born  Oct.  31,  1849;  Margaret 
E.,  born  Aug.  19,  1852;  Fannie  E.,  born 
April  12,  ;  1855;  Clara  A.,  July  14,  1859, 
and  George  S.,  born  Nov.  9,  1861.  Home- 
stead and  other  lands  owned  in  Morgan 
Co.  comprise  about  260  acres 

Killam  Thomas  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  2O,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

KENNEDY  G.  W.  renter,  Sec.  12, 
P.O.  Jacksonville.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Indiana,  Jan.  19,  1840, 
and  removed  to  Illinois  in  1853,  settling 
in  Morgan  Co.  Was  married  Feb.  6,  1867, 
to  Sarah,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Eliza  Horn, 
of  Roanoke  Co.,  Virginia,  born  Oct.  16, 
1842.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
four  children,  one  of  whom  only  survives  : 
Sue  Nettie,  born  April  4,  1868 ;  Hettie 
Belle,  born  Oct.  29,  1871,  died  Oct.  I,  1874; 
John  Wm.,  born  June  6,  1873  died  Aug. 
7,  1874;  Eliza,  born  Dec.  15,  1874,  died 
Oct.  20,  1876.  Rents  280  acres  of  land, 
showing  evidences  on  every  hand  of  the 
industry  and  able  management  of  its  oc- 
cupant 

T  AMB  JOSEPH  R.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

LAMB  LAFAYETTE,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  17,  P.O.Jacksonville,  son 
of  Erie  Lamb,  of  Ohio,  born  March  18, 
1837.  Came  to  Morgan  Co.  in  1858,  where 
he  has  since  resided.  Married  Oct.  31, 
1865,  to  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Alfred 
and  Catherine  Thompson,  of  Morgan  Co., 
born  Dec.  6,  1846.  This  union  has  been 
blessed  by  five  children,  viz. :  Erie,  born 
Dec.  30,  1866;  Alfred,  July  22,  1869; 
Joseph,  May  8,  1872  ;  Lee,  Nov.  18,  1874, 
died  Sept.  9,  1875,  and  Lafayette,  Sept.  30, 
1875.  Mr.  Lamb's  house  was  destroyed 
by  fire  Dec.  26,  1876,  during  a  heavy  snow 


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storm,  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning.  The 
homestead  consists  of  266  acres  of  beav,- 
tifully  located  land,  showing  the  industiy 
and  thrifty  husbandry  of  its  owner  on  ever}' 
hand 

Lankford  Jackson,  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Lazenby  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.Jackson- 
ville 

LAZENBY  JOHN,  Sr.  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at 
Drax,  Yorkshire,  England,  April  n,  1803; 
came  to  this  country,  settling  in  Morgan 
Co.,  July,  1829.  Was  married  December, 
1827,  to  Sarah  Green,  of  Hurst,  Yorkshire, 
England,  who  shared  with  her  husband  the 
perils  and  discomforts  of  a  sea  voyage  and 
the  many  hardships  incident  to  making  a 
home  in  a  new  country.  Mr.  Lazenby, 
without  other  capital  than  industry  and  in- 
domitable perseverance,  has  acquired  con- 
siderable land  in  this  county  and  in  Iowa, 
but  with  his  declining  years  has  parted  with 
it  for  his  family's  benefit.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lazenby's  family  has  consisted  of  seven 
children,  viz.:  Mary,  Oct.  n,  1828,  now 
Mrs.  A.  Moody,  of  Scott  Co. ;  John,  April, 
1831;  Elizabeth,  died  in  early  childhood; 
Jane,  Oct.  19,  1836,  married  to  Wm.  Jolly, 
of  Missouri,  and  died  September,  1858, 
leaving  two  sons,  George  and  Lorenzo ; 
William,  July,  1839  ;  Charles,  April,  1841, 
and  Isaac,  May  7,  1843.  William  enlisted 
in  the  Twenty- seventh  I.  V.  I.,  and  Charles 
enlisted  in  the  loist  I.  V.  I.,  each  serving 
three  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lazenby  are 
still  living  at  the  old  homestead,  spending 
their  declining  years  in  ease  and  retire- 
ment, and  recall  with  vivid  recollection  the 
many  incidents  of  their  emigrant  life 

Leach  John,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Leake  James,  farmer,  Sec.  5.  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Leake  John,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Leake  John,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Leake  Wm.  renter,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Leake  Wm.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Lee  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Leggett  Robert,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


Lewis  M.  N.  renter,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Lewis  S.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Lynnville 
Lyman  W.  H.  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

TV/TARSHALL  ROBERT  B.  farm- 
er and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville ;  youngest  son  of  Wm,  Marshall, 
of  Morgan  Co.;  born  April  6,  1848,  and 
has  lived  on  his  present  homestead  since 
birth,  having  grown  up  as  it  were  with  the 
county,  and  one  whose  interests  are  closely 
identified  with  its  growth  and  improve- 
ments ;  married  Jan.  27,  1870  to  Maggie 
E.  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  DeLapp,  of 
'Morgan  Co.,  born  Nov.  28,  1853;  this 
union  has  been  blessed  by  four  children, 
viz.  :  John  Wm.  born  Feb.  12,  1871  ;  Mil- 
lie Frances,  Sept.  17,  1872  ;  Wesley  Alex. 
Aug.  13,  1874 ;  Florence  Ann,  June  30, 
1876  ;  Mr.  Marshall  enlisted  Feb.  13,  1865, 
in  Co.  K,  1 54th  I.  V.  I.  and  served  in 
Tennessee  till  the  close  of  the  war ;  the 
homestead  consists  of  100  acres  beautifully 
located  and  highly  improved  land,  showing 
its  owner  to  be  an  industrious  and  thrifty 
husbandman 

Massey  H.  H.  jr.,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

MASSEY  H.  H.  Sr.,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  born  in 
St.  Lawrence  Co.,  New  York,  Oct.  17,  1811  ; 
removed  to  Missouri  in  the  Winter  of  1819, 
and  to  this  State  and  county  in  1827,  set- 
tling at  Diamond  Grove  ;  his  parents  re- 
moving hither  in  1829,  having  previously 
entered  and  purchased  land ;  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  married  in  1834  to  Miss 
Margaret  C.  Officer,  daughter  of  Mr.  Offi- 
cer, of  Tennessee,  born  in  1809 ;  this  union 
has  been  blessed  by  six  children,  all  living, 
viz. :  Fanny,  born  Feb.  1835,  wife  of  Henry 
W.  Verry,  Sangamon  Co. ;  Laura  L,  Nov. 
1837,  wife  of  George  W.  Breen,  of  Kansas ; 
William  S.  born  Jan.  1839,  resides  at 
Diamond  Grove ;  Lydia  M.  born  Sept. 
1842,  wife  of  C.  C.  Cox,  of  Kansas  ;  Mary 
E.  born  1846,  widow  of  the  late  Wm.  Si- 
bert,  of  Morgan  Co. ;  Horatio  H.  jr.,  born 
Oct.  1849,  of  Diamond  Grove  ;  the  home- 
stead consists  of  640  acres,  and  he  is  the 
owner  ol  considerable  other  lands  in  Kan- 
sas 

MASSEY  S.  S.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jacksonville ;  the  subject  of 


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this  sketch  was  born  in  St.  Lawrence  Co., 
New  York,  Feb.  18,  1814;  removed  to 
Illinois  with  his  parents  in  Oct.  1829;  his 
father  having  purchased  a  farm  two  years 
previously  at  ^Diamond  Grove  ;  Mr.  M. 
has  lived  in  this  neighborhood  since  that 
time,  thus  being  familiar  with  all  details 
of  the  growth  of  this  county  ;  is  the  young- 
est son  of  Silas  and  Frances  Massey,  whose 
entire  family  consisted  of  three  sons  and  a 
daughter ;  seven  years  ago,  five  members 
of  this  family  lived  within  three  miles  of 
this  place;  the  father  died  Jan,  2,  1874, 
aged  87  years,  9  months ;  mother  died 
Aug.  7,  1871  in  her  83d  year;  Mr.  S.  S. 
M.  was  married  Oct.  14,  1840  to  Miss  L. 
A.  Bement,  who  was  born  in  Bradford, 
New  Hampshire  ;  the  fruits  of  this  union 
has  been  eight  children,  six  of  whom  art- 
still  living,  viz.  :  Maria  L.  born  Oct.  23. 
1841.  now  Mrs.  Ayers,  of  Scott  Co. ;  Henry 
H.  of  Morgan  Co.,  born  Aug.  n,  1843; 
George  W.  born  Sept.  29,  1847,  living  in 
Morgan  Co.;  Annie  F.  now  Mrs.  Ketner, 
of  Morgan  Co.,  born  July  3,  1849 !  Clara 
E.  now  Mrs.  Rector,  of  Jacksonville,  bom 
July  2,  1851,  and  Silas,  of  Morgan  Co., 
born  May  25,  1855  ;  the  homestead  con- 
sists of  about  400  acres,  delightfully  situa- 
ted on  Mound  Ridge 

MASSEY  WM.  S.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  snn  of 
H.  H.  Massey,  who  settled  in  this  county 
in  1829,  where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  Jan.  26,  1840,  having  grown  up  as  it 
were  with  the  county,  and  whose  interests 
are  closely  identified -with  its  improve- 
ments; married  Dec.  18,  1862,  to  Jannette 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Isabella  Tindall,  of 
Morgan  Co.,  born  Sept.  19,  1842 ;  six 
children  born  of  this  union,  viz. :  Maggie 
Belle,  Jan.  I,  1864 ;  Wm.  A.  Nov.  20, 
1866;  Mamie  F.June  27,  1869;  Enos  F. 
March  12,  1872;  Horace  C.  April  6,  1875. 
and  Terah  T.  Feb.  23,  1878 ;  Mr.  Massey 
has  devoted  his  industries  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  stock  raising  and  the  breeding  of 
horses  and  mules  a  specialty 
Megginson  Ralph,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O 

Lynnville 

Meyer  Edward,  lab.  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Moody  J.  Mrs.  Sec.   16,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
MOBBISSEY  PATRICK,  lab.  Sec. 
28,    P.O.   Jacksonville ;    born    in    Ireland 


Feb.  i,  1848 ;  came  to  this  country  in 
1863  landing  in  New  York  ;  from  there  he 
went  to  Hampshire  Co.,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer,  and  remained  there  until  April 
1876,  when  he  removed  to  Morgan  Co., 
Illinois ;  was  married  in  Hampshire  Co., 
Massachusetts,  July  29,  1869,  to  Alice, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary  Keith,  born 
in  Ireland  in  1848  ;  this  union  has  been 
blessed  by  four  children;  Mary,  Oct.  31, 
1870;  Michael,  March  26,  1873;  Thomas, 
Jan.  5,  1876,  and  Ella,  March  23,  1878 

XTEEDHAM    WILLIAM,   farmer,   Sec. 

T*    34,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Newby  John,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

NEWBY  ROBERT,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  P.O.  Jacksonville  ;  only  son  of  John 
Xewby,  formerly  of  Yorkshire,  England  ; 
was  born  Aug.  12.  1827,  in  England,  but 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  at 
the  early  age  of  three  years,  and  settled  at 
his  present  residence  in  the  Spring  of  1833, 
thus  having  grown  up  as  it  were  with  the 
county,  and  one  who  is  closely  identified 
with  its  growth  and  improvements  ;  was 
married  Feb.  23,  1854,  to  Mary,  daughter 
of  Wm.  and  Elizabeth  Hall,  of  Morgan 
Co. ;  this  union  has  been  blessed  by  six 
children,  viz. :  John  W.  born  May  I,  1855  ; 
Charles  S.  Nov.  I,  1856  ;  Frank  R.  Sept. 
9,  1864 ;  Mary  Etta,  April  23.  1868 ; 
George  Albert,  Oct.  21,  1869,  and  Emma 
Jane,  Aug.  20,  1872;  Mrs.  Newby  died 
April  I,  1875,  aged  45  years ;  Mr.  Newby 
married  again  Jan.  23,  1877,  to  Julia  Ann 
McGinneas,  born  Nov.  23,  1849  '.  Mr. 
Newby's  parents  still  reside  on  the  old 
homestead  ;  they  were  both  born  in  1801  ; 
the  homestead  consists  of  about  100  acres 
beautifully  located  and  highly  improved 
land,  wrought  by  the  industry  and  able 
management  of  its  owner  from  the  wild 
timber  and  brush 

NEWLAND  WM.  T.  renter,  Sec.  17, 
P.O.  Jacksonville;  first  son  of  John  New- 
land,  of  Adams  Co.,  Illinois,  born  Oct.  31, 
1850,  removed  to  Morgan  Co.,  in  1869,  and 
has  lived  here  since  that  time ;  married 
Oct.  28,  1875,  to  Mary  Juaneta,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  DeLapp,  of  Morgan  Co., 
born  Aug.  29,  1859  ;  this  union  has  been 


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blessed  by  one  child,  Clara  J.  born  Sept. 
6,  1877  ;  rents  160  acres  of  land,  the  gen- 
eral appearance  of  which  indicate  the  in- 
dustry and  thrifty  husbandry  of  its  occupant 
Noonan  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

pATTERSON   WM.  farmer,   Sec.  i,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Potts  J.  H.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  24, 

P.O.  Jacksonville 
Pratt  J.  F.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  6,  P. 

O.  Jacksonville 

O  ANSON  P.  lab.  P.  O.  Jacksonville 

Ranson  Robt.  K.  carp.  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Rawlings  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Rehmeier  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Rice  Elbert  G.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
26,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Richardsen  Geo.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Richardson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Richardson  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

RICHARDSON  P.  D.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jacksonville ; 
son  of  William  Richardson,  of  Yorkshire, 
England  (now  of  Jacksonville),  who  settled 
in  this  county  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years 
with  his  parents,  and  grandson  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Richardson,  of  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, who  emigrated  to  this  country  1831, 
and  arrived  in]  Morgan  County,  Oct.  22nd 
of  that  year  and  settled  where  the  subject 
of  this  biography  now  resides;  P.  D.  Rich- 
ardson was  born  on  his  present  homestead, 
Nov.  19,  1846,  and  has  lived  here  ever 
since  ;  married  May  20,  1868,  to  Annie  J. 
Gibbs,  daughter  of  Robert  Gibbs,  Esq.,  of 
Scott  Co.,  born  Oct.  20,  1848  ;  this  union 
has  been  blessed  by  six  children,  viz  :  Lilloe 
Belle,  Aug.  30,  1869 ;  Emeline,  Oct.  18, 
1870;  William  G.,  April  IO,  1872  ;  Anr.et- 
ta,  Sept.  21,  1874;  Peter  Leslie,  Feb.  2, 
1875,  and  Henry  H.,  Oct.  23,  1876  ;  Mr. 
P.  D.  R.  fully  sustains  the  reputation  of  his 
ancestors  as  an  upright,  zealous  and  thrifty 
husbandman,  has  adopted  many  modern 
improvements  on  his  large  farm,  and  is  the 
breeder  of  some  of  the  finest  short-horn 


cattle  and  Berkshire  hogs  in  the  country,  of 
which  he  makes  a  specialty 

Richardson  Wm.  K.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Richardson  Vincent  S.  sen.  farmer,  Sec.  33, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

Richardson  V.  S.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Lynnville 

Riley  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Rogers  E.  V.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Rudkin  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O  Jackson- 
ville 

CARGENT  J.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Saunderson  S.  T.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sawtell  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Scott  John  E.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  John  A.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
24,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

SMITH  JOSEPH  T.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  born  in 
Hartford,  Conn.,  May  22,  1814,  and  re- 
moved to  this  county  in  the  Fall  of  1844  ; 
he  is  one,  therefore,  whose  interests  are 
closely  identified  with  its  growth  and 
improvements ;  married  in  Connecticut, 
May  3,  1837,  to  Harriet  M.,  daughter  of 
Erastus  and  Sarah  B.  Lathrop,  of  Ashford, 
Conn.,  born  March  12,  1818;  this  union 
has  been  blessed  by  five  children  :  George 
C.,  born  May  13,  1842  ;  Julia  M.,  born 
May  i,  1844,  died  Dec.  17,  1845  ;  Arthur 
L.,  born  April  12,  1847,  died  Sept.  7,  1872; 
Joseph  Clarance,  born  Sept.  28,  1849,  and 
Charles  H.,  born  Jan.  24,  1852  ;  Mr.  Smith, 
since  coming  to  this  State,  has  devoted  his 
industries  solely  to  agricultural  pursuits; 
homestead  consists  of  255  acres  beautifully 
located  and  highly  improved  land 

Smith  Wm.  R.  Mrs.  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Smith  Wilson,  fanner,  Sec.   7,  P.O.  Chapin 

Spaulding  D.  F.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Spaulding  John,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Spencer  John,  renter.  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Lynnville 

Sieele  E.  S.  Rev.  pastor  of  Joy  Prairie  Church, 
Sec.  6,  P.O.  Concord 


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Stephenson  Chas.  renter,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Strawn  Julius  E.,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
STOUT  MARSHALL,,  renter,  Sec. 
ii,  P.O.  Jacksonville;  first  son  of  Jacob 
Stout  of  Morgan  Co.;  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  Dec.  29,  1849,  in  Morgan 
Co.,  and  has  lived  here  all  his  life,  thus 
growing  up  as  it  were  with  the  county,  and 
one  whose  interests  are  closely  allied  with 
its  improvements ;  married  Dec.  15,  1875, 
to  Mary  Etta,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Mary 
Rawlings,  of  Morgan  Co.,  born  Sept.  30, 
1853  ;  rents  280  acres  land,  highly  im- 
proved, bearing  evidences  of  the  industry 
of  its  occupant  on  every  hand 
STRAWS  JACOB,  agriculturist  and 
stock  raiser  ;  was  born  in  Somerset  County, 
Penn.,  May  30,  1800,  descending  from 
English  and  Welsh  ancestry ;  his  paternal 
ancestor  came  in  the  same  ship  which 
brought  Wm.  Penn  to  this  country  ;  Jacob 
Strawn  inherited  an  unusual  share  of  the 
hardy  vigor  and  energy  of  his  ancestors, 
and  early  manifested  those  tastes  and  fac- 
ulties for  agriculture  and  business  pursuits 
for  which  later  in  life  he  became  so 
remarkable;  he  took  to  farming  naturally 
and  from  a  love  of  the  employment,  but 
his  special  inclination  was  to  the  handling 
of  cattle  ;  in  early  youth  he  had  ideas  of 
stock  raising,  and  began  operations  in  that 
line  which  foreshadowed  the  talent  and 
success  subsequently  achieved  in  the  same  ; 
in  the  year  1817,  his  parents  with  their 
family  removed  to  Licking  County,  Ohio, 
where  they  engaged  in  farming ;  at  the  age 
of  nineteen,  Jacob  Strawn  was  married  to 
Matilda  Green,  the  daughter  of  a  Baptist 
minister  of  the  neighborhood  ;  he  was  soon 
settled  on  a  farm  of  his  own,  and  at  once 
commenced  to  breed  and  deal  in  cattle  and 
horses  ;  success  attended  his  efforts  from 
the  first,  and  in  a  few  years  accumulated 
several  thousand  dollars ;  desiring  to  ex- 
tend his  operations  beyond  what  was  pos- 
sible on  a  comparatively  small  farm,  he 
sought  broader  fields,  and  in  1828,  during 
a  prospecting  tour,  he  made  his  first  land 
purchase  in  Illinois,  the  record  of  which, 
now  on  file  in  the  county  clerk's  office, 
reads  thus:  Nov.  20,  1828,  Jonathan  Cobb 
to  Jacob  Strawn,  Sec.  36,  15,  ri,  395  acres, 
$1,700;  this  land  still  comprises  part  of  the 


Strawn  estate  ;  after  making  this  purchase, 
he  returned  to  Ohio,  where  he  disposed  of 
his  property  and  arranged  his  business  pre- 
paratory to  his  removal  West,  and  on  the 
I7th  of  May,  1831,  settled  on  his  land  pre- 
viously purchased,  five  miles  southwest  of 
Jacksonville,  where  he  was  destined  to  play 
so  prominent  a  part  in  the  growth  and  de- 
velopment of  the  State  of  Illinois;  in  the 
December  following  his  wife  died;  she  had 
born  him  seven  children,  three  of  whom 
are  living  ;  in  July,  1832,  he  married  Phcebe 
Gates,  daughter  of  Samuel  Gates,  Greene 
County,  111.;  Mrs.  Strawn  was  born  in 
Washington  County,  Ohio,  Oct.  28,  1814  ; 
her  parents  removed  to  Illinois  when  she 
was  only  two  years  of  age,  and  settled  on 
land  now  embraced  within  the  limits  of 
Calhoun  County  ;  by  this  union  six  children 
were  added  to  the  family  of  Mr.  Strawn, 
viz :  Daniel  G.,  Dec.  14,  1833,  deceased 
Aug.  3,  1839  ;  Julius  E.,  Dec.  2,  1835,  re- 
sides at  the  homestead  ;  Jacob,  Jan.  21, 
1839,  died  Oct.  9,  1869,  leaving  widow  and 
three  children  now  living  in  Jacksonville  ; 
Gates,  Feb.  16,  1841,  residing  in  Jackson- 
ville ;  David  G.,  Oct.  2,  1842,  resides  at 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  Martha  A.,  Nov. 
18,  1845,  died  July  15,  1868  ;  Mr.  Strawn, 
upon  his  settlement  here,  at  once  com- 
menced operations  on  a  large  scale;  he 
soon  had  a  great  part  of  his  land  under 
fence  and  cultivation  ;  from  time  to  time 
he  added  tracts  of  valuable  land  to  his 
estate  in  furtherance  of  his  vast  plan  of 
stock  feeding,  with  a  view  of  supplying  the 
markets  of  the  East  and  South;  these  ad- 
ditions of  land  comprised  about  7,000  acres 
contiguous  to  the  homestead,  10,000  acres 
in  Mauvaisterre  precinct,  purchased  about 
1845,  and  2,200  acres  in  LaSalle  County, 
his  whole  land  purchases  making  an  aggre- 
gate of  about  20,000  acres  ;  it  was  no  part 
of  Mr.  Strawn's  policy  to  hold  on  to  all  the 
land  he  bought,  for  he  sold  various  small 
tracts  to  those  who  had  proven  themselves 
faithful  employes,  on  very  liberal  terms, 
giving  them  ample  time  to  pay  for  it  by 
their  industry  ;  he  also  sold  a  great  portion 
of  his  Mauvaisterre  tract  at  low  figures 
ranging  from  eight  dollars  per  acre  and  up- 
wards ;  no  one  thought  of  competing  with 
him,  few  could  do  so,  for  if  any  had  the 
necessary  funds,  they  lacked  the  required 


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genius  for  enterprises  of  such  a  character, 
and  had  not  the  generalship  to  direct  such 
vast  operations  to  a  successful  issue  ;  it  is 
related  that  to  defeat  a  formidable  combi- 
nation to  break  down  his  trade  in  St.  Louis, 
he  sent  out  agents  on  every  road  leading 
to  that  city,  with  instructions  to  purchase 
every  drove  on  its  way  thither,  and  so  well 
was  this  movement  conducted  that,  for  a 
time,  ample  enough  to  show  his  capacity 
to  cope  with  any  such  clique,  he  held  a 
complete  monopoly  of  the  trade  ;  none  of 
his  great  success  was  due  to  chance,  or 
what  is  called  good  fortune,  but  was  the 
result  of  wise  forethought,  prudent  man- 
agement, and  a  ceaseless  activity  of  mind 
and  body,  which  few  men  would  be  capable 
of  whatever  their'  talent  or  disposition 
might  be  ;  he  did  not  spend  much  time  in 
bed,  or  in  the  house,  but  he  spent  a  great 
deal  in  the  saddle  night  and  day,  when  di- 
recting the  movements  of  his  vast  herds ; 
his  business  was  his  pleasure  ;  he  made  no 
great  professions  of  piety,  yet  he  believed 
religion  important  and  necessary ;  he  had  a 
high  sense  of  honor ;  his  word  he  held 
sacred  ;  his  promptitude  in  meeting  prom- 
ises was  proverbial ;  he  was  kind  as  well  as 
just,  and  was  slow  to  take  advantage  of  any 
person's  necessities  or  misfortunes  ;  during 
the  late  war  he  was  strong  and  generous  in 
the  Union  cause  ;  at  one  time  he  contrib- 
uted ten  thousand  dollars  in  aid  of  the 
Christian  Commission  ;  he  was  also  instru- 
mental in  sending  fifty  milch  cows  to  Vicks- 
burg,  for  the  relief  of  the  wounded  and  suf- 
fering troops  ;  he  was  a  true  patriot ;  his 
habits  were  marked  by  extreme  simplicity ; 
he  thought  more  of  well  tilled  fields  and 
handsome  stock  than  of  all  personal  array- 
ments  ;  he  had  the  strong  temptations  of 
opulence  and  passion,  but  was  remarkably 
free  from  the  vices  which  often  spring  up 
in  the  midst  of  such  influences  ;  after  a 
life  of  almost  unexampled  activity  and  very 
unusual  success  in  accomplishing  the  wordly 
objects  at  which  he  aimed,  he  died  sudden- 
ly at  his  home,  Aug.  23,  1865,  from  a  dis- 
ease to  which  he  had  for  many  years  been 
subject ;  Mr.  Strawn  was  buried  in  the 
beautiful  "  Diamond  Grove  Cemetery,"  a 
handsome  and  worthy  monument  marking 
the  spot ;  Mrs.  Strawn  still  resides  at  the 
homestead,  familiarly  known  as  "  Grass 


Plains,"  delightfully  located,  and  compris- 
ing about  2,500  acres;  she  also  owns  the 
Strawn  Opera  House,  Jacksonville,  which 
was  built  about  eighteen  years  ago,  and 
opened  to  the  public,  March,  1861 
Sturdy  George  S.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

'"TAYLOR  BARRY,  renter,   Sec.  22,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Ficknor  E.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Chapin 
TICKNOR  L.  F.  fruit  grower  and  mar- 
ket gardener,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville ; 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Broome  County,  N.Y.,  Aug.  13,  1825,  and 
removed  to  this  county,  March,  1858,  and 
has  resided  here  since  that  time ;  was  mar- 
ried June  3,  1855,  to  Flora,  daughter  of 
John  and  Laura  Thompson,  of  Cattaraugus 
County,  N.  Y.,  born  Oct.  30,  1827 ;  this 
union  has  been  blessed  by  four  children, 
viz:  Leroy  L.,  Aug.  31,  1856,  now  in  com- 
pany with  his  father  ;  Flora  Alena,  Oct. 
31,  1857 ;  Elmer  E.,  June  24,  1862,  and 
Harry  M.,  Aug.  16,  1868;  Mr.  Ticknor,  in 
his  early  days,  was  brought  up  to  the  farm 
and  dairy,  his  father  being  an  extensive 
butter  and  cheese  maker  ;  he  also  traveled 
extensively  through  the  South  and  West, 
but  since  his  settlement  here  has  devoted 
his  industries  specially  to  the  growing  of 
fruit  and  vegetables,  in  which  he  has  been 
quite  successful,  and  is  the  most  extensive 
grower  of  fine  fruits  in  the  county,  with 
perhaps  one  exception ;  his  grounds  com- 
prise forty  acres,  beautifully  located,  show- 
ing evidences  of  the  industry  and  able  man- 
agement of  its  owner  on  every  hand 
Ficknor  Olney,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin 
Ticknor  Win.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Chapin 
Tubbs  Timothy,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.Chapin 
TUKE  WILLIAM,  renter,  Sec.  2.  P.O. 
Jacksonville.  The  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  July  15, 1840, 
and  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents, 
in  1851 ;  married,  Feb.  6,  1865,  to  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Stephen- 
son,  formerly  of  Yorks,  Eng.,  born  Aug.15, 
1838.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by  five 
children  :  Gertie  J.,  born  March  16,  1866  ; 
Mary  Ann,  Dec.  10, 1869  ;  Charles,  March 
29,  1872  ;  David,  Nov.  3,  1873  ;  and  Em- 
ma Belle,  Nov.  23,  1875.  Mr.  Tuke  en- 
listed in  Co.  F,  33d  I.  V.  I.,  Aug.  I,  1861, 


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and  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  Vicks- 
burg,  Black  River,  Champion  Hills,  Mag- 
nolia Hills,  etc.;  was  discharged  Oct.  18, 
1864  ;  rents  no  acres  of  land 


OSCAR,  farm  hand, 
Sec.  8,  P.O.  Chapin,  fourth  son  of  Theo. 
Vanorman,  born  in  Randolph  Co.,  Ind., 
Jan.  24,  1850  ;  removed  West  with  his  par- 
ents when  quite  young,  and  lived  in  Iowa 
and  Kansas  ;  removed  to  Morgan  Co.  Jan- 
uary, 1875  ;  married  May  22,  1874,  to 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Laurene 
Barton,  of  Allen  Co.,  Kansas,  born  May 
22,  1857.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
two  children,  viz.:  Norah  Ellen,  born  July 
27,  1876;  and  Oscar  Olaf,  born  Nov.  30, 
1877 
Vasey  George,  farmer.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 
Vasey  John,  farmer.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 
Vasey  Peter,   farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 

VASEY     RICHARDSON,     farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Jacksonville, 
fourth  son  of  John  Vasey,  of  Scalby.Yorks, 
Eng.,  who  came  to  this  country   1849,  set- 
tling  in  this  locality.      The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  May  9,  1843,  being  only 
six  years  of  age  at  the  time  above  referred 
to;  he  has  thus  grown  up,  as  it  were,  with 
the   county,  and  one   whose   interests   are 
closely  identified  with  its  growth   and  im- 
provements ;    married   Aug.    20,    1877,    to 
Virginia  Belle,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Gordon,   of  Lynnville,  Morgan   Co.,  born 
Oct.    28,    1853.     Mrs.   Vasey's   father,  the 
Hon.  John  Gordon,  has  twice  been  elected 
by  the  Republicans  as  member  of  the  State 
legislature    from    this  (39th)    district,    and 
served  them  in  a  very  able  and  satisfactory 
manner.    Immediately  after  their  marriage 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  V.  took   an    extended   tour 
through  Europe,  visiting  England,  Ireland, 
France,  Italy,  Germany,  Switzerland,  and 
many  other  notable   places  of  interest,  re- 
turning   after   an  absence  of    about    four 
months.      Mr.  Vasey,  in    addition   to   his 
numerous  travels  abroad,  has  also  been  a 
great  traveler  in  this  country,  having  visit- 
ed nearly  every  State  in  the  Union,  inclu- 
ding many  of  the  Territories.     He  is  now 
the  Democratic  representative  for  member 


of  the  legislature  for  this  district,  and  agent 
for  the  "  Anchor  Line  "  Steamship  Co.  He 
has  also  contributed  many  valuable  com- 
munications to  the  press,  and  works  of  lit- 
erature, such  as  essays,  sketches  of  travels, 
poetry,  novels,  etc.,  etc.  The  homestead 
consists  of  1 60  acres,  delightfully  located, 
and  he  owns  considerable  other  land  in 
the  West 

\W  ANAMAKER  GEORGE,  dis- 

*        tiller,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Jacksonville.    The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Rockland 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  7,  1841,  and  removed  to 
Morgan  Co.,  January,   1867  ;    has   resided 
here  since  that  time  ;    was  married  Jan.  9, 
1868,  to  Mrs.  Sardelia  Payne,  of  Jackson- 
ville, born  Oct.  7,  1843.      Mrs.   Wanama- 
ker's  father,  Thomas  Deaton,  is  one  of  the 
oldest  living  settlers  in   this  neighborhood, 
having    come    here  in    1820,  and    settled 
within  the  limits  of  what  is  now  Morgan 
Co.,  and  still  resides  at  the  old  homestead. 
This  union  has  been  blessed  by  three  chil- 
dren :  Mary  E.,  born  July  16,  1869;  How- 
ard, May,   18,   1873 ;    and   Anna,  Oct.  12, 
1874.     Mr.  Wanamaker  enlisted  in  Co.  H, 
33d  Wis.  V.  I.,  on  Aug.  12,  1862,  and  served 
in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  battles  of  Jack- 
son, Nashville,  and  various   other   engage- 
ments ;  was  discharged  June  30,  1865.  Mr. 
W.  devoted  his  earlier  years  of  industry  to 
agricultural  pursuits,  and  has  held  his  pres- 
ent position  for  five  years 
Ward   William,  farmer,  Sec.   21,  P.O  Jack- 
sonville 

WELCH  RICHARD,  farmer,  Sec.  18, 
P.O.  Chapin,  third  son  of  James  Welch, 
born  in  Scott  Co.,  Dec.  2,  1856 ;  removed 
to  Morgan  Co.  1876  ;  was  married  March 
31,  1876,  to  Jennie,  daughter  of  Alfred  and 
Mary  Ann  Slagle,  who  are  among  the 
oldest  settlers  of  Scott  Co.,  born  Oct.  18, 
1855.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by  one 
child  :  Mary  Lizzie,  born  Jan.  22,  1877 
White  F.  M.  carpenter,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Wilder  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 
Williams    Charles    H.   farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Williams  Jacob  H.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


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Williamson  J.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

WILSON  JOHN  WM.  laborer,  Sec. 
2O,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  born  in  Missouri  in 
1843,  and  removed  to  Illinois  in  1863,  set- 
tling in  Morgan  Co.;  married  April  28, 
1869,  to  Martha,  daughter  of  Hartley  and 
Mary  Price,  of  Springfield,  111.,  born  Jan. 
14,  1841.  This  union  has  been  blessed  by 
four  children,  viz.:  William,  born  Aug.  3, 
1869;  Charles,  Nov.  27,  1871  ;  Eugene, 
Feb.  20,  1873  ;  Elone,  July  29,  1877.  In 


1860,  Martha  Price  (now  Mrs.  Wilson)  ac- 
companied her  uncle  to  Liberia,  where  she 
remained  seven  years.  Mrs.  Mary  Shelby, 
grandmother  of  Mrs.  W.,  was  born  at  Bal- 
timore, April  15,  1801  ;  she  came  to  Spring- 
field before  Illinois  was  admitted  to  the 
Union  ;  is  one  of  the  earliest  living  settlers 
in  the  neighborhood,  nnd  relates  many  in- 
cidents of  the  early  settlement,  when  this 
country  was  chiefly  in  the  hands  of  the  In- 
dians ;  this  lady  still  lives  with  her  grand- 
daughter 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


EDSON  WALTER  A.  breeder  of  Po- 
land China  Hogs  a  specialty.  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

MASSEY  WM.  S.  breeder  of  horses 
and  Mules,  and  Berkshire  hogs.  Corre- 
spondence solicited.  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Box  203, 
Jacksonville 

RICHARDSON  P.  D.    stock   raiser. 


Breeder  of  short  horn  cattle  and  Berkshire 
hogs,  Township  15,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

TICKNOR  L.  F.  &  SON,  fruit  grow- 
ers and  market  gardeners,  Sec.  10,  five  miles 
west  of  Jacksonville ;  choice  varieties  of 
small  fruits  and  vegetables  a  specialty ; 
cabbage,  tomatoes,  celery,  sage,  and  egg 
plants  in  season 


VYD 


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A  BBOTT    D.  G.    farmer,    Sec.    5,     P.O. 
**•  Bethel 
Anderson    Alexander,    farmer,    Sec.   4,  P.O. 

Chapin 

Anderson  Win.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Bethel 
Anderson  Wm.  lab.  Chapin 
Ash  Peter,  miner,  Neelyville. 
Austin  George,  V.  bricklayer,  Chapin 

D  AKER  JAMES,  lab.  Bethel 

Barry  George  S.  tel.  opr.  Chapin 
Barry  Wm.    baggage   master   C.B.&Q.  R.R. 

R.  &  St.  L.  div. 

Bath  Wm.  F.  lab.  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Bethel 
Bennie  Archibald,  merchant,  Neelyville 
Bennie  Wm.  merchant,  Neelyville 
Bethel  Mill,  B.  R.  Moss,  prop.  Bethel 
Biggers  Richard,  blacksmith,  Chapin 
Birch  Wm.  station   agt.  C.B.&  Q.R.R.,  R.& 

St.  Louis  div.  P.O.  Chapin 
Blair  Thomas,  lab.  Bethel 
BLAKESLY  EDMUND,  wagon 
maker,  and  carp.  Chapin,  residence  Sec.  n, 
rep.  liberal,  born  in  Cattaraugu«  Co.,  N.Y., 
Feb.  26,  1829.  At  the  age  of  eight  years 
his  parents  took  him  to  Peoria  Co.,  111.; 
left  there  in  1854,  having  lived  there  sev- 
enteen years;  married  Aug.  22,  1851,  in 
village  of  Cambridge,  Henry  Co.,  111.,  to 
Olive  Adelia  Lake,  born  in  Geauga  Co., 
Ohio,  Nov.  7,  1830.  Have  six  children  liv- 
ing :  James  O.,  born  Aug.  22,  1854;  Rolla 
E.,  born  April  n,  1861;  Ernest  E.,  born 
Oct.  25,  1862  ;  Helen  I.,  born  Aug.  7, 
1865;  Lewis  W.,  born  April  8,  1868  ;  Em- 
ery J.,  born  April  22,  1871  ;  Charles  A., 
born  Oct.  9,  1852,  died  April  14  1862;  El- 
la M.,  born  April  30,  1859,  died  Oct.  30, 
1861.  Mr.  Blakesly  left  Peoria  Co.,  going 
to  Mason  Co.,  in  1854;  lived  there  until 
1861.  His  father's  life  was  that  of  a  regu- 
lar pioneer,  and  he  built  his  log  hut  of 
puncheon,  so  known  to  the  early  settlers, 
it  was  made  of  logs  split  by  hand  into  what 
was  then  used  instead  of  boards.  His 
father's  name  is  Parley  E.,  born  in  Onon- 
daga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  14,  1805  ;  died 
G  2 


July  17,  1870,  in  Mason  Co.  His  wife  was 
Anna  M.  Adams,  born  in  Onondaga  Co. 
He  was  robbed  of  $750,  by  a  man  whom 
they  became  acquainted  with  while  jour- 
neying to  Peoria  Co.;  having  gained  their 
confidence  he  stole  the  money  out 
of  their  chest  and  left ;  although  captured 
some  time  after,  the  identical  money  was 
by  him  exchanged  during  his  absence,  and 
no  positive  proof  left  to  convict  him.  Then 
he  settled  in  Peoria  Co.,  and  lived  there 
most  of  his  life  ;  went  to  Quincy  to  enter 
land,  and  while  there  worked  for  his  board 
while  waiting  for  his  turn  to  enter.  Mr. 
Edmund  Blakesly  enlisted  Feb.  7,  1865,  in 
Co.  I,  I48th  111.  Inf.;  was  stationed  in  the 
Cumberland  Mountains,  Tenn.,  most 
of  the  time  doing  guard  duty  on  the  roads 
and  railroads  ;  was  there  at  the  time  of 
Lincoln's  assassination  ;  lived  three  years 
in  Kansas;  in  1874,  he  was  there  cleaned 
out  by  grasshoppers 

Botchlett  William  D.  confectionery,  Chapin 
Bozarth  John,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  I 
Bozarth  John  C.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  i 
Brewer  William  F.  blacksmith.  Sec.'  3,  P.O. 

Bethel 

Brown  William,  miner,  Neelyville 
Brownlow  Thos.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Chapin 
Brownlow   Thos.    J.    farmer,    Sec.    2,    P.O. 

Chapin 

Brunck  Elizabeth,  wid.  Jesse,  Bethel 
Burgesser  William  H.  physician,  Bethel 
Burnham  John  K.  physician,  Chapin 
Burns  Robert,  pastor,  Prot.  Methodist  church 
Busey  James  M.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Chapin 

pALLAWAY  SAMUEL,  farmer,  Sec.  3, 
^  P.O.  Bethel 

Gallon  Dennis  C.  justice  of  the  peace,  Bethel 
Castledine  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O. 

Chapin 
Chapin  Lyman,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 

II,  P.O.  Chapin 
Chapman  C.  C.  lab.  Neelyville 
Chapman  Elijah,  lab.  Neelyville 
Chapman  Reily,  lab.  Neelyville 


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Cockrell  William  H.  farmer,  Chapin 

Cody  James,  lab.  Chapin 

Cole  William,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Bethel 

Cook  Susan,  wid.  Thomas,  Chapin 

Cooper    J.    D.    &   Son,    general  merchants, 

Chapin 

Cooper  John  D.  postmaster  and  general  mer- 
chant, Chapin 

Cox  Lafayette,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Chapin 
Crafton  Samuel,  butcher,  Chapin 
Cratz  George,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 
CRAWFORD  DAVID,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  P.O.  Bethel ;  born  in  Nicholas 
Co.,  Kentucky,  March  26,  1819  ;  married 
1867  to  Elizabeth  J.  Huddleson,  born  same 
place,  1836 ;  have  one  child,  William  H., 
born  June  30, 1869;  left  Kentucky  in  1828, 
coming  to  this  county  with  his  parents,  who 
came  to  his  present  farm  in  1830;  he  has 
lived  here  ever  since ;  his  father  John,_and 
his  mother  before  marriage  was  Elizabeth 
Huddleson,  and  was  born  in  Kentucky  ; 
this  family  consisted  of  fourteen  children, 
only  four  now  living :  James  N.,  P.O. 
Muddy  Creek,  Colorado ;  Perrecilla  mar- 
ried Robert  Williamson,  D.D.,  P.O.  Sacra- 
mento, California ;  Emily  Jane,  married 
James  Hummer,  D.D.,  P.O.  Boliver,  Mis- 
souri ;  Mrs.  Crawford's  father  is  David 
Huddleson,  and  mother  before  marriage, 
Melissa  Bishop;  children  are  Robert,  Wil- 
liam, Sarah  A..  Elizabeth  F. 
Cunningham  James  D.  station  agt.  T.W.  & 
W.R.R.,  P.O.  Chapin 

•p\  ALTON  GEORGE,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
*-*  Bethel 

Daniels  William,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P,  O.  Bethel 
Delaney  William  C.  livery,  Chapin 
Dickens  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  4,    P.O.    Bethel 
Dillon  John,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Chapin 
Dickens  William,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Bethel 
Donnald  Neil,  miner,  Neelyville 
Dooley  Samuel  B.  grain  agt.  Chapin 
Drake  John,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Bethel 
Duckett  Albert,  carpenter,  Bethel 
Duckett  Andrew  J.  carpenter,  Bethel 
Duckett  Oliver,  farmer,  Sec.    2,  P.O.    Chapin 
Duncan  Andrew  M.  teacher  Chapin 
Duncan   Samuel,  road  master    R.I.St.L.  £C. 

Div.  C.B.  &  Q.R.R.Co.,  Chapin 
Dunn  James,  lab.  Chapin 
Dunn  William  W.  farmer  Chapin 


T7  DMUNDSON        MAHLON,      farmer 

*-•   Bethel 

Eiler  Garrett  B.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Bethel 

Einstman  F.  &  Co. 

Elliott  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 

Elliot  William,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Neelyville 

English  Julius,  miner,  Neelyville 

Ethel  Benjamin  F.  clerk,  Bethel 

Ethel  Charles  H.  lawyer,  Bethel 

Ethel  Hiram  L.  grocer,  Bethel 

Ethel  John  W.  general  merchant,  Bethel 

Evans  John,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Bethel 

PAHY  JOHN,  lab.  Chapin 

Flanders  Lyman  C.  teamster,  Chapin 
Flynn  James,  barber,  Chapin 
Fox  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Chapin 
Frakes  Nathan,  laborer,  Bethel 
French   Charles,    farmer    and   stock    raiser, 

Chapin 
French  Samuel,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 

2,  P.O.  Chapin 
Fulton  William,  laborer,  Chapin 

/^ARBOTH   JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 

^  Bethel 

Gillis  Neil,  laborer,  Bethel 

Gorman  James,  farmer,  Neelyville 

IT  AM  JOHN  W.  carpenter,  Bethel 

Hale    Oromel   B.   saddle   and   harness 
maker,  Chapin 

Hamilton  John,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Hamilton  William,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Hogan  Frank,  retired  farmer,  Chapin 

Hogan  Thomas,  laborer,  Chapin 

HOLLIDAY  CHARLES  L.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Bethel ;  born 
in  Allan  Co.,  Ky.,  June  14,  1820 ;  married 
Jan.  17,  1841,  to  Margaret  Taylor,  born  in 
Nicholas  Co.,  Ky.,  July  5, 1822;  have  eleven 
children  :  Agnes,  born  Oct.  7,  1841,  mar- 
ried J.  B.  Bonebreak,  have  one  child,  P.O. 
Exeter,  Scott  Co.;  Mary  S.,  born  May  23, 
1843,  married  William  Anderson,  have  six 
children  :  Oliver,  George,  Wesley,  Horace, 
Ida,  and  Eva,  all  living,  at  Bethel ;  Laura 
L.,  born  Dec.  29,  1844,  married  Pierce 
Lamb,  have  four  children  :  Nellie,  Wesley, 
Ada,  and  Fannie  B.,  living  in  Sheridan  Co., 
Mo.;  Melissa  J.,  born  Sept.  19,  1846,  mar- 
ried James  Anderson,  have  two  children  : 
Ella  and  Alfred,  living  at  Bethel;  James  B., 


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born  Sept.  4,  1848,  married  Mary  Bobbett, 
have  one  child,  an  infant,  not   yet   named, 
living  in  T.  15  N.  R.  n  West ;  Charles  R., 
station    agent    Neelyville,  born    Aug.   25, 
1850,  married    Ruth    Neely  ;  Willard  W., 
born   May    17,  1853,  clerk   in  store  of  J. 
Onken,    Chapin  ;  Fannie  B.,  born   Dec.  I, 
1855  ;  Ada  F..  born  Dec.  16,  1857  ;  Maggie 
T.,  born    May  24,    1860 ;  Anna    K.,  born 
Feb.    25,    1863.     Mr.  Holliday   left    Ken- 
tucky, in  Spring  of    1828,  going  by  wagon. 
Twenty-six  persons  with  seven  wagons  com- 
posed his  company  ;  they  landed  in  Greene 
County,  near   Whitehall,   lived   there   two 
years.then  moved  to  Murrayville.then  called 
Elkhorn  Point;  this  was  after  the  fall  of  deep 
snow,    1831 ;  they  crossed  over  the  tops  of 
fences  on  the  frozen  snow,  and  when  they 
reached  the  house  they  had  to  shovel  their 
way  ;  here   they   remained   six   years,  and 
during  this  time  he  learned  his  trade  of  car- 
penter and  joiner,  which  he  followed  about 
thirty   years.     Many   a   time   at   his  lence 
close  to  the  house,  the  wolves   rested  their 
paws  against  the  boards  and  barked  sav- 
agely, and   all  stock   had   to   be   carefully 
penned  over  night  to  avoid  being  devoured. 
He  remembers  the  sudden  freeze  of   1836  ; 
his   uncle,  a  physician,  having  called  on  a 
patient  across  the    prairie,  his  horse's  legs 
were  almost  covered   with   frozen  lumps  of 
mud,  and  himself  almost  dead   with   cold. 
He  sold  three  hundred  bushels   corn   to  a 
merchant  (Kimball)   at    Morgan   City   for 
eight   cents   in   trade,   carrying   home  the 
proceeds  in  a  sifter.     In    1842,  he   got  one 
and  a  half  cents  per  pound  for  dressed  hogs 
delivered  at  Meredosia,  thirty-one  cents  for 
wheat   delivered    at    Exeter,  111.;  chopped 
wood  for  twenty-five  cents  a  cord,  boarding 
himself :  worked  at  his  trade  for  fifty  cents 
a  day,  boarding  himself 
Holliday  Charles  R.  station  agent  T.W.&  W. 

R.R.  Neelyville 

Holliday  William,  clerk,  boards  Kimball  ho- 
tel, Chapin 
Hutches  Mathew  L.  farmer,  Chapin 

T  NGRAM  ASA  C.  laborer,  Chapin 

Ingram  Eve,  millinery,  Chapin 
Ingram   John    M.   plasterer   and   bricklayer, 

Chapin 

Ingram  Nancy  J.  wid.  William,  Chapin 
Ingram  William,  teacher,  Chapin 


TONES   ALBERT,  farmer,  Sec.   2,    P.O. 
J    Chapin 

ohnson  Jason,  laborer,  Chapin 
ohnson  Jesse,  laborer,  Bethel 
ohnson  John  T.  mail  messenger,  Bethel 
ohnson  John  W.  foreman  C.B.&  Q.RR.  Cha- 
pin 

T7"ARR  Wl  I.LIAM,  laborer,  Chapin 

Kennett  John,  farmer,  Morgan  City 
ienyon   James,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Neely- 
ville 

[Cerlicks  George  E.  blacksmith,  Chapin 
Kimball  Lester,  teacher,  bds.  Kimball  hotel, 

Chapin 

KIMBALL  MARCUS,  proprietor  of 
Kimball  hotel,  Chapin  ;  born  in  Scioto  Co. 
(called  French  grant),  Ohio,  July  27,  1820  ; 
married  Catherine  McPherson,  born  in  this 
precinct,  June  13,  1831  ;  have   seven    chil- 
dren living  :  Lester,   born    Oct.    12,  1849; 
Mary   Agnes,  born    Sept.    30,  1851  ;  Mar- 
tha A.,  born  Jan.  14,  1854;  Ira,  born  Dec. 
20,   1858  ;   Caroline,  born  Aug.    28,    1861 
(deceased) ;  Zelika,  born  Aug.  5,  1864,  and 
Laura  Bell,  born  March  20,  1868 
Kinnett  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  ir,  P.O.  Chapin 
KINNETT  ISAAC  B.  farmer,  Sec.  I, 
P.O.   Chapin ;   born    in    Claremount    Co., 
Ohio,    May   31,    1834;    married    Feb.    14, 
1856,  to   Nancy  L.  Daniels,  born    Aug.  II, 
1833  ;  have  four  children  :  Oscar  F.,  born 
Nov.  6, 1857  ;  Rolla  B.,born  May  n,  1862; 
Elmer  H.,  born  Feb.  26,  1864,  and    Hardy 
W.,  born   Nov.  10,   1869;  lost   one:  Mar- 
tinett  A.,  born    Dec.  9,  1859,  died   Sept.  I, 
1863.     When  one  year  old  his  parents  took 
him  to  Hamilton  Co.,  Ohio,  where   he  re- 
mained until  eighteen  years  of  age  ;  then 
he  came  to  this  county  March  2,  1852  ;  was 
a  farmer  all  his  life.    His  father  is  William 
P.,    born   in   Brown    Co.,   Ohio,    Aug.  12, 
1808  ;  his   wife  was   Ann    Brown,  born  in 
Claremount  Co.,  Ohio,  in  1811  ;  their  chil- 
dren are  :  Isaac,  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  William 
Knock,  of   Sangamon    Co.,  111.;  John  mar- 
ried Mary   Lamb,  Morgan   City,  111.;  Wm. 
E.,  physician,  married  Elizabeth  Cave,  liv- 
ing at  Palmer,  Christian  Co.,  111.  Mrs.  Isaac 
B.  Kinnett's    parents    are  Verin   Daniels, 
born    in     Mass.,  Nov.    7,     1797,    died  in 
September,  1876,  and  Nancy  W.,  daughter 
of     Mr.      Barton ;      she     was      born    in 
Mass,    April    26,    1805,   died    July,    1871. 


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They  have  nine  children  :  Mary  A.,  now 
Mrs.W.  McAlister,  of  Jacksonville  ;  Buker, 
married  Sarah  M.  Turley  ;  William,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Stilts;  Nancy  L.,  Samuel,  Verin, 
married  Virginia  English  ;  Warren,  Theo- 
dore, married  Eliza  B.  Eads,  now  in  Morri- 
son, Whiteside  Co.,  111.;  John,  J.  H.  mar- 
ried Martha  E.  Sharp,  Jacksonville 

Kinnett  John,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Bethel 

Kopp  William,  farmer,  Neelyville 

T  AMB  JOHN",  farmer  and  stock 
"^*  raiser  Morgan.  Born  in  Mason  Co., 
Kentucky,  April  13,  1813;  married,  Sept. 
14,  1837,  to  Caroline  Ricketts,  born  in 
Mason  Co.,  Kentucky,  April  I,  1818.  Have 
eight  children  living  :  Mary  F.,  born  Sept. 
21,  1838,  married  John  Kinnett,  living  in 
this  village;  Richard  R.,  born  Aug.  n, 
1843;  Harriet,  born  March  1, 1846,  married 
John  White,  living  in  Chariton  Co.,  Mo.; 
America,  horn  June  30,  1850;  Caroline, 
born  Oct.  28,  1852;  Rachael  Jane,  born 
Aug.  28,  1854;  William,  born  Dec.  25,  1856; 
Charles  F.,  born  May  27,  1862;  John  P., 
born  Sept.  2,  1848,  died  Sept.  9,  1852; 
James,  born  Sept.  10,  1848,  died  Nov.  4, 
1876.  Mr.  John  Lamb  left  Mason  Co., 
Ky.,  Oct.  6,  1833;  his  occupation  there  was 
farming;  then  he  went  to  Franklin  Co., 
Ind.,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  The 
first  house  they  ever  lived  in  was  made  of 
puncheon  floor;  now  they  have  a  fine  two- 
story  frame  house,  fronting  T.,  W.  &  W. 
R.R.  track.  Came  to  this  county  in  Nov., 
1841;  owns  220  acres  land,  value  about 
$11,000.  Both  he  and  wife,  together  with 
five  children,  are  members  of  Christian 
Church 

Lauson  Orsen,  laborer,  Neelyville 
Lewis  Harry,  butcher.  Chapin 
Libby  Elizabeth,  widow,  Bethel 
Libby  William,  teamster,  Bethel 
Lovett  Samuel,  laborer,  Chapin 
Lyle  John  H.,  blacksmith,  Chapin 
Lyles   Rebecca,  widow   Henry,  Chapin 

JV/TACKEY  MICHAEL,   lab.,   Neelyville 

Madden  Julia,  widow  B.,  Neelyville 
Mansfield  Lawrence,  laborer,  Chapin 
Mansfield  Maria,  widow  James,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 

Bethel 

McClure  Israel  H.,  blacksmith,  Chapin 
McCormick  Julia,  widow  James,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 

Chapin 


McDaniel  Mary  E.,  wid.  Samuel,  Chapin 
McKavett  Peter,  laborer,  Chapin 
McKavett  Stephen,  laborer,  Chapin 
McKinney  Frank  P.,  druggist,  Chapin 
McSherry  John,   farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Neely- 

ville 
Melville  Charles,  foreman,  T.,W.  &  W.  R.R., 

Chapin 
Merriman  John,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Neely- 

ville 

Mitchell  Levi  C.,  physician,  Chapin 
Morledge  Charles,  miller,  Bethel 
Moody  Austin,  meat  market,  Chapin 
Moore  John  D.,  painter,  Chapin 
Morris  George,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 
Moss   Benjamin  R.,  prop.  Bethel  Mill,  Bethel 
Mottholt  William,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 
Mulready  Thomas  M.,  wagon  maker,  Chapin 
Murphy  Patrick,  saloon  and    brick  manufac- 

turer, Chapin 
Meyers  Frederick,  lab..  Sec.  4,   P.O.  Chapin 

XTASH    THOMAS,  farmer,  Sec,   2,  P.O. 

-^     Bethel 

Nash  William,  farmer,  Bethel 

Neely  James,  retired  merchant,  Chapin 

Nolan  Daniel,  laborer,  Chapin 


JOHN  P.,  laborer.  Chapin 
^^  O'Hare  John,  miner,  Neelyville 
OSGOOD  HENRY  D.,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Morgan.  Born  in  Clairmount, 
Cherier  Co.,  N.  H.,  Jan.  7,  1806;  married 
Nov.  21,  1837,  to  Sarah  Springer,  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  died  Feb.  9,  1871.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  left  New  Hampshire,  going  to 
New  York,  following  distilling  all  his  life 
until  he  settled  in  this  county  and  com- 
menced farming.  In  New  York  he  remained 
one  year;  then  went  to  Upper  Canada,  re- 
maining about  six  months;  then  to  Boston. 
Here  he  remained  two  years,  clerking  in  a 
grocery  and  wine  store;  then  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  remained  about  two 
years,  distilling;  then  went  to  Cincinnati, 
where  he  engaged  as  keeper  in  the  Insane 
Asylum;  then  he  went  to  Kentucky,  engaged 
in  distilling  three  years  ;  then  came  to  this 
county,  landing  at  Naples,  and  started  a 
distillery,  but  soon  gave  it  up.  This  was 
about  1836.  In  1837  he  went  to  Califor- 
nia, remaining  about  four  years.  In  1861 
he  kept  a  store  in  Morgan,  then  called 
Morgan  City;  then  moved  his  store  to 


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Bethel,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business 
four  years;  then  sold  out  and  has  lived  in 
Morgan,  engaged  in  farming,  ever  since. 
His  adopted  son,  Charles  H.  Osgood,  born 
Jan.  8,  1836;  married  April  3,  1856,  to 
Giddie  Rogers,  born  Aug.  15,  1838.  Their 
children  are  :  Georgia  Ann,  born  March  4, 
'857;  Walter  H.,  born  April  10,  1859; 
Henrietta,  born  June  27,  1861;  Henry  D., 
jr.,  born  October  31.  1866,  died  Nov.  4, 
1866;  Sarah  R.,  born  July  14,  1863,  died 
Dec.  6,  1871.  Henry  D.  Osgood  died  Feb. 
12,  1878  —  5:11  p.m.  C.  H.  Osgood  enlisted 
Aug  5,  I86i,  Co.  I,  nth  Missouri  Infantry; 
second  lieutenant  to  first  lieutenant  in  1862; 
in  1863  he  was  made  captain.  Was  in  the 
following  battles:  luka,  Miss.;  was  wound- 
ed at  Vicksburg  in  general  assault;  dis- 
charged Aug.,  1864 
Ouken  John,  general  store,  Chapin 


HENRY   M.,  wa^on    maker   and 
repairing,  Chapin 
Parker  Samuel  K.,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Neely- 

ville 
Park    William    H.,  carpenter   and    builder, 

Chapin 

Perry  Joseph,  farmer,  Morgan  City 
Perry  Joseph  L.,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Chapin 
Picket  John,  teamster.  Bethel 
Pratt  James  L.,  physician,  Chapin 
Pratt  Orlando  T.  physician,  Bethel 

QUIGLEY  MARGARET,  wid.    Dennis, 
Neelyville 
Quigley  Patrick,  miner,  Neelyville 

T3  EED  JAMES  M.  blacksmith,  Bethel 
-^     Reed  John,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Bethel 
Rowen  Jacob  J.  lab.  Neelyville 
Rusch  John  J.  bakery,  Chapin 
Russell  William,  blacksmith,  Bethel 
Ryan    Mary,    wid.    Patrick,    Sec.    12,    P.O. 
Chapin 

C  ARGENT  JAMES  P.  farmer  and  shoe- 

"p  maker,  Bethel 

Sargent  John  W.  teamster,  Bethel 

Sargent  Richard  C.  shoemaker,  Bethel 

Sappington  Samuel,  blacksmith,  Chapin 

Sellers  Uriah,  lab.  Chapin 

Sessions  Elijah,  barber  and  tailor,  Bethel 

Sherwood  Raymund,  station  agt.  T..W.&  W. 

Morgan  City 
Sullens  Sarah,  wid.  Larkin,  Bethel 


Sullens  Thos.  teamster  and  farmer,  Bethel 
Sweteart  Henry  B.  wagon  maker,  Bethel 

'"TAYLOR  JOHN  T.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Chapin 

THOMPSON  ANDREW  J.  farm- 
er and  'stock  raiser,  prop,  of  coal  bank  two 
miles  north.  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel.  Born  in 
Ohio,  Hamilton  Co.,  Dec.  9,  1815  ;  mar- 
ried 1839,  to  Mary  J.  Whitaker,  born  in 
Shelby  Co.  Have  ten  children  :  Laura, 
Lewis,  Emily,  Julia,  Effie,  Louie,  Frank, 
Charlie,  Edward,  Harry 

Thompson  Andrew  J.  postmaster  and  farmer, 
Bethel 

Thorndike  A.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Chapin 

Tippit  Archibald,  lab.  Bethel 

Tippit  Leroy,  lab.  Bethel 

Tippit  Hiram,  lab.  Bethel 

Toomy  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Bethel 

Tunnel  Stephen,  farm  lab.  Bethel 

Turner  Butler,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 

WAN    NEITER     WILLIAM,      laborer, 

Chapin 
Van  Wey   Charles,  prop.  Van   Wey   house, 

Chapin 
Van  Wey   House,   Charles  Van  Wey,  prop. 

Chapin 


ASHTON,    farmer,   Sec.   6, 
P.O.  Neelyville 
Weinsberger  George,  lab.  Neelyville 
West  Isaac,  farmer,  Bethel 
Whisman  John,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Bethel 
Wilkins  Angeline,  wid.  John,  Chapin 
WILLIAMS  ALFRED,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec  I,  P.O.  Chapin.  Born  in  St. 
Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  9,  1822  ;    mar- 
ried May  22,  1851,  to  Esther   A.  P.  Bean. 
born   in  town   Readfield,  Kennebeck  Co., 
Maine.      Have  two  children,  both  born  in 
this  township:    Joseph  B.,  Aug.   I,  1853; 
Arthur  C.,  Jan.  12,  1862.     Julius   S.,  born 
April  14,  1852,  died  Jan.  24,  1856;    Alfred 
S.,  born  March  10,  1857,  died  July  7,  1859. 
Mr.  A.  Williams  left   New  York   in  1837, 
coming  to  this  county  with  his  uncle,  Seth 
Witherbee,  and  attended   school  in  Jack- 
sonville about  five  months,  then  went  to 
Springfield,  remaining   one  year,   helping 
his  uncle  at  blacksmithing;  leaving  Spring- 
field, he  went  with  his  uncle  to  the  farm 
called    Chapin    farm.       Shortly   after,    he 
started  into  threshing  for  the  neighbors,  he 


MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


being  the  only  one  at  that  time  in  Ac- 
county  who  had  the  running  of  machines, 
except  the  party  who  introduced  the  ma- 
chine, and  paid  somewhere  near  $1,200 
for  the  county  right.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  years  he  took  a  vacation  of  six  months 
going  East  to  visit  his  folks ;  returning, 
he  bought  an  interest  in  the  carding  and 
clothing  works  of  Edward  March;  re- 
mained in  this  business  two  years,  then 
bought  his  present  farm  in  1849  >  nas  live<: 
here  since.  When  Mr.  Williams  first  cam  r 
here  the  county  was  wild  and  unbroken, 
and  he  often  hunted  up  cattle  on  horse- 
back. He  helped  break  up  prairie  soil 
with  hoises,  on  the  present  site  of  the  vil 
lage  of  Chapin.  On  the  first  passenger 
train  of  the  T..W.&W.,  Mr.  Williams  was 
a  passenger.  Himself  and  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church,  situated  just  a  quarter  section 
north  of  his  residence.  The  congregation 
is  composed  of  the  well-to-do  farmers  in 
Mr.  Williams'  neighborhood.  He  now 
holds  the  office  of  trustee  of  the  church. 
His  father,  Joseph,  was  born  in  Bridport, 
Vermont ;  he  was  about  eighty  years  old 
in  1877,  and  is  now  living  in  Fulton, 
Whiteside  Co.,  111.  His  mother  was  Han- 
nah Johnson  before  marriage,  born  in 
Bridport,  Vermont ;  is  a  few  months  older 
than  her  husband.  A  few  years  ago  she 
was  sick,  not  expecting  recovery,  the  entire 
family  met  at  her  bedside  ;  this,  the  meet- 
ing of  all  the  family  in  one  place,  had  not 
occurred  for  over  forty  years  ;  she  recov- 
ered, and  is  still  living,  Mrs.  A.  Williams' 
father  is  Joshua  Bean,  born  in  Readfield, 
Kennebeck  Co.,  Maine,  about  1794,  now 
living  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  fifteen  minutes' 
ride  from  Boston,  going  north.  His  wife 
was  Abigail  Pierce,  born  in  Westbrook, 
Maine,  died  Aug.  31,  1876;  was  about 
eighty-four  years  old  at  her  death.  The 
children  of  this  family,  now  living,  are  : 
Angeline,  born  Sept.,  1818,  married  Samuel 
Higgins,  now  living  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.; 
Esther  A.  P.,  wife  of  A.  Williams,  subject 
of  this  sketch  ;  Joseph  P.,  born  Sept.,  1830, 
married  Ellen  P.  Pratt ;  Albina  L.,  born 
about  Dec.,  1834.  Mr.  Alfred  Williams' 
father's  family  consisted  of  the  following 


children,  now  living :  Maria,  born,  Aug. 
25,  1819,  married  Milo  '.Jones,  living  at 
Fulton,  111.;  Sanford,  born  Jan.  2,  1824, 
married  Laura  Marshall,  living  at  Kewa- 
nee,  Henry  Co.,  111.;  Marion,  married 
Reuben  Myers,  now  living  in  Morrison, 
Whiteside  Co.,  111.;  Amasa,  married,  living 
in  Michigan;  Linas,  married  Elzina  Wil- 
liams, living  in  Whiteside  Co.,  111.,  Union- 
ville  township  ;  and  Alfred,  subject  of  this 
sketch 

WILLIAMS  JOSEPH  B.  farmer. 
Sec.  I,  P.O.  Chapin 

Williams  Rebecca,  wid.  Sylvester,  Chapin 

WILLIAMS  TJEL,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Chapin,  born  in  Addi- 
son  Co.,  Bridport,  Vermont,  April  12,  1808; 
married  Dec.  15,  1831,  to  Elizabeth  M. 
Lee,  born  in  same  place,  May  n,  1813. 
Have  three  children  living :  Elzina,  born 
March  30,  1833,  married  L.  Williams,  liy- 
ing  in  Whiteside  Co.,  111.,  near  Morrison  ; 
Harriet  J.,  born  May  7, 1843,  married  Wil- 
liam Markham,  and  have  three  children 
living ;  Effie,  aged  eight ;  Thomas,  aged 
five;  Emma, aged  three.  Charles  C., born 
Nov.  5,  1849 ;  Mary  E.,  deceased,  was  wife 
of  Oliver  Hat  field,  leaving  three  children: 
Walter  R.,  Cora  G.,  Minnie,  they  are  living 
in  Pike  Co.,  111.  Mr.  Williams  came  to 
this  county  by  wagon,  together  with  six 
others,  all  the  way  from  Vermont,  being 
six  weeks  on  the  road,  landing  at 
Jacksonville,  Sept.  26,  1834,  where 
he  remained  a  few  months.  Lived  in 
present  village  of  Lynnville  seven  years, 
then  moved  to  this  farm,  and  has  lived  here 
ever  since  ;  has  been  a  farmer  his  entire 
life.  He  remembers  when  the  T..W.&W. 
R.R.  was  first  built ;  this  was  when  he 
moved  on  his  farm.  He  owns  no  acres, 
value  about  $75  an  acre ;  owns  twenty 
acres  in  Missouri,  value  about  $15  an  acre. 
In  politics  he  has  always  been  Republi- 
can 

Woodruff  David  M.  baggage  master  T..W.& 

W.R.R.,  P.O.  Chapin 
Wroe  Nancy,  wid.  George,  Chapin 

Wroe  Dolph,  agt.  Chapin 

Vf  ORK  JOHN  E.  merchant,  Bethel 


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BUSINESS    CARDS. 


KIMBALL  HOTEL,  Marcus  Kim- 
ball,  prop.  Chapin,  111.,  situated  between 
T..W.&W.  and  the  R.&  St.  L.  div.of  C..B- 
&  Q.R.R.  Rates  $1.00  a  day.  Opened 
for  the  purpose  of  accommodating  the  trav- 
eling  public  stopping  over  to  make  connec- 


tions.    Stop  at  this  house  and  you  will  be 
satisfied 

THOMPSON  A.  J.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  and  coal  miner,  prop  of  coal  bank 
on  Sec.  33,  township  16  N.,  R.  12  West 


TOWN     16    NORTH    RANGE    8    WEST. 


A  DKINS    SOLOMON,    farmer,    Sec.   6, 
O-     P.O.  Ashland 

Adkins  William  S.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Ash- 
land. 

ID  AGON  JOSEPH,  farm  hand,  Sec.  29, 
P.O.  Prentice 

Bailey  John,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 

Ball  James  P.  farmer.  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Prentice 

Bennett  C.  J.  farm  hand,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Bennett  R.  E.  farm  hand,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Bennett  William  J.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Berry  M.  S.  farmer,  Prentice 

Bleuler  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Bleuler  Ernest  A.  student  111.  college,  Sec.  17, 
P.O.  Prentice 

Boston  John,  blacksmith,  Prentice 

Breaker  August,  farm  hand,  section  19,  P.O. 
Prentice 

Breeding  Alfred,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Brooks  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

/-^ARRINGTON  W.  M.  farmer  and 
stock  dealer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Alexander ; 
was  born  in  this  county  in  1846,  and  was 
married  to  Alice  Tincher,  in  Oct.  1869  ;  she 
was  born  in  Sangamon  County  in  1850; 
have  three  children  living,  Claud  M.,  Clin- 
ton F.,  and  John  M. 

Clark  Erastus,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Prentice 
Costin  William  H.  farmer,  Prentice 
Creed  Eli  N.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 
Creed  James  M.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 
Creed  Samuel  D.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 
Creed  W.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Prentice 
Creed  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 
Creed  Wintson,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 

TT\ANIEL  CHARLES  T.   grocer,    Pren- 

tice 

Daniel  Summers,  postmaster  and  wagon- 
maker,  Prentice 


DAVIDSON  W.  F.  teacher,  Sec.  18, 
P.O.  Prentice ;  was  born  in  Alabama  in 
1832  ;  came  to  this  county  when  an  infant ; 
his  parents  then  moved  to  Macoupin  Co., 
where  they  remained  until  he  was  sixteen 
years  old,  when  they  returned  to  this  coun- 
ty, where  he  has  lived  since  ;  married  Mary 
Seymour,  Aug.  22,  1859 !  sne  was  born  in 
this  county  in  1838  ;  have  two  children 
living,  Hattie  L.,  Alice  G.;  and  Marcus 
M.,  who  died  May  8,  1871 ;  has  been 
township  treasurer 

Dewees  James  P.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Douglas  Nelson,  laborer,  Prentice 

Dudleyson  James,  farm  hand,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Prentice 

T7  LMORE  J.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Pren- 
E'     tice 

"CHARMER  SAMUEL,   farm  laborer,  Sec. 

6,  P.O.  Prentice 
Flinn  Edmond  M.  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 

Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 

Flinn  Elizabeth  widow,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice 
Flinn  Francis  M.  engineer,  Prentice 
Flinn  Franklin  M.  stock  dealer.  Sec.  6,  P.O. 

Prentice 

FLINN  H.  W.  farmer  and  stock  dealer, 
Sec.  29,  P.O.  Prentice  ;  was  born  in  this 
precinct  in  1837,  and  has  always  lived  here  ; 
married  Elizabeth  Stout  in  1866 ;  she  was 
born  in  this  county  in  1845 ;  have  two 
children  living  ;  his  father,  Z.  W.  Flinn, 
was  the  pioneer  of  this  precinct ;  he  was 
born  in  North  Carolina,  and  came  to  Ken- 
tucky, and  then  to  this  county  in  1818, 
where  he  died  Dec.  i,  1868 ;  owns  400 
acres  valued  at  $20,000,  and  is  one  of  the 
largest  stock  dealers  in  this  county. 

(~*RAFF  WASH,  farmer,  grain  and 
^•*  stock  dealer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Prentice  ;  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  Feb.  22,  1826  ;  came  to 
this  county  in  1834  ;  went  to  California  in 
1849  ;  returned  to  this  county  in  eighteen 
months,  and  has  lived  here  since  ;  married 
Alma  Rinda  F.  Flinn,  June  18,  1851 ;  she 


TOWN    16    NORTH   RANGE    8   WEST. 


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was  born  in  this  county  March  29,  1833, 
and  died  Nov.  8,  1864,  leaving  six  children  ; 
married  Elizabeth  F.  Owen,  March  29, 
1865  ;  she  was  born  in  this  county ;  have 
two  children  ;  owns  over  1,500  acres  valued 
at  $75,000 ;  holds  the  office  of  justice  of 
the  peace 
Graff  William,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Prentice 

TT  ALL  PATERSON,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 

Prentice 

Hogan  John,  R.R.  laborer,  Prentice 
Holmes  Perry,  lab.  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Prentice 
Hudspath  Ralph,  farmer,   Sec.  5,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Hudspath  Sarah  widow,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Prentice 
Hudspath  William  G.   farmer,   Sec.  5,    P.O. 
Prentice 

TT'ENNEDY  WILLIAM,  farm  hand,  Sec. 
"•     29,  P.O.  Prentice 
Kirby  Alice  Mrs.  dressmaker,  Prentice 
Kite  William,  carpenter  and  painter,  Prentice 

ALONE  JACOB  B.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 

Prentice 

MANCHESTER  DAVID,  farmer, 
Sec.  6,  P.O.  Prentice.  Was  born  in  War- 
ren Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1798,  where,  until  he 
was  about  17  years  old,  worked  at  the  lum- 
ber business,  marketing  his  lumber  in 
Quebec.  He  went  to  Fort  Duquoin,  in 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  bought  a  skiff  and 
rowed  to  Shawneetown  ;  went  on  foot  to 
Miner  Burton,  below  St.  Louis,  where  he 
worked  in  a  lead  mine  two  years.  Went 
on  foot  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  worke  I  in  a 
livery  stable  four  months  for  five  dollars  a 
month,  when  he  came  on  foot  to  this  coun- 
ty, and  settled  in  this  precinct  with  less 
than  a  d  liar  in  his  pocket.  Times  were 
very  hard;  he  split  500  rails  for  a  pair  of 
shoes;  the  leather  was  tanned  in  a  trough 
by  Kasbier,  and  the  hair  not  half  removed. 
Raised  cotton,  which  he  took  to  Beards- 
town  and  traded  for  cloth  to  make  his 
clothes.  Was  fifer  in  the  war  of  1812  un- 
der Gen.  Strong  and  Capt.  Spencer;  saw 
the  battle  of  Plattsburg,  and  was  discharged 
after  thirty  days'  service.  Was  in  the 
Black  Hawk  war  through  the  whole  cam- 
paign with  Gen.  Taylor,  Jeff  Davis,  and 
Lincoln,  and  member  of  Col.  Ewing's  spy 
battallion,  Capt.  Lindsley,  and  under  the 
immediate  command  of  Gen.  Atkinson,  and 


mustered  out  of  service  by  Major  Anderson 
of  Ft.  Sumter  fame.  Started  for  Mexico  as 
chief  musician  under  Gen.  Hardin  ;  was 
taken  sick  at  Alton,  and  sent  back  to  Jack- 
sonville, where  he  was  discharged.  Made 
and  burned  a  kiln  of  brick  in  1835.  Mar- 
ried Ethie  Linda  Cox  in  1825;  she  was 
born  in  Henry  Co.,  Va.,  in  1803;  have  four 
children  living :  Thomas  J.  Louisa,  Van 
Renselaer  and  Jerome;  lost  five  :  Nancy, 
Ellen,  Elizabeth  Jane,  David,  and  Jo- 
sephine 

Manchester  Van  Renselaer,  farmer,  Sec.  6, 
P.O.  Prentice 

Mann  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Massey  Annie  A.  Mrs.  seamstress,  Prentice 

Massey  Charles  E.  farmer,  Prentice 

McGill  A.  Mrs.  widow,  Prentice 

Mclntire  B.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Mclntire  Malinda  Mrs.  widow,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Prentice 

Miller  Jacob  N.  carpenter,  Prentice 

Minter  Martin,  laborer,  Prentice 

Minter  Uriah,  laborer,  Prentice 

Moore  C.  L.,  tel.  opr.  and  station  agt.,  Pren- 
tice 

Mow  Fredrick,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Prentice 

XTEVINS   MARTIN  L.   teacher,    Sec.  7. 


IN 


P.O.  Prentice 


/^VBRIEN  JOHN,  R.R.  lab.,  Prentice 

^-^     Ong  J.  L.  miller,  Prentice 

OWEN  W.  C.  farmer  and  stock  dealer, 
Sec.  4,  P.O.  Prentice.  Was  born  in  Haw- 
kins Co.,  Tenn.,  in  1819;  came  to  Indiana 
in  1830;  to  McDonough  Co.,  111.,  in  1836, 
and  to  this  county  in  1842.  Wife  was 
Mary  Jane  FliVm;  she  was  born  in  this 
county,  Jan.  I,  1824;  she  was  the  second 
child  born  in  this  township,  and  was  mar- 
ried in  1840;  have  seven  children  living  : 
Elizabeth  F.,  James,  Josiah  W.,  Damaris 
E.,  Almrinda  F.,  Ann  E.,  and  Mary  E.,  and 
one  dead — Joseph.  W.  C.  owns  3.475  acres, 
valued  at  $172,720.  When  he  came  here 
in  1842,  he  went  in  debt  for  the  first  80 
acres,  and  he  may  now  be  classed  as  one  of 
the  best  and  most  successful  farmers  in  this 
and  Sangamon  Counties,  the  result  of  his 
own  industry 

PEARSON  FRANCIS  Mrs.  widow,  Sec. 

*     7,  P.O.  Prentice 


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MORGAN  COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


•D  OBINSON  GEORGE  W.  farmer,  Sec. 
•*^-  19,  P.O.  Prentice 

Reed  James,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Prentice 
Robinson    Harrison,    farmer,    Sec.  19,    P.O. 

Prentice 
Robinson  Joel,  retired  farmer,  Sec.  20,   P.O. 

Prentice 
Robinson    William,    farmer,    Sec.    20,    P.O. 

Prentice 

CIMS  LEWIS  J.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Prentice 

Smith  John  C.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Prentice 

Smith  Samuel,  engineer  at  grist  mill,  Pren- 
tice 

Stublefield  Calvin,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Alex- 
ander 

Stublefield  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.Alex- 
ander 

Swain  Joseph  B.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Swain  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Prentice 


'Y' 
•*• 


HOMPSON  GEORGE  W.  farmer,  Sec. 
20,  P.O.  Prentice 


Thompson  William  M.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Prentice 

WAN  NOY  CAMILUS  R.  farmer,  Pren- 
*  tice 

VIRGIN  JOITN",  farmer  and  judge  of 
the  county  court,  Sec.  20.  Was  born  in 
Greenup  Co.,  Ky.,  Sept.  16,  1830.  Was 
raised  in  Ohio;  came  to  Menard  Co.,  111., 
with  his  father,  John  H.  Virgin,  in  the  Fall 
of  1851,  and  in  the  Spring  of  1859  settled  in 
Morgan  County.  Was  married  Oct.  16, 
1856,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Gibbs;  they  have 
six  children,  namely  :  Charles  F.,  Hattie 
E.,  Clara  M.,  Annie,  Ella,  and  John 

\WELCH  EDWARD,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O. 
**  Prentice 

Whightman  Martha,  widow,  Prentice 
Wilkes  John,  lab.,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Prentice 
Wright  Abram  W.  teacher,  Prentice 


EDWIN  A.  tel.  opr.,  Prentice 


GEORGE  W.  farmer,  Prentice 


BUSINESS    CARD. 


GRAFF  WASH.,  justice  of  the  peace, 
Prentice,  111.  Legal  documents  of  all 
kinds  carefully  drawn  and  executed.  Par- 
ticular attention  given  to  collections,  and 
returns  made  on  day  of  payment. 


TOWN    16    NORTH    RANGE    9   WEST. 


A  DAMS  GEO.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Adams  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Anderson   Charles  E.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 

Sinclair 
Armstrong   Allen    B.   farmer,    Sec.   10,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Armstrong  John  M.  cooper,  Jordanville,  P_.O. 

Prentice 
Armstrong  Joshua  L.  farmer,   Sec.  17,  P.O. 

Liter 
Armstrong  Thomas,    farmer,   Sec.    17,   P.O. 

Liter 
Armstrong  William,  retired  farmer,  Sec.  10, 

P.O.  Prentice 

•DALDWIN    JAMES    L.   laborer,   Yates- 
ville, P.O.  Prentice 
•Baldwin    William    A.   farmer,   Sec.  12,    P.O. 

Prentice 

Beach  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Liter 
Bellatta  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 
Bellatta   Charles   A.   farmer,   Sec.   22,   P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Bellatta   Edward  M.   farmer,   Sec.    22,   P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Bennett   Charles,   farm   hand,    Sec.    I,    P.O. 

Prentice 
Bennett   Elizabeth    Mrs.    seamstress,   Yate?- 

ville,  P.O.  Prentice 
Bennett    Isaac,    retired    farmer,    Yatesville, 

P.O.  Prentice 
Bergfield    Fred.    William,    farmer,    Sec.    29, 

P.O.  Sinclair 

Bess  James  W.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Bergfield    William,    farmer,    Sec.    29,    P.O. 

Sinclair 
Bingman   James    H.    farmer,    Sec.  22,    P.O. 

Sinclair 

Bingman  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  Sinclair 
Bogan  James   H.   farm   hand,   Sec.  4,  P.O. 

Philadelphia 

Bogan  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Brown  A.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Brown    Andrew,    farmer,    Sees.  2O  and    17, 

P.O.  Sinclair 


Brown    Andrew    J.    farmer,    Sec.    n,    P.O. 

Prentice 
Brown  George,  farmer,  Sec.   30,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Brown    James     R.    farmer,    Sec.    29,    P.O. 

Sinclair 
Brown  Jesse,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 

Brown  Jesse  P.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Brown  Logan,  farmer,  Sec.  20.  P.O.  Jackson. 

ville 

Brown  T.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Prentice 
Brown  Tyre,   farmer,  Sees.  17  and  20,   P.O. 

Sinclair 
Brown  Tyre  S.  farmer,  Sees.  17  and  20,  P.O. 

Sinclair 
Brown     William,     retired,      Sec.    II,     P.O. 

Prentice 

Brown  William  H.  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Brown  William   Mrs.  widow,  Sec.    16,  P.O. 

Sinclair 
Brunk  John  T.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Philadel- 

phia 

Buchannan  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Burkam  M.  E.   Mrs.  widow,  Yatesville,  P.O. 

Prentice 


S.     wagonmaker,     Sec    17,     P.O. 

-x     Sinclair 

Cain  S.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Cain    William    T.    farmer,    Sec.     17,    P.O. 

Sinclair 

Carney  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Carney  Francis,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Carney  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Gary  Catherine,  widow,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Gary  James,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Casey    E.    R.    Miss,    seamstress,    Yatesville, 

P.O.  Prentice 
Cavanaugh  Patrick  J.  farmer,  Sec.  IO,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Cavender     David,     farmer,     Sec.    18,    P.O. 

Sinclair 

Chandler  John,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Liter 
Charles    Jackson,     farmer,    Yatesville,    P.O. 

Prentice 
Clapp  W.  E.   farmer  and  constable,  Jordan- 

ville, P.O.  Prentice 


728 


MORGAN  COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


COFFMAN  GEORGE  W.  farmer, 
P.O.  St.  Clair  Station;  was  born  in  Indiana 
July  18,  1843;  came  to  Morgan  County  in 
the  Spring  of  1844;  was  married  April  18, 
1867,  to  Miss  Russia  Rice 

Coker  Dennis,  farm  hand,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Coker  John,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Prentice 

Collins  James,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Collins  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Colson  Francis  M.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Colson  Margaret,  widow,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Colston  William,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Comford  Patrick,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cooper  William,  lab.  Yatesville,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Cotton  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Liter 

Craven  Oscar  J.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec. 
28,  P.O.  S'nclair 

Craven  S.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Crum  John  W.  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  2, 
P.O.  Ashland 

Crum  James  A.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Liter 

Crum  Matthias  M.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Liter 

Crum  W,  W.  farmer,  Sec.  i,  P.O.  Prentice 

•p\ADISMAN  MADISON,  farmer,  Sec.  i, 

*-'   P.O.  Prentice 

Davis    Charles,    R.R.    lab.     Sec.     12,    P.O. 

Prentice 

Davis  D.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Davy  Francis,    farmer,  Sec.   4     P.O.    Phila- 
delphia 
Dawson    N.    E.    blacksmith,    Sec.  13,   P.O. 

Prentice 

Decker  C.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Prentice 
Dinwiddie  S.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. Liter 
Dudhope  Peter,  lab.  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 

T7LDRIDGE    ALLEN,  farmer,  Sec.  21, 

Jr*  P.O.  Sinclair 

Eldridge     Thomas,     farmer,    Sec.    i,    P.O. 

Prentice 

Elgin  Melvin,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Elmore  John  C.  harnessmaker,  Sec.   23,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Elmore  Julius,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Prentice 


Elmore  S.  Peter,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Prentice 

Elsome  George,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.Sinclair 

Emerick  Andrew  J.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Prentice 

EMMERSON  RICHARD  W.  far- 
mer, Sec.  32,  T.  16,  R.  9,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville; was  bom  in  this  county  in  1844; 
went  to  Iowa  in  1847,  where  he  lived  until 
1870,  when  he  returned  to  this  county,  and 
settled  on  the  farm  where  he  was  born,  and 
now  lives;  married  Addie  Swain,  in  1872; 
she  was  born  in  this  county,'  in  1849;  have 
one  child:  Irvin  T. 

r^AGAN    WILLIAM,     cigarmaker,    Sin- 

clair 
Fitzpatrick   Edward,    farmer,    Sec.  14,   P.O. 

Prentice 

Flinn  Colby  C.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Flinn  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Prentice 
Flinn  Rayl,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Flood  Edward,   farmer,  Sec.  IO,  P.O.  Pren- 

tice 

Flood  James,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Prentice 
Fogarty  Denis,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Liter 
Foster  James  M.  laborer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Fox  Elisha  T.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Fox  Noah  B.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Fox   Thomas,   retired   farmer,   Sec.  28.  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Fox  Samuel  L.  farmer.  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Fox  Thomas  H.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Sinclair 


PAULENA  MRS.  carpet  weaver, 
-*  Yatesville,  P.O.  Prentice 
Garis  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Ashland 
Goodall  Jane,  widow,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Goodall   Thomas   N.   farmer,    Sec.  22,    P.O. 

Sinclair 

Govair  E.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  30,   P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

TT  ALL  JAMES,  lab.  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
^*      Halligan  John,    farmer,   Sec.    7,  P.O. 

Liter 

Hamilton  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 
Hamilton  Lewis  H.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Hart  Francis,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Hashey  Edward,  farm   hand,    Sec.    35,   P.O. 

Sinclair 

Helwig  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Henderson    William,   farmer,    Sec.    8,    P.O. 

Ashland 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   9   WEST. 


729 


Hickman  John  S.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Hoban  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Hodgson  Christopher,   farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Hodgson  Isaac  R.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Hodgson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Prentice 
Hodgson  Mark,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Prentice 
Hodgson  Mathew,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Hodgson  William  M.  carpenter,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Holmes  Allen,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Holmes  Amos,  farmer.  Sec.  12,  P.O,  Prentice 
Holmes  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Holmes  William,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Hopper  George,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Hopper  Hassell,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Hopper  James  P.  farmer  and  blacksmith,  Sec. 

32,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Hopper  Philip    H.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

HOPPER  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sinclair.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  native  of  England, 
born  Aug.  30,  1808.  He  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Jane  Poaet  in  1835  ;  eleven 
children  :  Ann,  born  April  14,  1836  ;  John, 
April  9,  1837 ;  Hassell,  Feb.  22,  1840 ; 
Jane,  born  Dec.  29,  1838  ;  Richard,  May 
16,  1842;  George,  Dec.  19.  1843  I  Hannah, 
June  30,  1845;  Thomas  W.,  born  Nov.  13, 
1846;  James  P.,  born  June  29,  1848; 
Charles,  born  June  13,  1850;  Phillip  H. 
March  31,  1852.  Mr.  H.,  who  heads 
this  sketch,  was  a  butcher  in  England  for 
twenty-one  years,  coming  to  this  country 
in  1856,  he  has  since  followed  farming,  and 
like  all  English  people,  is  known  for  habits 
of  industry,  and  owns  ninety  acres 
Hubbs  John,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 
Hubbs  Willis  A.  retired  farmer,  Yatesville, 

P.O.  Prentice 

Hynes  Lydia  widow,  P.O.  Prentice 
Hyslop  J.  T.  farm  hand,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Prentice 

TRVIN  HENRY,    farmer,    Sec.   n,  P  O. 
•*•    Prentice 

Irvin  Ira,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Prentice 
Irvin  Lewis  J.  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Prentice 
Irvin  Malinda   widow,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Prentice 
Irvin  William,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Prentice 


JORDAN  ISAAC  L.  farmer,  Sec.  3.  P.O. 
J    Prentice 

Jumper  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Jordan  Sarah  widow,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Prentice 

T    AHE  THOMAS,    farmer,  Sec.   7,  P.O. 
-^  Liter 

Lahe  Thomas,  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Lamkeuler    Henry,    farmer,    Sec.    18,    P.O. 

Liter 

Larabee  Hart,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Larabee   W.    Herbert,  farmer,    Sec.  I,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Latham    Samuel  C.    farmer,    Sec.    12,    P.O. 

Prentice 

Latham  W.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  12.  P.O.  Prentice 
Lewis  Henry  W.  farm   hand,  Sec.    12,  P.O. 

Prentice 

Lewis  James  R.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Lewis  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Lewis  William,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Lewis  William  M.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 
Lindsey  Elizabeth  S.  widow,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 

Liter 

Lindsey  Wickliff,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Liter 
Lindsey  Winfield   S.   farmer,   Sec.   18,    P.O. 

Liter 

Lockhart  John,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Longworth  Francis  J.   farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 

Prentice 

Longworth  James,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

A/TADDOX   S..T.   farmer,   Sec.   23,   P.O. 

*•**•    Prentice 

Maddox  Thomas    H.  farmer,   Sec.   19,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Mahon  Francis,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Mahoney  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Martin  James  H.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

McCarty  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.    Liter 
McCauley  Emily,  widow,   Jordanville,    P.O. 

Prentice 
McDaniel  Silvanus,  carpenter,    Yatesville,  P. 

O.  Prentice 
McGowan    William  T.    farmer,   Sec.  3,  P.O. 

Prentice 
Merica    William    M.    farmer,    Sec.    16,  P.O. 

Liter 

Miller  Hannah,  widow,  Sec.  P.O.  Prentice 
Miller  Hugh  J.   farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Miller  Virgil  C.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Sinclair 


730 


MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


A/TAULTY  JAMES,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O. 

Sinclair 
Newell  Thomas,    farmer,    Sec.  4,  P.O,  Pren- 


tice 


JOHN  G.  teacher,  Sec.  n,  P. 
^   O.  Ashland 

OARROTT  C.   W.  farmer,    Sec.  II,  P.O. 
-*•     Prentice 

Parrott   Cyrus  W.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Parrott  Elias  S.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Parrott  Jefferson,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Parrott  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Parrott  Samuel  W.  farmer.  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Parrott  Sarah,  widow,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Sinclair 
PARROTT  W.  J.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Prentice  ;  Mr.  Parrott 
was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Kentucky, 
Dec.  6,  1842  ;  his  father,  R.  ! ».  Parrott  was 
born  in  1812 ;  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who 
there  married  Miss  Sarah  Bonham,  of 
whose  antecedents  little  is  known  ;  in  1829 
the  family  set  foot  in  Morgan  County,  and 
located  a  short  distance  from  what  is  now 
the  village  of  Yatesville  ;  for  many  years 
the  head  of  the  family  met  every  discourage- 
ment of  pioneer  life,  with  that  manly  for- 
titude peculiar  to  a  Western  people,  and 
when  the  unbroken  prairie  gave  place  to 
cultivated  fields  and  farms,  he  went  steadily 
forward  to  a  successful  career;  W.  J.  who 
heads  this  sketch,  grew  to  manhood  in 
Morgan  Co.  ;  received  the  usual  education, 
and  turned  his  attention  to  farming ;  March, 
31,  1875,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Jennie  A.  Martin,  of  Mason  Co. ;  by  this 
marriage  two  children,  Martin  and  Willis  ; 
Mr  Parrott  owns  40  acres 
Paul  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Liter 
Paul  George  T.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O/  Liter 
Paul  Jerome  B.  carp.  Yatesville,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Paul  J.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Liter 
Pierson  Jasper,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Prentice 
Pratt  L.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 

"D  AY    MARY  A.  widow,  Yatesville,  P.O. 

Prentice 

Ray  Felix  G.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Reeve  F.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Sinclair 


Reeve  Henry  L.  blacksmith  and  station  agt. 

Sinclair 

Richardson  S.  D.  lab.  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Riggall   William,    farmer,    Sec.  21,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Riley  Samuel  J.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Ashland 
Rogers   James  farm  hand,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Ronan  Miles,  farmer,  Sec.   14,  P.O.  Prentice 
Rose  Oliver  P,  carpenter,    Sec.  26,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Rufus  Christ,  farmer.  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Ryman  J.  G.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Prentice 

CAGE  WILLIAM,   farmer,   Sec.  13,  P.O 

•^   Prentice 

Sample  Douglas,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Sample  William,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Sharp  Siliman  H,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Shuff  Jesse  L.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Sinclair 

SIMS  LEWIS,  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Sec.  19,  P.O.  Prentice.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  is  the  oldest  son  of  W.  W.  Sims, 
who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  in  1810;  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Morgan  Co.,  and 
who  married  in  this  county  in  1833  Miss 
Mary  Hall,  the  marriage  ceremony  taking 
place  in  a  brick  dwelling  erected  by  Aquilla 
Hall  in  1820;  it  was  said  at  that  day  to  be 
among  the  most  substantial  buildings  be- 
tween Morgan  Co.  and  St.  Louis ;  Lewis, 
who  heads  this  sketch  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  July  8,  1836  ;  at  an  early  age  he  em- 
barked in  the  stock  business,  in  which  he 
evinced  much  talent,  and  placed  himself  on 
an  equal  footing  with  John  T.  Alexander, 
Jacob  Strawn,  and  others  ;  in  1865  Mr. 
Lewis  was  married  to  Miss  Lizzie  Welch, 
a  daughter  of  Hamlin  Welch,  a  resident  of 
Jacksonville  ;  by  this  marriage  two  children, 
Van  W.  and  Felix  G. ;  Mr.  Sims  owns  196 
acres,  a  valuable  property. 

olatten  Dangerfield,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Smith  Charles  L.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Smith  John,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Prentice 

Smith  John,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Smith  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  Joseph  W.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Prentice 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   9  WEST. 


731 


SPAL.DING  HORACE  A.  public 
teacher  in  former  years,  but  now  a  resident 
of  Township  16  Range  9  ;  is  a  native  of 
Vermont,  born  in  1802.  His  father, Wright 
Spalding,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  moved 
with  his  family  to  New  York  in  1807,  and 
there  followed  farming.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  remained  on  the  farm  up  to  his 
seventeenth  year ;  liberally  educated,  he 
then  became  a  teacher,  pursuing  this  voca- 
tion until  he  attained  his  thirty-fifth  year, 
when  he  came  to  Morgan  County,  and 
taught  school  for  a  number  of  years  in 
Jacksonville.  In  1826,  Mr.  Spalding  mar- 
ried Miss  Elvira  M.  Ladd,  a  native  of  Hav- 
erall,  N.  H.;  this  marriage  was  blessed 
with  two  children :  Wm.  Wright  (not  liv- 
ing), Martha  Louisa,  married  Samuel 
Jumper,  a  farmer  and  resident  of  this 
township  ;  children  born  of  this  marriage : 
Natie  L.,  Edward  A.,  John  A.,  Sarah  E., 
George,  Frank,  and  Alice  C.,  last  named 
not  living.  Mr.  S.  has  also  one  adopted 
daughter,  Harriet,  who  married  Morris 
Laupher,  now  living  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Stewart  William,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Pren- 
tice 

Stice  James,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Slice    William,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Stockton  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Stockton   Joseph    A.   farmer,  Sec.   20,    P.O. 

Sinclair 
Stockton  Keziah,  widow,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 

Liter 

Stockton    Morgan,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Stockton  T.  B.  farm  hand,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 
Stockton  T.  S.  farm  hand,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Swain  George  R.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

'y  AYLOR  ALVIN  E.  farmer  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Taylor  Fountain  E.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Sinclair 

Taylor  James  A.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Taylor  Sarah  Ann,  widow,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Taylor  William,  farm  hand,  Sec.  I,  P.O. 
Prentice 

Taylor  William,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Sinclair 

Taylor  William  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

THOMPSON  GEORGE  W.  farmer 


and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Prentice. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  oldest  son 
of  William  M.  and  Matilda  Thompson. 
William  Thompson  was  born  in  Ireland  ; 
in  his  fourteenth  year,  he  accompanied  his 
parents  to  America  ;  from  New  York,  on 
arrival  in  the  new  world,  he  made  his  way 
to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a  farmer; 
during  the  year  1838,  as  near  as  can  be  as- 
certained, he  settled  in  Morgan  County  on 
farm  property  ;  some  years  from  this  date, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Matilda  Rob- 
inson, a  daughter  of  Joel  Robinson  ;  of 
eight  children  born  of  this  marriage,  four 
are  living :  Mary  Ann,  Sarah  E.,  John  E., 
and  George  W.  Mr.  Thompson  has  been 
a  resident  of  Morgan  County  since  the  date 
mentioned;  through  industiy  he  has  accu- 
mulated wealth  and  position  ;  the  promi- 
nence occupied  in  agriculture  has  in  nowise 
detached  from  his  kindness  of  heart  and 
sympathetic  nature.  George  W.,  son  of 
William,  a  patron  of  this  work,  was  born 
in  Morgan  County,  where  he  received  a 
liberal  education  ;  Jan.  9,  1878,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Myra  Black ; 
Mrs.  Thompson  was  born  near  Jackson- 
ville, Morgan  County 

Tigner  J.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Tigner   W.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Prentice 
Travis  David,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Trotter  John,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Trotter  John   M.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Trotter  Joseph  A.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

True  Thomas  J.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

True  John    P.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Turner  John  W.   farmer,   Sec.    5,  P.O.  Vir- 
ginia 

WAUGHAN  MOSES  F.  farmer,  Sec.  5, 
V  P.O.  Liter 

VIRGIN  JOHN",  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Prentice.  The  above- 
named  gentleman  was  born  in  Greenup 
Co.,  Ky.,  Sept.  16,  1830.  His  father,  John 
H.  Virgin,  was  born  in  1796,  in  Fayette 
Co.,  Pa.;  from  boyhood  to  manhood  he  fol- 
lowed agricultural  pursuits;  in  1818,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret 
Hughes,  by  whom  he  had  six  children  : 
Ely,  not  living ;  Mary,  unmarried  ;  Geo. 


732 


MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


W.,  Eliza  A.,  Enslow,  Maria,  who  married 
Lewis  Bennett  ;  Margaret  R.,  who  married 
E.  J.  Davis;  in  1851,  John  Virgin  sr.  moved 
with  his  family  to  Menard  Co.,  111.,  where 
he  followed  farming  up  to  the  time  of  his 
decease,  which  occurred  in  1858  ;  his  wife 
survived  him  six  years.  John,  who  heads 
this  page,  and  whose  courtesy  and  liberality 
is  well  known,  passed  many  years  of  his 
life  in  Ohio  and  Menard  Co.,  111.,  and  in 
1859,  came  to  Morgan  County;  in  1856,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  F. 
Gibbs,  a  daughter  of  William  Gibbs,  of 
Menard  County  ;  by  this  marriage  eight 
children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living:  and 
whose  names  are  :  Charles  F.,  Hattie  E., 
Clara  M.,  Anna,  Luella,  and  John  ;  Maria 
L.  and  Eveline,  not  living.  Inclosing  this 
brief  sketch,  it  will  be  well  here  to  men- 
tion Mr.  Virgin  is  one  of  our  wealthy  citi- 
zens and  prominent  agriculturists,  owning 
400  acres;  in  1873,  he  was  elected  county 
commissioner,  and  re-elected  to  serve  in 
1876 
Wagoner  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Wakely  Thomas,  physician,  Sinclair 
Wakins  William  F.  blacksmith,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 

Sinclair 
Walker   Alexander,    farmer,    Sec.    29,  P.O. 

Sinclair 

Walker  B.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lancaster 
Walker  J.  E.  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Lancaster 


Wallace  Jane,  widow,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Warfield  Joshua,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Liter 
Warfield  L.  L.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Liter 
Warters   Joseph,  farmer,   Sec.  31,    P.O.  Sin- 
clair 

Weekley  Osmas,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Prentice 
Wheeler  Sandford,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
White  Perry,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O,  Sinclair 
Wilhite  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Liter 
Wilks  Joseph,  lab.  Yatesville,  P.O.  Prentice 
Willett  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Prentice 
Willett  Taylor,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Prentice 
Williams  Edward  E.  farmer,  Sec.  3  P.O. 

Prentice 

WILLIAMS    J.    W.    teacher,   Sec.  3, 
P.O.  Prentice.     Was   born    in   Virginia  in 
1833      Came  to  Macoupin  County  in  1835 
and    to    this  county   in    1867.     Has  been 
teaching  since  he  was  18  years  old 
Williams  T.  R.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Sinclair 
Williamson  John  A.  farmer,  Sec,  7,  P.O.  Liter 
Willson  George,  farmer,   Sec.  19,  P.O.   Jack- 
sonville 

Willson  James,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Liter 
Wiswell  A.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Wiswell   George    T.    painter,    Sec.   3,  P.O. 

Prentice 

Wiswell  W.  M.  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Liter 
Wollner  William,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


LEWIS,   farmer,    Sec.    I,    P.O. 
Prentice 


TOWN    16    NORTH    RANGE    1O    WEST. 


A  LLISON  JOHN,    farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O. 

"^^     Jacksonville 

Allison  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Allison  Wm.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Angell  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Ausemus  Andrew  J.  farmer,  Sec  18,  P.O. 
Arcadia 

T)  AMBROOK  JOSEPH,    farmer,  Sec.  30, 

P.O.  Jacksonville 

Barr  Luther,  farmer,  Sec  16,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Barrowclough   Joseph,    farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Bawser  David,  retired,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Liter 
Bawser  Eli,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Liter 
Baxter  J.  of  Baxter  &  Berry,  Liter 
Baxter  &  Berry,  general  store,  Liter 
Beavers  George,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Liter 
Beavers  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Liter 
Beavers  William,  retired,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Liter 
Bedingfield    Henry,     farmer,     Sec.    4,    P.O. 

Virginia 

Berry  Charles  T.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.  O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Berry  Columbus  J.  farmer,  Liter 
Berry  J.  C.  of  Baxter  &  Berry,  Liter 
Berry  Henry,  farmer,   Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Berry  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

BERRY  WILLIAM  M.  farmer,  Sec. 
25,  P.O.  Jacksonville.  Was  born  in  Mary- 
land, July  23,  1796,  and  settled  in  Morgan 
County  in  1829.  He  was  married  to  Jane 
Sharp  in  1829,  in  Tennessee.  She  was 
born  in  that  State  in  1815.  They  have 
raised  six  sons  and  six  daughters,  all  of 
whom  are  living.  He  owns  farm  of  221 
acres  six  miles  northeast  of  Jacksonville 
Birdsell  Peter  D.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Birdsell   Thomas    R.  farmer,    Sec.    29,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 
H  2 


Black  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Black  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Black  Pachy  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

BLACK  SAMUEL  Sr.  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jacksonville; 
was  born  in  Augusta  County,  Virginia, 
July  2,  1798;  he  moved  to  Kentucky  with 
his  parents  in  1809;  he  was  then  eleven 
years  old;  came  to  Illinois  in  1825,  and 
settled  in  Sangamon  County,  and  in  1828 
came  to  Morgan  County;  he  has  lived  on 
the  same  place  ever  since;  was  married 
Feb.  20,  1822,  to  Mildred  Gaines,  who  was 
born  in  Charlotte  County,  Virginia,  Oct.  4, 
1802;  they  raised  ten  children,  four  sons 
and  six  daughters,  three  of  whom  are  dead; 
Mr.  Black  is  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  in 
Morgan  County;  he  is  now  in  the  8oth 
year  of  his  age 

Black  Samuel  W.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Blackburn  Edwin,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Blackburn  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Blimling  John,  farmer.  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Blimling  John  jr.  laborer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bourn  Fownes,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

BOURN  JAMES,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  born  in  Worcestershire,  En- 
gland, March  n,  1838;  emigrated  to  Can- 

•  ada  in  1857,  and  lived  there  till  1859,  then 
came  to  Morgan  County;  first  settled  in 
Jacksonville,  and  lived  there  three  years; 
he  then  purchased  the  farm  where  he  now 
lives;  was  married  to  Mary  Ann  Richards, 
in  Jacksonville,  Dec.  28,  1861,  who  was 
born  in  London,  England,  May  10,  1841; 
she  came  to  America  in  1857;  their  chil- 
dren are:  James  H.,  born  Aug.  r,  1863, 


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MORGAN   COUNTY  DIRECTORY. 


\  and  died  Nov.  27,  1864;  George  E.,  born 
Jan.  27,  1866;  Amelia  H.,  Sept.  12,  1873; 
owns  farm  of  120  acres;  has  served  four 
terms  as  school  director,  is  also  clerk  of 
the  Board 

Bourn  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bourn  William,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bourn  William,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bowen  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Liter 

Bridgman  Columbus,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Arcadia 

Bristow  Garrett,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Arcadia 

Butsch  August,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

S~*  HAT  WELL    THOMAS,   teacher,    Ar- 
^"'     cadia 

Cline  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Cline  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Clark  Albert  C.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Liter 
Clark  Harden,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Liter 
Clark  Jason,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Clark  William,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Liter 
COE  ALFRED,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Liter;  born  near  Waverly,  Morgan  County, 
April  3,  1844,  and  has  lived  in  the  county 
all  his  life;  was  married,  March  10,  1870, 
to  Judy  A.  Gaines,  who  was  born  in   Me- 
nard   County,    Aug.    28,  1840;    they   have 
three   children,    named    Minnie   W.,  born 
July  9,    1871;    Edward  A.,   Feb.  6,    1874; 
and  a  son  not  named,  born  Oct.  7,  1877; 
Mr.  Coe  served  three  years  in  Co.  G,  lOist 
Regt.  111.  Vol.  Infantry 

Colby  Martin,  brickmaker.  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Liter 
Coker  George,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Liter 
Coker  Sylvester,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 
Couchman  Benjamin  F.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 

Arcadia 

Cowden  Prescott,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Cox  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cox  Harden,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Cox  Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Craig  John  W.  physician,  Arcadia 
Crum  John  W.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Liter 


Crum  Samuel   H.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Liter 
Crum  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Liter 

"P)ANIELS  V.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Decker  Hiram,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Arcadia 

Daniels  John  J.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Dodsworth  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Liter 

Dinwiddie  James,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Arcadia 

Dinwiddie  John  T.  farmer,  Arcadia 

Dollear  Albert,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Dougherty  William,  laborer,  Arcadia 

Douglas  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

DOWNTAEST  AZAEL,  post-master 
and  wagonmaker,  Arcadia;  born  in  Mason 
County,  Kentucky,  May  19,  1819;  first 
came  to  Illinois,  October,  1837,  and  settled 
near  Edwardsville,  Madison  Co.;  moved 
to  Missouri,  and  lived  there  ten  years,  and 
then  returned  to  Kentucky;  remained  there 
eight  years,  when  he  returned  to  Missouri 
for  nine  years,  and  came  to  Morgan  Co. 
Feb.  i,  1865;  was  married  to  Lucinda  C. 
Shepard,  May  25,  1854;  she  was  born  in 
Kentucky,  May  20,  1828;  they  had  three 
children;  Willie  is  the  only  one  living;  he 
was  born  Feb.  7,  1867 

Dunavan  Jesse  M.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Dunn  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


*-* 


NGLISH  FRANK  W.  farmer,  Sec.  34, 

P.O.  Jacksonville 
English  Job  W.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 

Ennis  Samuel  C.  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Liter 
Ericson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Arcadia 

T^RANCES    THOMAS,    farmer,    Sec.    5, 

P.O.  Arcadia 

Friday  Herman,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

RAINES  RICHARD  C.  farmer,  Sec.  23, 

^     P.O.  Liter 

Gaines  Richard    F.    farmer,    Sec.    23,    P.O. 

Liter 
Gaines  William,   farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Liter 


TOWN   16   NORTH   RANGE   10  WEST. 


Garrett  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Garrison  William,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Gilpin  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Liter 

Goodpasture  Wm.  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Liter 

Govia  Emanuel,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Govia  Cieorge,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O,  Jackson- 
ville 

Govia  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

TTADEN    JOSEPH  G.,  farmer,    Sec.  34, 

^    P.O.  Jacksonville 

Haese  F.  Gustav,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hall  Alexander,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hall  John  S.,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 
Hall  Nelson,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Liter 
Hammond  J.  T.,   farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Liter 
Harrison  John,  farmer,   Sec.  32,   P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

HARBISON  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
Born  in  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  July  23,  1836, 
he  has  lived  in  this  county  all  his  life,  with 
the  exception  of  two  years  he  spent  in 
Iowa;  was  married  to  Mary  Atkinson,  Dec. 
13,  1864.  She  was  born  in  Jacksonville, 
May  6,  1842.  Their  children  are,  George 
W.,  born  Sept.  2,  1865  ;  John  L.,  Aug.  9, 
1867,  and  died  in  June,  1871;  Hattie  A., 
born  Aug.  I,  1874.  Owns  farm  of  85 
acres;  has  served  as  school  director  and 
road  supervisor 

HARRISON  WILLIAM  H.,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Jacksonville. 
Born  in  Morgan  Co.,  111.,  July  31,  1849,  nas 
lived  in  the  county  all  his  life;  was  married 
to  Drucilla  S.  Black,  Jan.  21,  1874.  She 
was  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Oct.  27,  1852. 
Their  ch  klren  are,  Arthur  M.,  born  Nov. 
ii,  1874,  and  died  Aug.  I,  1875;  Edith  S., 
Jan.  17,  1877.  Owns  farm  of  80  acres 
Hatfield  A.  Mrs.,  Sec.  11,  P.O.  Liter 
Henderson  Jackson,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 

Liter 
Henderson   Jeremiah,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 

Arcadia 
Henderson   Josephus,  farmer,   Sec.  17,   P.O. 

Arcadia 

Henderson  Madison,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
Arcadia 


HENDERSON  DAVID  G.,  farmer, 
Sec.  17,  P.O.  Arcadia.  He  was  born  in 
Hampshire  Co.,  Va.,  Aug.  23,  1796;  moved 
to  Ohio  with  his  parents,  and  in  1825  came 
to  Illinois;  first  settled  in  Greene  Co.,  and 
came  to  Morgan  Co.  April  2,  1826;  he 
married  Mary  Henderson  (his  cousin), 
April  22,  1822.  She  was  born  in  Hamp- 
shire Co.,  Va.,  Nov.  27,  1796,  and  died 
Sept.  15,  1872.  They  raised  thirteen  chil- 
dren— six  sons  and  seven  daughters;  there 
are  three  sons  and  two  daughters  living 

HENDERSON  PERRY,  farmer, 
Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter.  He  was  born  in  Iowa 
in  1853,  and  settled  in  Morgan  Co.  in  1861; 
he  was  married  to  Mary  F.  Sylvester  in 
1873.  She  was  born  in  Hancock  Co.,  111., 
in  1854.  They  have  one  child,  named 
Ellis  E.;  he  was  born  in  1876 

Hickman  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.- 
Jacksonville , 

HICKMAN  ISAAC,  farmer,  Sec.  32, 
P.O.  Jacksonville.  Born  in  Staffordshire, 
England.  Mr.  H.  is  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Morgan  Co.,  having  lived  in  the 
the  county  about  forty  years.  He  married 
Sarah  Dunn;  she  was  born  in  Staffordshire, 
England,  and  died  June  16,  1877;  no 
children;  owns  farm  of  160  acres 

Hickman  John  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Hickman  Samuel,  farmer.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Higold  Charles  A.,  grocer  and  justice  of  the 
peace,  Arcadia 

Higold  George  H.,  clerk,  Arcadia 

Horton  Frederick  B.,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Hudson  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Liter 

Hudson  Isaac,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Liter 

Hudson  James  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Liter 

Hurst  W.  S.,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Arcadia 

JOHNSON  BARBARA  MRS.,  Sec.  8, 
P.O.  Arcadia 

Johnson  James  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Arcadia 

Tones  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Liter 

Jordan  Charles  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Jordan  George  H.,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Jordan  Martin,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 


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JORDAN  WILLIAM  S.,  farmer, 
Sec'.  31,  P.O.  Jacksonville.  Born  in  St. 
Clair  Co.,  111.,  May  IO,  1803.  About  the 
year  1810  he  moved  with  his  father,  James 
Jordan,  to  Pike  Co.,  Mo.;  in  the  Spring  of 
1822  he  settled  in  Morgan  Co.,  111.;  in  1832 
he  enlisted  in  the  Black  Hawk  war;  was 
married  to  Eliza  Hill,  Nov.  2,  1830.  She 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  Jan.  18,  1807, 
and  came  to  Jacksonville  in  1828.  Their 
children  are,  James,  born  Nov.  6,  1831; 
John  F.,  Jan.  22,  1834;  Henry  B.,  Dec.  24, 
1838,  and  died  March  5,  1863,  while  in  the 
army,  at  the  hospital  at  Nashville,  Tenn.; 
William  H.,  born  May  20,  1840;  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Blackburn,  Aug.  2,  1843;  Mrs. 
Eliza  E.  Craig,  July  6,  '1845;  George  H., 
Feb.  21,  1847;  Charles  W.,  Aug.  12,  1849. 
Robert  and  Mary  died  in  infancy.  Owns 
farm  of  230  acres.  Mr.  Jordan  is  member 
of  M.  E.  Church.  His  father,  James  Jor- 
dan, served  in  the  Revolutionary  war 

TT'ENNEDY    NAT.    L.,   farmer,   Sec.    5, 
-"•*•  P.O.  Little  Indian 

T  AMBERT  JOHN,  farmer.  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Lanham  Pleasant,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Larson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Liter 

Laurie  George,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Laurie  John,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Lindsey  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Lindsey  Margaret  Mrs.,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Liter  Abraham,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Liter 

Liter  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Liter 

Liter  Jesse,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 

Liter  John  H.,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Liter 

Liter  Jonas,  farmer,  Liter 

LITER  JOSEPH,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Liter;  born  in  Bourbon 
Co..  Ky..  in  1815,  and  settled  in  Morgan 
Co.  in  1839;  he  was  married  to  his  cousin, 
Catherine  Liter.  She  was  born  in  Fayette 
Co.,  Ky.,  in  1830.  Two  children,  Mary  E. 
and  John  W.;  owns  farm  of  245  acre's 

LOAR  GEORGE,  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Arcadia 


TX/TARTIN  CHARLES    W.    farmer,  Sec. 
^*-    24,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
MATTI1VGLY   SHELTON  J.  far- 

mer and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter;  he 
was  born  in  Washington  County,  Ky.,  June 
22,  1817;  in  the  Fall  of  1824,  settled  in 
Morgan  County,  nine  miles  north  of  Jack- 
sonville; Mr.  Mattingly  has  buried  three 
wives,  and  eight  children;  he  owns  a  farm 
of  120  acres 
McDonald  John,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Ar- 

cadia 

McFillin  James,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Liter 
McGee  Samuel  T.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 

McKee  George,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Liter 
McKee  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
McKee  Keturah  Mrs.  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
McMillen  Archibald,  B.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Merica  Jacob,  cabinetmaker,  Arcadia 
MILLS  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  born  in  Rochdale,  Lancashire, 
England,  Oct.  9,  1837;  was  married  to 
Anna  Pond,  in  1860;  she  was  born  June  15, 
1837,  and  died  Sept.  21,  1861;  he  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1863,  and  first  settled 
in  Philadelphia;  from  1864  to  1867,  was 
engaged  in  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  then  re- 
turned to  Philadelphia;  in  1871,  settled  in 
Chicago,  and  lived  there  till  1875,  when  he 
came  to  Morgan  County;  he  has  been 
living  in  this  county  ever  since 
Mitchell  Aaron,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Moody  Thomas  H.  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Murphy    Franklin,    farmer,    Sec.    36,    P.O. 

Jacksonville 
Myers  John,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Liter 

1\T     EDHAM    WILLIAM,    farmer,    Sec. 

34,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Neil  John  F.  blacksmith,  Arcadia 
Neil  William,  farmer,  Arcadia 
Nelthorpe  John,   farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 


JOHN"   W.  farmer  and  stock 
raiser,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

PATTERSON  ALEXANDER,  farmer, 

Arcadia 
Peters  Nathaniel,  farmer,  Arcadia 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   10   WEST. 


737 


Peterfish  A.W.  farmer,  Liter 

Peterfish  John  R.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Pherigo  George  A.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Pherigo  James,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Phillips  John  R.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Porter  James  H.  farmer.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Liter 

"DATLIFF  RICHARD  A.  farmer,  Sec.  9, 
***  P.O.  Liter 

Ray  Thomas  A.  farmer.  Sec  9,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Redman  Rebanus,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
Reed  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Liter 
Reed  William  L.  farmer,  Arcadia 
REID  JOlTNr  M.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  son  of  John  B.  A.  Reid,  who 
is  one  of  the  old  settlers  of  Morgan  County; 
John  M.  was  born  in  Jacksonville,  Aug.  7, 
1855,  and   has  lived  in    this  county  all  his 
life;    was   married  to  Julia  E.  Williamson, 
Nov.  21,  1876,  who   was   born    in   Morgan 
County,  Jan.  2,  1857 

Reid  Thomas  J.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Rexroat  Henry  H.  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Rexroat  William  B.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Rexroat  Zachariah,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Richards  John  P.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Richards  Thomas,  farmer.  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Richards  William,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Richardson  Josiah  D.  wagonmaker,  Arcadia 
Roberts  Jerome  C.  farm    hand,    Sec.  9,  P.O. 

Liter 

Roberts  Joseph  J.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.Jack- 
sonville 

Robinson  George,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Robison  Elizabeth  Mrs.  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Liter 
Robison  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Liter 
Robison  Theodore  S.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 

Liter 

Robson  George,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
Routt  Francis  M.  lab.  Arcadia 
Rucker  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
Rucker  P.  Mrs.  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 
Rudisill  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Arcadia 


Rudisill  Daniel  H.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Ramsey  John,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

C  AFLEY  ANDREW  J.  lab.  Arcadia 
•^     Schaffer  Alfred,   farmer,   Sec.   27,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Schaffer  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sears  Jonathan,  Arcadia 

Sharp  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sharp  Tilman  H.  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Shield  Sarah  Mrs.  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Shield   Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Shuff  Oliver,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Smith  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  John,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  John  jr.,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Smith  John  F.  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  Joseph  C.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sorrill  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Sorrill  Henry  jr.,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sorrill  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Sorrill  William,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Stanley  Lamdon  M.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Liter 
Stegall  James,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Stevenson  James,  farmer,  Liter 
Stout  John,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Liter 
Stout  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.    25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

HTEDDER  JOHN,  farm  hand,  Sec.  36,  P. 

O.  Jacksonville 

Tendick  Peter,  farmer,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Thompson  John,  Arcadia 
Thompson    Jonathan,    farmer,    Sec.    8,   P.O. 

Arcadia 

Thompson  Louis  V.  farmer,  Arcadia 
Tinsley  Josiah,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Liter 


V 


AUGHN  GEO.  W.  farmer,  Liter 


\XrALKER  BENJAMIN  F.  farmer,  Sec. 


VV 


17,  P.O.  Arcadia 


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Walters  Harvey,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Webb  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Welsh  Peter,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

White  Tunis,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Wilhoit  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Liter 

Williams  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Liter 

Williamson  William  I.  farmer.  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Arcadia 


WILSON  JOHN  M.  farmer,  Sec.  17, 
P.O.  Arcadia  ;  he  was  born  in  Gallatin 
Co.,  Ky.,  Jan,  14,  1815,  and  came  with  his 
father  to  Morgan  Co.,  in  1823  ;  unmarried  ; 
his  father,  James  Wilson  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  Oct.  23,  1772,  and  died  Aug. 
24,  1858  ;  he  mamed  Bridget  Custer  May 
3,  1796  ;  she  was  born  in  Virginia,  Dec. 
1775,  and  died  May  8,  1851  ;  they  raised 
twelve  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  liv- 


ing 


WILLARD,  farmer,  Arcadia 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


DOWNTAIN  AZAEL,  post  master 
and  wagon  maker,  Arcadia 

HARBISON  THOMAS,  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  Township  16,  Range 
10  West,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

HARBISON  WILLIAM  H.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  31,  Township  16, 
Range  10  West,  P.O.  Jacksonville 


LOAB  GEOBG-E,  raiser  of  Berkshire 
swine,  cattle,  etc.,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Arcadia 

MATTINGLY       SHELTON      J. 

Sec. 9,  nine  miles  north  of  Jacksonville,  P.O. 
Liter 

OGLE  JOHN  W.  raiser  of  Berkshire 
swine,  cattle,  horses,  etc.,  etc.,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 


TOWN    16    NORTH    RANGE    11  WEST. 


A  BERNATHY  JAMES  H.  farm- 

*^^  er,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Concord.  Was  born 
in  Van  Buren  Co.,  Iowa,  Sept.  28,  1853; 
married  to  Miss  Emma  Kershaw,  Dec.  23, 
1873;  she  was  born  on  the  farm  where  they 
now  live,  Jan.  6,  1854;  have  two  children  : 
Arthur  Allen  and  Eva  Gertrude.  When 
he  was  about  seven  years  old,  his  mother 
died,  and  he  was  bound  out  to  a  farmer;  he 
left  him  after  a  few  years;  kept  on  farming 
till  "71,  when  he  came  to  Concord  about  the 
loth  of  August.  He  visited  Iowa  several 
times  before  his  marriage.  He  has  a  fine 
farm,  and  raises  large  numbers  of  cattle 

Ater  Basio,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Ater  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Concord 

Ater  Jas.  J.  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Ater  Nancy,  widow  James,  farmer,  Sec.  12, 
P.O.  Arcadia 

Ater  William,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenzvilte, 
Cass  Co. 

Angel  John,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Antles  Freman,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Ayers  Theop,  carpenter,  Concord 

TDAKER  FREDERICK,  farmer,  Sec.  7, 
'  P.O.  Concord 

Bebout  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Beeley  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Birch  Eli,  carpenter,  Concord 

Blimbling  Casper,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Blimbling  George  F.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Blimbling  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Blimbling  John  F.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Bobbitt  Drury  A.  teamster,  Concord 

Braner  Catherine,  widow  John,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Arcadia 


Braner  Elias,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Braner  George,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Braner  George  W.  farmer.  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Braner  John,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Braner  John,  farmer.  Sec.  14,  P.O.Arcadia 
Braner  Peter,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Braner  Simon,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Braner  Stephen,  farmer,  Sec.   13,  P.O.    Ar- 
cadia 

Brennan  Edward,  farmer,  Concord 
BRIDGEMAN  HEZEKIAH,  re- 
tired farmer,  Concord.  Was  born  in 
Withe  Co.,  Va.,  Jan.  18,  1797.  Married 
there  Aug.  4,  1820,  to  Miss  Jane  Brown, 
born  same  place,  Jan.  16,  1797;  had  nine 
children;  lost  two— Franklin,  born  March 
3, 1822;  Mary,  Aug.  29,  1823;  Martin,  Nov. 
6,  1825;  John,  Aug.  27,  1827;  James,  June 
3  1829;  Isaac,  May  20,  1831;  Rhoda,  July 
4,  1834;  William,  July  18,  1836;  died  July 
14,  1839;  his  wife  died  Feb.  26,  1847;  mar- 
ried again  to  Miss  Leah  Deaton,  born  in 
Va.;  had  two  children,  living :  Martha, 
born  March  10,  '51,  and  Eliza,  April  14, 
'53;  his  second  wife  died  April  21,  1853; 
married  again  to  Mrs.  Nancy  Brown  born 
inWitheCo.,  Va.,  March  10,  1802;  nochil- 
dren  by  her;  she  had  eleven  children  by 
her  first  husband,  four  living  now — James 
Washington  Brown,  born  Nov.  23,  1824; 
Andrew  Jackson  Brown,  Jan.  30,  1830; 
Napoleon  B.  Brown,  Oct.  21,  1833;  Mary 
Brown,  March  19,  1838,  now  Mrs.  P.  Kiser. 
He  came  to  this  county  in  the  Fall  of  1830 
with  a  team  and  $14  in  money — a  poor 
man,  and  by  hard  work  at  farming  and 
prudent  management  has  become  inde- 
pendent. He  quit  farming  twenty  years 
ago,  settling  down  in  Concord,  living 
on  the  interest  of  his  money.  Though  81 
years  old,  his  memory  of  early  days  is  vivid  ; 
there  is  no  man  in  his  neighborhood  who 
appreciates  a  joke  and  laugh  as  much  as 
"  Uncle  Kiah  ;"  his  conversation  is  pointed, 
racy,  and  interesting,  bristling  with  anec- 


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dotes  of  early  days.  The  genuine  interest 
he  takes  in  the  welfare  of  those  surround- 
ing him,  and  the  public  spirit  he  shows  in 
affairs  concerning  Concord  and  the  neigh- 
borhood, have  given  him  the  name  of 
"  Uncle  Kiah  "  far  and  wide 

BRIDGEMAN  JOHN,  deceased, 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co.  Born  in  Virginia,  Aug.  27, 
1827;  married  June  28,  1855;  have  one  son 
living  :  Henry  A.,  born  on  this  farm,  June 
19,  1857;  married  July  18,  1875,  and  have 
one  child  :  John  William,  born  Sept,  30, 
1876.  Mr.  John  Bridgeman  was  one  of  the 
county's  earliest  settlers;  his  death  hap- 
pened some  thirteen  years  ago.  He  once 
held  the  office  of  constable.  Mrs.  John 
Bridgeman's  father  is  Aaron  Henderson, 
born  in  Virginia,  and  married  a  Miss  Sarah 
Bowles,  also  born  in  Virginia.  Mrs.  J. 
Bridgeman  owns  265  acres  of  good  land, 
vilue  about  $10,600 

Bridgeman  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Bridgeman  Virginia  Mrs.  farm,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Concord 

Bridgewater  Hannah,  wid.  William,  Sec.  26, 
P.O.  Jacksonville 

Bridgewater  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Brown  Felix  G.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Brown  Franklin,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Brown  George  P.  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

BROWN  JAMES  M.  was  born  in 
Tennessee,  May  22,  1825;  married  Oct.  6, 
1847,  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Buxton  ;  had  six 
children  :  James  Franklin,  Felix  G.,  Satah 
Abigail,  George  P.,  Mary  Jane,  and  Charles 
Oscar,  dead.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  set- 
tlers in  this  township;  his  parents  moved 
here  in  1830.  In  1831  his  father  was  killed 
in  digging  a  well;  his  mother  married 
again,  making  the  home  uncongenial  to 
him;  he  faced  the  world  alone  when  18 
years  old,  and  is  to-day  among  the  wealthy 
farmers  of  this  county.  In  1857  ne  bought 
his  present  place.  Politically  he  is  a 
staunch  Democrat 

Brunk  Christopher  C.  farmer,    P.O.  Concord 
Brunk  George,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Concord 


BURBANK  EDWIN  S.  farmer,  Sec. 
27,  P.O.  Concord.  Was  born  in  Mass., 
Aug.  16,  1825.  He  came  to  Cass  Co.  in 
1853;  married  in  Beardstown,  March  31, . 
1853,  to  Miss  Caroline  Shaw,  born  in 
Maine,  Jan.  22,  1822;  had  five  children  : 
Howard  D.,  born  Dec,  27,  1853;  Carrie 
M.,  March  12,  1855;  Frank  E.,  Feb.  27, 
1857;  Ida  May,  Sept.  27,1859;  Sarah  Jane, 
May  6,  1860.  His  wife,  at  Mrs.  Leonard's 
house,  at  Concord,  Aug.  31,  1873,  was 
burned  fatally  by  a  spark  from  the  stove 
setting  her  dress  on  fire  before  help  could 
be  rendered.  She  died  there  on  Sept.  16, 
1873.  Married  again  April  5,  1876  in  St. 
Louis,  to  Miss  Ada  St.  John  De  Haven, 
who  was  born  in  Beardstown,  June  24, 
1854;  has  one  child  by  her :  Arthur  W., 
born  Aug.  23,  1877.  The  present  Mrs.  B. 
is  a  niece  of  Lieut.  Edwin  DeHaven,  com- 
manding the  original  Arctic  expedition,  in 
which  Dr.  Kane  was  surgeon,  but  getting 
snow  blinded  after  his  first  voyage,  he  re- 
tired, and  died  in  Philadelphia,  Dr. 
Kane  getting  all  the  credit.  Mr.  Burbank 
enlisted  in  the  roist  Regiment,  Co.  B,  and 
was  with  his  regiment  through  the  entire 
war.  In  '64  he  received  a  sunstroke,  after 
which  he  was  a  great  portion  of  the  time 
in  commissary  department.  Joseph  Shaw, 
Mr.  Burbank's  father-in-law,  was  born  in 
Maine,  Jan.  21.  1794;  he  came  to  this 
county  in  1830,  and  died  in  1867.  His 
father,  Dana  Burbank,  born  in  Mass.,  Jan. 
18,  1796,  manufactured  paper  in  his  native 
State,  came  to  Scott  Co.  in  1868,  and  died 
May  6,  1876 

Burbank  Frank  E.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

/~*ARE    JAMES    L.  farmer,  Sec.  6,    P.O. 
^•^  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 
Chamberlain  Elizabeth,  widow,  Concord 
CHARLSWORTH         GEORGE, 

farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. ;  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, Aug.  18,  1826 ;  married  Nov.  28, 
1852,  to  Mary  Kenworthy,  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  Nov,  26,  1831 ;  have  five 
children  living,  Anna  L.,  born  in  Cass  Co., 
111.,  May,  18,  1857  ;  Joseph  T.,  born  Feby. 
16,  1860,  on  this  farm  ;  John  W.,  born 
March  5, 1863,  on  this  farm  ;  George  L., 


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born  July,  15,  1868;  died  March,  28,  1871; 
Mary  L.,  horn  Sept.  22,  1871,  on  this  farm; 
James  Richard,  horn  May,  17,  1874,  on  this 
farm ;  Mr  George  Charlsworth  left  Eng- 
land in  1849  I  prior  to  this  time  he  was  on 
his  father's  farm,  farming  and  weaving  be- 
ing his  occupation  at  the  time;  he  landed 
in  Boston,  1849;  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.; 
here  his  employment  was  that  of  weaving, 
and  remained  six  months  ;  in  Oct.  1849,  he 
went  to  Peacedale,  R.  I. ;  remained  here 
three  years,  engaged  as  weaver  ;  then  he 
went  to  Westerly,  Conn. ;  here  he  remained 
one  year ;  occupation  during  this  time, 
weaving ;  then  he  settled  in  Cass  Co.  in 
1854,  near  his  present  place;  moved  to  his 
present  farm  Nov.  10,  1859 
CONOVER  JAMES,  farmer  and 
preacher,  born  in  Woodford  Co.,  Ky.,  Oct. 
12,  1804;  married  June  5,  1828,  to  Miss 
Martha  M.  Reding;  born  in  same  county, 
Dec.  24,  1812  ;  had  nine  children  :  Richard 
A.,  born  Dec.  28,  1831  ;  Alvina,  Jan.  10, 
1835  ;  she  was  thrown  from  a  buggy  going 
to  the  fair  in  Cass  Co.,  111.,  dying  from  her 
injuries,  Nov.  I,  1875  ;  Henry  Clay,  Sept. 
16,  1838  ;  Mary  C.,  Aug.  8,  1841,  now  Mrs. 
M.  D.  McMannus,  living  with  them  ;  Eliza 
Ann,  Jan.  20,  1845,  died  Oct.  6,  1845  ; 
Thaddeus,  Dec.  18,  1833,  died  in  his  in- 
fancy ;  Charles  Clinton,  April  28,  1847, 
died  Feb.  9,  1857  ;  Martha  Helen,  Oct.  6, 
1849,  novv  Mrs.  Normal  Eurton  ;  James 
Scholey,  April  25,  1853 ;  all  his  children 
live  near  Peculiar,  Mo.,  with  exception  of 
Henry  Clay,  who  lives  near  Butler,  Bates 
Co.,  Mo.;  Mr.  Conover  came  to  Illinois 
landing  on  Jersey  Prairie,  eight  miles  north 
of  Jacksonville,  Oct.  18,  1827  ;  he  was  farm- 
ing there  till  1855  ;  the  first  Lord's  day  in 
Feby.  1831,  he,  his  wife,  and  others,  thir- 
teen in  all,  organized  the  first  "  Christian 
church  "  in  this  county,  if  not  in  Illinois, 
he  taking  an  active  interest  in  its  welfare  ; 
he  was  a  deacon  from  its  organization,  and 
ordained  a  preacher  a  few  years  after, 
preaching  from  that  time  till  1855,  when  he 
moved  to  Eureka.  Woodford  Co.,  111.  ;  he 
was  appointed  immediately  after  his  arrival, 
trustee  of  the  college  (Eureka  college),  and 
soon  after  elder  of  the  church  there,  holding 
both  appointments  till  July,  4,  1868,  when 
he  moved  to  Pleasant  Hill,  Cass  Co,,  Mo.  ; 
he  was  farming  there  as  in  Illinois  ;  the 


town  Peculiar  was  started  soon  after  he 
settled,  only  two  miles  from  his  farm  ;  he 
there  found  a  small  church  organization; 
preaching  there  during  his  stay  of  five 
years  ;  leaving  there  he  returned  to  Con- 
cord, Nov.  18,  1873,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  living  a  retired  life ;  he  is  at  pres- 
ent an  elder  of  his  church,  and  still  preaches 
occasionally,  waiting  contentedly  to  be 
called  by  Him,  for  whom  he  has  worked 
during  life 

COOPER  ARMSTRONG,  farmer. 
Sec.  22,  P.O.  Concord  ;  born  in  Roan  Co. 
East  Tennessee,  March,  23,  1812  ;  he  came 
to  this  county  Nov.  3,  1835  ;  was  married 
Oct.  8,  1838,  to  Miss  Mary  Silcox,  born  in 
Tennessee,  March,  iS,  1818  ;  had  ten  chil- 
dren :  Eliza  Jane,  born  Oct.  29,  1840,  now 
Mrs.  F.  Roberts ;  Azariah  Coffman,  Dec. 
18,  1842,  died  1853  ;  William  Henry,  Sept. 
15,  1844;  Mary  Ellen,  born  Oct.  31,  1846, 
died  1855,  was  Mrs.  Orlando  Pratt ;  John 
Armstrong,  Sept.  I,  1850,  died  1853;  Aman- 
da C.,  Oct.  3,  1852,  now  Mrs.  Bailey 
Rexroat ;  Albert  and  Robert,  March  10, 
1855,  both  died  same  year;  James  .Buch- 
anan, Aug.  23,  1856;  Edward  Scott,  July, 
17,  1860,  died  1862  ;  he  first  came  to  Jack- 
sonville where  he  opened  a  family  grocery 
store,  sold  out,  and  came  to  Concord,  and 
in  1845  he  entered  the  land  he  now  lives 
on  ;  has  been  school  director  and  super- 
visor of  roads  seven  terms  ;  politically  he 
has  always  been  a  Democrat,  though  in 
county  elections,  the  best  men  on  either 
side  would  always  be  his  choice 

COOPER  WILLIAM  HENRY, 
farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Concord  ;  was  born 
in  Morgan  Co.,  Sept.  15,  1844;  married 
Oct.  18,  1874,  to  Miss  Carrie  M.  Burbank, 
born  in  Morgan  Co.,  March,  12,  1855  ;  have 
two  children,  Perry  Howard,  born  March, 
4,  1876  ;  Cora  May,  Aug.  24,  1877  ;  was 
born  and  raised  here ;  farmed  with  his 
father  till  his  marriage ;  politically  he  has 
always  been  a  Democrat ;  was  elected 
school  director  of  District  No.  5  last  April 

Cowder  Stephen,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 

Cowdin  Frank  P.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Cowdin  P.,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Craig  Moses  H.  farmer.  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 


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Craig  Nancy  Jane,  widow  Noah,  Concord 
Craig  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.    18,  P.O.  Concord 
Crocker  Ulrick  L,  blacksmith,  Concord 
CULLIMORE  THOMAS  M.  M.D. 

P.O.  Concord  ;  born  in  Carrollton,  Greene 
Co.,  Illinois,  Nov.  22,  1849;  graduated  at 
the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  in 
187? 

Y)  ALEY  PATRICK,  blacksmith  and 
^^^  wagon  maker,  Concord;  was  born  in  Tip- 
perary  Co.,  Ireland,  March  16,  1837  ;  left 
Ireland  Sept.  1851  ;  landed  in  New  York 
in  Oct.  the  same  year;  then  went  to  New 
Salem,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  black- 
smith, and  worked  nearly  three  years ; 
moved  to  Pennsylvania;  stayed  there  till 
1855;  then  went  to  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and 
was  married  June  15. 1856,  to  Miss  Bridget 
Carey,  of  Watertown,  N.  Y. ;  she  was  born 
in  Ireland  ;  had  five  children  by  her,  lost 
two ;  those  living  are:  James,  born  at 
Skaneateles,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1857  ;  Nora, 
born  at  Chapin,  this  county,  Jan.  24,  1859; 
Michael,  born  at  Bethel,  this  county,  Feb. 
2,  1862;  his  wife  died  June  9,  1875  ;  mar- 
ried again  to  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hamilton,  who 
was  born  in  this  county,  Oct.  22,  1845  ;  has 
one  child  by  her,  John  Carl,  born  here,  Aug. 
5,  1877  >  her  maiden  name  was  Rebecca 
Webb;  was  married  to  Noah  Hamilton, 
May  5,  1864 ;  has  two  children  by  him, 
Arthur  Hamilton,  born  Feb.  27,  1865,  and 
Charles  Hamilton,  born  Feb.  12,  1867  ;  Mr. 
Daley  came  to  Chapin  Aug.  1858,  engaging 
in  his  trade  till  1862  ;  enlisting  in  the  loist 
Illinois,  Co.  "E;"at  Holly  Springs,  was 
captured  and  paroled,  sent  to  Memphis 
five  days  after,  on  the  3ist  Dec. ;  steamed 
up  the  Mississippi  on  the  "  Creole;"  at 
island  No.  34,  she  struck  a  sand  bar ;  after 
forty-eight  hours  futile  attempt,  were  trans- 
ferred to  steamer  Curlew  ;  making  Cairo, 
there  they  waited  till  the  "  Creole  "  came 
and  arrived  at  St.  Louis  ;  a  trip  he  will  al- 
ways remember ;  he  was  exchanged  Jan. 
1863  ;  rejoined  his  regiment,  skirmishing 
around  in  Western  Kentucky  and  Tennes- 
see, till  Sept.,  thence  to  Louisville  and 
Bridgeport,  Ala.;  at  latter  place  he  was  till 
Oct.  28  ;  was  in  a  fight  at  Owahatchie;  re- 
mained in  Lookout  valley  till  Nov.  23  ; 
was  in  battle  of  Mission  Ridge  ;  wintered 
in  Bridgeport,  Ala.  till  May,  1864,  thence 


to  Chattanooga,  and  then  "going  through 
Georgia ; "  was  in  the  battles  of  Rocky 
Face,  Resaca,  in  the  charge  on  Kennesaw 
Mountain,  Peach  Tree  Creek,  and  at  the 
siege  of  Atlanta  ;  remained  in  the  city  a 
few  weeks ;  was  in  Savannah  six  weeks  ; 
then  on  to  Richmond  ;  the  war  closed,  he 
was  mustered  out  in  Washington,  June  7, 
1865 ;  discharged  in  Springfield,  June  25, 
1865  ;  went  back  to  Chapin,  at  his  old 
business,  and  came  here  in  1874,  carrying 
on  the  business  at  the  present  time 

Dalton  James  W.   farm    hand,    Sec.  n,  P.O. 
Concord 

Daub  Christian,  farmer,   Sec.  9,  P.O.    Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 

Daub  Conrad,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Ca-s  Co. 

Daub  John,    farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O.    Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

DEAN  LEWIS,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Concord  ;  was  born  in  St.  Albany,  Vt.,  Sept. 
12,  1811,  where  he  was  raised  and  worked 
on  a  farm  till  1830;  in  1830  he  left  home,  and 
travelled  in  the  States  of  New  York,  New 
lersey,  Ohio,  Missouri,  and  Virginia;  he 
taught  school  in  all,  but  Ohio ;  the  Fall  of 
1838  he  settled  in  this  county,  teaching 
school  that  fall  and  winter  for  six  months; 
he  took  an  active  part  in  organizing  and 
dividing  this  township  into  school  districts  ; 
in  1844  he  was  elected  township  trustee, 
which  office  he  held  for  ten  years,  being 
elected  four  times  in  succession;  in  1839 
he  entered  his  land,  and  was  married  June 
2,  1839,  to  Miss  Maria  Ratcliff,  who  was 
born  in  Louisa  Co.,  Va.,  1 868  ;  had  four 
children:  D wight,  born  March,  1844,  who 
enlisted  in  the  nth  Illinois  cavalry,  Co. 
"  B,"  in  Nov.  1861,  and  died  a  few  months 
after  at  Camp  Butler;  Lucy,  Sept.  1842, 
died  Oct.  I,  1862  ;  Susannah,  Sept.  1846, 
now  Mrs.  Henry  Suger,  and  Josiah,  July, 
1857;  his  wife  died  April  13,  1860;  he 
married  again  April  3,  1862,  to  Miss  Eleanor 
Richhart,  born  in  Ohio  in  1826;  had  one 
child  by  her,  Nathan,  born  April  29,  1863, 
died  Sept.  1873  ;  the  first  pork  he  sold  was 
in  Jacksonville,  1841,  at  $1.75  nett  per 
hundred  ;  the  first  corn  he  hauled  to  Mere- 
dosia  in  1843,  at  12)4  cents  per  bushel ; 
his  nearest  neighbors  then  were  Henry, 
John,  and  Thomas  Park,  Archibald  Mel- 
lon, William  Moss,  Adam  Gaddis,  and 


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Robert  Kershaw,  all  good  men  ;  politically 
he  has  always  been  a  democrat 

Decker  James  M.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Deitrich  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Deitrich  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec,  30,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Dewees  Cornelius,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Dickerson  Wilmer  W.  constable,  Concord 

Diggins  Robert,  carpenter,  Concord 

Driver  Nicholas,  farmer,  Sec.  u,  P.O.  Arcadia 

Driver  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.  O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 

Dyer   A.,  farmer,    Sec.  9,    P.O.  Concord 

Dyer  George  F.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 

Dyer  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

DYER  WILLIAM  ANDERSON, 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co.,  born  in  Grange  Co.,  Tenn., 
Jan.  29,  1807  ;  married  March  12,  1833,  to 
Margaret  Bridgeman,  born  May  25,  1808, 
died  Jan.  13,  1878  ;  have  seven  children 
living  :  George  Franklin,  born  Nov.  27, 
1833;  William  R.,  born  Feb.  3,  1836;  Ro- 
dy  Ann,  born  Jan.  20,  1838  ;  Joseph,  born 
April  23,  1841;  Ellen  Jane,  born  March 
26,  1842;  John  C.,  born  April  8,  1851; 
Martin  J.,  born  Oct.  II,  1854.  Lost  three 
children :  Martha,  Emeline,  Thomas  L. 
Mr.  W.  A.  Dyer  left  Tennessee  when  thir- 
ty-one years  old;  came  to  this  county  in 
1838,  with  eight  dollars  and  three  picka- 
yunes  in  his  pocket;  he  now  owns  140  acres 
of  improved  land,  and  good  farm  house  on 
same.  His  religion  is  of  the  Baptist  school. 
He  was  the  first  school  director  under  the 
free  school  system,  which  office  he  held  in 
Tennessee.  His  father,  William  Dyer, 
was  born  in  Virginia,  at  the  time  of  the 
revolutionary  war,  1776,  and  married  a 
Miss  Ellen  Dyer.  His  wife's  father,  Frank- 
lin Bridgeman,  fought  in  the  revolutionary 
war  of  1776,  and  married  a  Miss  Roda 
May.  Has  learned  four  different  trades  in 
his  life 

Dyer  William  R.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 


T7AGLE  THOMAS,  merchant,  Con- 
cord, was  born  at  Yarmouth,   England, 


July  18,  1812  ;  married  in  Wisbech,  Eng., 
June  I,  1834,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Watson 
Stagles,  born  at  March,  Eng.,  Dec.  27, 
1815  ;  had  twelve  children  (lost  seven), 
living:  Hannah,  now  Mrs.  J.  C.  Sanders; 
Elizabeth,  now  Mrs.  A.  J.  Bell ;  John 
Thomas,  Charles  William,  and  Mary  Jane, 
now  Mrs.  Robert  Diggins.  He  left  Eng- 
land April  17,  1854,  settling  in  Ohio ; 
stayed  there  till  July,  '55,  then  locating 
here,  engaged  in  merchant  tailoring  till 
'67,  then  moved  to  Abingdon,  Knox  Co., 
and  in  '71,  to  Bushnell  ;  he  stayed  there 
till  '75,  when  he  came  back  to  Concord, 
since  which  time  he  has  been  keeping  a 
general  store  and  merchant  tailoring  estab- 
lishment. He  enlisted  in  '61,  in  the  three 
months'  service,  in  the  68th  111.  Reg.,  Co. 
B,  volunteering  on  the  4th  of  July;  his  regi- 
ment had  to  do  a  great  deal  of  marching 
and  counter-marching,  but  was  in  no  bat- 
tles. He  was  mustered  out  in  October, 
same  year 

Evans  Rebecca,  widow,  Concord 
Ewing  John  S.  farmer.  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Concord 
EWING  WILLIAM  H.  blacksmith, 
P.O.  Concord,  born  in  Wheeling,  Va.,  May 
13,  1831;  married  Oct.  23,  1855,  to  Marga- 
ret Filey,  who  was  born    in    Pennsylvania, 
Nov.  20,  1831.  Have  six  children:  Charles, 
Alexander  H.,  William,  Hattie,  Susan  Ann, 
and  Robert   C.     Came  to    Logan    Co.    in 
1837 

T7AIRBANK  ALLEN,  farmer,  Sec.  29, 
P.O.  Concord 

FAIRBANK  JOHN  B.  was  born  in 
New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  March  16,  1796. 
At  the  district  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  at  New  Ipswich  Academy,  he  obtained 
a  fair  education,  which,  on  leaving  home, 
at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  made  use  of  by 
engaging  in  teaching.  For  four  years  he 
was  principal  of  a  high  school  in  Stamford, 
Ct.,  where  he  became  acquainted  with  and 
married  Miss  Hannah  M.  Crissey,  with 
whom  he  lived  to  celebrate  their  golden 
wedding.  Soon  after  marriage  he  removed 
to  Massachusetts,  and  there  established  an 
extensive  manufactory  of  palm-leaf  hats, 
and  ladies'  straw  bonnets,  one  of  the  first 
of  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  For  the 
sale  of  the  goods  manufactured,  he  opened 
a  wholesale  store  in  New  York  City.whither 


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he  removed  in  1835,  and,  his  store  being  in 
the  immediate  vicinity,  he  was  present  as 
an  interested  and  not  idle  spectator  at  the 
great  fire  of  December  of  that  year.  In 
1837  he  removed  to  Morgan  Co.,  111.;  set- 
tling on  a  farm  on  the  north  side  of  Dia- 
mond Grove,  one  mile  south  of  Illinois 
College.  Here  he  lived  nine  years,  during 
which  time  his  older  sons  received  their 
education  at  the  college.  He  was  very  fa- 
vorably known  as  a  friend  by  the  students 
of  those  days,  many  of  them  receiving  help 
at  his  hands  in  their  time  of  need,  and  all 
having  a  cordial  welcome  at  his  hospitable 
home.  In  1846  lie  removed  to  the  now  vi- 
cinity of  Concord,  where  he  retained  his 
residence  until  the  close  of  his  life.  A 
short  time  previous  to  this  removal,  a 
church  had  been  organized  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, out  of  a  variety  of  elements  found 
in  the  region,  on  a  union  basis,  and  be- 
cause of  this  feature  of  the  organization, 
and  because  some  of  the  members  were 
from  Concord,  N.  H.,  it  received  the  name 
Concord.  With  this  church  Mr.  Fairbank, 
with  his  family,  at  once  identified  himself, 
and  at  a  cost  to  him  of  several  hundred 
dollars  over  and  above  his  subscription,  he 
built  its  first  house  of  worship.  The  build- 
ing was  located  where  Concord  now  stands, 
and  this  was  the  starting  of  the  town.  In 
1850,  in  connection  with  D.  Wilder,  his 
third  son,  Mr.  F.  opened  a  store  near  the 
church,  and  soon  after  platted  the  town, 
and  named  it  after  the  church.  When  the 
Rock  Island  and  St.Louis  R.R.was  project- 
ed, he  interested  himself  in  it  at  once,  and 
was  for  a  number  of  years  one  of  its  direc- 
tors. From  1854  to  1862,  he  acted  as 
general  agent  for  Central  Illinois,  in  the 
sale  of  McCormick's  Reaper  and  Mower, 
and  thus  formed  a  very  extensive  business 
acquaintance  throughout  this  part  of  the 
State.  Mr.  F.  was  very  decidedly  a  public 
spirited  man,  and  was  always  ready,  accord- 
ing to  his  ability,  and  indeed,  often  be- 
yond his  ability,  to  give  a  helping  hand 
in  the  furtherance  of  everything  which  had 
in  view  the  public  good,  whether  in  the 
sphere  of  civil  affairs,  education,  philan- 
thropy, or  morals.  In  early  life  he  became 
a  Christian,  and  thereafter  was  most  heart- 
ily identified  with  all  moral  reforms  and 
religious  enterprises.  While  as  yet  it  was 


an  unpopular  thing  to  do,  he  adopted 
total  abstinence  principles,  as  to  temper- 
ance, which  he  ever  uncompromisingly 
maintained,  and  his  practice  was  from  first 
to  last  in  perfect  consistency  with  the  prin- 
ciples he  advocated.  He  was  especially 
interested  in  the  cause  of  Foreign  Missions, 
to  which  he  gave  gladly  his  eldest  son  and 
a  grand-daughter,  who  had  grown  up  in 
his  home  as  his  own  child,  together  with,  a 
not  small  portion  of  his  yearly  income. 
Politically  he  was  an  old-line  Whig,  until 
the  formation  of  the  Republican  party, 
with  which  he  allied  himself  at  once,  be- 
cause of  its  advocacy  of  the  anti-slavery 
principles  he  had  always  held.  Through  a 
long  life  of  mingled  prosperity  and  adver- 
sity, in  all  relations  of  whatever  nature,  he 
ever  maintained  the  character  of  a  true 
Christian  gentleman,  and  succeeded  re- 
markably in  the  effort  that  was  always  his 
to  be  both  just  and  generous.  He  died 
June  17,  1873,  at  tne  age  °f  77>  an(l  was 
buried  in  Diamond  Grove  Cemetery,  where 
his  body  sleeps  in  a  grave  almost  in  sight 
of  his  first  Morgan  Co.  home.  In  Mr. 
Fairbank's  family  there  were  ten  children, 
five  sons  and  five  daughters.  The  latter 
all  died  in  infancy,  while  the  former  all 
grew  to  manhood  and  four  still  live.  The, 
oldest,  Rev.  Samuel  B.  Fairbank,  D.D., 
was  born  at  Stamford,  Ct.,  in  1822.  He 
graduated  from  Illinois  College,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen,  and  from  Andover  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  twenty-one.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  went  as  a  missionary  of  the 
Am.  Board,  to  India,  and  was  stationed  at 
Ahmedungger,  200  miles  east  of  Bombay, 
where  he  still  continues  to  labor,  having 
been  in  the  foreign  field  over  thirty  years. 
Before  going  out  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Abbie  Allen,  of  Oakham,  Worcester  Co., 
Mass.,  who  died  in  India,  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom,  now  Mrs.  Emma  F. 
Smith,  is  still  living,  and  is  herself  a  mis- 
sionary, being  the  wife  of  Rev.  Thomas  S. 
Smith,  of  Jaffna,  Ceylon.  He  was  married 
again  in  1856,  this  time  to  Miss  Mary  Bal- 
lantine,  daughter  of  a  missionary,  and  born 
in  India,  who  is  his  present  wife.  They 
have  seven  children  living,  three  of  whom, 
two  daughters  and  a  son,  are  in  this  coun- 
try being  educated.  James  C.  Fairbank, 
the.  second  son,  was  born  at  Oakham, 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   11   WEST. 


Mass.,  in  1825.  While  attending  Illinois 
College,  failing  health  caused  him  to  relin- 
quish his  intellectual  pursuits,  and  he  be- 
came the  home  boy  upon  the  farm,  remain- 
ing with  or  near  his  parents  until  the  fath- 
er's death,  and  still  having  the  mother 
with  him.  He  was  married  first  in  1847, 
to  Miss  Hannah  B.  Carter,  daughter  of  the 
late  Ebenezer  Carter,  and  sister  of  Wm.  C. 
Carter,  of  Jacksonville.  She  died  in  1864, 
leaving  three  children :  S.  Allen,  who  mar- 
ried Miss  Lizzie  Eldred ;  Ellen  M.,  now 
Mrs.  Milton  Matthews  ;  and  Mary  E.,  all 
of  whom  still  live  in  Morgan  Co.  He  mar- 
ried his  present  wife,  who  was  Miss  Mary 
L.  Daniels,  daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel  Dan- 
iels, of  Joy  Prairie,  in  1865,  and  they  have 
three  children.  James  C.  was  for  a  time 
in  company  with  his  brother,  D.  Wilder, 
in  the  store  at  Concord,  then  as  stock  deal- 
er and  farmer,  and  with  his  father  in  the 
machine  agency.  He  is  now  living  on  the 
home  farm,  and  is  engaged  somewhat  ex- 
tensively in  the  settlement  of  estates,  the 
guardianship  of  orphans,  and  like  trusts. 
D.  Wilder,  the  third  son,  was  born  at  Oak- 
ham,  Mass.,  April,  1829.  Because  of  fail- 
ing health  when  in  college,  he  too  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  his  studies  and  to 
give  up  the  expectation  of  entering  the 
ministry.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
engaged  in  teaching,  then  in  company 
with  his  father,  and  after,  with  his  brother, 
James  C.,  in  the  Concord  store,  in  the 
stock  business  and  farming,  and  in  the  ma- 
chine agency.  In  1870  he  opened  his  agri- 
cultural implement  store  in  Jacksonville, 
where  he  now  resides.  He  married  in  1850, 
Sarah  Epler,  daughter  of  the  late  John 
Epler,  of  Cass  Co.,  and  sister  of  Judge 
Cyrus  Epler,  of  Morgan.  They  have  three 
children,  the  oldest  of  whom,  Evelyn  H.,  is 
now  the  wife  of  Prof.  Geo.  W.  Brown,  jr., 
of  the  Jacksonville  Business  College.  John 
B.  Fairbank,  jr.,  the  fourth  son,  was  born 
Sept.  6,  1831,  inOakham,  Mass.  He  grad- 
uated from  Illinois  College  in  1857,  and 
from  Union  Theo.  Seminary,  New  York, 
in  1860.  He  entered  at  once  into  the  Con- 
gregational ministry,  beginning  his  work  at 
Marengo  and  Garden  Prairie,  111.,  and 
continuing  it  at  Monroe  and  Fox  Lake,  in 
Wisconsin,  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  where  he 
remained  four  years,  and  at  Fort  Wayne, 


Ind.,  where  he  preached  five  years.  He 
is  now  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church 
of  Farmington,  Fulton  Co.,  111.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Emily  P.  Mack,  sister  of 
Rev.  Joseph  A.  Mack,  in  May,  1859. 
She  died  in  June,  1860,  leaving  a  son,  Her- 
bert A.,  who  is  now  in  Illinois  College. 
To  Miss  Ruth  A.  Boyce,  of  Brooklyn, Wis., 
his  present  wife,  he  was  married  in  1863. 
They  have  three  children  now  living — two 
sons  and  a  daughter.  Edward  B.  Fair- 
bank,  the  fifth  son,  was  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  May,  1841,  and  died  at  Concord,  Sept. 
1863,  aged  twenty-two.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  rare  social  and  business  qualities, 
and  earnest  Christian  principles,  and  gave 
promise  of  a  worthy  future.  His  early 
death,  which  seemed  untimely,  was 
mourned  by  all  who  knew  him,  for  he  was 
held  in  high  esteem.  All  of  the  sons  of 
Mr.  Fairbank  have  been,  at  some  time, 
connected  with  Illinois  College,  all  have 
followed  his  example  in  engaging  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent  in  teaching,  all  early 
united  with  the  church,  all  have  been  from 
their  youth  absolute  teetotallers,  and  all 
have  received  and  held  the  confidence  of 
their  fellow  men 

Farmer  James,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Concord 
Felson  John  M.  farmer,  Sec.  29,   P.O.  Con- 
cord 
Filson  William  True,  farmer,   Sec.  29.  P.O. 

Concord 

Finch  John  Thomas,  farmer,  Concord 
Fogle  William  A.  preacher,  Concord 
Funk  Martin  D.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

/CADDIS  THOMAS,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O. 

i  j 

Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Gish  Franklin,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Goodpasture  Abraham,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Concord 

Goodpasture  John,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Goodpasture  John  J.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Concord 

Grime  James,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Concord 

Grum  James,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 


TJAILEY    GEORGE,   farmer,    Sec.    19, 
•n-      P.O.  Concord 


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Hailey  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Concord 

Hailey  William  R.  cooper,  Concord 

Ham  Willis  C.  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Concord 

Harris  John  Rev.,  Concord 

Hatfield  William,  plasterer,  Concord 

Henderson  Amos,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Arcadia 

Henderson  James  F.   farmer,   Sec.   24,    P.O. 

Arcadia 

Henderson  N.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Henderson  Silas,  farmer,  Sec.  31.  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Henderson  Stephen,   farmer,    Sec.    12,   P.O. 

Arcadia 
Henderson    Thomas,    farmer,    Sec.  23,   P.O. 

Concord 
Henderson   William,    farmer,   Sec.    24,   P.O. 

Arcadia 
Hennessey  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Hoover  George,  farmer,   Sec.  30,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Hunting   George,    farm   hand,  Sec.    2,   P.O. 

Arcadia 
Hustan  Howard,  farmer,  Sec.  20,   P.O.  Con- 

cord 

JOY  CHARLOTTE,  widow  Sylvester,  Sec. 
30,  P.O.  Jacksonville 

Joy  John  B.  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Concord 
Jordan  Daniel  P.  farmer,   Sec.  15,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Jordan  W.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jackson- 

ville 

Jordan  W.  S.  farmer,   Sec.  25,  P.O,  Jackson- 
ville 


AYWOOD  JOHN,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O. 


Concord 

Kelly  Frank,   farm  hand,  P.O.  Concord 
Kershaw  James,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Kershaw  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Kinney  Major,  farmer,    Sec.  29,    P.O.  Con- 

cord 

T    AUGHARY    JESSE,    farmer,    Sec.    15, 

*-*     P.O.  Concord 

Laughary  John,  farmer,   Sec.  15,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
Laughery  John,  jr.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 

Laughery  Marion,  farmer,  Concord 
Leiber  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 


Leonard  J.  J.  H.  carpenter,  Concord 
Leonard  Levina,  widow  Abraham,  Concord 
Leonard  Perry  R.  teacher,  Concord 
Lewis  Joseph,  farmer.  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Concord 
Liles  Marrion  F.  farmer,  Sec.   24,   P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Liles   Marlon    B.  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 
Liles  Mary,  widow  Burt,   farm,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 

Arcadia 
Lippert    Herrmann,    farmer,    Sec.    18,    P.O. 

Concord 

Liter  Abraham,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Concord 
Long  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

LONG  JACOB,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Jacksonville;  was  born  March  3,  1812,  in 
Granger  County,  East  Tennessee,  seven 
miles  from  Rutledge ;  married  Nov.  n, 
1833  to  Melvina  Bridgeman ;  had  nine 
children:  Martha,  now  Mrs.  John  Malli- 
coat;  John  Wesley,  Hezekiah,  Mary,  now 
Mrs.  F.  Gish;  William,  Henry,  Eliza,  now 
Mrs.  George  Leonard;  Frederick,  and  Al- 
doney,  who  is  dead :  his  wife  died  in  1854; 
married  again  in  1857,  to  Mary  Stabler  ; 
had  two  children  by  her,  Thomas  Jefferson, 
and  Nancy;  his  second  wife  died  in  Oct. 
1867  ;  married  agai:i  Aug.  i,  1869,  to  Mrs. 
James  Gish,  her  maiden  name  was  Comfort 
Gish,  born  Sept.  4,  1819,  in  Kentucky  ;  he 
was  raised  in  Tennessee,  farming  most  of 
the  time ;  he  carried  the  government  mail 
from  Knoxville  to  Bruntsville  Va.,  nine 
years  and  two  months,  and  lost  but  two 
trips ;  he  came  to  this  county  in  1856  ;  he 
enlisted  Aug.  13,  1862,  in  the  xoist  Reg. 
Co.  B,  and  was  honorably  discharged  April 
10,  1863  ;  he  was  taken  prisoner  at  Holly 
Springs  while  standing  guard  at  the  gov- 
ernment stables  ;  while  a  prisoner,  he  was 
at  times  three  or  four  days  without  any 
thing  to  eat,  and  slept  out  on  the  wet  ground; 
he  was  taken  with  quick  consumption  and 
rheumatism,  from  which  he  is  now  suffer- 
ing ;  he  draws  a  pension  in  consequence 
Long  James  H.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Concord 
Long  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Concord 
Long  William,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Concord 
Long  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Loughary  Arthur,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 


TOWN   16   NORTH  EANGE   11  WEST. 


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IV/TALLICOAT  JAMES,   farmer,  Sec.  3, 

*•**•     P.O.  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Mallicoat  William,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Martin  Maria,  widow,  Concord 

Martin  Mary,  widow,  farm,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Martin  Samuel  H.  pastor  M.  E.  Church,  Con- 
cord 

Mathews  Milton  O.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Concord 

Matz  George,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Concord 

McCarthy  George  A.  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

McCarthy  Michael,  farmer,  Sec.  II.  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

McFadden  David,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

McFadden  John,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

McFadden  M.  widow  John.  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Moody  Thomas  H.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Morgan  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Morrison  James  B.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Morrison  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Concord 

MOSS  BENJAMIN  F.  merchant, 
P.O.Concord,  born  in  Bedford  Co.,  Tennes- 
see, Jan.  13,  1822;  married  Oct  12, 
1848,  to  Miss  Martha  A.  Martin,  born  in 
Woodford  Co.,  Kentucky,  March  13,  1829  ; 
had  three  children  :  Francis  Adrian,  born 
March  7,  1850,  died  April  14,  1850;  Oscar. 
May  20,  1851,  died  Aug.  9.  1858;  Edward 
R.,  Aug.  9,  1861,  died  Aug.  25,  1864.  He 
came  to  this  county  in  November  1827; 
went  to  Platt  Co.,  Missouri,  about  1840, 
prospecting  and  farming  for  three  ye  irs; 
came  back  here  in  1843,  farming  with  his 
father  till  1848,  then  went  to  Peoria,  learn- 
ing the  carpenter  trade,  which  he  followed 
two  years  ;  then  moved  to  Farmington,  en- 
gaged in  the  "  endless  pump  and  chain  " 
business.  In  1858,  he  moved  back  to  Con- 
cord, and  in  1860  moved  to  Meredosia ;  in 
1862  he  again  came  back  here;  Aug.  22, 
of  that  year  he  enlisted  in  the  loist  111. 
Regt.,  Co.  B.  He  was  captured,  with  part 
of  his  regiment,  at  Holly  Springs,  Miss., 
Dec.  20  ;  paroled  and  sent  to  Benton  Bar- 
racks and  exchanged  June  20,  1863,  rejoin- 


ing his  regiment  and  skirmishing  in  West- 
ern Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  thence  to 
Bridgeport,  Ala.,  Chattanooga,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle- of  Mission  Ridge, 
under  Gen.  Howard ;  thence  to  Knoxville, 
Chattanooga,  wintering  at  Bridgeport,  Ala. 
Broke  camp  May  2,  1864,  to  Chattanooga, 
and  from  there  started  on  the  "  march 
through  Georgia."  His  regiment  was  in 
the  Twentieth  Corps,  under  Hooker;  was 
in  the  battles  of  Resaca,  Burnt  Hickory, 
and  Peach  Tree  Creek.  Was  wounded 
July  25,  1864,  in  the  second  line  of  works 
before  Atlanta,  losing  his  leg,  which  was 
amputated  at  the  hospital  at  Nashville ; 
then  came  back  to  Concord,  engaging  in 
the  mercantile  business.  His  wife  was  ap- 
pointed postmistress  in  April,  1867,  he 
acting  as  deputy,  and  attending  to  all  the 
duties  of  the  office.  He  was  elected  justice 
of  the  peace  in  November,  1865,  imme- 
diately alter  his  return  from  the  war, 
serving  two  terms,  after  which  he  declined 
the  nomination.  He  entered  in  his  com- 
pany a  private  in  the  ranks,  and  was 
promoted  corporal ;  he  was  discharged  June 
27,  1865 

Moss  George  N.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Moss  George  W.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Moss  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Moss  Jonathan,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

MOSS  JOHN  B.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Jacksonville,  born  in  Bedford  Co.,  W. 
Tennessee,  July  16,  i816,  married  April  n, 
1839,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Standley.  born  in 
West  Tennessee,  June  29,  1820;  has  had 
nine  children  :  Sarah,  born  Jan.  14,  1840, 
now  Mrs.  I.  N.  Smith  ;  Mary  Ann,  Oct.  9, 
1841;  Robert,  March  4,  1844;  Richard  F., 
Dec.  29,  1846;  Thomas  Jefferson,  June  18, 
1849;  Elizabeth  Jane,  Oct.  n,  1851,  now 
Mrs.  Joseph  Hoff ;  Edgar,  Sept.  n,  1854, 
died  May,  1860;  John  Anderson,  July  23, 
1857  ;  William  Oliver,  Dec.  22,  1862.  He 
was  raised  in  Tennessee  ;  came  to  Morgan 
Co.  November,  1827.  His  wife's  parents 
came  here  in  1821,  making  them  the  oldest 
settlers  in  this  township.  He  served  rtvo 
terms  as  school  director  in  District  No.  5, 
and  supervisor  of  roads  two  terms.  He 


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has  always  been  a  democrat,  but  at  present 

indorses  the  greenback  party.     His  father 

'  was  born  in  South  Carolina  in  1794,  and 

served  in  the  war  of  1812 
Moss  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Moss  Thomas  J.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Murphy  Charles  W.  farmer,  Concord 
Murphy  Geo.  W.  Rev.  Concord 
Mulligan  Nancy  C.  wid.  Samuel,  Concord 
Murphy  Franklin  P.  farmer,  Concord 
Muss  Francis  M.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

MYERS  FERDINAND,  farmer,  Sec. 
26,  P.O.  Jacksonville,  was  born  in  Baden, 
Germany,  Jan.  26,  1841.  His  parents  left 
Germany  in  1853,  and  came  to  this  county 
in  1856.  Was  married  Sept.  26,  1867,  to 
Miss  Mary  Hickman,  who  was  born  in 
England,  July  7. 1842.  No  children.  She 
came  here  when  but  oae  year  old,  with  her 
parents.  In  1867  he  went  to  Missouri,  and 
bought  160  acres;  farmed  it  till  1868,  then 
rented  his  farm  and  came  back  here  to  farm 
his  father's  land 

OAY  JOHN  B.  farmer,  Sec.  27, 
•*-^-  P.O.  Waverly,  was  born  in  Van  Buren 
Co.,  Iowa;  Sept.  17,  1838  ;  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Johnson,  March  16,  1859;  she  was 
born  Jan.  6,  1840,  in  this  county,  near 
Arcadia.  Had  two  children :  Martha  J. 
was  born  March  31,  1862,  died  Dec.  n, 
1867,  and  living,  Louise  B.,  born  May  7, 
1860.  He  came  to  Morgan  Co.  Feb.  I, 
1851.  Always  been  engaged  in  farming 
since  he  was  a  boy.  He  first  came  to  Ar- 
cadia, where  he  was  raised,  then  went  to 
Sangamon  Co.  the  first  year  after  his  mar- 
riage. Moved  back  to  Arcadia,  renting 
there  seven  years ;  then  went  to  Mason 
Co.  in  1865,  building  there  on  wild  prairi 
he  had  bought ;  in  1869,  he  sold  out  and 
came  to  the  present  place  of  120  acres,  on 
which  he  has  built  a  beautiful  dwelling  ; 
he  also  owns  240  acres  in  Kansas,  which 
he  bought  in  1869.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ray  are  active  members  of  the  M.  E. 
Church 

Myers  Valentine,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

•JVT  EWTON    SAMUEL,   farmer,    Sec.  20, 
•^    P.O.  Concord 


Nicholl  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 
North  Charles  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Con- 

cord 


JOHN,  farm   hand,  Sec.  ir,  P.O. 
^^^   Concord 
Ogle  John  B.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Concord 

OARK  ELIJAH   H.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O. 

Jacksonville 

Park  Jas.  A.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jacksonville 
Park   Robert  Y.  farmer,  Sec.  35,   P.O.  Jack- 

sonville 
Peters  William  W.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Ar- 

cadia 


Q 


UINN  MICHAEL,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P. 
O.  Arcadia 


T3  ATLIFF  RICHARD,  farmer,   Sec.  28, 

*^  P.O.  Concord 

Rentschler  George,  retired  farmer,  Sec.  19, 
P.O.  Concord 

RENTSCHLER  GEORGE  W. 
farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Concord ;  born  on 
Sec.  19,  this  township,  Nov.  24,  1837; 
married  Jan.  14,  1862,  to  Miss  Lucretia 
Henderson,  born  in  this  county  Nov.  18, 
1842;  had  seven  children:  Edwin  Ros- 
well,  born  Jan.  19,  1863,  died  Sept.  27, 
1866  ;  Sila  Grant,  July  8,  1865  ;  William 
Henry,  March  12, 1868,  died  May  16,  1868  ; 
George  Stephen,  March  7,  1869  ;  Ellen 
R.  Sept.  28,  1871;  Arthur,  Feb.  5,  1874, 
died  March  10,  1874,  and  Franklin  M. 
Feb.  3,  1875  ;  he  commenced  farming  for 
himself  in  1862  till  '65,  then  went  to  Ma- 
con  Co.,  bought  a  farm  of  160  acres,  sold 
that  in  1865,  coming  back  here,  where  he 
is  now  farming  on  the  old  homestead, 
owning  265  acres,  and  160  acres  in  Scott 
Co.  ;  on  one  of  the  coldest  days  in  January, 
1856,  he  was  hauling  timber  for  the  M.  E. 
Protestant  Church  from  Beardstown  ;  in 
coming  back  the  same  day,  when  half  a 
mile  from  Arenzville,  the  horses  were 
frightened  and  ran  off;  unable  to  hold  them, 
he  jumped  off,  but  fell  between  the  wheels, 
the  hind  wheel  passing  over  his  body,  ren- 
dering him  insensible  ;  the  noise  the  team 
made  attracted  the  attention  of  the  black- 
smith of  Arenzville,  who,  seeing  them,  fore- 
boded ill,  and  went  in  search  of  him  im- 
mediately, found  him  sitting  on  a  stump  in 


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a  stupefied  condition  ;  he  had  him  brought 
home,  but  he  was  unable  to  work  for  two 
months;  had  it  not  been  for  the  kindly  as- 
sistance he  would  have  perished  ;  his  father, 
George  Rentschler  has  retired  from  active 
life,  is  living  with  him  now  ;  he  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  Oct.  8,  1795;  married  to 
Sarah  Miller  in  1817,  who  died  in  1824; 
had  three  children  by  her ;  all  dead  ;  mar- 
ried again  in  the  latter  part  of  1824,  to 
Catharine  Zerby,  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
Oct.  26,  1805 ;  had  seven  children,  four 
living:  Elizabeth,  now  Mrs.  J.  C.  Valen- 
tine ;  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  L.  Fredlander ; 
George  W.  and  Jacob  ;  he  left  Pennsylva- 
nia and  came  to  the  present  place  in  1837  ; 
has  been  farming  and  milling  ;  he  recollects 
one  incident,  especially  of  1839,  showing 
the  abundance  of  game ;  he  was  coming 
home  from  Arenzville  in  the  forenoon 
hauling  rail,  a  large  deer  stood  in  the  road, 
the  horses  became  frightened  and  would 
not  advance,  the  old  buck  looked  at  him 
unconcernedly  for  some  minutes,  then 
quietly  went  into  the  brush ;  he  saw  one 
morning  a  gang  of  twenty-seven  deer  in 
front  of  his  house  grazing;  the  wolves  were 
so  numerous  that  they  kept  them  awake 
nights  by  their  howling,  and  got  so  fierce 
that  they  attacked  his  dog  in  the  yard,  and 
•had  he  not  gone  out  to  his  rescue,  the  dog 
would  have  been  eaten  up. 

Rexnxit  Lewis,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Concord 

Rice  John  D.  farmer,  Concord 

Richardson  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Rife  Robert,  farmer.  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Concord 

Ring  William,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Concord 

Roach  Charles,  painter.  Concord 

Roach  James,  farmer,  Concord 

Roberts  Frank  L.  teacher,  Concord 

Rubart  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Concord 

Runnyon  A.  J.  fanner,  Concord 

C ANDERS    CHARLES    J.    farmer,    Sec. 

^     20,  P.O.  Concord 

Sanders  James  J.  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Schillinger  John,  farmer,   Sec.  20,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Stewart     Franklin,     farmer,      Sec.    9,    P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Stewart  Frank,  farmer,   Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 
I  2 


Stewart  George,   farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville. Cass  Co. 

Stewart  Gottfried,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

SHREWSBURY  GEORGE  W. 
merchant,  Concord;  born  in  Morgan  Co., 
Jan.  8,  1844;  married  Dec.  3.  1876,  to  Miss 
Martha  Bridgeman,  who  was  born  in  Con- 
cord, March  10,  1852;  he  was  raised  on  his 
father's  farm,  three  miles  north  of  Concord; 
after  his  father's  death  in  1863,  he  man- 
aged it  till  1871;  then  spent  the  winter 
with  his  sister  in  Kentucky,  and  the  fol- 
lowing summer  with  his  brother-in-law 
near  Decatur,  111.;  in  1872  he  went  into 
partnership  with  L.  G.  Wallich,  of  Arenz- 
ville, in  the  furniture  trade,  but  the  busi- 
ness not  meeting  his  expectations,  he  sold 
out,  going  back  once  more  to  his  birth- 
place, staying  there  till  1874,  when  he 
came  to  Concord,  clerking  for  Pence  &  Co. 
six  months,  then  admitted  junior  partner 
in  the  firm,  remaining  such  till  Feb.  1876; 
buying  them  out,  he  continued  the  business 
in  which  he  is  engaged  at  the  present  time 
SILCOX  JAMES  H.  farmer,  Sec.  23, 
P.O.  Concord;  was  born  in  Jacksonville, 
Nov.  26,  1834;  married,  Jan.  18,  1857,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Gish,  born  in  Iowa,  May 
26,  1843;  had  eight  children:  David  Henry, 
July  2,  1858,  died  1862;  Charles  Franklin, 
Oct.  25,  1862;  William  Edward.  Nov.  23, 
1864;  Robert  Lincoln,  Jan.  24,  1866;  Jane 
Isabelle,  Oct.  18,  1 868;  Chester  Florence, 
Feb.  28,  1871;  Lilly  May,  Jan.  14,  1875; 
James  Henry,  Feb.  4,  1878;  from  seventeen 
to  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  was  work- 
ing by  the  month;  then  commenced  trad- 
ing horses  and  cattle,  and  during  the  war 
bought  his  present  place,  having  made  it 
out  of  his  trading;  in  1874,  Frank  Roberts, 
James  Snyder,  and  himself  built  a  mill;  in 
1875  he  and  Snyder  bought  out  Roberts, 
and  in  1876  he  bought  the  whole  interest, 
making  money  in  it  till  it  was  burned 
down;  during  the  war  he  was  deputy  pro- 
vost marshal  at  Beardstown 
Smart  Samuel  V.  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Smith  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Arcadia 
Smith  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Concord    - 
Smith  James  A.  farmer,  Sec.  1 6,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 
Smith  L.  B.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Concord 


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Smith  Peter,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

Smith  Mary,  wid.  John,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

SMITH  WILEY,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Arcadia;  born  in  Tennessee,  Oct.  30,  1828; 
married  Sept.  29,  1859,  to  Miss  Jane 
Standley,  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Dec.  15, 
1840;  had  five  children:  Mary  Catherine, 
Sept.  3,  1861;  an  infant,  Oct.  30,  1866, 
died  in  infancy;  Esther  Rosetta,  April  4, 
1869;  Charles  H.,  Nov.  9,  1872;  Clarinda 
O.,  April  9,  1877;  his  father  came  here  in 
1834,  was  taken  sick,  and  was  on  a  sick 
bed  for  eight  years,  consequently  he  had  to 
plow  with  what  was  called  the  Carey  plow, 
when  but  seven  years  old;  they,  like  all  the 
old  settlers,  came  here  without  any  money, 
and  he  worked  as  hard  as  any  grown  man, 
from  early  boyhood,  but  by  dint  of  perse- 
verance and  courage,  has  become  indepen- 
dent; is  one  of  the  "  self-made  men  "  of  the 
times;  in  1860  he  bought  his  present  place 
of  115  acres;  he  has  been  two  terms  super- 
visor of  roads,  and  was  elected  April 
(1877)  school  director  of  District  No.  I.; 
politically  he  has  always  been  a  Democrat; 
his  father  was  born  in  S.  Carolina  1805, 
and  died  here  May  24,  1875;  his  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Moss,  who 
was  born  in  1806;  died  here  May  23,  1874 

Smith  William,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Arcadia 

Smith  William,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

SMITH  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  24, 
P.O.  Jacksonville;  born  in  Wilson  County, 
Kentucky,  Dec.  n,  1814;  married  Sept.  9, 
1843,  to  Sarah  Ann  Vanderbilt;  had  one 
child,  James  A.,  born  Sept.  6,  1845;  his 
wife  died  the  same  vear,  at  the  age  of  20; 
married  again  Sept.  9,  1852,  to  Mrs.  Nancy 
Ratliff;  her  maiden  name  was  Rubart;  born 
Aug.  11,  1825,  in  Sangamon  County;  had 
eight  children:  Elizabeth,  born  March  5, 
1855,  died  1873;  Sarah  Allen,  Aug,  17, 
1858,  now  Mrs.  F.  Long;  Douglas,  Aug. 
16,  1861;  Catharine,  Oct.  27,  1863,  died 
in  1867;  Nancy  Ann,  Aug.  29,  1866,  died 
Aug.  22,  1869;  his  parents  moved  to  Mis- 
souri in  1826;  he  came  to  this  county  in 
1836;  he  here  learned  the  house  carpenter 
trade,  and  worked  at  it  in  Cass,  Morgan, 
Brown,  and  some  in  Scott  Co.;  the  last 
carpentering  he  did  was  in  1849,  in  Brown 


C'ounty;  then  bought  a  farm  near  Concord 
and  commenced  fanning,  which  he  has  fol- 
lowed since  then;  Mr.  Smith  joined  the 
M.  E.  church  at  Concord  in  1842;  in  1860 
he  joined  the  Methodist  P.  church,  and  has 
been  an  active  member  of  that  church 
since;  Mr.  Smith  has  been  school  director 
for  20  years,  and  is  at  present  school  direc- 
tor of  Dist.  No.  i;  since  the  Murphy  move- 
ment he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  it, 
and  holds  the  position  of  chaplain  in  Dist. 
No.  I 

Sorrells  George,  farm  hand,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Concord 

Stadley  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  7,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Stadley  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Stanley  Richard,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Jack- 
sonville 

Steinkuehler  Henry, farmer, Sec.  8,  P.O.Con- 
cord 

'"TAYLOR    DAVID    H.    farmer,  Sec.  23, 

.  -*•     P.O.  Concord 

Taylor  Ernest,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 

THOMPSON  JOHN  M.  farmer,  Sec. 
27,  P.O.  Concord;  born  in  Ross  County, 
Ohio,  in  September,  1816;  married  Oct.  2, 
1840,  to  Miss  Harriet  A.  Pitner,  born  in 
Tennessee,  near  Nashville,  Aug.  30,  1819; 
had  eight  children,  four  dead:  Elizabeth 
Jane,  born  Oct.  3,  1841 ,  died  July  1 1,  1847; 
William  Henry,  Aug.  10,  1843;  Oswell 
Thomas,  Nov.  2,  1845,  died  July  25,  1847; 
Martha  Ellen,  March  5,  1848;  Robert 
Guthery,  Sept.  8,  1850;  James  Newton, 
Sept.,  1853,  died  Dec.  10,  1855;  Charles 
Washington,  Oct.  8,  1855;  John  Franklin, 
Sept.  18,  1858,  died  Feb.  23,  1865;  he 
came  to  this  county  March  15,  1826, 
locating  three  miles  north  of  North 
Prairie;  owns  220  acres,  value  $15,000 

Thorndyke  James  Joy,  retired  physician.  Con- 
cord 

Thrasher  A.  Alfred,  prin.  Concord  school, 
boards  Mulligan  house,  Concord 

Troll  Henry  D.  farmer,  Sec.  18.  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

True  Frank  L.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

True  Lyman  W.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 


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True  John  S.  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P.O.  Concord 

Turley  Cornelius,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Turley  Douglas,  farm  hand,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Concord 

Turley  Howard,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

Turley  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Ar- 
cadia 

TTDELL   JAMES    E.  wagonmaker,  Con- 
cord 

WALENTINE    JACOB,     R.R.  employe, 

Concord 

Valentine  John  C.  farmer,  Concord 
VanWey  Ira,  farmer, Concord 

VET"  ATKINS  SAMUEL,  farmer,   Sec.  10, 
*  *     P.O.  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Wells  Jackson,  farm  hand,  Sec.  21.  P.O.Con- 
cord 

Wilkei  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Wilkei  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Concord 

Williamson  John  S.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Williamson  William  H.  farmer.  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Jacksonville 

Wiswell  James,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

WHORTON  JOSEPH  W.  retired, 
P.O.  Concord  ;  born  in  Nicholas  Co.,  Ky., 
Jan.  19,  1826;  married  March  20,  1852,  to 
Miss  Ruthana  Patterson,  born  in  Clark 
Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  24,  1831;  had  two  children  : 
John  A.,  born  June  6,1853 — is  living; 
came  to  Morgan  County  in  1830;  they  had 
to  live  in  a  little  cabin, 'sixteen  feet  square, 
with  his  uncle's  family  that  winter,  on  ac- 
count of  the  fearful  snow,  his  fathei  not  be- 
ing able  to  build  a  cabin  ;  he  was  farming 
up  to  1854.  then  keeping  the  Union  hotel 
at  Bethel;  in  1853.  he  was  elected  constable 
on  the  old-line  Whig  ticket,  and  served  till 
1861,  when  he  resigned;  in  1856,  he  rented 
his  hotel.  He  enlisted  Aug.  n.  1862,  in 
the  loist  111.  Regt.,  Co.  B;  at  Cairo  he 
was  detailed  to  the  hospital,  and  acted  as 
wardmaster-general  for  one  year ;  went 
with  his  regiment  to  Chattanooga  latter 
part  of  1863,  wintering  at  Bridgeport,  Ala., 
till  May;  was  in  the  spring  campaign 
under  Sherman,  and  wounded  in  the 
second  engagement  at  Resaca  in  three 


places,  left  arm,  right  side  and  left 
thigh,  May,  14,  1864,  losing  the  use  of  the 
arm;  discharged  Oct.  14,  1864;  came  back 
here  and  elected  justice  of  the  peace  that 
fall,  and  held  the  office  for  thirteen  years: 
this  fall  he  resigned,  retiring  to  a  private 
life.  He  drove  every  stake  in  the  survey 
of  Concord,  taking  a  lively  interest  in  its 
welfare 

Wobbe  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Concord 

Wobbe  Henry  William,  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O. 
Concord 

Wolfe  George,  farmer,  Concord 

WOOD  WILLIAM,  farmer,  P.O.  Con- 
cord; born  Lancashire,  Eng.,  March  14, 
1840;  married  Sept.  4,  1866,  to  Miss  Mar- 
garet J.  Sims,  born  Morgan  County,  Jan. 
29,  1843;  have  five  children  ;  James  Cor- 
nelius, born  June  23,  1867;  Lucy  Ann, 
March  31,  1869 ;  Arthur,  Dec.  6,  1872 ; 
Harry  Clifford,  Feb.  17,  1873  ;  Robert 
Vivian,  Sept.  6,  1875.  His  parents  came 
to  this  country  in  1842,  settling  in  Cass 
County;  he  was  raised  on  the  line  of  Cass 
and  Morgan.  In  1858,  he  left  his  parents, 
coming  to  this  county;  buying  and  selling 
horses  till  the  war  broke  out;  he  enlisted, 
Aug.  I,  1861,  in  the  1st  Regt.  Mo.  Cavalry, 
Co.  I. ;  was  private  in  his  company  six 
months,  then  was  detailed  as  battalion 
wagonmaster;  was  also  detailed  in  the  U.S. 
detective  service  ;  he  remained  in  the  army 
till  the  war  closed,  and  since  which  time 
has  been  living  in  Concord 

Woodward  A.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Jackson- 
ville 

WAKE  LEWIS,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P  O.  Con- 
1  cord 

VERBY  JARED,  station  agent  and 
telegraph  operator,  Concord  ;  was  born 
in  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct  15,  1847  ;  came  to 
this  county  in  1852  ;  in  1866  he  went  into 
partnership  with  his  brothers  John  and  A. 
H  ,  in  the  nursery  business  ;  he  also  had  an 
interest  in  a  store  in  Concord  the  same 
time;  one  year,  when  the  nursery  business 
was  at  its  height,  they  sold  $16,000  of 
hedge  plants  in  a  radius  of  two  hundred 

*  miles ;  John's  death  and  the  panic  forced 
him  out  of  business.  In  1869,  he  learned 
telegraphing,  and  four  months  from  that 
time  he  got  charge  of  Browning,  111,  his 
first  station  ;  since  then  he  has  held  sta- 


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tions  between  St.  Louis  and  Browning,  on 
the  St.  Louis  division  of  the  C.,  B.  &  Q. 
R.R.;  on  the  Chicago,  Alton  and  St.  Louis 
road  and  on  the  Iron  Mountain,  he  was 


stationed  at  Poplar  Bluffs,  Butler  Co.,  Mo,; 
he  was  transferred  to  his  present  station 
here  December,  1877 


CONCORD     BUSINESS     CARD. 


SHREWSBURY  HOTEL,  George 
Shrewsbury,  proprietor.  The  only  hotel  in 
Concord  ;  has  been  lately  newly  refitted 


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A  NDBE    MATHIAS   FRANK- 

'  LIN,  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  9, 

P.O.  Meredosia;  Dem.;  Meth.  Episcopal; 
born  in  France,  province  of  Mon  Saint 
Martin,  Feb.  13,  1833  ;  left  France  at  the 
age  of  sixteen,  in  1849  '>  coming  to  this 
country,  he  engaged  to  work  for  Mr. 
Blakely,  in  Erie  County  ;  the  first  year  he 
received  $7  a  month,  and  the  second  year 
$10 ;  this  included  board  and  lodging ;  he 
then  went  to  Wisconsin,  and  engaged  to 
work  in  the  Menomonee  River  pineries, 
receiving  a  salary  of  $24  a  month,  includ- 
ing board  and  lodging  ;  here  he  remained 
six  months ;  he  left  this  work  in  1852  ;  on 
his  way  to  this  county  he  stopped  in  Chi- 
cago a  little  over  one  month  ;  finally  made 
his  home  in  Morgan  County ;  engaged  to 
work  by  the  month  for  Mr.  Dempsey,  for 
whom  he  worked  nine  months;  then  worked 
or  Mr.  David  Geiger  three  months  ;  then 
worked  two  years  for  Mr.  L.  D.  Graham, 
an  old  settler;  married  Dec.  8;  1858,10 
Elizabeth  Amanda,  daughter  of  Mr.  Gra- 
ham ;  his  present  farm  contains  i?>i% 
acres — 75  acres  he  received  from  his  father- 
in-law —  purchasing  the  balance  from  time 
to  time  ;  one-half  of  his  land  is  improved, 
and  his  house,  a  fine  two- story  frame,  was 
built  in  1877.  They  have  five  chil- 
dren living:  Linda  Florence,  born  Dec. 
21,  1859;  Roland  Lee,  born  Feb.  5,  1861  ; 
Milton  Henry,  born  June  20,  1867;  Harriet 
Virginia,  born  Aug.  26,  1873  ;  George  Ber- 
tram, born  May  18,  1876.  Lost  six  chil- 
dren :  Charles  Franklin,  born  Aug.  13, 
1862,  died  June  15,  1870;  William  Eddie, 
born  July  30,  1864,  died  June  17,  1870; 
Martha  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  7,  1865,  died 
Sept.  15,  1866;  Albert  Mathias  and  John 
Aldon,  twins,  born  Sept.  21,  1869  ;  Albert 
Mathias  died  Aug.  10,  1870,  John  Aldon 
died  June  2,  1870;  Lizzie  Bell,  born  Dec. 
7,  1865,  died  Oct.  3.  1873;  his  wife  was 
born  at  the  residence  of  her  father,  now 
standing  at  the  foot  of  the  bluffs  on  Sec.  8. 
His  children  were  all  born  at  his  present 


house.  Mr.  A.'s  father,  John,  was  born 
about  1796,  and  served  twelve  or  thirteen 
years  under  Napoleon,  the  great  French 
emperor  ;  he  first  served  as  drummer  boy ; 
his  wife  was  Susan  Waltsin 

Anke  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Arlis  John,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Aufdemkamp  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Bethel 

T3AILEY  ELIZABETH,  widow  Abraham, 
Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Baker  Joseph  W.  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Bethel 

Bayless  John  E.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Concord 

Berghaus  J.  W.  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Berkhiser  William  H.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Concord 

Berry  Charles,  coal  miner,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

Blauford  James  C.  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Bonnett  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Brazil  David,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Breidersein  Andrew,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Breneng  John  H.,  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

BRIDGEMAN  WIL.L.IAM  H., 
farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Arenzville;  dem.;  lib.; 
born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Sept.  15,  1852;  mar- 
ried Feb.  n,  1874,  to  Louisa  Dunn,  born 
in*  Cass  Co.,  111.,  March  6,  1854.  They 
have  two  children  :  Ida  Matilda,  born  May 
18,  1876 ;  Laura,  Aug.  24,  1877.  His 
father,  Franklin  B.,  was  born  in  Virginia. 
His  grandfather,  Hezekiah  B.,  is  now  living 
in  the  Village  of  Concord,  111.  Mr.  W.  H. 
B.  is  now  starting  into  farming  on  the 
primitive  plan,  having  a  cabin  in  the  woods, 
and  living  in  the  good  old  plan  of  early 
beginners.  At  present  he  farms  only  20 
acres.  His  cabin  is  in  what  is  termed  The 
Bluffs  in  this  township 


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Brockhaus  Harmpn  G.,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Concord 

Brockhaus  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Bethel 

Brockhaus   John    H.,  farmer,   Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Brockhaus  John   W.,  farmer,  Sec.  24,   P.O. 
Concord 

Brockhaus  Sophia,   widow  Barney,  Sec.  34, 
P.O.  Bethel 

Brockhaus  William  H.,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O. 
Bethel 

"Brockhaus  William  H.,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O. 
Concord 

Brown  George,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

BRYANT  ALPHEUS,  farmer,  Sec. 
19,  P.O.  Meredosia ;  greenback  party, 
formerly  republican ;  liberal  in  religion. 
Born  April  n,  1812,  in  Middlebury,  Addi- 
son  Co.,  Vt.;  left  there  about  1847;  occu- 
pation at  this  time  farming;  then  went  to 
Worcester,  Mass.,  and  engaged  in  the 
trade  of  making  iron  work  on  cotton 
machines;  after  eighteen  months'  service 
he  got  $2.25  a  day.  It  was  always  sup- 
posed he  had  worked  at  this  trade  before, 
he  succeeded  so  well.  Worked  here  five 
years.  In  1852  he  farmed  in  different 
counties  in  New  York;  then  went  to  Wis- 
consin, and  then,  in  1860,  came  to  this 
county;  married,  May  26,  1861,  Hannah 
Weeks,  widow  of  Washington  Weeks,  born 
at  Laurel  Hill  (place  of  Braddock's  defeat), 
Pennsylvania.  Her  family  name  is  Mans- 
. field;  first  married  to  Orvil  Bushnel,  then 
to  Washington  Weeks;  at  the  age  of  two 
years  she  went  to  Ohio  with  her  parents; 
left  there  at  nineteen  years  of  age,  coming 
to  Indiana,  thence  to  this  county  in  1831, 
summer  after  "  big  snow;"  has  five  children 
living:  William  Weeks,  born  Feb.  4,  1842; 
Orvil  Bushnel,  born  in  1837,  died  in  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion,  from  wounds  re- 
ceived during  service;  John  L.  Weeks, 
born  Dec.  I,  1847;  George  W.  Weeks, 
Nov.  4,  1850;  Thomas  J.  Weeks,  Jan.  14, 
1853;  Benj.  Franklin  Weeks,  Nov.  8,  1853. 
Mr.  B.  owns  120  acres,  value  §50  an  acre, 
and  40  acres  in  Cass  Co.,  swamp  land 
Burrus  Benjamin,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O.  Arenz- 

ville,  Cass  Co. 

Burrus  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville,  Cass  Co. 


Burrus  William,   farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenz- 

ville,  Cass  Co. 
Busher  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Meredosia 

/BARTER  JOHN  T.,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
—  Meredosia 

Chamberlain  Albert,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Chamberlain  George,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Chamberlain  Phoebe,  widow  Samuel,  Sec.  19, 
P.O.  Meredosia 

COMER  ANGENORA,  wife  of  James 
Comer,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Meredosia ; 
she  was  born  in  Pike  Co.,  Ohio,  June  10, 
1820 ;  married  in  1834  to  David  Hodges, 
by  whom  she  has  four  children  living : 
Elizabeth  E.  born  in  1839,  in  Pike  Co., 
Ohio  ;  Sarah  J.  married  Harrison  Lake,  in 
this  county;  William  Harrison  (see  biog- 
raphy in  this  township) ;  Rebecca  L.  mar- 
ried Hobert  Coborn,  living  in  Jackson  Co., 
Mo. ;  married  James  Comer,  in  1850,  by 
whom  she  has  one  child,  Franklin  P.  born 
Sept.  28,  1852,  who  was  married  Novem- 
ber, 1872,  to  Ella  C.  Knight,  living  in  Can- 
ton, Mo. ;  Mrs.  Comer  was  raised  in  Pike 
Co.,  Ohio,  and  was  married  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years.  She  came  to  this  county  in 
1839.  Her  first  husband  died  in  1848.  Mrs. 
Comer's  maiden  name  was  Angenora  Mc- 
Corkle;  she  first  settled  in  a  log  cabin  on 
her  son's  present  farm  on  Illinois  river  bot- 
tom, in  1839.  Mrs.  Comer  has  charge  of 
bringing  up  two  children  :  Susan  F.  Sent- 
ney,  born  Jan.  18,  1864,  and  Charles  Hard- 
in,  born  March  22,  1866.  The  girl  was 
three  years  old  when  she  was  placed  with 
Mrs.  Comer,  and  the  boy  one  and  a  half  years 
old  ;  when  she  came  to  the  Illinois  Bottom, 
the  country  was  very  wild  indeed  ;  brush 
and  prairie  grass  was  horse-head  high  ;  fruit 
was  a  very  scarce  article  ;  from  Bluffs  to 
Meredosia,  there  was  only  a  cabin  on  the 
Concord  road 

Commer  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Commer  James,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

COOK  JAMES  ROBERT,  farmer, 
Sec.  19,  P.O.  Meredosia ;  born  in  South 
Carolina,  Dec.  10,  1848;  left  there  in  1858, 
going  to  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  lived  here  until 


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1860,  then  went  to  Mississippi,  lived  there 
one  year  ;  then  to  Cairo,  111.,  and  there  en- 
listed April  3,  1861,  in  a  Morgan  Co.  Reg- 
iment, Co.  H,  32d  Illinois  Infantry ;  was 
engaged  in  the  following  battles :  Shiloh, 
Tennessee,  Hatche's  Bridge,  Tennessee, 
where  a  charge  was  made  by  his  company 
on  abattery.Vicksburg,  Mission  Ridge,  Ga., 
Lookout  Mountain,  Nick-a-jack  Creek, 
Peach  Tree  Creek,  Atlanta,  and  Columbus, 
Ga.,  Goldsboro,  S.  C. ;  then  went  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Ark.,  Omaha,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  then  back  to  Fort  Leav- 
enworth, Ark.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  Quincy, 
111.,  discharged  at  Springfield,  111.,  Nov. 
30,  1865  ;  his  father  Cyrus  was  born  in 
London,  England,  in  1796,  died  in  Missis- 
sippi in  1861;  his  mother  was  Elizabeth 
Dejentry  before  her  marriage ;  born  in 
Paris,  France,  died  in  Mississippi  in  1848; 
seven  children  in  his  father's  family  ;  Alsey, 
aged  49  years,  married  George  W.  Collier; 
John  Jorden,  aged  37  ;  William,  aged  35  ; 
Frank,  aged  33;  Nancy,  aged  32,  married 
William  Stanton 

Cox  Manton,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 
Crawford  David,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Bethel 
Crawford  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenz- 

ville 
Cundiff  Alexander  B.   farmer,  Sec.    n,  P.O. 

Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 
Cundiff  Frances,  wid.  George,   Sec.   n,  P.O. 

Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Cundiff  George  A.  C.  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O. 
Concord 

•pvETERDING  WILLIAM,   farmer,  Sec. 

*~*   10,  P.O.  Meredosia 

DeVries   Klass  A.  shoemaker,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 

Meredosia 
Durandack  Adam,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Mer- 

dosia 
Dye-he  Eliza  Jane,  Sec.   12,  P.O.  Arenzville, 

Cass  Co 

T7CKHOFF  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  21,  P. 

^~**  O.  Meredosia 

Edelbrock  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Egleston  Eliphalet,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.Con- 
cord 

Eilers  George  B.  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Bethel 


Engelbach    Herman,    farmer,    Sec.    i,  P.O. 

Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 
Engelbaum  Henry,  farmer,  P.O.   Arenzville, 

Cass  Co. 

T^EE  ALEXANDER  C.   farmer,  Sec.  31, 

P.O.  Meredosia 

Fee  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Meredosia 
FOBKAKEB  JOHN    JUSTICE, 

farmer  and  constable,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Meredosia;  Greenback  party;  Christian 
church;  born  in  Marion  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  19, 
1848;  left  in  1859,  going  to  Cumberland 
Co.  with  his  parents.  In  this  county  he 
enlisted  in  Co.  K,  I43d  Til.  Infantry,  May 
16,  1864;  discharged  Sept.  26,  1864;  en- 
gaged in  a  skirmish  at  Memphis,  Tenn., 
while  guarding  a  provision  train.  At 
Helena,  Arkansas,  he  and  his  company 
passed  most  of  their  time  while  in  service. 
From  here  he  returned  home.  Married 
Oct.  14.  1874,  to  Louisa  Friday,  or  in  Ger- 
man Freitag,  born  in  Germany,  Aug.  18, 
1853;  have  one  child — Ellen,  born  Jan.  17, 
1875.  His  father,  Joseph,  was  born  in 
Hocking  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  29,  1820;  his 
mother  was  Mary  Ann  Burgoon,  born  in 
Hocking  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  26,  1820;  his 
grandfather,  Joshua  Foreaker,  born  in 
Pennsylvania;  died  in  Cumberland  Co.,  111. 
His  grandmother,  Elizabeth  Foreaker,  died 
1840.  Father  and  mother  now  living  at 
Mound  Station,  Brown  Co.,  111.  Louisa, 
wife  of  J.  J.  Foreaker,  was  raised  by  Mr. 
William  Post,  justice  of  the  peace  of  Sec. 
15,  and  owing  to  this  she  speaks  English 
only,  although  her  parents  speak  German 
and  very  little  English.  His  grandfather, 
James  Burgoon,  died  in  Hocking  County, 
Ohio,  in  1860.  His  grandmother.  Mrs. 
James  Burgoon,  died  in  1877 

Foreaker  John,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P  O.  Con- 
cord 

Fox  Hugh,  coal  miner,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

Frock  John,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Frohutter  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Fricke  William,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

f~*  AEBEL  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
^-^^    Meredosia 


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Gelbert  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Gelbert  James,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Concord 

Goffinet  Matthias  F.  farmer,  Sec.  16,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

GRAHAM  LOREXZO  D.  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Meredosia; 
Dem.;  Meth.  Episcopal;  born  in  Sussex 
County,  Maryland,  Oct.  2,  1806;  at  the  age 
of  six  years  he  went  to  Ohio  with  his 
parents,  remaining  until  about  1830,  when 
he  came  to  this  county,  making  one  crop 
the  summer  before  the  deep  snow,  a  time 
he  well  remembers;  settled  on  his  present 
farm  the  spring  after  the  deep  snow,  making 
him  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  county; 
he  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  farmeis  in  the 
county;  married  Oct.  25, 1827,  to  Elizabeth 
Newman;  second  wife  is  Caroline  Newman, 
whom  he  married  April  17,  1873;  has  five 
children  by  his  first  wife:  Laurana,  born 
Aug.  15,  1828,  married  to  Philip  Corcorn, 
farmer,  living  on  Indian  Creek,  Cass 
County,  111.;  Nancy  Ann,  born  July  28, 
1833,  died  June  20,  1853;  was  then  wife  of 
Mr.  Van  Pool;  George  W.,  born  July  18, 
1837,  married  Elizabeth  Lusk;  Elizabeth 
Amanda,  wife  of  M.  F.  Andre  (see  his 
record);  Martha  Jane,  born  June  29,  1846, 
married  Henry  Hysinger,  merchant  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  have  one  child:  Albert,  born 
Oct.,  1875;  William  L.,  born  Sept.  6,  1849, 
died  in  infancy;  has  two  children  by  his 
second  wife:  Benjamin  L.,  born  Sept.  23, 
1874,  and  an  infant  girl,  born  Jan.  10, 1878; 
his  father,  George,  was  born  in  Maryland; 
his  mother  was  Henrietta  Willis,  also  born 
in  Maryland;  Mr.  Graham  has  held  the 
offices  of  road  master  and  school  director 

TT  ACKMAN  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec.  3, 
L  P.O.  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

HALE  ISAAC,  farmer.  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Meredosia;  Dem.;  Baptist;  born  in  Han- 
cock County,  Ky.,Aug.  24,  1823;  was  there 
until  1845,  farming;  came  to  Cass  County, 
111.,  in  1845;  engaged  in  farming;  lived  one 
year  in  Schuyler  County — in  1846;  in  1847, 
he  returned  to  Cass  County,  staying  there 
until  the  Spring  of  1859;  then  went  to 
Saline  County,  Mo.;  stayed  there  until 
Oct.,  1861,  when  he  settled  in  Morgan 
County,  and  has  lived  here  ever  since; 
tnlisted  March,  1865,  in  Co.  K,  28th  Regt. 


111.  Inft.;  was  ordered  to  Cairo,  and  went 
down  the  Mississippi  River  to  Mobile,  Ala., 
thence  to  the  border  of  Mexico,  as  a  troop 
of  observatio  >  on  the  Rio  Grande;  they 
started  by  gulf  steamer  from  Mobile,  July 
2,  1865,  going  across  the  Gulf  of  Mexico; 
Christmas  day  he  started,  having  obtained 
permission  to  return  home,  going  down  the 
Rio  Grande;  married  January  9,  1845,  to 
Lurissa  Jane  Lake,  in  Hancock  County, 
Ky.;  she  was  born  Nov.  21,  1821,  in  Perry 
County,  Indiana;  is  a  member  of  the  M.E. 
Church;  they  have  seven  children  -living: 
Minor  P  ,  born  July  28,  1846,  married 
Fannie  Kessler;  Mary  C.  born  Sept.  7, 
1849,  married  Dec.  23,  1872,  to  C.  W. 
Hyde;  Martha  J.,  born  June  10,  1853, 
married  Aug.  6,  1873,  to  Milton  Sibert; 
William  J-.,  born  Sept.  12,  1855;  Israel  L., 
born  Oct.  7,  1857;  Charles  T.,  born  Dec. 
13  1859;  Harriet  Ann,  born  Sept.  16, 1862; 
David  H.,  born  Oct.  14,  1851,  died  July  6, 
1852;  holds  the  office  of  school  director 

Hale  Minor  P.  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Ham  Andrew  M.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.Con- 
cord 

Ham  John  A.  farmer,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Bethel 

Ham  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Hamilton  William,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Harris  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Heffner  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Heintz  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O  Concord 

Hemminghaus  John  F.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Hemminghaus  John  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Henderson  Francis  M.  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O. 
Concord 

Hewlitt  Kit,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

HODGES  WILLIAM  HARRI- 
SON, farmer.  Sec.  18,  P.O.  Meredosia ; 
liberal ;  born  in  this  section  on  farm  now 
owned  by  Jeremiah  Seibert,  Nov.  15, 1844 ; 
lived  in  this  county  all  his  life  with  the 
exception  of  living  in  Lewis  Co.,  Missouri, 
where  he  was  in  1870-71-72,  returning  in 
1873.  Married  Oct.  8,  1865,  to  Annie  M., 
Sawrey,  born  in  Fayette  Co.,  Illinois,  June 
4, 1848  ;  have  one  child,  William  Franklin, 


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born  July  24,  1866,  and  have  a  boy  whom 
they  raised,  Jacob  Sentney.  now  eighteen 
years  of  age,  seven  years  old  when  taken 
by  them.  David,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
Nov.  15, 1810  ;  his  wife  was  Angenora  Mc- 
Corkle,  born  in  Pike  Co.,  Ohio,  June  10, 
1822.  They  were  married  in  1834.  She 
is  now  the  wife  of  James  Comer,  living  in 
this  township.  She  came  here  in  1839, 
and  is  one  of  the  early  settlers ;  she  remem- 
bers when  the  beautiful  Illinois  bottom  was 
one  unbroken  prairie,  covered  with  wild 
growth  of  prairie  grass.  The  father  of 
Angenora  McCorkle,  William,  born  in  Vir- 
ginia, Feb.  4,  1771,  died  Oct.  22,  1852. 
His  wife  was  Dorcas  M.  Hubs,  born  in 
Maryland.  Mrs.  William  H.  Hodges' 
parents  ar-  Arthur  L.  Sawrey,  born  in 
Tennessee;  his  wife,  Lucinda  C.  Andrews, 
born  in  Tennessee ;  her  grand-parents 
are  Henry  Sawrey,  his  wife,  Mary  Sher- 
rod ;  her  grand-parents  on  her  mother's 
side  are  Samuel  Andrews,  and  his  wife, 
Kitturiah  Dunigan.  Arthur  L.  Sawrey's 
family  consisted  of  the  following  children  : 
William  H.,  living  at  Canton,  Mo. ;  Lewis 
S.,  dead  ;  Ollie  G.,  living  at  Canton,  Mo. ; 
Thomas,  dead;  Annie,  wife  of  W.  H. 
Hodges 

Hofstetter  Daniel,  farmer,  Sec.  17,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Holscher  August  K.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Holscher  William  L.  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Hoover  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Concord 

Huddleson  Francis,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Huddleson  John,  farmer,  Sec.  30.  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Huddleson  Osero,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Huddleson  Sylvester,  farmer,  Sec.  30,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

JOHNSON  ALEXANDER,  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Meredosia; 
also  director  of  Farmers  Mutual  Fire  and 
Lightning  Ins.  Co.  of  Jacksonville,  member 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  of 
which  he  was  ruling  elder  for  a  number  of 
years;  born  in  Barren  Co.  Ky.,  Oct.  24, 
1819;  married  Feb.  24,  1842,  to  Ann  Long, 
born  in  Knox  Co.,  Tenn.,  June  23,  1824; 


have  three  children  living:  Thomas  W., 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Jefferson  County, 
Iowa,  P.O.  Fairfield;  born  March  27,  1843, 
married  Oct.  27,  1867,  to  Mary  E.  Harris; 
enlisted  Aug.  1862,  in  Co.  B,  xoist  Illinois 
Infantry;  has  three  children;  Finas  M., 
born  March  26,  1845,  married  Thanksgiv- 
ing day,  1875,  to  Mary  E.  Gatewood;  have 
one  child,  Orange  W.,  born  June  19,  1877; 
he  is  an  ordained  minister,  and  pastor  of 
two  congregations  in  Story  County,  Iowa; 
resides  at  Nevada,  the  county  seat;  Elbert 
H.,  born  Aug.  6,  1847,  married  Ann 
Leeper,  of  Brown  Co.,  111.;  have  four  chil- 
dren: Clara,  Amanda,  John  A.,  and  Joseph 
H.,  all  living  in  this  township;  William  A., 
born  Dec.  24,  1859,  died  July  14,  1873; 
was  drowned  while  fishing  on  Indian 
Creek;  Mr.  Johnson  was  living  at  that  time 
in  Arenzville,  Cass  Co.,  111.;  this  boy  was 
at  the  time  of  his  death  an  universal 
favorite,  because  of  his  good  character  and 
disposition,  and  his  death  was  mourned  by 
all,  being  one  of  the  saddest  accidents  on 
record;  Mr.  A.  Johnson  was  engaged  in 
farming  all  his  life;  at  the  age  of  ten  years, 
his  parents  left  Kentucky,  and  settled  in 
this  county;  he  commenced  tending  his 
father's  farm  in  1842,  and  had  the  care 
until  1847;  then  he  purchased  a  farm,  on 
which  he. broke  up,  having  all  kinds  of  ill 
luck;  his  best  horse  was  gored  to  death  by 
a  bull,  and  all  his  cattle  and  horses  died, 
leaving  only  one  two-year-old  colt;  this  he 
traded  off  for  a  work  horse,  and  borrowed 
another  from  his  parents,  having  sold  all 
his  land  which  he  had  only  partly  paid  for; 
he  started  in  the  world  with  only 
a  team  left;  sickness  in  the  family  added 
its  share  at  the  time;  now  he  is  a  well-to- 
do  farmer,  and  all  his  children  married  and 
doing  well;  he  owns  2O2  acres  of  land,  and 
is  worth  about  $20,000;  his  father,  Reuben 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Virginia,  March  25, 
1778;  his  wife  was  Martha  Hall,  born  in 
Virginia,  Feb.  r,  1787;  they  went  to  Chris- 
tian Co.,  Kentucky,  where  thev  were  mar- 
ried, then  to  Barren  Co.,  Ky.,  and  in 
November,  1829,  settled  in  Morgan  Co , 
111.,  one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  the 
present  village  of  Concord;  here  he  made 
the  first  entry  of  land  made  in  T.  16  N,  R. 
12  West;  and  died  there  in  Februarj, 
1856;  his  wife,  after  his  death,  went  to  Jef- 


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ferson  Co.,  Iowa,  to  live  with  her  daughter, 
Sarah  A.  Smith,  and  one  Sunday,  while 
she,  her  daughter,  and  son-in-law,  were 
driving  to  church,  the  team  ran  away,  kill- 
ing both  Mrs.  Johnson  and  her  daughter; 
she  died  inside  of  three  days,  and  her 
daughter  in  half  an  hour  after  the  accident; 
Mr.  Smith  himself  badly  injured;  this  hap- 
pened in  June,  1870;  Mrs.  Alexander 
Johnson's  father,  Henry  Long,  born  in 
Knox  Co.,  Tenn.,  Sept.  24,  1794,  died 
April  20,  1877;  his  wife,  Nancy  Gadberry, 
born  in  Kentucky,  July  n,  1801;  their 
children  are:  Mary,  born  July  n,  1822, 
married  John  F.  Long,  deceased;  Ann, 
wife  of  A.  Johnson;  Jane,  born  Dec.  7, 
1826,  now  Mrs.  Washington  Filey,  P.O. 
Desire,  Reno  Co.,  Kansas;  John  D.,  born 
Jan.  10,  1828;  killed  by  accidentally  shoot- 
ing himself,  Aug.  1856;  Emarine,  born 
March  26,  1831,  wife  of  Frank  Raybon, 
living  in  this  township;  Chiistena,  born 
Aug.  24,  1833,  wife  of  L.  J.  Wallick,  living 
at  Arenzville,  Cass  Co  ,  111.;  Nancy,  born 
Dec.  24.  1835,  widow  of  John  Raybon,  liv- 
ing at  Concord,  111.;  Melinda  E.,  born 
Sept.  5,  1838,  wife  of  Dr.  W.  B.  Wriggler, 
of  Arenzville,  Cass  Co.,  111.;  Tabitha,  born 
Nov.  2,  1842,  wife  of  E.  P.  Naylor,  living 
in  this  township 

Johnson    Alexander,    farmer,    Sec.    22,   P.O. 
Concord 

Johnson    Elbert    H.    farmer,    Sec.    14,    P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Johnson  Frank,  farmer,   Sec.  31,    P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Johnson  John  W.  farmer,   Sec.  25,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 


T/-EISER   HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  n,  P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 


T  AKE  AARON,  farmer  and  black- 
smith,  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Meredosia ;  born  in 
Cass  County,  111.,  Aug.  29,  1835,  six  miles 
northeast  of  Meredosia,  where  he  lived 
until  his  twentieth  year ;  came  to  this 
county  in  1855;  has  lived  here  since.  He 
follows  farming  and  blacksmithing  for  a 
living;  runs  a  corn  sheller  and  wood  saw. 
He  was  married  1857  to  Sarah  Bosseck, 
who  was  born  in  Montgomery  County,  Ind., 
April  15,  1840;  have  six  children  living : 
Nellie,  born  Jan.  5,  1859;  Elizabeth,  born 


Feb.  n,  1861;  Hattie,  born  May  31,  1863; 
Laura,  born  Sept.  21,  1865;  Effie,  born 
April  27,  1867;  George,  born  April  17, 
1877.  They  lost  three  children:  Hannah, 
born  Oct.  9,  1870,  died  in  infancy;  Mary, 
born  Sept.  8,  1872,  died  Oct.  27,  1874; 
Artist,  born  Feb.  8,  1875,  died  Feb.  8, 1876. 
His  father,  Lindsay  Lake,  was  married 
seven  times  :  Milly  Carter,  first  wife  ;  sec- 
ond wife,  Jane  Langdon,  widow;  third  wife, 
Caroline  Evans;  fourth  wife,  Dorothy  Hat- 
field,  widow;  fifth  wife,tSarah  Bruce,  widow; 
sixth  wife,  Lizzie  Bigelow;  seventh  wife, 
Susan  Bond,  widow 

Lake  Jesse,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Meredosia 

Lamb  John,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Langford  Lewis,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

Long  Anna,  widow   Nicholas,  Sec.    II,   P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Long  Conrad,  farmer.  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Long  David,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Concord 

Long  George,   farmer,  Sec.    12,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Long  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  II,  P.O.  Arenzville, 
Cass  Co. 

Long   Nancy,  widow    Henry,    Sec.   13,  P.O, 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Long  Peru,  widow  John,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Long  William  R.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

TV/TADDOX  GEORGE  S.  farmer, 
*•**-  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Meredosia  ;  born  in  Ma- 
dison County,  Ohio,  April  I,  1852;  married 
Aug.  1875,  to  Gabraellen  Lake,  born  Jan. 
5,1859,  in  this  county;  have  one  child, 
born  Jan.  16,  1878,  named  William  Aaron. 
Mr.  Maddox  came  to  this  State  when  one 
year  old,  and  to  this  county  1876  ;  he  was 
raised  in  Scott  Co.  His  father,  William, 
was  born  in  Ohio,  and  came  to  this  county 
in  1853;  his  wife  was  Nancy  J.  Webb,  born 
in  Ohio.  Mrs.  Maddox's  father  and  mother 
are  Aaron  Lake  and  Sarah  Bosseck  ;  he 
was  born  in  Illinois,  she  in  Indiana.  Mr. 
Maddox  had  two  brothers  in  the  army  dur- 
ing the  rebellion,  David  and  Lewis  ;  they 
enlisted  in  Co.  F,  I2gth  111.  Inf.  Owns  60 
acres  land,  value,  $30  an  acre 
Mansfield  Edward,  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 


TOWS  14   NORTH   RANGE   12   WEST. 


759 


Mansfield  William,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Mathews  Isaac  N.  farmer.  Sec.  8,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Mathews  Susanah,  widow  Isaac,  Sec.  8,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Mayes  Henry,  farmer.  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Meredosia 

May  Nancy,  widow  Humphrey,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

McLain  William,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

McPherson  Adolphus  A.  farmer  and  teacher, 
Sec.  32.  P.O.  Meredosia 

Morrison  Robert  C.  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O 
Concord 

Moss  Nelson  J.  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

MUNTMAN  JOHN  FREDE- 
RICK, farmer  and  stock  raiser,  Sec.  19, 
P.O.  Meredosia;  Rep.;  Lib.;  born  in  Han- 
over, Germany,  May  15,  1828;  left  Ger- 
many at  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  Oct.  10, 
1841.  From  New  Orleans,  by  Mississippi 
steamer,  he  came  to  Beardstown;  then 
worked  for  Mr.  Aaron  Parker  in  this  county 
for  $8  a  month  seven  years.  Then  rented 
30  acres  from  Mr.  S.  Parker;  purchased  40 
acres  in  1861,  and  bought  land  from  time 
to  time;  now  owns  165  acres,  value  about 
$35  per  acre;  his  farm  and  house  are  ex- 
cellent. Married  Nov.  23,  1852,  Elizabeth 
Moore,  born  in  Cass  Co.,  111.,  Dec.  1 1, 1836; 
her  father,  Reuben  Moore,  was  one  of  the 
oldest  settlers  in  Cass  Co.,  he  died  in  1838; 
her  mother's  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth 
Lake ;  she  was  born  in  Indiana.  Mr. 
Muntman's  mother  is  living  in  Belleville, 
St.  Clair  Co.,  111.,  aged  seventy-eight  years, 
she  was  born  in  Nov.  1799,  maiden  name 
Annie  Marie  Tieman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Munt- 
man  have  six  children  :  Sarah  E.  Ellen, 
born  Aug.  17, 1854;  William  Albert,  March 
I,  1857;  Anna  Marie,  April  7,  1861;  Levi 
Thomas,  May  19,  1867;  John  Frederick, 
May  4,  1869;  Charles  Henry,  Dec.  19,  1872 

Muntman  William  Albert,  farmer,  Sec.  30, 
P.O.  Meredosia 

Murphy  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Con- 
cord 

Mush  John,  farmer,  Sec.  8,  P.O,  Meredosia 

"M"  AYLOR  EDWARD  P.  farmer,  Sec.  19, 
-1-          P.O.  Meredosia 

Naylor  Henry  P.  farmer,  Sec.  19,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 


Naylor  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  9,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Neighnah  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Neighnah  William,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Northrup  George,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Bethel 

Northrup  Herman,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

/^\MMEN  DEITRICK,   farmer,   Sec.  33, 
^     P.O.  Bethel 

Ommen  J.  H.  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Bethel 
Ommen  O.  J.  farmer,   Sec.   21,    P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

OERBIX  GEORGE,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 

Bethel 

Pond  Carl,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Concord 
POST  JOHN  M.  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O. 
Meredosia;  dem;  lib;  born  in  Morgan  Co. 
on  this  section,  April  19,  1844  ;  married 
Sept.  14,  1870,  to  Mary  E.  Ray,  born  in 
Logan  Co.,  Jan.  13,  1847.  Has  two  chil- 
dren by  her  :  Lawrence,  born  March  20, 
1873,  died  Sept.  18,  1873;  Ellen,  born  July 
8,  1871.  MaryE.  Ray  died  March  28,  1873. 
Married  again  Dec.  29,  1874,  to  Louisa 
Pankey,  born  in  Morgan  Co.,  March  14, 
1854.  Has  two  children  by  her :  Esther, 
born  Sept.  14,  1875  ;  Phoebe,  born  Sept. 
I,  1877.  Enlisted  in  the  Spring  of  1862,  in 
Co.  K,  27th  111.  Vol.  Inf.;  engaged  in  fol- 
lowing battles  :  Belmont,  Mo.,  Fort  Don- 
aldson, Farmington,  Miss.,  Corinth,  Miss., 
luka,  Miss.  Discharged  and  re-enlisted  in 
the  regular  army,  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in 
Co.  G,  4th  U.  S.  cavalry ;  was  in 
following  engagements :  Stone  River, 
Oakaloony,  Miss.,  Winchester,  Tenn.,  Sa- 
lem, Tenn.,  Lookout  Mountain,  Mission- 
ary Ridge,  Chattanooga.  Was  taken  priso- 
ner at  or  between  Winchester  and  Salem. 
Was  imprisoned  in  following  prisons  :  Lib- 
by,  Richmond,  Va.,  Belle  Island,  in  James 
River,  Andersonville,  Blackshire,  Florence, 
and  Charleston  ;  her*,  he  was  exchanged, 
and  returned  to  his  regiment,  first  having 
been  paroled.  Was  in  one  more  fight, 
Macon,  Ga.,  after  returning  to  his  regiment. 
Discharged  Dec.  25,  1865.  His  father, 
William  Post,  has  held  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  forty  years,  with  exception  of 
three  years  while  residing  at  Jacksonville, 


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and  while  there  he  held  the  office  of  deputy 
sheriff,  in  1858;  during  his  past  life  he  also 
held  the  offices  of  deputy  assessor,  school 
treasurer,  and  school  director.  He  was 
born  in  Warwick,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
27,  1802 ;  married  twice  ;  first  wife  was 
Phoebe  McConnel,  born  Oct.  23,  1804; 
second  wife,  Elizabeth  McGee,  born  June 
12,  1809,  died  in  1877.  First  wife's  chil- 
dren are  :  Harriet,  married  James  Allan  ; 
Mary  Ann,  married  Dr.  L.  H.  Galloway  ; 
Ellen,  died  July  26,  1834;  Esther,  married 
Perry  Craig  ;  Marrilla,  married  George  El- 
liot;  and  John  M.,  born  April  19,  1844. 
No  children  by  his  second  wife.  Politics, 
Greenback  party 

POWERS  WILLIAM,  farmer,  Sec. 
30,  P.O.  Meredosia,  born  Nova  Scotia,  May 
30,  1822;  married  March  23,  1851,  to  Me- 
hale  Jane  Warner,  who  was  born  in  Put- 
nam Co.,  Ind.,  March  6,  1836.  Have  eight 
children  living :  Sarah  E.,  born  N.ov.  20, 
1852  ;  Katie  M.,  born  Aug.  18,  1856;  Pat- 
rick William,  born  July  18,  1858  ;  John 
Wesley,  born  Oct.  8,  1860  ;  Edwin  J.,  born 
Dec.  8,  1862  ;  Samuel  B.,  born  March  14, 
1865;  Francis,  born  May  12,  1869;  Julia 
Belle,  born  July  28,  1871;  lost  three: 
Walter,  born  Sept.  24,  1874,  died  in  infan- 
cy; Margaret  Jane,  born  Sept.  8,  1857, 
died  Aug.  8,  1877  ;  Mary  M.,  born  April 
18,  1855,  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Powers  was 
born  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  as  far  as  he  re- 
members, he  lived  in  Philadelphia  in  in- 
fancy. Then  went  to  Ohio  where  he 
worked  on  a  farm  until  he  was  22  years-old. 
Then  in  1844,  he  removed  to  this  county. 
Has  lived  here  since ;  owns  40  acres  of 
land,  value  $1,200.  He  is  doing  well  here 

Pulse  Seibrand,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Pultze  Christopher,  farmer,  Sec.  10,  P.O. Mer- 
edosia 

O  ATLIFF  ROBERT,  farmer.  Sec.  n.  P. 

*•*•  O.  Concord 

Raybon    Franklin,    farmer,    Sec.     12,    P.O. 

Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 
Rea  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenzville, 

Cass  Co. 

Redshaw  Joseph,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Bethel 
REXROAT  JAMES  M.  farmer,  and 

dealer  in  stock,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Concord;  rep.; 

M.E.;    born   in    Morgan    Co.,  nine   miles 


north  of  Jacksonville,  March  26,  1840; 
married  July  3,  1867,  to  Sarah  E.  Morri- 
son, born  Sept.  I,  1849,  daughter  of  John 
Morrison,  of  this  section.  Has  two  chil- 
dren :  Charles  E.,  born  Oct.  23,  1869  ;  Co- 
ra M.,  Nov.  I,  1871.  Held  the  office  of 
school  director  three  years — 1866-7-8. 
Owns  206  acres,  value  about  $10,300 
Rickers  John,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Meredo- 
sia 

Rohlfs  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 
Rogge  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  6,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Roglin    Theodore,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Rose  John,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Ruswinkel   John  H.  farmer,    Sec.    16,    P.O. 
Meredosia 

CCHLICKER  J.  BARNEY,  farmer,  Sec. 
17,  P.O.  Meredosia 

Shoemaker  Barney,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Shoemaker  John,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Bethel 

Short  Samuel,  farmer,  Sec.  29,  P.O.  Meredo- 
sia 

Sibert  Milton,  farmer,  Sec,  17,  P.O.  Meredo- 
sia 

Slicker  Barney,  farmer.  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Smith  John  H.  farmer.  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Bethel 

Sumpter  William,  farmer,  Sec.  5,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

"~PAYLOR  EDMUND  P.  farmer,  sec.  13, 

P.O.  Concord 

Tholan  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Tholan  George  H.  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O. 
Bethel 

Tholan  Henry  F.  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Tholan  Herman,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Thompson  Ede,  wid.  John,  Sec.  20,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Thompson  James,  farmer,  Sec.  32,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Thompson  Phoebe  A.  wid.  R.,  Sec.  29,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Tiemann  Jacob,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Bethel 

1'obiason  Barney,  farmer,  Sec.  31,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia . 

Truiett  William,  farmer,  Sec.  4,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 


TOWN   14   NORTH  RANGE   12  -WEST. 


761 


WANCE  JOSEPH,  school  teacher,  Sec. 
V  26,  P.O.  Bethel 

\1TAGERHOFT  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec. 
*  *  II,  P.O.  Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 

Warlike  Frederick  H.,  pastor  Evang.  Luth. 
Church,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Bethel 

Weeks  Thomas  J.,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Weiser  Nicholas,  farmer.  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Weiser  Phillip,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Werris  George,  farmer,  Sec.  20,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Werris  William,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Bethel 

Wholast  Margaret,  widow  Martin,  Sec.  20, 
P.O.  Meredosia 

Whorten  George  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Concord 


Whorten  John  T.,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 
Concord 

Whorten  Michael  L.,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 
Concord 

Wilday  Alexander,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Wilday  Alexander,  farmer,  Sec.  18,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Wilday  Charles,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Arenz- 
ville, Cass  Co. 

Wolford  Elizabeth,  widow  Jacob,  Sec.  35, 
P.O.  Chapin 

Wolford  George,  farmer,  Sec.  35,  P.O.  Chapin 


WORDING  LUDWICK,  farmer,  Sec.  29, 
P.O.  Meredosia 


VAHN    PETER,    farmer,    Sec.    I,   P.O. 
Arenzville,  Cass  Co. 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


LAKE  AARON,  farmer  and  black- 
smith, does  all  kinds  of  work  on  farm 
implements;  runs  a  corn  sheller  and  circu- 
lar wood-saw.  Sec.  30,  P.O.  Meredosia, 
Morgan  Co.,  111. 


BEXBOAT  JAMES  M.,  farmer, 
stock  raiser,  and  dealer  in  stock  of  all  kinds, 
Sec.  13,  P.O.  Concord,  111. 


TOWN    16    NORTH    RANGE    13    WEST. 


A  LBERS  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Albers  John  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  34,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Albers  William,  farmer,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

ANDERSON  JAMES,  operator,  was 
born  in  Boyle  Co.,  Ky.,  Feb.  12,  1865, 
and  came  to  Springfield,  111.;  was  engineer 
in  a  furniture  factory  for  six  years;  in  1371 
came  to  Meredosia;  was  engineer  for  five 
years;  since  that  time  has  been  both  oper- 
ator and  engineer;  was  married  to  Miss 
Carrie  Conway,  June  9,  1874.  She  was 
born  in  Missouri,  Sept.  20,  1859,  died  Nov. 
22,  1877;  was  buried  in  Meredosia.  Had 
one  son,  Harry  Monroe,  born  Oct.  31,  1877. 
Mr.  Anderson  is  a  member  of  the  Method- 
ist Church,  and  is  a  strong  temperance  man 

Arnett  J.  W.,  renter.  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Meredosia 

Arnold  Henry,  miller,  Meredosia 

Augustine  Charles  W.,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

T)  ALDWIN  JOHN,  was  born  in  Me- 

Lean  Co.,  111.,  in   1837;  was  raised  on  a 

farm;  went  to  Mason  Co.  in  1842;  was  one 

of  the  earliest  settlers  of  that  county;  was 

in    the   civil   war  for  three  years  and  one 

month;  enlisted   in  the  23d   Missouri  Vol. 

Infantry;  was  honorably  discharged  in  1865; 

went  to  Cass  Co.  and  bought  a  farm;  was 

there  a  few  years,  then  sold  out  and  located 

in  Meredosia,    where  he  still  resides;  was 

married  in  1857  to  Miss  Clark,  of  Monroe 

Co.;  has  property  valued  at  £2,500 

Bane  George,  renter,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Meredosia 

Bangan    Peter,  lumber   merchant,  Meredosia 

Beauchamp    E.    H.,    farmer,   Sec.    26,    P.O. 

Meredosia 
Beauchamp   Geo.    N.,  farmer,    Sec.  26,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

Berdick  Thos.,  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Blacksiun  Thos.  W.,  teamster,  Meredosia 
Bowyer  John,  laborer,  Meredosia 
BRACKENBURY     OSCAR,    was 
born   in    Pike    Co.,  111.,  in  1854;  followed 


farming  for  several  years;  came  to  Mere- 
dosia in  1875,  and  learned  the  carpenter 
trade  with  his  father,  who  still  lives  in  this 
place;  has  two  brothers  and  two  sisters: 
Charles,  George  W.,  Emma,  and  Mary 
Jane.  Charles  was  married  in  1876  to  Miss 
Lizzie  Reid.  His  father  was  born  on  Long 
Island  Sound,  New  York;  came  to  Mere- 
dosia in  1875 

Brunker  Henry,    farm  hand,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Burrus  G.,  farmer,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Meredosia 
But' on  John,  wagon  maker,  Meredosia 
Baldwin  J.  fisherman,  Meredosia 
Baldwin  I.  W.  minister,  Meredosia 
Beosch  Henry,  farm  hand,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Beosch  Henry  H.  retired,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Bowls  Samuel,  fisherman,  Meredosia 
Brackenburg  Oscar,  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Bruce  William  M.  farm  hand,  Sec.  36,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

Butcher  A.  A.  farmer,   Sec.  23,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 
Butcher   Joseph,   farm    hand,  Sec.    23,    P.O. 

Meredosia 

Butcher  R.  jr.  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Bu»hnell    N.    C.    groceries    and    hardware, 
Meredosia 

/CARVER  J.  H.  dry  goods  and  gro- 
—  ceries  ;  was  born  in  Hamilton  Co.,  Ohio, 
Oct.  12,  1821 ;  in  1863,  came  to  Naples, 
111.,  and  followed  farming  for  several  years, 
going  from  Naples  to  Ohio  again  ;  returned 
to  Illinois  in  1848,  and  commenced  clerk- 
ing; in  1858  commenced  the  mercantile 
business  ;  came  to  Meredosia  in  1859,  and 
established  the  business  he  is  now  engaged 
in;  was  married  in  1848,  to  Miss  Elmira 
Kellogg  ;  had  two  children  :  George  (de- 
ceased) and  Royal ;  his  wife  died  in  1854; 
was  buried  in  Naples,  111.;  he  was  again 
married,  to  Miss  Katie  S.  Steel  ;  by  this 
marriage  there  were  three  children  born  : 
Katie  B.,  Lillian  (deceased),  and  Harry 
(deceased) 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   13   WEST. 


763 


Carver  Royal,  clerk,  Meredosia 

Colbart  Jessie,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.   Mere- 

dosia 
Cook  G.  D.  farm   hand,  Sec.    12,  P.O.  Mere- 

dosia 

Crawford  James,  laborer,  Meredosia 
Crawford  John,  saloon,  Meredosia 
Curran  Edward,  R.R.  sec.  boss,  Meredosia 


S  F.  N.  blacksmith,  Meredosia 
*-'   Davis  Green,  renter,  Sec.25,  P.O.  Mere- 

dosia 

DETTMEB    HENRY,     cigar  store, 
Meredosia,  111.     Was    born    in    Germany 
April  b,  1845.     Came    to  Beardstown,  111., 
and   commenced   business    in    May,    1877. 
Came  to  and  located  in   Meredosia  in  the 
Fall  of  1877,  and  established  the  business 
he  is  now  engaged  in.     Was  married  May 
12,  1870,  to  Anna  Staleckelbreck.     Have 
two  children,  Henry  and  Emma 
Diltz  Lyman,  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Doran  J.  T.  photographer,  Meredosia 
Doyle  James,   retired    saloon  keeper,  Mere- 

dosia 

Doyle  Jas.  C.  carpenter,  Meredosia 
DUBBEL,  WIL.L.IAM,  farmer,  Sec.2, 
P.O.  Meredosia.  Born  in  Germany,  April 
IO,  1848.  Came  to  Cass  County  in  1858, 
and  to  this  county  in  1873.  Owns  80 
acres,  valued  at  $3,000.  Married  Ellen 
Wilker  in  1870,  who  was  born  in  Germany, 
May  10,  1849.  Have  two  children:  Henry, 
born  January  26,  1872,  and  Frederick, 
September  26,  1875 
FITZGERALD  T.  J.  merchant, 

Meredosia 
Dunn  Benj.  R.R.  bridge  watcher,  Meredosia 

T^DMUNDSON  H.  laborer,  Meredosia 
^"**  Evemayer   Frederick,    farmer,    Sec.  10, 
P.O.  Meredosia 

T^  EE  A.  C.  farmer,  Meredosia 

Fittinger    Jas.     R.R.     bridge    watcher, 
Meredosia 

Fitzgerald  J.  T.  saloon,  Meredosia 
Freeman  Wm.  R.R.  laborer,  Meredosia 

S~*  AM  IN     JACOB,     engineer    Pike's  ele- 
^"^   vator,  Meredosia 
Geiss  Edward  F.  clerk,  Meredosia 
GEISS    GEORGE,  baker   and  grocer 
Was    born    in     Germany,   May  6,    1831, 


Came   to   Beardstown,  111.,  in  1851.     Was 
there  about  one  year,  after  which  he  came 
to  Morgan  County   and  followed   farming 
for    several    years.     In     1868    moved    to 
Meredosia   and   commenced   the   business 
that  he  is  now  engaged  in.     Was  married 
in  1855  to    Miss    Mary    Dettmer,   born  in 
Germany.     Have  five  children,  four  boys 
and   one  girl :    Edward,   born   January  6, 
1856  ;  Charles,  born  July  6,  1860  ;  Henry, 
born    December   6,    1866;     Albert,    born 
March  20,  1869  ;  Emma,   born   November 
29,  1871.     Are  all  now  living 
entry  Jeremiah,  plasterer,  Meredosia 
Gimming  Jacob,  lab.  Meredosia 
GRAHAM  GEO.  W.  of  the  firm  of 
Hysinger   &   Graham,    was   born  July  18, 
1837,  in  Morgan  Co. ;  was  raised  on  a  farm. 
His  father    emigrated   to   this   county    in 
1828,  from  Ohio;  was  one   of  the  pioneer 
settlers   of  Jacksonville  ;  lived  near  Jack- 
sonville until  after  the  winter  of  the  deep 
snow  ;  then  went  to  the  Illinois  bottom,  and 
entered   land  in    T.    16,  R.   12;  gradually 
accumulated  land  to  his  original  possession, 
and  is  still  living  at  the  old  homestead.    At 
the  age  of  eighteen    Mr.  Graham  entered 
McKendree  College,  teaching  school  dur- 
ing the  vacation  ;  was  engaged  in  teaching 
in  the  county  for  several  years  up  to  1864. 
Married  Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Lusk,  daughter 
of  Hon.    Edward  Lusk,  of  this   place,  he 
being  one  of  the   oldest   settlers   in    this 
county.      Have   five  children   living,    two 
boys    and    three   girls :    Mary,    Sal'rancis, 
Anna  Florence,  Geo.  Augustus,  Julian,  and 
Elma  Grace.     Farmed  for  three  years  after 
marriage,  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.    Hysinger;    is  still    engaged    in    the 
business.    The  business  has  been  successful 
Greaser  Andy,  R.R.  laborer 

TTALE    WILLIAM    J.  farmer,   Sec.    36, 
^*    P.O.  Meredosia 
Hamman  Frederick,  farmer,  Meredosia 
Hamman  George,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 
Hantel      Edward    Rev.    minister    Lutheran 

Church,  Meredosia 

Harlan  J.  Mon,  drug  store,  Meredosia 
Harker  J.  E.  Prof,  school  teacher,  Meredosia 
Harman  Andrew,  farmer,  Meredosia 
Harman  Fred,  farmer,  Meredosia 
Harmel  Edward,  laborer  Meredosia 


764 


MORGAN   COUNTY   DIRECTORY. 


Harmel  Wm.  farmer,  Meredosia 
Harmen  Wm.  farmer,  Meredosia 
Hatfield  Bird,  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Hatfield  F.  C.  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Hatfield  Joseph  W.  wagon  maker,  Meredosia 
HEINZ    CHAS.  was  born  in  Germany, 
Jan.  20,  1828.     He  came  to  Arenzville,  111., 
and  followed  the  occupation  of  cooper  till 
1845,  when  he  removed  to  Beardstown,  111, 
where   he  learned   the    blacksmith   trade. 
He  served  in  a  cavalry  company,  mostly 
made  up  in  Schuyler  Co.,  during  the  entire 
Mexican  war ;  at  the  close  of  the  war,  in 
1849,  he   settled  in  Meredosia,  111.,  where 
he  engaged    in   blacksmithing   and    plow 
manufacturing,  which  business  he  still  fol- 
lows.     He   was   a   member   of  the    loist 
Regt.,    I.   V.   I.,    which    he  served    eight 
months,    ranking   First   Lieutenant.       He 
resigned,   but   afterward    served   as   First 
Lieutenant     of  Co.     K,      Twenty-eighth 
Regt.  I.  V.  I.  about  one  year,  till  the  close 
of  the   war.     Was   married  to   Elizabeth 
Anderson,  of  Missouri,  in  1850.     Have  six 
children :     Carrie,     Louise,    Frank,    Ella, 
Charles,  and  Mary.     As  a  good  citizen  and 
excellent  mechanic,  Mr.  Heinz  is   esteemed 
by  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  patrons 
Heinz  Frank,  clerk,  Meredosia 
Hellencamp  C.  renter,  Sec.  10,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Heniphan  Thomas,  farm  hand,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

Hesencarnp  Wm.  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Hillig  Frederick,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Hinners  Claus,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Hinners  John,  farmer,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Hobrock  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  15,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Hodges  John  J.  renter,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Hodges  Thomas,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

HYATT  THOMAS,  renter,  Sec.  15, 
P.O.  Meredosia;  rep;  Chris;  born  in  Green 
Co.,  Pennsylvania,  July  19,  1844;  came  to 
this  county  in  1854;  he  enlisted  in  Co.  B, 
Twenty-seventh  I.  V.  I.,  Feb.  18,  1862,  and 
was  discharged  March  2,  1865  ;  was  in  ten 
engagements ;  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Peach  Tree  Creek ;  married  in  St.  Louis, 
March  18,  1865,  to  Sarah  A.  Williams, 


who  was  born  in   Boone  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  16, 

1846.     They  have  four  children  :  Mary  E., 

William  H.,  Thomas  C.,  Martha  L.,  living, 

and  one,  George  S.,  dead 

Hyde  C.  W;  renter,  Sec.  36,  P.O.  Meredosia 

Hyde  J.  Mrs.  farms,  S*.  36,  P.O.  Meredosia 

JACK  T.  W.  captain  ferry  boat,  Meredosia 
James  Geo.  retired  farmer,  Meredosia 
James  Geo.  W.  city  marshal,  Meredosia 

T/'EIER  JOHN,  blacksmith,  Meredosia 

^  Kiel  Ernest,  farmer,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

Kiel  Henry,  farm  hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Kimbrell  N.  L.  renter,  Sec.  25.  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Kingston  Charles,  renter,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Krams  Casper,  retired,  Sec.  14,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Kreuger  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  i,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Krier  John,  laborer,  Meredosia 

Kuelcher  H.  tinner,  Meredosia 

Kuhlmann  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

I"    AKE  FRANK,  livery  stable,  Meredosia 
Lake  H.  farmer.  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Lake  H.  L.  teamster,  Meredosia 
Lake  Israel,  retired  farmer,  Meredosia 
Lane  John,  renter,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Laughney  Chas.  hardware,  Meredosia 
Launer  Charles,  farmer,   Sec.  II,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Lawton  James,  barber,  Meredosia 

LEONHARD  JOHN  M.  farmer,  Sec. 

12,   P.O.   Meredosia.     Born    in  Germany, 

Aug.  4,  1840;  came  to  this  country  in  1844, 

and  to  this  county  1867;  owns  I2o  acres  of 

land,  valued  at  $6,000;  married  in  1865,  to 

Julia  Riman,  who  was  born  in  this  county, 

1847;  have  five  children  :  Frank  H.,  Lizzie 

M.,  Charles  H.,  Morris  W.,  Louise  A. 

Lionhart    Hartman,    renter,    Sec.  13,    P.O. 

Meredosia 

Leslie  A.  J.  carpenter,  Meredosia 
Lewinston  M.  S.  L.  tailor,  Meredosia 
LOLLIS   D.  H.    judge  of    the   county 

court.     Residence  Meredosia 
Lusk  Edward,   farmer,  Sec.   24,   P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 


TOWN   16   NORTH   RANGE   13   WEST. 


765 


Lusk  E.  E.  jr.  lives  with  his  father,  Sec.  24, 
P.O.  Meredosia 

Lukemeyer  &  Bro.  boots  and  shoes,  Mere- 
dosia 

Lutkemyer  George,  deals  in  boots  and  shoes, 
Meredosia 

Lutkemyer  John,  shoemaker,  Meredosia 

Lyon  C.  K.  city  clerk,  Meredosia 

TX/TARSH  HENRY,  farmer,  Sec.  2,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

May  Chas.  laborer,  Meredosia 
May  Charles,  shoemaker,  Meredosia 
McCAULIFF   ALEXANDER,  en- 
gineer, Meredosia;  dem;  Cath;  born  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  Jan.  14,  1855;  came  to 
this  county  with  his   parents  in   1873,  who 
were  born  in  Ireland;  he  has  three  brothers 
and  five  sisters  living 
McCallister  Thomas,   farmer,   Sec.   13,   P.O. 

Meredosia 
McCaullif    Dennis,  fireman    and    engineer, 

Meredosia 
McFurson  George,  farm   hand,  Sec.  24,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

McGINNIS  DAVID  L,.  druggist, 
Meredosia.  Born  in  Jacksonville,  111,  July 
I,  1851,  came  to  this  town  March  15, 1876; 
married  Miss  Mary  Gough,  Nov.  n,  1873, 
who  was  born  in  Northampton,  Mass., 
March  17,  1855;  have  one  child:  Mabel, 
born  Sept.  7,  1875 

McPherson  Joseph,  laborer,  Meredosia 
Meyer  Henry,  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Miller  Fredrick,  farmer,   Sec.  I,   P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Miller  J.  R.  editor  Meredosia  Monitor,  Mere- 
dosia 

Miller  John,  farmer,  Meredosia 
Miller  John  F.,  renter,   Sec.  22,    P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Miller  William,  farmer,  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Mer- 
edosia 

Miller  William  H.  Sec.  3,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Morrison  Charles,  harnessmaker,  Meredosia 
Moultray  George  W.  blacksmith,  Meredosia 

TVJICHOLS    E.   F.   renter,   Sec,  14,  P.O. 

Meredosia 
Nunn  John,  renter,  Sec.  22,  P.O.  Meredosia 

pANKEY    N.  farm  hand,   Sec.    12,    P.O. 

Meredosia 

PARKER  H.  J.  DR.     Was  born  in 
Marion  County,  Wis.,  in  1845;    his  father 
K  2 


emigrated  to  Ohio,  from  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, in  1844,  and  engaged  in  farming,  and 
being  a  great  friend  of  education,  em- 
braced every  opportunity  to  school  his 
children;  the  Dr.  therefore  received  a 
liberal  education,  though  not  without  his 
own  exertions,  and  is  what  might  be  termed 
a  self-made  man;  he  took  a  regular 
academic  course  at  "  Van  Renselaer " 
Academy,  situated  ten  miles  west  of  Han- 
nibal, Mo.,  and  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  at  the  age  of  twenty;  he  gradu- 
ated at  the  Missouri  "  Medical  College," 
in  March,  1870;  was  one  of  the  few  who 
passed  a  satisfactory  examination  at  the 
end  of  the  first  term,  and  consequently 
received  from  the  faculty  a  certificate  of 
qualification,  and  commenced  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  1869.  one  year  previous 
to  his  graduation;  he  practiced  in  Clinton 
County,  111.,  until  1874,  when,  in  conse- 
quence of  his  father's  ill  health,  he  removed 
to  Hannibal,  where  he  was,  in  1875, 
appointed  to  the  office  of  City  Physician, 
which  position  he  held  one  year;  while  in 
Hannibal  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  "  Hannibal  Society  of  Moralists,"  and 
delivered  the  opening  address  before  that 
society,  on  the  7th  day  of  November,  1875; 
a  chain  of  causes  and  circumstance,  unnec- 
essary to  mention  here,  induced  him  to 
leave  the  State  of  his  choice,  and  to  locate 
in  Meredosia,  September,  1877;  the  Dr. 
has  a  wife  and  three  children,  having 
married,  in  1870,  a  daughter  of  Louis 
Busby,  of  Montgomery  City,  Mo.,  and 
formerly  of  Ky.;  his  wife  is  a  sister  of  the 
Rev.  William  P.  Busby,  of  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Perry  N.  W.  farmer,  Meredosia 
Pike  J.  L.  grain  dealer,  Meredosia 
PLANK  JOHN  H.  farmer  on  Sec.  14, 
lives  in  Meredosia;  was  born  in  Missouri, 
April  n,  1841;  came  to  this  county  in 
1858;  he  enlisted  in  1861,  in  the  I4th 
Regt.  I.  V.  I.,  Co.  A,  and  served  three 
years;  he  married  in  1864,  Julia  Webster, 
who  was  born  in  this  county,  in  1843,  and 
who  died  in  1868;  he  had  two  children  by 
her,  both  of  whom  died;  he  married  again, 
in  1869,  to  Sarah  Blackstun;  was  born  in 
Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1847;  they  have  four 
children,  three  living,  and  one  dead 
Powers  John,  farm  hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O.  Mer- 
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Powers  William,  farm  hand,  Sec.  13,  P.O. 
Meredosia 

QUELCH     GEORGE    F.    stone    mason 
Meredosia 
Quintal  J.  H.  harness  maker,  Meredosia 

TD  EA  J.  A.  DR.  physician,  Meredosia 
**•  Reagle  William  M.  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O. 

Meredosia 

Reyland  E.  E.  L.  harness  shop,  Meredosia 
Rhea  Robert,  farmer,  Sec.  23,  P.O.  Meredosia 
BIEMAN     C.     C.    miller    City    Mills, 

Meredosia 
Rieman  Frank,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Mere- 

desia 

RIEMAST  H.  W.  miller,  Meredosia.  In 
1863  his  father,  Francis  Rieman  (deceased), 
established  the  business  ;  after  his  death 
his  son,  H.  W.  Rieman,  bought  the  mill 
and  continued  the  business  ;  was  married 
in  1872  to  Miss  Louise  Moeller,  born  in 
Missouri  in  1854.  Mr.  R.  died  in  the  Fall 
of  1872;  was  buried  in  honor  by  the  Ma- 
sonic order  of  Meredosia,  of  which  he  was 
a  member  for  ten  years;  was  also  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  I.O.O.F;  had  one 
child,  Frances  (deceased);  his  brother, 
C.  C.  Rieman,  is  now  owner  of  the  mill 
Rieman  William,  farmer,  Sec.  33,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Roe  Jeremiah,  teamster,  Meredosia 
Rogge  William, , farmer,   Sec.  3,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

C  AVAGE  JOHN,  butcher,  Meredosia 
Savage  W.  E.  butcher,  Meredosia 

Samuels  John,  retired,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Meredosia 

SAMUELS  J.  S.  farmer,  Sec.  12,  P.O. 
Meredosia;  born  in  Virginia,  Dec.  21,  1823; 
came  to  this  county  in  1857;  owns  160 
of  land,  valued  at  $12,000;  was  married 
May  23,  1850,  to  Henriette  M.  Breiden- 
stein,  who  was  born  in  ^Germany,  Nov.  5, 
1832;  he  enlisted  in  the  115th  111.  Vol. 
Infty.,  Co.  I,  as  first  lieutenant,  Aug.,  19, 
1862,  and  resigned  in  1863,  on  account  of 
sickness;  he  remained  at  home  two  years; 
re-enlisted  m  the  28:h  111.  Vol.  Infty.,  Co. 
K,  as  second  lieutenant,  March,  1865,  and 
was  in  the  service  one  year 

SAMUELS  JOHN,  renter,  Sec.  r.P.O. 
Meredosia;  born  in  Page  Co.,  Va.,  Aug.  18, 
1840;  he  enlisted  in  the  loth  111.  Vol.  Infty., 
Co.  I.,  and  served  three  months;  married 


Martha   Davis   in    1862,  who  was  born  in 
Fulton  Co.,  Ind.,  June    27,  1845;  have  had 
six  children,  four  of  whom,  Cora,  Roland, 
Arthut,  and  Samuel,  are  living 
Schroll  David,  fish  dealer,  Meredosia 
Schroke  Fred,  boots  and  shoes,  Meredosia 
Schmidt  Phelix,  retired  merchant,  Meredosia 
Sheafer  Henry,  furniture  store,  Meredosia 
Sibert  Daniel,  bartender,  Meredosia 
Sibert  John,  renter,  Sec.  23,    P.O.  Meredosia 
Sieman  John,  farmer,  Sec.  28,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Skiles  H.  A.   Rev.   pastor   Baptist   Church, 

Meredosia 

Skinner  J.  F.  retired  farmer,  Meredosia 
Sleeter  William,  farmer,   Sec.  I,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Smith  Geo.  blacksmith,  Meredosia 
Smith  John,  retired,  Sec.  26,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Smith  John,  farmer,  Sec.  27,  Meredosia 
Smith  Stafford,  boarding  house,  Meredosia 
Snelling  B.    farm  hand,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 
Stendley   Philip   R.   farmer,   Sec.    33,   P.O. 

Meredosia 

Strader  Henry,  farmer,   Sec.  n,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 
Street  William,  blacksmith,  Meredosia 

'BAYLOR  PETER  E.  clerk,  Meredosia 
Teck  John,  laborer,  Meredosia 

Thompson  Samuel,  retired  merchant,  Mere- 
dosia 

Thompson  J.  Wilson,  express  agent,  Mere- 
dosia 

Tucker  J.  H.  carpenter,  Meredosia 

Turnham  E.  farm  hand,  Sec.  12,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Turnham  George,  farmer,  Sec.  24,  P.O.  Mere- 
dosia 

Turnham  Joal,  retired  farmer,  Meredosia 

Tway  J.  B.  printer,  Meredosia 

"\  7"ANCE  W.  M.  bridge  watcher,  Meredosia 
^     Vanpelt  J.  farmer,  Sec.  23,   P.O.    Mere- 
dosia 
Vanderlip  John  M.  carpenter,  Meredosia 

A1TACKERLE  W.  J.  DR.  physician,  Mere- 
*  dosia 

Wackerle  William  jr.  bridge  carpenter,  Mere- 
dosia 

WALDO  DANIEL,  was  born  in  Al- 
stead,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  H.,  Jan.  6,  1802 ; 
boot  and  shoemaking  and  itinerant  trading 


TOWN   16   NORTH  RANGE   13   WEST. 


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was  the  early  business  of  his  life.  He  was 
married  to  Maria  T.  Baker,  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, July  18,  1831  ;  they  had  by  this 
union  two  children :  Mabel  Rebecca,  who 
married  Capt.  Thos.  White,  who  was  killed 
at  Dallas,  Ga.,  while  in  command  of  the 
n6th  Reg.  111.  Vol.;  Mrs.  White  is  now  re- 
siding at  Maroa,  111.;  his  second  child  died 
in  infancy ;  his  wife  died  Sept.  8,  1834. 
Mr.  Waldo  came  to  Meredosia,  Oct.  IO, 
1832,  and  his  family  in  Nov.  of  the  next 
year.  He  was  again  married  March  31, 
1836,  to  Miss  Emily  Fox,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y. 
He  had  by  this  marriage  :  Maria  E.,  wife 
of  E.  E.  L.  Reylard,  of  Meredosia;  Fran- 
ces E.,  wife  of  Barritt  Allen;  Eveline,  wife 
of  Thos.  Word;  James  D.,  residing  now  in 
Wabash,  Ind.;  Albert  M.,  living  in  Mere- 
dosia; and  Mary  R.,  who  died  in  infancy. 
His  wife  died  Jan.  23,  1855.  Was  again 
married,  July  5,  to  Maty  Jane  Thomas, 
formerly  of  Ohio.  By  this  union,  only  one 
child  was  born,  Miss  Nellie,  residing  with 
her  parents.  Esq.  Waldo,  with  his  brothers 
James  E.  and  Geo.  C.,  commenced  business 
in  Meredosia  1832.  In  the  Fall  of  1832, 
they  built  the  first  steam  saw  mill  in  the 
present  limits  of  Morgan  Co.  In  1833-4, 
they  erected  a  mill  and  distillery,  capable 
of  running  from  300  to  500  bushels  per 
day;  afterwards  sold  to  Rowe  &  Gove.  He 
has  since  devoted  his  time  to  improving 
his  lands  and  serving  the  people  as  post- 
master and  justice  of  the  peace ;  is  now 
past  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  and  the 


record  of  an  active  life  of  that  number  of 

years  can  not  have  but  a  partial  notice  in 

our  limits 
Walihan  John,  justice  of  the  peace,   Mere- 

dosia 

Walihan  John,  barber,  Meredosia 
Wankel  Peter,  renter,   Sec.  33,  P.O.   Mere- 

dosia 

Weber  F.  farmer,  Sec.  I,  P.O.  Meredosia 
Weeks  J.  L.  clerk  with  Graham  &  Co.,  Mere- 

dosia 

Wegehopt  H.  C.  clerk,  Meredosia 
Wilcox  J.  D.  laborer,  Meredosia 
Wilday  John,   renter,    Sec.   36,   P.O.    Mere- 

dosia 
Wilday  Milton,  farmer,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Mere- 

dosia 
Wilday  William,  renter,  Sec.  25,  P.O.  Mere- 

dosia 
Wilker  Henry,  farmer,   Sec.  22,  P.O.  Mere- 

dosia 

Winegar  S.  S.  boarding  house,  Meredosia 
Wischmier  C.  F.  farm  hand,   Sec.   II,  P.O. 

Meredosia 


GODFREY,  farmer,  Meredosia 


Yockey     Christian,     blacksmith     with 
Heinz,  Meredosia 

YOST  JOHN,  harnessmaker,  Mere- 
dosia. Was  born  Nov.  18,  1847,  in  Cass 
Co.,  111.;  came  to  Meredosia  and  com- 
menced business  in  i86g.  In  1873  was 
married  to  Miss  Lizzie  Tieman,  daughter 
of  William  Tieman,  of  Meredosia;  have 
two  children  :  Lizzie  and  William  F. 


BUSINESS    CARDS. 


ANDERSON  JAMES,  telegraph 
operator  and  R.R.  engineer,  Meredosia 

CARVER  J.  H.  &  CO.  (established 
1859),  dealers  in  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods 
and  groceries,  ready-made  clothing;  gents' 
furnishing  goods  a  specialty;  boots,  shoes, 
hats,  and  caps;  new  goods  at  low  prices. 
Meredosia,  111. 

DETTMER  HENRY,  manufacturer 
of  and  dealer  in  cigars,  pipes,  etc.  You 
will  always  find  on  hand  a  good  assortment 
of  smokers'  goods.  Meredosia 


GEISS  GEO.,  bakery,  confectionery, 
family  groceries,  flour,  wines,  and  liquors 
of  all  kinds,  Meredosia,  111. 

HEINZ  CHAS.,  dealer  in  agricultural 
implements,  and  manufacturer  of  the  "  Steel 
Beam  Plow; "  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a 
good  assortment  of  plows,  cultivators,  corn 
planters,  wagons,  harrows,  etc.;  Mere- 
dosia, 111. 

HYATT  THOMAS,  agent  for  Naple* 
Nursery;  a  full  stock  of  fruit  and  orna- 


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mental   trees  en  hand;  and  also  agent  for 
R.  Diggins'  Hedge  Nursery;  Concord,  111. 

HYSINGER  &  GRAHAM,  dealers 
in  dry  goods,  millinery  goods,  groceries, 
queensware,  clothing,  to  suit  old  and  young, 
great  and  small.  Carpets,  hats  and  caps, 
boots  and  shoes,  hardware,  lime,  salt,  plas- 
ter of  Paris.  Call  and  examine  our  goods 
and  prices 


DAVID    L,.    dealer 
dr  iijs,  medicines,  paint,  oil,  glass,  etc. 


PARKER  H.  J.  DR.  M.D.,  Mer- 
edosia.  Office  of  City  hotel,  of  which  he 
is  the  proprietor,  where  cases  of  a  chronic 
nature  will  be  treated,  with  board,  when 
desired 

RIEMAN  C.  C.  City  Mills,  Meredosia, 
111.  Miller  and  dealer  in  flour,  bran,  shorts, 
and  all  kinds  of  mill  stuff 

YOST  JOHN,  Meredosia,  manufacturer 
of  and  dealer  in  harness,  saddles,  collars, 
bridles,  whips,  halters,  and  brushes.  "  Un- 
cle Sam's  "  harness  oil  always  on  hand 


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